What type of poker should I teach friends?

[Awesemo]

My friends who are freshmen in college right now want to start playing professional poker over the summer. It's an obvious choice since they can make much more than a conventional job. I'm going to tutor them to becoming winning players. My question is what type of poker should I teach them? I'm quite skilled at low limit NL ring, limit ring, and SnGs. They do not have experience playing poker for money. Also, if anyone has any tips for me, I would be interested; I have never taught poker before. Finally, how should I charge them?

[TylerD]

I would teach them limit HE, mostly because there's so much material that can support the lessons (ie SSHE). As for payment, why not sign them up under your affliate ID and take 25% of their rake as a fee?

[Zoltri]

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Finally, how should I charge them?

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I think I'm going to puke.

[jedi]

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My friends who are freshmen in college right now want to start playing professional poker over the summer. It's an obvious choice since they can make much more than a conventional job.

They do not have experience playing poker for money.

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Hmmm.... Something doesn't add up here.

[sfwusc]

As for payment, why not sign them up under your affliate ID and take 25% of their rake as a fee?

That is a good idea.

If you want...PM me and I have been working on a bankroll builder for new players.

[twankerr]

the 300/600 padooki at the bike looked soft. just watch out for hennigan.

[sfwusc]

So you are starting out and only have $100 dollars. You can start playing, but I would wait.

First off, we need a bankroll. $100 isn’t much.

Getting a Bankroll

1. Open up a Neteller account with the $100.
2. Open up a Star luck Casino account. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
3. Planet Luck is just like Star luck, so repeat with just $100. Leave the rest in Neteller. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
4. Casino on Net is $200 for $200 match. Follow the BJ chart for the site and get the $100 for $100 match bonus. You should finish with a profit by flat betting $1 a hand. Do not bet more than $1 a hand. Don’t stop following the chart. Finish the requirements and withdraw to Neteller
5. Ace Club is next. $100 for $100.

You should now have around $600 bankroll with no poker experience. We are half away there, but this is the dangerous part.

1. Buy Poker Tracker for $55 and download Player View….Arthur’s Layout would be a good idea too when you get to the Party Skins.
2. Open up an account with Poker Stars and/or Pacific (get the whole bonus). Play and get experience. Clearing the Pacific Bonus could take awhile, but I think you can deposit and withdraw your money. Free Experience?
3. I would star at .25/.50 tables. Play until you take 200 BB or so.
4. .50/$1 tables are next and you have $500. start on the party skins and take the bonus money from them. When you clear move on. (Get Rakeback for Empire if possible). The skins are Party, Empire, PokerNow, Intertops, Multipoker, EuroBet.
5. When you take 300 dollars from .50/$1 without counting bonus move up.
6. When you take 600 dollars from $1/$2 without counting bonus move up. Also at the level time to get some Crypto bonuses.
7. You are now at $2/$4 and making good money. Hopefully you were playing more tables than one at lower limits. Just keep adding tables. Until you get to 6-8. With 6 tables taking one bb an hour….you are making $24 an hour.

You are excited right? You missed some stuff. While you are working on the poker….research casino BJ bonuses. They are good money and you are over bankrolled.

Once you get to say $2000 in Neteller… you can start kicking out weekly pay checks your checking account. That is 500BB at $2/$4 and that should be enough.

Ok, Don’t play without an edges. Talent is an edge. Bonus are another. RakeBack is also one. You need two at all times….Your Talent and Bonus/Rakeback. I think $30 an hour at $2/$4 playing 4-6 tables is doable on average.

Move to $3/$6 at your own risk. It is a lot harder to multitable at good win rates. I might be slack, but I don’t play for fun. I play for money.



How is that? It is a collection of work and my own experiences.

SFWUSC

[Art Vandelay]

An excellent Cliff Notes version of "Online Gambling 101". I wish I had this information when I first started playing online, I missed out on a lot of opportunities.

Good post.

[SackUp]

ya great summary right there. I have started out people in a very similar fashion. Some other things you want to invest in are books. There is no point in gaining experience, if it is bad experience. You need to learn to play well and most people won't do that by just playing alone. They need to read, read, read, and read some more.

I would suggest they read SSHE before they start playing so they don't develop bad flaws and actually learn to get better along the way and pass up on crucial errors in their play. Make them TAG's from the start and they will be happy campers.

[Awesemo]

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How is that? It is a collection of work and my own experiences.

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That is very good advice. Thanks.