I’ve played professionally for over three years as “jasons0147” on FTP, working my way from 2NL to up to 2000NL (my regular games are 400NL and 600NL). I am a long-term student of GoMukYaSelf, and I currently write about poker theory and the poker lifestyle at lifefish, a blog operated by a small group of theory-driven, high-level-thinking mid- and high-stakes players that includes Rob Sainter and Newmanmi.

My aim while coaching you is to make you a thinking player capable of assessing a situation and knowing what factors to consider in making a determination about the correct course of action. I’m not interested in teaching you to play a LAG game or a TAG game; I’m interested in teaching you to play a winning game – and how to win in today’s games. I do not believe coaching to be a passive endeavor for students – what you get out of coaching is largely determined by what you put into it.

The graph below is since March of last year. This is when I started to put the most work into my game at midstakes. It was only a few months before this when I was struggling to beat 100NL/200NL for under .5ptbb. I believe that I have a great understanding of game flow at small stakes games and since I had a difficult time beating those games for a long time a great understanding of the leaks a small stakes player has in their game.

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Suggested Coaching Plans

(2) 90 Min Session’s Package:

Our first session we will do HH review/Theory Discussion. This allows us to be able to cover a number of spots in a rather short amount of time. During this session we will frequently talk about ranges for ourselves and our opponents and how to play correctly based on those ranges. The idea of a HH review is not so much to go over hands in a vacuum but to give us a platform to discuss different areas of game theory that you are having trouble with. I suggest that students have 50 hands ready for this session although the number of hands we will go over will vary greatly based on the discussion we get into.

Our second session will be a sweat session of you sweating me. By having the student sweat the coach it allows me to be able to discuss why we are taking the lines we are taking instead of instructing to take a certain line without explanation. You will also have me mark key hands during the sweat so that we can go over them in a post session review.

(3) 90 Min Session’s Package:

In addition to the (2) 90 Min Session’s package:

Our third session will be a sweat session of me sweating you. You will use the information we have gone over so far and I will make comments on your play and suggestions for further improvement. I will also mention any leaks that I notice in your game during this session (sizing issues, frequencies, etc)

(4) 90 Min Session Package:

In addition to the (3) 90 Min Session’s package:

Our forth session will be based heavily on your last session and what area of your game needs the most focus. This is the session where we tie everything together and the type of coaching we implement will reflect that. Typically this session will be a HH Review/Theory Discussion, however if its in the students best interest we will do a sweat session. I typically like to wait till after the third session to make a suggestion as to what should be done for the following sessions so that it can be based around your areas of need.

Additional Packages/Long Term Coaching Available at a discounted rate

100NL and lower: $135/hr for 3 hours or less
100NL and lower: $115/hr for 4.5 hours or more

200NL and higher: $175/hr for 3 hours or less
200NL and higher: $150/hr for 4.5 hours or more

- The Structure listed above is to be used as a guideline, it can be altered on a student by student basis depending on needs
- All packages must be pre-paid in advance via site transfer (Full Tilt). If after the first session you decide that you do not want to keep me as your coach, I will promptly refund the remainder of your package in full
- I do not offer 1 hour coaching, my min package is 3 hours. This comes from a desire to see my students succeed and I do not believe enough information can be covered in a one hour session.

Contact Me:

jasons0147@gmail.com

References:

“Jason has been a friend and a person I can go to when I need to discuss serious poker strategy for quite some time now. He is reliable, trustworthy and a good poker player this coaching is a steal given his understanding of the game.”  – Newmanmi

“Jason is the man, he didn’t ask me for a reference, but I feel compelled to give one. He has improved immensely as a player since I have started working with him and he continually impresses me with the depth and creativity of his thought process. I have no doubt that working with him is an excellent investment for an up and coming FR player.” – GoMukYaSelf