[Paul B.]

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Regarding coaching for NL cash: I believe you've been coached by several different people. Can you tell me a little bit about the different methods your coaches have used and what you find to be the most effective for learning?

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Live coaching has by far been the most helpful for me. I had him watch me play and give me feedback in real time, and that was really beneficial for my game. I recorded our sessions and I can review them whenever I want. Also, I was lucky that most of my coaches knew how to coach (some people are good at playing but bad at coaching/teaching).

The next best thing IMO is using Skype & Unyte (lets the coach see the student's screen). However, to best honest I don't really like the way that most coaches coach. For a novice player, there should be certain things that the coach should go over before starting sweating his student, like how to play certain "standard" hands and why, and stuff regarding software and table selection. Almost no one does this.

One more thing, if you find a coach who you think is a good bargain, set up sessions as soon as you can. A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to study whitelime in person for a nominal fee (he was playing 5/10 at the time), but we couldn't arrange anything because of schedule conflicts. Now he's wrecking higher stakes games and charging 6x as much.