PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - February 7th 2011
QUESTION FROM angela648: to me there nothing skilled about p;laying online
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hmm
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha ty
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: well done on ur bracelet win last year done brits proud!
QUESTION FROM seanzcel: hi
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hi
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: ive been on full tilt a month won 6k in tournement winnings and blew it all in cash games from 10 dollar bankroll im wondering what should i do to build it back up again also tell full tilt to promote more british poker events so i can qualify
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: we've all been there!
QUESTION FROM highstake101: hi james, witch books are best to read??
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: errrm im not sure tbh
QUESTION FROM seanzcel: pretty dead chat :(
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: sorry am playing a few tables
QUESTION FROM jordankcook: Any advice on how to improve my general game? Such as playing more etc..
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: thats it practice and evaluate, work on your game away from the table as well as on it
QUESTION FROM losbird420: where can i use my $100k 1st depost freeroll ticket
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: no idea, sorry
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: dont read books expierence is the best learner as reading books makes u play like some1else n t you
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: this is pretty solid advice
QUESTION FROM seanzcel: losbird in the tournaments tab theres a bunch of 100k first deposit tournies you can use your ticket on
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ther you go
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: i know not bad from 19 year old full tilt should sign me up! what best place to play poker in the uk? or europe?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: loads of places, which area you looking for?
QUESTION FROM toploader1: hi james have you ever trained and staked a person
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha yes too many!
QUESTION FROM toploader1: i take that as a loss then!!!
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: some yeah some no but its a lot of stress at times
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: umm wales! what places in europe is there an 18 age limit n not 21 really
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: nowhere in europe is 21, everywhere is 18
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: awww brilliant new for me thanks! what are your aims/goals for the rest of your poker carear
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: keep on winning, thats about it
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: hello
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hello
QUESTION FROM toploader1: james whats your greatest hand you remember playing
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: tough to single 1 out off the top of my head
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: i really like how u play poker ..i must say i have 3 people's ..you - Daniel Negreanu and Phill Helmutt ...:) u are not nervos when u see alot of money u play for?i get nervos when i see lots of mone:P
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: tyty it's best not to think about the money when you play otherwise it can be hard to focus on doing what you know is right
QUESTION FROM Magpieshou: hy Dempsey
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hello
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: fot sure,u are a good poker player :) i must say that i watch you on videos :) regards from Romania
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ty, a lot of poker in romania?
QUESTION FROM jordankcook: did you start off with a big bankroll or just something like £10?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: 4 $30 deposits in 2003, 4th time lucky!
QUESTION FROM TeamAnderson: i love you
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: i love you too
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: yes ...i can say that in romania poker is a national sport ...but is not so big for now ... and alot of fish people :)) they call with anythng and they get 3 of the same :))
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha the same all over the world
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: how did u build up a rolll n how do u shoot to the big time?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: started at micro cash and just built it up, switched to tournaments and then just put in a lot of hours
QUESTION FROM TeamAnderson: FT needs to hook you up with an AVI my brotha!!
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha yeah thats my fault keep forgetting to sort it out
QUESTION FROM wes sargent: hello
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hello
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: :man ..i dont love you , i love my girlfriend...but i 'm for sure a ....medium fan of yours :P ..
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: :D
QUESTION FROM sanyiocsi1: hi ...what kind of player are you? aggressive, loose,
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: yeah quite loose agg most of the time but i can be a nit when i need to be
QUESTION FROM TeamAnderson: What do you think is a good deposit to start with? 20 dollars? ect
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: whatever is a small ammount of money to you, be prepared to lose it
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: another question and i will leave ...i like verry much playng poker,but,i'm not in the position of loosiing so much money( money problems)what u can tell me to do ? like a advice..
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: try and play freerolls or mico stakes games until your situation changes
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: i have 360 now what games types shud i play?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: find a $360 tournament ;-)
QUESTION FROM jordankcook: Bad beats talk me through them? joke in my opinion!
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha who likes them
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: you mad ur not a fan off bankroll management i take it?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha no was joking, i would play small cash or maybe some 90 man sng's?
QUESTION FROM Welsh-Witch1: yer good shout there goona have 2 got suck out loads 2day played since 7 this morning n 2 be even for the day after running deep in 2 tournys n getting donked :(
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: :(
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: james,how can u answer at the questions?u're not stessed?of the people?:D
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha nah its ok just hard earlier when i had a few tables going but managed to donk off most of my stacks now
QUESTION FROM TeamAnderson: How much money do you have on this site ?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha you going to hack my acct?
QUESTION FROM SOLARES Ases nh: hi, how many chips should I play in each table if I have just 100$?.... and how many tables should I play at the same time?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: depends what you are comfortable with
QUESTION FROM TeamAnderson: I wish I knew how to hack. lol. Well I think I'm done with the questions. Good luck with the tourney and your future
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha ty you 2
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: what 2 cards is u're favorites?and why?for example,i'm scared with the aces but not with de kings:D
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: AA! Nothing more awesome than getting it in pre with them :D
QUESTION FROM craneman: are you any good lol
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: i think i used to be good, lol
QUESTION FROM sanyiocsi1: who is the sickest bluffer out there?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: not sure but they probably lose a lot
QUESTION FROM sanyiocsi1: how long have you famous .. not heard of you
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: not yet then :D
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: how many bracelets u have? :D
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: 1 :(
QUESTION FROM JsqKq: ok ...i will make a salsa choreography with the poker theme ...and i will name it dempsey's choreo ...a dance from 13 years :p ..ok?u will find it on youtube :))
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: lol sounds good
QUESTION FROM StuLovesArsenal: james, your a legend man!
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ty
QUESTION FROM Mbortolozzo: hi
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hi
QUESTION FROM craneman: i play tight at first how about u
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha depends how bored i am...
QUESTION FROM Rommy da man: Hey what would you do if your fiance wants you to quit poker even though your making a living off of it? Is a woman better then poker do you think?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: depends on when you met her i guess, if you started playing poker after you were with her then fair game, if she met you as a poker player then thats not really fair
QUESTION FROM joeshmoee: who r u
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: James, who are you?
QUESTION FROM Candieiro: Bad lucky last 4 months. For example, in Vegas, in 18 tournaments, 12 bubbles kicked in the river, one ITM and 5 kicked with best pairs (aa, kk, ak) before flop. What do you think the best way to end this "wave"?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha no idea, running good is a hard skill to aquire
QUESTION FROM Rommy da man: Ya I've been a poker player ever since I was in high school. Its how I bought my first car and basically my first everything lmao. She just doesn't think that it is going to be something healthy for my 10 month daughter growing up with me being
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: It's a tough one then i guess
QUESTION FROM Protoss2002: hiya so yea i made my first deposit today, r u a pro?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: I am indeed, gl
QUESTION FROM Rommy da man: How long does it take a live player to transform from live to online. I can't seem to do it and I don't know why.
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Its a lot harder to win online so i guess just the willingness to learn and adapt
QUESTION FROM Candieiro: did you have some moment like that? what did you do?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: all the time, just try to keep focused and ignore the results
QUESTION FROM joeshmoee: would u call with 34 if u knew ur opponent had 22?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: i guess so
QUESTION FROM Rommy da man: Do you know a good place to find gambling laws? I want to set up a pretty big home game but I don't want to commit like a huge crime or anything.
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Which country are you in?
QUESTION FROM Candieiro: ok. thank you. was a pleasure to talk with you.
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: np gl
QUESTION FROM StuLovesArsenal: i deposited $10 on here and 6 hours later i was sitting with $2500 from cash games,,,,cashed out 2300 and with the 200 i took it to 1600 , how lucky is that lol
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha v nice, do an isildur
QUESTION FROM Protoss2002: me and u should go heads up on a penny game one of these days, u can see if im any good if ur up to it :)
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha im way too lazy
QUESTION FROM Rommy da man: US. I live in Wisconsin.
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: paaaaaaaackers, i would imagine its illegal then but im not the person to ask
QUESTION FROM bigfish05: how can i find this tourney? i would like to watch
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha i bust this tournament early on but am 6/161 in event 3 so might get something out of the day
QUESTION FROM straight2heaven: hi James, i went kind of brocke by cashouting too much (how stupid i was...) now I have mindset problems to start up again low with low buy in (to many calling station and so on) what u could advice to me?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: do what you did to get the money in the first place?
QUESTION FROM joeshmoee: if god told u that you were going to be the luckiest man tomorrow what would u do? all in every hand?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: play the lotto :D
QUESTION FROM russintoledo: do you believe online poker is rigged ?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha no
QUESTION FROM straight2heaven: buy playing those limits... but now i feel like my way of playing is changed, and not very adequated there..difficoult to became rock again :S
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: its not supposed to be easy to make a living from a game
QUESTION FROM russintoledo: just wondered i recieve so many bad beats by bad calls its almost unreal
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: almost
QUESTION FROM igrazek: whos the best player of the world in these days?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: guess Ivey just crushes it all
QUESTION FROM JV4NxHCx: what
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ?
QUESTION FROM Protoss2002: any tips i can get to avoid sukouts or badbeats? i only play wholecards 10 or higher or pkt pair, and am aggressive but not crazy, and mix it up, but keep my playing hands percentage at 35%
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: play some filth :D
QUESTION FROM Protoss2002: k well i gotta go for now but thx for the chat, u should think about a penny match between us, i would be honored to play ya :)
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha ok will do
QUESTION FROM JacobEast: isnt it too late to start play serious poker when im 21 yr old? Dwan is like 23 or 24 and is a pro player already. when hav u start?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: you can start at any age, its not a physical game
QUESTION FROM russintoledo: im a low stake player,every once in awhile i will play the 26ko..how much do you have to win before your reasponsible for taxes? and how does that work fulltilt send you a wg2 form?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: I live in the UK where the tax on gambling is 0% so its not an issue for me
QUESTION FROM IdiotSmart: Could u transfer some cash to my account? hehe
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: I am sure you can come up with better than that
QUESTION FROM EL TERIBBLE: Hi James, what game and at what stakes did u play when u first started playing poker?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: 5c-10c NLHE
QUESTION FROM russintoledo: ok one more ? are you comfortable with alot of money in your ft account? i worry that somehow someone will hack in and steal money so i cash out all the time?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: i dont keep much in mine, as much as its secure its not as safe as a bank, i would hate for someone to hack my PC and get my tilt password
QUESTION FROM EL TERIBBLE: wow, thats pretty cool man, anyways gl
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: tyty you 2
QUESTION FROM Irish Loughran: When you very first started playing, did you always win, or did you lose quite a bit before winning consistantly?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ups and downs but it was a lot easier in 2003!
QUESTION FROM Bink-1-Tym: hey mate, im trying to learn how to become a good poker player, but the one thing i cant do is sit there and grind for hours throwing away the bad hands, do u have any suggestions on how to stay amused?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: play more tables?
QUESTION FROM Mr capote: hi I get thru to the mid to late stages of large field tourneys but seem to struggle in the later stages should i lossen up my play or continue tight
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: its very hard to get to the final of large field tournaments, just keep on plugging away
QUESTION FROM JacobEast: How important is math in poker these days? is it true that "new school" poker is all about propability and percents?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: not all about but everything can be broken down into probablities
QUESTION FROM IdiotSmart: My friend Andrey he always lose, should he stop playing it or keep going?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: It depends if he enjoys it and makes enough money from his job that he can afford it then i dont see the harm
QUESTION FROM Mr capote: does the quality of poker play increase with the stakes. cos i find that in cheap entry tournys players call with junk and get lucky on turn or river
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: it tends to yes
QUESTION FROM IdiotSmart: he doenst have a job, he just sold his TV last month, sound like a joke but that's true. I told him to stop but he keeps playing. Do you believe poker is a lucky game?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: it is a lucky game yes, that sounds bad
QUESTION FROM grovjam: hey James have you ever played on TV??
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: yes a few times
QUESTION FROM peterm3: hello
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hi
QUESTION FROM stoogee1: Hi James. Could you please tell me a good book on how to work out outs and odds in Hold em
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: errm not sure, plenty of poker calculators online
QUESTION FROM grovjam: hey james does the FTOPS stand for anything?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Full Tilt Online Poker Series i think
QUESTION FROM stunder: Com quais cartas você paga e não paga em um início de torneio?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: bocce
QUESTION FROM stunder: Boa noite
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: bocce
QUESTION FROM Cristo Murray: How do stop other players from controlling the table?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Sometimes you just have to sit back and wait :D
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: I had the username Royal Flush on the first site i played on
QUESTION FROM ted8100: How did you get the nickname "Flushy"?
QUESTION FROM DSugarMan: I have an account SugarLandTiger that I can no longer log into. When I click forgot password, it asks for my e-mail address, and after I enter it it tells me they don't match?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: errrm you are not supposed to have 2 accts, i suggest you email support
QUESTION FROM DSugarMan: Well I didn't intend to forfit all of my FTP's, I have contacted e-mail support and password support and haen't heard a thing?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Give them time, when did you email?
QUESTION FROM DSugarMan: over the weekend and then again tonight, it was about 6500FTP's not alot to most people I'm sure but to me it is and wanted to order the FTP soccer ball ASAP for my oldest birthday around the corner
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ah ok give them time they will get back to you
QUESTION FROM Mr capote: hey do you think that the computer is as random in its play as in real life?? i only ask as i have seen some very strange things and very bad beats on a regular
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Its a lot closer to random than a human dealer
QUESTION FROM DSugarMan: Thank you for your help!
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: no problem gl
QUESTION FROM zedQ: Do you play much triple draw
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: never played it
QUESTION FROM zivili: i have a bankroll about 600 dollar, is the NL Holdem 0.50/1 dollar okey?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: depends what losing the 600 would mean to you
QUESTION FROM zivili: well it would hit me, but in 2 weeks i'l start again...
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: then yeah good chance you lose it but if thats not the end of the world its a bit more fun to go for it :D
QUESTION FROM always_bluffin3: Been playing much live at all James, if so what games have been running?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: depends where ive been
QUESTION FROM Mr capote: I start tournaments super tight build up myt chips and always check my position when am well above avg chip stack count i loosen up play and pick my spots to steal pots is there anything else that i can do to ensure I cash out
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: sounds good to me
QUESTION FROM Nice221: HI
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hi
QUESTION FROM Mr capote: sorry i guess u get bombarded with questions all the time and have to keep answers short and sweet. thanks I am playing sattelite for ftops 14 in 2 days hope fully will do well take care and good luck
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ty gl to you 2, hope you win your seat
QUESTION FROM Boooomsk: ever going to be a guest on skypoker again?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: its unlikely
QUESTION FROM RookieITB: hi james
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: hello rookie
QUESTION FROM RookieITB: do u stake anybody? and are they good?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: they are all terrible mate
QUESTION FROM Boooomsk: how come? not like tikay? or it is because the software is the worst in the world?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Not sure FTP would be too keen on it is all
QUESTION FROM EL TERIBBLE: hi james which do u prefer, cash or mtt, live or online?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: online mtts and live cash
QUESTION FROM pkrnut1: have you ever heard of new world order ?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ha yes
QUESTION FROM Boooomsk: what age did you start playing poker online?(you were obv under 18) So...what were the highest games you'd be playing regularly before you were 18? cheers Jamessy boy.
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: ermm i was 20 when i started playing online
QUESTION FROM RookieITB: how old are u now? like 38?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: must make your missus like 45?
ANSWER FROM James Dempsey: Sorry guys back in a bit just bust the 300f rush in 24th so need to take a quick break as am bit tilted given it was 180+ ftw