6-Max: 50NL-100NL ($100/hr)

[ssells73]

Scott Selling

Poker Rankings And Stats

Stakes Played

6 - Max $200 No Limit





Prices And Packages

$100/HOUR

5 hour package $475



Limits And Game Types Coached

6 - Max, up to NL100. I can coach NL200, but will need to discuss it with you first.



Coaching / Playing Style

I don’t feel as if there is any “perfect” or “ideal” way to play poker. I do think it’s important to evaluate every street of play and to consider future streets throughout the entire hand. Focusing on why you're doing what you're doing and really getting into how you're thinking about each hand is a continuous theme in my lessons. I recently took part in Reid’s (aka: shootaa) group coaching and the program was great. Reid really helped me think more creatively and generally improve as a player.



How My Coaching Works

I cater my coaching to each student individually, everyone is different and has different styles of learning / improving. Generally I have a new student make a video with no audio for the first lesson and review it with him. It’s the most efficient way for me to analyze your game and develop a plan to move forward with. From there, live sweats, hh reviews, more recorded sessions, theory lessons, etc, are all viable options depending on your specific wants and needs.

Long term relationships with my students are important to me and anyone that receives coaching will also receive my AIM screen name, email address and access to my private coaching forum here on Leggo. I encourage all my students to send me hh’s via email, skype or AIM between lessons. It’s a great way to reinforce concepts and make sure nothing is misapplied.



Poker Background

I started playing poker in high school when my friends and I saw the movie “Rounders.” After that it was Moneymaker winning the WSOP and we were immediately playing whenever we could: we were all hooked. When I went away to college at Marquette University I didn’t know if I’d be able to keep playing, but was hoping I could. Luckily, within the 2nd week there were a few nightly games in the basement of my dorm. Looking back I wasn't very good but thankfully everyone else was absolutely terrible. Towards the end of 1st semester, a group of the better guys and I started talking poker a lot and found Party Poker. I started by getting a “roll” of 50 bucks from a buddy and played ½ Limit. I Played that all through freshman year and did well, started moving up, etc. Sophomore-senior year I played anywhere from 3-6 to 30-60 Limit and never even tried No Limit aside from SNG’s. Throughout college I had my ups and downs but made a pretty decent amount of money although I struggled with tilt for a long time.

When I graduated I wanted to play poker full time but got a pretty good job offer in outside sales. I took it while still playing Limit on the side. Eventually I realized that I wanted to give No Limit a whirl but I quickly found out the games weren't as easy online! I joined Leggo at some point during that time and made a few friends on 2p2 and grinded. I started winning at NL100 and was considering quitting my job but I received an offer in Pharmaceutical Sales that was too much money to pass up. On the side I kept playing poker, watching videos, checking 2p2 and Leggo forums all the time, anything to try and get better. Eventually I decided to quit and give poker a go, My family, friends and girlfriend all supported it, which was awesome. I've been playing full time for about a year now and I'm loving it, the freedom is great.

[thisbetom]

I'm wrapping up my 5th hour with Scott tomorrow. I've admittedly been lazy with my game and tired during a couple of our sessions, but Scott is always on point and actively calling attention to mistakes/leaks/adjustments I should be making.

I highly recommend him for both his playing ability/understanding of the game, and ability to coach.

[qpac09]

I've been working with Scott since around March and my poker game has really improved while working with him. He has pretty much helped me with every part of my poker game. Coming from a mass multitabling background my hand reading was pretty much nonexistent. Scott's hand reading is spot on and he turned me from just playing my hand to becoming a thinking player.

What I really liked about the lessons was that he let me choose what type of lesson that I wanted. When we first started out we started with live sweats then we would have HH reviews, and now we are currently doing theory lessons. I felt this really helped me stay focused week to week because it was what I wanted to do and not forced on to me by someone else.

Other than being a great player/coach Scott is a cool person and very easy to talk to. He also gives you his email, skype, AIM screennames and always responds in a timely matter.

Scott is a great coach and I highly recommend him.

[bleslie]

I would like to highly recommend Scott as a coach. I began coaching sessions with him around 6 months ago when I was struggling at NL25 and was barely breakeven including rakeback.

We began with some sweating sessions and my winrate almost immediately improved. Soon I was playing comfortable and NL 50 and winning. After a few sweating sessions we had a few HH review sessions. These sessions were great as we could discuss specific hands in detail. This is where I began to learn a lot more about hand reading and villains hand ranges. My play in 3 bet pots also improved greatly (this was a huge leak for me)

On top of the sessions Scott is always responding to the HH's I send him via email and AIM. His advise on these is far superior than any advice I receive in the 2+2 forums.

Recently I have moved up to NL100 and am a decent winner. I still am having sessions and hope to move up to NL200 in the near future.

If you are considering Scott as I coach I would gladly answer any questions you have over PM.

I just hope he doesn’t coach to many of you or ill be back where I started

[urimisi]

Hey I'd like to recommend him as well.He is very helpful and flexible.I have had a couple of coaches before but I think that Scott was definitely the best so far.Lessons are informative and enjoyable.Seems like a cool guy.I am sure that you will be happy choosing him.

[PearlSeal]

Highly recommend, good at explaining detail , coach style is flexible to let student decide what he wants to do at his best comfort level, very easy going guy to talk/work with. I will be finishing my 5th hour soon, but I am for sure will book another session in the future. Thank you

[lingdog1985]

I think it wd be helpful if u guys mention what limit u play and level of skill when u were getting coached. not trying 2 b a dick, just thought it wd make it easier for potential students knowing what to expect etc

[ssells73]

Good idea Lingdog! I can elaborate a bit on people who have posted on here.

When I started coaching qpac he was nl50 iirc and has played nl200.

Bleslie mentioned starting at nl25 and now beating nl100 w/ shots at nl200.

Thisbetom plays NL50/NL100.

Pearseal plays NL50 but is trying to transition to NL100.

Urismi will be continuing coaching soon, he had some stuff come up so had to break from poker before we could make too much progress.

Hope that helps somewhat lingdog, any other questions, send me a PM or just ask any of these guys on here.

Obviously go ahead and chime in students and add anything i missed!

Scott

[lingdog1985]

Thanks man, looks like ur student r making really good progress, keep up the good work sir

[cpkotele]

I've had 2 sessions with Scott so far and everything has gone great.

Scott explains concepts in a very clear and easy to understand way. His style of coaching gets you thinking right away. Like others have said he is very flexible and lets you decide what to do during the session so you can choose a format that best suits your learning style.

He's a cool guy who is very easy to work with and is helpful outside of the sessions as well.

I highly recommend Scott to anyone looking to improve.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like any more information or have any questions.