Irish,

I'll just post this in summary rather than make another quote by quote response. Yes i haven't been around that long, I understand that, and regardless of if his lessons are free, that is not the point. The point is that I completely disagree with any "system" being preached and any advice that dictates there being any sort of rules in poker. And actually my problem with him is his posts in the beginners' forums. Yes I first read them after hearing other issues about him which I stayed out of. But that all aside I disagree with his posts completely. The biggest problem I have with his posts is that they insuate there there are RULES and STANDARD actions to follow. There aren't. To say that there is, is just plain wrong.

When i first found FTR i did so because I was looking for an easy system that would teach me how to not lose my money at online poker. It took me months to realize that there is none. In fact I will say the biggest mistake I made when I first started playing is believing that there was. I'm not trying to spearhead an anti-AOK riot here, I'm simply trying to put across my opinions regarding this issue. The reason I have a problem with AOK's articles is that the confidence they put off is misleading. He has said in posts that readers should "always listen to him," if you really want to me to dig up the quote I will. I have no problem with anyone posting advice, but I do have a problem with someone posting advice and passing it off as "the set-in-stone way to play poker." All of my opinions are based on that, period, believe me or not.