Joe Tall

My first hand of poker was in 1978, 5 card-draw for bingo chips with grandparents. I was a massive calling-station showdown-monkey at age six. Poker has always been in my family as I've watched my Dad play in the same home game for 35 years which is still going today. One night, when I was seven, I couldn't sleep as the camaraderie in the kitchen was too loud. This is where, upon my father's lap, I played my first hand of seven card stud.

I played all the time at middle school, high school, and on into college with the same guys that I play with today, just like my Dad. We moved up the stakes from .10/.20 at 11 years old to 5/5 NL, upcapped now a-days.

I started reading the twoplustwo forums in the fall of 2002. I was amazed that such depth poker discussion took place. Every single bet, call, raise, or fold was routinely debated for days. I was intimidated by such poker prowess and lurked the boards for months. I discovered online poker from the forum, and started to play low limit hold'em on Paradise Poker. It wasn't until spring of 2003 that I mustered up the confidence to post my first hand on twoplustwo. That was the beginning of where I am today and I've played up to 1000/2000 HORSE games, wow, times have changed.

Joe Tall is a DeucesCracked Executive Producer.

Why do I coach? A. I love poker. Poker is my passion. I had such a great experience with my own coach, Tommy Angelo that I decided to start coaching myself. Its three years and 170 students later, and as long as someone wants to talk poker with me, I'll take that conversation over any other. Most importantly coaching has made me a better poker player as I'm learning from my students all the time.

What was my "ah-ha" moment in poker? A. I had a complete "moment" when I was moving up in stakes. I was sitting at a 10/20 limit Foxwoods game, big pot, and it was on the river when this guy next to me holds up pockets-2s to fold and says, "I just couldn't catch a 2."

Why DeucesCracked? A. DeucesCracked started off as a fun side project with DeathDonkey and Entity as we felt there was a gap in how video-teaching was being presented. We kept it small and a steady pace, always looking to improve from customer feedback and to keeping a focus on quality. Now our gap is completely filled by Krantz and the 3-bet team. I can't wait to learn No-Limit from these guys and go back and kick the doors off my home game!

Joe Tall has played some of the highest mix games online, see his 500/1000 HORSE videos, and he coaches all limit mix games. A long time student of Tommy Angelo (4 years), Joe does Tiltless-like training specific for online players.

Rate: $250 - $300
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