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(haha something I wrote a while back that I recently found on my computer)


when I started playin cards / i was swimming in the dark /
fish leaping upstream / tryin to battle with the sharks /
but my bankroll plummeted / my confidence was shot /
gettin torn up by the maniacs and crushed by all the rocks

man this game must be rigged / far cry from a stunner /
till a friend recommended that I check out Cardrunners /
so i signed up for a membership / watched some videos /
posted in the forums / NUTEDAWG YER MY HERO /

went from donkey to small fry / to middle limit beast /
i'm ready for high stakes and i'm figurin' at least /
i've got mean tricks to practice / mantis stack tactics /
snappin off fish like I learn from Green Plastic /

game this hot? it's better to fold now /
when on high stakes fridays roll out with Cole South /
citizen of the wind / i'm reppin' the chi-town /
but you'd think i'm from texas winnin these showdowns

we're killin it / relentless prince stack chips /
shoulda read blueprints / that written by Vital Myth
fish need to watch this / always slit a nit's wrists /
never get run over I'M THE JUGGERNAUT BITCH.

heads-up showdown / passionate race
what i can say / you been actin a fake
rock this poker face not a glance out of place /
as i rocket from base / cash stackin to space /

heads-up showdown / passionate race
what i can say / you been actin a fake
rock this poker face not a glance out of place /
as i rocket from base / cash stackin to space /

Take it from one of the biggest winners at SSNL rush: Zoom poker is really profitable and a great way to quickly build a bankroll. I've developed a devastating system that focuses on clear, simple decisions that keep you out of trouble, while building in traps I've learned at $200-400 6-max games to completely outwit the regulars.

Here are the last 750k hands I could find. Obviously, I have more hands from all sorts of other limits and games, but who knows where those are. :(






Interested in lessons? Alvin.c.lau@gmail.com. $45/hr and I'll give package deals. Lesson-to-lesson satsifaction guaranteed. I also coach 6-max and FR obviously. <3

If you need references, feel free to hit up "Verneer" Nazarewicz, Corwin "[vital]Myth" Cole, Tim "Nutedawg" Nuter, Stephen "PoorUser" Costello, and Haseeb "INTERNETPOKERS" Qureshi. I'm sure they'll all be more than happy enough to vouch for me. Additionally, you can see plenty of my videos on this website, and I'd also be more than happy to hook you up with a current student or two if you have questions.

Can't wait to hear from you!


"Alvin is more than qualified to teach you how to crush the small stakes games. In fact, he is a magical Asian dragon who is qualified to grant your wishes if you gather 7 magical balls. I'd give him all my money if I were you."

-Haseeb "INTERNETPOKERS" Qureshi (25/50-100/200)


"I've talked poker with Alvin for many years and have always been impressed with his ability to play well and explain poker concepts to his students. He is able to help others simplify many decisions which allows them to play with more confidence. His results, especially at Rush when it was still running, also reflect that ability. I would definitely recommend Alvin for an up-and-coming Zoom player."

-Cardrunners Pro Pawel "Verneer" Nazarewicz



"Alvin does a great job teaching players to think critically about poker. He gives them the keys to success."

-Stephen "Pooruser" Costello (5/10 - 25/50)

Really haven't played too much--mostly some live games and a bit on Lock Poker, but yesterday one of my old students, who says $400NL and below is still great in Europe, showed me a really difficult hand and it was such a wonderful feeling to talk it through. Oh government.

If you didn't move out of the US, what do you do for your poker fix?

Took about 8 weeks off of any serious play, and going to start back up seriously this week. Did I miss anything interesting?

As I sit here in whole foods in NYC eating noodles and chicken I've begun reflecting on what makes me tick. As many of you know I am passionate about a lot of things, but one love I often don't share with others is my love for dressage.

Dressage, in it's simplest form is a type of horseback riding that is done to train a horse. But in my mind it is more of horse ballet. Rider and horse perform as one to execute a precise and calculated test while seemingly dancing effortlessly across the arena. I often find myself imagining and practicing these "tests" in the midst of a poetry slams, coaching sessions, dates and even love making. While we are that subject, I've become one with many large animals/beasts, but never an equine. This may explain my lust for larger more "powerful" beings (to phrase it delicately). However frankly, I have been disappointed with their lack of stamina and vigor. When I go to harness their power I find that I have been fooled, and that I've been riding a big clumsy mule all along.

But ohhh how I would love to have a stable full of dapple grey stallions and mares trained to do piaffes, half passes, passages, and pirouettes. This is what I am working towards. My stable of finely tuned warmbloods. I can see myself now.. riding on the beach with my mares mane blowing in the wind as she snorts and whinnies with delight. That is my passion. That is what I fall asleep thinking about and also what gets me up and motivated to do my very best every day. I don't think it is too much to ask for.

Does anyone share this or a similar passion?

So I didn't get in a ton of hands so far this month, which is a far cry from my ridiculous grinding in January, but poker's been going pretty well. This is a combination of 4 and 6-tabling, and even some 6-max rush (which is just so hilariously spazzy pre-flop OMG), and... I dunno. About $102/hr inlcuding rakeback, which a solid, unspectacular winrate.

Nothing that exciting to report actually. I'm really just focusing on playing my A-game absolutely all the time, making sure I just make good, clean decisions and keeping an open mind about every situation. I look for a lot of good spots to turn hands in bluffs, which in my opinion is the most important skill you need to learn to start obliterating 100-200NL. Not actually bluffing all the time, and rarely bluffing when my opponent takes a line of ridiculous strength, but making sure that when 99% success-rate situations come up, I'm not auto-piloting and folding what should be the winning play. If you're not comfortable turning hands into bluffs, checkout some videos from Dr. Giggy. He really opened my eyes to situations where I'd normally check down with 2nd pair but barreling turn and river is way more +EV (~2/3rd of a street of value from checking down versus 1-2 when i turn my hand into a bluff).


Oh, so just a word on the two biggest leaks I'm seeing in rush players: 1) You see too many flops without the betting lead and then just spew when you flop a mediocre made hand, like calling 3 bets with AQ vs. the UTG raiser on A-high (which is SO bad). 2) You c-bet too much. If your non-showdown winnings are atrocious, you might want to consider dropping your cbet frequency to the low 50's, and start giving up considerably more often than you normally would. You'll end up c/fing a lot more flops, which will feel weak, but you'll also barrel / give up a lot less. Remember, c/fing the flop is a net loss of 3bbs. When you cbet and give up, you're giving up 7.5bbs. So c/f TWO AND A HALF TIMES is about the same price as bet/giving up ONCE. Throw in some bluff check/raises on the flop, and now you're monstering.

On a personal note, this weekend I'll be heading out to New York City for an indefinite visit, so students, I won't be doing lessons until at least Thursday. This is a big move for me, as I've been dreaming of moving to New York for years, and I'm really excited. WIsh me luck!

This is likely to be the shortest but most +EV blog for most of you: watch Tim's videos. "Where Da Gold At?" is frontrunner for the most important instructional video for SSNL (and even some MSNL) players on the internet.

If any struggling player watched every Nutedawg video with concentration and great note-taking ability, I'd be surprised if they weren't a winning player by the end of it. In fact, I'm going to go watch every single Nutedawg video, back to back, right now.

After seeing some of the play at 2/4, last month I decided to move up from 50NL to 100NL. 80 buy-ins later, I'm starting to take shots at 1/2 with great results. I think the play at 200NL is marginally harder than it is at lower stakes, and a lot of the same fundamental plays (finding good folds, value betting accurately) wreck the weaker players. Feel really comfortable, going to play another 4-5 hours tonight and see how it goes. Lots of cardrunners and 2+2 regs at the tables, but I was surprised at how little people wanted to dick swing with me last night-- maybe it was just friday night and they had bigger fish to fry?

Started work on a long article about self-improvement / self-analysis required to make it as a professional. Should be up in a week. Also, I'm doing a review of my 200NL session on youtube later today.

EDIT: Some stats review I did of my first 5k hands at 200NL. Enjoy!