Powerful statements. Thanks for posting that link

You're welcome. You inspire many other players who used to think that it is impossible to have fast success.

Read your story a bit on your blog and on 2p2. Very inspiring indeed.
May I ask with which bankroll you started and how you played your way up to 400 nl or have you some kind of staking agreement?
Thanks and good luck to you!
Btw:you can also answer this in your pgc if you or Gordon think it doesn't belong here..

Hi,

you can ask Steven in his thread anything you want as well. We started playing NL 4 (read more why i recommend HUSNGs instead for people with a lower BR than NL50).

We have an agreement that will give me part of his winnings. If you read back in my thread i made claims in 2011 saying that i coached people from nowhere to highstakes. I gave the name of one guy to prove it.

But there were some jealous critics and god knows what, so i thought, why not prove the world again that all you need is a strong will. **** the people who say "omg poker is so tough in 2013".

I have a love hate relationship with the forum. Other coaches used to comment here in my thread pulling up conspiracy theories... They come and they go. I've stayed, producing consistent results with students.
And yes it feels good my student who had played NL4 a couple months ago now makes more money than 99,9% of coaches here.
(That's my personal reason for doing it)

In any case, back on-topic, Steven has made an extensive thread, there is an interview on youtube as well. Lol, the guy said he doesn't know how to boil an egg. He wasn't kidding. So i guess after making some money in poker, its time for cooking classes (or maybe basic survival classes).

Since I've bought the course a few weeks ago by now and been studying I'll post a halfway review here.

I wish I was posting here with extremely enthusiastic graphs, showing how I already made back the course. Unfortunately, I can't. So far the course in and by itself seems logical, but I havent been able to profit. Worse, I'm down quite a bit (granted, not a very large sample size, only 10k hands) while about halfway with the homework.

Ofcourse this could just be variance so I'm going to keep at it, will post further comments after I completed the entire course and have a decent sample size.

why this name gordon gekko?

This is really none of my business (other than I follow this thread and its reviews as I hope to have a big enough bankroll to buy one of the courses in future) but if you think it is worth posting a review based on 10k hands then my guess is you do not understand variance in the slightest. After 10k hands the only thing that would help me as a prospective buyer is if you told me whether the stuff in the course is easy to learn / improving your knowledge / helping you in any way.
Of course, this is just my opinion, but I would be tempted to edit that post if it was mine.

You're ofcourse quite right that variance likely is a big factor (@15k hands now and it has not yet gotten better, unfortunately), just saying that I'm not noticing improvement in my winrate yet while doing the course which I saw a lot of others do. The stuff is easy to understand but harder to master and apply in a consistent way (discipline!). It is improving my knowledge, yes, but I have no idea yet if its also improving enough to make it a good investment.

Hi Gordon

Could you put up some sample videos for Become a Heads Up Hero? the series comprises a lot of different coaches, etc. so I'd like to get an idea of their teaching styles, etc. instead of blindly buying it

I bought Gordon's 6max series aroud 2 months ago. And my game has improved a lot since then. I had 2 loosing months in a row at the end of 2012 (something that never happend in my 6 years poker career). That forced me to drop down to 6max NL100 (I was mostly playing 2/4 in my top days, with some 3/6 and even 5/10 mixed in between). So in the beginning of 2012 I bought some other video series and got some private coaching, but all I managed was 2 months were I won a couple of buy ins (I am not saying the coaches were bad or the course did not help at all, but they definetely didn't have the same impact as Gordon's course).

I was actually feeling pretty crapy and was contemplating of quiting poker, because it was taking a lot of my time and I was earning less than I could if would do something else. I decided to make one last attempt, I decided to give Gordon's 6max course a try. The main issue of my game were non-showdown winnings. I would win a ton of money on show down, but I lost almost as much in non-showdown. So I started watching the series, I did the homeworks, I reviewed my sessions, I am active on Gordon's private forums ... And after a month of hard work the results are here, the course payed for itself in a matter of days. I am currently playing NL200 and not just playing it, I am crushing it! I am even more confident in my game than I was when I was playing NL400 and higher. And the best thing is that my red-line is almost break-even - something I could never imagine two months ago. I steel feel like there is a lot of room for improvement.

I am so satisfied with Gordon, that I just cashed out from my poker site in order to buy his series on playing for the blinds. If it will 1/4 as good as the 6max one the purchase will be +EV.

The bottom line is that anyone that is struggling with small/medium 6max will benefit a ton from Gordon's courses. Not to say what he is doing with HU players, his results there are just bizarre!

Action speak louder than words that's why I show you this graph:




It was my 4th day playing HU NL50. I've never ever was at NL50 before. Month and a half ago I knew nothing about HU. Gordon and his HU Mastermind course completely changed my approach to poker. Now I can play longer session and play them better.

We're working with Gordon on making me wining NL1k player in one year. To follow my results, folow my blog: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...gekko-1312795/

Thx!

Also, you'll see bigger samples and more updates from him. We're doing good progress!

Following both Steven and Pawel (Ilidek) is something i recommend. Especially for those who can't pay for coaching, at least you'll get a good idea which type of attitude one needs to succeed.
Its free information, use it!

You can now get my courses for FREE:

Read more here: http://bestpokercoaching.com/forum/s...rship#post8551

Thanks a lot for the nice review! Its also great how you engage in our community at BPC

I am at NL50 almost a month. I never ever was at NL50 before. Before I met Gordon I never ever was playing HU. Here’s my graph:



With all bonuses an rakebacks from all sites I did 1.3k Euro in a month. It’s a great because I am learning and in a month I earned that much but let’s be honest we are not here to be rakeback whores. I still have a lot of leaks. Gordon helps me working on them. He’s a great coach because he expect from me more than I would ever expect from myself. He forced me to play my longest session in life (440 min in a straight) before I met him I was playing 70-110 min sessions now I play 200-400 min long sessions.

Gordon is great because he has passion to teaching. He teaches me not only about poker, he teaches me psychology, how to deal with tilt, how to think in rich people way (what’s great bonus because I still have some bad patterns of thinking) and how to have right mindset to life. He breaks my lame excuses and because of that I live braver I never did such a fast improvement in every areas of life.

I am very happy that we’re working together. If you want to see how things are going visit my blog: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...gekko-1312795/

I am sure I'll move up in stakes very fast!

Its been quite a wild journey since working with Gordon, When I first started working with him I didn't even have a bed to sleep on I couldn't afford meals over 5$ DURING a time where I paid nothing for rent since I was living with my cousin.

I've always imagined of having consistent high 4 figure low 5 figure months before working with gordon. I use to chase these things, and every month before meeting Gordon I never really did this. Lets get into numbers and proven facts as to why Gordon is not only a great coach, but a great person who has changed my life in multiple ways.

1) Before meeting Gordon I use to play around 250 hours a month everyday playing tournaments WITH A VERY MINIMAL PROFIT
2) Before meeting Gordon I only had one "big month" which was about 8k, due to binking a 7.4k tournament.
3) Before meeting Gordon I had a poor understanding not only of how poker works, but also how LIFE works.
4) Before meeting Gordon I didn't even know how to spell poker.

Now I'm not saying everything happened instantaneously, and he is the cause of every single good thing that has happened but I can definitely say he made a huge shortcut into the "success" in my life. I've also figured somethings myself along the way (BUT it was from things he told me, I thought more into it and experienced it and learned along the way).

Lets look at now:
1) Hourly rate SKYROCKTED. LESS HOURS PLAYED. MORE TIME TO GO OUT IN LIFE AND HAVE FUN.
2) OFFICIALLY playing "PROFESSIONALLY" considering I pay my own bills and pay for everything through POKER without SUPPORT
3) I'm getting people coming to ME asking for coaching.
4) Consistent HIGH win-rates in Heads up Poker.

I'm positive we'll be at 1KNL within the year DESPITE how many breaks I've taken because of moving, traveling, and vacationing etc.

He gave me a lot of flexibility, time off etc and made life as balanced as he possibly can for me.

He emphasizes on FACTS and EVIDENCE.. well here they are



I'm no longer imagining about having high 4 figure months, and low 5 figure months because I have been touching that mark, ever since I moved to Mexico. During my time in Cambodia I would be crazy to ever think that was even in the realm of possibility. I'd like to emphasize on my beautiful set up there, and lack of CLEAN food, consistent diarreah that I had.

If you haven't seen my video yet of how bad it was lets take a trip down memory lane.



ANDD were only on MONTH THREE ever since I got to Mexico.

I'm now imagining mid 5 figure months and low 6 figure months the sickest part is that with Gordon I think its there's a great possibility of that happening and not a fantasy.

Gordon is definitely the BEST poker coach.

Thanks for keeping us updates. I receive many emails where people tell me how inspired they are by you and Steven.

I'm looking forward to you posting the first 5 figure graph

Don’t worry I am working on it. Here is my graph since last update:

how does online coaching work you send him hand history?

And where can i find a hand graph like the ones shown above any suggestions?

Hi,

coaching works in different formats (1-1 live session, recorded videos of student play, talk about hand histories).

The picture you see comes from Holdem Manager, a tracking program. By the nature of your question, it seems you're not very familiar with some things.

No problem, that's how everybody here started.

I do not recommend you for this reason to get any coaching from me (simply because you could learn very basic things for cheaper), but first to learn some basics. If you're an experienced live player read more on this forum to learn the in & outs of online poker.

Once you made yourself familiar with a few things, i'd of course love to welcome you at bestpokercoaching.com .

I'm away the next 3 days. It's my last week here in Brazil.

Everything's taken care off, but in case your question can be only answered by me, be aware that it will take a few days.

Gl on the tables!

Hi Gordon,

I am interested in the HU mastermind course.

Being American, I play on a site with anonymous tables.

Have a working HUD, but limited stats-vpip,pfr,3b,f3b,cb,fcb,steal,fold to steal, overall aggression, wtsd

Being anonymous, everytime we sit someone , we start from scratch.

In this scenario , is HU mastermind a good fit?

thx in advance

HU teaches you to adjust to every player right from the scratch and its always about feeling each other out.

Hi,

especially in this scenario HU Mastermind will be your best choice. Why? Because i teach systematically how to go from no info, to little info, to a lot of info. You will learn exactly how to adapt and you will understand the HOW and the WHY.

Of course, you could get even more out of it with an advanced HUD, but it's not a problem since your opponents don't use an advanced HUD either.

- Gordon