Also called go (japanese/english term), weiqi(chinese term) or baduk (korean term), is probably the most complex/deep/amazing board game. (Chess and others are up there, but in my opinion and this only my opinion, baduk is better. )
For the past year go has been my main hobby. (outside of school, social life etc.) My study of it has been erratic, putting in lots of hours at some points and not playing for a week or more at others. For the past two weeks I've been focusing more on poker but I can't see how someone who enjoys poker (and starcraft) could not enjoy this game so I highly encourage you to check it out.
My handle on KGS (english go server) is nFo and I am currently 4 kyu.
Anyways I'd love to play with anyone who already knows the game or teach someone who wants to learn it (maybe even trade some poker insight vs go insight who knows?)
Lee Sedol (top korean player) vs Gu Li (top chinese player)
Poker :
So after running hot on sit n gos, tripling my bankroll and thinking I'm the boss, I learned that I wasn't.
#1 Mistake : Following only the moving up part of BR management, although I stopped throwing my money away before it was too late, and I'm not the kind of guy to make the same mistake twice so lesson learned.
#2 Mistake : Playing tired or tilted, I don't tilt really bad and it hasn't really happened for the last week (the first cut is the deepest you know), still working on the tired part, I don't like going to sleep for some reason. I love sleeping and I don't want to get up but going to sleep just seems like a waste of time when I could be awake and doing something.
So anyways I'm switching back to grinding 2NL, and taking things slowly, I enjoy poker and I want to get better so at least I know I haven't lost my motivation after 2 weeks (which happened with pretty much everything except go until now)
Seems like the best way to improve except for playing is to post hands you have trouble with, so I'll try doing that. The spots where I lose most money right now is when I have top pair or Overpair and get trapped, hard to figure it out since at this level everyone jsut keeps on calling even though they have midpair and end up paying you off. When I am the one with a set or better I often end up trapping people who overvalue top pair just like me.
Lastly I've been reading Phil Gordon's little green book, (only applying the very basic stuff, since almost none of my opponents (and myself) think that much so it's pretty much value betting or folding with some occasional steals for now.) Was wondering if this book is good/average/great? WHat would be other interesting/better reads?
Music :
So recently I've been listening to a lot of Bonobo, he's a british musician who does some kind of music I don't know how to classify. (Hmm wiki calls it Downtempo, Trip Hop and Chillout) . But anyways I've been listening to it while playing poker/go and I find it's very good music to keep focused.
So far I've been pretty much only lurking this forum, just like I do on teamliquid, but figured I might as well start posting a little.
Great website and seems like a great community.
On August 04 2011 12:02 leos147 wrote:
interesting stuff, I've gone over like 1/5th of the kyu problems where can you play vs others online?
www.gokgs.com is the english go server
You should start off with 9x9 as anything bigger (13x13, 19x19) will take too long vs how much you learn and have you lost at first ^^
On August 04 2011 13:26 nFo wrote:
[QUOTE]On August 04 2011 12:02 leos147 wrote:
interesting stuff, I've gone over like 1/5th of the kyu problems where can you play vs others online?
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where can you play vs others online?
