POKER ROAD w/ Erica Schoenberg

Erica Schoenberg is widely regarded as one of the top female players in the world, with over $600,000 in career tournament earnings. Erica took 3rd in a 2007 WSOP no-limit event, has a win in a WPT prelim event at Mandalay Bay in '07, and recently final tabled the "$750k Guaranteed" on Full Tilt Poker, beating out over four thousand players. Oh yeah, and she's engaged to WSOP bracelet winner David Benyamine.

Justin Shronk: You recently final tabled the $750k Guarantee on Full Tilt. Do you always play most of the big online tournaments? How much live versus online do you plan on playing the rest of the year?
Erica Schoenberg: I only recently started playing some of the big online tournaments. I, unlike David, can’t usually stand to spend an entire day playing online! That being said, I have had a little success with that lately, so I do plan to play more of the big buy in online tourneys.

JS: I interviewed David just before the WSOP and asked him what were some of the things that he had learned from you. He said: "I guess the most important thing she has taught me is patience in tournaments. She has gone deeper in tournaments than me because high-stakes cash game players typically gamble more in tournaments. Erica is all about surviving in tournaments. I can’t really talk about the other things she has taught me because I want to use them as a weapons against other players." What are some of the "other things" that David was talking about. Also, how are some of the ways he's helped your game?
ES: I have no idea what he’s talking about half the time. David has helped my game in many different ways, but the biggest/most important thing he’s taught me has been controlling the size of the pot.

JS: I saw a TV clip of you on a morning news show talking about some of the biggest do's and don't's of poker player fashion. For people who missed the clip, give me some of the biggest do's and don't's.
ES: My newest pet peeve at the table is guys with their pink or purple IZOD collar popped (upturned) and an excessive amount of hair gel. These are also the guys that can be found with their hats tilted approximately ten degrees to the left. WTF?

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