PRO CHAT TRANSCRIPT - February 19th 2011
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ANSWER FROM James Blake: i'm actually not allowed to talk about betting on tennis at all. the atp takes that pretty seriously
QUESTION FROM noodlearms: fair enough, read your story inspirational stuff and gl in the tourney
ANSWER FROM James Blake: thanks
QUESTION FROM Izaak247: im playing a omaha freeroll tournement and have quite honestly pretty much no idea of what hands i should play mathmatically? help please! Also im planning to turn my $9 into $1000. What persentage of my bankroll should i take on a cash table?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: t's gonna take a little time to get used to omaha izaak. might take more of a lesson than a quick answer. but connected and double suited is good as well as AA of course.
QUESTION FROM James Akenhead: Epic match I watched live vs Del Potro last year at AusOp, very unlucky, gg.
ANSWER FROM James Blake: thanks james. it was a good match. would have liked to win that one
QUESTION FROM sexystuff1989: James wat do think / know about James Akenhead's game?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: i don't know a lot about it, but i see some very impressive results
QUESTION FROM Izaak247: James Blake you didnt answer my other question, what persentage of my bankroll should i take to a cash table. I want to turn my $9 into $1000...?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: i think you need to only put a small amount of your bankroll at each cash table. maybe 5 percent. i'm not sure i'm the best person to ask about that though
QUESTION FROM noodlearms: whats your fav sport apart from tennis?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: i love playing golf. but when i was a kid i played baseball too and enjoyed that.
QUESTION FROM Izaak247: did you start of rich? What was your first deposite?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: not sure what rich means. depends what someone considers rich. i think i only had 2k
QUESTION FROM KSC2-303: what is your fav movie??
ANSWER FROM James Blake: good will hunting or braveheart
QUESTION FROM Izaak247: whats you biggest pot u have ever won, and whatyour biggest loss?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: biggest win in a day online is probably about 5k. biggest loss is probably about 4k
QUESTION FROM Izaak247: ohhh i was expecting like 500k, thought u were some really rich poker god :P
ANSWER FROM James Blake: i don't play for those kinds of stakes online. i've won a bit more live. and lost a bit more
QUESTION FROM AlexNiro89: whats your frist tournament win?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: my first tournament win was 2002 washington dc
QUESTION FROM adamski33: how good will milos raonic be?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: seems very good so far. depends if he can stay healthy and keep focused
QUESTION FROM KSC2-303: What poker games they like to play here?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: i like to play plo the most
QUESTION FROM SeduceTheDealer: how you bust bud?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: lost a race. got crippled early when aa lost to 89 suited after a 4 bet pre. then ak all in pre vs. tt
QUESTION FROM adamski33: where is ur favorite place to play tennis?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: the u.s. open
QUESTION FROM SeduceTheDealer: wow eurgh unlucky, that sucks, how you been? its quite in here huh?
ANSWER FROM James Blake: s, it's been quiet. and now i'm going to get out of here. thanks to everyone for the questions.