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a few might be tilt, ego, lack of self-awareness, lack of understanding of variance, lack of discipline, underestimating the complexity of the game, and often entitlement as a result of these factors.

oh, I thought of something different. The - I don't understand it barrier.

oh, I thought of something different. The - I don't understand it barrier.

lol - my 13yr old daughter is expert at this!

oh, I thought of something different. The - I don't understand it barrier.

so intelligence or something different? obv many smart people aren't successful at poker...why?

so intelligence or something different? obv many smart people aren't successful at poker...why?

seekis knows what I'm talking about.

seekis knows what I'm talking about.

don't wanna play? lol

Another quick question: do you think playing too much small stakes is bad for people's games, I mean in a way that when they move up they already picked up habits that are good against most small stakes opponents but not so good at midstakes, like making too thin value bets or lack of balance?

don't wanna play? lol

i may be misunderstanding but...

people generally have a subconscious aversion to making an effort to work things out. 'I don't understand' is often an 'excuse' not to try to understand. It's a plausible way to pass the emphasis to somebody else to explain things rather than to take responsibility to fathom it out ourselves. eg asking someone to explain a range and EV calc rather than going away and playing with pokerstove and a calculator for a while

How should we go about evaluating potential coaches?

Is it fair to ask a potential coach to provide graphs/results/references? Should we expect potential coaches to provide these if we ask them?

Any coaches want to tackle this question? Is it a taboo subject?

Any coaches want to tackle this question? Is it a taboo subject?

It's certainly fair to ask a coach for graphs/results/references. I know I wouldn't get a coach if I have no idea what games he's playing, and how he's doing in those games.

I'd be interested in some sort of "light coaching". I'm someone who doesn't play very much (study is pretty time-consuming) and who additionally thinks a lot about the game instead of just playing. I really enjoy the very in depth coaching videos where the coach can talk 20 minutes about a spot which seems to be completely std.
That said I'd like to have a coach in my back whom I can just hand over a couple of hands per session to get some good discussion going. The forum is definitely a good place to start but I often experience on my own that it's pretty hard to put yourself in the poster's position and really think through the hand like if you played it on your own. Additionally there are many players who struggle with the same stage so that we probably can't improve that hard (although I really appreciate a lot of their tipps).
The guy behind coaching@deucescracked.com answered me that I should just book a normal hour of coaching because most coaches will watch over some hands outside of coaching later on. That's probably okay but I don't wanna just book one hour and fire questions on my coach for the next couple of months without having to pay anything.
I had some live coaching with a friend of mine before (we actually reviewed hands) and I found it pretty overwhelming. Often times I ended up spewing like hell because I wanted to implement all the information I got from one hour. So I find I'm doing better by just tweaking one gear after another.
Another thing is that I'm from Germany and although I can understand english pretty well I feel like I loose at least 30% of my expressive power when I have to talk english live instead of german. (if you have already noticed some weird syntax, now you know why :])
I know that's very hard to cash up (we could probably go with a one hour coaching price for every x hands reviewed depending on how long it takes) but if one of the coaches would like to do that and is allowed to do that I'd probably freak out
If necessary, I'm playing 2/4 6max, 0.5/1 HU Holdem right now.

banshee; I'd suggest that you send a PM to the coach you want, and see what he thinks/if you can work something out.

so intelligence or something different? obv many smart people aren't successful at poker...why?

I think to be succesful at poker you need a certain savvyness. One of my friends, who is actually the least intelligent in terms of study, is very, very good at playing all sorts of games, while others who enjoy the highest education in the country simply cannot grasp more than the basics of poker.

I'd be interested in some sort of "light coaching". I'm someone who doesn't play very much (study is pretty time-consuming) and who additionally thinks a lot about the game instead of just playing. I really enjoy the very in depth coaching videos where the coach can talk 20 minutes about a spot which seems to be completely std.
That said I'd like to have a coach in my back whom I can just hand over a couple of hands per session to get some good discussion going. The forum is definitely a good place to start but I often experience on my own that it's pretty hard to put yourself in the poster's position and really think through the hand like if you played it on your own. Additionally there are many players who struggle with the same stage so that we probably can't improve that hard (although I really appreciate a lot of their tipps).
The guy behind coaching@deucescracked.com answered me that I should just book a normal hour of coaching because most coaches will watch over some hands outside of coaching later on. That's probably okay but I don't wanna just book one hour and fire questions on my coach for the next couple of months without having to pay anything.
I had some live coaching with a friend of mine before (we actually reviewed hands) and I found it pretty overwhelming. Often times I ended up spewing like hell because I wanted to implement all the information I got from one hour. So I find I'm doing better by just tweaking one gear after another.
Another thing is that I'm from Germany and although I can understand english pretty well I feel like I loose at least 30% of my expressive power when I have to talk english live instead of german. (if you have already noticed some weird syntax, now you know why :])
I know that's very hard to cash up (we could probably go with a one hour coaching price for every x hands reviewed depending on how long it takes) but if one of the coaches would like to do that and is allowed to do that I'd probably freak out
If necessary, I'm playing 2/4 6max, 0.5/1 HU Holdem right now.

If I recall correctly, DerBrain is German. Maybe you could chat with him?

Hielko too, I'm pretty sure.

Hielko too, I'm pretty sure.

Sounds Dutch in his videos, IIRC.