This Poker Life Part II: Christopher BrammerYoung UK Poker Pro Brammer Discusses Vegas, Beginner Mistakes, And Future Dreams |
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Christopher Brammer is one of the many up and coming UK poker faces. In part II of This Poker Life Brammer talks about the World Series of Poker, his own style of play, and making improvements. The 22-year-old also sets the bar high when it comes to making poker goals.
If you missed part I yesterday, check it out now.
Rebecca McAdam: What has been the best event you’ve gone to so far?
Chris Brammer: Vegas definitely; I’ve been twice now, so much fun.
RM: More about the fun than the poker?
CB: Nah, the poker is fun too, I probably enjoy live tournaments more than online, so having these big tournaments every day for two months is amazing.
RM: What would your advice be to a player going over to Vegas for the first time?
CB: Take twice as much money as you’re planning on taking, play the satellites, pre-register for any WSOP event at like 3 a.m. the night before or a couple days before too; the queues can be ridiculous and it’s very tilting when they shut you out for two levels or something too.
RM: The fields on those events are usually so massive, do you have to play them differently than you would, say, a GUKPT, or something like that?
CB: Well you get a faster early few levels, so you can’t really afford to wait around like you can in a GUKPT but everybody is in the same boat, so just make some hands and play them fast and get paid!
RM: How would you describe your style?
CB: Can I get away with saying tight/aggressive? [Laughs] I’d definitely be loose/aggressive but I wish I could be called TAG, so maybe I could get away with some things more.
RM: Why don’t you mix it up?
CB: I think people who know me or of me definitely think I’m way looser than what I actually am.
RM: Caught with your hand in the cookie jar a lot?
CB: [Laughs] I try telling people we all get dealt the same cards — I just like the look of them better.
RM: I like that! Do you go with your gut much or would you be more like the rational kind?
CB: I used to be quite a gut-read person, which is another way of saying guessing… I shudder to think how bad I was not so long ago, but now I definitely try to think more rationally.
RM: What were the main mistakes you were making?
CB: I guess just putting people on specific hands rather than ranges. Also just trying to bet people off their hands by repping [representing] whatever came rather than representing something throughout the whole hand.
RM: What result would you be most proud of so far?
CB: Winning UKIPT leader board last year was something that made me proud I guess.
RM: Do you do better live or online then?
CB: Not sure, I guess live, but both have been bit below expectation. I’ve come closer to live success, and when live usually takes a few days and has higher exposure it feels more important. My Dad calls me Colin Montgomery because every time he watches I’m the nearly man [laughs].
RM: What do you think you have to change about your game to get to the next level?
CB: Live, I have to remember that everyone is much tighter and nitty, and therefore they always have it [smiles]. Online I guess I have to concentrate 100 percent and run good.
RM: So what are your poker goals then?
CB: In January I decided I wanted to win every single daily tournament on Full Tilt and PokerStars during the year, which are just the tournaments I play every day (it’s around 30 tournaments or something), and the Pocket Fives leader board thing. I want to get to top 5 for UK, top for Hampshire, top 100 in the world etc.!
RM: Do you have other interests to make sure you don’t get caught up too much in just poker?
CB: I’m quite caught up in it, lost contact with most of my non-poker friends etc., which is quite bad, but by now most of my friends have gotten the poker bug.
RM: Are there any young unknowns you know that we should be looking out for?
CB: I’m not sure who’s unknown but Tom MacDonald and Matt Perrins are two of the most impressive players I’ve played. Craig McCorkell came ninth at the EPT Grand Final last year, I talk to him every day, he’s a great player.
RM: Do you see yourself in poker for a long time?
CB: Yeah I hope to be, maybe I’ll change my mind but right now I love it.
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