Hey guys... it's been a while and I haven't had any videos up in a while because my computer went busto. It's in transit from Vegas right now and hopefully I'll have time to get it repaired while I'm looking for a place to move. I have tons of awesome pictures and videos from Vegas that I want to post up doing everything from interviewing friends during the main event to playing dodgeball on trampolines.

My next group lessons are starting Wednesday, so if you're interested in hopping in (the next one will be in 2 months) then PM me on Leggo before Wednesday and we'll get you set up!

Details on group coaching.

I hope you guys are well. I'll post more when I get back to a place I can upload some shit to make this blog more fun to read!

-Reid

Hey guys, it's been a while! I've been busy WSOPing and getting shit on by donkaments, yay summer time! I'm out in Vegas until after the main event, so I'm just settling in and getting into the grind a bit more. There have already been 3 birthdays in our house (there are 6 of us total) and more to come, so the night life isn't not not lacking to say the most.

I don't want to chat too much about tournaments, but I will take you guys through my heads up $10,000 experience because it was just too much fun and pain to not revisit. I walk into the Rio with Greg (mynmsgreg, guido express, etc) and he's like oh man, what if you draw Farha? And I'm like ew... I think it would be like getting that feeling that you're going to lose CCR and then you lose, but don't really care because CCR is fun. He shrugs and laughs, we move on and after they resat us and I'm sitting down waiting for my opponent to arrive. It was pretty surreal seeing all the big names in poker. Usually, it's pretty laughable, but surrounded by all those guys, even Lederer, it was pretty cool. Then...



I feel like Christmas came early and it was pretty cool because we were chatting and Sammy seemed like a pretty fun dude. He was fishing for some information before the match, but I obviously just releveled with nonsense. I also forgot to say raisy daisy... fml.

He check-raises a lot of my cbets with mixed results and he's 3-bet me about 30% of the time to start off, which brings me to my first hand.

Hand 1: I raise KJo, he calls and it comes QsTh9s. I cbet and know what's coming. He raises, I call. Turn 9d, he bets I call. River is somehow the 5h and he checks, basically saying, GL sir, I have KQ/AQ. I bet 6500 into 9000 and he calls pretty quickly, saying he had AQ. I'm up to about 42k from my 30k starting stack.

Hand 2: I raise Kh5c, he calls. KcJh7c. He check-raises. Turn 8c, check check. River Qs, check-check. He confidently turns over J9o, which was funny because I now know he's open for range mergification all over the place.

Hand 3: I raise AKo, he calls. Ks6h2s, he check-raises to 2500, I make it 5300, he shoves, I call. He has 75ss, turn 4s, so I'm down to about 17k. We were playing right beside the rail, so about 40 people saw how stone cold I was when he binked and I like to think that scares people.

Hand 4: I raise AA, he calls. T96r. He check calls.. Turn J. He leads pot I call. River 5. Pot I call q8 good. 14.5k... obv felt gross calling a psb, but whatever, I think it's mehhhh.

Hand 5: I raise red 77, he calls. 7c8c9d, he check-raises and I decide to ship it in and his JT holds. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

That's basically how the series has been going. I feel like I have a huge edge on 99% of these guys and then it's just the same old. I'm still having lots of fun playing and my soul is relatively together still. Hope you guys are well <3 Time for a lazy day of coconut water (top one hangover cure if you're interested in trying it), ordering pizza (pepperoni and pineapple, son!), satting into the main and lazying by the pool after failing satting into the main.

-Reid

Hey everyone in poker land, just wanted to pop in and let you know that the group lessons will be starting within a week, so get in those last minute sign ups. Our internet situation is weird because I think the people renting the house to us here in sunny Las Vegas have yet to turn on the internet.

All my housemates are the shit and this year looks like it's going to be insanely fun and profitable. I saw a white Maserati Grand Turismo on the road today, so I'm channeling that feeling of want for inspiration.

I haven't played poker in a week minus a few 100 hand sessions here and there at a friends place because I've been in San Francisco, which was awesome. I'd seriously consider moving there if it weren't for how close I am with my family, maybe that's fish logic, but maybe not.


My parents got me a FLiP video, which looks like this thingy above depicted. At first, I was a bit skeptical, but the thing takes videos in amazingly high quality. So far I've mostly used it to get funny drunk videos of my friends and me and a few San Fran sites. I'll probably do a Vegas house tour of our place because I think it's the shizzy and I wanna brag on it some

My book is going through it's final editing phase, so thanks to all of you who have been patiently waiting for it's release. Once again, just grinding travels and friends didn't leave much time for book editing. Now I'm in Vegas and I see myself getting into the grind routine as I do pretty well every year, even with this ridiculous pool outside!

Alright guys, just wanted to drop in and say hey and give you a quick update on the book and coaching sign ups and scheduling. Both have been dragging out, so send in those coaching payments and we'll hit the ground running once the internet man hooks us up!

-Reid

I'm usually not that big of an Eminem fan, but this song seems pretty cool and appropriate in a nerdy sort of way.

In the spirit of trying to make this the biggest group coaching group I've ever undertook, I'm posting the information again. I've been taking some time off from coaching in the past few weeks and now I'm ready to hit the ground running with the new group lessons. If you've had coaching from me in the past and you know a friend who might want to sign up, holler at them and we can put you guys in the same group or just holler at them if you like them getting better at poker! So much of what makes people better in poker is the network of people around them. So I'm asking you guys to kick start the networking, and maybe grab some guys who may not see this blog.

For everyone else who has PM'ed or emailed me in the past few weeks, check your inbox here for details on payment if you haven't already paid. A few of my former students have been kind enough to field questions from potential students, so if you have any questions like the "is it worth it" and "how awesome is this really" then those are your guys to get the (confirmed unbiased) answers.

Speaking of former students, I'd like to formally welcome Marvin (Steel108) to LeggoPoker! He's a beast and I'm glad he's ended up in our camp for now.

Below I've copied my former blog entry to get things out in the open a bit more and let you guys know all the information I can think of about my group lessons. As always, post or PM me questions and I'll be happy to work with you to figure everything out and to make sure you are able to make an informed decision about signing up.

It's been a bit since I've posted, so I hope you guys are all doing well! I look forward to hearing from you guys about your struggling buds or just to shoot the breeze about how the poker-coaster is treating you.

-Reid

Hey guys, I promised that I'd make a post today about my new group coaching sign-ups, so here it goes. It may be a little curt because I have some friends in town from D.C., but I just wanted to give you a quick curriculum run-down and price, along with a few tips if it'll be worth it for you or not and I'll append a few details either in a new post or in the comments section of this pot.

1. The price is $2,000 per person.

2. Payment gets you 8 lessons total (5 sweats, one for each person in the group, and 3 theory lessons in presentation format), barring a scheduling conflict. What I mean when I say "scheduling conflict" is that there are an odd number of students, so I'll have to readjust the numbers for each group. I'll do this in favor for you guys because I truly believe it's all about you. I'll give contact information of former students who agree (I haven't spoken to any about this yet, I'm sure many will agree to it) just so you guys can get an unbiased testimony from them. I can post quotations here about what my former students liked about my coaching, but you guys my be skeptical and not trust it, so I want you to hear about it from the horse's mouth.

3. If you'd like to sign-up with a group of friends, please let me know and I'll cater to your needs and make plans for you guys to all be in a group.

4. If you play 100nl, really consider if this is worth it for you. All of you guys will get much better at poker, but I don't want to take 1/3 your role and slow your poker growth that much more. So consider the expected value of what you can do and what you think I can do for you versus how much it's going to cost you. Let me know, there's always next time the lessons start up guys.

5. Lessons are typically an hour to an hour and a half and are recorded with Camtasia and Pamela (a Skype recorder) while we use Teamviewer or Mikogo, whichever is working best, to share screens while we critique play during the sweat sessions. I send out the theory presentations to you guys along with audio, just to save space on your computers. [

B] *[/b]Please make sure that you have a good connection because it's pretty frustrating and embarrassing when I think someone is good to go and they disconnect a lot because they're at their friend's mom's sister's place and we have to get creative to find someone else prepared well enough to sweat.* If we get started late, I don't take it out of our allotted time or if we start on a subject, I'm not going to cut people off just because we're out of time.

6. Lessons are once per week at a time that we all agree on. Sometimes I have to reschedule, but I try to give as much notice as possible (other than the one time I forgot my mic and realized I didn't pack it 5 minutes before the lesson was supposed to start. Sorry again guys!

7. Be wary of daylight savings time if you're outside of the USA.

8. Like I said, I'll group students together based on a few different factors: skill level (see above), time zones (try to avoid making you get up at 10am if you live in Australia), friends (above), and repeat customers.

9. You'll get access to my private coaching forum where I'm especially active and, more importantly, other students are active and always organizing sweats with one another. My goal is not only to get you guys better in the 2 months or so during which we are working together, but also to create a network you have access to long-after our coaching is over. If you put in the effort, you'll find like-minded people out there ready to get better and to succeed with you. I strongly recommend utilizing this part of the group lessons because a lot of what I know from poker has come from conversations with friends about spots or extrapolating from those conversations.

I think this is going to be the basic run-down for now. Like I said, I'll elaborate soon. For those of you who would like to be repeat customers, and I've had a few, I'll incorporate a few different theory lessons for you guys, at least one, because the main 3 or 4 I use are extremely popular and have even gotten me a few requests to be sold on their own (they won't be).

Good luck guys, PM me or leave comment for sign-up requests. Also, please message me your real name, AIM screen name, email address, skype name, and either or both of your Full Tilt Poker or PokerStars names so that we can be in touch.

-Reid


EDIT: I added some more information. PM me if you'd like contact with any former students, I'm not sure if it's ok with them to post contact information here, but there are a few I've checked with who are fine with being contacted by people with legitimate interest in the program.

Just had this hand with my group students, not a huge call IMO but definitely shipping the HH for funny/donk love factor. This group is about to finish up and so when the one guy missed who was supposed to close us out, we agreed I'd play and be sweat some.

Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $810.50
SB: $795.25
BB: $1,158.05
UTG: $811.25
MP: $785.25
CO: $400

Pre-Flop: 9 9 dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, Hero raises to $12, SB calls $10, BB folds

Flop: ($32.50) 6 3 J (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $20, SB calls $20

Turn: ($72.50) 4 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $52, SB raises to $165, Hero calls $113

River: ($402.50) 5 (2 Players)
SB bets $597.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $597.50

Results: $1,597.50 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 9 9 and WON $1,594.50 (+$800 NET)
SB showed 8 8 and LOST (-$792.50 NET)


I was glad to see how many responses the post on poker etiquette got. It always strikes me as interesting how people try to apply moral imperatives to a game based on taking money from other people. I think people can still be classy, don't get me wrong. I just think that logically, the implications are hilarious. Classy slow-roll coming soon?

Stay tuned.

-Reid

PS - New group coaching sign-ups are very soon! Like even tomorrow or day after tomorrow style

Hey guys, just wondering what you think of poker etiquette?

When you have the nuts and someone shoves into you, what do you think about slow-rolling? rude table talk? I'll respond to you guys in the comment section or in another blog post, but I think it's a pretty interesting concept where a lot of things I think about come into play.

I'll say that all of those things are options we all have and that they have value; otherwise, I want to leave the floor open for discussion in the comments section here.

Hope you're all well

-Reid

Hey guys, sorry about the infrequent updates, but I've been grinding my book SO hard. I'm pleased to say that I've finally finished writing it and that I've sent it over to my editors, one real life editor and a few professional poker players who will know what I'm actually saying. I'm exploring and considering some different and newer forms of advertising out there, so if you guys have any ideas, feel free to shoot me a PM. BTW, huge shout out to my friends who are helping me edit this thing and make the cover along with countless other things, you guys rule <3.

For those of you who have been reading my blog with any regularity, you've noticed that I've been writing about cocktails quite a bit lately. In that same vein, I'd like to share with you now a few of my favorites that I actually took the time to photograph starting with a lemoncello.

This is my first attempt at making this dessert liqueur (I say liqueur but it's strong as ****). Here's the recipe that I got from here and a little photo-time line of it's progression into a tasty beverage.

Lemoncello
1 bottle everclear (wee)
8 lemon peels (no white on the peelings!)
Simple Syrup (made slightly stronger than normal with 5oz water and 3 cups of sugar)

The lemon peels have to sit in the everclear for two weeks, shaken once a day to make sure the flavor is being soaked up well, and then combined with the simple syrup. It turns from a clear yellow to a creamy yellow and thereafter smells slightly less like a lemony kick in the nose. Here are the pictures:

Wait, never mind on the time line thing, I slowrolled myself and/or lost the pictures.

Sazerac
Rinse glass with Absinthe (or substitute liquorish flavored liqueur)
1 tsp simple syrup (1:1 ratio of water and sugar, fully dissolved)
3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters
2.5 oz Rye Whiskey
1 lemon peel to garnish

I've been using Booker's Bourbon in a little adaptation of this drink mostly because nobody in NC I've seen carries good Rye. Jim Beam is the best I can get and it's so mellow and young that it doesn't really make that good of a Rye to use for a Sazerac IMO.

Here are the ingredients along with the finished product (don't judge my glass wear yet):



Finally, the negroni. One of my favorites and a drink sure to put a smile on your grandfather or any other old man's face. It's very simple to make and very awesome to drink.

Negroni
1 part Gin (I prefer Bombay Sapphire for the extra hints of juniper flavor)
1 part Campari
1 part sweet vermouth
1 Lemon peel to garnish

Make sure you stir, not shake, this drink in order to cool it. Shaking the drink causes bits of ice to float around in it, which is normally awesome, but for something that has a chance at being translucent is something you want to avoid so the ice doesn't catch the light and create the appearance of a light red swamp in a glass. If you or your guests don't care how it looks, shake away!

Here are the ingredients and the slightly effeminate looking beverage (yes I'm comfortable carrying around a pink drink in a martini glass, what):





I hope some of you guys try one or a few of these and like them! I'll put some more up if people enjoy this kind of thing. Also, if anyone knows something besides lemonade to make with a ton of peeled lemons, I have plenty.

Hope you guys enjoy my new 2k and 5k video that should be out tomorrow or very soon! I'll let everyone know when the book is published. I appreciate the PMs. It's good to see my own excitement about it mirrored by you guys

-Reid

Hey guys, it's been a while now! I took some time to go to Tahoe again to do some snowboarding and I went to NYC to see some buddies I'd been missing for too long now and to celebrate my friend Derek's bday.

Needless to say, it was all a ton of fun. I got to do a little work on my book, which is nearing completion. I'll be sending it to an editor in the next few days if I can make myself just grind it out for a few more hours. But here I am, blogging because I wanted to say something that I probably repeat a lot and that something has to do with my students. You guys are priority number one as far as my scheduling goes and I missed a lesson because I forgot my mic at home over my trip and it made me feel like shit. I'm going to see everyone Tuesday again, but it feels like it's been forever, so I just hope you guys don't feel like I'm letting you down at all. Anyways, sorry again guys.

To make up for my lackadaisical nature and my recent shortcomings as a leggo video producer (rather be snowboaring and partying obv), I'm going to release a video of myself playing some deep 2knl and some 5knl. It's one of the best videos I think that will be on leggo and it's pretty unique in that not that many hands are played. While it is a session of me playing, the in depth examination of a few complex hands make the video more into a conceptual video and show why high stakes is so much fun. When the game becomes more like chess and less about wondering if this guy is just donking it off with something retarded, it's a lot more fun to me and I'm sure to all of you guys who love challenges and come from gaming / nerdy backgrounds (like me).

BTW, random shout out to my trivia team for winning last Thursday thanks to some clutch answers, not the least of which was me knowing something about "Settlers of Cataan." If you know what that is, we're in a very special group of people, I'll just say that.

I've been getting more and more into mixology lately, which is just making super awesome drinks. I want to make a blog post with a lot of drinks to showcase my skills and kind of force me to amp them up a bit, analogous to the way a leggo video makes me stay sharp with poker. I also think it's going to be a fast spreading cultural change of which we're on the cusp. It sort of merges with being rich and hipster, but overall, the classier and more relaxed atmosphere as well as the thought and care that go into all these great recipes I'm learning just kind of pretty all my buttons in the right way. So if you guys care about that at all, I'll show you what's up soon. Plus, I'm going to get my mixing skills down before Vegas (our house has a swim-up bar in the pool obv).

Take care guys, that video will be out soon.

-Reid

JESUS... I just had the most epic time in Charlotte, NC. The reason I went there, since I'm sure about everyone is thinking "why the f would you go to Charlotte to party?" is because my friend Brent was on Spring break this week. I got a call from him about a week ago and he said that his reservations and money spent for Miami were scammed. He's notoriously bad at some life situations, but I still love him, so I said, sir, c'mon up and we'll find something fun to do. Our friend Michael came up with Brent, and so we were off to find some fun.

We stayed at the Omni hotel in a suite with two queens and a fold-out (won CCR for a bed obv). We went to a nice place every night to eat ('cept the one time we went to Buffalo Wild Wings) and I won a LOT of CCRs over the trip, I had to pay for one nice meal only I think. The biggest one was when we all got back at about 9am and Brent had to get bagels from Breugger's while Michael had to pay for it while we were all extremely hungover and tired. BTW, top one OJ if you get a chance to sample it.

We went out every night we were there, which was supposed to be one night and turned into three. We spent a few nights at the epicenter, which just has tons of everything in it from great sushi places (and BWW) to clubs. The first night we went out, we went to Suite and got VIP because some friends came and we wanted to show them a good time. Also, standing is rigged when you can sit We had lots of fun, but it was short-lived because we arrived at midnight to find that once we were inside (obv), they closed at 2am. With our two bottles of Belvadere, we were hoping for a bit later closing time. However, that didn't stop us from doing some serious work and nearly finishing it between effectively four of us (we 3 amigos + some girls who weren't helping much). End result being me singing "Kissed by a Rose" to Brent in Waffle House after I bought it nine+ times on the jukebox (see below / I was shy about being photographed during) and being super dead the next day.

The next night, we went out to a place called Whiskey River, which is certainly as country as it sounds. I'd been before, but this time it was DEAD. There was a man who looked like Larry David on the dance floor and a mechanical bull. All-in-all, we managed to keep ourselves busy and our server's boy friend worked as a DJ at Butter, where we went the following night. I can't find the pic I have of Michael riding the bull... lame. We all rode and I lost the last-longer. I'm claiming cheating because some people (Brent) hooked their feet on the bottom of it. It's either that, or I'm a propping fish, which is a distinct possibility.

Butter was insane. Their VIP area was pretty unique from what I've seen so far because it was open to all the other people in VIP. So it was really just like a roped off 10% of the club, which I didn't think I was going to like at first. After everyone got right (for those of you who don't know me that well, yes I'm saying this ironically; although, there is truth to it), there were people everywhere and everyone I met was the coolest and having so much fun laughing and smiling among the general melee and craziness.

Anyways, so that's a long-ass explanation about why my student video hasn't been posted. As soon as I add the audio, I'll get it up and then I have a special video for you guys after that one that I'm looking forward to compiling. Snowboarding trip later this week to Tahoe, TR to follow.

Take care guys.

-Reid