Below is a list of questions that we invite any visiting Poker pro to answer.
What percent of your success would you say is attributable to randomness?
How many times if any have you gone completely broke (poker bank roll) over the course of your poker career?
At a final table, would you rather play against a pro that you understand or a lucky rookie who doesn’t understand the game?
Do you gamble much on non-skill games or games that have a house edge?
How do math and psychology cross in poker? For example, if the book says a certain hand is a loser 60 percent of the time, how would this change if you know your opponent likes to raise with weak hands at this point, and if you suspect he is bluffing?
What percentage of professional poker players would you consider to be compulsive gamblers?
If you could sit down and play a game of poker with any five people in the world (living or deceased), who would you pick?
How did you go about developing your poker face so that others couldn’t read your unintentional body language?
How do you explain the phenomenal increase in the popularity of poker recently? (Or is it merely an increase in the visibility of the game, and the popularity is actually stable?)
No-Limit Holdem has seen a dramatic increase in play and popularity — due, most likely, to a combination of televised poker and internet poker. What sort of push would be needed to get Pot Limit Omaha the same exposure and popularity? Or are there fundamental issues in the game which restrict it from being more popular?
If they made a movie about your life, who would play the lead role?
What percentage of the poker pros that were seen on T.V. over the last five years are broke or in debt for hundreds of thousands of dollars?
Do you make more at the poker table or from your other work?
Are you planning to write any poker books?
How do you deal with the generation of loose, fast online players? These types of players seem to take the skill out of the game — they become calling stations and strategic play is really watered down. Thoughts?
What skill is more important in Holdem: discipline in the range of hands you play, or the ability to read the other player? How can you teach someone to trust their read and to let a hand go, or to trust the read and make a difficult call?
Is it better to play aggressive early in a tourney where the blinds go up quickly — or should your style of play stay consistent no matter how quickly the blinds go up?
Why do so many highly-intelligent people with advanced degrees decide to play poker?
Who do you think the top five N.L.H. cash game players are in the world right now
When you decided to turn pro, what type of bankroll did you start out with? How much time/what stakes would you have to play in order to make a quality living?
How did you decide that you wanted to play poker full-time? Can you explain what factors you considered and do you have any advice for aspiring card players?
Is Phil Hellmuth really as unpleasant as he seems? Conversely, who are the top pros that are regarded as being the most fun to play with — not necessarily the ones you can clean up on, just the ones that you’d have a good time with?
What is the most dangerously deceiving starting hand for an amateur player in Texas Holdem? When I say dangerous, I mean most likely to make a stupid call when they have no business calling.
