Coaching (partner) post for Micros

[livinitup0]

They are doing this in HUSH and I thought it was pretty cool, didnt see it posted anywhere here so I thought I'd start one. Here's the original:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=3547587&page=3&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1

I think this could do a lot of good for Micro-players like myself.
Id say getting a list together in here and then just PMing whoever you want to pair off with. Each person should probably only have one partner.

I think each team could agree on a set amount of hands per day/week for review, import to PT and go from there.

Maybe we can set up some sort of team BB/100 challenge for a week or something too, for bragging rights.

I'm at Absolute .50/1 and 1/2 6max if anyone's interested.

I had this exact same idea but decided not to post it haha.

Im definitely in, but only really know 6max and SH. Still, wouldnt mind learning FR. I play .5/1 and 1/2 levels.

[Weatherhead03]

I also like this idea. I am currently playing .5/1 right now and dipping into 1/2 six max at party.

[livinitup0]

Cool this is a start. Ill check this tomorrow and PM a few people, Im sure I'll have a couple of PM's as well. If this takes off I'll put some sort of guidelines for a "team competition" using an average BB/100 between the 2 every week/2weeks. I really hope this takes off, I think its a good concept.

this is an excellent idea. as soon as i get back to the states and settled in (late Nov.) count me in.

[POKhER]

Guys, can you structure your posts similar to this?

Stakes:.50/1
Sites: Party Beginners, PokerStars
TimeZone: London, England. GMT 0:00
Bankroll:$700
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them.
Want to be coached by 1/2 players and up please.
History:
Started with $20 deposit playing .02/.04 which i withdraw once making $20 profit. Gone through .02/.04>.05/.10>.10/.20> .25/.50>.50/1 and will move onto 1/2 once i've re-read SSH and fixed major leaks.

Ahhh doesnt that look neat :P?

[numeri]

I'm also interested. I've played 0.02/0.04 through 1/2. I'm currently at 1/2 6-max and would love some discussion over my recently crappy play.

[WalkAmongUs]

Stakes: 1/2 beginners, 2/4
Sites: Party
TimeZone: EST
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them.
Want to be coached by 3/6 full players and up.
History:
Started with $10 deposit playing .05/.10 at Royal Vegas. Went through .05/.10>.10/.20>.25/.50> .50/1>1/2 + 2/4 at Prima, Empire, and Casino.net. I'm looking to move permanently to 2/4 soon after getting my 300BB plus a little padding (around 400BB).

[NateDog]

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my recently crappy play.

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Yeah right dude. What's up?

[numeri]

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my recently crappy play.

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Yeah right dude. What's up?

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A combination of being variance's bitch at 1/2 6-max, and a slew of poor calls. It's amazing how 1-2 BB's here and there really adds up. It makes a -20BB session into a -40BB session pretty quickly. I'm still at 2+ BB/100, so I can't complain. Just playing a bit loosely and losing some big hands lately.

[Weatherhead03]

Stakes :.50/1
Sites : Empire/Eurobet/Party
Timezone : PST
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them.
Want to be coached by 1/2 players and up.
History : Started with 5 dollars that Pacific gave me. Played the micro limits there. Got a little bored of limit and moved to NL. Played NL 25 at Eurobet. Got bored of NL cash games. Played a few hundred 11's with good ROI but didnt like the robot like action of it. Moved back to limit and have been playing the micro 6 max games, 0.5/1 and 1/2. Would be a level or two higher if I could limit the amount of time I spent on here when im drunk.

[milesdyson]

Stakes: 0.5/1 - 2/4
Sites: Party/Empire, Paradise
TimeZone: US Pacific Time
Bankroll: unlimited
Will coach: i will choose one person to "coach." i will decide between whoever PMs me. i prefer you play shorthanded.
Want to be coached by: i coach myself lol
History: 0.05/0.10 to 2/4, and i pledge to never read a poker book

[car ramrod]

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Stakes: 0.5/1 - 2/4
Sites: Party/Empire, Paradise
TimeZone: US Pacific Time
Bankroll: unlimited
Will coach: i will choose one person to "coach." i will decide between whoever PMs me.
Want to be coached by: i coach myself lol
History: 0.05/0.10 to 2/4, and i pledge to never read a poker book


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sure I guess I will coach you, geez quit pm'ing me. My mailbox is getting full.

[lautzutao]

Stakes:.50/1, sometimes 1/2
Sites: mostly PStars and Party
TimezoneEST
Want to be coached by:see below
HistoryStarted with $90 on PStars, playing .25/.50. Worked this up to $200 and started whoring, working it up to around $500 which is where I am at now. Have played 1/2 a few times with moderate success, but not ready to move up full time yet.

Don't even need a coach per se(though it would be nice), just someone to talk hands histories over with. Just someone that will make me think about hands that I might see as "routine" and someone else might not.

PM if this sounds good:)

[macdaddy991]

I am about to go to 1/2 6 max for about 15k hands.
Would love someone to have sweat sessions/ play along with. I will coach anyone .50/1 and under, and would like a partner for 6 max.

[Disconnected]

Stakes: .5/1, ready to try 1/2, mostly 6-max
Sites: Party and PokerStars
Time Zone: Pacific
Will Coach: Anyone interested
Want to Be Coached By: 1/2 or higher, 6-max player
History: Didn't really start playing until May, since then 3.25 BB/100 on Party .5/1 over 12.5k hands, split pretty evenly between full (at first) and six-max (more recent).

Poker time comes in spurts. Had to take a couple weeks off (vacation /images/graemlins/grin.gif), and now have to catch back up at work /images/graemlins/frown.gif, but was going to give 1/2 a shot. Maybe I'll wait until I get some feedback on my .5/1 game, though. I already think that I don't get away from enough hands!

Volume of hands I play is likely to be only a few hundred a week, and I'm not able to commit to reviewing a large volume of someone else's, either, but would still love to partner up.

[numeri]

A new post as everyone seems to be conforming...

Stakes: 1/2 6-max
Sites: Party and Absolute
TimeZone: CST
Bankroll: Why is this important? ~$1k now.
Will coach: Anyone interested.
Want to be coached by: Looking for hand discussion really. Preferably someone with 6-max experience at 1/2 or higher.
History: Also started at 0.02/0.04, building my bankroll. I moved to 1/2 a month ago, and I'm playing exclusively 6-max. I feel a bit lost in a lot of situations.

[car ramrod]

Stakes : 2/4, 3/6 6-max
Sites : Party / Absolute / Stars
TimeZone : EST
Bankroll enough
Will coach:
Want to be coached by: Looking for hand discussion really. Maybe trade some hand histories, or sweat some tables.
History : Began playing .10/.20 1.5 years ago. Got serious about poker about 8 months ago. Have always played poker (various games).

[aargh57]

Stakes: 2/4 6 max
Sites: Crypto/Absolute/Party
Time Zone: CST
Will Coach: Anyone interested
Want to be coached by: Anyone playing 1/2 or above 6max
History Have always played poker but got serious about 1.5 years ago. Before that just the occasional Casino boat/Vegas trip.

[shadow29]

If someone wants to talk over AIM about random hands, that would be best for me. Nothing intensive like swapping huge HH files yet.

Stakes: 3/6 short
Sites: Party, skins
TimeZone: Eastern Standard (US)
Bankroll: More than yours
Will coach: I prefer conversations.
Want to be coached by 3/6 short and up.
History: Moved up from .5/1, 1/2, 1/2 short, 2/4. Beat .5/1, 1/2 for 3 bb/100 over 10k. 1/2 short was like 4.5 bb/100 over 7k?. 2/4 was 2 bb/100 over 15k hands.

I don't need a "coach" per se (I already pay Joe Tall when I need a coach). I'd just want someone with whom I can talk about confusing hands and vice versa.

John

Stakes: 2/4, 3/6
Sites: Party, Empire
Time Zone: CST
Will Coach: Anyone interested
Want to be coached by: Anyone playing 2/4 or above
History: Been playing for about 4 years, got serious about a year ago and been moving up from .50/1 with occasional bankroll withdrawls. Trying to hit 5/10 eventually.

[jaxUp]

Stakes:3/6 6max and 5/10 6max
Sites: Party, Prima Network
TimeZone: EST
BR: enough
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them, preferably SH
Not in too much of a need for a coach, but will discuss some of my hands if others find it helpful
History:
Lost several hundred dollars didcking around and then decided to actually learn something. Deposited $100,wonus whorred and played micro-limits full time for 4 months (student on time off) played 25k+ hands of .5/1, 7500 at 1/2 6max, 50k+ hands at 2/4 full, 27k hands at 3/6 6max, and now am playing 5/10 6max at about 20-25k hands/month (just moved up).

[Guruman]

stakes:1/2 full and 6 (ready to move to 2/4)
sites:party, prima, crypto
Time zone:Central
Will coach:I suck, but maybe I suck differently than you do...
Gettin coached by:1/2 and up.
History:grindin on up from .25/50 to here with my luckbox and my bonus whore. I only play 2 tables at once so I average 100 hands/hr, and am always working on my thought process and reads. My goal is to get to 5/10 in 6 months.

[trainslayer]

Stakes : 1/2 6-max
Sites : Absolute and Stars
TimeZone : CST
Bankroll : enuf for my limit.
Will coach : you prolly don't want me coaching you.
Want to be coached by : Just looking for a something mutually beneficial...sweating, HH reviews, etc.
History : started at stars .25/.50 w/$50 br. and lost it about 7 times before I found you guys.

[El Tigre]

im definietly in this is a great idea so PM me when it gets going!!! /images/graemlins/grin.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I am trying to learn 6max and will be starting at 1/2 on Empire and Party this month. If anyone would be willing to help me out that would be awesome, or if anyone that is beating up 1/2 full and is trying to learn 6max maybe we could talk about hands or strategy or whatever.

Stakes: 1/2 full, trying 6max
Sites: Party, skins
TimeZone: Eastern Standard (US)
Bankroll: $5000
History: Used to play NL ring games, SNGs and MTT's. Around Feb started playing .5/1 LHE 4 tabling to clear bonuses. May started 4 tabling 1/2 seriously. Have played 54K hands since @ 3BB/100. Basically have gotten crushed at 2/4 and 3/6.

[livinitup0]

This is going better than expected!
I'd say that as soon as some sort of "partership" (wow that sounds uber-gay) is made between the two posters, that they should announce it here to avoid weeks of PM's
Oh, BTW never added mine althogh Ive sent a PM already.

Stakes:.50/1 6max 1/26max
Sites: Absolute
TimeZone: Illinois CST USA
Bankroll:$1200.00
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them. Most of my long term success is at .50/1 full
Want to be coached by 1/2 players and up please.
History:
Started with $50 on prima, placed well in a MTT, whored the crypto's, then after making and almost losing a bonus bankroll I started getting serious.
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Is anyone interested in the competition thing? I'm kinda leaning against it now unless there's a large response or the Mods get involved. I think If we just keep bumping this every once in a while for updates it would probably accomplish the same thing.

[Nfinity]

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Is anyone interested in the competition thing? I'm kinda leaning against it now unless there's a large response or the Mods get involved. I think If we just keep bumping this every once in a while for updates it would probably accomplish the same thing.


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It will be in next weeks digest, it was a little late for this weeks.

[TheBob]

Stakes:1/2
Sites: Empire
TimeZone: Eastern
Bankroll:$1200
Will coach:Anyone wanting me to coach them.
Want to be coached by 1/2 players and up please.
History:
Been playing about 18 months. Played at stars and full tilt until recently deciding to switch to empire.

[2+2 wannabe]

Stakes:2/4 full - 1/2 if I'm whoring prima
Sites:primarily PokerRoom, some Party/Absolute
TimeZone:Atlantic (EST + 1hr)
Bankroll:$3,000 (taken a lot of money out for stuff lately)
Will coach:1/2 full or lower
Want to be coached by2/4 or higher [maybe 1/2] 6-max player (want to learn 6-max)
History:
Started with $20 at PokerRoom, won a $20 tourney after playing a few SnG's for $1,100 - played MTTs for a few months - then went to .50/1 > 1/2 > 2/4 limit

[livinitup0]

This is going good.

Just had my first sweat session with macdaddy991. I realized how much my constant multitabling has really lazied me up in my reading and situational plays. Think Ill go down to 1-2 tables for a week or 2 to focus some more. Also realized Im being a bit too aggro postflop, even for 6-max. Two big leaks that that Im going to focus on. Also let give a big Woot Woot to macdaddy991 for crushing his micro-league game tonite!
Not sure if I helped him a whole lot but I guess I'm qualified to coach crappier players than me if anyones struggling to beat .50/1 full ring on party lol.

[Paxosmotic]

Stakes: 2/4
Sites: Party
TimeZone: US Mountain Time
Bankroll: A lot
Will coach: A .5/1 or 1/2 who already has a firm grasp of the fundamentals. I'll review hands but won't sweat. I want to see how you really play. You've seen me post around here. If you want help, IM me.
Want to be coached by: Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein
History: I read a lot of books. A lot.

[tiltaholic]

I missed this thread. I'd be up for something like this.

If someone wants to AIM/gtalk about random hands, that would be cool. Or I'll sweat/coach if I can.

Steaks: medium rare
Stakes i'll help at .5/1+, 3/6+ my help might be "help".
Sites: a lot
TimeZone: Eastern Standard (US)
Bankroll: enough
Will coach: someone who PMs me and is nice. (or a hot girl). conversations are also good/better.
Want to be coached by 3/6 and up. ok. actually only shadow29. he's dreamy.
History: Have played .5/1, 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, now at 5/10.

gtalk - tiltaholic@gmail.com (or email me there)
or PM me.

[2+2 Junkie]

I meant to reply yesterday as well:
Stakes: .50/1
Sites: Party, Empire, Stars, Pacific, Absolute
TimeZone: Indiana (currently Central, changing to East soon)
Bankroll: over 1,000
Will coach: I doubt anyone wants someone who has almost a -2BB/100 win rate after 25K hands at .50/1 coaching them
Want to be coached by: Anyone, especially someone who is willing to AOL during either one of their sessions or my sessions, so I can see how hands are played
History: Read SSHE a lot, started with $50 at PS playing .25/.50, turned it into $600, moved up to .50/1 been losing ever since.

I think this is a great idea!!! The only thing worse than losing at poker, is realizing that you suck at it /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Davey]

Stakes: 2/4 but 1/2 when I whore
Sites : Party and skins
TimeZone : US EST
Bankroll : More than enough
Will Coach : Probally not the greatest coach. But wouldnt mind talking about hands.
Want to be coached by : Not so much coached cause Ive been playing for a while but the occasional talk would work
History : Started with $40 on True Poker playing NL....built it up a lot then moved to Limit and whored. Got over 20K hands in since then. But I didn't move up until recently. Didn't want count bonuses as part of the moving up proces.