Do you need poker coaching?

As many of you know, as well as my day job in banking, I am a part time poker coach offering poker lessons for those looking to improve their poker game. People often question the value of poker lessons, and how a poker coach can justify the hourly rates they charge (for what its worth, my rate is $100/hr). Well here’s the thing, just because you’ve watched poker on TV, it doesn’t mean you’re suddenly a world class player. I mean, I watch Formula 1, but that doesn’t mean I can just hop into a race car and expect to win.

So what can a poker coach offer? Well, poker lessons can take many forms, and I break these into two main categories, poker lessons for beginners and poker lessons for intermediate/advanced players. In fact, some people find it strange that even I still pay for poker lessons? Using the same analogy above, I guess its like a learner driver getting lessons to pass his driving test, versus a driver taking lessons to become a race car driver. For the most part, poker players actually fall into the former category.

Which brings me to the purpose of this blog, my aim for this blog is to provide poker tips and free poker coaching from which to build upon. In order to do this I would like to know what your sticking points are – do you have specific areas you want me to cover, do you want more videos or more blog posts on specific topics. Let me know what your after in the comments below and I will tailor my posts to give you the answers.

PS Im currently developing a ‘zero to hero poker apprenticeship program’ [Ghelani, Vikesh] its the first time I am doing this but it will be amazing so watch this space!

Good luck at the tables, Johnny.