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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.

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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.

[iSTRONG]

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.

[Paul B.]

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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.

[Mark L]

1. How you are currently improving your game

I keep a poker journal that I write in after nearly every session. I try to not focus on specific hands or mistakes that I made but rather a general strategic adjustment that I did not make. For example not properly adjusting to a certain player or certain conditions, etc.

2. Your poker goals.

I have been playing poker as my sole source of income for almost 4 years. For most of this time I was a student at university and therefore "needed" to win so that I could live. Because of this I never tried to advance as a player and beat bigger games, even though I always believed that I could. Now I am done with school and have decided to spend the next couple years focusing on getting better at poker.

My problem is that I think over the years I have adjusted to simply winning because I have played against such poor players and have not focused on learning the proper skills that I will need to move up. (Such as: pot control, playing deep stacks, etc.)

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Currently I play mostly .5/1 nl 6-max. I have been playing at or near this level for 3 years, but unfortunately have no records to show for it because my hard drive has crashed multiple times over the past year. I have probably made around 100k since I started playing poker seriously in Feb 2004.

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

PM sent.

5. A little about yourself.

I am 24 and recently got my degree and am now playing poker "full-time". I am very determined to improve my game and am hoping that 2008 is a very successful year in terms of both profit and "moving up". I am American but live in Europe and have access to all sites.

I have been a member of 2p2 for a while and even though I don't post as much anymore I still frequently read the threads in both mid and high stakes nlhe.

Improving as a poker player is (I guess you could say) my main goal in life right now and so I feel as though I could be a very active member of such a community.

[RiverFenix]

1. How you are currently improving your game
Everyday I read pretty much every hand that passes through HSNL, MSNL & SSNL and I probably spend (sadly) 4 hours on 2p2 a day reading. Aside from that watch CR vids, free vids, had some coaching, talk about hands a lot with a few real life friends. Usually try and find a one area a week that I feel I am weak in and focus on improving that through play/study.

2. Your poker goals.
Nothing outrageous. Eventually be able to beat 3/6 & 5/10. Start getting back to 10k months like I had on occasion in the old party days. I want to feel comfortable knowing that at at any table I sit at I should walk away a winner and that the other regulars respect my game.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
.5/1 & some 1/2. Average about 3.5k a month for the last year. Lifetime I've probably played 300k hands at each level.

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
I try and post one interesting hand a week in SSNL. They usually get 30+ replies of actual discussion which is a lot for the amount of threads in SSNL.
I have given back to the community by making free poker videos to help people with their game. I have also done some pro bona coaching (sweating) to a few 2p2ers who have asked for it.

5. A little about yourself. If you're capable and willing to run the site and videos include that in your reply.
23 years old graduated finance/economics/comp sci from a really good university. Was looking at a lot ibanking jobs but culture fit wasnt right for me so I decide to pursue poker and my own entrepreneurial interests. Hopefully using poker to fund some larger project ideas I have.
Before poker was in our lives was real life friends with martine (online tourny pro) and daut44(pokerstars Caribbean winner & online nlhe pro) and their success has always motivated me to try and better my game.
I have webhosting already for a company I'm starting which has enough bandwidth/space which you're welcome to use for any video/file uploads you need for lucky applicants that you select.

Thanks for reading.

[cantsitstillbr]

Man your offer makes me regret ever discovering bbv and oot. Please ignore the 100 or so retardo posts I've made there.

1. How you are currently improving your game ?

Just bought PNL about 1 week ago. Studying that as well as browsing mostly the HSNL forums while I should be working

2. Your poker goals

I only recently began playing poker again after taking about 1 year off(marriage/new job/ect..) The reason I began playing again is so I wont have to budget for vacations. Even though my #1 goal is very small beans, I always have the background dream of becoming the next superstar 2+2er that blazed his way up through the limits. When I was still in school this didn’t seem possible because I psychologically couldn’t get over small stakes, and I was cashing out all the time to cover expenses. Now that I have a job this shouldn’t be as big of a problem

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Current stakes- .10/.25 NL. I played for about 2 years through college making about 20,000 playing mostly limit. Towards the end I started playing .5/1 NL with limited success

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

Here is a thread I started back when I was playing 100NL. It got about 25 replies:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showth...rue#Post6512817

This is a more recent post in reply to a hand against a calling station where he flops over cards and picks up a draw on the turn. Looking back I'm not sure how good my advice is, but I think it shows I had the right frame of mind:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showth...ue#Post12457362

One more where I was replying to a blind vs. blind situation:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showth...ue#Post12879490



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

I'm 23, newly married, not making enough money to have/do the things I want. My days are pretty dang slow at work so I think I'd have plenty time to help run the site. However, I know nothing about HTML or building a website. I think most of my help would have to be through support/modding. I'm not really sure what you mean by helping run the videos

[wuarhg]

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1. How you are currently improving your game

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1. Discussing hands daily through MSN, AIM, Skype.
2. Hiring a solid coach at least once a month to spot things that no one else sees.
3. Recently started doing more equity calcs.
4. Cardrunners
5. Stoxpoker

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2. Your poker goals.

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Get to 5/10-10/20 NL within 6 months and become a solid winner there. I have been playing mostly 1/2 8 tabling with some 2/4 thrown in. Pretty sick of that now.

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3. Your current stakes and past earnings

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last 100k hands running at 5ptbb/100 at 95% 200nl and maybe 5% 400nl (rough approximation) 6-8 tabling with no table selection.

Prob made a bit over $300k playing poker (don't know exactly). I have made a lot playing limit and playing NL, I don't really keep records over 200k hands since the DBs just take up space.

I usually get in around 30k hands a month, last 5 months I've probably played 150-200k hands. I played 50k hands 2 months and then 30, 30 and probably 20 this month. 30k hands is a good number for me, if I play more I tend to get sick of poker and burnout more easily.

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

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Unfortunately I haven't made many since improving a lot as an NL player because I just thought the quality of posts have gone down. If you're looking for 2+2 contribution then I guess I am not in good shape but if you're looking for thought patterns then check my blog, it is in my profile and I am Henri Junttila (2 authors in the blog).

Here is one strategy post (best one I could find): Link


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5. A little about yourself.

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I am from Northern Scandinavia, born in Sweden now living in Finland. Started playing poker late 2004 and quickly got up to 5/10 fixed lhe (went pro around Jan 2005 when I switched to 5/10 6max LHE). Around Feb 2005 I was already playing 10/20 6max lhe and after 200k hands running over 3bb/100, I remember posting some graphs of a good run I had and most of my posts have been in the limit forum.

I begun my NL training in April 2006 with krantz, he basically taught me NL. Since then I've had coaching with many good teachers like cero_z, tommy angelo, bobbofitos, AJFenix, Sunny Mehta. I know there's more but I just can't think of anyone to add.

Fast forward to present time and I am grinding 1/2 mostly building a roll for 2/4 since I determined that I want to get to 5/10NL no matter how long it takes. I've been doing good in the 1/2 games for awhile now and think my game is up to par with 5/10, just need the roll and time to adjust.

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

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If you mean "run the site" as host it then probably not without paying for it.

I can make vids if you guys can stand my Antonius-esque accent.

Cheers

P.S. ask any of my coaches and you will find out that I am obsessed to learn more. KRANTZ knows this more than anyone [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[JackAll]

1. How you are currently improving your game

I have been working on a strategy of dealing with light 3-bettors that is non-standard, but not going into it here. It is player dependent and my range of monsters-to-draws-to-weak made hands/weak draws is balanced such that they are up against a hand that has them fairly well matched on average but contains draws enough so their EV is closer to neutral if they play the hand well, and losing money when making mistakes. I also discuss strategy and interesting hands with the person who taught me the game.


2. Your poker goals.

I would like to at some stage play comfortably on the 1k tables (currently on 200nl and 400nl - depending on fishiness)

A specific goal that I have is bluffing spots where I am occasionally too passive. I realise that one 'good' bluff from a tight player at the right spot every so often against the right player can be extremely profitable. I know I don't do this too much cuz until 200nl most players are not really thinking much, but now at 400nl, there are a few of them here and there.

Another goal is using reads. I often go by stats, and I find at 400nl occasionally there is a good player who I can't get a handle on. This doesn't happen often at all, and never really at 200nl or lower.


3. Your current stakes and past earnings

I moved up to 200nl 6.5 months ago and play a little 400nl but mostly 200nl. In 6.5 months, my earnings have far surpassed my expectations since moving up to 200nl. At 200nl I ran around 6ptbb's for 5 months until the break even stretch which started about 7 weeks ago and ended about 10 days ago. Poker earnings in 5 months prior to 6 week break even stretch is 40k (includes rake/bonuses/etc).


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

I find that most people on 2p2 are pretty bad with advice and for that reason I don't bother sharing in-depth knowledge when I get nothing out of it. I also suspect that of the few people who can offer a good deep discussion on certain difficult spots often don't go into their thought process because of the same reasons. It would be good to find people who are actually competent to discuss these things with, but for that reason, I have no good strategy posts.


5. A little about yourself.

Went back to uni at 25 for a new career. Finished at 28, did very well for a couple of years before going on a world backpacking trip. 3 months before leaving, quit my job & took up a close friend's offer who had been playing for a number of years to teach me poker. On his bankroll advice (after making 20 buy-ins and feeling confident and having min 20 buy-ins at the new level, I could move up - If I am under 20 buy-ins, move down) I went through 10nl in 3 weeks, 25nl in 3 weeks, 50nl in 3 weeks, then at 100nl for the last 2 weeks before the trip. I gave up on traveling (found I hate backpacking) after 2-3 months and settled in asia and played. This was the time I tried a lot of new things like raising every hand I play in any position (or fold), raising 100% on the button, etc to see how it affects my image. I went back and forth from 50nl to 100nl for a lot of months while learning about image and game style. Finally I realised how to put all this into a good combination and that worked well. I stayed at 100nl for a while cuz it was comfortable. That brings me to 6.5 months ago where I moved up to 200nl and have been doing very well since then at 200nl and 400nl.




Note - My play is pretty tight - 18/15 - and I find this to be very profitable. I like the image and the FE it comes with. I think adding many more hands just means more marginal hands, and also then I will have a slightly less tighter image and obv less FE. Can you deal with this? If not, I'm prob not your man.

Cheers,
Jack

[Logun]

Ok so I thought I would throw my name into the mix here.

I have thought about getting a coach for a long time and have recently started sessions with Bobofitos. While I think I have a solid knowledge of all the basics and fundamentals I still struggle in certain situations. My worst flaw is still tilt. I use to play at 100nl but have decided to drop down to 25nl while I work out my issues with tilt and lay a solid foundation upon which to build.

I started to play poker about 4 years ago. I took 50$ into a live 4/8 game and in 8 months turned it into 24,000$ after jumping up to 15/30 for most of that run. To be honest I simply played tight and ran hot. There was nothing about those winnings that really showed anything other than I was getting lucky.

During this time I also played in a number of tournaments (I absolutely hate outing myself like this but oh well)
#11 here
http://www.canadianpokertour.tv/cpt/...ment.asp?t=145
and
#4 here
http://www.canadianpokertour.tv/cpt/tournament.asp?t=19

Since Dec of last year I have tried to lear NL online and it has exposed numerous flaws in my game. Tilt is one of them.

My goals are simple - to become a proven winning player from the ground up. I am trying to accomplish that starting at 25nl. Either I will earn $1,000 or put in 30K hands before I move up. (assuming I have a positive win rate after 30K hands)

Unfortunately I can't provide samples of strategy posts as most of my posts were posting hands and answer hand posts. Most of my posts in trying to help others occur on other sites.

Finally a little about me. I'm an IT contractor and poker is not my main source of income. I play between 5 and 10K hands a month. I'm expecting my first baby in April and so I hope to accomplish a lot of my poker goals over the next 5 months as I will not have a lot of time thereafter.

Sweat sessions are exactly the kind of mentoring I believe I need. I find I learn better, faster during the moment. I'm definitely not as susectable to tilt

I'm located in Alberta Canada (Mountain Standard Time) so co-ordination between us would best on the weekend.

[linuxmood]

Wanna play live?