Originally Posted by
Irisheyes
At no point in this thread did Aokrongly offer anyone lessons or ask anyone for anthing like money or even praise. The one time in the past when Aok did actually offer lessons THEY WERE FREE
Aok could be a poker genius, or a great teacher at poker. It is hard to say b/c everything he says is clouded in great eloquence. For example the "19 hands". A catching phrase, will entice almost every newcomer at FTR, because it promises an easy system to play good poker instead of all these confusing (though very truthful) "depends" you get. In practice however, I can't believe the 19 hands could help anyone beyond the stage of being so new that they
don't even know simple hand values. There's a strategy article here on FTR about starting hands that already gives way more useful info than 19 simple starting hands.
About him not outright plugging his lessons. That's the great part of his
post. No he doesn't say it outright, but the point of his
post is simply "follow my lessons and you'll become a succesful poker player". Yes, he does make a very smooth trangression, starting from the topic at hand, then oozing into a story on this tangent, introducing the fact that he teaches, and finally closing with the idea that his lessons make great poker players.
To think that because he doesn't say it outright, he isn't just plugging his lessons is a bit naieve imho. This really is marketing 101.
Personally, whenever I see more eloquence than practical proof of expertise, in whatever field this may be, I'
m always gonna be very skeptical.
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