Well done mate, really happy for you. keep it going

I may just consider taking up those lessons again :p

Cheers pal, but my coaching license has been stripped.

Hahaha thats alright mate, probably wouldnt be able to afford it anyways now that the rates presumably have shot up

Well done mate, really happy for you. keep it going

I may just consider taking up those lessons again :p

Lol glad things have been semi resolved amicably. I wouldn't want a scuffle or anything. Where I'm from these sorted of things would be sorted by a fencing match, first blood drawn wins. Wouldn't want anything so ghastly to go down.

Lol you men you would get your butler to do that sort of work for you :p

Ps pls don't become a reg on blonde :p

You you know i may just have to out of spite, besides I wouldnt want to go against my coaches advice!

nor do I think this is how he actually felt at the time, he was definitely enthusiastic about having more

Dont worry mate. I was just keeping you happy :p

I really like your name

haha I thought it would be popular :p

I reckon we should start a petition to get Alex to change his from cambridgealex to coachalex

All i wanted to do was set my name straight again, not gonna lose face over something as stupid as this on a public forum.

Having said that the tone of my post was largely for effects, it was pretty jokes to be fair. Alex took it well, so all is cool. I wont bitchslap him or anything when i see him, probably just stack him in stead :p

nor do I think this is how he actually felt at the time, he was definitely enthusiastic about having more

Dont worry mate. I was just keeping you happy :p

meh. because of style and content as above, and knowing both of them im 90% sure this is a level. reasonable effort though whoever it was. Only thing is who? It's not Mitch and its not me and I cant think who else there is on the suspect list lol

its me alright. check contact details on my facebook homepage if you're desperate

Hey Cormac,

Sorry for my terrible recommendation at this pathetic excuse for a 'coach'.

I feel in part responsible for this debacle.



But its funny.

Hey mate

that it was indeed :p

But as always you bully me into terrible decisions! Bit of a trend there.

meh. because of style and content as above, and knowing both of them im 90% sure this is a level. reasonable effort though whoever it was. Only thing is who? It's not Mitch and its not me and I cant think who else there is on the suspect list lol

its me alright. check contact details on my facebook homepage if you're desperate

Good post by Tom, you could deffo get him playing HU with you online, where you can play more hands, less rake, and charge him for the privilege and then go over HH's.

Also means you can carry on with the 'lessons' when he moves away.

he hasnt requested anymore lessons im afraid, i think he's been put off...

Hello everybody,

I am the infamous 'Student' aka Cormac...  What would I pay to see poshboy's face right now?? Probably just about £50, it would definitely be more EV than that excuse of a lesson that I got by the 'teacher' a couple of weeks ago. Hey, here's a thought Alex how about you take a picture of your face and then post it on here, I can then transfer you the money since you are so cash desperate to the point that I almost feel a little pity. Emphasis on almost. If your 'Insights' into the game hadn't already put me off, then I'm sure this pathetic display of your professional discreetness and common decency upon mentioning my name on a public forum certainly should have done the job. Talk about damaging reputations, hypocrite. If all else fails than at the very least your apparent lack of brains at the prospect of publicly belittling a supposed customer on your blog AFTER recommending it to him during said lesson. Nice move mate - almost as good as good as getting it all-in pre with  vs a 5-bet  . Pro!

Quiet frankly i thought you were quiet a nice bloke, but apparently you were just 'keeping me happy', well congrats mate well done I'm glad for you. I wish you all the best with your 'friends' keeping you happy. It is quiet ironic how literally the one useful lesson you taught me was just now on this blog underlining exactly how backstabbing and conniving poker sharks actually are, and all of that for exactly 0 pennies. Check that for an EV spot.

And just to clarify some general misconceptions here on this blog:

I did not know Alex was a HU 'specialist' and I didn't make that realisation after my 'privilege' of playing against him either.

I did NOT insist on playing against him nor was I dying to do so. When I did play against him, the last thing that crossed my mind were potential bragging rights.
The table simply broke up and there was no seat on the other game so I simply wanted to pass my time with a nice friendly HU game whilst waiting.

If I'm very honest,i never saw Alex as particularly -EV. His game is simply straightforward and solid. Not more and not less. There is no real creativity or imagination to it, and it isnt exactly unpredictable. To clarify I doubled him up early on giving him £300, where granted he made a good call with 2nd Pair which i didnt think he was capable of. But judging by at least a further 4-5 spots where I turn/river bluffed him with more or less air ball I doubt it would be too daring to consider that call a lucky hit. As for the remaining hour of play, I slowly got back £100. So much for being a good spot.

There were several occasions where I strongly considered joining the other game but Alex literally almost desperately begged me to stay because he was having 'so much fun'. I stayed because I felt a little sorry but also because at no point did I see my stack in particular danger. So much for Alex not once influencing me to play him or me dying to play.

Oh and btw Alex dont take personally or offence to any of this. I'm only being 'extremely honest', since this seems to be the going trend in this blog.

Good night.

Sincerely yours,

The Spot