Interview with forum member BassPro2000
PERSONAL RELATED QUESTIONS: Q: Care to share any background or family related info with THF (have any
kids? a spouse? etc.)? A: First of all, let me thank you for allowing me to do this interview and all the members who take time to read my interview. Let's see, I have the best girlfriend in the world, she keeps me out of trouble and I love her to death for it.
I just graduated from high school not to long ago with a 3.4 GPA and several scholarships. I have been attending night classes at a local community college for a couple of years now. By the beginning of 2010 I should have all my classes complete and I will be able to transfer and right now I am looking at going to NC State and getting my degree in agricultural education and teach at the high school level.
Q: What is your Profession? Have you had any other professions prior to your current one? A:College consumes most of my time but what ever time is left over is spent working. My closest friend who I have known for close to 15 years now took over his dad's parking lot striping business so I work with him most of the time. I also work in commercial roofing which as you can imagine is not a very good job to have in the summer.
Q: Besides poker, what else interests you? A: I like to play pool, swim, lift weights, hunt, fish, listen to music, and most of all I like to play my guitar and write songs. My favorite band is Creedence Clearwater Revival and my favorite singers are Brooks & Dunn, George Strait, and Alan Jackson. I also like to make and work on things in general. It could be furniture, auto body work, rebuilding a transmission, etc. I have always been interested in things like that probably because my dad used to be a mechanic. I am also an avid NASCAR and college basketball fan. I like Dale Jr. and Duke.
Q: What’s your favorite books/movies/TV? A: I have never been much of a book kind of guy but I would have to say One of a Kind by Nolan Dolla and Peter Alson. I like all of the Quentin Tarantino movies except for hostel. My favorite would probably be Pulp Fiction.
Q: What are your pet peeves? A:My biggest one is probably people who nag or complain all of the time.
Q: Your worst fear? A: Probably UNC winning the NCAA basketball championship again, lol.
Q: What's your favourite food/drink? A: I'm a steak kind of guy so that's my favorite food and the only thing besides water and milk that I drink is Mountain Dew so that would probably be my favorite drink.
Q: Who are your heroes? A: I have several heroes with number one being my dad because no matter how tough things got he just kept on going and never complained once. I also look up to John Fogerty (lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival) because he always expressed his opinion and he stood behind his beliefs and convictions no matter what. I admire Doyle Brunson for all that he has done for the game of poker. I would also like to think all of our troops who are now fighting for our freedom overseas, all of you are heroes in my book.
Q: Do you know personally, or have you met anybody famous? A: I've met Charlie Daniels before at a small town diner about 30 miles from my home. I've also meet Richard Petty at an automotive shop in his hometown level cross, NC.
Q: Explain what a perfect day would be like for you: A: Probably waking up next to Jessica Alba or Eva Langoria, lol.
POKER RELATED QUESTIONS: Q: What is your biggest poker cash or accomplishment? A: I did finish 5th in one of those freerolls on stars with like 10,000 people, that was pretty special. But I would have to say that the best one would be winning a $10 buy-in 2-7 triple draw tournament on stars for $380.
Q: Are you more of a tournament player or ring games? What buy-in/stakes do you play at? A: I started out in tournaments and that is where my best game still is. But in the past couple of years I have started playing more and more ring games at higher stakes. Now I typically play $5 - $10 sit n go's or MTT's or for ring games I normally play .25/.50 no limit.
Q: Do you play competitively or for recreation? How much time per week do you spend on poker? A: When I play live it's normally for recreation but online I am very serious about my plays. I actually prefer live to online because I have always considered reading people to be one of my strengths. With online and live combined I normally spend about 15 hours per week on poker.
Q: Do you have any favorite poker pro’s? If so, why are they your favorites? A: There are not many pros that I don't like with the exeption of Kathy Liebert (don't ask me why, there's just something about her that I don't like). My favorite would probably have to be Mike Matusow because he is very entertaining and has a great personallity.
Q: Briefly explain how you got into poker (Possibly include age, influences, and location) A: My grandparents loved to play cards so I always played with them. They never played poker though because when my grandfather was younger he lost a lot of money that wasn't his at a poker game and that bad experience turned him away from poker. But I have always had an interest in poker ever since I can remember. So I guess I was about 4 when I started getting interested in poker, lol.
Q: What is your favorite poker site to play on? A: I mainly stick to Cake, Pokerstars, and Full Tilt.
Q: Do you prefer live play over online? A: I prefer live.
Q: In live games, do you have a good pokerface? A: I like to think that I do, but for some reason when ever I pick up aces everybody folds, lol.
Q: Do you have a favourite (Hold'em) hand?
A: I like K 10 because that's the hand that I won my first tournament with.
Q: As of today, what are your poker ambitions? A: Hopefully, I can be good enough one day where I can play professionally and make enough to support my family.
THF RELATED QUESTIONS: Q: Whose poker related posts on THF do you find most useful or most agree with?
A: I would have to say Dinero2005 because his strategy posts make the most since to me.
Q: If you could choose one player on THF to play heads up against for $1000 who would you choose? A:
I haven't seen him in a while but I would have to say rw11687 just because we're both from the same state and have the same competitive nature.
Q: Who in the future on THF do you think is most likely to be successful in their poker? A: I don't know how old people are so it's hard to say but I'll choose rocketplayer because I like his game.
Q: Who on THF do you think is most likely to be the next person banned?
A: Well, as you know the odds are always pretty high for kaart, lol.
Q: Who are your top 5 players on THF: A: These are not in any particular order:
Dinero2005
Kaartkeizer
rocketplayer
Jro34
skippy76
Thanks again for letting me do this interview. Also thanks to all who read my interview.
Thanks very much to BassPro200(JCash89) for taking the time to answer our questions 
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