Poker Players - Please Answer This Poll

[Masterplan]

This is a quick subject i'm covering in one of my modules for my masters course and i'd really appreciate if i could get some real statistics to use.

the question is this.

If you could download a video tutorial on play tips by an (arbitrary) online poker pro. imagine its one who plays at your buyin level. how much (if nything) would you be willing to pay to download it and therefore view it as many times as you like?

[Pocket Lady]

As I am a member of the best betting site on the net with it's own poker forum I get the best value advice and tips from other members that play on the same sites and at roughly the same buy-ins as myself.

I would however, if i found one, consider paying upto $5 to have a "master class" from one of the pro's that I could refer back to (cheapskate - i know, my Super System 2's were all free as I won them and I have a library card and access to the net).

[georgej]

I would pay at whatever my usual buyin was.

$5 - but then, i'm a cheap Scotsman.

[staffy]

I would only let people pay me for tuition, I wouldnt pay anyone else.

[GotaFancy?]

I won a Devilfish chipset which came with a Devifish DVD - have to say I found it EXTREMELY poor and that has really put me off of DVD's/Videos.... so it would take a lot of persuassion for me to spend anything.....

Strange as I am more than happy to spend on books .... having a quick count - there are 14 on my bookshelf bought in the last year or so .....

I take the view (often expressed on Poker Night Live) that if you pick up just one really useful thing from a book then it probably pays for itself. Overall I think the books are well worth the money I have spent on them

[georgej]

Thats because you have discipline GaF. I read a few poker articles, then say - i wouldn't do that, and immediately dismiss what a much more successful player has advised.

Maybe $5 is too much for me to "invest" in that case.

[Masterplan]

Originally Posted by staffy

I would only let people pay me for tuition, I wouldnt pay anyone else.

watch this space m8

[Penelopeys]

I actually got a dvd like that as a consolation prize... and I left it behind


I wouldn't pay for one, but I could have taken that dvd with me


HOWEVER... I believe in "Learning by doing"... and when you watch a poker pro's dvd, do you learn how to play poker or are you adopting someone's game (as all the pro's have different styles )

I don't know... but I have been wondering about that... and if it is good for YOUR game...


Any thoughts??



















PS... if this pro is such a good player... why does he need to sell poker dvd's... he should make enough money as it is

[-ed-]

Yip I'm with pene on this one

[Masterplan]

pene, its not a single pro, its an arbitrary one, so it may be one of many

[Penelopeys]

Originally Posted by Masterplan

pene, its not a single pro, its an arbitrary one, so it may be one of many

Different story then


Still believe in leaning by doing and not learning by watching ...


All the maths behind poker is worth while getting well into tho

[Pocket Lady]

Masterplan has requested a little more feedback if possible chaps/chapesses.

[runadrum]

My answer is based on paying £10 for a DVD.

I think I would probably prefer one with more than one pro's opinion so perhaps (in this imaginary scenario) one produced by an online site with a few sponsored players to its name (although perhaps they wouldn't want to encourage everyone to go off and play live ?).

[AJ]

if I thought it could improve my game and my long term ROI even 1 or 2%, i'd pay 20 buy ins, without a thought.

Knowledge is the most important thing in the world, a $100, or even $1000 outlay is nothing at all, if you have confidence that it you can leverage it into larger profits.

Without the confidence that it would improve my roi, then nothing.

Also the question is pretty meaningless because it deals in absoulte cash terms, for a $100+$10 player, $50 is nothing, if you're playing $10 tournements or .05/.10 cash tables then it's a huge sum. For it to have any relevance, it needs to be reworded for number of buy-ins. (just my opinion of course :>)

[Masterplan]

the data is collected with a pre-calculated distribution of players 'buyin' affordability levels and video quality/value. just answering honestly is mroe than enough.

re: runadrum. some video's may be produced by more than one person as a collaboration.
some may be based on pre-existing educational material (imagine a video version of HoH)

[^Newbie^]

Don't think i would buy anything to be honest . They may make your game plays even worse off i feel .

[slapdash]

I think it's a difficult question to answer.

Usually, I wouldn't buy it at all. I generally don't like learning things by video;
I find books much more convenient. There might be exceptions that are
particularly suited to video, though. I do buy a lot of books.

But if I'd heard a lot of very good things about the video, I might pay up
to $20 for it.

I haven't voted, as I'm not sure if this counts as "wouldn't buy" or $20".

[lou saban]

i wouldnt buy one. as with poker books and magazines etc, i let mike read them , watch how his play changes, try the good bits myself, bobs your uncle, better poker game without the hassle of reading all the rubbish bits

[swampster]

i've been asked to do a few video tutorials myself - dont think they'll cost the punter anything tho as they'll be online.

[happyhornet]

I would pay an amount for this. I've read a number of books on poker, and summise that a DVD which contained material of a similar quality to those books would be a worthwhile investment. I agree with Foolsgold that the amount people are willing to part with will relate to their buy-in level, and also to their fiscal situation in life generally.