Major / Profession and Poker Style

In one of the other threads people were discussing the correlation between being a History major and being a NIT. I thought it was an interesting concept so I thought I would make a thread devoted to it. So state your area of study or profession along with your stats / style of play. For added fun we can include the variations of poker that we enjoy.

Political Science / Economics

TAG 15/11/62 (Small Sample) at 5NL

15/11/62? You sure that isn't 6.2?

The stat is pretty much how often you C-bet, correct?

Trapper

VP/PFR/PFF
20/10/74

Over 20K hands @ 2-5 mtt and 2-5 sng

TheWall said:

The stat is pretty much how often you C-bet, correct?

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When you put stats out like x/x/x it's usually VPIP/PFR/AF.
AF = aggression factor.

Yeah, 62 is right. Its 5NL, they can't handle the agression.

TPC said:

When you put stats out like x/x/x it's usually VPIP/PFR/AF.
AF = aggression factor.

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Ammendment:

20/10/40

I think you are confusing aggression factor with aggression frequency. A 6 aggression factor is high. A normal aggressive AF number is usually between 3 and 4. An AF of 60 is pretty much impossible over any large sample. Heck, over 20 is pretty much impossible.

i am a nursing student/musician (drummer).

im not sure of my stats...i know they are not so great.

my style varies...i play tight at times...i play loose at others.

types of games...stud8, omaha hi/lo, holdem.

I was thinking AFQ

TPC said:

I think you are confusing aggression factor with aggression frequency. A 6 aggression factor is high. A normal aggressive AF number is usually between 3 and 4. An AF of 60 is pretty much impossible over any large sample. Heck, over 20 is pretty much impossible.

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its prob afq

Wow, did the intention of this thread get derailed fast. I actually thought the OP was an interesting idea. But I gues speople love argueing semantics... lol

Clinical psych (degree, not profession-- I'm a project manager at the National Institutes of Health):

Mostly FR cash games (2NL) and am currently 21/14/2.5 (about 5.5K hands) for the past 2.5 months.

My play has changed a lot since November because I'm taking things much more seriously, gotten involved in CC, and studying a lot more (plus got a HUD--PT3-- and use it to review lots of my hands).

I'd like to think I'm basically a TAG but not sure my current stats agree with that.

I like the premise of this post: My fascination with poker really is connected to psychology. I love the combination of player dynamics with the math.

physics and math.

18/15/4.5

and as a little bit of a boost for myself

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130774148&sc=fb&cc=fp

Yeah Daniel Negreanu's book says that he can usually tell what kind of a play a person has by profession. Lawyer = aggressive, etc.

Interesting topic.

Statistics Major

I don't have a HUD !, but would consider myself TAG.

I must make a further ammendment to my stats. I included all tracked stats for the past year, but if I were to narrow down from when I really started taking my game seriously I have been running 17/10/5. (VP/PFR/AF) This is for SNG and MTT. I don't really play any cash, but I filtered out my cash stats anyways.

Hm, how should I put this.

Interesting. Pure bogus of course, but still interesting.

Catfish breeder retired. tag.

rugby0 said:

Catfish breeder retired. tag.

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You used to be a catfish breeder? Very cool!

Handy Man

TAG

mostly stng's (turbo)

30/12/2.47

12/8 Business/Economics

Those stats are for rush poker though, where I play like a complete nit.

TheKAAHK said:

Trapper

VP/PFR/PFF
20/10/74

Over 20K hands @ 2-5 mtt and 2-5 sng

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In case anyone was wondering, trapper is my profession, not my playing style...