I will mentor you for free

[fearless2k]

Oh man this is a Sick idea, It is EXACTLY what I need to improve my game!

I started playing just over 15months ago and had built up from micro limits to 5/10, but didn’t really last long at 5/10. That is when I realised my nitty playing style needed to be changed.
I have read several books and read articles everyday after a session. And also am a long time lurker in this wonderful forum!

Ok so 1: How you are currently improving your game?

I am actively getting coaching by “billyjex” to help me relearn the game, and start thinking outside raising the nuts only, I am also on bobos waiting list for his training programme… To take myself back to basics I have started to coach a friend from uni (and stake him) in microstakes (where I feel being a nit is profitable) and whatever I learn through coaching I will help him learn too.

I have started to analyse my opponents play after sessions and make detailed notes on how they play and possible lines to counteract it (only recently against a few regulars, I should have done this a long time ago). I am finding my second barrels are working a lot more against the right people etc etc..

Nb also a member of CR and x factor

2: My poker Goals:

I initially started poker for the “thrill” as im sure most people do. But soon discovered its potential. My first aim of poker was to pay for my studies (I am a Med student in UK) which it has.

Now I plan to slowly build up my life broll (separate from poker broll) and start putting $$ into investments and property that I will be able to live off “healthily” in the next 5-15 years. (an play poker on side too obv)

This also give me a lot of motivation to play my best poker possible and move up through the ranks as quickly as possible too!

So my plan in poker is to:

1: move up as soon as possible and learn as quikly as I can.
2: Use poker monies wisly and set up alternative forms of income.
3: ideally I would like to be able to play 25/50 comfortably (we can all dream [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img])

3: Your current stakes and past earnings

I play at NL 400 on I poker, lifetime earning around 200k (inc rakeback and a few donkament wins although I don’t like playing them as much) at 3bb/100. Best month is 30k worst month is +3k (it was a damn swongy month).

Last 5 month I have playd around 30 hrs PW (maybe more..) and won ~ 40k


4: few examples of good strategy posts you have made

This is my weakpoint, I don’t have many/ if any strategy posts. That is mainly due to me not being confident enough to post something and have it taken apart by the gazillions of better players on 2+2.

But this is something I will defiantly rectify in the future as my play becomes better and I feel more confident.

I hope this you can overlook this weakness in my case as I am REALLY motivated to be part of this!

5: a little about myself:

I am 22 year student from UK, been playing poker for little over a year. I have basically had to learn everything about poker on my own as I don’t have many other friends that play poker seriously and talk strategy with (a HUGE learning tool if u have it). .

Although I don’t know much about websites and videos, I do have a friend with an internet business who will help out if needed.

Wow that post turned out a long… sorry for the rant but I am really motivated to get involved in this.. !

[monkover]

How am I currently improving my game?

I´m playing 200nl at the moment but just moved up very recently. To be honest I haven´t been improving my game as much as i would have liked as I have been trying to put in a lot of hands to move up get experince.
I have already asked orange about coaching me but it hasn´t been possible so far as I only got a headset with a mic today but I´m going to try to schedule at least 5 sessions with him in the upcoming weeks to fix leaks and stuff.

I´ve also been analyzing hands i have problems with on pokertracker and been trying to find leaks myself.


My poker goals:

I´m planning to be able to play 3/6 or 5/10 by the time I´m finished with high school. (August this year) I know that this is a very ambitious goal but I´m posistive that I can do it.

My poker story:

I started playing siriously in august started at 10nl played a lot, cleared the ftp depositbonus. Then i moved up to 25nl and within onother week to 50nl. I played a lot of 50nl then struggled when trying to move up to 100nl. Then after my 3rd shot ran really hot, made 10bi in one session and decided to cash out 2k leaving only a 50nl roll in my account. then I started grinding again and moved up to 100nl pretty easily and have been taking a lot of shots 200nl. I ran pretty horribly in the beginning but am now beating 200nl. only over a small saplesize though. Can´t really tell at what rate im beating it though b/c my pokertracker is somehow messed up and only racords half of the hh...

I have won ybout 6-7k playing unl and ssnl in the last 3 months running at a guesstimated 3ptbb/100. Not sure about this though at all might be higher most defenitely not lower.


a little about myself:

I´m 18 years old, from munich,germany, and am currently still at school and thus have a lot of time for playing poker. I started playing poker about a year ago but only became sirious last summer holliday.
I´m hoping to gain a lot from this because i don´t really have a lot of people at the moment to talk strategy with except from posting on 2p2.


Good posts:

I don´t have any posts like the one you used as an example as I have never written a pooh bah post or a pokey post. I have been pasting commenting on a lot of hands of other players though.


K that´s it i guess... thanks for this opportunity I hope I gettig in as I´d really like and give my best to help others and improve my game.

[VPIP100]

1. How you are currently improving your game

Currently I am watching alot of cardrunners videos and playing alot. Also read and post as many interesting threads I can find in SSNL forum. After every session I go through all the big losing and winning hands and hands I feel are not totally standard (resqueezes/tough folds/bad calls) and think them through. Im also sweating and discussing hands with a friend of mine which plays 50NL and wants to move up to 100/200NL asap. I also took 1 lesson from a Cardrunners coach but there were some problems with the way he acted/treated me so that was it. It did show me the positive effect of someone watching you play and critize it and am currently looking for a better coach.

2. Your poker goals.

Poker goals is easy, get as best as I can and thus making as much money as possible. Also being a good allround player, I also think my Omaha and tournament games are solid, but no way close to my NLHE 6 max game.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

I currently play 200NLHE as my main game, trying to move up to 400NL.


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

Same as everyone I think, nothing really outstanding, just your standard hands discussion/posts in SSNL. There is so much new stuff everyday on every poker site, so I spend more of time reading and studying than post myself.

5. A little about yourself

I am 19 years old and have been playing since february this year. I am a student on the University of Amsterdam in the netherlands. Hobbies are my girlfriend, partying it up, games (especially poker) and fine food.

Not much here that differs me from the other posters I guess, but in some way we are all the same [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]