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Really? You know I'm going to vette my students well before taking them on. I would assume Rdog or whoever would understand that it would benefit me and my student for them to be involved in the 4bb community. Unless this is a level? I have absolutely no idea if this is a level or not.I am not sure you should be promising things you can't deliver on. -
Yeah, I mean, even if he can't help you financially he's in a better position to give you life advice than we are. And it's usually good policy to be open with your family anyway. GL, run good one time.Thanks all for responding. I think once I get the courage, I will call my Dad and let him know. I am currently at school and talk to him every now and then, lying and saying everything is going great. I will try to man up and tell him, but this will not be easy. First off, we come from a very poor background and he will not be able to help me out at all. This sucks. But I do appreciate you all. Thanks. -
2.5k isn't a lot of money in the grand scheme of things. Since your young you'll easily be able to recover and move on in a couple months. I think the only option you have is to go to your parents and let them know the situation. You're young, you made a mistake, it happens. The important thing is that you learn from it. You should value your education more and stay in school. College will allow you to get a high paying job easier than someone without an education. In 10 years when you have your B.A. and are making 80k/year you'll look back and laugh at this whole thing. Keep your eye on the longterm.
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What about slander? He called me a con man and obviously has nothing to back it up with. In the poker industry one of the most important things you can have is a good reputation and he's trying to ruin mine. Ban him Bob.While I don't agree with poto, I do agree with freedom of speech - banning someone for holding an unpopular opinion would be more problematic than reading something upsetting from time to time. -
Why is this dude still here Bob? Because he give some stakes out? Ridic.
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Bink. Solid post imo and spot on.Obviously there are financial benefits for me to do this but remember, I only get paid when my student makes money. Structuring it that way allows people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford coaching, to get coached and it's an incentive for the coach (me) to do his best to make sure they succeed. Poto, you are truely crazy.As he stated, he used to be in the same boat....he was a .10/.25 player and couldn't afford coaching, so when some great players came along and offered the SAME deal he is offering now, he accepted and it turned him into a MASSIVE winning player. This is his way of returning the favor that those players gave him....a way of "sticking to his roots" I guess you could say. He knows what it is like to be a grinder at that level and knowing you can't afford solid coaching, but he caught a break by a generous offer that he is now returning the favor. -
Everyone except Poto wins this thread.
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Man dude, I have so many people that can vouch for my trustworthiness.No.It is an attempt to alert the new and naive members of the forum that you are a con man.Any more questions? -
lol wtf? Is that supposed to be funny?
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And yeah. its a standard deal.
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Yeah, TR is pretty far off. I totaled my winnings up from Jan 1st of this year, so like, the last 8 months or whatever, and I'm at 47.5k. Some of that is bonus money obviously. I only have my hand history's for the last couple months (and I missed a significant chunk of one of those months) in my HEM because I bought a new computer and moved. But yeah, I requested the hand history's for Jan 1st to April 11th (the time I moved) from AP a month ago and haven't heard back. There are people around here who can vouche for me. Jesse (pocketdeuces) would have the best idea of how much I've made in the last year (October to October) because I had to report my winnings to him from October to Feb due to a coaching agreement smilier to the one I've laid out.
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I'm not against students playing Mtts during coaching as long as they focus on improving at NL cash. Yes, I would be entitled to 100% of rakeback.you said something about binking 20k in a tourney so im assuming you are not against a student also playing mtts during the coaching term? If someone is playing tournies are you sill entitled to 100% of rakeback? -
Yeah, I mean, doing a percentage of profits instead of an hourly insures I care about the students development and truly want to see them succeed. If I'm getting paid an hourly I wouldn't care as much if you learned the material because I'm getting paid either way.And to give you an idea of how much I expect to make, lets say that I'm coaching a 50nl player who makes 2k in a month. Which is a good month imo. He would pay me 600 for the months worth of coaching. I regularly win/lose pots more than 1k. So that's like one pot for me after a months work.Thank you for the responses. I appreciate the candor.I was unaware that this was a fairly standard going rate. -
I will be offering this arrangement for a few months at least. If everything goes well I may plan on doing it longer. I'll post when I have an opening.And I would like to give back to FCP. I haven't posted here a lot recently since the whole 4bb thing started up but this is my first 'poker community' and I feel a sense of attachment to it. I still check up on this place a couple times a week but as I said, rarely post.Wow, this sounds like a great opportunity. I wish I had more time to devote to this or I would ask to give it a try. Maybe in the future if you are still offering this, whatgreatis.It is a very nice gesture to give back to this forum. -
I thought it would be more affordable than my hourly which is around 120/hr. A 50nl player simply can't afford to pay that. When I was coached I had the same deal and it's very standard imo.Good luck with this.Quick question though, is it just me or does 30% of winnings seem awfully high for coaching services. -
Hey guys, I'm going to start coaching and I'm looking for students. I want to take on 2-3 students. I'm looking to coach nl 6max/full ring players inbetween the limits of 25nl-200nl. If you play heads up, thats fine too. I'm not an exclusive hu expert like many on this forum are, but I am a winning player at hu cash and I know a lot of adjustments/counter-adjustments you'll need to make to beat heads up poker.Here's what I'm looking for in a student:Must have your own bankroll. This is not a staking thing, it's purely coaching.You must put in at least 15k hands/month if you're playing 6max/fr. If you're a hu player I'd consider less. Also, if for some reason you can't put in that kind of volume for a month because of traveling or whatever, that's fine. I'm flexible.I'm looking for people who either want to go pro or make a decent amount of money from this game. I do not want recreational players.Must have skype and mikogo/teamviewer4. They're both free and takes a few minutes to download.Must be willing to think critically about the game away from the tables.What the program will be like:There's no long term commitment. Once you join you must stay for at least 1 month. You can be coached for as long as you like, but you can't quit mid month. So say it's like December 20th and you realize you don't want to be coached anymore, you have to finish out December and are free to leave the program in January.I'll be doing a minimum of one sweat session per week. Depending on your schedule/my schedule we could do more. But I'm guaranteeing at least 1 sweat per week but I'd like to consistently do more to help you get better value for your dollar.You can regularly send me hands on skype/aim whenever you want and we'll discuss them. I'm on my computer a lot and I encourage you to send me hand history's to get better value for your dollar.If for some reason you'll be away for a week, you can use Camista to make a video and send that to me and I'll watch/critique it.You'll know and get close to other people in the coaching agreement.You'll have access to 4bb (a private poker forum) where you can immerse yourself in a community of winning poker players.My compensation:There is no flat fee. I'll be entitled to 30% of your overall online monthly profits. This does not include tournaments. So if you bink a tourney for 20k you get to keep all of it. An example of the payment system is thus, say you make 10k in a month after rakeback/bonus I would get 3k of that. You are to pay me monthly. I have an account on AP/Stars/FT so you don't need to worry about transferring money to another site to pay me. I like taking a percentage of overall monthly profits because it encourages me to make sure you're making money at this game. I then become emotionally/financially tied to your success and I feel like that's an important part of being a coach.You will need to take screen shots of your Hem/Pt as well as rakeback/bonus and email that to me every 2 weeks so I can track your progress and make sure you don't scam me
. In your progress report you can lay out specific goals for the next week or any questions/concerns you have.For those who don't know me well I'm playing professionally at 200nl-400nl 6max/fr/hu. A year ago I deposited 525 onto AP and started with 25nl. Today I've made slightly more than 50k from online cash games. You can check out my PTR (search whatgreatis) to prove I'm a winner although it's missing a couple grand in table profits. I have been coached by Rdog and Pocketdeuces. I know what it takes to beat online ssnl.I want you to look at this as an investment in your game. Think of it as paying X amount to gain the skills to make Y amount. You may still make Y amount without a coach, but the learning curve drastically increases when you hire a coach. I'm sure many people will agree that getting a coach is one of the best things you can do for your game.Send your applications in the form of a PM. I would like you to give me your name/where your from/limits/background/future goals. I also would like your favorite color and favorite food.Note: As a result of taking on students I will no longer be doing sweat session groups that people do on 4bb. I'll also be cutting back drastically on the amount of hand history's I comment on for non-students. Now that I'm coaching I can't ask people to be my student and pay me, then give out free advice to other people. Sorry to those who aren't interested in working on their game with me who will suffer from my lack of strategy posts.Edit: I'm also a deep stack 'expert.' I play on AP/UB where you can buyin for 200bb on every table. I've played over 200k hands of deep stack poker. Not many people can say that.Reedit: I didn't make it clear that you would be sweating me from time to time as well. -
Hey guys, I'm going to start coaching and I'm looking for students. I want to take on 2-3 students. I'm looking to coach nl 6max/full ring players inbetween the limits of 25nl-200nl. If you play heads up, thats fine too. I'm not an exclusive hu expert like many on this forum are, but I am a winning player at hu cash and I know a lot of adjustments/counter-adjustments you'll need to make to beat heads up poker.Here's what I'm looking for in a student:Must have your own bankroll. This is not a staking thing, it's purely coaching.You must put in at least 15k hands/month if you're playing 6max/fr. If you're a hu player I'd consider less. Also, if for some reason you can't put in that kind of volume for a month because of traveling or whatever, that's fine. I'm flexible.I'm looking for people who either want to go pro or make a decent amount of money from this game. I do not want recreational players.Must have skype and mikogo/teamviewer4. They're both free and takes a few minutes to download.Must be willing to think critically about the game away from the tables.What the program will be like:There's no long term commitment. Once you join you must stay for at least 1 month. You can be coached for as long as you like, but you can't quit mid month. So say it's like December 20th and you realize you don't want to be coached anymore, you have to finish out December and are free to leave the program in January.I'll be doing a minimum of one sweat session per week. Depending on your schedule/my schedule we could do more. But I'm guaranteeing at least 1 sweat per week but I'd like to consistently do more to help you get better value for your dollar.You can regularly send me hands on skype/aim whenever you want and we'll discuss them. I'm on my computer a lot and I encourage you to send me hand history's to get better value for your dollar.If for some reason you'll be away for a week, you can use Camista to make a video and send that to me and I'll watch/critique it.You'll know and get close to other people in the coaching agreement.You'll have access to 4bb (private online forum) where you'll get to post/immerse yourself in a community of winning players.My compensation:There is no flat fee. I'll be entitled to 30% of your overall online monthly profits. This does not include tournaments. So if you bink a tourney for 20k you get to keep all of it. An example of the payment system is thus, say you make 10k in a month after rakeback/bonus I would get 3k of that. You are to pay me monthly. I have an account on AP/Stars/FT so you don't need to worry about transferring money to another site to pay me. I like taking a percentage of overall monthly profits because it encourages me to make sure you're making money at this game. I then become emotionally/financially tied to your success and I feel like that's an important part of being a coach.You will need to take screen shots of your Hem/Pt as well as rakeback/bonus and email that to me every 2 weeks so I can track your progress and make sure you don't scam me
. In your progress report you can lay out specific goals for the next week or any questions/concerns you have.For those who don't know me well I'm playing professionally at 200nl-400nl 6max/fr/hu. A year ago I deposited 525 onto AP and started with 25nl. Today I've made slightly more than 50k from online cash games. You can check out my PTR (search whatgreatis) to prove I'm a winner although it's missing a couple grand in table profits. I have been coached by Rdog and Pocketdeuces. I know what it takes to beat online ssnl.I want you to look at this as an investment in your game. Think of it as paying X amount to gain the skills to make Y amount. You may still make Y amount without a coach, but the learning curve drastically increases when you hire a coach. I'm sure many people will agree that getting a coach is one of the best things you can do for your game.Send your applications in the form of a PM. I would like you to give me your name/where your from/limits/background/future goals. I also would like your favorite color and favorite food.Note: As a result of taking on students I will no longer be doing sweat session groups that people do on 4bb. I'll also be cutting back drastically on the amount of hand history's I comment on for non-students. Now that I'm coaching I can't ask people to be my student and pay me, then give out free advice to other people. Sorry to those who aren't interested in working on their game with me who will suffer from my lack of strategy posts.Edit: I should also note that I'm a deep stack 'expert'. I play on AP/UB where you can buy in for 200bb on every table. Which means I've played over 200k hands of deep stack nl cash. Not many people can say that.Reedit: I didn't make it clear that you would be sweating me from time to time as well. -
LOLYou feelin' froggy?far as piece of shit...i would be careful sir..i got your piece of shit rite here KID...step in the ring sir. -
Deposit 1k onto AP and play in the 1/2nl games. Enjoy!sometimes i think pstars just doomswitched me for life when i signed up..but maybe im just that bad.the only thing i can seem to win at is .01/.02 short handed...yup..lame.and at that i have to run 12-16 tables to get anywhere.yikes.at what point does a person throw the towel in. -
You should play on Absolute Poker. The 1/2 games are very soft. Give it a try!yep..names strand1 on stars...i run bad. -
I agree.DN is bad
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I'll see you there.Well, quit waving your dick around here and go sit at a table with him then. If you want me HU4ROLLZ I'll be waiting for you on Pitbull. -
I could def get money on other sites.You don't have anyone that will ship you $$ on ftp or stars? The OP hasn't shown any willingness to back down from anyone. Get back in your cave. -
Such a huge fail by OP
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I got stuck 6k in about a week once then I made it back. HollA