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Congrats and much  :respect:........I watched the entire final table and there was never a doubt in my mind that you would win it......but, I have a few questions:

1) Looking back do you think you played different in this event.......

2) Was running good a major part, or did it just help!

3) It seems that you were willing to play smaller pots, wait for others to make mistakes....do u agree w/ this?

4) You didn't seem to be the "table captain"....you really chipped away at people.....is this a change in your game...its been a while since we have played a comp togethere but I really liked the way you played position and controlled the pot size!

5) What mistakes did u make in the comp?

6) How have you dealt w/ slumps in the past while playing in MTT's ? How do u improve your game?

 :respect: ;envious;

The ROOKIE

P.S.  I am off to Vegas for 2 weeks...I hope I am inspired to play great poker the way u did in Baden!!!!!

'ello Brian. not seen you post much recently.

good questions.

when Julians finished answering them, perhaps he'll get off his high horse and take his go at Facebook Scrabble  ;)

I'd force the win if I were you Adam, it would ruin Julian's week for sure...  ;D

nah, wouldn't want to kill the buzz

fortunately he's not nearly as good at scrabble as he is at poker

What a truely great win for the nicest boy in poker - well done YoYo! Or is it just Yo now?

ty peter, one of my earliest mentors.
(tx for the boy reference too, not sure i can get away with it for to much longer)
heard ur over for lnp, hopefully cu around somewhere on the circuit

Great stuff Julian but you have a lot of work to put in on "fist pumping and whooping"!!!!!!!!!!!

hey rookie,
long time see, hope ur well & that everything is as it should be.
here are some quick answers
1. yeah i think my game has evolved & the past 2 or 3 months have seen me on an optimal game plan...solid with just a little more aggression than most & the biggest asset is prob not backing down when a big pot looms, sticking to my guns & hopefully getting the last raise in.
this works best for me on a relatively passive table, i think i struggle more when there are 1 or 2 pressuring players on the table.
2. yeah i've been running good, instincts spot on for the most part, a def help...breeds confidence too.
3/4. & yeah my main gear is solid, no more move, move, move plays. good, friendly table image, get most on your side, quietly captain it i guess.
i like small pot & it's the biggest tip i picked up off dave colclough
5. yeah i gaffed in a few pots, but o/all played a fairly safe game & picked my spots well...felt crushed after doing 4k on the 2nd hand v barry greenstein, but steadied the ship & rocked up for 2 levels before lucking out w qq v kk to get back.
6. played thru slumps, big sample size i guess helps. started watching sum cardrunner stuff over the summer, big help!