Chris 'Fox' Wallace (Poker Pro, Coach and Author) - Ask Me Anything!

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Hello Cris. Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions. My question is the following that motivated you to start your journey in the world of poker?
I was a guitar builder (luthier) and developed an allergy to the exotic hardwoods I worked with. My career ended in an instant and I didn't know what to do. I needed a new career and I love a challenge, so I chose poker. It was the challenge and how interesting it was that motivated me. I can't work a boring job.
 
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Nunca lutei muito com a gestão de banca em termos de desejo de jogar muito alto, embora tenha havido momentos em minha carreira em que minhas despesas eram muito altas e ganhar dinheiro suficiente com uma banca pequena era um verdadeiro desafio. Isso foi particularmente verdadeiro logo após a sexta-feira negra, quando a maior parte do meu saldo estava no Full Tilt e eu tinha que ganhar dinheiro suficiente para pagar uma hipoteca com as migalhas que me restavam.

Eu escrevi muito sobre gerenciamento de bankroll e, de fato, meu primeiro artigo realmente popular foi um artigo sobre gerenciamento de bankroll para pocketfives.com que foi lido por centenas de milhares de jogadores. P5s até me deu um prêmio pelo artigo do ano de 2005 que ainda tenho em algum lugar. E eu trabalhei com muitos alunos nisso e geralmente é algo que podemos resolver facilmente quando encontramos a raiz do problema.

Acho que a chave é descobrir por que você está tendo problemas. Geralmente é um dos seguintes problemas.

1. Você adora jogar e tem problemas para ficar em uma aposta e apenas vencer o jogo. Se isso for verdade, você tem que aprender que subir rápido demais é a ruína garantida, você pode pegar esse dinheiro e jogá-lo no lixo. Então você precisa definir regras rígidas que você nunca quebra. Por exemplo, você não pode subir para um jogo a dinheiro maior até que seu bankroll tenha 30 buy-ins para esse jogo, e se você cair para 20 buy-ins, terá que voltar para baixo.

2. Você realmente quer jogar alto por causa da diversão, do respeito e do cache que os jogadores de apostas mais altas têm. Se esse for o problema, saiba que você não pode vencer um jogo maior a menos que consiga vencer o jogo abaixo dele. Se você não consegue construir um bankroll grande o suficiente para subir confortavelmente jogando o jogo menor, você ainda não é bom o suficiente para subir. Pare de se preocupar com respeito ou sonhar em jogar jogos maiores, e comece a estudar para vencer o jogo que você pode pagar e subir vai cuidar de si mesmo quando chegar a hora.

3. Você está gastando dinheiro do seu bankroll e constantemente perdendo dinheiro. Isso é como juros compostos reversos. São gastos compostos. Cada dólar que você gasta significa que você ganha menos porque está com rolagem curta e incapaz de jogar jogos que, de outra forma, poderia vencer. Às vezes, a vida vem e come uma grande parte do seu saldo. Isso acontece com todos nós. Mas você deve se lembrar do velho ditado de que um impressor que vende sua impressora para pagar o aluguel nunca mais pagará o aluguel. Seu bankroll é sua impressora e imprime dinheiro.

Geralmente, a melhor solução é definir algumas regras, comprometer-se a segui-las, parar de se preocupar com o tamanho do seu jogo e começar a se preocupar com o quão bem você está jogando e, então, trabalhar duro para melhorar. Se você fizer essas coisas, o problema do bankroll geralmente se resolverá sozinho.

Não tenho certeza se tive sucesso com o gerenciamento de bankroll. Nunca fali e tenho jogado para ganhar a vida por quase vinte anos, mas isso é porque sou muito avesso ao risco. Eu realmente odiaria ir à falência. O que provavelmente me custou milhões de dólares porque subi mais devagar, corri poucos riscos e perdi oportunidades que renderam muito dinheiro a outros jogadores.

Então, por um lado, fui bem-sucedido em pagar minhas contas e não falir ou ter que conseguir um emprego, mas, por outro lado, observei jogadores com habilidades semelhantes assumirem mais riscos e, eventualmente, terminarem com milhões.

Boa sorte construindo esse bankroll!
How extraordinary! It's an honor for me to meet a fragment of you. Your answer expanded my mind in relation to poker the life I really need to dedicate myself to, betting heavily on personal growth!
 
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thanks for the answer!! i want to know what will u do i have a little bankroll in my account im generating a few dollars playing cash games nh5 10 what is better to play cash or tournaments i think im better in cash but im not sure im increasing but really slow
 
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Hello Chris. Do you believe in superstitions?
 
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Chris, I recently tried playing 7-2 Triple Draw. It seems to rely a lot on luck. What strategy would you suggest for this game?
 
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Hi Chris Wallace,
if you make a plan for the perfect day @ playing poker, self analysis, learning poker stuff - lets say round about 5-6 hours, how would you split it?

i want to claim 5 chips for this!
 
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Hello Chris, can you tell me what kind of strategy should I play on heads up from a large tourney when I have the lower pot? The way I should play is different from heads of shorter tourneys? Thanks
 
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Hi Chris! Can you please tell me how to deal with the disappointment of being eliminated from a tournament with only 1 or 2 players left to win prizes? I get eliminated so often at the final stage of a tournament when I just don't have enough chips to enter the prizes. Thank you!
 
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Hi again Chris I have anther couple questions for you :)

Q: When did you start playing poker?
Q: How did you transition from amateur to pro?
 
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Hi Chris

quick question

Do you have an end goal when you would stop playing poker totally.

Or is poker gunna be a life long hobby.

Thanks in advance RhinoRyan89
 
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If this is over a large sample size, then you must have been doing a better job with exploitive play and making more money than the charts. If it's a sample of less than 200 tournaments, then it's probably not related to the charts. I actually write a lot in my book Short Stack Ninja about how there are better ways to play than using push/fold charts when you are below five big blinds, and that section is one that people comment about the most.
Interesting, I'm going to buy your book. thanks !
 
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Hi Chris, I have a new question for you.

I have a problem with agro fish players, their size is always big compared to stack depth and they put you in very difficult situations.

Do you have any advice for reacting to this profile of players ?
 
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Hi Chris.

I won a Sunday Million ticket. This is not the first time and the other times I won nothing. I want to know what advice you would give to a freeroll player who is going to play a tournament with a dynamic very different from what he is used to playing.

Thanks.

Denis
 
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It just depends on how many hands you play. If you play one hand, it's almost all luck. If you play a million hands, it's almost all skill. The more important thing to know is that you can't affect luck, while you can affect skill, so ignore luck completely, it's a waste of energy, and work on your skills.
I mean compared to holden
 
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hello chris, the question is whether it was ever worth expanding the 3bet range by jacking into late positions in the stacks let's say we have 30bb, vilian has 58-65bb against the average player at his limits, sometimes you really want to 3bet but we have a small stack but play postflop with hands format a8s-a6s, k8s-k5s, qts q9s, k10o, not very convenient. or vice versa if the hand is playable against his range, but we want to get a fold immediately, like j10s, 98s, 9ts, and similar siuted connectors
 
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For a beginner what would be your recommendations to start playing poker that levels and how much you need cash
 
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Hello Cris!! I have 100 dollars of cash. With that capital you recommend me to play tournaments or tables in cash?
 
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Regards Chris, in which tournament was your best streak? And which hand was the winning one? if there is a video share it.
 
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I think i have a problem with nit players and how to get max value with them what strategy i should approach im an agressive player i should change my strategy or i continue being agressive?
 
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Welcome good soul @ChrisFoxWallace . I managed to win a free ticket for $220 to the next satellite where I'll be playing, to a WPT World Championship seat worth seat 10,4k$. The tournament will be in Las Vegas om December. This WPT ticket I found out that I can transfer give it to a friend in case. If I got win a ticket, would you be interested or maybe yout friends in talking to me about a specific very interesting promotion for you? :cool::unsure::coffee:
 
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Hi Chris, congratulations on your new and old contribution to the community!
 
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Hello Chris!

I'd have a question.Does learn to play spin and go is so hard work? Just because I like Spin and go,but I lose too many times.Very interesting and fast game.
 
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Hi chris!
Its the first time i make final table in an omaha pot game and play like 35% hands that's bad? What percentaje of hand i should play it's diferent than hold'em to many suited conected hands to play
 
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Hi Chris, first of all thanks for answering our questions.

What do you think is the best way to scale from micro to low or mid limits?
 
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thanks for the answer!! i want to know what will u do i have a little bankroll in my account im generating a few dollars playing cash games nh5 10 what is better to play cash or tournaments i think im better in cash but im not sure im increasing but really slow
Whatever you enjoy and win at is the best game for you. Generally cash games are more profitable per hour, so if you enjoy cash games, stick with it and study more to increase your win rate.
 
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