I signed up today with a new instructional site called Poker Savvy. They seem to have some kind of affiliate program, a forum, some strategy articles, and links to humorous poker videos, but I haven’t investigated any of that yet. I really just wanted to see videos from 2+2 superstars Dani “Ansky” Stern and Justin “Jurollo” Rollo. Both are among the best MTT players in the world, and Ansky is also a very strong and brutally aggressive higher stakes NLHE cash game player.
Right now, Poker Savvy is offering a 7-day free trial and waiving the usual $99 sign-up fee, so for just $25/month, you can get access to instructional videos from these two great players. I haven’t heard of the other two pros, Chris Rhodes and Evan Roberts, but I’m sure that either Ansky or Jurollo alone would be worth the monthly fee. Sorry if this comes across as shilling for them, I’m not affiliated in any way, they haven’t paid me to say this, etc. I just think it’s a very good value, especially right now that they are offering a free trial and no sign-up fee.
The site is a little tricky to navigate. Apparently this is Poker Savvy, the affiliate site, and then Poker Savvy Plus, the coaching site. Every link to PSP that I’ve found from PS, however, has taken me only to a promotional video and not to the coaching videos themselves. I already signed up, guys, you can stop selling me. Also, when I try to start a new thread in the forum, I randomly get a “Thank You For Being a Member” message and nothing else. Hopefully they’ll work that out soon.
If you do sign up, I recommend the video where Ansky plays with Joe Hachem. Joe starts kind of back-handedly berating a player who draws out on him, and then Ansky tries to provoke him further and tilt him by asking his thoughts on the hand, etc. It was pretty humorous.
They don’t have the breadth of videos that CardRunners offers, and Jurollo and Ansky aren’t quite ActionJeff and sbrugby, but it’s a strong site nonetheless. Ansky is much more open about his reads on his high stakes opposition (he’s already posted several 25/50 NL videos), something that’s missing from the few higher stakes CR videos. It’s understandable that the CR pros don’t want to share their reads on the regulars, and Ansky tells me he’s taken some crap for it already, but it’s almost pointless to talk about high stakes strategy without discussing reads.