Beat: Pocket Fives Home Page Articles (poker articles in general)

[chrisg820]

On a different subject, I think its kind of hard to compare like NFL or NBA coaching to poker coaching. Because writing articles about bankroll management and such should mean that you have actually implemented them yourself. I know that I do not have a lot of proof that he hasn't, just since there is limited info on the guy (which isn't good info in my opinion), I have to lean towards the fact that he does not implement his writings, which would make it hard for me to find him credible. Also, if a NBA coach wrote an article you would expect him to be successful, however as in the limited, and what I think are not proven, testimonals on his site, I feel that he has not been successfull enough as a "coach" to write such articles, even if they may indeed be decent writings.

[adanthar]

I've never heard of this guy and still haven't read his articles, but

1)most coaches are as good at coaching as poker players are at poker
2)your average pocketfives author is 1.5 steps up from the average pocketfives thread starter

as to him specifically, it sounds like he might post/write better than he plays, which is like 95% of all well educated people, and also that he has SN's not listed on p5's/plays live. it doesn't actually mean he's a bad coach, although I'd bet against him on principle just because it's pocketfives.

[chrisg820]

Yea, I'd agree with you on this adan. I'm more or less jealous of the guy [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] lol jk. I am also interested if these coaches who also proclaim to be pros actually make a living off of poker. I would assume that they do, however I have do not have any sources, so I am just mainly curious.

Thanks again for the insightful replies.

[chrisg820]

Also, I am mainly making these posts because I belong to Cardrunners, where the pro teachers on there are well respected players in the poker community (and can teach well in my opinion). Which is kind of my point that people normally prefer well known players with good results as a teacher than some guy w/o a lot of results (that we know of). Therefore, it kinda amazes me that people would pay more for a services of someone who is not really known. Seems more of a gamble to invest in this certain poker teaching site, then to invest in Cardrunners or PokerXFactor?

[showtime808]

once again, someone judges the book by the cover not the content.

anybody even read his freakin article?

imo everything he does for p5s is good work.

but hey, im not a pro or a balla, so my opinion doesnt mean [censored] here

[gambler2k4]

If I one or two tabled 100 dollar SNG's I could easily maintain a 25% ROI.

[prodonkey]

O RLY!

[gambler2k4]

lol oops I should have read more than the last line and not assummed what he was saying...

[ChicagoRy]

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If I one or two tabled 100 dollar SNG's I could easily maintain a 25% ROI.

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The article is totally wrong about HUsngs, that is all I meant by posting the article.

[chrisg820]

My point is that this guy (or others doing what this guy does too) should not be writing extensive poker strategy articles unless they have proven themselves in the poker community, even if the article is very well written.

You may counter my opinion by saying "Well, there are very good journalists who write about baseball all the time without proving themselves in baseball?"

To this type of statement let me say that most of the time these professional journalists are not writing articles that provide extensive strategies for lets say winning a baseball game. Most of the time these journalists are simply giving a review on a certain game or topic and are not providing strategy.