DragTheBar.com Recruits Four New Coaches

DragTheBar.com Recruits Four New Coaches

The Poker Training Site Continues to Aggressively Improve its Product

CHARLOTTE, NC — March 7, 2011 — Poker training site DragTheBar (www.dragthebar.com) announced today the addition of four new coaches, improving its Limit Hold'em, NL Hold'em, and tournament departments.  DTB now has almost thirty coaches on its roster as it continues to expand.

Limit Hold'em will see the biggest upgrade at DTB with two very accomplished players joining the lineup.  Gareth "Sledghammer" Allen is a well-respected mid-stakes player and twoplustwo poster, and few people in todays LHE games can match his 6-max win rate of nearly 2 BB/100.  Beginning back in 2004 on Party Poker, Gareth began at Limit Hold'em before moving to tournament poker.  He returned to 6-max Limit Hold'em in early 2008, where he has maintained some of the best win rates in the game ever since.

The second new Limit coach is Nick "Hood" Jones,  a versatile LHE player who in 2010 moved from heads-up to 6-max with great results.  Nick has a very mathematical approach to poker and has authored some powerful software tools to help players analyze their game. "We're very excited to be expanding our Limit Hold'em department," said DTB co-CEO Hunter Bick, "With 5 very high quality limit coaches, I think DTB offers excellent value for limit players."

DragTheBar is also strengthening its No-Limit roster with the addition of Paul Ratchford, a mid/high stakes player from Vancouver.  Ratchford plays almost exclusively on the European sites where he game selects from $2/$4 to $25/$50.  The opposite of a mass-multitabling player, he usually plays between 4 and 6 at a time in order to maximize the expectation of each decision.  This approach has rewarded with him with very impressive win rates and an extremely dynamic and creative thought process that is free of auto-piloting.  This is a rare mindset in today's games and should make Ratchford's videos a tremendous asset to DTB members.

Not stopping there, DTB is also adding to its tournament roster.  Katie Dozier, aka "hotjenny314" has been an online force in both SNGs and MTTs over the last few years.  Having played poker throughout college and culinary school, she ultimately decided on professional poker instead of professional cooking.  After dominating the super-turbo SNGs for quite some time, she switched to MTTs which she has focused on for the last year.  She is on several Sharkscope leader boards, is a feared tournament player, and recently moved to Las Vegas with her husband Collin Moshman.  "Katie is not only a great player but also an experienced teacher who will be making both MTT and SNG videos," added Bick, "She will an excellent addition to our tournament staff."

DragTheBar.com boasts free membership and rakeback options at a variety of poker rooms, including Party Poker and BlackChip Poker.  It also offers steep discounts for long-term membership purchases.  The site’s training videos are not digital-rights managed (no DRM) and are compatible with Apple products. Alongside poker, the site also offers backgammon, coached by world champion Bill Robertie.

There is no activation fee for joining DragTheBar.com, which has one membership level for all stakes and multiple payment options.  The site is presently offering a 7-day free trial to all prospective members and discounts on long-term memberships.

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