they all know what there talking about, and they are willing to share their secrets to success. Watch these vids, win mad money

you will take his response and you will like it!

I started out playing super above my roll and with little concept of tournament strategy until i joined pxf. Sheets is an amazing instructor and the insight he gives to almost every hand is unparralled.
Any average above average or great player can learn a lot from this site.

I joined Card Runners in July. I spent several months studying before making a $250 deposit into UB in October. Since then I have made almost $7,000! This is truly amazing considering I had been a chronic losing player for almost three years. I have learned that NLHE is all about position and aggression. I have gone from being aware of card odds, pot odds, implied odds, etc. to being able to apply them to my game in a positive manner. I cannot put into words how much I have learned or how positivley they have impacted my families life. I was able to go from working three jobs to one and now get to spend more time with my wife and eight month old daughter. You cannot put a value on that. I owe Taylor, Andrew and crew far more than I could ever repay them. And the best part? I am getting better and better by the day. I will soon be moving up in limits for the third time this year, which I am told is pretty damn good!

Jeff Miller
CapAnson (FTP and Absolute)
CapAnson329 (UB)
Jeff218 (Card Runners)

Confessions of a former NIT:

I used to make a decent living exploiting online poker as opposed to being good at the game. I was a set miner sporting a stout 12% VPIP and 1.5% PFR, winning about 1.75 bb/100 over 200k+ hands at .50/1NL full ring. I was able to make money because there were enough terrible players out there who would pay off my sets/aces/kings when it should have been obvious that those there the only hands I was playing.

I was also a bonus chaser, and with the help of family/friends I made much more money from those bonuses than I did by playing poker. I was hitting the juicy $200 5x party bonuses 3 times a month for about $40/hr, those were good times.

Then I eventually looked down at my roll and I had 12k sitting there after cashing out enough money to pay off all my debt and buy everything my little heart desired. So I decided that it was time to move up. Unfortunately I just wasn't very good at poker and my set mining strategy didn't work nearly as well at 1/2 so I promptly lost 4k and moved back down to the safety of .5/1. To make matters worse the bonuses were really starting to dry up, things were looking bleak for my poker career.

So I decided that I needed to become a much better player in order to survive. I looked around for a while, read this site and 2+2. Spent a couple hundred on poker lessons, it helped a little but I didn't really feel like I was getting my money's worth. Then I eventually happened upon cardrunners. I joined up and was completely hooked after watching only a few videos.

It seems like I watched videos for a month straight, it completely revitalized my interest in poker. I just couldn't believe how much money these guys were making with a loose aggressive style. Looking back it seems silly but the concept was just so foreign to me, I really thought that NIT was the only way to make money at poker.

I got off to a bit of a rocky start once I returned to the tables, playing way too laggy for 6max .5/1. But I toned it down some and I've been on a pretty good run for the past 4-5 months playing a solid 22/18 "cardrunners style" at 1/2. I feel really good about my game, all the preaching they do on position has really hit home, and I've learned a number of nifty tricks to use against other good players at the table. I've cashed out more than enough to live off of and I'm only a few buy-ins away from hitting my 20k goal for the move up to 2/4. I couldn't be happier with all that CR has done for my game, I am very optimistic about my future in online poker and I can without a doubt say that they saved my poker life!

Prior to joining Cardrunners, I was a poker "lurker". I always read the stories about players making large sums of money and would toss money online, and try to make a miracle happen. Yes, it was literally a mircle I was praying for. I decided about a year ago to throw my money into myself and invest in Cardrunners. Here my play was transformed. For the first 2 month's I really got the power of position pounded into my head. Not a video went by where I didn't hear Taylor or Andrew yelling about position. It almost got annoying. Instantly, my game took off. I saw improvements just realizing to fold A10o in mid position with a raise in front of me. I then started to tackle post flop and reads. You'll rarely see a Cardrunners pro stack off in the videos. This is because they are well aware of reads and flop texture. I've really learned the value of playing overpairs and draw on every differn't board texture.

I was scared to death of cash games before Cardrunners, and now I will not play anything but cash games. I've learned the value of buying in for the full amount and using my edge to be able to win more if I sit with more. The last and most important thing I've learned from Cardrunners is the importance of self confidence and belief. I could be complaining about bad beates , etc but now I just let them slide and review my sessions.

Great responses by all, this is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for, thanks everyone.

CardRunners is not only an exceptional tool for learning to excel at cash game poker, but the forums and the community are second to none. The videos are fantastic for learning and improving your cash game play, but dont underestimate the value of the other members in the forums. I have never been on any other forum that is so friendly and willing to help as the CR forums - each and every time Ive ever asked members for help privately or otherwise, they have all been just awesome about doing their best to lend a hand.

Also, CardRunners is always seeking to improve on the services they offer, as well as upgrading the site. The recent addition of Brian Townsend to the already all-star cast of players is a perfect example of how CR is constantly striving to offer the best and most complete instruction out there.

I for one would like to thank CR for really opening my eyes to the game of poker, and for allowing me to have the chance to speak with so many great players via the forums. In my opinion, you will not find a better product anywhere.

PokerXFactor has been big thing getting my tournament game better. I have learned how to play with different sized stacks and how to be aggressive when needed. Rizen, Sheets, Bax, Below, Inissint and BrSavage are very good teachers of the game. PXF forums and chat are good places to get answers to your tough hands etc. I also love handreplayer, which allows me to go through my handhistories animated and also showing important factors like my M. The best thing in PXF is Mindwise, who is working every day very hard to get this excellent site even better :-)

-Millman

so, card runners is $20 a month, what's PXF's price and can u pay 4 a whole yr or 6months etc...

PXF has helped my game enormously!

My bankroll has increased by a factor of 5 since I joined!

I really like the way Sheets has hammered in (as u say), the importance of stack sizes when making your decisions in any tournament, sng or mtt. Learning about levels of flexibility, fold equity and how to play the short stack to perfection is just so important online!

I also enjoy the childish humour that Bax and Sheets have, lol

Belowabove's vids are sick too!

And Rizen just never makes mistakes.

Thanks guys!

I am a member on both sites, and both have helped me enormously to become a better player. I became serious about learning this game late 2006 and subscribed to both sites. Since i didn't know anything before i subscribed the amount they both teached me is huge. Positional play, the importance off stack sizes in the middle stages off MTT's, push-fold scenarios in SNG's, the power off aggession, the benifits off a LAG style, etc. etc. etc. Since i am a relative newby i am still learning on a daily basis, but at least i am winning, which i thank both off the sites for.

I do think each site has it's own strengths and weaknesses. This is my personal opinion and others may have different views.

PokerXFactor:
Strengths:
Videos: The PokerXFactor videos are a mix off both live recordings and replayer recordings. In the replayer recordings there is much more room for explanation which makes for better instructional value. They pause and take the time to explain their tought processes, go back to hands etc. something that's impossible in live recordings. Offcourse you miss something when viewing replayer action (like response times for opponents etc), but i think the mix off the 2 is perfect. Cardrunners only has live recordings which does not allow them to really take hands apart.
Hand Historie analyzer: A tool to view your (and other's) hand histories and analyze your play online. A lot off members (and pro's) post their hand histories this way and allow you to review a tournament, SNG or cash session in a graphical and very comfortable layout.
mindwise: The PokerXFactor site admin really goes out off his way to better the site and comes up with all kinds off creative ways to increase the value off the site. If the things he is planning for the comming year are implemented (like indexing the videos on hole cards), it will be a huge boost to the usability off the videos.

Weaknesses:
cash videos: This is relativly new to PXF and Cardrunners is really much more complete in this area.
limited activity off the pros on the forums: On cardrunners the pros and guest pros take an active interest in the forum posts off the members. On PXF this is not the case (with Rizen as a positive exception). They do have a 'ask the pros' section, but it really does not compare to the active responses you get on cardrunners.

Cardrunners:
Most off the strenghts off cardrunners are the weaknesses of PXF and vice versa. One weakness of cardrunners that really bugs me is the download speed off the videos. Although i do have a high speed internet connection, it takes 10 minutes before i actually see a video after clicking on a link.

All in all i think the best 'online poker training school' is the combination of cardrunners and PXF. I could not imagine stopping my subscription to either without it having a negative effect on my learning this game.

I play both cash games and tournaments however I enjoy tournaments much more. I joined cardrunners and although most people seem to think of it as a predominantly cash game site my tournament game progressed in huge leaps within about a week of sitting down and watching alot of the CR videos.

over the course of 2 years before my membership I had made baout 2 final tables in countless tournaments played, the next month after watching the videos I made at least 5. My grasp on how to play in what stages of the tournament increased ten-fold.

Along with this the mature business like approach the lead instructors take towards poker/life make them great role models to aspire to.

Justin "Disrespect" Green.

Being a low limit player (mostly), PXF has helped my game tremendously. The use of the replayer allows me to go back and find holes easier in my game then any other method that was available pre-PXF. I do not play cash very often, but I have learned quite a bit from Rizen's cash game vids. But I believe that the wide variety of pro MTT ( from Below's LAG game to BRSavage's TAG game )players here help to give beginning/moderate/ and advanced players key tools in their arsenal to compete at all lvls. The real gem is in the replayer. With all the different stats it provides, leaks can be a thing of the past with diligence and done in less time than otherwise possible. That being said, i'll leave you with a final thought......

GO GATORS!!!!!!!