How much would you be willing to pay if you were a newbie?

[Joe Tall]

You are a learning player and have the opportunity to attend a poker seminar by a local poker pro. This will include a 45 minute presentation of the basics and 15 mins of Q&A.

Topics:
Hand selection, position, preflop play, flop play, odds and outs, etc.

Thanks everyone,
Joe Tall

[b0000000000m]

I choose less than $20 if the question is how much would I pay if I were a newbie.

If it's how much should you charge, I don't know.

[prairieboy]

This depends entirely on the name and reputation of the "local pro". If it's the smelly guy from seat #2, I'm willing to invest considerably less than if it's Mason M.
(extreme example, but you get the point).

From a pure marketing standpoint, for an unknown pro with good hygiene, I'd go higher than you have listed here. Funny thing about seminars, the more you charge, the more people think it's worth. Go for $100-150 and see what response you get.

[bernie]

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This depends entirely on the name and reputation of the "local pro". If it's the smelly guy from seat #2, I'm willing to invest considerably less than if it's Mason M.
(extreme example, but you get the point).

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I don't think it's that extreme an example. Many 'pros', and I use that term loosely, that I yap with have holes all over in their games. If I'm going to spend any money listening to someone talk about cards, the more I pay, the more I better respect his game and be likely to get something out of his lecture.

I think Ed M once said most of the 'pros' he met in vegas have only 'passable' games. I'd hate to spend any money listening to them. Which actually brings up one of my goals. Which is not to be lumped into that category.

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From a pure marketing standpoint, for an unknown pro with good hygiene, I'd go higher than you have listed here

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Good hygiene? hahahaha.
Actually, you should be able to look past a slick marketing ploy, shouldn't you?

b

[MarkL444]

$25 sounds like a good number

[Dave Mac]

Make it 2 hours, 30 min of Q+A, and charge like $150 and i think you might sell out,
dave

[TylerD]

$150? A complete newbie? No way.

I think $25 would be about right for an hour and $50 should you choose to do 2.

[Dave Mac]

I think a complete newbie is not the best audence, an almost complete newbie is perfect. You need to hit those that understand the game to some level but not completely and realize the work they need to put in. They will pay more and come more often, and could lead to coaching of joe is interested in that .
Dave

[johnfromvirginia]

I would make it pretty cheap and then offer the takers a more in depth course for significantly more money. If your intro course is any good, I think you'll probably be able to hook a lot of them for a lot of coin on a 2 to 4 hour course. My brother and I have talked about this a lot.

[Dilbert]

How much can you teach a newbie in an hour?

How much will they retain?

Poor investment for them, IMO. Would be much better for helping intermediate players, but they should demand one on one advice.