Hey everyone,

As many of you know I've been working hard on a special project of mine and turning a new chapter in my poker story and in my life.

And on that subject I have given my book, The Blue Book, to a trusted and proven affiliate to sell. I know I previously turned down a few of you who told me your bank roll was a bit short for such an investment. I wrote this book for the people stuck in a poker rut. So for those of you who have been waiting, you can now get The Blue Book for 60% off of the original sale price!

The New Price: $1000 or 697 Euro (60% off of the former $2500 price tag)

Chapter summary and FAQ: A blog about The Blue Book details.
$400 Personal Coaching Lesson Equivalent: 7 lessons to one The Blue Book (a $2800 value)
Facebook updates for The Blue Book: The book's Facebook page.
THE Guarantee: If The Blue Book somehow doesn't improve your poker game, you can return it for 100% of your money back.


Where you can buy The Blue Book: THE PRODUCT PAGE

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Reid vastly improved my poker game. I went from being an ABC and robotic player to truly breaking down each individual situation to decide the best play to win. Under Reid's direction, my poker game vastly improved.
- Brian Wilber aka BW07507

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When I see Reid explain a poker scenario, he always does a great job of breaking down his conclusions in great detail and even encourages questions to be asked. He's always willing to go very in depth with his answers for a student.
- Scott Selling

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I tell everyone that my breakout in poker theory stems from my sessions with Reid. His innovative coaching allowed me to understand the game in a way I never would have before. It was like opening the door to the next level.
-Jaymes Rosenthal

I hope all you guys are well. I just wanted to stop in and let you guys know what's been going on and that I'm continuing to work hard to help to take everyone to the next level in their poker game.

Happy holidays!

Reid

Quick question: What one non-poker industry would you revolutionize given unlimited resources?

Hello Leggo!

First, I'd like to apologize to any of you who are currently under the influence of marajuana. You clicked to read my blog because you were hungry and I made a joke at your expense.

Second, I've missed you guys lately. It's part of the price I'm paying for doing what I'm doing now. Wow, that sounds cryptic! I thought I'd drop in and let everyone know what's going on in in my currently expanding corner of the world.

• I've been staking and coaching my face off
  
  * My most recent blog post in the middle of WSOP was about staking you guys. Of the many of you who applied, I accepted few. Of those few, all have progressed in their game.
  
  * I've coached over a fifty, maybe even one-hundred, different players. Even with massive experience, the law of diminishing returns rears it's ugly head and people feel I'm no longer worth the price tag around lesson eight or so. I'm teaching my stakees weekly and still getting fantastic results. These guys are hard working and motivated to do what I say and what it takes to get better. The progress is visible week-to-week. Great work guys. Keep it up and keep making us moneys!
  
  * I'm very much enjoying seeing what happens when someone actually does what I say to get better. Don't think I'm including myself in that category as I've relied much on talent and some math to get by the last years and little on elbow grease. These guys have inspired me to grind in many aspects of life, not just poker. Thank you all.
  
  
• Learning A TON about business
  
  * I won't comment too much on this heading because I don't want to let the world know too much about what's going on inside my head at this time as it relates to business. I must say that going into college to major in Philosophy was an interesting and gutsy decision. It's annoying with all the other resources that surrounded me during that time but still fantastically rewarding to have a sense of where I belong in the world. I believe that understanding to be invaluable. While I can spend time amassing wealth and knowledge in other arenas that I'd never find true happiness without my studies in Philosophy.
  
  * I know some of you loved the lip ring *cue crickets*, but I've taken it out and transformed into business Reid. So watch out everyone; because you're about to get got. I am still wearing cardigans like a boss and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
  
  * My feelings can be summed up by the infamous philosopher Wittgenstein as he said, and I'm paraphrasing, 'Philosophy is like a ladder one climbs and thereafter ignores for lack of necessity.' I realize that sounds arrogant and like I know how the world works... but hey, I guess I believe that I do to an extent close to that any person might know such a world.
  
  
  I believe what I'm paraphrasing is in his book The Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, for those interested in some next level ish.
  
  
• Learning about the world that makes everything we take for granted possible: programming
  
  * I took AP CompSci in high school for C++ and for Javascript. Those were both extremely introductory courses and the amount of knowledge and languages out there is astounding. Being able to transform a vision into a product by typing some weird characters is one of the coolest ways to create something I can fathom. You also get to understand all the nerdy hipster hashtag jokes and why people make their poker names LOLOLOLOLOL.
  
  * HTML5, CSS, Javascript, PHP, OHMY! There is so much to learn. I'm putting learning Italian on ultra-hold while I get these guys more or less down. Peccato!
  
  
• Happily ignoring speculation about Full Tilt's (and a LOT of my money's) future
  
  * French guy does XYZ, where's my mon-ey? Nobody knows. Speculators gonna speculate. I love how many people and organizations are becoming active within the poker community and if it takes calling someone a Ponzi, then what the hell?
  
  
  
  * It's amazing how easy it is to spread the word and to sign a letter to a congressman or let someone know your thoughts as a US citizen. Take some advice from Sauce's latest blog: don't dress up like a retard zombie without a reason; learn about a situation and act on it in an informed way. Poker players have nothing better to do now, so we should at least protect our own livelihoods. Below is a picture of some retards:
  
  
  
  
• Taking things one day at a time
  
  * With how busy I've been in web site development mode and in staking and coaching mode, some of my relationships have suffered. I'd like to apologize to my friends here and face to face; wherever you'll hear it. Maybe saying it here will inspire others to notice a similar effect of their new found passion-grind. Each of you are very important to me and more than I could ever say here. Liz, Greg, Joe, Craig, Derek, Evan, John, Haupt, Cheet, Jon, Greg, Will, Ben, and a lot more of you guys... I just hope that you can understand that I truly do feel like what I'm working on is my calling and that the pressure I'm dealing with to turn my dreams into reality isn't something I want to hurt our relationships. You guys are always in my thoughts and I know that that's not enough sometimes. I just hope that you guys can give me a pass for this one and understand that I don't actually hate you.
  

Thank you guys for reading, as always. Hopefully this doesn't seem like rambling. I had some stuff bottled up that needed to be said and I'm a blogger without a home for now!

Reid

Hey guys,

I haven't updated for a while because I've been busy finishing up my new site. It comes out very soon. That's pretty much all I'm saying for now... it's TOP SECRET :P

I'm coming at you from WSOP 2011 and so far, I'm beating up on the cash players and getting sucked out on in tournaments; all-in-all a standard WSOP!

I want to make a post about a mutually beneficial relationship I can offer some of you guys who are still playing online with documented and consistent results. I'd like to stake some guys around the 200nl level along with personal coaching lessons.

My success in taking 200nl players to higher stakes is very well documented. Many now LeggoPoker professionals are former students of mine. I'll give you the same dedication because we have mutually beneficial motivations. Win win.

Please contact me on Facebook if you're interested so we can speak in detail (Reid Young, Charlotte NC). If you don't have Facebook, comment here. My mailbox is suuuuuuuuuuuuper full having been downgraded to a Leggo member.

Thanks guys and GL everyone in the WSOP!

Reid

Hey everyone,

It's been a while since I've made a video at LeggoPoker. So for those of you wondering, I would like to let you know that I'll no longer be producing videos at LeggoPoker.

I have plans to continue my poker teaching endeavors but I will not divulge where on LeggoPoker since some people may view us as a competing web site.

In any case, I would like to thank everyone at LeggoPoker for being so great and let everyone out there know that there's no bad blood. Matt, Vitas, and Aaron were a lot of fun to work with and a very understanding group of guys. I wish them and Leggo good luck.

If you'd like to get in touch with me, my PM box here is open to you all. For my current students, this won't change anything. For new students, you'll know where to find me soon.

-Reid

PS - Everyone here, feel free to FaceBook me or Follow me on Twitter at SHOOTAAA (you can click on the link at the top of my blog to follow me)

Hey guys,

I know everyone out there is freaking out a bit, myself included. I'd like to share with you something I thought about on the way back from my girl friend's earlier today.

My internal monologue was all over the place. I've never been confused about my path in life until last night. It's changed a lot, from doctor to poker player, but I've always known where to put the pressure and where to work hard to see the results I wanted to see.

I imagine for a lot of you that this thought resonates. It's tough to be one of the better in the world at something one day and then have it taken away in an instant.

I'm not sure that that's the case here and speculation will only breed more worry at this point. So what I proposed to do in a day full of virtual mass murder in Call of Duty is make a list of 10 things that are not directly related to money or poker that make me truly happy.

1) Big-ass pajama pants

2) Hand washing my M3

3) My passions in life and my ability to soak up knowledge and throw myself into a subject

4) My girl friend is amazing and understanding (LOL nah nah)

5) Being with all my family, especially my brother. We are leaving for a beach trip Monday and it couldn't be at a better time.

6) Dogs

7) My friends who will always have my back and always give me encouraging words, even in the worst times.

8) The Animated Batman series

9) Being outdoors and reading a good book, maybe while drinking a coffee

10) The Peasant Parade


I suggest you guys make a list. Hell, post it here. The happier we all are right now, the better for us. We worked hard at poker to make it this far. If we have to, I know we can channel that energy into something else that excites us.

-Reid

Hey guys,

I'm blogging about a pretty epic weekend. First of all, for any of you guys following me on Twitter (I'm shootaaa on there), you have seen my spam about the BMW driving school I attended with my dad. Christmas came a little late this year for my dad due to BMW's schedule, but he definitely looked like it was worth the wait.

The school was ridiculous amounts of fun! I can't put the experience into words, pictures, or videos. That fact isn't going to stop me from trying. I think it's best if I just post a lot of pictures and vids and let you guys see what its about at the BMW Performance Center. I'll just say that I have an M3 and I've been dying to let loose on mine, so being able to drive one as hard as I possibly could around a closed track today was exhilarating to say the least. As poker players, we say that our emotions are numbed by the way we make our money. We lose and win huge pots and it's all commonplace; after I took my turn in the M3, my hands were shaking from the adrenaline pumping!

I've also included some other pictures and videos. The red cars are all 135i cars, the white ones are 335i cars, and the video is me just coming into a straightaway in the M3.

1 series! the 135i cars we were driving. They're super light and maneuverable. The same engine as the 335i with a much lighter body and tighter wheel base makes for some sick cornering!
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Here is a picture of the parking area just outside of our classroom. It was pretty funny because the first morning we were there we were talking about contact area of tires while you accelerate, decelerate, brake, turn, yaw rate, tire pressure, etc... and everyone is just looking out the window, salivating, and wondering what will be.

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Gettin' wet n' wild on the skid pad with the 335i!

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Here's a picture of basically of car like mine, M3, like the one in the below video. All the instructors teased us the entire time by leading us around the various courses and through exercises with these bad boys... then it was our turn.

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Sorry for the camera work and the grunting in fear. Those are both my dad
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It's pretty easy to see that part of my weekend was pretty amazing. I'm definitely going back for the M school where you drive faster cars harder and crazier than what we were doing, which was pretty nuts in itself. So how could this weekend get any better? Let me tell you.

It all started around a year ago with the first fateful Larry Open; then came Larry Bowl;and now, Larry Madness. If you don't know what the Larry tournament series is all about, then you're a Lloyd. I'm sure most of you Lloyds reading this now might be upset. Don't be. The world is made of Larries and Lloyds and we need both. These small tournaments have some prestigious fields, some of the best of the online world. I'll just say that I ran great when all in, not sucking out, or getting sucked out on. The last hand was a super cooler. I'm lucky to be on the good side of that, but I'm truly happy with every decision I made including some hero variance saving folds here and there.

Without further ado, I give you proof of the new King Larry!

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FWIW, no rebuy

-Reid

I've had this post waiting for the "post now" time. It's here! Congratulations Greg! You're a beast!

Guys, if you haven't been following, then you should definitely reread the final table action here at the WPT's website here: http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Updates/Live.aspx.

He played so well so obviously dominated and out-adjusted the opposition. The KTss hand is just so gut wrenching. I know Greg and I know that he can just bottle that shit up to fist pump his cares away 1 million dollars later. Well played, sir. Well played. That's my roomy from college people!

-Reid









Hand #96: Gregory Brooks Wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic! ($1,654,120)
Level 32: 75,000-150,000, 25,000 ante
Gregory Brooks raises to 325,000, and Vivek Rajkumar calls. The flop comes 732, Rajkumar checks, Brooks bets 400,000, and Rajkumar thinks for more than 30 seconds before he moves all in for 3,500,000.

Brooks thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls with 87 for a pair of sevens, and Rajkumar turns over J10 for two over cards with runner-runner straight and flush draws.

The turn is the 2, the river is the A, and Gregory Brooks wins the pot -- and the tournament -- with a two pair, sevens and deuces.

Vivek Rajkumar finishes as the runner-up, earning $908,730. He came close to winning his second WPT title, but could never claim the chip lead heads up.

Gregory Brooks wins the WPT L.A. Poker Classic, earning $1,654,120, a Remington statue trophy, and a WPT bracelet. The prize money includes a $25,500 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Bellagio in May.

Congratulations to Gregory Brooks!

1st: Gregory Brooks - $1,654,120
2nd: Vivek Rajkumar - $908,730
3rd: Carlos Mortensen - $640,680
4th: Amir Lehavot - $421,680
5th: Steve Gross - $304,000
6th: Darryll Fish - $235,350

I went home over the last few days to do some kayaking lessons with my dad. Along with 6 others in club like a YMCA, we met to get started. We practiced a lot of maneuvering to get ready to roll ourselves from upside-down underwater to upright and ready to paddle again. I have to say that at first, being upside-down while you're strapped into something where your legs are fairly tight is a pretty uncomfortable feeling at first!


This is what we're working toward. There are so many little things you have to do with the paddle and with your body, it's nuts to keep track of, and then you have to add in the fact that if you're not used to the under the water nature of this task that your brain is constantly firing out warnings that you're about to die. Those warnings hurt my concentration some, but I'm rolling next lesson. I'll make sure of it.

I got some nice family time in over the last few days and hand washed and waxed my car outside one of the warmer days with my dad. I feel like washing your first car by hand outside is just one of those things in live that make me purely happy. It seems like poker numbs away some of the middling emotions sometimes, so it's always nice to find something you enjoy just for the sake of it. That's not to say that I don't enjoy a lot of things, I definitely do. There just aren't words for it guys.

In other news, I've been writing some articles for CardPlayer and they've been going well. My one on Rush Poker should be out soon. It's so tough to tackle a subject in only a few pages, but I think that my writing is becoming more concise and interesting because of the limitations, not necessarily in my blog!

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to Dr. Giggy for being the 2nd Larry Bowl Champion. It's truly an amazing feat to best such a talented young field and I know he works hard on poker and it's a deserved win. Big ups giggy!

I wanted to drop in and say hello to everyone. I hope you guys are doing well.

-Reid

So other than running the $3 rebuy multi entry turbo Rush tourney streets (most miserable tourney ever?) poker has been going pretty terribly. January was by far my worst month ever as it seemed everytime I had AK someone had AA and lots of other things. Obviously these things, once again, reared their ugly heads when I was playing higher stakes sad face.

Anyways, enough bitching. The cool thing about getting destroyed monetarily, if there is one, is that it shakes you out of being complacent. After I wrote my book wherein I went over tons of hands picking out good and interesting ones and tons of math on all sorts of spots to explain my examples and theory discussions, I felt like a theory beast. My game was razor sharp around last September. The only problem with doing so much theory is that I missed out on putting things into practice by playing.

Now it seems like I'm on the other end of the spectrum and it's time to get back to basics, tweeking my game, and fixing up some more of the nitty gritty. Don't get me wrong though, I still feel great playing about anyone who plays 5/10 and most of the 10/20 winners when I'm on my B+ or better game. The main thing is that I'm hungry again and I'm ready to get back to improving my poker game where lately I've been improving only other people's games.

The new group coaching has gotten underway and it seems like this time I have a solid bunch of students who are ready to learn. We're taking a cool approach at things this time and I'm letting them make their own curriculum. So what's going down is they're asking me about whatever they want, planned out before our lessons, and we're going to drill the topic with hand histories and recordings to boot. Fun times as always. I love meeting the guys. A friend and I were talking and it's actually almost always fun to meet someone who plays MSNL or higher. I think like in life, if you can deal with all the BS that poker throws at you AND survive it all, you just have to have a certain easy-going personality and the ability to throw down if the situation warrants it; that's a sick combo for a personality.

So back to how sick I am at Rush Poker: if you guys haven't checked out the LeggoPoker video where I play 100% of my hands pre-flop (unless someone has shoved before me), check it out HERE. It's one ofthe only videos I've seen on Leggo that held a 10/10 and I think it shows a great strategy to Rush Poker that most people intuit a bit, but fail to take it home while they're playing the game. I've written an article that will be in CardPlayer magazine very soon. I have bi-monthly articles there to start because poker players are "bad at deadlines" and this is my trial run. Who knew :P ?

A lot of people ask me about playing Rush and moving up and I'd like to say to all you guys thinking the same thing: STOP YOU RETARDS! It's a completely different game and I have no problem playing it for fun and messing around (see above $3 retard tourney), but you just don't learn the same things you need to learn to move past MSNL. Every play in Rush Poker is more or less in a vaccuum and you miss out on tons of metagame, the meat of "real" poker. If you're serious about moving up, I'd recommend avoiding the Rush tables. If you need the money or just like clicking buttons, be my guest gentlemen.

Non-poker things have been going awesome. I've just gotten back from Tahoe where my friend Derek and I went snowboarding (see them pix?)






I also got to visit with a friend from high school who lives close to Derek in San Fran who I hadn't seen in a while, so that was sweet. We talked a long time and caught up with the bros. Very solid time.

I've bought SO much alcohol in the past few months. My bar is better stocked than every place in Charlotte I've been to now as far as quality alcohol and variety go. I'll make a drink blog for you guys sometime. I've been saving up some pictures of some cool cocktails. I can't make / drink them all in one night because I'd die. Maybe I'll have a cocktail making party and dress everyone up speakeasy style? Who knows?

Life is going pretty well outside of the poker run bad, so it's been pretty easy to put down the mouse and look around and be like well, whatever, I'm still balling and and having tons of fun with lots of people I enjoy.

I hope you guys are doing well. See you in Vegas this summer where I'll take my Rush run good to the FELT.

-Reid


I know you guys might have seen it before, but if you click the link above on my blog where it says "Life and times of REID YOUNG" that's the link to my twitter. I figured if chewy is getting in on the shameless self-promotion, I can too :P