GrinderSchool: About
Grinderschool is a novel idea in poker websites. We are a strategy site specifically designed with the low stakes player in mind. We realize the need for quality poker strategy, including videos and articles, for players on a budget.
Grinderschool provides in-depth strategy instruction for low stakes players, most notably through videos and direct access to our team of successful players for questions and advice. For a glimpse of what we offer, check out our free articles and videos.
It is worth noting that the majority of our forums will remain closed to outsiders. One of the reasons we have for implementing this restricted access is that we want serious students of the game to be able to carry on relevant conversation without the usual internet flaming and bashing that is so prevalent today on most poker forums. The small fee pays not only for the video content and close contact with instructors, but also to be able to avoid the distraction most sites seem to have.
Most advice on other sites is aimed at high stakes players. Many of those tactics do not necessarily apply well in low stakes games. Further, these sites can charge $100s in up front costs, followed by expensive monthly fees. To put it bluntly, a low stakes player is screwed! This has created a void for low stakes poker strategy. We seek to fill that void.
Grinderschool charges no up front costs. All you pay is the monthly subscription fee, which is much smaller than the fees charged by other sites. Further, if you are dissatisfied for any reason, contact admin@grinderschool.com and if we cannot make it right, we will refund you the remainder of your subscription.
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Meet the Team:
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AAPoker
Adil began playing poker in 2005. He started off playing low stakes cash games and grinding bonuses for extra income each month. During the summer of 2006 he ventured into tournament play and scored his first big cash, coming second in the $3 rebuy on Poker Stars. Since then he has exclusively played multi-table tournaments (MTTs).
Adil was one of the most successful low stakes tournament poker players on the internet in 2007. From February to June, he was in the top position on the pocket fives leaderboard for players playing MTT's with buy in $30 or less, before moving to higher stakes. His low stakes accomplishments in 2007 include first place cashes in:
- $10, $15k gtd on Poker Stars
- $10, 1 rebuy, 1 addon twice on Poker Stars
- $3 rebuy on Poker Stars
- $27.50, $25k gtd on Poker Stars
- $26, $17.5k gtd on Full Tilt.
Adil's success continued as he moved up in stakes. In 2008 he took home over $30,000 by winning Absolute Poker's largest tournament. He also won a satellite entry into the main event of the 2008 World Series of Poker. Both of these victories will be reviewed in detail as the subject of related video series.
Adil looks forward to helping MTT novices learn to dominate the low stakes games.
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CodeRedRulez
Jeff started his online poker career late in 2003 with low-limit SNGs and grinded his bankroll from $200 to $30,000 in less than 12 months. Since finding FlopTurnRiver.com in Spring 2004, Jeff hasn't spent a day without thinking about poker. He turned semi-pro in Summer 2005 and eventually turned full-time pro in Winter 2006. He met JGB and the other instructors at FTR and continues to have a strong presence there and on his blog at JeffreyLipsey.com.
Jeff graduated from the University of Illinois in December 2006 with dual bachelor degrees in Accounting and Finance. Outside of blogging, Jeff's interests include outdoor wildlife recreation, cooking, investing and day trading. On his days off you'll also find him playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero, although he realizes that they're not real instruments. Currently, Jeff lives with his girlfriend Marlyn in Alexandria, Virginia.
When it comes to poker, Jeff has played nearly every game. He started in low-limit SNGs in 2003 and turned to Limit Hold'em in 2004. It took Jeff 30,000 hands to go from $0.25/$0.50 to $15/$30 over the course of 9 months with help of lucrative deposit bonuses and Small Stakes Hold'em. In September of 2006, he turned to No-Limit Hold'em 6-max and April 2007 No-Limit Multi-Table Tournaments. His most recent notable finishes include 9th in the Poker Star's One Million Guaranteed on August 31, 2008 and 9th in a $550 Buy-in Deep Stack Extravaganza at the Venetian in Las Vegas during the Summer of 2008.
When Jeff is not making videos, coaching or posting on the Grinderschool Forum, he plays both Mid-Stakes Full-Ring No-Limit Cash and Sunday Majors.
Jeff is available for private coaching.
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Fjuanl
John was first introduced to poker in 2004 when a group of friends pulled him into their low-stakes home game.
Once these games sparked his interest in poker, there was no turning back. He quickly began absorbing any information he could find from
numerous poker strategy websites, in an effort to improve his game and maximize his earnings. Though he only started with a $50 deposit
on Bodog, John has been disciplined in always following proper bankroll management, which meant he fought his way up from the lowest level
Sit 'N' Go tournaments available.
SNGs often lead to a natural transition into multi-table tournament play, and this was the case for John. It started sporadically, but after
winning a $2 tournament, MTTs became his passion. Again, he turned to any and all resources he could find, embracing advice from online poker
legends such as David "Soupie" Ellis and Eric "Rizen" Lynch. John was learning quickly, and seeing steady improvement until the fateful day
in late 2006 when the UIGEA legislation was passed. Fearing that good times were as good as gone, he withdrew all of his profits, and
basically quit playing poker for a period of about nine months.
Eventually, the call of the game John had come to love and the profits he knew he could enjoy became too strong. He started playing again in
the summer of 2007. The withdrawal of Neteller from the US market left him with no easy way to deposit, so he played tournaments using the
Frequent Player Points earned during his previous play. That earned some modest funds, which John again built into a real bankroll by grinding
low stakes SNGs. Combining this with his previous SNG play, John maintained a 22% ROI over nearly 2,000 games. These winnings again provided
an avenue to pursue MTT play. Since refocusing on MTTs in August 2008, John has won several 180-man games, won the $10+1 $30k Guaranteed on Stars
and the $24+2 $14k Guaranteed on Full Tilt, and made numerous final tables. His cumulative ROI in MTT play is currently over 100% for nearly
700 tournaments.
With his history of repeatedly turning small deposits into a sizeable bankroll, John is uniquely qualified to teach Grinderschool members
how to climb the ranks through tournament play. He looks forward to sharing his strategies and methods with you!
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JGB146
Jeffrey has been playing poker since 2004. In that time, he has been profitable in every format of No-Limit Texas Hold'em. When he started playing, he did so with a single $25 deposit, attempting to make more online than a friend made on vacation in Las Vegas. He succeeded and has never had to redeposit.
Initially, Jeffrey played at the $0.05/$0.10 tables for a minimum buy-in. As his bankroll permitted, he continued moving up the ladder for minimum buy-ins until he was playing $1/$2 for a $40 buy-in with $1200 (after about 6 months). At this point, he shifted his focus to playing SNG (single table) tournaments. Focusing on playing well rather than on embracing volume, Jeffrey was able to maintain a 30% ROI over several hundred tournaments before shifting to multi-table tournament play in December of 2005. Through 2006, he appeared at final tables on Bodog, Paradise Poker, Party Poker, Poker Stars, Ultimate Bet, and in live play, with a cumulative ROI of 65%. As his schedule became tighter in 2007, Jeffrey found it easier to fit in cash-game sessions and once again refocused his efforts to playing 6-max cash games. He currently plays a mixture of $2/$4 and $3/$6, depending on where he can find the best games.
Jeffrey played in three events in the 2008 World Series of Poker. With finishes of 280/2300, 153/2400, and 1300/2700, he cashed in one event and came very close to cashing in a second one. He looks forward to seeing what 2009 will bring!
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Jyms
Jim has been playing online poker since January of 2006. He started out playing the odd home game with friends. Before long, he decided to try playing online, since the home games were slow, sometimes forfeited or just not getting played while sitting around talking. Jim began his online play with a $50 deposit on Party Poker. After losing his initial deposit, he went on a search for information to improve his game. He found a wealth of information online, and set out to try his luck at a different format; he placed a $20 deposit on Poker Stars and proceeded to lose it all in the same day playing $5 SNGs.
The next day was when he actually began to study the information he had found. His first milestone came from mastering the concept of BR management. The door had been opened. The breakthrough came after he established a set of concrete goals. He began discussing hands, PokerTracker stats, and general concepts with the best players he could find. He eventually turned a $321 BR and a prop bet with an FTR regular into a $1K bankroll in 20 days.
Jim now plays full time, and is working constantly to expand his knowledge of the game. He is looking to dominate live casino games as his next target. Living in Ontario affords him the ability to drive less than an hour to not one but three poker rooms.
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Shrewdabom86
Andrew began his poker career playing Sit 'N' Go tournaments and small stakes multi-table tournaments on Pokerstars. After seeing enough
success with these, he began to strive for more. He used SNGs as a way to make small earnings while playing massive numbers of games, which
earned him large volumes of Frequent Player Points. Andrew volleyed these FPPs into seats in satellite tournaments, which he frequently won,
at which point he could lock up the "free" winnings by withdrawing or selling the high-stakes entry. This process led Andrew to play nearly
12,000 SNGs with an ROI of 4% (small, but still respectable given the massive number of tables he played).
Following his success in SNGs and satellites, Andrew turned his full attention to MTTs. Over 800 tournaments, he showed a 99% ROI with $12k in
cumulative profits. This was a solid performance, cementing his knowledge of tournament poker and proving his success.
More recently, Andrew has turned his attention to conquering new games. He built his way up in Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo cash games, starting at the
lowest stakes available on Full Tilt to the point that he now regularly plays in the $2/$4 games. In that stretch of 45,000 hands, Andrew has
learned the ins and outs of the PLO H/L game very well, earning a cumulative win rate of 11.77 PTBB/100. He looks forward to sharing his
knowledge of tournaments and cash games over both Hold'em and PLO H/L.
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Spenda
Cullen has been playing poker for 4 years. He began taking the game seriously when he was living in Las Vegas. After initially looking at play as just a social activity, he learned very quickly that it was going to be harder than he thought. After joining FTR he started to become a substantial winner in the smaller-stakes limit games online and live. After building a large bankroll he was forced to cash out all but $150.
That brings us to today. Playing the smaller-stakes No-Limit games, he had built that small bankroll up to comfortably play at $100nl by 2007. Nearing the end of 2008, this is still his primary game, as he spent 2008 playing professionally at the $100nl level - consistently beating the game for more than enough to make a living through the entire year. He is a great student of the game and considers himself able to do many things well. He prides himself on being a great hand-reader, like his favorite pro, Daniel Negreanu. Cullen has taken the same path all of you plan on taking in the near future and is more than willing to share his experiences. You can find Cullen playing on many poker sites.
Cullen is available for private coaching.
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SugarNut
Tarek is a novelty in successful poker players: he reached the point of success without ever depositing a dime! After a few false starts burning through play money and no-deposit bonuses, he embraced the best BR management possible with a free $15 on Party Poker. By studying Small Stakes Hold'em by David Sklansky, Tarek was able to beat the $0.05/$0.10 limit game to eventually reach a total of $350. At that point, limit games dried up as a result of the UIGEA and he was forced to consider other options.
Undetered, Tarek moved to the lowest No-Limit games available, playing $5nl on his $350 bankroll. Through a combination of studying NL concepts to build his success, and a lucky break getting a share of a friend's tournament winnings, his bankroll grew to $1k. As he moved to $25nl, Tarek discovered numerous online resources that could help his game. Not the least of these was a new low-stakes training site: Grinderschool.com (circa 2007).
Through studying the concepts at Grinderschool and working with Spenda, Tarek has progressed his game along with his bankroll. He is a proven winner up to the $100nl level. Further, his commitment to mastering strategy led him to be one of Grinderschool's most helpful members, tirelessly analyzing hands through posting concepts that were always spot-on. It was these posts and his high-quality volunteer videos which caught the eye of the Grinderschool staff, ultimately leading to a spot on the team as of late 2008.
Tarek will never cease to be a student of the game, always searching for the optimal line and the best strategy. It is with great pleasure that he shares the concepts he has learned along the way with Grinderschool's members.
Tarek is available for private coaching.
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