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phexac United States. Jan 14 2010 23:18. Posts 2563 | | |
Hey guys, I have achieved certain goals that I have set for myself as far as poker profitability, skill, and game understanding are concerned. I have been playing poker as my sole source of income since I was laid off at my job in finance two summers ago. At that time, I was playing NL50, which made it a less than ideal time to start, to say the least. Since then, I have played significant amounts at up to NL600 online and up to 5/10 NL live and have gotten to the point where my poker income and my confidence in my ability to improve are such that I do not intend on seeking another job. I use the extra time and freedom I have thanks to playing poker to pursue my two main hobbies, which are competitive swimming and writing. As a mandatory part, here is my graph over the past 150k hands:
As of right now, I will be offering lessons to players up to NL200 6-max. I will focus on correctly using opponents' tendencies and detailed stats to identify ways to exploit them. In the process, I will also take a look at what stats the student uses and make suggestions as to how optimize their HUD and which stats to pay attention to. This will apply to making plays that many players, especially struggling ones, at NL200 and below have trouble with, such as floating, 3betting, responding to 3bets, multiple barrel bluffs and value bets, as well as making correct folds.
At this time, I will be doing only individual lessons and lesson packages, though that may change later. I will set my hourly rate in subsequent posts. For now, since this is my first coaching offer on this site, I will offer a first-time special. I am offering one two-hour session for $100. We will start off with a short discussion of the student's game and areas that he or she wants to focus on during the lesson. After that, we will do an hour-long play session where I will observe the student play. We will conclude with a final analysis of the session with specific attention given to the areas the student wanted to focus on at the outset. If we run over the allotted time, I will obviously not expect any additional payment. Finally, if the student wishes, I will offer another one-hour session for another $50, either right then or at a later date, where the student can sweat me 4-tabling their stakes and commenting on my play.
Since this is a good offer as far as poker lessons go, I will not pick the student on first come first serve basis. Instead, I will wait a few days, while reposting this a couple of times, to see who applies and then pick one person.
If you are interested, send me a PM and include the following:
-What stakes you play (up to NL200) and a brief summary of your poker history.
-Your own honest assessment of how you are doing.
-Your poker goals for the next few months.
-What you hope to gain from the lesson.
Finally a few administrative details:
-The lesson will take part, preferably, early in February.
-Payment is due immediately before the start of the lesson. I will accept Stars or Full Tilt transfer.
-We will use Skype to talk and screen-sharing software so that I can see what you are doing, so make sure you have a microphone (duh).
PM me if you are interested.
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akevin87 Canada. Jan 14 2010 23:58. Posts 67 | | |
Cool, would have considered it if I had time, or was expecting to have time in the future. I know you've put a lot of work into your game. I used to do competitive swimming as well - do you swim on your own, or with a club? |
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phexac United States. Jan 15 2010 00:25. Posts 2563 | | |
| | On January 14 2010 22:58 akevin87 wrote:
Cool, would have considered it if I had time, or was expecting to have time in the future. I know you've put a lot of work into your game. I used to do competitive swimming as well - do you swim on your own, or with a club? |
I swim with masters teams these days. Our team practices with a D1 college team, so the level of workouts is really nice. I have tried swimming on my own, but I just cannot make myself work as hard as I do in a team environment with a coach. It's really weird. I know it's all mental, but when I swim on my own, same effort yields like 5-10 seconds slower pace per hundred, which is a huge difference. |
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Venrae United States. Jan 15 2010 00:51. Posts 1545 | | |
God I wish I had more money  |
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Oly United Kingdom. Jan 15 2010 00:53. Posts 3585 | | |
maybe your coach is secretly pushing you along a little bit to help you feel better. |
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egood United States. Jan 15 2010 01:46. Posts 1883 | | |
its harder to be competitive against yourself. |
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vasoline73 United States. Jan 15 2010 03:28. Posts 810 | | |
If I was playing NL50 I would definitely take this up . Doesn't seem like I would appreciate/need it yet at NL10. Hopefully you continue coaching and when I move up I'll definitely consider |
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Fujikura United States. Jan 15 2010 14:02. Posts 1795 | | |
I might take you up on this after I get some hands in on NL50 and some experience. |
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