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k2o4 United States. Jun 19 2009 16:09. Posts 4803 | | |
After my last blog post several people got in touch and showed interest in coaching, so I've decided to go ahead with my plans. I mentioned that I had a pretty in depth plan for how this would work so now it's time to share it. I want to provide high quality coaching so that my students get a lot out of the experience and grow into winning players. I enjoy teaching and I really like helping people learn and seeing them grow. I've sat back and thought of everything that I wish I'd been taught and had access to when I first started out, and I will share those lessons and that information with my students.
So let's get this started with the obvious - my results so you can decide whether you want to bother with learning from me. I've put them in a spoiler so you can skip them if you already know me.
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I started playing poker in the summer of 2006 and learned from a friend on LP named FirA. I sucked for a long time and was horrible at BR management. I started with NL but moved to fixed limit after I nearly lost my BR by moving up too fast. After that I became a BR nit and have never come close to being broke. After about a year I finally got the basics down and then moved back to NL and cruised through the micros. I had a heater when I got to NL100 and thought I was god, then had an epic downswing and realized I wasn't. At that point I refocused to get past the basics and learned a lot from Midian about taking the game to the next level. I played NL50/NL100 for about a year but hit a wall so I got coaching with Sakisaki. Since then I moved up to NL200 and have been a reg there for several months.
I've been on serious highs and lows from poker but over the past 8 months I finally got good enough so that I can consistently win and have been pulling out about 1k a month while also paying sakisaki for coaching and building my BR. I play poker part time while working part time for a non-profit organization. I run extremely bad (ask sakisaki, he's had to suffer while sweating me) which has left me no room to play on anything but my A game and forced me to learn a lot about tilt control, focus, discipline and other non strategy aspects of being a winner at poker.
Here are some screen shots. These are my lifetime results @ NL25, NL50 and NL100. These are the 3 levels I expect to be coaching on since for NL10 and lower the price is usually gonna be too high, but I can definitely teach you to beat those lower stakes as well. My results for NL10 and lower are not included in the SS since they're skewed - for the last 2 years those are the stakes I visit when I'm drunk and feel like playing 100/100 and going all in every hand. I'm amazed they're still in the green =)
How Sessions Will Work
I pay for a nice screen sharing software that will allow us to talk via phone or microphone/speakers and see each others screens during sessions. I've used free programs like teamviewer while getting coached in the past and they made things very difficult, so I've decided to pay for this software to make the coaching sessions smooth. You don't have to pay anything for this. We will use this software every session so that we can talk verbally and see each others screens as necessary.
During a session we will either do 1 or more of the following:
1) Discuss general strategy and ways to improve your game, from tilt control to the best poker programs to use and how to use them.
2) I prefer if you can make a video of yourself playing a regular session and then we can review it together during the coaching session. This way we can go over timing tells, game flow, etc, but can pause and really get into detail rather than live sweat sessions where you are limited in how long you can talk and get distracted by new hands.
3) If you can't make videos, we will do live sweat sessions where I watch you play or you watch me play.
4) We'll go over your HEM/PT database and review hands.
5) If you're a consistent student (doing a session 1 time a week or bought a package up front) then you can PM me hands anytime you want for review, and I might also assign you homework like articles/books to read, videos to watch, etc.
6) I'm flexible in my teaching style and will customize according to what you ask for. If you want me to just give you a general course I can do that, or if you just want to focus on specific areas that you have trouble with then we can do that, and so on.
Stakes and Game Types I Coach
Game Types:
My coaching will be primarily focused on 6max/full ring cash games. I play primarly 6-max cash games, but have played a lot of full ring cash games in my life, especially at the micro stakes. If you have no idea how to play tournaments then I can help you get started since I know the basics and can hold my own, but I am not a tournament specialist and do not consider myself to be qualified to teach you to be a big tournament winner. I don't teach HU or Omaha.
Stakes:
I can teach you to win at NL100 and lower. I may be helpful to a struggling NL200 reg or someone who is just making the move up, but I'd suggest you get a NL400 or higher reg to help you out instead of me.
NL100: If you are already a solid reg @ NL100 I may not be the coach for you, but I can help you make the transition to NL200 and explain the differences and how to adjust. If you're a breakeven reg @ NL100 I can help you become a winner and move up. But overall I do think my services are not as valuable to a NL100 player so that is why the fee is only half a buyin.
NL50: I can help you, a lot. If you've been stuck here forever or just arrived, I can help you figure it out and crush the game. I do know some NL50 players who are equal to me in terms of poker strategy, but they're stuck at this level for other reasons and if you're one of those people I can help you figure out what to change outside of your strategies so that you can move up.
NL25 and Lower: I have a lot to offer you. I can help you maximize your winnings vs all the fish you get to play with, but also help you understand how to change your game vs the occasional good reg you bump into. And I can help you a lot with moving up and expanding your game, taking it to a deeper level.
Payment
1) I charge $50 a session. Sessions last for at least 1 hour and may go longer. If it goes longer than 1 hr, you don't pay anything extra.
2) You can buy a package for $250 and get 6 lessons (1 free). If you buy a package you also can PM me hands anytime for analysis and I might assign you homework to do between sessions (articles/books to read, videos to watch, etc.)
3) Long term profit sharing deals are available but will require a more in depth submission process. If you want long term coaching contact me via PM and I will let you know what I need from you.
4) If you miss a session without notifying me ahead of time (6 hrs) or having a DAMN good reason, then at the next session you will pay half the price of the missed session PLUS the full price of the new session. If I miss a coaching session without notifying you ahead of time (12 hrs) or having a damn good reason, then your next session will be 100% FREE.
5) I am free Mon/Wed/Fri all day so those are the best days for me to do sessions. I can usually fit something in any day of the week though. On Sat/Sun if I do a session it will need to be in the afternoon. We will schedule the sessions via PM here on LP or AIM/MSN.
Applying for Coaching
If you want to take lessons from me then please send me a PM with the below information. I will review it and get in touch with you to set up a FREE consultation session which will last 15-30 minutes. During that time we will get to know each other and talk basic poker. After that we can both decide whether we want to continue and start paid sessions. This way you don't have to pay $50 to spend 30 minutes getting to know me and 30 minutes doing a sweat session, and then decide that you don't like me. You get to decide you don't like me for free and if you do like me then we can get serious on the coaching.
PM me the answer to these questions to apply for coaching:
1) Name, age, location:
2) Preferred poker site(s) and screen names:
3) Current bankroll and game(s) played:
4) How many hands do you typically play per month?
5) How long have you been playing poker?
6) Have you had any coaching before? If so, how did it go?
7) What’s your schedule like? When do you want to do your session? (Give a specific time please)
8) What's your Skype and AIM/MSN?
(Yes, I stole those Q's from Myth's coaching thread. No reason to reinvent the wheel and we all know Myth has this coaching shtick down ^^)
That's all. If you have anymore questions then please reply to this thread or PM me.
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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jun 19 2009 17:15. Posts 15163 | | |
Could you post some stats for each level?
I would be interested in some LAGgy 3bet heavy NL25 coaching, I think that at micros with TAG the money is better spent on some site subscriptions |
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k2o4 United States. Jun 19 2009 17:20. Posts 4803 | | |
I don't like posting stats publicly =)
But as far as 3bet heavy NL25, how heavy are you talking about? Generally there's no reason to play 3bet heavy at that level since you're vs a bunch of fish. I can teach you about 3betting light and squeezing, etc. |
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Sicks Macks United States. Jun 19 2009 18:57. Posts 3929 | | |
Would you mind doing just a single session? I think we play too close in stakes for a long term thing to be useful for me, but for $50 I might be interested in just getting some detailed thoughts on my game in an hour.
Also, do you ever play at FTP, or just stars?
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| | On June 19 2009 16:15 LemOn[5thF] wrote:
I would be interested in some LAGgy 3bet heavy NL25 coaching,
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k2o4 United States. Jun 19 2009 20:38. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On June 19 2009 17:57 Sicks Macks wrote:
Would you mind doing just a single session? I think we play too close in stakes for a long term thing to be useful for me, but for $50 I might be interested in just getting some detailed thoughts on my game in an hour.
Also, do you ever play at FTP, or just stars?
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I've got an FTP account that I used a LONG time ago. But now I am pretty much 100% stars.
Yeah single sessions are fine. Whatever works for you is fine with me. I just set up a bunch of options/benefits for people who want to do more long term type of stuff. Just PM me with the info at the bottom and we'll set up a time. |
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JoeDeertay United States. Jun 19 2009 20:59. Posts 1730 | | |
I might want this. I'll write up the PM after my session tonight. |
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k2o4 United States. Jun 19 2009 21:55. Posts 4803 | | |
I'll keep an eye out for it Joe =) |
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Interested, but not for now because of lack of time. PMed you anyway. |
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MayZerG United Kingdom. Jun 20 2009 22:14. Posts 2123 | | |
The rate your charging someone could get a DC/Stox 1 month-sub with that...
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noface United States. Jun 21 2009 02:07. Posts 182 | | |
I'm pretty sure people are aware of whats out there MayZerg, if you are going to try to lowball him just use a private message =] |
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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jun 21 2009 06:16. Posts 15163 | | | |
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k2o4 United States. Jun 21 2009 17:27. Posts 4803 | | |
Stox = poker site and 1 was in relation to how many months.
Yep May, they could definitely get videos but this is live coaching which is very different and generally much more expensive. |
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EvilSky  Czech Republic. Jun 21 2009 18:34. Posts 8918 | | |
| | On June 20 2009 21:14 MayZerG wrote:
The rate your charging someone could get a DC/Stox 1 month-sub with that...
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Why not get both ? |
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egood United States. Jun 21 2009 19:14. Posts 1883 | | |
im interested but need a mic, do you accept payment by transfer on FTP? |
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k2o4 United States. Jun 22 2009 01:18. Posts 4803 | | |
| | On June 21 2009 18:14 egood wrote:
im interested but need a mic, do you accept payment by transfer on FTP? |
You don't need a mic, the software we'll use allows u to call in via a regular phone.
I prefer transfer on PS or paypal but we can figure something out if you're on FTP. |
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