Interview with David Williams

Unfortunately Antonio Esfandiari never got back to me about the interview. I had emailed back twice to him so i can only assume hes been pretty busy recently

However, David Williams said he was very happy to do an interview with us and answer any questions THF members may have.


Post your questions in this thread. I will collate them and then email David with them in about a week or so.

Only post interview questions in this threads. I rarely delete posts but ill delete any off topic posts to keep the thread clean. Its a pain to have to go through a 10 page thread with only 10 questions with the rest of the posts not being related If you have a question or suggestion about her interviews please post them in a new thread.

About David Williams

You can find out more about David at his website http://www.davidwilliamspoker.com/. Card player also have a good article on him - which you can find here

Here's a little info about him from his website

"This young, charismatic tournament and online-savvy player is a force to be reckoned with. In 2004 alone, David won $3.5 Million for his Runner Up Finish at the WSOP Main Event and $573,000 for his Runner Up Finish at the WPT. Coming from a college background including Princeton and Southern Methodist University, David is an active World Poker Tour Professional, Professional Poker Tour Participant, and Card Player Magazine cover story. Before poker, David, now 25 years old, was an avid "Magic" player, a game that is only played one-on-one. Within the last year, David Williams has truly established himself as an important part of the professional poker tour landscape. With Two Second Place finishes in key tournaments, the Borgata Poker Open and the World Series of Poker "No Limit Hold'em Poker Championship, David proves his tournament mettle. David is one of the World Poker Tour's "Young Guns" and has been feature"

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think this thread got missed

come on guys

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First off Williams is one of my favorite players, I have enjoyed him on the new show King Of Vegas unlike that idiot Hollywood Dave. That brings me to my first question, How do you, as a successful pro, deal with someone like that, at a live table?

I'd like to know what it is like being one of the youngest, and at the same time one of the best pro's out there

I'd also like to know what is David's favorite city and or casino to play cash tables

i recently posted this question to members. Id love to hear a professional poker players opinion on it : -

Consider this scenario :

Your chip leader in a tournament (doesnt matter if its a big multi tournament or a sng). There are 3 players left and the blinds are at 2,000/4,000

* Your sitting on the big blind with 100,000 chips
* Player A is on the button and has 15,000 chips
* Player B is the small blind and has 30,000 chips

Player A is first to act. He decides to go all in for his 15,000 chips - probably not a bad move if he has any sort of a hand with him only having 15 thousand and the blinds at 4

Player B has just put 2 thousand of his 30 thousand in the pot for the small blind. He decides to go all in too.

You look down at your cards and see

Do you call?

Here is the possible outcomes of the hand :-

Scenario A : You Call. You beat both players and win the tournament
Scenario B : You Call. Player A wins the main pot of 45,000, Player B wins the side pot of 30,000. Your chip count reduces to 70,000
Scenario C : You Call. Player A wins the main pot of 45,000, You win side pot of 30,000. Your chip count remains at 100,000 and Player B finishes in 3rd.
Scenario D : You Call. Player B wins the total pot of 75,000. Your chip count reduces to 70,000 and Player A finishes in 3rd
Scenario E : You Fold and keep your 100,000 chips. Player A wins the pot and goes up to 34,000. Player B goes down to 15,000.
Scenario F : You Fold and keep your 100,000 chips. Player B wins the pot of 34,000 and goes up to 49,000. Player A finishes in 3rd.


So....Do you call?

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Hi Mr. Williams, got a couple of questions


Is there any strategic relationship between magic the game and poker?


How do you manage to stay concentrated for hours and days without showing sign of tiredness?


What would you have done with your life if poker didn't get in the middle?

ok, we're still looking for some good questions for David. Im gonna email him the questions in a week

The person who posts what david deems to be the best question will get a $20 gift voucher from PokerRoom

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David, how to you prepare right before a big tournment like the WSOP..im talking like 1 to 2 hours before the tournment starts...Do you have a favorite song that pumps you up to get you ready, or do you do sit ups, run around in circles, stuff like that?

Lets say you have been playing in a huge tournment and you have made it to the final table. The final table starts the at 11:00am the next day. Its 5:00am the day of the final table and your in your hotel room. What do you do to pass time till the final table starts?

David, do you recommend or have read any good books for online players?

Who is your favorite poker player to play agaisnt?

What Poker player do you like to watch play?

Whats up David,

I was just wondering how a high stakes tournament poker player manages their bankroll? For example, how do you decide which events to play? Do you play large amounts of small buy-in tournaments or just a few $10,000 buy-in tournaments a year?

- Bass

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Hi David,

Thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions. I was wondering what your thoughts were on the WSOP ME. With the ever increasing number of internet qualifiers and the number of entrants growing every year (this year 7500 - 8000), do you think a well known pro will ever win the Main Event again? The last 3 have been relative unknowns before winning the WSOP Main Event. If you think this is likely to happen, who do you think has the best chance of pulling it off besides yourself? Do you think the buyin for the WSOP ME should be increased to try and eliminate the large fields or will increasing the buyin even make a difference in the number who enter, what with the number of internet qualifiers? Also what are you thoughts about the $50,000 buyin HORSE event at the WSOP? Do you think this will in time be considered the "Main Event/World Poker Championship"?

Thanks in advance,

JR