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Old 11-21-2007, 02:05 AM
_dave_ _dave_ is offline
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Default Re: I will mentor you for free

Pick me please Jay. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I would happily travel to Leeds to meet with you if need be (I am ~1.5 hours away).

I will certainly run web hosting / site ops if you like.

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all of you must be willing to give back to the community by helping the others.


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Opinion may be varied depending upon computer comfort - but I like to think I have given a great deal to this community [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]


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What you MUST have:


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- A long term clear, measurable and timed goal of what you want from poker.


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I want to learn this game properly... far too long wasting time so far.

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- A good listener, able to put your ego to one side


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Check

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- Potential


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I hope so,

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- A long standing 2p2 account w/ no bad rep


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Check. I would hopw my rep is very good.

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- A high strategy to junk post ratio


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Eh, I post very little strat [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Lack of confidence in my game imo. I contribute as much as possible in other parts of the forums where I am able to back my opinion with confidence.

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- Be able to work programs like skype, logmein etc


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lol of course [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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- Cash NLHE as your main game.


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Indeed

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- Willingness to help others.


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I hope my record speaks for itself in this regard.

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- A headset or mic, heh.


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lol of course [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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What you don't need:


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- To be playing higher stakes


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Check [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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- High previous earnings.


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Check [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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What you must NOT have:


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- A smug attitude.


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Check

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- A rigid style or unwillingness to expand your style.


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Check... my game needs fixing [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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- A superiority complex or argumentative nature.


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Eh, I certainly argue, but only for the purpose of clarifying differing opinion - I hope that makes sense?

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- Any posts such as 'omg/fast/lol fold/shove'.


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I don't think so.. maybe one or two when drunk.

Please choose me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Also to add, please state how many hours you have played in the last 5 months and earnings in that time.


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Avg. ~20/week (massively variable, sometimes 60, sometimes 0). Gross "profit" = loss over last 5 months [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

dave.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:06 AM
WillyT WillyT is offline
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Hi Jay. I like this idea and I'd be interested in both being mentored by you and in mentoring some students myself. I'd be qualified to mentor limit hold'em players.

Here are my answers to the questions posed in your first few posts:


1. How you are currently improving your game?

Lots of ways. I play 2 or maybe 3 tables at a time at most. Oftentimes I'll just play in one game so I can focus on what mistakes I identify that my opponents are making and how I can best benefit from them. I also take my time and think about each action before making it rather than clicking away lightning fast.
Away from the table I'm always doing a line analyses. I'll make some assumptions about how my opponent will respond with different holdings and hack away at finding the most profitable line by just writing it all out case by case. I also run a lot of simulations on pokerstove and some of the propokertools softwares to get an idea of equity of certains with certain boards.
I always have a poker book sitting in my bathroom [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] My current poker rereading is The Mathematics of Poker.


2. Your poker goals.

I'd like to be an established winner at online 5/10 NL over a sample of 100k hands by the end of March in both short handed and heads up play. I'd also like to be an established winner at up through 200/400 heads up and short handed limit hold'em by the same time.

3. Your current stakes and past earnings

Later you also asked how many hours and what earnings I've made in the last 5 months so I'll answer that here. I estimate I have played 600 hours and profited $40k. Most of that time was spent grinding out a roll at my best game which is short-handed and heads-up limit hold'em. I am interested in making NL my main game for the coming months as it needs much more work. Currently I'm uncomfortable playing against mediocre players at 2/4 NL 6max and am fine with playing most tables I find of 1/2 NL 6max.

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

I don't post often. Usually when I think to post I first do some work on my own and end up answering my questions without a post. Most of my posts are strategy though as you'll see if you look.

5. A little about yourself.

I'm 27 years old and a few weeks a way from finishing my Ph.D. in mathematics at Georgia Tech. I'd probably be considered a bit of a party animal (or a drunk, idk) by my friends but keep in mind one of the things I like most is sharing what I like with other people.
In January I'm heading to India to experience life in a new culture and I don't know if/when I'll be coming back to the U.S. While abroad I plan on supporting myself by playing online poker and finally spending a good amount of effort in really studying poker in a way that my schooling has prevented me to do yet.
I'm fortunate to have the training to be able to study the game in a deep, mathematical way.
I love women.
I love sports.
I love life.

Feel free to ask me any questions and thanks for your consideration.

-Bill
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:14 AM
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I'm Interested.


1. I only started playing poker seriously at the start of this year but my game has already come leaps and bounds since then. I started of playing live at the casino down here, where I met a bunch of other poker junkies my age who I have since become good friends with and we constantly talk about poker and once a month run home games in which we analyze the hands that we play. I started taking online poker seriously about 3 months ago and that's when I joined 2p2 seriously. I have a fair few people on AIM from 2p2 that I constantly talk poker with in which we analyze hands and talk general strat/[censored] lol.

2. Goals in poker:
- Move up to 1/2 by feb next year and start making some decent money whilst at university.
- Become good at heads up cash games.

Then by mid-late nextyear be playign and crushing 2/4 on a regular basis.

3. I currently play 50NL and 100NL (depending on what mood im in), I also dabble in some 100NL H-U and have done quiet ok at it but my sample size is to small in the HU to determine whether I am a winning player at HU.

Anyway, I started 3 months ago at 25NL and beat it at about 9bb/100 over like 20k hands. Then I moved up to 50NL which is were I have been for the past two months, I'm currently beating it for 6bb/100 over a 60k sample size. This month I moved up to 100NL where I ran poor as [censored] for the first few sessions but have since found my own. Where I am at 5bb/100 over about 7k hands.

edit: I made 500 in my first month at 25NL, then in my second month I made 1k at 50NL along with a tournament score of 1.5k and some random PLO here and there which took my avg for the month to just under 3k. This month I am on track for 1.5k+.

This comes along with a solid winner at the 1/2 and 2/3 games at the casino , in which I have put up countless of hours. I also had some decent tournament scores there, pm if you want to see my hendon mob.

I play max 4 tables because I find I have good awareness of the players and if I play 6 tables I simply loose my edge. The first month of internet poker I played 20k hands, last month was 30k and this month I am on course for 30k+ probably somewhere around the 35k-40k mark. I am a player who much prefers to play short sessions say 3-4 300hand sessions in a day I find that way my concentration is better and I don't get impatient or frustrated.

4. I am a regular poster in the NLHE Micro section, posting and discussing hands, I try my best to make as many posts there as I can, I think my general hand discussion is good.

5. I am 20 year old Chemical Engineering student who took the last 6 months of university simply because I needed a break from it.I'll be back next year but in the first semester my course load will be fairly light. I also have skype/msn everything and am very capable with technology, so that will not be a problem. I also lived in Germany and France for a good portion of my life and love to play/watch football (soccer) and just generally spend time with my friends, oh and play da pocka.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:16 AM
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I want to end life after seeing all these names apply. I dont stand a chance.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:17 AM
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I am very interested in this

1. How you are currently improving your game
read/post here at the forum, watch cardrunner video, chat with poker friends, and use various software to review/analyze my own plays

2. Your poker goals.
be able to beat 5/10 consistently in 1 year

3. Your current stakes and past earnings
I started playing poker seriously from the beginning of the year. First 4 months I played almost exclusively SNG, moved through the level fairly quick from $6.5s turbo to $114 turbo. Winning about 13k along the way. However, I find the SNG a little too boring after a while so decided to try cash. Started at 25c/50c to learn the game, moved up to 1/2 within 2 months. Since then, I have played fair number of hands from 2/4-5/10, but mostly not very successful while still winning at a decent rate 5ptbb/100 at 1/2. My earning in last 5 months probably is around 30k.

4. A few examples of good strategy posts you have made.
1/2 line check with AK (big draw) against likely set

3/6, AA on bad turn card, somewhat deep


5. A little about yourself.
I am 30 years old and a full time software engineer, poker is a hobby to me but I am very serious about improving my game and wish one day I can win enough so I can choose to work or not.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:21 AM
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Man - this would be SOOOOO good for me. I wont beg but I will certainly be hoping!! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

1. Well I practise every day. About 1000 times [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] I am a member of Stoxpoker and Cardrunners. I actually go to sleep every night watching poker videos instead of watching TV. Also reading the strategy forums on here and Stox just like everyone else does.

2. I've been a (mostly limit) pro for 2 years now but recently I've decided to make the leap. I'm pretty much a noob at NL compared to a lot of others but you would find me a dedicated man. In all walks of life I strive to give things 100% and poker has took over to such an extent I have now quit golf! In the long run, I intend to get to at least 10/20NL+ After that - who knows?

3. I've played about 100K hands of NL with virtually all of it at 200NL. I've won at about 4.5PTBB/100 (about 18k). In total at poker I have made about $190K. Most of it from 5/10 and 10/20 LHE.

4. Not really one for long strat posts - especially as I'm not 100% sure if I'm correct! I'm more of a I agree/I disagree kind of guy (and a few brief lines why).

5. Not much more to add. I'm 34 and currently playing semi-pro cricket out in Melbourne. I used to work as a server administrator for British Steel but poker has been fantastic for me and I intend on doing it for many years. No wife or kids (yet!) so I can be fairly dedicated when it comes to what you have in mind.

Cheers,

Paul.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:29 AM
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hello japy!

as you know i am a ratholing piece of [censored], but i would like to become less of a piece of [censored] and get better at playing the big stack. you would be doing the poker community a favour if you were to get me to quit ratholing.

1. mostly i watch videos on cardrunners and talk poker with people who are smart and good at poker.
2. i want to be the best. i awnt to continue to make lots of money and i want my hourly rate to improve well into the hundreds of dollars per hour.
3. 10/20 and 25/50NL (ratholing of course) and 30/60-100/200 poofling holdem. i have been making 6 figures for 3 years.
4. tbh i probably don't have many (any?) good strategy posts in NL, but i used to post a crapload in limit. i can definitely contribute a lot re: playing against ratholers, and that's something i haven't done and don't want to do in a public forum for obvious reasons.
5. you friended me on facebook. that means i am awesome. i am currently in a masters program in financial engineering at cornell university and trying to figure out if i want to be a professional pokerer or a rich finance guy. i am extremely good looking and i like to play golf. and avril lavigne is hot. there may be one or two statements in this application that may be interpreted as jokes but i am 100% serious about this.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:41 AM
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Default Re: I will mentor you for free

Jay;


More details no what kind've stakes you play/etc?

I am a 2/4nl player, and am looking to make the jump to the higher stakes games. Would this be a good oppurtunity for me, or do you want it to be mostly players at lower stakes? I am definitely interested and will submit anything you want if I am included in this.


FWIW, I play 100k hands a month of 1/2, 2/4nl+, and I am making some profits, but I have so much to learn it isn't funny. I really really need to improve to beat these higher games at a decent clip.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:53 AM
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Jay, awesome for you to offer this. I'll take a shot:

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1. How you are currently improving your game

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I'm currently re-reading TOP, watching Cardrunners videos, reading 2p2 (mostly HSNL and HSMTT) and playing.

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2. Your poker goals.

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To beat 5/10 within a year and 10/20 within 2. After a recent trip to Vegas, I also feel like I need a lot of work on my live game.

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3. Your current stakes and past earnings

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I'm currently playing 2/4NL. After 29k hands I'm at 2.7ptbb/100 2- and 3-tabling. But I think my true winrate is higher after I had a eureka moment about 5k hands ago when I realized how much I was giving up playing too many hands OOP. Despite that leak, back when I was playing 1/2NL I ran at 6.1ptbb/100 over 27k hands 1- and 2-tabling. I know these aren't significant sample sizes, but I personally don't put too much stock in results so long as my understanding of the game is improving.

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

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Unfortunately I'd say my best posts are in the MTT forums:
A comment on psyduck's pre-flop play vs. ZeeJustin in a live MTT
A couple of comments on the 1st hand of a Sunday Million
I learn from a bonehead play I made

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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.

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I'm a 36-yo attorney, studied engineering at Harvard and law at Columbia. I'm a hobbyist poker player who spends more time thinking about the game than playing. The rest of my spare time is spent being the guitarist in a Pink Floyd tribute band in NYC. I'd be very willing to contribute to the site but am not qualified to run it.
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Old 11-21-2007, 03:06 AM
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Thanks for doing this.

I’ve been playing poker for almost a year now, and have been hovering at microstakes for the last six months after grinding out a proper roll in SnGs. Despite being grossly overrolled for 25NL, I’ve stuck around there for quite some time due to a combination of real life constraints, confidence issues, and getting slammed whenever I tried to move up. I’m aware that you’re probably looking for people that have played higher, but I feel I have a decent grasp on poker basics and am willing to learn fast/put in extra hours to make up for what I’m lacking in compared to the other people you will be mentoring. As of this writing I have a roll of a little less than 2000$ and have experience mostly at 25NL and SnGs; I whole-heartedly request that you do not throw me out purely for that reason as with the proper help I feel I could quickly become more than competent at the game. I hoped to be, without help, comfortably winning at 100NL by March; with mentoring I would be pushing for even more and would hope to be looking at 200NL or potentially shots at mid-stakes by that time.

Currently, my game has been rather stagnant and I’ve been looking to put a shot of life into it during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays by putting much-needed hours into just playing. I’ve spent a lot of time lurking on 2+2’s strategy forums for half a year before I made this account but I’ve been having trouble applying them to my game. You can view examples of my thought process throughout my posting history at uNL. Obviously, as a uNLer, I don’t have any good strategy posts to link you to but you should easily be able to glean where I’m at from the content of my replies and the hands I’ve posted. Real life and other hobbies have interfered with my development as a poker player as well but I’d enthusiastically shove some things aside to devote a lot of time to the game if I was accepted (and probably will be doing that even if I’m not).

I view poker as a hobby first and as a supplementary source of income as a distant second. This does not mean that I will have a smaller drive to improve than other people, it’s simply my motive for playing. Pushing my limits and increasing my skill set is very important to me. Almost everything I’ve tried seriously I’ve succeeded at and I’m very enthusiastic about self-improvement. I’ve climbed to the top of an (albeit rather obscure) online video game in around a year and, after taking up chess 4 years ago, have improved rapidly at that. I’ve been frustrated to be stuck at uNL for this long and hope that with effort and potentially your help I can break out of this. I think a mentor is exactly what I need to become a very good poker player and hope that you will seriously consider accepting me in spite of the obvious issues.

Again, thanks for doing this, and thank you for your time.
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