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

[ekinnehs18]

Hi guys,

I am calling out all the full-time players that play in the 12's,24's,and 36's on FTP (or the
equivlanet levels on Stars). I am looking to set up a network of full-time players who meet together
daily on AIM or MSN to discuss poker and help one another out. As a full-time player, I feel that
while we all value the freedom of our working hours, we need a little bit of strucutre in our daily
work. This is where my idea comes in.

Think of this as sort of a daily "board meeting" amongst all the regulars. We all meet together
before we start our session as sort of a warm-up to get everybody in the right mindset before they
get down to "work".

Ideas for our daily meeting (duration 1 to 2 hours ):

1. Everyone brings trouble spots from their previous session and we have a moderator that directs

the discussion of each hand getting everyone to contribute their opinons to each hand.

2. Everyone submits one HH from the previous day and we each review one another's HH's.

3. Discuss any current trends/new developments we are seeing.

4. Discuss new ideas and ways to play certain hands. Help each other fix one another's soft spots.

5. A place to vent our frustrations and keep one another motivated to play.

6. Sharing of databases and resources.

7. Sharing of results to see how one another is doing.

8. putting together funds to hire a coach for the group/sign up for services.

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Please everyone let me know what you guys think of this idea. I have one person (Fishing2do) already

involved in this idea. Now most important thing is: I need everyone to have the discipline to stick

to this. If everyone can stick to this...this group can turn into a beautiful thing.

For those who are interested, I need certain information:

1. When do you start your session?
2. When is the best time for you to meet up? What hours would you prefer?
3. How long have you been playing? Your experience level?
4. What stakes do you play?
5. What site do you play on?
6. What qualities/skills do you think you can bring to this group?
7. Where are you geographically located? What is your timezone?

- cheers!

[DannyOcean_]

I'd be interested. I'm not a 'full-time' player, but i'm very much trying to intensively learn the game.

1. No set time for playing
2. Don't really know to be honest. At night EST sometime is my best guess.
3. Been playing SnG's for just a month. Poker for 1.5 years.
4. 12's
5. FTP
6. Good analytical thinking, hopefully good deep stack play (i play looser than most deep).
7. EST

[ekinnehs18]

Sorry for the choppiness of the post. I wrote it on notepad and pasted it.

Forgot to add in details about myself:

1. I playing between 6-3am
2. Best time for me would be 11am-12pm ET or 3-4pm ET
3. Been playing poker for almost 3 years. I came from a limit hold'em background. Been intesivley studying SNG's for about 3 months.
4. 24's
5. FTP
6. Hand reading and putting opponent on ranges preflop based on HUD stats.
7. EST

Please also add in areas in your game that are weak:

8. HU play.

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To DannyOcean_ and whoever else is interested...I am going to give this thread a day or two to generate interest. Once we get everyone in, I'll PM everyone the details of setting up the group, get everyone's email addresses and so on.

[Niggel]

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I'd be interested. I'm not a 'full-time' player, but i'm very much trying to intensively learn the game.


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Same here!

1. In the evening (starting at around 11AM ET) until the games get dry.
2. Somewhere during that period
3. Playing for a bit more than 1 year. STT's for around 4-6 month.
4. $22-$33 (Party) $6,5-$16 (Stars)
5. Party, Stars and sometimes FTP
6. Playing nitty and staying out of trouble!
7. Hamburg, Germany - 6 hours on the future of EST
8. Deep-Stack poker

[badge]

1. Around 4-5 EST
2. Live in Australia, so hoping that meeting time is in my daylight hours
3. Played limit for years, been playing sngs seriously for about 4 months
4. $24-$36(FTP) $22-$55(Party)
5. FTP, Party
6. ICM, hand reading. short handed play
7. Australia

I really like the sound of this group. Can OP please PM me, hopefully your meeting times will suit me. I feel I have plenty to learn, but also plenty to offer for those less experienced.

[MauMau]

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I'd be interested. I'm not a 'full-time' player, but i'm very much trying to intensively learn the game.

1) 8 Pm German Time (2 PM ET)
2) 8PM - 1AM German Time (2-7 PM ET)
3) SNGs about 1,5 years - limit poker before
4) 22$ - 55$
5) party, stars, bodog
6) a lot of hands +willingness to discuss hands + a good basic and mathematical understanding
7) Germany, GMT+1

[DannyOcean_]

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.

[Malifous]

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.

[DMMx69]

unfortunately i agree with Ocean on the 1 or 2 times a week. Id love for it to occur daily, but im sure myself and most others just couldnt make it. afterall, part of being a "pro" poker player is the lack of a rigid schedule (for most anyway)

whatever is decided ill try to accomodate, but at least at first less frequently may be the way to go.

looking forward to it!

DMM

[ekinnehs18]

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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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Lets have a vote guys: would rather have an IRC channel or just use MSN messenger?

I vote MSN messenger because I am familiar with the way it works.