Me Play Poker Pretty Someday Pics from WSOP Academy Cash Games College
Much to say about the WSOP Academy I attended last weekend at Caesar’s … about things I learned, how I performed, and, frankly, what kinda people are shelling out close to $2,000 for anything these days. For some of the 50-or-so poker players in attendance it was just a matter of a buy-in or two for the level they play at. And for others, it was more than half their annual poker budget in a way that doesn’t even account for flights to Las Vegas from Australia or Buffalo.

All in all it was a great class taught by Mark Seif, Mark Gregorich, Alex Outhred, and Michael Gracz — very engaging, informative, and often irreverent — didn’t feel like Saturday/Sunday detention at all. I lost pretty big in the one session of $1/$2 NL I’ve played since WSOP-Acad graduation … I guess they shoulda reminded us to take a nap after class, or they can only do so much with a guy who insists on misplaying KQ generally 8 out of 10 times. (Ah, the painful, humiliating schoolchild memories …) If I could just misplay the hand 4 out of 10 times, that would be some serious positive EV, saving me the theoretical cost of tuition in just a few orbits!
BTW, the next WSOP Academy is at WinStar, February 21-22 — a poker room near and dear to so many Texas player and longtime Pokeratizens. Outhred and Gracz will be part of the Thackerville faculty, along with Greg Raymer and Master Mindset (?) coach Sam Chauhan.
Click here for more info … and really, you should totally think about signing up. Your Pokerati-friendly friends will feed you and everything.
Lone Rhino says:
February 13th, 2009 at 2:37pm
Mark Seif?
Sorry, I wouldn’t take lessons from him. He’s ethically challenged.
LR
DanM says:
February 13th, 2009 at 3:46pm
What are you trying to say, Lone Rhino?
California Jen says:
February 14th, 2009 at 4:59pm
Sounds like a good mix of instructors. I’ve been in a class taught by Alex Outhred, and he’s very informative.
But seriously, Dan, you leave the class and have a losing session? I thought you scored average on your exam? Some model student you are. 😉
DanM says:
February 14th, 2009 at 5:00pm
I just realized Lone Rhino said “ethically”, not “ethnically”.
California Jen says:
February 14th, 2009 at 5:07pm
Ethnically challenged? I would hate to think that anyone would say that…ever.
Dan, I think you’re reading-challenged.
DanM says:
February 14th, 2009 at 5:10pm
Yes, hence the frequent check-raising into the nuts.