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Originally Posted by rickroll
when did you get a coach, what made you consider that
how does it work? you feel the gains are really tangible?
are you playing full time again or is this still a hobby?
"When did you get a coach, what made you consider that?"
Towards the end of the summer last year I started playing again a few sessions live and mostly online.
I played a bunch of 10nl on ACR and did quite well and tried 25nl and didn't do so hot.
Also was trying out 50nl and 100nl on Ignition and was doing ok but didn't feel like I was winning easily as I should for what is such a soft pool.
I saw what a lot of the players were doing and realized I was out of my element having been away from the game for too long. I was lost in too many spots and my results showed.
I resisted the idea of coaching for a long time due to ego and thinking that it was more commendable to make it on my own. But after realizing that was silly I decided to give it a shot.
I ended up purchasing coaching from a few different individuals. I did 5-6 session packages that they offered.
I would say on those were helpful and I got the value for what I paid, but it wasn't enough. I still needed a ton of work on my game along w/ my obvious mental game weakness. I needed something more comprehensive, intensive, long term and personal.
Eventually I lucked my way into finding a really good fit for a longer term arrangement. I'm not able to go into too much detail, but basically we meet for an hour every week to talk through hands and concepts, I also send hand histories daily to get feedback and he also reviews a recorded session of me playing in which he provides me a detailed write up that I go through.
All I'll say is he opened my eyes to a lot of things I would likely have never figured out on my own.
And if you look at my 100nl graph from the lowest point in the graph my first session was basically right around that point.
And yeah I've ran good at 200nl, but I don't think it's a coincidence that the results have also been what they are.
"How does it work? you feel the gains are really tangible?"
Everyone does it a little differently so it depends on who you hire.
It can be something as simple as paying for a single session for a database analysis, to hand history reviews, play and explains, talking you through a theoretical concept, all kinds of things.
Most have an hourly rate and you can book single sessions and there is often some sort of discounted rate if you book multiples.
All of my sessions have been either via Discord call or Google Meet w/ screen sharing.
Yes the gains are tangible. I can clearly see the mistakes I was making before and the difference made after I fixed them.
"Are you playing full time again or is this still a hobby?"
No, there is no way I would ever play full time given the option. I have a decent job I'm thankful to have and plan to do that as long as I can.
So yes poker will always remain a hobby, albeit one I take very seriously and have invested a lot of time, money and energy into trying to be the best I can be at it.