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Originally Posted by Donovan
I have done some coaching and made vids\written articles for poker sites. I started a YouTube channel that hasn't gone anywhere but its just the type of stuff I'd have loved to see a couple years back.
I have two or three videos of me analyzing other players sessions.
People have recorded sessions and sent them to me then I record myself watching them, narrate my thoughts over them, and send them back.
Just search YouTube for Navonod (that's me on ipokerVIP, PokerTube, etc.) Poker, that is type in Navonod Poker and youll find my stuff.
Take a look at some of those videos, especially my analysis of other players sessions. If you dig it I'd try to do that for you. Maybe just let me use sessions for YouTube vids. Not looking to charge for it.
Lemme know what cha think
Thanks a lot for the offer donovan. I checked out your videos and they look great, but it seems like most of them are HUSNG. While I'm positive with your skills you can crush 6-max NL2, I just don't know how I feel about putting up videos of me playing on YouTube. If I was any good, sure thing, haha. Unfortunately asking help on moving up from NL2 isn't the best confidence booster.
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Originally Posted by crow27
There is a GREAT concept of the month article in the Live low stakes forum about cbetting. I have completely taken this to online and it has worked really well. Start there if you're having cbet problems.
I just found that now crow. Thanks a bunch, looks like it's gonna be a really good read.
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Originally Posted by la55i
Bankrollwise I think it is possible to move from NL2 to NL50 in fairly short time but it requires a lot of skill. I have been playing 2 years on and off. I have studied a lot. At one point I was playing NL10 but I played break even. At this point I can honestly say that I'm beating NL2. People and their learning curves are different but I wouldn't set a goal to go from NL2 to NL50 in a specific period of time.
I mean realistically, NL50 was something I thought might be achievable in about 7-10 months with great work ethic and lots of studying. After reading this responses, I might even ask what you think of NL25 in the same period of time? I mean, It's not something that I'm trying to put a time limit to at all. If I get to NL5 by May I'd still be playing poker just knowing that I got better.
I just wanna know what people's opinions are on someone studying/playing as much as I described in the OP, being able to make it to NL25/NL50 by May. Also what are the major differences between NL25 and NL50? Is that a bigger jump than NL2 to NL5? Or NL10 to NL25? Would a goal of reaching NL25 be much more realistic than reaching NL50 by May?
Lastly, addressing your comments on bankroll, should I for 25 BIs before I move up? Or more just to be safe?
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Originally Posted by tiltninja
each to his/her own on this, but you have to know what you are expecting to get out of this experience.
you say that you enjoy poker, and that's a good start. however, suppose that a million hands later you're still grinding out an average winrate in the micros. will you look back and regret taking up poker when you could've been more successful if you devoted your effort to any other discipline? or would you still be happy because you enjoy playing and anything you win is a bonus?
that's not to say that this is what's destined for you. your success is almost entirely dependent on you, and there's no, say, win-rate/effort cap just because the games are comparatively tougher nowadays. I wouldn't put too much stock in who's saying how tough they find games they play in. In BQ the responses would be overall biased towards the games being tougher than they actually are because people who don't find it tough and move up quickly tend to post less
I can't really ever regret taking up poker because my other passion is music and I already go to school for audio engineering and music business so it's not like I'm wasting any time by playing poker. I do the 2 things I'm passionate about, all the time. At the end of the day, my goal isn't to be some pro cash game player, 24 tabling high stakes, dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars everyday.
My main goal is to be able to not get a part time job once my school is done in May, just so I can pay off some small student debts and a credit card. Keep in mind, I'll be living at my parents house expense-free. So any income would go to debts and my bankroll.
What I'll always want to pursue is my music, but having a part-time or full-time job after college is done isn't going to give me the freedom I need to create all the time.
Thanks again guys.