I will mentor you for free

[stinkypete]

hello japy!

as you know i am a ratholing piece of [censored], but i would like to become less of a piece of [censored] and get better at playing the big stack. you would be doing the poker community a favour if you were to get me to quit ratholing.

1. mostly i watch videos on cardrunners and talk poker with people who are smart and good at poker.
2. i want to be the best. i awnt to continue to make lots of money and i want my hourly rate to improve well into the hundreds of dollars per hour.
3. 10/20 and 25/50NL (ratholing of course) and 30/60-100/200 poofling holdem. i have been making 6 figures for 3 years.
4. tbh i probably don't have many (any?) good strategy posts in NL, but i used to post a crapload in limit. i can definitely contribute a lot re: playing against ratholers, and that's something i haven't done and don't want to do in a public forum for obvious reasons.
5. you friended me on facebook. that means i am awesome. i am currently in a masters program in financial engineering at cornell university and trying to figure out if i want to be a professional pokerer or a rich finance guy. i am extremely good looking and i like to play golf. and avril lavigne is hot. there may be one or two statements in this application that may be interpreted as jokes but i am 100% serious about this.

[TheProdigy]

Jay;


More details no what kind've stakes you play/etc?

I am a 2/4nl player, and am looking to make the jump to the higher stakes games. Would this be a good oppurtunity for me, or do you want it to be mostly players at lower stakes? I am definitely interested and will submit anything you want if I am included in this.


FWIW, I play 100k hands a month of 1/2, 2/4nl+, and I am making some profits, but I have so much to learn it isn't funny. I really really need to improve to beat these higher games at a decent clip.

[kemystery]

Jay-

I'd be very interested in something like this because I haven't had much if any success post-UIGEA in cash games and have all but given up on Poker as a potential source of income until I retool my game and decide what poker format will be the most lucrative for me. I've always been able to eek out wins at low stakes and against inferior players, but I struggle in tough games.

Due to some financial considerations eating up my former roll, I haven't played cash much in the past year and don't really feel my skills are up to par.

My goals would be to eventually play the 5-10 and 10-20NL games at Commerce regularly and to follow the tournament scene playing NL cash games, at the WSOP and other big events etc.

I was never a particularly flamboyant player when I did play
2-4 to 5-10 NL in the boom days, I played a nut peddling style - I would love to learn the techniques and strategies that will make me a winner in these modern games.

Please consider including me in as a 2nd tier group players looking to rail the lessons if not in the actual group itelf.

[the_main]

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More details no what kind've stakes you play/etc?

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From OP:

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My qualifications are played for 4 years beat 5/10 and 10/20 for 4 years. Currently playing exclusively 5/10 euro or 10/20 euro. 105k biggest ever month. 80k biggest ever downstreak (party blackjack 5k bets ha). Used to avg 14h/week for my first 3 years of playing, now trying to avg 32hr/week. Goal is a stress free poker career because of huge confidence in my game.


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[Shattered]

Thanks for doing this.

I’ve been playing poker for almost a year now, and have been hovering at microstakes for the last six months after grinding out a proper roll in SnGs. Despite being grossly overrolled for 25NL, I’ve stuck around there for quite some time due to a combination of real life constraints, confidence issues, and getting slammed whenever I tried to move up. I’m aware that you’re probably looking for people that have played higher, but I feel I have a decent grasp on poker basics and am willing to learn fast/put in extra hours to make up for what I’m lacking in compared to the other people you will be mentoring. As of this writing I have a roll of a little less than 2000$ and have experience mostly at 25NL and SnGs; I whole-heartedly request that you do not throw me out purely for that reason as with the proper help I feel I could quickly become more than competent at the game. I hoped to be, without help, comfortably winning at 100NL by March; with mentoring I would be pushing for even more and would hope to be looking at 200NL or potentially shots at mid-stakes by that time.

Currently, my game has been rather stagnant and I’ve been looking to put a shot of life into it during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays by putting much-needed hours into just playing. I’ve spent a lot of time lurking on 2+2’s strategy forums for half a year before I made this account but I’ve been having trouble applying them to my game. You can view examples of my thought process throughout my posting history at uNL. Obviously, as a uNLer, I don’t have any good strategy posts to link you to but you should easily be able to glean where I’m at from the content of my replies and the hands I’ve posted. Real life and other hobbies have interfered with my development as a poker player as well but I’d enthusiastically shove some things aside to devote a lot of time to the game if I was accepted (and probably will be doing that even if I’m not).

I view poker as a hobby first and as a supplementary source of income as a distant second. This does not mean that I will have a smaller drive to improve than other people, it’s simply my motive for playing. Pushing my limits and increasing my skill set is very important to me. Almost everything I’ve tried seriously I’ve succeeded at and I’m very enthusiastic about self-improvement. I’ve climbed to the top of an (albeit rather obscure) online video game in around a year and, after taking up chess 4 years ago, have improved rapidly at that. I’ve been frustrated to be stuck at uNL for this long and hope that with effort and potentially your help I can break out of this. I think a mentor is exactly what I need to become a very good poker player and hope that you will seriously consider accepting me in spite of the obvious issues.

Again, thanks for doing this, and thank you for your time.

[the_main]

1. How you are currently improving your game

Most notably, I've been teaching/mentoring in order to futher my own understanding of NLHE. This has always been a great way for me to reinforce anything I've learned.

I'm currently working with a player who couldn't tell you if a flush beat a straight a week ago, and is now crushing lowstakes.

Obviously I'm also reviewing my sessions, and reading/posting strat as much as I can.

I've always been a sponge when it comes to knowledge. I'm always looking to learn, and poker has been a great outlet for that. I'd love to learn and share anything I could gain from this mentorship.


2. Your poker goals.

I play professionally, and want to be able to do that for the forseeable future. I want to learn everything about this game humanly possible, and use this to build a strong financial foundation for myself and family for generations to come.


3. Your current stakes and past earnings

I'm currently playing 1/2NL and 2/4NL, and have probably taken ~$200,000 lifetime. Screenshot from the biggest DB I have:



4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.

I'm posting strat almost every day, and there is some good hand analysis in my blog at times (link at bottom).

This was probably my most notable post here:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...age=0&vc=1


5. A little about yourself.
I'm a 25yo poker pro living in Seoul, Korea. I moved out here to teach english, but after the school I worked for went bankrupt, I went back to the profession that put me through university. I've been here for about 1.5yrs.
My blog: www.themainsdomain.blogspot.com

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1. How you are currently improving your game
Not so much, have had a lot of travelling the past month, but would like to do some more to be better.

2. Your poker goals.
Be able to beat 3/6 or 5/10 NL at a decent rate. Im basicly rolled/overrolled to do so, but my game is too weak tight for this level, Im pretty sure.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
Like 500 hours of 80$/hour. Pokertracker is a bit slow, screenshot in a bit. Ill post a screenshot when I return from the gym, really really have to get going now. But can give this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post10012933

and this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post10494974


Stakes 1/2 to 5/10, I do heavy table selection when I play.

Past earning is indicated in 2)

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
Not really anythig recent

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply. Please apply ONLY in this thread.
21 year old danish University dropout (Mathematics).
And lastly Im Trix's brother and since talent runs in the family I should have great porential :-)

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1. How you are currently improving your game
Not so much, have had a lot of travelling the past month, but would like to do some more to be better.

2. Your poker goals.
Be able to beat 3/6 or 5/10 NL at a decent rate. Im basicly rolled/overrolled to do so, but my game is too weak tight for this level, Im pretty sure.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
Like 500 hours of 80$/hour. Pokertracker is a bit slow, screenshot in a bit. Ill post a screenshot when I return from the gym, really really have to get going now. But can give this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post10012933

and this:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post10494974


Stakes 1/2 to 5/10, I do heavy table selection when I play.

Past earning is indicated in 2)

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
Not really anythig recent

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply. Please apply ONLY in this thread.
21 year old danish University dropout (Mathematics).
And lastly Im Trix's brother and since talent runs in the family I should have great porential :-)

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And the stats I promised:






I may be able to host site/videos/forum, but not sure, and it would just be as a www.somethingsomething.dk/ourfourm, but ill look into it when my friend who owns the site returns :-)

[jakeduke]

Jay,

1) I'm currently being coached, and that's helped me a ton since I started. When I started being coached I was breakeven at .5/1 (and had never touched HU), so I'd say I've been successful at applying the lessons I've learned through coaching thus far. I read MSNL/SSNL/HU regularly, although I don't post as much as I should. I tend to not post in threads where 5 people have already stated the obvious answer, and I'm generally not confident enough in my thought processes to make the first post in an interesting thread. For some reason I think a smaller (though not necessarily weaker or less interested in a strict pursuit of good analysis) community would suit me far better.

2) I plan to use poker winnings to pay off my undergrad loans before I finish grad school (2-3 yrs from now). I have about 80k in loans, so I have a pretty long way to go before I get there. I'd imagine this goal requires me to move up to somewhere from 3/6 and 10/20 for it to be readily attainable.

3) I play 1/2 6max and HU right now, and I plan on taking shots at 2/4 very soon. I've made about 25k lifetime play poker - about 20k of that is this year.

4) Meh I just looked through my past 200 posts or so and didn't find anything groundbreaking. I really gotta post more.

5) Like many others I took up poker first as a hobby, then as a competitive outlet to replace the sports I played when I was in HS. I'm a grad student (biomed engineering), so clearly I'm a sucker for theoretical and intellectual exercises (and punishment lol). When I get my phd I probably won't know what to do with myself for a while, but once I come around I'll either run a lab somewhere or get into consulting.

Bonus - I've played about 220 hours since July (quals in June so I didn't play) and I've made about 15k. I can definitely make videos, and while I've set up a website before I'd be willing to give it a shot.

Thanks for doing this!

[ok2aa]

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1. How you are currently improving your game

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Reading SSNL, posting (although not here) and will be giving advice/staking a micro player soon. Also been a member of cardrunners for 7-8 months.

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2. Your poker goals

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I want to be playing/winning NL600-NL1000 by summer 2008. I don't think i will ever play poker as a job but i am ready to invest a lot of time to get better.

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3. Your current stakes and past earnings

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Currently back to NL100. This year been playing NL100-NL200 and some NL400. Discovered HU and monkey tilt of course. Up like ~7k in NLHE in last 4-5 months (didn't play for a month or so)

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4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made

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Gotta admit that i haven't been posting much. One reason is that English is not my 1st language but the main reason is that i find that most of the hands that are posted are so hard to comment because the table dynamics/game flow are way more important than the information usually given in the posts.

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5. A little about yourself

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I'm a student, also have a job (where i have a lot of free time and access to the internet). Been playing for few years but got good about a year ago or so. I feel like i'm underperforming and def have potential to get better and be a winner in higher stakes. Oh, i'm an Euro too.