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FTPAcademy
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 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: What are your thoughts? |
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What does everyone think of the latest Academy lessons?
Do you find the lessons are well organized? Do you find it easy to understand the concepts being presented?
What new lesson topics would you like to see in the future?
We value your feedback, thanks! |
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bleffo19
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Location: SYD, Australia
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i found the most recent lesson by roy winston pretty meh.
although some of the concepts he preaches are interesting (and certainly useful), i don't think they were -
a) useful enough to dedicate a lesson to and
b) useful for the beginners-intermediates at which the FTPA is mostly pitched
some of the concepts (such as 4bet shoving light) seemed to me as if the finer would skim over alot of the beginner's heads, and be for the most part counter-intuitive. My guess is that after watching that, alot of learners will begin shoving with 10-8s because "Roy Winston said to".
aside from that, I really enjoy the Academy, and think it is an absolutely amazing thing for both learners and reg's alike. for the most part, the lessons are very informative and well-structured, and provide good insight into strategy and mathematics alike. some lessons do seem to be fairly niche though (such as Robert Williamson's "Bluffing in PLO").
i personally would like to see a lesson on continuation-betting and post-flop play with discussion of appropriate options (such as c/r'ing, checking behind, double-barelling ect). I think alot of people would also like to see some lessons that cover the basics of the lesser played games, such as HORSE.
definitely keep up the good work! |
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FTPAcademy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the feedback Bleffo19!
It's always a challenge to offer content to various skill levels, we try to assign a rank to each video in difficulty to help guide viewers to appropriate content.
Continuation betting and post flop play are on our radar for the future, stay tuned! |
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straight4life
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: What are your thoughts? |
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| FTPAcademy wrote: |
What does everyone think of the latest Academy lessons?
Do you find the lessons are well organized? Do you find it easy to understand the concepts being presented?
What new lesson topics would you like to see in the future?
We value your feedback, thanks! |
Oke here's what I think, and this goes for every single winner player at any volume.
We are tired of reading about position, pot odds, table image and stuff like that. You can find it in any book.
We wanna put it into practice, take it to the next level.
The only way you can do that is by analyzing HH's at different levels, and have a look at every single piece of information that helps us with decision making.
If 1 player wants to have 1 on 1 coaching to get better it's very expensive so this new way of training would be helpful to everybody who wants to improve but can't afford it ( look at HUSNG for example and find out how expensive it is to improve)
So no words, but HH's are what we need.
All this talk about position and what amount to raise does not make sense if you don't know your opponents. In every cash game we need stats like 3 bet% etc about any opponent to make a decision.
And while analyzing hands, it bothers me that everybody puts an opponent on 1 hand. It would be an improvement if people start putting people on a range of hands and try to add a percentage to the times that an opponent is gonna have that hand in a spot..
And quotes such as " here you should call " piss me off too. Because it would be way better if your play is to call x% of the time and to raise y% of the time. There are only very few spots where only calling or only folding is correct, and if that's your approach you become too predictable/
It would be very helpful if winning players could give arguments for raising or folding so learning players can try to mix up their games and not make plays because the book says so.
Stuff like that, a bit in the same style as Gus Hansen's book " Every hand revealed " which is a masterpiece |
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NoTilt
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| I already mentioned this to an FTPAer, but a lesson on MTT Satellite play would be great. Some easy math at the beginning focusing on calculating the average stack at the bubble (someone in a recent lesson said ignore the average stack, which is true for normal MTT, but stupid for satellite, where avg stacks are CRITICAL), mid-tourney and near-bubble play would be great. Marketing wise, you could also include some good reasons to play satellites (slightly less rake, and a chance to "take shots", although IMHO there is no way to justify playing BOTH a satellite AND its target tourney). |
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ImNoPhilIvey
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NoTilt: Doubtless this will sound like a snarky/mouthy comeback type thing. It isn't.
Sounds like you're the one who should be writing it.
You've got specific opinions and a definite point of view. If you can back up what you're saying, your just displayed the difference between what makes a lesson and some d-bag telling war stories. OK maybe you're not a FTPro. Could be submitting that script is like mailing a traditional employer your CV. And if not, well, might work as a CV for something like Caro's University.
At any rate I hope you'll remember me if you start PMing out your drafts. |
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NoTilt
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| ImNoPhilIvey wrote: |
NoTilt: Doubtless this will sound like a snarky/mouthy comeback type thing. It isn't.
Sounds like you're the one who should be writing it.
You've got specific opinions and a definite point of view. If you can back up what you're saying, your just displayed the difference between what makes a lesson and some d-bag telling war stories. OK maybe you're not a FTPro. Could be submitting that script is like mailing a traditional employer your CV. And if not, well, might work as a CV for something like Caro's University.
At any rate I hope you'll remember me if you start PMing out your drafts. |
Well, welcome to the forums, NoPhil, and thanks for the complement. Unfortunately, I may be more in the d-bag category...I do okay in sattys, but I've actually had a bad run as of late. Dunno if it's variance or if I need some fine tuning. 
As for writing a script, dunno of that'll happen. FTPA has many, many accomplished folks, both in front of the camera and behind the camera. I know that at least one behind-the-scener can kill online sattys and could probably do the lesson on his own...and he has the results to back it up. I'm not quite there yet.
And I'm sure the pros are decent at satellites, and someone like Chris Ferguson, who's probably too rich to bother playing sattys, would be more interesting in front of the camera than me. I picked Chris in particular because sattys seem much more math-based. Someone on the Ferguson/Bloch/Lederer axis would do well in sattys, I would think...probably better than somoene on the Matusow/Ivey/Negranu axis. (Again, all 6 are too rich to play sattys anyway...heh...) |
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