1) This is NOT about ganging up / beating up on our fellow recreational players in the Pepper St. garage - we will be focusing almost entirely as much as we can on larger buy in events in casinos, especially the World Series of Poker.
2) I want this group to be small for now, eventually I envision this group being available to anyone who wants to improve their game - but I think we should keep it small and work out the kinks for awhile.
Here is the EVITE info - which is way too long for an actual Evite:
THIS IS NOT A POKER GAME - NO BUY IN REQUIRED!
I am hoping to do this once every other month or so.
I am keeping this group small for now - eventually we will probably open it up to anyone who wants to improve their game in card rooms. For now, I appreciate your discretion.
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You are cordially invited to take place in a unique forum and laboratory in tournament poker, with a specific focus and goal of making a deep run in the World Series of Poker or other similar large Casino poker tournaments.
We are NOT getting together to focus on beating our fellow Pepper Street players - we are getting together to help improve our odds of a deep run next summer, or sooner if any of us tackle the LAPC or similar.
We all want to get better and what better way than sharing information with people that you like?
No one is going to get rich playing in our little game, but there are lots of economic opportunities in the game at large.
Wouldn't it be great if one of us could make a deep run at the World Series of Poker? How are we going to make this happen? We could cross our fingers and hope that one of us gets lucky, as we have for the past 8 years or so - OR, we could get pro-active and really work on making ourselves better using the best resource we have - each other.
There are lots of resources out there for improving your game - books, videos, podcasts, expensive seminars, and on and on. But the very best resource I believe, and the one that has helped me the most by far in improving my game - is talking over hands with my friends.
I consider everyone on this list not only a poker buddy, but a friend as well. The benefits we will get from spilling our guts about poker to each other will far outweigh any downside from revealing secrets.
I have no qualms about being transparent with my friends, and I am not looking to get rich off of my home poker game. There's a reason all my tournaments are only $40 or $60 max - the garage is my learning environment, and I think it's high time I shared this with all of you.
I want to get better at my game, I want to take down a five figure score or more or at least see one of you do the same - and I think it's achievable, but we can't do it alone.
I don't fancy myself an instructor at all, but I find by talking through hands with people, I learn AND they learn. Hopefully we will have a mix of more experienced players and less experienced players in attendance, but both groups will benefit and learn together.
And just sos you know, this is not a unique idea or happening - there are several well known groups of tournament players who do this sort of thing once or several times a year. Steve Danneman, who finished second in the main event in 2005 does this sort of thing three times a year with his home game, which has more than one bracelet winner in it.
Please come prepared with thoughts on what you want to work on as well as any insights you have that you think might benifit the group.
We will go around the table and discuss areas of our game that we think need improving and ideas how to do so, and give each other feedback. Then we will play a 'tournament' hand lab, where we play a full tournament, but reveal our folded cards at the end and discuss our decision making progress. This should be extremely helpful for everyone.
Hope you can make it!
