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Message: [QUOTE="Alizona, post: 6201971, member: 444115"] I would say you're confusing a few things with such a simplistic statement or question... Are poker coaches actually coaching poker? Well, if they're not, I'm sure you'd realize it pretty quickly, don't you? Are poker coaches coaching GOOD poker techniques? Well... that's a harder question to analyze. Perhaps their methods won't "click" with your own mental approach to the game, that can certainly happen... perhaps you are more "in tune" with the psychological aspects of poker, but your chosen coach is much more of a mathematically-inclined teacher... this isn't a good fit for the two of you, but it is certainly not a "scam". We might have to try a number of different coaches before we find the right one for us and our own personality and approach to the game. And the last thing I'd say about this topic is... are some poker coaches just "doing it for the money"? OF COURSE THEY ARE. Do you really think poker coaches are coaching out of the goodness of their heart? If they were... then don't you think they'd be doing it for FREE? Name me ONE poker coach that coaches for free. You can't, because they don't exist. LOL "Coaching" is simply a nice way for a good poker player to generate some additional income, some "guaranteed" income to cover themselves and their bankroll from the ups-and-downs of playing poker... are they "scamming" people? Of course not!! It's not evil in our capitalist world to sell your skills and knowledge to others, it is actually "noble" in capitalism to do so (it's not noble in God's eyes, in my humble opinion, but we don't live in a very godlike world, sadly). A coach-student pairing is based upon a mutually beneficial relationship. The coach imparts their knowledge and wisdom upon the student, and the student compensates the coach for their time and efforts with the God of our society, which is "money". Both benefit, and since it is always a voluntary relationship, then it cannot be considered a "scam". I can understand why some might think it is, and yes there might be a few shady individuals out there selling "coaching" when they have no right to be doing so (they might not be very good at poker)... but for me these people are very easy to identify, and it wouldn't take a student very long to realize it. If there is a "scam" involved in poker coaching, it would be the price that they charge for their services. It is difficult to put a price tag on something that involves many intangibles, and without a good measuring stick, who really knows whether you are actually getting "full value" from the exchange. As always... we leave it up to "market forces" of supply and demand to set the actual price of the transaction, and only the buyer and seller can arrive at a "fair and equitable" price for it... it essentially boils down to individual circumstance, how much the student is willing and able to pay, versus how little the coach is willing to accept. In captalism, they meet somewhere in the middle and theoretically everyone is happy at that point. [/QUOTE]

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