Table Manners

by Table Manners
Submitted by: snoopy on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 5:42pm
 
What is your BlondePoker username?          

None, as of yet. Can't get my visa electron working on it.

Which area do you live in?

Edinburgh since september 2005, but from London originally.

What is your marital status?


Young and free.

Do you have any children and/or pets?

No                      

When did you start playing poker?

Started playing poker about age 14 in '98, however we played loads of crazy limit wild card games. Twas great fun, but not poker. Started playing NL hold 'em around 2003.

Where can you be found playing live?

Edinburgh University Poker society, variouse home games in London and Edinburgh, the stanley Berkly in Edinburgh and occasionally at the gutshot. Need to check out CinCin's in Glasgow and the Maybury in Edinburgh.

What is your favourite online site?

Pacific, Party, WillHill

What is your handle there?

Pacific: Eldriss
Pary: Kusunagi
Willhill: Akinetic

What is the harshest beat you have inflicted on an opponent?

Catching running 6's when i's bluffing at an AK8 with 67. My opponent had AK... ouch!

Who are your poker heroes?

Jen (Djinn) as she's party resposible for teaching me the game, Erik Sagtrom for his incredible ability for calling bluff with hand like Queen hi and Phil Ivy for being Phil Ivy.

Who is your best friend in poker?

Ben Maison (Jen's brother)

What are your greatest accomplishments in poker?

Taking £300 quid home at a cash game that I'd bought into for a tenner. (not that impressive, i know)

What is your most embarrassing moment in poker?

See "What is the harshest beat you have inflicted on an opponent". Reraising this guy, thinking he was at it then finding out he had top two was pretty embarrassing. The fact that I caught runners made it more so (i slightly more profitable).

Which Blondepoker thread did you enjoy the most?

Tank's 4000 stt's thread.

The thing I love most about BlondePoker is?


The live updates

My biggest pet hate in poker is?

When someone gets their chips in with top and bottom pair (say A6 on an AT6 board), then someone calls with something like A8, then the board pairs the T and the A8 takes it with 2 pair with a higher kicker. That bites.

What are your main interests outside poker?

Hip Hop, Breakdancing, Clubbing, Video Games.

Tell us something about yourself none of us would know

In my teens I was in the top 3 King of Fighters players and top 3 Tekken3 players in the country. (They're video games incase you were wondering)

What is your favourite pie filling?

Children.

Who is your favourite singer?

Jeff Buckley

What is your favourite song?


Halleluja (Jeff Buckley version)

Who is your ideal man or woman?

Hmmm... tough one... I like Gwen Stephani.

What is your favourite holiday destination?

Japan

If I could change one thing about myself I would?

Be less lazy