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Andrew Moreno is a professional poker player who is also married to a professional poker player. His wife, Kristy Arnett, has mentioned him enough times on the show (including Episode 170!) that we figured it was about time he came on to speak for himself! Andrew discusses the pluses and minuses of sharing this unconventional career with his spouse, as well as setting ambitious goals, taking risks, Choice Center, and more.
Timestamps
0:30 – hello & welcome
10:59 – strat
32:05 – andrew moreno
Strategy
MP limps, the button makes it $5, and I raise to $16.5. MP calls and the button folds.
Flop is A79 with the 7 and 9 of spades. I bet $22 and he calls. The pot is $82, and he has $80 behind.
The turn is a blank (low non-spade) and I shove.
Great podcast, it was great to hear both Poker Pros (husband and wife) back to back. I did want to formally invite Andrew and Kristy to Oregon, we have some great locations to check out especially Cape Lookout on the beach. Also, if you get a chance Andrew, stop by Portland. We have some fun poker rooms and I think it would be great to catch a game with you.
I did have a question regarding Andrews hand you reviewed. I have enjoyed playing poker and not to recently started to really concentrate on studying more on how to better prepare myself for Next Level poker. I usually base my game primarily on feel and how the other players tend to play, especially the two players to my right and left (straight from Nate and Andrew’s suggestions) however I keep getting told I have to learn the MATH of poker better to even think about getting competitive in poker. I have been working on Pre-flop pot odds as well as some other stats on certain players, such as when they like to re-raise and the amount they like to push with. But again, I think some of that is just basic observation more than math.
After hearing your initial hand with the “Loose Player”, I was wondering if you had employed any MATH in that decision or just mainly feel? And what math is it you use primarily to help extend your MTT survival?
I did appreciate your comments about learning how to settle down during tournaments. I read Andrew Lichtenberger’s book, and he mentions some great concepts on being in the moment and not anticipating the action but to be in the moment.
Nate and Andrew, I’m hoping to meet up with you guys at the Gold Coast, not sure I can make it but I’m sure it will be a great time.
Keep up the great work and hopefully before the meet up , I’ll have finished reading Thinking Fast and Slow.
In the strategy segment, Nate commented that the popular belief that position is most important with high SPR is in fact a myth. Would you say position is _more_ important with short stacks, or is the importance unaffected by SPR?
I might have misspoken. There is a sense in which position is more important with high SPR–this is particularly true when there are more betting streets to come.
What I sort of remember saying / should have said is that there’s a myth that position doesn’t matter very much with low SPR. But in a big pot, your positional advantage–and especially your edge in dollars or big blinds, as opposed to your edge as a fraction of the current pot–is often very high even with a small SPR.
Here’s an article I wrote about this (among other things): http://www.pokernews.com/strategy/dispatches-from-the-wsop-in-vegas-in-position-21979.htm