Posts Tagged ‘Poker Coaching’

Tired of betting with decimal points? Stuck in a rut? Feel like you’re past due to get into the mid-stakes games and start earning some serious money?

Get high-end coaching on a small-stakes budget with my new SSNL Group Seminar.

I’m going to be conducting a series of seminars on small-stakes 6-max NLHE that will help you shore up your fundamentals and learn to deal with the tougher competition at $1/$2 NL and above.

These small group (4 students max) sessions allow smaller stakes players to receive in-depth instruction at a fraction of the price of individual coaching.

For more information or to register, please visit my coaching page or e-mail me.

May was a solid month, though a bit bittersweet because it started off phenomenally and then took a pretty sour turn. I can’t complain about the bottom line, but let’s see what kind of progress I’m making on my yearly goals.

Resolution One: Keep Grinding NLHE Cash Games

Goal 1: Earn $X in NLHE Cash Games

Still chugging along at not-quite-on-track-but-satisfied-nonetheless. I’ve played about 165K hands, which I’m happy about as well.

Goal 2: Earn Supernova status on PokerStars

I’m on track anyway, having maintained by Platinum status for the month, but I’d really like to win a Poker Stars WSOP satellite for the cash overlay and the 100K VPPs.

Resolution Two: Diversify My Income Streams

Goal 3: Monetize This Blog

The WordPress upgrade I promised way back when is finally under serious development, thanks to minimal effort from myself and considerable work on the part of my girlfriend.

Goal 4: Get Back Into Coaching

I finished up the first group seminar and was very happy with how it went. All three participants have told me they were as well, and one of them has already arranged some individual sessions.  Read the complete post...

My Philosophy Say goodbye to coaches who simply sit back and watch you play (or make you watch them play!). My coaching actively identifies and cultivates the skills that you most need to improve. I help you to hone your thought process so that you make better decisions at the tables, every time. I won’t just tell you what to do, I’ll teach you how to assess tough situations correctly so that you can choose the best play yourself. If you want to win like a top pro, you need to learn to think like a top pro!

My Programs In addition to custom coaching, I offer the Dominate Donkaments coaching program for tournament specialists, as well as occasional group seminars on key strategy topics. Each coaching option is desigend to teach you the key concepts, techniques, and strategies to help you get better, faster.

Big congratulations to my friend and former student Todd, who just won a $12K WSOP package in a Poker Stars $10 rebuy satellite. Just days after completing my inaugural group seminar, he effectively quadrupled his bankroll. Naturally I take full credit.

In all seriousness, though, Todd’s a bright, hungry player, and he definitely had a big score coming to him.

It’s been a big month for my former students, with Diego also winning a WSOP package and final tabling the FTOPS main event. I wish I could play so good. I guess those that can, do…

By the way, I’ve just wrapped the first group seminar, which went very well, and I only have one individual student at the moment. So if you’re interested in coaching, this is a good time for me to pick up a few new students.

Cost for individual lessons is $250/hour. I probably won’t run another group seminar until after the WSOP, but when I do, cost will likely be $100/student/hour. I generally aim to work with students for 5-10 hours over the course of a few weeks, and the lessons are designed to run very efficiently. There’s a lot of content packed into every session, ensuring you a ton of value for your money.  Read the complete post...

What a month. It started out well enough, and after about a week and a half I was well on my way to a very solid January. Then all hell broke loose, and I lost heavily for the rest of the month, finishing it well in the red. I already made one whine post, so I won’t do any more of that here.

The good news is that the month is over and I started February off yesterday with a great day, digging myself about a third of the way out of the hole. First a graph, then we’ll look at progress towards the year’s goals:

Resolution One: Keep Grinding NLHE Cash Games

Goal 1: Earn $X in NLHE Cash Games

Ha. At this rate, I’ll be busto by the end of the year.

Goal 2: Earn Supernova status on PokerStars

I’m already a Gold Star, not that that takes much. I earned 9022 VPPs, which actually wouldn’t see me hit Supernova until November. However, I now have more money on Stars than I do on FTP, so hopefully I’ll be playing bigger and more often on there. Probably I’ll make Supernova by September, certainly by the end of the year.

Resolution Two: Diversify My Income Streams

Goal 3: Monetize This Blog  Read the complete post...

Resolution One: Keep Grinding NLHE Cash Games

This is my bread and butter game, and even if I don’t do anything to improve, just maintaining my current winrate and putting in hours will be very valuable to me. Of course I do want to get better, but my general focus will be on playing rather than doing stuff to improve (posting hands, watching instructional videos, etc.).

Also, I’m not going to worry too much about non-NLHE games. I tried to do it last year, but it didn’t prove too productive. I’ll play/study them when I feel like it, but it’s not going to be a priority. I’m confident in my ability to pick them up quickly should that become necessary/desirable and I choose to devote all my time to it, such that I don’t think I need to prioritize working on them now.

Goal 1: Earn $X in NLHE Cash Games

It’s very tough to predict or control what you earn playing tournaments. With cash games, though, it’s mostly a question of game selection and putting in hours. My goal for 2009 is to earn in NLHE cash games what I made playing any form of poker in 2008, so that anything from tournaments is just a perk. Hopefully this will help me to keep my focus even if I do make a big tournament score, since that won’t count towards the goal.  Read the complete post...