Galfond on Blom

[pleno1]

So many ppl spoke about this today.

Basically cliffs are that galfond tells us...

Isildur is degen
Isildur is sick at poker
Isildur is very good heads up
Isildurs history on full tilt
Islidur is bad at PLO
Isildur lost a lot of money to Hastings
Isildur loses less money now

It's just all orllllyyyyy

Even through in the

Isildur is tall.

And ofc a few thin ones such as 'my biggest winning day, 1.6m' etc

I like when galfond writes but leave this kind of stuff to Barry carter and spend your time writing unique pieces.

Anyone agree?

[discomonkey]

i liked the article, sure we knew a lot of the things he said, but there were some interesting things in there that i was unaware of ie how sick he had become at plo.... to be considered one of the top 3 toughest players glafond has played and for galfond not to think he has an edge, it is a special thing

[smashedagain]

Wow. Whenever I have seen victor he seems to be slouched in his seat and shorter than anyone else at the table. How tall is he. Can't be Moansnlolzs tall

[hector62]

So you win $1.6m off someone a while ago.

Do you then A. Tell him that he has become one of the best players around so that he will play you again?

Or               B.  Tell him that he is a fish and risk him not playing you anymore?


Even Mr Blom could probably use his first instinct guess to get that one right.

[AlunB]

I think it was in Freakonomics the story about the fireman who somehow knew something was wrong in this house and ordered his men to get out asap.

A few seconds later the whole house was ablaze.

When questioned after how he knew, he couldn't answer - he had no idea what caused him to order his men out, he had no idea, just instinct.

All his years fighting fires and the built up experience and knowledge meant something in his brain or subconscious had told him that there was something wrong with this particular situation, yet he couldn't explain what it was.

Read some of the recent books on neuroscience and the role of the subconscious in dictating brain activity. Really scary/enlightening/odd. Basically the current consensus is our conscious is just a way of keeping track of what the subconscious is doing and isn't really in control of anything (to badly paraphrase). That's to suggest modern neuroscience truly understands what is going on though, which is extraordinarily unlikely.

[AlunB]

So many ppl spoke about this today.

Basically cliffs are that galfond tells us...

Isildur is degen
Isildur is sick at poker
Isildur is very good heads up
Isildurs history on full tilt
Islidur is bad at PLO
Isildur lost a lot of money to Hastings
Isildur loses less money now

It's just all orllllyyyyy

Even through in the

Isildur is tall.

And ofc a few thin ones such as 'my biggest winning day, 1.6m' etc

I like when galfond writes but leave this kind of stuff to Barry carter and spend your time writing unique pieces.

Anyone agree?

You need to read it again. Barry Carter could not write this. Not because he's not a good writer, but because he doesn't have the personal insight. I love articles like this. Could be much better of course with an edit, but it's a blog.

[pleno1]

So many ppl spoke about this today.

Basically cliffs are that galfond tells us...

Isildur is degen
Isildur is sick at poker
Isildur is very good heads up
Isildurs history on full tilt
Islidur is bad at PLO
Isildur lost a lot of money to Hastings
Isildur loses less money now

It's just all orllllyyyyy

Even through in the

Isildur is tall.

And ofc a few thin ones such as 'my biggest winning day, 1.6m' etc

I like when galfond writes but leave this kind of stuff to Barry carter and spend your time writing unique pieces.

Anyone agree?

You need to read it again. Barry Carter could not write this. Not because he's not a good writer, but because he doesn't have the personal insight. I love articles like this. Could be much better of course with an edit, but it's a blog.

I disagree. The one part of the article which would have been interesting and that normal journos couldn't write is the "Strengths and Weaknesses" but Galfond is super super vague here. He speaks about how they spoke about how they adjusted vs eachother which would be great to here, btu doesn't actually talk about it just that he is super good player because he can adjust. I mean really?

Really feel this is the worst of all Galfonds blogs so far, just behind the "trust in poker" which was again all very very obvious, "you shouldn't give money to people you don't trust"

Not sure exactly what Galfonds game is here. Interesting to see how it develops.

[Royal Flush]

I can't think for any reason why this article was written. Just wish i hadn't wasted the time to read it.

[AlunB]

So many ppl spoke about this today.

Basically cliffs are that galfond tells us...

Isildur is degen
Isildur is sick at poker
Isildur is very good heads up
Isildurs history on full tilt
Islidur is bad at PLO
Isildur lost a lot of money to Hastings
Isildur loses less money now

It's just all orllllyyyyy

Even through in the

Isildur is tall.

And ofc a few thin ones such as 'my biggest winning day, 1.6m' etc

I like when galfond writes but leave this kind of stuff to Barry carter and spend your time writing unique pieces.

Anyone agree?

You need to read it again. Barry Carter could not write this. Not because he's not a good writer, but because he doesn't have the personal insight. I love articles like this. Could be much better of course with an edit, but it's a blog.

I disagree. The one part of the article which would have been interesting and that normal journos couldn't write is the "Strengths and Weaknesses" but Galfond is super super vague here. He speaks about how they spoke about how they adjusted vs eachother which would be great to here, btu doesn't actually talk about it just that he is super good player because he can adjust. I mean really?

Really feel this is the worst of all Galfonds blogs so far, just behind the "trust in poker" which was again all very very obvious, "you shouldn't give money to people you don't trust"

Not sure exactly what Galfonds game is here. Interesting to see how it develops.

Yeah I see where you're coming from, but he's never going to tell us that. He still plays the guy all the time.

As an insight into Blom the person I thought it was really interesting. And something a journo would really struggle to get without a) spending a lot of time with him or b) speaking to a lot of his friends. And even then the insight wouldn't be as clear and personal as this.

You wanted to know about Blom the player, I wanted to know about Blom the person. Probably a fail on point 1, but a definite win on point 2 (even though obviously could have gone further).

I agree that most of the back story was pointless and almost stopped me reading it first time I looked at it. Like I hinted at structurally it was a bit weak, and could definitely do with some rewriting, but it's a blog.

[pleno1]

I can't think for any reason why this article was written. Just wish i hadn't wasted the time to read it.

ya +1

[pleno1]

Really sorry to be pedantic here, but what exactly did you learn about the person?

[AlunB]

Really sorry to be pedantic here, but what exactly did you learn about the person?

No worries. I learned he was tall. j/k

It was more the impression he left me with. He did a nice job of painting a picture of the kid, with phrases like him looking like he'd just been given $500 worth of quarters when playing in the $50k mix.

I got an overall impression of a fun-loving, easy-going kid who approaches poker with a lightness and naivety that is kind of charming.

More prosaically I learned he doesn't use any HUDs and relies way more on instinct than you would reasonably expect.

Maybe nothing earth shattering, but confirmed a lot of suspicions and fleshed out a pretty enigmatic character.

[pleno1]

Playing the amount of tables he does it would be almost impossible to use a hud efficiently and game flow is going to be wayyyyy more important.

But yeh, I understand why the article would be interesting to many, I'm just grumpy/miserable.

[AlunB]

Playing the amount of tables he does it would be almost impossible to use a hud efficiently and game flow is going to be wayyyyy more important.

But yeh, I understand why the article would be interesting to many, I'm just grumpy/miserable.

Haha! I can totally see why it would be a bit underwhelming to someone who is as immersed in poker as you are. But I think to the average punter (who it's aimed at) it will be a good read.

Good writing does more than leave you with bullet points or cliffs. It leaves an impression, a mood, a feeling. Great writing leaves an impression on your soul. This is on the edge of good I would say.

[Boba Fett]

Wow. Whenever I have seen victor he seems to be slouched in his seat and shorter than anyone else at the table. How tall is he. Can't be Moansnlolzs tall

Im 6ft and he is way taller than me.  Probs 6'3 or 6'4