Earlier this year, we conducted an interview with Eric "paddygo" Sullivan, a heads up pro in Argentina who readers will recognize for his frequent appearances among the top winners in our weekly heads up players report. Today, we have a couple more questions that Eric has answered for us.
Charles Hawk: What's the most important thing that you had to learn to make it from low stakes to high stakes?
Eric Sullivan: The most important thing I had to learn to get to high stakes was that I had and will have mistakes playing poker but everyone does. No one plays perfect, so the most important thing is to try to make the less mistakes, and always try to get more accurate about each spot. Try to solve spots with as much accuracy as possible and trying to fit in a balanced strategy (because against some players the solution for a spot will be unbalanced but as long as the player does not realize it does not matter).
CH: What are your biggest strengths these days and the things that you want to work on the most?
ES: My biggest strength these days is that I am studying a ton of poker theory (reading books, watching vídeos, analyzing spots and strategies) and even developing a studying tool with a friend of mine (harthor) which will make us gain a good edge hopefully.
And my biggest weakness is that i suck at getting hours, and whenever I feel a little bad about my game I tend to oversleep and do a lot of other activities non-poker wise and just study poker (not that bad but I could keep playing and suck it up).
Btw, your interview is one of the best alltime on HUSNG) very interesting thoughts and wise words for young pokerpro. I'm also prefer studying to playing poker maybe its cause of some sort of perfectionism or so? i wanna ask one question about Harthor you and weed? =) Harthor write in chat on ps that he enjoy smoking weed (in Uruguay its legal) so what you think how weed affected poker game (any thoughts)?
I actually do not smoke weed regularly, smoked a few times but when I was drunk so I actually did not feel "the real effect" but I think it varies from player to player. For some players it can make them feel more relaxed and creative, and for others it might make them loose a ton of attention and play worse. But what I am mostly sure is that the only way it can be benefitial is in small dosis, I can not imagine someone súper high playing better than sober.
But I do not smoke so it is just a point of view which it can not be too accurate.