Retiring of "The Gimp"

Those that play with me know who "The Gimp", I am retiring the name I just need to come up with something new to call him. Wait I got I will call him "FDR" like the president because he usually has a good table presence.

I have much respect for FDR he has improved his poker game, and I think right now he plays at a good level, to compare him to myself I think I am more consistent at day in day out poker, but he always show up for the big tourneys, the ones that really count, and that's saying something. If I had to characterize his strengths and weaknesses they would be as follows:

Strengths:

Fearless
Not scared to bully people at the table
Bluffing to accumulate chips
Plays hands strong
Makes Good Decisions
Doesn't care who's in the hand, plays his cards and what he has

Weaknesses:

Doesn't play the position game
Doesn't do a lot of player analysis
Doesn't read the board properly at times
Lack of experience against people he doesn't know


We are going to Vegas in the next few days and I plan on playing in a few poker tournaments while I am out there, I am sure FDR will play as well, so it's going to be interesting to see how he does out there. If he can do well against people he doesn't know then he can take his game to a high level, I am almost his polar opposite I play a little more tight to the vest and I pick my spots I am trying to emulate a Dan Harrington style of poker with a little bit of Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen mixed in. If I can accomplish that it will make me hard to read, and you will never know what I have, I think FDR plays kind of like a Carlos Mortensen, but not as aggressive. FDR is playing great based on the fact that he hasn't been playing that long, he has picked up the game quickly and has a lot of potential.

One thing I can say about everyone I play poker with regularly is, we have probably given AG a nice spectrum of players to get him ready for the WSOP I would say the people we play with provide a tough final table IMHO, and I can attest to that fact because I started winning more once I started playing with these people often, and it's not just the game it's everything hearing people talk about poker and different strategies you can't help but to pickup information while you are there. It has translated into positive $$$ nothing really high stakes yet, but hopefully soon.