Richard "chadders0" Chadwick
(@chadders0)
24, London
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Richard Chadwick (@chadders0) was involved in a car crash Saturday night -
broken jaw and nose. He posted photo in his twitter.
This thread is without hands, because we are waiting for a new ones - after he come back to own souls again :-) Get well soon, m8!
Few weeks before accident, he answered couple my questions
1) Tell me your hobbies and spare time activities.
Don't watch too much tv or movies these days other than the obvious greats, feels too much like a waste of time. I listen to music a lot and collect vinyls. Other than that like any normal person hang out with friends and do new things, I've only been in London a short time so it's still a lot for me to discover.
2) Are you a happy person (do you enjoy your live, your "job", etc.)?
I guess so, my earlier days of playing poker after leaving university were hell. After 3 years I've managed to get complete financial stability, a good life balance and I'm past the point where my happiness levels are just proportional to my last 10 days results grinding. There are a hundreds of things I would rather do with my life than play poker, but they don't pay the same amount or give me the free time to explore other opportunities That is not to say I am not very passionate about poker, I think it's one of the best games ever created, but it is still just a game and for a lot of people a means to an end.
3) What's your strengths and weaknesses in poker?
Strengths: 4 tabling, numbers, software and pissing off other regs.
Weaknesses: Auto piloting, being a one trick pony (I suck at all other formats) and pissing off other regs
4) Funny story from your life: maybe sickest day of your life, maybe biggest fail, maybe biggest success...?
Way to many fails to choose from in life, but relating to poker there is one that stands above all. In my first year out of university I was a lowstakes husng turbo grinder and not very good at it. I used to tilt like crazy and one time I shouted so loud that my neighbour came to check if I was alright. I didn't answer the door out of the embarrassment of having to explain it was a card game that was making me so angry and she left after a few minutes. An hour later the police arrive banging on the door claiming there has been a report of a domestic disturbance, I had to explain it was a result of poker. They insisted that check my flat for other injured parties as anyone who had committed a crime would obviously lie in that situation, I obliged and they want on their way.
5) You prepared hyper turbo pack for husng.com which changed whole game. Was it +EV to you?
I think it's hard to quantify how much that video pack has changed the game, I believe all the material in the pack was freely available, all I did was consolidate it. I suppose I have pushed a few people a few months further along in their career than if they didn't have the pack, which I guess will eventually hurt my bottom line. At the time though it felt like a great achievement, and I consider it all to be part of what led up to the player I am now, so I don't regret it.