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Railbird name: Hickoid
Age: 23 yrs old
Gender: Male
Years Playing Poker: 6 yrs
Fav. game: NL Holdem
Fav hand: J9 suited
Fav Poker Site: PS & FTP
PS ID: nxtcase
FTP ID: Horseshoe 00
#1 Why did you chose your Railbird.com screen name/ what does it mean?
I chose it because I liked the sound of it. The menaing of it to me is a Hick on Steroids altough I don't do them i just thought it would be funny
#2 How would you define your style of play?
Tight Aggressive, and sometimes Tight Passive
#3 Poker Achievements?
1st place in a $3 RE Buy NON RB tourney and 10 WINs in a row at my neighborhood game. 1 tourney won at local Casino.
#4 what brought you to join railbirds in the first place, and what keeps u here ?
The Freerolls are what brought me here and the buy in tourneys too. What keeps me here is the great people that play here and that keep this site FUN.
#5 Which pro would you like to face in a HU match and why?
Mike Caro or Phile Ivey the reason why is Mike Caro is my second favorite pro, so the reason i have to choose him is cause Stuey Unger is not with us anymore. Phil Ivey because he is 1 of the best pro players that is around today.
#6 how have you improved your game...was it by lots of practice, was it by books you have read and if so, which books, was it by playing live ??
I have Improved my game by reading and pratice. The books i have read are too many to name but I will name a few. Mike Caro's Book of Tells , Super Systems by many different Pros mainly Doyle , T. J. Cloutie's Tournament NL Holdem, The Theory of Poker by Sklansky, Killer Poker Online by Jon Vorhaus and many more i ahve around a dozen or 2 that i have read but that are some the best one's that i have read
#7 Who are 5 players you look up to on railbirds and why? or Who do you think based on what you've seen or read, would you like to face heads up on railbirds?
The five RB's that I look up to would have to be #1 is theSINISTER, because she has taught me so much about RB's and has kept me updated on many different things, #2 QuasiPro just because it seems to me that he WINS alot of tourneys and is a very good player, #3 is what used to be bears007 because he seems to have some very good knowledge on how to play many different poker games, #4 CEPSI because he also seems to me to be a GOOD player also and alot of great help too, #5 Fluffy because she is probably the funniest RB in the whole nest she can make any1 laugh no matter what mood you are in and she is also a great player also. I would love to face all these I have named and another of my good RB frineds would be DeeBud just cause he beat me once heads up before.
#8 How do you play differently in tournaments vs. cash games?
I play tight Agressive in tournaments and in cash games i seem to play more drawing hands then i would in tourneys. I also seem to do better in cash games also.
#9 What would you consider a weakness in your game/ something you need to improve?
My weakness is getting angry at myself for making bad calls or bad moves at the table but now that I have been on RB's i have improved this greatly because i can always have some1 to cheer me up.
#10 What are some typical "TELLS" that a online poker player gives ?
MANY TELLS IN online poker. The main 1 would have to be betting patterns. There are many players that seem to use pictures for their icon and sometimes that will give u a tell on what kind of player they are. Another tell would have to be if they show their hand or not because if a player shows their hand that is usually because they wanted to show u a bluff or a nut hand and then they seem to do the opposite with same kind of betting in the future of the game. Read Caro's book of tells to know how to catch betting patterns
#11 How Has Railbirds.com helped your game play?
I t has helped me tremendously with my anger problem and mnay other problems that i seem to have. I have also improved my game by reading many different types of strategies from other RB's.
#12 Best Moment in a trny ?
Heads up would be my favorite point in any tourney, I love being heads up with any player and i also love to win which almost any1 that plays poker does.
#13 Most recent trny win?: (non railbird trny)
My most recent tourney win that is NON RB is a win i had at my local casino on the Ohio River boat. It was fantastic and VERY FUN.
#14 Who intrduced you to poker ?
My father
#15 How does your strategy help in Freerolls provided by Railbirds.com?
My strategy helps me in many ways i seem to do very well at the freerolls and i don't really know excatly why it just does. My strategy for the freerolls is just play TIGHT and Agressive just like any ohter toureny i play.
#16 If their wasn't Poker, what would you be doing?
FISHING, HUNTING, OR Being bored so I chose to play poker. I am so glad theSINISTER found me in a FTP $100 freeroll 1 day and told me all about RB and i joined and have loved it ever since
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