Sensei’s Poker Dojo

Sorry I’ve been so bad about posting, but I’ve been on a lot of little “vacations” lately. It has both made it difficult to find time to write in here and also had a deleterious effect on my overall motivation levels. In any case, here’s whats up:

In late October I took a trip to Colorado to visit my girlfriend. We played some ultimate up in Ft. Collins, got dumped on by a sudden snowstorm, and enjoyed some surprisingly good sushi in downtown Boulder. We then flew down to Sarasota, FL for the UPA club national championships. Neither of us actually got to play, unfortunately, but we volunteered and got to watch some really high-quality ultimate. I took the opportunity to use my new camera (and my new lens!) to take some action shots, which you can see here. Congrats to my friends on Fury and Chain Lightning for bringing home the gold!

After returning from Florida I was only home for a few days before flying out to Hawaii for another ultimate tournament, which was a glorious time as expected. We nearly won the tournament too, going 7-1 and only losing in the finals to a team that seems to be composed of the best players in Hawaii. Naturally we enjoyed plenty of beach time and some excellent partying, and I have a pretty nice tan to show for it.

Upon returning from Hawaii, I found my motivation to grind severely diminished. To compound this effect, the Duke basketball season¹ and the winter league ultimate season have both begun. Additionally, several awesome new video games (Batman: Arkham Asylum, Modern Warfare 2) have come out. Long story short, I haven’t really played a whole lot of poker since then. Fortunately, the few sessions I have played have gone well (to the tune of a few G’s each). I hope to start focusing more on heads up PLO in the near future, so I’ll try to post some interesting hands.

As for the group coaching, we haven’t had enough interest yet to put together a full group. Its a little surprising since I think we’re offering a great deal, but I guess there aren’t too many players in our target market (who can afford $500 for coaching but also are at the level of play that we’re catering to). We have had some enthusiastic signups though, so hopefully we can fill up a group soon. Feel free to advertise to your friends who want to improve their PLO skills (or even just get a good primer to start learning the game) for a great price!

My PCA goal is unfortunately not going to happen, but it is because I’m going to Australia in January for the Aussie Millions! I think I’ll consider that one a win . More details to come about that trip, and I’ll be sure to post full and awesome reports from my time down there!

1. I’ll probably write a full post about that soon [↩]

(Crossposted from DC Forums)

Hey everyone, John and I have been working hard to put together a group coaching program that will enable us to teach a number of aspiring PLO players at a reasonable price. Details below:

Each course will consist of two 2-hour sessions, and each session will begin with a lecture/discussion on important topics, followed by a hand history review, and end with a live sweat of either John or myself playing. The course will be tailored primarily to beginning PLO players and those transitioning from NLHE. (We have plans to host a more advanced group in the near future) While we have things prepared fairly well already, we are happy to adjust the course to suit the specific needs of the particular group. The course will cost $500 and include personal help during and after the sessions.

There will be up to 3 groups running on the following dates/times:
Group A – Mondays at 7PM ET, 4PM PT (11/23, 11/30)
Group B – Tuesdays at 7PM ET, 4PM PT (11/24, 12/1)
Group C – Wednesdays at 7PM ET, 4PM PT (11/25, 12/2)

If you are interested, please email me at djsensei@deucescracked.com with your name, the group(s) you are interested in, and any other requests you might have. We will get back to you with a more comprehensive survey to allow us to tailor the course as specifically as possible to your needs. If these times do not work for you, feel free to email me with your interest and let me know which times do work, and we will see if we can set up a group at a different time.