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Originally Posted by zerosum79
I am not going to lie to you and tell you that I have played a ton of games. I have never been a high-volume, high-stakes player, and have never represented myself as such. To attest that I have would be untrue, and I am not going to hide behind the idea of "phantom screen names" to try to sell books. I have presented my qualifications.
This is true, and I can respect that
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You have also seen that several people (unsolicited) have posted positive comments on my coaching and teaching style.
I have seen a total of 2 people say something positive. 2. I haven't seen anyone respected say anything and I haven't seen any results from any of your students.
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However, if you want to accurately judge my playing results, please at least include 18-man SNG's in your filtering to achieve a more accurate accounting of my true ROI. Mostly I specialized in 18man SNGs and achieved a much better win-rate than you posted.
This post should be a big red-flag to everyone.
First of all, your entire, unfiltered (HU - MTT) results are a total of about 6k games and 3.5k profit. And you only have ~400 games played of the 18man games you "specialize" in.
Secondly, and maybe even more importantly, your statement shows if anything a lack of knowledge about SnGs.
6,000 games in any format is an almost nothing sample-size in 6-18man games. You're ROI is going to stray full multiple points plus or minus. As somebody who is going to charge people to teach them you should know this.
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I don't find that there is necessarily a correlation between well written poker literature and players who played the highest volume or stakes.
this has nothing to do with playing the highest volume or the highest stakes. you literally have next to no experience
playing sngs, low-stakes sngs, you have played 6k games since 2008. You're as qualified to coach this as you are to coach tennis after getting some lessons (from an arguably somewhat decent coach) and playing a handful of games.
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However, I do know that people who read poker literature will ultimately decide whether this work is up to the standard necessary to be considered good.
you obviously market yourself well (another thing you share in common with your coach) and are very articulate. i would not be surprised to find out you have packaged something that is very well put together and received well by completely novice players - of course it's going to sound good if they don't know right from wrong and it's presented in such a professional manner. but that doesn't automatically mean it's actually a good product.
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The price tag may seem steep, but I have geared it toward what I believe the quality of material is, vs what current SNG hourly coaching rates. I consider it to be a value especially at the introductory price. I would be happy to send you a free copy to review if you would like to see it before passing judgement. (this is not a invitation to the forum to criticize it in hopes of a free copy)
I wasn't passing judgement on your book so much as stating my problem with you having a complete lack of qualifications to charge money for your knowledge on SnGs.
You can send me a copy and I'll gladly critique it when I have a chance but unless it is a lot more than a basic beginners guide to SnGs I'm probably not very likely to change my stance on you being qualified to coach. However if it is more than that and I agree with it I will gladly eat my words.
Last edited by SiQ; 03-12-2012 at 12:15 PM.