Re: Coaching WARNING
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I had the roll for 200nl and was beating it at 1.7ptbb/100. I took snowbanks coaching and in 3 weeks lost everything. So I was expecting to improve and move up. He advertised a 10ptbb/100 winrate!
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bankroll management skills are goot.
I want to play 200NL - sadly my bankroll dictates that I can only play 25NL right now - so thats where I play.
Lets assume that "having the roll to play at 200NL" means you started with $6k.
Once you lost $3k of that did it not possibly seem like a good idea to drop to $100NL where you'd once again have a comfortable 30buys to play with?
and then when you lost half of that did it not occur that now perhaps $50NL was the place to play poker... (?)
You can't blame snowbank for YOU losing your roll.
Your results in poker are all entirely your own fault. Passing the buck here won't wash.
If it was me being the coach I'd have given you a refund personally - tho I would have been [censored] off about it - I would want to have "happy customers" more than anything else as I understand what positive and negative feedback can do to ones reputation, and that my reputation would be worth a crapload more to me than $450 directly and possibly other lost opportunities indirectly - but thats just me personally.
When you agree to pay someone money for a product or service you form a legally binding contract. This contract was upheld by both parties - you don't have a leg to stand on.
Buyer beware. When you negotiate a deal you must always always always make dam sure you have read the fine print and understand exactly what you are getting yourself into if x happens or if y happens - that way this kind of situation never happens.
If Snowbank had told you in advance there were no refunds - would you have taken the lessons? If he did turn away business as a result of taking you then you have cost HIM money. He is well within his rights to keep your cash if he chooses to.
Welcome to the real world. You're lucky that you are learning a valuable life lesson and it's only cost you $450 while you are still young. It takes some people a lot longer to learn this - and costs some people a lot lot more.
If I were you I'd give up on this money now that I've said my piece as clearly further whining about it isn;t going to help me.
I'd work out a way to get a job and a small income so I could pay off my loans and meet my expenses - and get together a small bankroll for $25NL - and I'd grind and I'd grind and I'd grind - and once I'd got back to 200NL I'd make dam sure that bankroll management skills were very high on my list of priorities.
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