Having been left a little dazed and confused by the initial experience of Stox, I joined up with DeucesCracked.
Oh my! night and day! The videos are available in 3 formats (ipod, mp4 and streamed). The videos are polished and professionally presented.
I went straight to the 6-max limit section and found a beginner video series called The Price is Right by Danzasmack that seems perfectly suited to where I am. The series is even covering the limits I'm playing right now $.5/$1 and $1/$2 (okay, I'm not up to 1/2 yet but I'm working on it).
I really like this site so far. If I have to choose between Stox and DeucesCracked, I'll be choosing DeucesCracked.
What about CardRunners? Well, it does look more polished than its sister site but it's covering limits that are just way beyond me right now. Just not worth the money for me.
What about others? I haven't done a lot of research but some sites (e.g. LeggoPoker) are focused on No Limit Cash and tournaments. I'm still strictly a Limit player right now. DeucesCracked covers everything I need and enough other games when I'm ready to progress.
Showing posts with label video training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video training. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 March 2009
StoxPoker
Well, I finally bit the bullet and subscribed to a poker training site!
For the record, I subscribed to StoxPoker on Wednesday 25th of March having initially signed up for Truly Free Poker Training earlier that evening. At about $27 a month I figured it was worth a try - especially since I'd had a good session the night before.
I figured I'd use the material to get a better handle on 6-max play to start with then maybe try my hand at no limit too. However, the first few videos I watched by Bryce Paradis surprised me. Not what I was expecting at all. Video quality was a bit poor, they were DRM protected and - this came as a shock - Bryce ended the sessions with less money than he started with!
OK, so the theory is that the instructors show you what will be +EV plays in the long run so the fact that he loses in the training session shouldn't matter but honestly, if I tried to incorporate what he's advising into my current game, I'd just DUMP CHIPS!
My feet were getting cold... I figured I should try a different website for comparison purposes. That'll be the subject of my next post.
[To be fair, I just opened a video by a different author (doughnutz) and the video quality is a lot better]
For the record, I subscribed to StoxPoker on Wednesday 25th of March having initially signed up for Truly Free Poker Training earlier that evening. At about $27 a month I figured it was worth a try - especially since I'd had a good session the night before.
I figured I'd use the material to get a better handle on 6-max play to start with then maybe try my hand at no limit too. However, the first few videos I watched by Bryce Paradis surprised me. Not what I was expecting at all. Video quality was a bit poor, they were DRM protected and - this came as a shock - Bryce ended the sessions with less money than he started with!
OK, so the theory is that the instructors show you what will be +EV plays in the long run so the fact that he loses in the training session shouldn't matter but honestly, if I tried to incorporate what he's advising into my current game, I'd just DUMP CHIPS!
My feet were getting cold... I figured I should try a different website for comparison purposes. That'll be the subject of my next post.
[To be fair, I just opened a video by a different author (doughnutz) and the video quality is a lot better]
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