JD, Boobie > Me

[BrianSwa]

will you lend him the money for it?

[Talking Poker]

If he were to sit down $500+ of his own money, I'd toss him $50 to play until the game breaks up (or he breaks). If the others would agree to do the same, it's practically a can't lose deal for him!

[eejit101]

yeah, funny, no my ROI is now more like 10% now or something gay.


huh? Id play in this, in about a weeks time. How would that be a no lose deal when i have $500+, and i dont get your $50 thing

[Talking Poker]

You're a moron.

[eejit101]

so explain that as you would to a moron

[Talking Poker]

You're a moron for:

1. Thinking you'll be bankrolled to play in a 3/6 NL game in one week.
2. Thinking you'll have $500 online in one week.
3. Thinking you should play in a game against JD, Boobie, Mayhem, Zy, LowKey and myself.
4. For not understanding what I was saying, which was:

If you were willing to pony up $500 to play in that game with us (and actually play - not just post and fold), I'd be willing to boost your stack $50 right off the bat, and I'm sure the other 5 players would as well.

But hell, if you're willing to play in it for free, that's even better.

[New Guy]

Id be up for a go with you guys.New guy = free money. I really need to get my game straight and the little golden parachute would be nice .So if there is room im in.LMK

[Talking Poker]

I suppose this thread has kinda turned into my personal "goals" thingee for the month (like JD and Boobie's 90 and 60k nonsense), so I'll update you all.

Last night, at the advice of Penguinfan after he read this thread, I decided to sign up for and see what they have to offer. Yes, that is my referral ID you see in that link there... I don't think I get anything for the referral, but whatever (if there is something, Chip should know, since I signed up under him (he asked first, Penguin)).

Anyway, the site has tons of stuff, but for me, it's all about the videos. I browsed through their selection last night and went on a downloading rampage. The videos have a license key, so as best I can tell, you HAVE to view them in Windown Media Player and you HAVE to be online (to get connected to grab the license. That kinda sucks.... but I don't blame them of course. I just wish I could view them with a better media player than WMP. Yuck. Once you get the license (by signing in after you try to play the video), it seems as if you can then view them offline - on that computer, anyway. I browsed their site and it sounds like the licenses are good for 14 days, so I guess you need to stay a member for long term repeat viewing. Makes sense.

Anyway, I've watched 4 videos so far - two on that I kinda had running in the background while I was doing other stuff (and yes, I did learn a number of very cool things - that program ROCKS), and two on EXACTLY the game I have been trying to master lately - 6 max NL (3/6 and 5/10). I'm not even kidding when I tell you that these videos have already paid for themselves. In fact, I'm guessing 15 minutes in to the first Green Plastic video, I felt like I had gotten my money's worth.

Yes, I KNEW that I was being too loose in the SB and BB, but I didn't know why. Now I do. And yes, I suspected I wasn't being aggressive enough in Late Position with junk and that I was overvaluing suited connectors after a raise, but now I get it - Well, I'm getting there anyway. I'm not saying this has turned me into a better player overnight or anything, but I think it may have given me the push I need, and I'm going to make watching a video or two per day part of my routine.

So, back to my goals: It's time for me to get serious about poker. I've been a winning player for 3+ years now, but I still don't play enough or take it seriously enough to REALLY be getting good (as in "great"). I'm going to the Borgata next week, so I should probably be focusing on tourney play, but I'm pretty comfortable with my tourney game right now, so for now, I'm going to focus on cash games. I want to be dominating them like JD and Boobie within a few months... and I'm hoping these videos are what I need to give me that little boost... the small (?) tweak to my game that I need.

So far so good.

[melioris]

at what level do you think these lessons become applicable? I am very interested in this, but at low levels I am not sure it would be worth it. The games down here are a completely different beast, what do you think?

[BrianSwa]

from browsing site it seems like they have videos of all levels. I plan on getting this eventully also thanks tp.

[Talking Poker]

They have videos for different levels. I haven't explored the smaller stuff or ANY of the tourney/SNG play things, but I imagine those especially would be valuable to all tourney players, regardless of the buy ins you are used to.

As for the lower limit stuff, I'm thinking these would still be a big help, but you need to know the fundamentals first. You need to at least be aware of things like hand strength, flop texture, pot odds, POSITION, and so on. But I'm sure you're well past that.

Edit: You can actually buy individual videos if you want (prices range from $5ish to $10ish) without becoming a member. Maybe buy one that suits you and see if you like it before signing up.

[BrianSwa]

did you pay the membership plus sign up fee? it seems like much better deal then the $4.99 per video. so it would be $60 to get it then $20 a month....from the amount of videos I see in archive seems like decent deal.