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27-11-2007, 12:24

I met Steph for the first time at this weekend's Virgin Festival and I have to say what a lovely guy, very genuine and very very funny.

We had quite a long (drunken) chat and he is happy to answer all and any questions.

For those of you who dont know him I was browsing through some old threads and here is one of his hands.....

***** Hand 501658655 *****
25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 05 January 2007 19:59:48
Table TH 906 (Real /Cash Game )
Seat 5: Mr.Aki (7610.00)
Seat 6: the mole (8049.00)
Seat 10: AllUcanE@T (6541.00)
Mr.Aki post SB 25.00
the mole post BB 50.00
** Deal **
Mr.Aki [N/A, N/A]
the mole [Qh, Ad]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
Mr.Aki Raise to 200.00
the mole Raise to 550.00
Mr.Aki Call 550.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [4s, 3c, Qc]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
the mole Bet 500.00
Mr.Aki Call 500.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [4s, 3c, Qc, 3h]
*** Bet Round 3 ***
the mole Check
Mr.Aki Bet 1300.00
the mole Raise to 3000.00
Mr.Aki All-in 6560.00
the mole Call 6560.00
*** River(Board): *** : [4s, 3c, Qc, 3h, 3s]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 15217.00
Mr.Aki [2c, Kc] Three of a kind, threes Win :0.00
the mole [Qh, Ad] Full house Win :15217.00

Now you can see from the limits and total pot what sort of level he is playing at

BUT

What a lot of people dont know is that 3 years ago he was playing $3 qualifiers etc on various networks

There are loads of similar hands like the one above and he told me one story at the weekend about an 88k pot which had me in stitches

Now I did discuss this with Steph and as I said, he told me he was happy to answer questions so I'm going to ask a few

The limits you play at, now we did talk about it and bankroll management. What level did you start at and how long before you were consistantly making money and then move up to next level ?

Every level step by step of bypass any levels ?

I know from an old thread that you dont always buy into a table for the maximum amount, whats your reasoning for that and how many buy in's would you have in your bankroll to move up a level ?

At what stage did you turn round and think "I'm making enough money here to turn pro" and did the missus/family fully support you ? Huge decision to make

High's and low's so far ?

Are you still moving up the levels ? Where do you see the Mole in 12 months/24 months ?

27-11-2007, 12:24	#1 (permalink)
gazza271 Guest Posts: n/a	The Mole I met Steph for the first time at this weekend's Virgin Festival and I have to say what a lovely guy, very genuine and very very funny. We had quite a long (drunken) chat and he is happy to answer all and any questions. For those of you who dont know him I was browsing through some old threads and here is one of his hands..... *** Hand 501658655 * 25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 05 January 2007 19:59:48 Table TH 906 (Real /Cash Game ) Seat 5: Mr.Aki (7610.00) Seat 6: the mole (8049.00) Seat 10: AllUcanE@T (6541.00) Mr.Aki post SB 25.00 the mole post BB 50.00 Deal Mr.Aki [N/A, N/A] the mole [Qh, Ad] * Bet Round 1 * Mr.Aki Raise to 200.00 the mole Raise to 550.00 Mr.Aki Call 550.00 * Flop(Board): * : [4s, 3c, Qc] * Bet Round 2 * the mole Bet 500.00 Mr.Aki Call 500.00 * Turn(Board): * : [4s, 3c, Qc, 3h] * Bet Round 3 * the mole Check Mr.Aki Bet 1300.00 the mole Raise to 3000.00 Mr.Aki All-in 6560.00 the mole Call 6560.00 * River(Board): * : [4s, 3c, Qc, 3h, 3s] * Showdown *** : Rake: 3.00 Total Pot: 15217.00 Mr.Aki [2c, Kc] Three of a kind, threes Win :0.00 the mole [Qh, Ad] Full house Win :15217.00 Now you can see from the limits and total pot what sort of level he is playing at BUT What a lot of people dont know is that 3 years ago he was playing $3 qualifiers etc on various networks There are loads of similar hands like the one above and he told me one story at the weekend about an 88k pot which had me in stitches Now I did discuss this with Steph and as I said, he told me he was happy to answer questions so I'm going to ask a few The limits you play at, now we did talk about it and bankroll management. What level did you start at and how long before you were consistantly making money and then move up to next level ? Every level step by step of bypass any levels ? I know from an old thread that you dont always buy into a table for the maximum amount, whats your reasoning for that and how many buy in's would you have in your bankroll to move up a level ? At what stage did you turn round and think "I'm making enough money here to turn pro" and did the missus/family fully support you ? Huge decision to make High's and low's so far ? Are you still moving up the levels ? Where do you see the Mole in 12 months/24 months ?