Instructor Profile

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Username

    JonnyCosMo

Country

    United States

Name (first, last)

    Jonathan McGowan

Preferred Site and name on site (e.g. IdontBluff on stars)

    PokerStars, JonnyCosMo

Other sites with accounts and account names

    FullTiltPoker, JonnyCosMo UltimateBet, JonnyCosMo

Games played (NLH, PLO, etc.)

    NLH, PLO, Razz, NL 2-7

Limits played (1/2, 2/4, etc.)

    1/2 and 2/4

Games to teach

    NLH

Limits to teach

    Up to NL200

Instructor Profile

    I am 22 years old poker player living in California right now. Returning to school next semestar at San Diego State University, but as for this semestar and over the summer I have massive amounts of free time to play and teach poker.

Began playing poker May of 2003 with friends in High School. Got into online poker once I saw Chris Moneymaker take down the WSOP, so around Novemeber of 2003. Started on Bugsys Club where I played just play money and won a few bucks from small freeroll tournaments which had money added to them. Build up a small bankroll of about $50 and started grinding the penny limits, while practicing piss poor bankroll management. I managed to run good for about a year and by the begining of 2005 I was at the $5/$10 game on Bugsys Club with a $8k roll. Moved to PokerStars later that year and got raped, and lost almost all of it within the first month I started playing there. Took some time off of cash games after this to dabble in tournament poker, with little success.

Then I found Liquidpoker, learned from fellow players, started to practice real good bankroll management, while learning a lot about the game of poker. I actively participated in the hand discussion forums on this website for a long time, and eventually found myself back at the cash games. After Party Poker closed down I switched over to 6-max and played NL100 to learn the short-handed game. Picked it up pretty fast and ran at 8ptbb/100h for almost 100k hands. Ever since then, I haven't been able to bring myself back to playing full ring. Currently I'm playing NL200 and NL400 6-max only on PokerStars.

Other info or suggestions for potential students

    Not teaching higher than NL200

Rates and possible deals (e.g. 15% discount on lessons if you book 20 in advance)

    1. $80/hr, no strings attatched 2. ($25 + 50% profits over 5,000 hands)/hr 3. $20 per wordpad anaylsis (Up to 20 Hands) or $30 per wordpad anaylsis (Up to 40 Hands). 4. Save $10/hr if you book 15 or more hours in advance.

When you are available

    Monday-Thursday 11:00am-8:00pm Fridays 11:00am-2:00pm No Saturdays or Sundays! AIM: QStaRBoi MSN: jonnycosmo@hotmail.com E-Mail: qstarboi@sbcglobal.net