As many of you know, many times a week, there are poker articles written on P5s by mostly no-names and appear on the P5 home page. Well, this latest one is no exception. I am referring to the latest article written by Fox. The article is well written and is not a bad article (I guess), however I am not into reading poker article written by unproven poker players. In Fox’s P5 profile he writes:
“I quit my job to play full time about 4 years ago, and haven't looked back. I also write a blog here on pocketfives (Fox's Blog), and I run a poker coaching web site at
www.pokerfox.net. I built my bankroll bonus whoring at first, but I play high enough now that I don't use bonuses as much as I used to. I still keep up to date on them for members of my site, and can usually answer any questions you have about the little extras that are available in the world of online poker. “
Meanwhile, after doing some research I find out some info on this “coach/pro” that may prove that he has not proven himself enough to be writing articles posted on big poker sites:
FTP MTT results,
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/ful...9D5DB093E2.html, ROI –40%
Stars MTT results,
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pok...91A4D181EB.html, ROI –67%
I could not find any other results on his based on his other names listed in his P5 profile.
On sharkscope on FTP he has -$981 profit with ROI –12%.
However, on stars he does have $1,368 profit with ROI 14%
Now, I ask how the hell can he be a “pro” (as in living off of his poker earnings, if he has any)?
Therefore, why the hell would anyone want him as a “coach”, especially for $300/day (4hrs) or $100/hr rate?
It just tilts me hard to see people getting articles published on various poker sites/magazines who might know about the game, but do not have results to support such recognition/job opportunities.
Also, in the testimonials on his site,
http://pokerlessons.wordpress.com/te...m-my-students/, the one guy Toadlicker claims to:
“Fox is flat out amazing! I was a solid player before my lessons with Fox, and I was getting really good at beating the 30+3 single table tournaments, but he got my game to the next level. After three lessons I feel like a master of single table tournaments, and I’m beating the 100+9 single tables on 3 different sites with a 24% ROI. I didn’t even know what ROI was before I took lessons with Fox!”
However, this guy has no stats on sharkscope, and only has about 20 party tournys, where his ROI is –66%. Even though he obv might have different names on different sites, but you would think this would be included in testimonials to attract new customers.
Anyways, I just wanted to rip this guy or find anymore info bout him because I am curious how he makes a living from poker (as he claims) and how he even has people to coach?