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Pick me please Jay. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I would happily travel to Leeds to meet with you if need be (I am ~1.5 hours away).

I will certainly run web hosting / site ops if you like.

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all of you must be willing to give back to the community by helping the others.


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Opinion may be varied depending upon computer comfort - but I like to think I have given a great deal to this community [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


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What you MUST have:


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- A long term clear, measurable and timed goal of what you want from poker.


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I want to learn this game properly... far too long wasting time so far.

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- A good listener, able to put your ego to one side


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Check

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- Potential


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I hope so,

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- A long standing 2p2 account w/ no bad rep


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Check. I would hopw my rep is very good.

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- A high strategy to junk post ratio


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Eh, I post very little strat [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Lack of confidence in my game imo. I contribute as much as possible in other parts of the forums where I am able to back my opinion with confidence.

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- Be able to work programs like skype, logmein etc


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lol of course [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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- Cash NLHE as your main game.


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Indeed

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- Willingness to help others.


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I hope my record speaks for itself in this regard.

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- A headset or mic, heh.


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lol of course [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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What you don't need:


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- To be playing higher stakes


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Check [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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- High previous earnings.


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Check [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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What you must NOT have:


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- A smug attitude.


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Check

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- A rigid style or unwillingness to expand your style.


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Check... my game needs fixing [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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- A superiority complex or argumentative nature.


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Eh, I certainly argue, but only for the purpose of clarifying differing opinion - I hope that makes sense?

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- Any posts such as 'omg/fast/lol fold/shove'.


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I don't think so.. maybe one or two when drunk.

Please choose me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Also to add, please state how many hours you have played in the last 5 months and earnings in that time.


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Avg. ~20/week (massively variable, sometimes 60, sometimes 0). Gross "profit" = loss over last 5 months [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

dave.

Re: I will mentor you for free
 

Hi Jay. I like this idea and I'd be interested in both being mentored by you and in mentoring some students myself. I'd be qualified to mentor limit hold'em players.

Here are my answers to the questions posed in your first few posts:


1. How you are currently improving your game?

Lots of ways. I play 2 or maybe 3 tables at a time at most. Oftentimes I'll just play in one game so I can focus on what mistakes I identify that my opponents are making and how I can best benefit from them. I also take my time and think about each action before making it rather than clicking away lightning fast.
Away from the table I'm always doing a line analyses. I'll make some assumptions about how my opponent will respond with different holdings and hack away at finding the most profitable line by just writing it all out case by case. I also run a lot of simulations on pokerstove and some of the propokertools softwares to get an idea of equity of certains with certain boards.
I always have a poker book sitting in my bathroom [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] My current poker rereading is The Mathematics of Poker.


2. Your poker goals.

I'd like to be an established winner at online 5/10 NL over a sample of 100k hands by the end of March in both short handed and heads up play. I'd also like to be an established winner at up through 200/400 heads up and short handed limit hold'em by the same time.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Later you also asked how many hours and what earnings I've made in the last 5 months so I'll answer that here. I estimate I have played 600 hours and profited $40k. Most of that time was spent grinding out a roll at my best game which is short-handed and heads-up limit hold'em. I am interested in making NL my main game for the coming months as it needs much more work. Currently I'm uncomfortable playing against mediocre players at 2/4 NL 6max and am fine with playing most tables I find of 1/2 NL 6max.

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

I don't post often. Usually when I think to post I first do some work on my own and end up answering my questions without a post. Most of my posts are strategy though as you'll see if you look.

5. A little about yourself.

I'm 27 years old and a few weeks a way from finishing my Ph.D. in mathematics at Georgia Tech. I'd probably be considered a bit of a party animal (or a drunk, idk) by my friends but keep in mind one of the things I like most is sharing what I like with other people.
In January I'm heading to India to experience life in a new culture and I don't know if/when I'll be coming back to the U.S. While abroad I plan on supporting myself by playing online poker and finally spending a good amount of effort in really studying poker in a way that my schooling has prevented me to do yet.
I'm fortunate to have the training to be able to study the game in a deep, mathematical way.
I love women.
I love sports.
I love life.

Feel free to ask me any questions and thanks for your consideration.

-Bill

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I'm Interested.


1. I only started playing poker seriously at the start of this year but my game has already come leaps and bounds since then. I started of playing live at the casino down here, where I met a bunch of other poker junkies my age who I have since become good friends with and we constantly talk about poker and once a month run home games in which we analyze the hands that we play. I started taking online poker seriously about 3 months ago and that's when I joined 2p2 seriously. I have a fair few people on AIM from 2p2 that I constantly talk poker with in which we analyze hands and talk general strat/[censored] lol.

2. Goals in poker:
- Move up to 1/2 by feb next year and start making some decent money whilst at university.
- Become good at heads up cash games.

Then by mid-late nextyear be playign and crushing 2/4 on a regular basis.

3. I currently play 50NL and 100NL (depending on what mood im in), I also dabble in some 100NL H-U and have done quiet ok at it but my sample size is to small in the HU to determine whether I am a winning player at HU.

Anyway, I started 3 months ago at 25NL and beat it at about 9bb/100 over like 20k hands. Then I moved up to 50NL which is were I have been for the past two months, I'm currently beating it for 6bb/100 over a 60k sample size. This month I moved up to 100NL where I ran poor as [censored] for the first few sessions but have since found my own. Where I am at 5bb/100 over about 7k hands.

edit: I made 500 in my first month at 25NL, then in my second month I made 1k at 50NL along with a tournament score of 1.5k and some random PLO here and there which took my avg for the month to just under 3k. This month I am on track for 1.5k+.

This comes along with a solid winner at the 1/2 and 2/3 games at the casino , in which I have put up countless of hours. I also had some decent tournament scores there, pm if you want to see my hendon mob.

I play max 4 tables because I find I have good awareness of the players and if I play 6 tables I simply loose my edge. The first month of internet poker I played 20k hands, last month was 30k and this month I am on course for 30k+ probably somewhere around the 35k-40k mark. I am a player who much prefers to play short sessions say 3-4 300hand sessions in a day I find that way my concentration is better and I don't get impatient or frustrated.

4. I am a regular poster in the NLHE Micro section, posting and discussing hands, I try my best to make as many posts there as I can, I think my general hand discussion is good.

5. I am 20 year old Chemical Engineering student who took the last 6 months of university simply because I needed a break from it.I'll be back next year but in the first semester my course load will be fairly light. I also have skype/msn everything and am very capable with technology, so that will not be a problem. I also lived in Germany and France for a good portion of my life and love to play/watch football (soccer) and just generally spend time with my friends, oh and play da pocka.

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I want to end life after seeing all these names apply. I dont stand a chance.

Re: I will mentor you for free
 

I am very interested in this

1. How you are currently improving your game
read/post here at the forum, watch cardrunner video, chat with poker friends, and use various software to review/analyze my own plays

2. Your poker goals.
be able to beat 5/10 consistently in 1 year

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
I started playing poker seriously from the beginning of the year. First 4 months I played almost exclusively SNG, moved through the level fairly quick from $6.5s turbo to $114 turbo. Winning about 13k along the way. However, I find the SNG a little too boring after a while so decided to try cash. Started at 25c/50c to learn the game, moved up to 1/2 within 2 months. Since then, I have played fair number of hands from 2/4-5/10, but mostly not very successful while still winning at a decent rate 5ptbb/100 at 1/2. My earning in last 5 months probably is around 30k.

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
1/2 line check with AK (big draw) against likely set

3/6, AA on bad turn card, somewhat deep


5. A little about yourself.
I am 30 years old and a full time software engineer, poker is a hobby to me but I am very serious about improving my game and wish one day I can win enough so I can choose to work or not.

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Man - this would be SOOOOO good for me. I wont beg but I will certainly be hoping!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

1. Well I practise every day. About 1000 times [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I am a member of Stoxpoker and Cardrunners. I actually go to sleep every night watching poker videos instead of watching TV. Also reading the strategy forums on here and Stox just like everyone else does.

2. I've been a (mostly limit) pro for 2 years now but recently I've decided to make the leap. I'm pretty much a noob at NL compared to a lot of others but you would find me a dedicated man. In all walks of life I strive to give things 100% and poker has took over to such an extent I have now quit golf! In the long run, I intend to get to at least 10/20NL+ After that - who knows?

3. I've played about 100K hands of NL with virtually all of it at 200NL. I've won at about 4.5PTBB/100 (about 18k). In total at poker I have made about $190K. Most of it from 5/10 and 10/20 LHE.

4. Not really one for long strat posts - especially as I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct! I'm more of a I agree/I disagree kind of guy (and a few brief lines why).

5. Not much more to add. I'm 34 and currently playing semi-pro cricket out in Melbourne. I used to work as a server administrator for British Steel but poker has been fantastic for me and I intend on doing it for many years. No wife or kids (yet!) so I can be fairly dedicated when it comes to what you have in mind.

Cheers,

Paul.

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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.

Re: I will mentor you for free
 

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.

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Jay, awesome for you to offer this. I'll take a shot:

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1. How you are currently improving your game

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I'm currently re-reading TOP, watching Cardrunners videos, reading 2p2 (mostly HSNL and HSMTT) and playing.

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2. Your poker goals.

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To beat 5/10 within a year and 10/20 within 2. After a recent trip to Vegas, I also feel like I need a lot of work on my live game.

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I'm currently playing 2/4NL. After 29k hands I'm at 2.7ptbb/100 2- and 3-tabling. But I think my true winrate is higher after I had a eureka moment about 5k hands ago when I realized how much I was giving up playing too many hands OOP. Despite that leak, back when I was playing 1/2NL I ran at 6.1ptbb/100 over 27k hands 1- and 2-tabling. I know these aren't significant sample sizes, but I personally don't put too much stock in results so long as my understanding of the game is improving.

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Unfortunately I'd say my best posts are in the MTT forums:
A comment on psyduck's pre-flop play vs. ZeeJustin in a live MTT
A couple of comments on the 1st hand of a Sunday Million
I learn from a bonehead play I made

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5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.

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I'm a 36-yo attorney, studied engineering at Harvard and law at Columbia. I'm a hobbyist poker player who spends more time thinking about the game than playing. The rest of my spare time is spent being the guitarist in a Pink Floyd tribute band in NYC. I'd be very willing to contribute to the site but am not qualified to run it.

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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.

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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.

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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:
http://www.johnhartery.com/stakeme.JPG


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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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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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!

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Awesome we're back!

General Stuff

I've answered all the PMs that needed answers, the applications sent in PM i wont reply to but i will read when making the final decision and then post here who got accepted.

I'm going to let this run for likely another day but maybe another 2 days if there are unanswered questions etc.

Because of the large response i want to say again, this is not coaching, it's mentoring and that's because i want to do it in a format to suit me. I wont be reviewing your videos or be available for hand discussion on AIM, that will just take too much of my time.

How i'm going to do this

However saying that, i do feel the format i have in mind will have a lot of benefits. I plan to:

- Allow any of the 10 players to sweat my session _anytime_ i'm playing. I'll probably register logmein and daily post the address needed to view if i'm playing. I may be available on skype in these sessions but i'd prefer this to be one way of me speaking of my thought process and review what i thought on the hand, then when i review my session i'll probably speak about what i thought but i wont be available for questions and answers in these sessions.

- Have biweekly official sweat sessions. This will be all of us on skype and sweating, me talking about the hands as they happen and then 30 mins per 1.5h of questions and answers after the sessions. After a few of these i'll give each student a chance to choose the theme of the sweat session, so if a student is struggling with river folds, turn bluff raises or how to adjust to a certain opponent then they can say that and i'll speak more about that.

- I don't know if my computer and connection will be able to handle the 10 players viewing if not i'll make videos often, upload them and you guys can comment amongst yourself in the forum and i'll reply w/ my thoughts. I'm a big fan of making videos since in the past i've made them and just deleted them just because i play better when speaking outloud. That was really what gave me the idea to do this as there was a lot of good poker material that i was just binning.

- Monthly i end up with a lot of text documents with my workings out or hand reading etc. I'll upload all of these.

- I'll probably write some articles, but again these will be mostly new concepts that i want to get my head around more.

- I'll likely post 'homework assignments' in two forms, one will be plays that i think the average player doesn't make enough of, a 4 bet bluff preflop from the BB when it's btn raise and sb reraise for example, then have you guys over the next week make this play at least once in a situation you felt it was suited. The other form will be tough hands i played that i'll post and ask you all to post your thought process.

- I'm going to group the players at equal stakes and have them do video trades with each other. Recording their thought process while playing and then send it to another who can then speak over that video themselves with camtasia or just write down the thoughts.

- This will be over a 5 month period, most likely Jan - May giving us Dec to get a website up, and all the students to get headsets, skype, camtasia up and running. For this 5 month period i want each of you to have a goal of where you want to be after it and then break that down over monthly goals. This is where i want to get you guys to.

Remember this period of time in your poker career will be for improvement of your game not for making money, so you're goals should reflect that as should the number of tables you play.

I'm sure i'll come up with more but the above i think will have a great impact on your games and do in a fashion that doesn't cost me tons of time.

And remember, a lot of the improvement really depends on yourselves. If you're going to be rigid or not get past your bad habits or not want to make the next level of plays then you wont get anything out of this.

And lastly, i'm EXTREMELY excited that Ike wants to be apart of this for those of you who don't know he's a very very good player and also used to play limit before making the switch to NL. I have a personal liking for player who are able to do that as they are more the players who really get the fundamentals of poker and just apply those when switching over. If he gets onboard you guys are very lucky.

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I don't think i really have that much to offer the guys already beating 10/20 nl. I've beaten 25/50 nl over a few ten thousand hands but i've always cherry picked it.

What i think would be beneficial to us all though would be if i took an extra 3 to 5 5/10 - 10/20 nl players who don't want to be mentors and we helped each other by trading videos and posting hands together and then made these videos and discussions open to the other students. If you guys are up for that that would be great.

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I haven't read the applications yet just skimmed but it does seem there aren't that many applications that want to run the website. The website is going to be extremely basic, a private log in for each student, a place to download videos (or we can use one of the free uploading sites) and a forum just for articles/hands/chat.

Being able and willing to do this will greatly increase your chances of getting in it seems.

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Jay, I don't know if this has been mentioned, but do you have any concerns with revealing your cards to 10 people at any time while playing HSNL? I know that you're obv going to pick people that you trust but there's a ton at risk here. I think videos might be a better call.

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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.

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1. How you are currently improving your game.
I read more or less every post from UNL-MSNL every day (as well as every class/anthology post), I post hands regularly, I discuss hands on AIM with a number of 2p2ers, and I have recently begun seeking a coach - I had my first lesson the other day with Orange and intend to be doing trial coaching sessions with several others in mid-december when I get back to the game. I am incredibly dedicated to improve as I am sick and tired of grinding out a paltry winrate at the micros.

2. Your poker goals.
In short, I want to excel. I've never had as much of a problem getting "good" at anything in my life as poker, really. I've managed to pick up many many things in my life without much effort (knock on wood), but for some reason I can't seem to advance past "very mediocre" in this game. I've been grinding out 25/50nl for almost 200k hands now and just can't seem to get a good handle on the game, though I used to crush the PLO200 games back in the (pre-leg) days. I would like to be a solid winner at MSNL and to feel like I have excelled in the game, more than anything. I don't really have any desire to play HSNL in my life, but I realy aspire to be able to achieve solid success in mid stakes - like, the 5/10 games. And, as a student, the cash is of course a huge factor as well.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
I just dropped back down (for the millionth time) to 50Nl after a shot-at-100NL-from-hell. I have about a 2.5bb/100 winrate at 50NL for WAAAAY too many hands and can't seem to get passed that. Net earnings in NLHE are a paltry 4-5kish. Net earnings from pre-legislation PLO was roughly 12kish.


4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
I can cue a specific example if its really neccessary, but I think a username search of my name makes the point. This is my second account (old account dates to '04) and I think to date i've probably made less than 10 posts that weren't strategy-related - a handful in the "legislation" forum and a handful in bbv. I respond to more threads than I create, but I tend to make longer responses than others to other peoples questions.

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.
I am capable and willing to run the site. Have reasonable experience webmastering, spend oodles of time on the internet every day, and would love to be able to "give back." I am hyper-competitive to a pretty absurd extent, which is the primary driving factor towards making me want to improve and excel at this game. I used to be a tournament chess player, which came to me much easier than poker. I am now a 3rd year at a small liberal arts college in Southern California, though I am currently studying abroad in Melbourne, Australia, and about to do 3 weeks of tramping in the South Island of New Zealand. I am also in the midst of the roughest downswing of my poker career and desperately seeking to retool my game, and this seems to be a great opportunity.


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Thanks for your consideration, and please let me know if you are willing to take me on. I would be incredibly grateful if you decide to do so.

Todd

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Count me as being really keen to be a part of this.

1. How Im currently improving my game:

After a bad couple of months, about a month ago I took some time off to really look into the fundamentals of my game and found a number of things I could change/improve. With that and some coaching sessions that have been very helpful, as well as talking to other people on aim/irc I am now feeling really good about how I am playing and thinking about the game and have been getting solid results so far. Im trying to continually assess and improve on any and every aspect of my game.

2: My poker goals:

Continue playing poker as my main source of income until I finish studying in a few years - all the while moving up in stakes. I aim to continue to work on the emotional and discipline aspect of the game - avoid short term-results oriented thinking and be dedicated to putting in more hands in the best frame of mind possible. Medium term goal is to be a solid winner at the mid-stakes level, moving beyond that would obviously be desirable if I have the ability to do so.

3. Current stakes, previous results:

Currently playing 200NL. Past earnings total ~$30k. I grinded my way up from the microstakes on a $15 roll, started 3 years ago but had a long break in the middle there of ~1.5 years before coming back to poker and realizing I could actually make some money doing this.

4. I cant find any examples of good strat posts, but I have contributed in many ssnl threads discussing hands, posting hh's etc. Unfortunately I have never made any really great in-depth posts, probably because I feel I usually have more to learn than to teach.

5: About me:

Currently studying at uni, Business Degree with a language, Ive been playing 200nl since the start of the year as my sole source of income. Recently I have become extremely motivated to focus on improving my game and moving up, rather than be content to grind which actually resulted in me going backwards a bit as a player. Id be willing to help out with running the forums, making and uploading videos etc

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Hi-

My name is Jamie Cohen. I'm 23 years old and currently live in Las Vegas with my fiance. I read your post and found it an intriguing opportunity. In the past, I managed my own Bakery business back in high school but had to stop when college started. That's when poker became my hobby and then my career.

I am currently supernova on stars and typically play 8-12 hours a day. I have a 1700 bad player list (smart buddy) in which i continuously monitor, and aim for the best situations. You could say I live, breath and sleep poker. Though my admiration for the game makes it enjoyable and very profitable.
Though I know I will never stop trying to improve my game since I will always be looking for perfection.

Over time my game has improved dramatically. I am constantly learning from card runners, books, and friends. Though I haven't had a 2p2 account for long, but since I've had it I've given as much advice as I can. For the most part I was trying to teach people around me. Although I, myself have been in a downward spiral ever since the wsop. So its hard to demonstrate to others what the "right" moves are when everything I do seems to be flawed. NLHE is my main game, and this year I will be going for Nova Elite.

In the last year, I have made 70k by playing 50-1 and 1-2. I also qualified for the WSOP through stars and won the Nova free roll for 10k. After my game feels like its back on course I would like to teach others who would like to learn as well. I would be willing to help out on the site and give advice to others as much as I could. I have a headset and mic as well.

Thanks for your time-
Jamie Cohen
Imeasy2read

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Just make a video, srsly.


plz?

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Hi not sure if im really the type of person your looking for but i figure its worth a shot. I dont really post here often, but read the forum daily. Im currently playing the lowest of the low NL(0.10) and have only recently started taking poker seriously(around 6 months ago).


1. How Im currently improving my game:

I am currently reading a couple of books and getting the grasp of the basic concepts (pot odds, implied odds etc). I am also putting in as much time as i possibly can to get as much first hand experience as possible. I also spend around an hour or so a day reading 2+2 strat posts and try to take in as much as possible from here.

2. My poker goals:

I would love to sustain being a winning player over a long period of time and move up to higher stakes, as im sure alot of people would heh. Ideal for me is earning a decent second income from poker, maybe around ~$400 a month. I could not see my self ever playing poker as a sole income and do not wish to do this. I enjoy poker this way and would like to go on enjoying the game for as long as i play.

3. Current stakes, previous results:

As i mentioned earlier im playing 10NL. Previously i would play more casually.Normally depositing $50-100 and playing 50NL until i busted/tilted. I lost a decent amount of money playing like this and have now decided to improve to the best of my ability. Ive only recently got over my tilt problems and now play within a bankroll. Ive put in around 11k hands so far and things arent going to badly winning at around 5ptb/100 (obv not a big sample of hands but its all i got).

4. About me:

Im a 22 year old male from uk. I work in ICT(server support) and have done so for nearly a year. Main hobbies are running, poker and drinking beer!


Cheers.

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Apply in this thread with

1. How you are currently improving your game

I spend a lot of time reviewing hands, read most of the threads in all three nl forums, post a lot of strategy content. Spent a good portion of August and September retooling my game, studying pokertracker, doing calculations, rethinking everything about my approach, and since then I've been playing much better. I've recently begun coaching and putting together a theory-based curriculum has further helped me understand the strengths and weaknesses in my game.

2. Your poker goals.

To understand the game more deeply than I currently do, to increase the number of situations in which I am comfortable, to continue winning enough money to play full time, to play higher stakes. Specifically, I would like to spend the first few months of 2008 beating 2/4 and 3/6, and be beating 5/10 by the end of the year.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

In 2007, I've played ~180k hands of nl200 @ 3.5 ptbb and ~50k hands of nl400 @ 4.0 ptbb. Tne nl400 was in April and May, didnt play much cash from wsop through wcoop. After that I moved back to nl200 to retool and have won at 4.5ptbb over 70k since October. I began as an mtt player and have had moderate success at mid-stakes mtts over the past two-three years.

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

This was written over a year ago and I would say some things differently if I wrote it today, but it's fairly close to a complete picture of my approach to/thoughts about poker:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...1&PHPSESSID =.

5. A little about yourself.

I'm 27, married, I've been playing full time for over a year, I really enjoy thinking about poker and I believe this would be an excellent opportunity for me to improve my game. I also think I would bring a lot to the table. I put a lot of effort into poker in general and would do so with this as well.

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1. I had a coach and try to post every day, though typically my days are filled up with things to do. I have recently decided to dedicate more time to poker and less to school so I will be able to post more and focus more on getting better.
2. My Poker goal at the moment is to play 5/10 and 10/20, I recently started playing heads up, so my goal at the moment is to play 5/10 and 10/20 HU, though 6 max would be fine as well. I plan to take next year off and live abroad, playing on euro sites that are softer than FTP and PS.
3. I currently play 400 6 max or 200 HU. I am not currently playing 6 max b/c of my downswing, though it would not be hard for me to get back into the groove and play 6 max again. I enjoy to play both. I would estimate that I have won about $30,000 this year after my downswing. I started with $200 in February in my bodog account.
4. I liked my comments in this thread:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post13017335
I Though this was an interesting line:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=7#Post12761681
Lastly:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=8#Post12724129
5. I’m 19 and I go to Drexel. I am a Finance major and if I was going to stay in school this would definitely be my concentration. I don’t really want to work 9-5 and I love playing poker/the lifestyle. I am a coach to SSNL and uNL, I’ve done over 100 hours of coaching lifetime. I love the idea of playing pro every day, like aba said when he wakes up “alright! I get to play poker today!”.

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1. How you are currently improving your game

I discuss hands regularly on an Irish poker forum. I'm a cardrunners member, just finished reading PNL recently and I'm almost finished Mathematics of Poker. I have a group of friends I discuss poker with over MSN. I recently started coaching with Slider, my broadband wasn't able to handle running all the programs without lagging a lot so I've ordered a much better broadband package and hope to continue getting coaching. I have skype/aimpro/msn and a headset.

2. Your poker goals.

I want to be bankrolled to play 1-2 live and learn how to play FR as well as 6max before next summer. Exchange rates aren't helping though [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]. I want to regain the confidence I had before my downswing. I want to expand my game and take it beyond the robotic style I too often fall into.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

I'm currently playing 50nl on an $1800 bankroll and plan to move back up to 100nl in December. I had a bankroll of $3500 during the Summer but working nights caused me to play tired and forced me back down to 50nl before I worked out what was causing my problem. I only play on weekends now and study the game as much as possible during the week. I don't cash out too often but I'd estimate I've taken out about $600-$700 since I started playing cash exclusively last February.

I don't have access to PT at the moment so I'm not sure how many hours I've played or how much I've made in the last 5 months. I wouldn't be a high volume player though.

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

As I mentioned I post regularly on another poker forum, here's some posts I've made in the last month:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055174058
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055173061
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055170098
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2055173061

5. A little about yourself.

I'm 21 and in my 3rd year of a Financial Maths degree. I take a very mathematical approach to the game because of this. I'm the Auditor of my college's poker society and plan to run poker classes in December. I try to help out new players as much as possible since FutureDoc85 offered to help me out when I was getting started in cash games and was really, really helpful.

If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply

It wouldn't be too much trouble to set up a free forum. You could also have it as a private forum, that's just for people who you want to see it, if you were worried about privacy. Videos would have to be uploaded on seperate sites (like megaupload) though. There's probably people far more capable of setting this up, I'd be willing to set it up but I'm unlikely to have time to run/moderate it.

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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:


http://imageshack.dk/imagesfree/Nd147190.jpg

http://imageshack.dk/imagesfree/zxs47511.jpg

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 :-)

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I don't know that i'm the type of player you're looking for as i'm really just starting out in poker. I feel i've got a reasonable grasp of the basics but can't apply them to situations very well. I started looking around here about a year ago but i've only got seriously into poker the last couple of months.

1. How you are currently improving your game.
I'm basically reading anything i can on the net. I started by getting the basics through a few books but the discussions here seem far more usefull than any books. I'm still basically in the experimental phase at 10NL but i'm finding faults regularly and concentrating on fixing them.

2. Your poker goals.
My short-term goals are to learn. Basically i feel that as long as i keep learning then the playing side will take care of itself. First off i want to move up in stakes and continually beat the games i move up to (I'm trying to learn the game from the ground up by grinding each successive stake. Rinse and repeat etc. Eventually i'd like pokr to be a nice second source of income and maybe even go pro if i become good enough

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
Like i said i only really started taking it seriously a couple of months ago. I won a freeroll on Pacific a while ago and have moved from 2NL to 10NL fairly quickly. I'm up to about $200 playing here and there for 2 months (without PT)

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
I generally post if i disagree with what's being said and think i can offer something new. Here's a couple of examples (all uNL):
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...part=1&vc=1

forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=microplnl&Number= 13040894

They're just a couple of recent ones where i've suggested different things and i think i've added to the discussion.

5. A little about yourself.

Well I've just finished the first year of a science degree at Melbourne Uni. I'm 19 and am hoping that over the break (just finished exams) i can learn a lot about NLHE and move up to higher stakes. I'm intelligent (IQ +150 [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])and willing to learn and i think this is a great way to improve.

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I am a 20 year old student also from leeds, uk and have been playing poker a couple of years, taking it more seriously since the start of the year. I have played sngs on pokerstars for the past year, building up from 6's to 114's making around $15000. I have won the 25k guaranteed on pokerstars for $8400 and recently won a live £300 freezeout at sheffield naps owlerton for £4300. My current bankroll is around $20000 and I have recently decided to take a break from tournaments to learn cash games. I have bought a cardrunners subscription and have been playing 2/4 on stars for the past week or so and am really enjoying the different dynamics and levels of thought that occur in cash game poker. I take the game very seriously and am very much a student of it, however I only have possibly 2 friends who are on a similar level of playing/take the game as seriously as me that I can discuss hands with. I don't have a huge post count on this forum but I have a blog you could look over to get a better idea of me as a person and a poker player http://patonius2000.livejournal.com/

If you need any more information let me know. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks
Rob.

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1. How you are currently improving your game
2. Your poker goals.
3. Your current stakes and past earnings
4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.

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Hi, I want to apply.

1. How you are currently improving your game

I'm currently reading Holdem NL Theory by Sklansky, next on my list is the Mathematics of Poker that I had already received. I play every day, and I try to analyze a few key hands a day for street by street analysis of EV. I try to keep up with the poker software that is in the market that can help me improve my game. I stopped playing other games for fun to concentrate on NL holdem, I loved to play 2-7 lowball triple draw, and I did pretty well on it. I want to write my own poker calculator, combining some features from Equilator, Holdem Ranger and Pro Poker Tools simulator, I'm in the middle of the super fast 7 cards evaluator engine. I've subscribed.

2. Your poker goals.

To be a professional poker player, not more, not less.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Ive started playing for play money, then sold it for 4.50 and went up to around USD 4000 (played from 0.01/0.02 up to 2/4). Then again, went up to USD 1800 and lost it again. And now I've started again and I'm playing 0.10/0.25 with USD 700 (will move to 0.25/0.50 when I get to 16 buy ins). So, earnings are USD 800 total (including my CardRunner suscription that I bought).

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

Equity from playing a small pair against a big pair
Computation of the balanced % of pot bet to be AI in n chunks (chunks in the way Sklansky uses on NL Holdem Theory).

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.

I'm 41, I have a degree in computer science, and work for like 15 years in computer science. Then I moved my focus from computer to investments, and made a Master on Finances. I've invested in a lot of different instruments (convertible bonds, public and private equity), and I see poker both as a pasion and as an investment.

Regards ...

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1. I am playing a ton of hands, reading 2+2 watching select cardrunners and stox videos, also doing decent amount of pokerstoving.
2. I want to play and beat 50/100.
3. I play 3/6 and 5/10. I won $150k over 200k hands of MSNL.
4. I haven't posted ground breaking theory posts. I am mainly thinking about theory on my own and using 2+2 to comment on hands. This seems to be a trend in 2+2 as most people don't fully explain their thought processes but just provide an advice on what should be done in the hand.

This is an interesting hand I posted v. recently:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=0#Post13058298

Pretty old hand:
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...rue#Post9440044
Look at the equity calculation 7 hands from OP.

5. I am 24 y.o. Ivy League grad. After graduating from the US moved back to Europe (fishy sites [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]) and plan to play until I reach 50/100 then I will look for a trading job in London.

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I haven't read the applications yet just skimmed but it does seem there aren't that many applications that want to run the website. The website is going to be extremely basic, a private log in for each student, a place to download videos (or we can use one of the free uploading sites) and a forum just for articles/hands/chat.

Being able and willing to do this will greatly increase your chances of getting in it seems.

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ok, if I get selected I'll take care of the web site, I didn't wanted as I already left my computer science life behind except for my calculator project, but I'm willing to do it to get in here.

Regards ...

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1. How you are currently improving your game

Honestly, i'm not doing enough of this. I do all the usual stuff such as reviewing my hands in PT, discussing hands with others over MSN and reading strategy forums. But in doing this I often hit a ceiling of learning/understanding which I struggle to get passed, then one day further down the line I have a eureka moment and things kinda fall in place. I don't think I am making these sessions as useful as they could be though, which I feel hinders my learning to some extent. I would obv like to improve on this.

2. Your poker goals.

I would like to become a consistent MSNL winner with a decent win rate. I gain great pleasure from playing poker and playing it well, I don't really want to get to the point that poker becomes a big stress in my life. I would be happier playing slightly lower stakes for a higher PTBB/100 than I would playing slightly higher for a larger $ win rate but more variance and stress.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Currently playing NL200, and have been regularly for the last couple of months. This is all the hands in my current database.
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6872/allstatsuu0.jpg

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

Sorry, I don't really have any.

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.

I'm 29, live in the UK and work full time as a Web Developer.

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

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hi jay,

i got into online poker a couple of years ago, but only for play money, at first. i didn't want to make a deposit, because i was afraid that i would just lose it all. one day, my roommate was playing and had to go out to dinner. he offered to buy me into a sng. i was nervous about losing his money, but he didn’t care and entered me into a $5.50 nl sng before leaving. i was determined to focus and not lose. i managed to get first place and was ecstatic. i was also hooked.

the next day i opened my own account and deposited $50. i was intimidated by nl, so i started with limit. i wanted to prepare myself, so i read through the strategy section on pokerstars that chris moneymaker had written (lol, thanks chris). it wasn't very long, but it taught me the basics. i began playing limit cash and was immediately successful. i was a winner from day one and have never had to redeposit. at some point i switched to limit sngs and really enjoyed them. i had great success there, as well. i felt pretty much indestructible. i was just crushing my competition (lol $5 sngs). however, i never really moved up much through the stakes--i was a nervous wreck if i entered a $20 sng.

eventually, i got interested in nl sngs. it was more exciting and there was more action. i entered a nl sng and it was like pure zen. i knew exactly what to do and cruised to a first place finish. i realized that i was quite capable of beating the nl games and switched full time to nl sngs (i had no idea about sample sizes, etc. and winning one was enough for me to think i was capable). i ran sick good. my roi was somewhere near 40% over my first 1500 sngs (including limit). i was playing 16s and 27s and doing well, when i just hit some kind of wall and starting losing. i was misapplying some concepts that i had "learned" from reading stt and it just destroyed my game.

i added mtts into the mix and did well. ever the nit, i built a bankroll on a new site that allowed players to enter real money freerolls even without depositing. i won enough money in the freerolls to enter real tourneys and parlayed that into a nice return. this maintained my interest in poker.

i was determined to get my sng winnings back to where they had been and i was able to figure out some of what i was doing wrong and earned back the money i had lost, but it was still quite a grind and i wasn't really getting anywhere.

though a 2p2er, i didn't make much use of the strat forums. i would occasionally post a hand or make a comment about someone else's hand, but this represented <5% of my posts (this is the only area where i miss on your list). i was just wasting my time on the boards and with poker. when i played i wasn't concentrating and it was just pointless.

a couple of months ago i had had enough. i was frustrated that my game hadn’t progressed much at all, especially in comparison to someone like aba who was at the same level i was a couple of years ago and now, well, you know. i wasn't making enough money to justify the amount of time i was spending on poker. i decided that i was going to learn 6max cash, as that is where everyone said the money was. no more messing around with sngs or mtts. i didn't do very well, at first. then i found out about a small stakes coach and decided to make the investment. it helped me open up my game and kill some of that nit in me. i'm working with two coaches now and feeling pretty solid, though i'm still at the baby stakes, having not played higher than 100nl. i've started to ween myself off of wasting so much time joking around on 2p2, though i still do too much. i've also started posting more in strat, though i still need to do more of that.

i have a very strong willingness to help others. just yesterday someone posted a downswing graph in bbv and he seemed pretty down on life, as he had some other lousy things happening. i felt bad for him and pmed a suggestion to get a uNL coach. i was going to recommend one of the guys that i am working with, but he said that he couldn’t afford it, so i offered to give him some free coaching. i sweated him last night and talked him through his leaks and spent a few hours writing up my advice. between last night and tonight he has basically recovered from his downswing. he told me that i have revolutionized his game and he can’t even explain how much better he is doing and feeling. he was just about to quit poker once he cleared a bonus, but now he’s moving forward with confidence. i can pm you his name if you’d like to talk to him and i can pm you all of the stuff that i wrote up for him in lieu of links to some good strat posts, as i don’t have much in that regard.

when i was doing very well at poker, i started a free instructional website (thepoker10.com--it's offline now). i wanted to help all of the people that were wasting money at poker. it never really got off the ground, but i do have experience with working on websites and would be happy to run that side of things for you and our group of players/mentors.

your timeline is perfect for me. in september, i will be going to grad school to get my phd in marital and family therapy. i am devoting the next eight or so months to personal improvement, rather than employment. i will be studying piano with canada’s godfather of the 88 keys, working weekly with my tennis coach, learning a new language and studying poker--i want to really get a solid grasp, so that when i am in school i can play part-time and have a good earn, as i will not have much time for studying poker then.

your vision for this five months is also perfect for me. i really just want/need a group of players to work with in this way, helping each other to focus, think, and be accountable. this will be about as close to ideal a situation as i could ask for. i feel that i have a good grasp of the basics, but i have a strong desire to take it to the next level. i feel like i can only beat average players and not good ones. i am hesitant about moving up, as i feel that i won't be able to compete against stronger opponents. i would like to overcome that line of thinking and gain confidence to beat better villains. i am eager to work on the intricacies of the game with other players. i am not satisfied with knowing enough to beat the games. i enjoy analyzing things from different angles and really want the chance to develop a deeper understanding. abc bores me: i seek the rest of the alphabet.

jay, i admire you for doing this and hope that someday i will be in a position where i can do the same. thank you for the opportunity to be considered and i look forward to hearing from you soon.

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How you are currently improving your game
I currently have a list of 2p2ers on my aim and try to converse with them any difficult hands that I have. I go through every session via PT and look at the hands that gave me trouble then ask my aimlist about them. If I’m feeling froggy I’ll post something in ssnl, but I really hate ssnl because 99% of the people there don’t know what they’re doing, or just make retarded posts constantly.

Your poker goals.
I want to make the most money that I am capable of making at this game. I want to be the best and I want to make the most money. I will propel myself to these lofty goals with delusions of grandeur until I wake up one morning in a ditch with a needle in my arm, then I’ll work at mcdonalds or something.

I have an insatiable desire to improve at this game. It’s like nothing else in my life. I don’t know if I’m heading down a path for disappointment, but I do know I want to improve as much as I can. I think about hands all day long, analyzing, reviewing and theorizing. I really need some guidance.

if you want some numbers:

100k hands at NL100. ideally 6ptbb, but really just solid hands that i don't spew.

100k hands at NL200. finally maintain a decent winrate at this level.

after that, dominate MSNL. and beyond. haven't gotten past my first goal yet...tho...

overall i have one goal at this game: to improve. i don't let ego, attitude, ethnicity or anything else stand in the way of reaching this goal.

Your current stakes and past earnings

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5259/graphkx2.jpg

I have graphs from my old database I can pull up if you really want to feel bad for someone.

A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...ue#Post11453673

anything in the sttf cash thread

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...e=0#Post8821262

A little about yourself.

I used to play NL200, then NL400, then downswonged now NL100 with some NL200 when I feel like losing all my profit from NL100. I had a coach and he helped me a lot, but I’m still not able to win at NL200 so I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I’ve actually been thinking about putting something like this together, only without a sick player to head it up.

I am really turned off to 90% of the strategy that goes on in 2p2. I think that something like this is brilliant and is exactly the type of place I would want to put a lot of my time, effort and energy into. This type of operation has limitless possibilities for all parties involved and I feel like this is what I need to take my game to the next level.

boring stuff: i'm 21 junior psych major at some university. poker takes up 80% of my brain power and life efforts. i played sngs for a year and i'm approaching my first year of cash this jan. i've come a long way but i'm still not satisfied with my progress.

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Let's take a shot too..

1. How you are currently improving your game 2. Your poker goals. 3. Your current stakes and past earnings 4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made. 5. A little about yourself.

1.
Talking with other players about hands (IRC/irl). I have a 1000+ posts on a dutch poker forum. Not very active on 2p2 though. This has helped me to get from a $10 roll (:P) to a 1k roll in cashgames. I also joined cardrunners a few months ago and it's gold.
I also have a blog in which I decribe a few hands, and talking about the changes/leaks in my game. I'm doing it mostly just for myself but the strategic reply's from some people reading my blog are also very nice.

2.
I really like te game of poker and my goal is to move up in stakes. I would really like the spot that I can cashout a decent amount so that I don't have te get a (small)job besides college + poker. So I'm now expanding my bankroll to get to 100NL/200NL.

3.
I really didn't put in a lot of hands. I think my total hands played is like 70k. Though I have had a nice winrate overall. I currently playing 25NL which I pretty much destroy. I am overrolled for this limit but I dropped 16bi's at 50NL, so I'm trying to get back my confidence and I transformed my game from a 16/12 style to 20/19. That new style has a lot of success over the last hands. I really think my postflop abilities have had big improvements playing this style. Getting back to 50NL as soon as I am really confident in my game, and when the money doesn't tilt me anymore.

4.
didn't post that much on 2p2 and most other posts are in dutch.
Though here some examples
Here
Here
Here

Here

5.
I'm 22 years old. Student at "Delft University of Technology" studying "Industrial Design Engineering". I like to sport, having a good time with friends yadayadayada. Poker is just a game I like very much and I'm thrived to get very good at it. I've had a lot of learning experience the past year (playing up to 50NL). Had difficulties getting in a lot of hands. The past months I learned to playing well on 4-6 tables. I did put in some more hands per hour, but also didn't put in the time I would like to because a very busy period regarding my study. I now really really destroy 25NL over the past 30k hands and am eager to play for more serious stakes in the future.

Re: I will mentor you for free
 

My application:

1. How you are currently improving your game
- Reading strat forums
- Watching cardrunners vids
- Getting coached
- Talking to friends about specific hands/theory on aim/msn

2. Your poker goals.
- To become the best player i can be.
- To move from being a full-time grinder to a professional.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
NL200 6-max (have had to drop down from NL400-600 after a downswing)
About $60,000 in the last 12 months


4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
- Not exactly strategy posts but I've made about 10 tutorial videos which have been watched by a lot of 2p2ers and which have received positive feedback

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.
- I'm 27 & live in the UK. Been playing poker for 4 years. Been living off my winnings for 18 months. I have no immediate plan for the future apart from poker. If poker doesn't work out, I will probably return to studying and get a masters.
- I would not be able to run the site but can makes vids.

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1. How you are currently improving your game

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I am limiting the number of tables I play so I can spend more time on decisions, actively weighing the pros and cons of each, and trying to determine whether another line would make more sense against my particular opponent's range.


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2. Your poker goals.

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Improve as a player. Minimize tilt. Keep moving up limits where I have an edge, and for limits where I don't think I have an edge, have a big enough bankroll to be able to comfortably take shots when there is a spot. Psychologically be on the same or a higher level than my opponents.


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3. Your current stakes and past earnings

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MSNL, mostly 3/6. Total earnings roughly 160k.


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

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I don't really have many, because most of my strat posts are one-liners, but I do like my post in your OH O thread.


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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.

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I'm 23, I live in NY, have a dog, lived in South California for 9 months after graduating college, I have over 400 people on my AIM buddy list but I regularly talk to maybe 10. I can run the site with videos.