When I played the hot $22 and came second for $3k I watched with great interest the player who won the game. He was so experienced and seemed to just effortless grind up chips.
I took a sneaky look on Sharkscope and saw that he really does get some stunning results.
Since then I've been following him and seeing how he plays. How he handles situations. And I've picked up some amazing things he does that help him win pots and stop going busto. His biggest thing is he very very rarely goes All In. He will limit the pot and this allows him to get out of hands even when he thiknks he's been sucked out on.
He is a Ukranian player, and forget what you think about players from that region, this bloke can play.
Last night he won a $320 MTT for over $22k.
If you are on PS ever, look for him and watch him play. He is very very good, and by watching him I've picked up some good tips that have helped me out no end and my cash ratio has shot up since then.
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Yeah I know what u mean , I have some regulars which I like to follow and which I think helped me improve my game , I also agree with limiting the pot and the rare all-in strategy , only that it's hard to implement this kind of strategy in micro levels , when you have the regular donk shoving everything that has an A attached to it.
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Omg , just looked at his stats , it's unbeliavable , he has a profit of 390.000 $ this year , and 180.000 in the past 90 days , don't think he's worried about the 1 $ + rebuy tournament ).
Posted by AlexSimion: Omg , just looked at his stats , it's unbeliavable , he has a profit of 390.000 $ this year , and 180.000 in the past 90 days , don't think he's worried about the 1 $ + rebuy tournament ).
Thats exactly what I mean. His stats are unreal and when you see him play you can see why too.
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Graet advice! I'm from the U.S. and although I can't play at P.S. does anyone know if I can download the site just rto rail players. If so, I would like to know just to watch this guy play myself. Appreciate any feedback on this!
Nice post fcumred! This is the reason I read about evreything posted just so I can't catch any tips that would improve my game. Thanks!
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Posted by Greenmohave: Graet advice! I'm from the U.S. and although I can't play at P.S. does anyone know if I can download the site just rto rail players. If so, I would like to know just to watch this guy play myself. Appreciate any feedback on this!
Nice post fcumred! This is the reason I read about evreything posted just so I can't catch any tips that would improve my game. Thanks!
I believe you can , I mean us players are allowed to play using play money , so it would be normal you'd have acces to the entire software , meaning you should be able to rail players .
yes, green you can download and play, you'll only have access to the play money area for playing purposes and you won't be able to use the cashier. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
Plan on railing this person as well. I'll bet when he shoves he's got the nuts or better... absolute. My BR has grown enough now where it's time to give the micros a rest and move up abit, Thanks for the heads up.
Edited by rbdflyboy (20 November 2012 @ 00:23 GMT)
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Location: Netherlands
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amazing s**t ,, i already know this player... he's enters all high tournaments.. so he's a regular..
a name i've seen many times...nevertheless i still think'' uhhmee'' is one of the best online players out there , if you wanna rail someone wo will win several tournaments a day..this is your guy to rail...
most enjoyable to watch this dude..if you see him at a final table... 88% of the time he comes out as winner or second..
bye the way ,, i'll rail this oposum dude ...if i find the time
according to his profits ,certainly a person to follow for a while,, maybe i'll learn some but i don't think i will ,by just watching his games..
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I've always meant to spend a bit of time railing good MTT players - trying to learn from how they play.. I've watched a couple of videos - with commentary, but not much. But yeah - just following players around does seem like a good way to grab some free tips.
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So the question is how much can we see when we watch a guy? i would love to be outside watching over the shoulder(so to speak) and able to see what his cards are and follow his bidding scheme. I love watching tv poker but online is so different that i want to see these guys play. Here is a suggestion for the site....allow your best to be paid to allow others to watch as if they were sitting at their table watching behind them. The best would earn extra bucks for the priviledge and the ones watching would learn as long as they were not playing at the time. I think many new players would love the chance to observe a winning player from the start of the hand to the finish.
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YOU can dwnload and play fun money but only watch games as u won'tbe able to txt in msg in chat box if u dont have buy-in inur account. i'm sure unless its freerolls maybe or play money i maybe able to txt there. HOPE 2 see u usa players soon we feel it for U'ALL BLESS .
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I have watched some times too such tournaments, when good players that win often, play. But no matter what, at some point when i was in a similar spot, like they ones they were when i was watching, i couldnt play the hand like they did. Weird but i couldnt
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Posted by pardack: So the question is how much can we see when we watch a guy? i would love to be outside watching over the shoulder(so to speak) and able to see what his cards are and follow his bidding scheme. I love watching tv poker but online is so different that i want to see these guys play. Here is a suggestion for the site....allow your best to be paid to allow others to watch as if they were sitting at their table watching behind them. The best would earn extra bucks for the priviledge and the ones watching would learn as long as they were not playing at the time. I think many new players would love the chance to observe a winning player from the start of the hand to the finish.
Even if this is not bad idea i dont think its possible to realise such thing. People would obviously try to abuse it. Not only that some good players wouldnt want to share with others their playstyle im sure. Just notice the poker pros that do share strategy and stuff with others,or they perform in TV events they are quite damn good but they have to adjust their playstyle and give so much more effort in order to place well i believe. Perhaps more replays on PokerStars could be not a bad thing. And dont take me wrong i like your idea i just think we wont see this implemented anytime soon
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Location: Estonia
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just looked him up in ps and i guess he gonna be at final table in 109 usd at the moment he is 3th 9 left 6 max ...
------------ he finished 5th at 109 usd and won 1100 he is still in at 109+R and he gets at least 1182 usd lol only 6 players left there ...seems like great player i hecked him at random time and 2x final tables and he only had 3 tourneys open
Edited by nipitiri3 (21 November 2012 @ 06:03 GMT)
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yeah watching good players sometimes can give you those essential "small fixes" you need to jump a level or two above your current game, surely it's best when you have a chance to watch them playing with cards shown (final tables of bigger events)- this way you get a lot more insight into their mind. thanks fcumred for giving info on this player, his stats are amazing...
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