PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - March 10th 2011
QUESTION FROM UCbananaboy: Who's your favorite poker player?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: Phil Ivey. He's the man
QUESTION FROM Vladuka: ??????
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: word
QUESTION FROM angela648: what stakes do u play
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: epends on my mood. My main game is 1/2rush, but I've been gambling it up some with HU PLO from 2/4 to 5/10 lately.
QUESTION FROM angela648: u want to play some heads up
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: maybe later. what game?
QUESTION FROM 2_SHINE_2: hi do u have any advise for event 12 for me
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: pray for good cards :) you can't really sit around and wait for good cards, so try to push the action some
QUESTION FROM angela648: what ever u want donkey rush lol
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: dont ever hate on rush poker son
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: angela - id play some HU PLO 2/4?
QUESTION FROM RiverPlayed: wuddup andrew
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: yo. you playing the event?
QUESTION FROM 007hake: what's your best bluff ever?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: y favorite was level 1 of PCA a couple year ago vs Victor Ramdin. I had two pair (pretty sure he had set) board ended up 4 suited by river. I got whole stack in on river. he tanked and finally folded. I showed and he just went apeshit. Not my best
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: played hand, but it got the juices flowing
QUESTION FROM angela648: come to a sit and go and play some real holdem but if u like rush i dont hate
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: lots of shit talking buddy. ill play a hu sng. $500?
QUESTION FROM barry57: did u try college b4 going pro
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: I played the most poker when I was in college. I graduated in 2007 from U of Illinois. I spend most of my time now running Cardrunners.com
QUESTION FROM dav72: do you talk
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: juggling a few things right now, but trying to :)
QUESTION FROM 2_SHINE_2: i think this game to win best way is all in and pray >"<
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: greed
QUESTION FROM pokergirlal: hey andrew gl today i am originally from chicago but now live in la hows chicago im sure your a big sport fan
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: Huge sports fan. How about DRose? What a stud. Hopefully Lakers take care of business vs Heat tonight. Love watching LeBron falter
QUESTION FROM 007hake: any good tips to how you can increase your bankroll? how did you start?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: I think SNGs are a good place to start. I built my roll through SNGs and then eventually moved to cash games. Just start at the bottom, work hard and move up. Cardrunners.com can help too
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: I am in college, how much bankroll would be reasonable to play with in your opinion?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: well it totally depends on games, stakes, etc
QUESTION FROM dav72: how you handle a bank roll of $3000 if your usually able to beat $5 sit and goes but not above and won a big mtt win to get real large roll i took 17k out
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: I think you can move above $5 sngs with 3k to work with. Try going to $10 or 20 games
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: super turbos are nuts! i'm already out. ran 1010 int JJ
QUESTION FROM d0j025: what is the biggets amount u won in one day in cash games? and what is your biggest touney win
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: PLayed a little 25/50 in my heyday. Won 40k one day. Lost 50k the next :) Always seemed to have my biggest losing days right after biggest winning ones
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: nice. pro bounty baby!
QUESTION FROM RiverPlayed: ooh yeah knocked out karin jett
QUESTION FROM kaganovskiy: how did you finish tournametn?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: doubled first hand with sb vs bb K6 vs Q7. Then Called button shove from BB with K7 (he had JJ). Then ran 1010 into JJ.
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: Against it. Gambling can be very destructive and young people aren't typically equipped with the life lessons to grasp what they are getting into
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: Underage Gambling.... your opinion on it?
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: Not many older adults are either...
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: ef can't argue that, but ultimately adults should make their own decisions and deal with the consequences. That doesnt quite apply the same way to kids.
QUESTION FROM d0j025: did u read that one of the final table players in the 5mill touney at pokerstars might be only 17 u think he should get his money or not
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: if i was in charge, id give him his money and ban him from the site until hes 19 (give him 1 year penalty)
QUESTION FROM Inflictium: Whats the best hand you´ve ever folded?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: im not big on folding. preflop ive folded KK plenty of times (dont like doing it though). Just happens over a few million hands. nothing really comes to mind postflop.
QUESTION FROM kaganovskiy: it was bad call with K7 if he had 10BB. Don't you think so? I think you should call A10, 66+??
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: h its borderline. these super turbos are nuts and i think a lot of people are pushing any two there.
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: When did you start playing poker... real money.
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: idnt play online until i was 18. playing with friends is a different beast but i started that at 16.
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: actually id expect the better players to do it more than the fish. the fish usually wait for good hands where the good players know they need to push marginal hands bc of the structure and also understand their fold equity
QUESTION FROM kaganovskiy: If you don't now is it regular of fish any two is very bad push
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: dont really need guts. just need to think the other dude has AA. sometimes its pretty obvious, especially if there is a history
QUESTION FROM Inflictium: How do u get the guts to fold pocket kings pre flop?
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: What age did you realize you were good enough to turn "pro"
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: my best year was my senior year of college. i always planned on finishing college and i knew i didnt want to slave away to the man being an accountant so it was a pretty easy decision. i also had cardrunners.com to run/fall back on
QUESTION FROM PIMMPH23: how old r u
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: 25. been in this game for 7 years. damn. that seems kind of crazy
QUESTION FROM Inflictium: How is it possible to read bullets? How do you know he dont got pocket queens or jacks ?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: its easiest if there are a few people involved in the pot and the betting gets completely out of control and the stats you have on the guy say he is very tight. what if someone is cold 4 betting and has a 0.5% 3bet? probably has it, right?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: if you guys dont use holdem manager (holdemmanager.com), you need to
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: What was your bankroll starting out in college?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: put on $50, ran it up to like 3k, lost it all + an additional 1k or so and then finally turned the corner and started to win a lot. took me almost a year to become a consistent winner
QUESTION FROM dav72: what do you think of the idea of people with learning disabilitys eg autism playing online poker if they are over 18 and choose to do so?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: im all for it
QUESTION FROM d0j025: can u share what u get from beeing signed with ft as a red pro?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: lots and lots of blow jobs from clownie gowen
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: play the <$1 sngs
QUESTION FROM CraiGDanielQQ: I'm a new player, i have $7, want to build my roll to $30 as risk free as possible, any suggestion?:)
QUESTION FROM d0j025: sweet how do i get a deal like that
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: i got it bc i was the cofounder of cardrunners.com and was doing quite well in cash games when they signed me. unfortunately, i dont have the time to play as much these days. cardrunners keeps me pretty busy
QUESTION FROM dav72: do you reckon autistic people have the advantage of disadvantage in online poker because they are worse at people but better at maths and remembering
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: ive heard people say ivey may be autistic. i mean its a case by case thing, but it can be an advantage with things like online poker
QUESTION FROM garyb: have you ever met phil ivey
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: yea, but only in passing
QUESTION FROM Inflictium: Whats the biggest difference between your play now and when you were an amateur player which usually didnt win..?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: i played drunk all the time and just didn't really know what i was doing. tools like cardrunners.com can really help you speed up the learning curve. that didnt exist when i was coming up so it was more trial and error
QUESTION FROM Moneytaker65: 3 tips to a college student just wanting to make a living with holdem.
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: graduate college, enjoy your time in college (dont let poker consume you), work very hard on your game. Just like anything if you put in the time and effort, youre gonna do just fine
QUESTION FROM RiverPlayed: do u agree that iveys avatar got more tells than his live face
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: ha. very possible
QUESTION FROM dav72: ive been told theres not much difference in standard in $215 tournys to $11 ones is that actually true?
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: no not really. the players on average are much better at $215 level. Theres not a big difference between say $55 and $215, but $11 is pretty small stakes
ANSWER FROM Andrew Wiggins: alright guys. im gonna run. good luck at the tables!