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edzwoo United States. Aug 23 2009 21:02. Posts 5911 | | |
We got about 650 signups. WINNAR. To put that in some perspective, the booth to our left had about 10 signups. I think we had among the most signups of any club!
Our marketing tactic was pretty sick. We just screamed ILLINI POKER CLUB!! and WHO LIKES POKER!? from 12-4pm. The crowds were so ridiculous that there wasn't really much else we could do. PokerStars used to sell those limited edition decks of cards in different colors, and I had those out to attract attention. Some people tried to snatch them because they thought it was free, and in the end I lost my red colored deck  .
I thought we'd get like 2 girls MAX to sign up, but I think there was 10-20 girls that signed up.
I met SpeedyJack from LP, and some 2+2ers and other regs. I also met someone named Haseeb (I remembered him as the guy who shared dogishead's name, not dogishead himself!), who apparently knows DCal Zone and Faraz Jaka?
Here are some pics from today:
I have to respond to my last blog post where I got some good criticism  . For one, I kind of really screwed up the question. It was actually a flyer but I accidentally said poster. Also, I forgot to mention we could only use black and white, so colored pictures would be bad. Whoops.
The biggest reason though is because of the people that are going to be joining the club. Here's my logic: the vast majority of the people who sign up will be people who play with their friends or online for play money. The club is geared towards that level of poker for that reason. However, within those people are many, many players who think they are much better than they really are. There were a ton of people who said things like, "I'm really good, I just won a lot in Vegas" or "I have a lot of experience; I always beat my friends", and I was hoping that they might be a bit humbled when they read the sheet and realize they probably don't know much about the game. Also, I have to make it very clear that the primary purpose of the club is to teach poker, and not to actually play it. If I advertise it wrong, I think it's possible hundreds of people will walk in expecting to see tables and chips setup their gambling pleasure. So basically, I'm also trying to filter out certain traffic. Does that make sense? If I'm forgetting something or the logic is flawed, let's hear it!
In any case, I wrote the flyer in like 10 minutes at 5am. Now that I look at it, it's pretty cheesy and bad LOL. I didn't have enough time to check on my blog for responses though .
But after all the chaos, I think today was a pretty big success!
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acdawg712 United States. Aug 23 2009 21:12. Posts 2639 | | |
congrats! Haseeb is INTERNET POKERS/Haseeb Querishi at 25/50-50/100 cash game player on FTP. We only had like 100 signups at our first mass club thing. Also, your setup is way better, we had like 20 chips and some cards and a poster haha. Good Luck! |
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Fujikura United States. Aug 23 2009 21:13. Posts 1795 | | |
Gj but... why are you educating fish? rofl |
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Uptown . Aug 23 2009 21:14. Posts 3557 | | | |
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edzwoo United States. Aug 23 2009 21:18. Posts 5911 | | |
| | On August 23 2009 20:12 acdawg712 wrote:
congrats! Haseeb is INTERNET POKERS/Haseeb Querishi at 25/50-50/100 cash game player on FTP. We only had like 100 signups at our first mass club thing. Also, your setup is way better, we had like 20 chips and some cards and a poster haha. Good Luck! |
I meant it was another person named Haseeb, and I remembered him because he had the same name as Haseeb the pro  .
And as for educating the fish, same reason I like trying to contribute on forums. Regardless of if I give good or crap advice, it's just fun. Poker stuff interests me, even more so than actually playing poker. Which I think leads to a really strange gap that I can't apply some concepts I learn because I don't have the experience to pull it off.
You guys should root for me sucking at teaching, because if that's true, there will be some more fish online lol. |
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educating 650 random donks on how to play isn't exactly a good idea  |
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dont educate the fish too much.
and GJ. |
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blackjacki2 United States. Aug 23 2009 21:25. Posts 2582 | | |
that's pretty awesome. I would definitely sign up if I went to your school |
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EscapingR Netherlands. Aug 23 2009 21:31. Posts 2353 | | |
| | On August 23 2009 20:19 street_hooker wrote:
educating 650 random donks on how to play isn't exactly a good idea |
It will take a long time before they are any good? lol |
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thumbz555 United States. Aug 23 2009 21:31. Posts 3281 | | |
Glad to hear you've got a bunch of students. I'll help you with your first lesson plan.
NLHE concept #1: Bankroll management is bullshit. Play whatever stakes you can afford, redeposit if you go busto.
NLHE concept #2: Limp/fold a lot in early position.
NLHE concept #3: If you hit something on the flop, chances are you're ahead so go ahead and get it in.
Saved you five minutes of lesson prep time. You're welcome. |
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blackjacki2 United States. Aug 23 2009 21:37. Posts 2582 | | |
This could be a great poker club OR the greatest hustle in history. Teach 650 people how to play poker incorrectly and start hosting home games. |
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whamm! Albania. Aug 23 2009 21:44. Posts 11625 | | |
also never fold qq facing a 4betshove allin pre in 100nl FR from pcboi |
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Vivi57 United States. Aug 23 2009 22:00. Posts 314 | | |
| | On August 23 2009 20:31 thumbz555 wrote:NLHE concept #3: If you hit something on the flop, chances are they have top set so fold |
fixed |
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thumbz555 United States. Aug 23 2009 22:22. Posts 3281 | | |
oh snap, forgot #4
NLHE Concept #4: Stack off light vs. people who have black fish w/blue background icons (these are the FISH!). |
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k4ir0s Canada. Aug 24 2009 02:10. Posts 3478 | | |
wow 650 signups, gl with that >.>
 keep us updated! |
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Highcard Canada. Aug 24 2009 04:38. Posts 5428 | | |
lol at thinking they will become good at poker |
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patmcgroin Afghanistan. Aug 25 2009 00:27. Posts 830 | | |
| | On August 23 2009 20:37 blackjacki2 wrote:
Teach 650 people how to play poker incorrectly and start hosting home games. |
this is awesome |
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