FTR Short-Handed Coaching Directory

[meeloche]

If you are looking for a coach, look no further than FTR.

Below is a list of FTR approved coaches.

If you want to contact one of the coaches below please do so via PM only. All other posts in this thread will be deleted.

If you would like to be an approved FTR coach and you have a minimum of 500 posts please PM me.

[Alexos]

Screen names: I multi-site, but alexos888 on PS

Games coached: 6max cash up to 400nl

Price: 300$/hr (or 5hrs for $1250)

Why: 4-5ptbb winner lifetime at midstakes/highstakes, profit improvement {acronym Renton hates}

[elipsesjeff]

Name or Screen name: CodeRedRulez on all sites

Games Played: Heads-Up up to 200nl and Full Ring up to 200nl

Games Coached: 6-max up and Heads-Up up to and including 50nl, Full Ring up to and including 100nl.

Price: $75/hour

What services you offer / why should they pick you: I usually talk more about poker theory when it comes to 6-max coaching and avoid doing any more than 5 sessions when coaching 6-max. I'm not one to say "this is what you have to do to beat xx limit" but rather "this is how you should think." I've got PowerPoint Presentations on several topics used in many Grinderschool Lectures including but not limited to: 3-betting/blind play, Continuation Betting and Balanced Flop Leading that apply to both full ring and 6-max. That said I also do ghosting of max 2 tables of 6-max.

Other comments: All sessions are over Teamviewer + Skype and come with complimentary video of the session if doing ghosting or HH review on your screen (my computer gets bogged down when i'm recording + reviewing HH on my side so i can record audio and you video and then splice them together).

[Ravageur]

Screen names: gobuelle on Boss network, Ravageur on other sites.

Games played: 2/4 - 10/20 on Boss Network.

Games seeking to coach: Anything below 5/10 6 max cash.

Price: 150$/hr for now, though willing to discuss other options.

Why: Lifetime winner at midstakes, since games got tougher 2-3 ptbb winner at 2/4-5/10 (screenshots can be presented upon request).

What to expect: Me sweating you, you sweating me, lots of talking through hands on the fly as well as session reviews. Also open to reviewing your vids though I like the thrill of immediate discussion.

Bonus: Can coach in french! (so can Alexos damnit).

[griffey24]

Screen names: Is24 and DarkChaos for most of my poker playing days on Cyrpto, and lately D4rkCha0s on stars.

Games played: 2/5-10/20 on Crypto, and 2/4 - 5/10 on stars.

Games seeking to coach: 2/4 and below, 6max cash.

Price: 150$/hr for now, willing to discuss different rates, or packaged rates.

Why: Winner at midstakes. But mostly cause I believe that I'm a good player, but that I'm even better at explaining my thoughts/reasonings (which hopefully comes out in my FTR posts). I also feel as though I view/play the game differently than a lot of other players (as is probably shown by my ridiculous positive red lines). Sometimes a different view on things helps a lot.

What to expect: Me sweating you or you sweating me. HH reviews and discussion anytime on msn etc.

Bonus: Can coach in french, but not as good as Ravageur and Alexos!

[Marshall28]

I currently play anywhere between 400nl-1knl on PS and FTP. I feel comfortable coaching NLHE HU up to 400nl, and 6max up to 600nl.

If you want to get one or two lessons you probably shouldn't bother contacting me. There's just no way I can teach someone anything worthwhile or lasting in just 1-2 hours. Therefore I only will sell bundles of hours with one exception. I will sell 1 hour of coaching for 75 bucks if you want to give it a try and see if we are a good fit. Serious responses only please.

I have well over 200 hours of coaching experience. I use several methods of coaching to achieve different purposes.

(1) Live sweats, these are for either attempting to implement a new play into your game. For example if you wanted to learn how to start donk leading, we would go into the session with the intention to flat a lot from the blinds in order to show you how to react in certain situations. It's also good for when you are slumping or in a bad state mentally to help improve your confidence.
(2) Video reviews, these are the best for me to get a feel for your game, as well as seeing what types of mistakes you are making. We are able to pause and discuss situations and concepts that you are misunderstanding or misapplying.
(3) Hand history analysis, and theory discussion. This ends up helping people the most after we've tinkered with your game and I've tightened up your fundamentals. We can spot mistakes and take as much time as needed to go over whatever understanding of theory that you are lacking.

Learning how to play poker at a high level is a process that doesn't happen over night. This is the reason that I offer package deals to students. As your coach you will have several other perks, (1) I will be available to you any time to take a look at any hands you may have recently played that you have questions about, and (2) I will allow you to observe myself play any time over the duration of the package (free of charge). As long as you have hours left, those things will be available to you.

I had to update the pricing structure since the demand has started to increase and I have guys buying 20-30+ hours at a time, so the new structure is as follows:

* 1hr - $75
* 5hr's - $750
* 10hr's - $1000
* 20hr's - $1900
* 30hr's - $2800

I won't sell anyone a 30 hour bundle unless they've previously purchased another bundle.