[Iplaypoker]

im thinking of goin to the camp....just seein if you guys have any info on this, and id like to know your opinions. thanks alot.

-derek

[Iplaypoker]

.....really ........nothing?

[dajebriza]

I don't know about the cash camp... I went to the WPT NLH boot camp, but I only paid $600 to go, not the full $1700 pricetag.

I had a good time and got to meet and hang out, even played a private instructional tournament with the poker celebs, but I don't think I would have felt it was worth full price after the fact, if I had paid that much.

Don't get me wrong, the camp was a lot of fun and if its the full experience you are wanting: of hanging out in a casino, having poker pros around and a poker-filled weekend, then it may be worth it to you, especially if $1700 is what you are likely to gamble away in any given weekend at a casino.

But as far as pure instruction goes, I think you could get the same amount of actual instruction, probably even more, from investing the time to read and study a good strategy book or two. With the number of students per instructor they have, you don't really get much one-on-one time with them, so most of the instruction takes place from classroom lecture and observation. If it's one-on-one instruction and professional critique of your own style of play, you're not going to get very much of it here. You would just have to hire a professional personal poker coach to get that level of personalized instruction.

So, the bottom line: I had a good time, a learned some from the camp (but learned more from reading HOH) and really enjoyed the up-close experience of meeting the poker pros. Do I think it was worth $1700? Personally, no, but $1700 to me isn't disposable cash, it's a mortgage payment.

[Suicide King]

Go buy all Harrington on holdem, also the theory of poker by David Sklansky. Read all, take the remainder of the money and go to your cardroom and play daily tourny. You will learn more that way then anyting they can teach you at some boot camp...Its all a sham to cash in on poker players fake celebrity, remember all poker pros are really just degenerate gamblers like the rest of us.

[dad604]

Personally, I would not pay $1700 to attend.