Calling out all full-time mid-level players...study group

[Niggel]

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I think irc channel would solve that, there should be people all the time and you could organize a big meeting once/twice a week.

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As some of you know our community already has an IRC channel:
STT IRC Channel

I haven't checked if people are still active/online in it but I think so.

I have to agree with DannyOcean as well, that this might work on a daily basis for all the "real" Full-Time players and probably just for a small group.

What about creating a poll once or twice a week where you can vote for a topic which will then be discussed in the channel with everybody who is interested? It wouldn't matter if some people do not show up. When you have a set time to meet in the channel and a topic which will be discussed everybody can look for sample hands during the week and might be thinking about questions they want to ask/discuss. Obviously you have the chance to do the likely within this forum as well, but maybe it helps some (me for sure) if you are able to get a more direct help and might even get the attention of the players to one of your posts which just hasn't gotten any answers.
A moderator is a must imo. It would be especially cool if the "best" parts of the discussion and some kind of summary would be posted on 2+2 as well.

I am really excited for this to work out.

[ekinnehs18]

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My contribution to this thing getting off the ground is that daily is never going to work. It just won't: people have lives, people are at different time zones, etc etc. I think this idea works best as a once weekly or twice weekly thing. People will perhaps be more regular if it is not every single day, and perhaps the eurodonks wouldn't mind altering their schedule once a week, whereas they couldn't meet every single day.

I expect that if we try to do this daily, it will disintergrate quickly. I motion for either once weekly or twice weekly meetings.

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sounds good. How about we meet twice a week. Once midweek and once during the weekend. Or if everyone prefers we can just do it once every Monday.

Anything beside that...group members can of course meet as much as they want.

Feel free to add more suggestions/ideas guys.

[DMACM]

1. When do you start your session?
8pm EST

2. When is the best time for you to meet up? What hours would you prefer?
8pm EST

3. How long have you been playing? Your experience level?
6 years

4. What stakes do you play?
11s stts now used to be the biggest mtts have done 2000 22s party 500 55s on party

5. What site do you play on?
stars

6. What qualities/skills do you think you can bring to this group?
I have some thoughts on the gigabet dilemma, good grasp of the basics

7. Where are you geographically located? What is your timezone?
U.S. EST

[donkraft]

I think my timezone might be a showstopper, if everybody else is USA/Canada. But if this cant be made to work, it might spawn enough interest for fellow europeans to make another similar group. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


1. When do you start your session?

~14 ET

2. When is the best time for you to meet up? What hours would you prefer?

8-18 ET

3. How long have you been playing? Your experience level?

2 years, like 4000sng's I think

4. What stakes do you play?

11s on Party

5. What site do you play on?

Party - but this is not a must

6. What qualities/skills do you think you can bring to this group?

Hard work, I know about poker software...

7. Where are you geographically located? What is your timezone?

Denmark, GMT+1

[Fishing2do]

1. When do you start your session?
6AM-9AM EST & 4PM-7PM EST
2. When is the best time for you to meet up? What hours would you prefer?
9AM-1PM
3. How long have you been playing? Your experience level?
1+.5 yrs with 1yr break in between. At least 5k tourneys ranging from $10-$50.
4. What stakes do you play?
$12-$36, $24 being my standard buyin
5. What site do you play on?
FTP
6. What qualities/skills do you think you can bring to this group?
The use of software and adjusting for players skill.
7. Where are you geographically located? What is your timezone?
I'm from the Netherlands, GMT+1

[ekinnehs18]

Keep 'em coming guys...we need more people for this group.

Anyways, this is how I think a daily meeting would go:

We choose a weekly moderator/host (or we can set a permanent moderator, up to everyone else). The job is of the host is to set an agenda of topics for the day and guide the discussion.

For instance, an agenda for a day could look like:

1. Trouble hands from last night.
2. Discussion of different ways to play AK in early levels.
3. Reviewing of one another's HHs.
4. Discussion of a SNG article.
5. Update on how everyone is doing.

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Some other ideas:

1. we can all contribute money to a pot and have an internal competition amongst us to keep us motivated to play. Have a leaderboard for the week, and whoever gets 1st wins the pot. Nothing serious, just for fun.

2. Once every week, we can have people vote for a certain topic to discussed in detail, and either 1) put funds to together to hire someone for a lecture session, or 2) get someone from within the group to give out the lecture.

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Just some ideas...guys feel free to add more ideas if you want.

[shat4brains]

this is a good idea

1 around 2 est until 9-10 est
2 afternoon/ nights
3 1 year i think i have a lot to learn
4 16s mostly
5 stars mostly
6 i have experience playing shorthanded and HU
7 US EST

[chavarie]

I would be interested too!

1. When do you start your session?
Anytime [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
2. When is the best time for you to meet up? What hours would you prefer?
6PM-10PM
3. How long have you been playing? Your experience level?
About 3 years, STT,MTT and cash.
4. What stakes do you play?
22s and moving to 33s soon.
5. What site do you play on?
FTP
6. What qualities/skills do you think you can bring to this group?
A good comprehension of pushing and bubble play.
7. Where are you geographically located? What is your timezone?
I'm from Quebec, Canada. EST

[DMMx69]

Sounds like a terrific idea. I would definitely be interested. im a near-full time player, been playing 22s and 33s, just switched over to FTP and have been running badly since.

1.Varies, in general i play 5 hours sometime between 3pm and midnight EST

2. afternoon/evening

3. 2 years.

4. 22s to 33s usually.

5. just switched to FTP

6. Solid understanding of STT equity and low/high blind play (mid blind is my weakest i believe)

7. Maryland USA (EST)

[ekinnehs18]

Looks like we have 8 interested people right now. I am going to give this thread 1 more day. Afterwards all of you will recieve a PM from me.

Note: No offense guys, but only join if you are 100% serious and will be dedicated to making this group work. I have no problem if you only want to join in periodically. But if you want to join full-time (I know we all have busy schedules) I expect you all of you to meet up during our set times the majority of times.

Sorry if I sound like a drill sergeant, but to really make this group work we all need to be dedicated to this and come prepared with ideas to discuss.