Website Offers Online Poker Coaching

NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut – (PRESS RELEASE) -- PokerCoaching.com today announces the availability of the first-ever professional coaching service, for aspiring poker champions worldwide.

"Serious players who want to win tournament poker now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal," explained Dan Mezick, Executive Director of PokerCoaching LLC. "What we do is simple to describe: through poker coaching, we enable tournament champions."

PokerCoaching's coaching service to players is personal and tailored to the player's unique experience, talent, and understanding of the game. "A minute to learn and a lifetime to master, that's how Mike Sexton explains it on the World Poker Tour," says Mezick. 'We agree one hundred percent. Our long-term goal is to produce poker champions. We will do that by coaching our students in the techniques, tools and training needed to beat the best tournament players in the world.'

PokerCoaching.com has retained the services of several world class poker professionals. Coaches Jim Bucci, and Bill Seymour, each a well known professional in the poker community, have over 24 years of combined tournament experience. Each has won numerous tournament events. Each brings deep knowledge of tournament poker to the process of coaching aspiring tournament champions.

-- Coach Jim Bucci has achieved thirty-two final tables and has seven tournament wins. Jim is a 23-year veteran of professional poker. One of Jim Bucci's students won over $189 THOUSAND DOLLARS (finishing 3rd) in the $2500 buy-in 2004 World Championship of Online Poker No Limit Texas HoldEm event sponsored by PokerStars.com. This makes one of Coach Jim"s students one of the best online players in the world, as measured by actual tournament results.

-- Coach Bill Seymour has achieved over 75 final tables in tournaments, and has achieved 17 tournament WINS. His most recent win was the 7-stud event held at the WPT WORLD POKER FINALS held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in November of 2004. Coach Bill has also won literally hundreds of poker tournament "satellites". He is considered by many to be one of the best players in the world. Champion and CardPlayer author Daniel Negreanu has referred to Coach Bill in writing as "a veteran tournament player."

Poker professionals coaching for PokerCoaching.com must have an impressive tournament record and a clearly demonstrated ability to effectively teach players. Seasoned tournament professionals interested in coaching opportunities may visit http://www.PokerCoaching.com to learn more.

For players, PokerCoaching's methodology involves playing poker online while simultaneously discussing hands with the coach-as he watches, on the telephone. 'This method allows our students to discuss specific hands with their coaches, while the coaches themselves gain an understanding of the student's skill level and style of play,' Mezick explained.

Students also get further coaching at World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker events in which the coaches participate.

'Make no mistake about it: tournament poker is now a legitimate sport,' Mezick explains. 'Our intent is to help validate that fact by bringing our innovative, first-ever formal coaching service to the sport. Our coaching service will help elevate poker in the eyes of the public, create winning players, and help advance the rapid evolution of the game.

"With the poker teaching talent our coaches possess, and the popularity of the sport, it is just a matter of time before one of our students makes a final table at a major event.'

Players eager to rapidly advance their poker skills can visit http://www.PokerCoaching.com to learn about the service, select a coach, and begin the coaching process.