Poker Lessons????

[Windbreaker]

Even if you take lessons for the worlds best player - it still may not be of any use to you. As an example, I recall reading an article from Daniel Negreneau. He was trying to teach Evelyn Ng his style of play. The aggressive approach to poker and just beating people up with the mental side of the game. His style has been a consistent winner for him making him one of the best in the world, but when he tried to teach Evelyn the same technique, she ended up doing worse than before. This is because, that's not her style. She's a tight player - asking her to change her style doesn't work. She doesn't get the table image like most guys either. It's hard to get intimidated from a 5 foot asian girl :P

[omahilo]

if you were going to get lessons from a pro, you should get lessons from a pro that plays your style. Like me for example, I play alot like Phil Hellmuth... very tight at the beginning, playing only the 'Hellmuth 15' and let the idiots take themselves out then switch gears after that.

Like if you play alot of suited connectors and such, you would be more suited (no pun intended) to get lessons from Daniel Negreanu than Dan Harrington or Phil Hellmuth.

[2Tone]

to emulate the pros, because the games we play are so different. The money I make is from my opponets playing badly, not me playing well. The more solid I play -- and less fancy -- the more I make. That's pretty lame, but as Lou said, you have to be honest with yourself about your motivation, and mine is make small but steady $, at least for now.

Still, if I had the chance I'd love to sit down with a pro just for the experience of it all.

[omahilo]

if your looking just to 'sit with a pro' you can play the $10+1 tourneys on stars... several pros play in those. Gavin Griffin plays in a few of them.

[Aequitas58]

I think he means sit down and talk / learn, as opposed to sit down and play.

[2Tone]

Yeah, just getting my clock cleaned in a low-$ game online wouldn't be that much fun. I'd want to hear stories, watch how they played hands, etc. If I could choose any pro, it would by Harrington, who I believe is a stronger player than some of the more famous guys who have a done a great job marketing themselves.