Looking for a mentor...

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cacain119

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I don't know if anyone would be interested, but I'm a young poker player (I've been playing solidly 2mo now) -- I've won 2 home tournaments for 45 and 70 dollars but still have yet to place in an online tournament...

Just looking for a mentor to go to for advice, hand analysis, betting strategy, and overall strategy for performing well in mtts.

Thanks.
 
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Everyone here can be a mentor... we all can help you progress into a better player... just post your questions on the site and people will help you out.
 
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Everyone here can be a mentor... we all can help you progress into a better player... just post your questions on the site and people will help you out.

yup this ^^^^

Post some hand histories and you will get some excellent advice. Read all the articles. Search around the site and if you can find an answer than make a thread.

Someone may want to be a mentor but if not there are many good players here who will give you solid advice.

Just keep coming here everyday and you will get better.
 
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I agree with Brownie and Lo-Mutt. A single mentor isn`t necessarily a good thing. Poker is all about uncertainty. There is no single right way or correct style. You are better off getting a range of opinions.
 
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Good advice, BUT...

Don't forget about the "classics". I've heard a lot of people talk about using the forums as a resource, and that's awesome. But there are other time tested resources, too. Pick your favorite poker pros, really study them. Pick a style that closely matches your own, and maybe pick up a book or two by those players. It doesn't even have to cost a dime, the library is free :)

One word of caution, though - it's great to watch poker on tv to listen to the commentary and see some great poker, but a lot of people fall into a trap. You see people go all in, or make big bets/calls on crazy stuff, but you're watching edited television. TV poker tends to make you think good hands are more frequent than they really are, and that wild bets and calls are where the money's at. What you don't see is the three hours of bluffing some guy did that caused a pro to go all in with a middle pair, and so on. But "live" (as in, unedited) footage is awesome for soaking up professional play of real hands. I have a recording of some thing like 6 hours of live footage from the wsop this year. Not as fancy, no seeing everybody's hole cards, but great learning.
 
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how'd you get a hold of that??

Yeh -- I don't take my lessons off the tv. I've actually been studying Phil Gordon's books and a little bit on Harringtons...

I like Erick Lindgren's style actually and it's pretty similar to mine in the sense he plays quite a variety of hands, but he does it responsibly...

I'm just hitting a point that eventually I have to cater to who I'm playing. Don't get me wrong, I've run into a lot of good players, but I've run into a lot of worse ones -- and it's like you have to cater to the bad ones and it brings your style down... People don't understand pot odds.. They don't understand betting techniques.. they don't understand that not every hand is a betting hand. But it becomes a crap shoot of when they've got nothing and when they've got the nuts.. you know?
 
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