Poker Lessons

Poker Lessons $100 an hour, minimum of 3 hours.

I am an ex pool player that played pool for a living and gave many pool lessons from 1993 to 2005. In 2005 poker was legalized in OK and I was trained to deal. Shortly after I was trained as a floor, then a supervisor, and finally as a dealer trainer. I trained many dealers in a 3 year period before putting all my focus towards playing poker in 2009. From 2010 to April 2011 I turned $500 into $50,000 playing online after giving it my all and taking poker lessons. April 2011 the DOJ shut down online poker and most of my money was seized. I have been playing live poker since but miss teaching, so here we go. Contact me to improve at poker and be profitable.

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Variance101 Training

I am going to start some poker training mostly based towards local live players. The training will be in person here in Tulsa, OK. Other options are available. Contact me at variance101@gmail.com or check me out on twitter @cracker76.

More on this later...

River 2

Got 80th out of 495 in the $330 no limit today but feel I played well. Never really had any chips and almost made it, lost AJo to 99 aipf. It was my 2nd hand at a new table and I was bb  with blinds being 1200/2400/300. UTG limps and then everyone folds to the sb who calls and I shove 40k w AJo, the sb calls and he had maybe 60k and with a board of 23KQ9 I was out.
I was able to pick up a few buy-ins at 2/5 after tho even with losing a full buy-in in first 10min so it was a decent day overall. GL ERRYBODY

The River Event 1

Event 1 $550 no limit had 406 players and I lasted a level or so past the first break. I shoved KJo w 15bbs from the co and the sb called all-in for 14bbs of it with K9o and rivered a flush and a straight, lol. I then managed to turn my 1bb into about 7bbs before losing AKo to 22 AIPF. The turnout was good and the staff handled it pretty well. As always the cash games were busy and I booked another small win at 2/5 no limit.
$330 no limit tomorrow at noon so time to get some sleep. GL ME

The River

I am in Gainesville, TX at my hotel about to get some sleep for the first tournament of "The River" poker tournament series at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, OK. I drove in last night and won a few buy-ins at 2/5 no limit and enjoyed a good chicken sandwich. Now its time to get some rest so I can play like "Benba" tomorrow and start the series off right. There is 8 preliminary tournaments and a main event with a 50k, 25k, 10k extra prize for "player of the series". SHould be fun, GL ME.

Live Update

Originally Posted by Jimmy Sommerfeld
Choctaw Casino
Spring $50k Series

No Limit Holdem
$300 + $45

12-May-11
12:00 PM

Players - 371 Prize Pool - $107,961
Directed by Poker Tournament Consultants
Place Name Hometown Prize
1 John Reynolds Tulsa, OK $15,188
2 Kenneth Piel Robinsonvl, MS $13,188
3 Mohammad Abedi-arani Dallas, TX $13,054
4 Ryan Bates Newcastle, OK $11,727
5 Shaun Jones Irving, TX $10,839
6 Drew Dumanski Richardson, TX $10,710
7 Isaac Do Irving, TX $7,745
8 Christopher Champeaux Fayetteville, AK $6,643
9 Kasra Khodayarkhani Plano, Tx $6,050
10 Andrew Hansen Dallas, TX $3,530
11 Omar Nawim Helotes, TX $1,130
12 Keith Budner Dallas, TX $1,130
13 Robert Layne Dallas, TX $1,130
14 Charles Hundt Austin, TX $930
15 Matthew Lawrence Tulsa, OK $930
16 Samuel Lee Mannford OK $930
17 Michael Bollinger Halstead, KS $777
18 Gregory Hyman Farmers Branch, TX $777
19 Grant Holmes Pilot Point, TX $777
20 Jody Rummel Frisco, TX $777

 A very well run event in Durant, OK by Jimmy Sommerfield. Five percent of the field from three day ones played SUnday for the money. Thursday five qualified, Friday 6 qualified and Saturday 9 qualified and we started with twenty people on three tables Sunday. We played down to ten and then did a chip chop when I was tied for the chip lead and played for 5, 3, 2 by taking 1k back from all ten players. I then got third and ended up with the most money. It was a good event and well run.

Going back this weekend for a 75k gtd event that is run the same way, gl to all.

Thursday 5-6

Sorry I haven't been blogging about my live play I haven't decided if I want to or not. I have been doing really well and am happy with my play and my hourly figures. Action has been decent and seems to be picking up. The Mid-South Poker Classic started today at the Hard Rock and I will be playing a $340 MTT tomorrow. Tonight there was a Jack and Jill but I chose to play 2-5 no limit instead and did very well. There was a really good player at the table amping up the action and I ended up making the correct play against him a couple times but he played very well.
I have been working on my live cash play but have not been playing many local MTTs leaving me fairly excited to go sling some chips around tomorrow. We have ten days of MTTS here and then I will be heading to Durant for their series and then Downstream is having the four states poker championship or something and I will go up there some too. Should be a busy May all in all and then I'll be heading to Vegas in June. I hope everyone is doing okay and making things work since Black Friday. I am sure like me several of y'all were not happy to see the bankruptcy for one of the AP/UB companies but hopefully they will pay us eventually. Meanwhile a big thank you to PokerStars for paying us so quickly and hopefully Full Tilt will soon as well.

Hold your head up and always remember today is the first day of the rest of your life. GOOD LUCK