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.

[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.

[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.

[SCfuji]

joe

you could easily get the max here especially if the people that sign up know you via 2 or maybe 3 degrees of separation.

[dogmeat]

Joe, I've done some teaching of blackjack and gambling in general, and you need to charge more than $25 for several reasons (psychological as well as covering costs like the room you are renting, advertising, etc.)

Two things you should also do:

1) Have some type of a hand-out. I used a loose-leaf binder with highlights, rules, etc., plus pre-printed sheets for the new players to keep track of their wins and losses. Make sure you include a phone number, or at least an email address - I made more from later calls that turned into personal instruction than from the seminars.

2) Have poker books available to sell (don't have to be yours, just what you think is relevant). You should be able to make at least 40% on those, and they can sell very well if you push them a little during your lecture.

Good Luck.

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