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

[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