Hi everyone.

I quit poker on December 29, 2009.  I haven't played a single hand of online poker since then, unless you count sweating some friends for fun and not profit (same intellectual activity...).  I don't really miss it either, except for when RyPac tells me that ZISIMO7 went on a 200k run in HUSNGs.  It makes me want to take his money.  I'm not sure what to do about that.  I don't know how people aren't stomping on him.  The only real poker news I have is that I played in a company home game... lol.  +1200 big blinds.

Hey everyone,

I recently accepted a job offer to work on algorithmic modeling and trading for a high-frequency trading firm. Due to the highly competitive industry they are a part of, I will not be able to answer questions about the interview process or what exactly it is that they do. However, it should be clear that I wouldn't be leaving the world of professional online poker unless I were afforded an excellent opportunity.

I will be continuing to play until the end of 2009 while I reach Supernova Elite for the second year in a row.  After I have completed that goal, I anticipate quitting poker altogether.

I already answered a handful of questions on the 2+2 HUSNG Regs Thread about my poker career and development as a player, and I recently made a bunch of higher-level strategy posts in line-check threads about polarization and leveling.  If you start reading the Regs thread around comment #17000, everything is linked from there.

If you have more questions about what poker has been like for me or if there are any strategy concepts you'd like me to elaborate on, please post them here.

Busto in 14 minutes.  I'm the best!

So play starts 5 handed because of course people aren't on time.  Luckily for me, all of the breakfast places weren't taking any more orders so I had to hit the snack bar and go right to the tournament site.  I sit down.  3 middle-aged men who looked like hobbyists and one young looking guy to my immediate left.  200BB to start, blinds 50/100.

Quick update:

I'm off to Costa Rica tomorrow for LAPT Playa Conchal.  Hopefully I'll just win the main event, but if not, I'll probably try to play the $10,000 single-table tournament side event.  We'll see how it looks.  Obviously, if you're reading this and will be at the LAPT event, get in touch with me and we'll meet up.  Sorry Jorj95, I won't be in your hyper turbos tomorrow ;p.

I also have a good chunk of money wagered on RyPac13/ChicagoRy in his prop-bet against Sandeep123.  When Sandeep got out to an early lead I got him to lay me 2.8 to 1, escrowed ahead of time.  Come on RyPac... get there...

IMPORTANT:  I am not taking on any new students.  I am sorry.  I haven't been able to respond to the 823472 PMs I got this week about it.  All will be made clear soon enough, I promise.  Do not PM me about coaching at this time.  I will make it clear to everyone if I resume coaching.