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Yale MBA and Cornell BA and former professional poker player.  I paid my way through undergrad and grad school playing and teaching poker (both online and live).

- Yale MBA and Cornell BA
- Expert in international business - have built 7 businesses myself, around the world
- Former professional poker player
- Former Cornell Varsity tennis player
- Fluent in Spanish and proficient in French

I've been tutoring since I was 8 years old (yes, 8 years old!).  I love my students and helping them achieve their dreams!

We gave a poker lesson with Athan to our son for his 19th birthday.  It was the best!  Athan was extremely responsive and well prepared asking us in advance what our son wanted to work on.   He made it fun while learning many skills.  Highly recommend Athan!

Athan is very knowledgeable in the game of Poker. He has taught me the concepts needed to take my game to the next level. He has guided me in the right direction and I'm looking forward to more lessons with him.

Athan provided first rate poker instruction for our family members ranging in age from 11-50.  He started us on the basics and after a few lessons it became one of our favorite family games. We would play on our own and then review our games with him. He answered all of our questions and gave excellent advice on play.   I would recommend him to anyone looking to learn this dynamic game.

Athan is a fantastic teacher and communicator.   To shake things up a bit this summer, I arranged an online poker lesson with Athan for my son. I saw later that Athan's resume is super impressive -- Yale, Cornell, professional poker player, CEO multiple times over. So impressive, actually, that leading up to the lesson I was wondering whether he and my son would even be able to communicate with each other, and whether I was getting my son into something that was way over his head. I sat next to my son the whole time, and saw the whole lesson.   Athan came in and knocked the lesson out of the park.  He knew his "audience," was totally prepared, and said all the right things at the right times to keep everything clear, interesting and effective.  Just as one example, at the beginning Athan asked my son a couple questions about his other interests (e.g. what do you do? do you play sports? like math?) and when Carter told him the answers, Athan memorized them. Then throughout the lesson, Athan kept analogizing the principles he was teaching to those experiences Carter had told him about.  Amazing! I was blown away.   Athan's not only an apparent master of his poker craft, but he's got real talent when it comes to communication more broadly.  It's no wonder he's traveled so far.

A terrific coach. Athan is patient, upbeat and professional.
Highly recommended and anyone would be lucky to have him as their instructor.

Enjoyed it and learned a lot—thanks, Athan!

After lessons, I won a tournament!  He was a great teacher!

Athan is an excellent teacher. Very enthusiastic about the subject. 
I'm looking forward to the rest of the lessons. 

Allen

Athan was great. Can’t wait for next lesson

Was referred to Athan by a friend-  Alot of fun to work with- a patient teacher that knows how to build your strenghts.    A pleasure to work with.

I've used Athan for several lessons now and he's become a friend. Happy to write this review for him (though I secretly don't want other players to get the same coaching :)). I can't recommend him enough as he's saved me tons of money and has made me much more. Athan is so smart and analytical. I already knew how to play before we started but I wasn't winning much if at all, in my home games and in casinos both in cash games and in tournaments. Athan came with a completely custom lesson plan and helped break apart how to think about the game in general, how to play players, the math, specific leaks/weak spots, and different situations. Just try one lesson and I think you'll see the same.

Wow.  Poker is not so intimidating any more.  Athan really put things into perspective and has made my game vastly better.

Athan is patient, professional and really knows the game.  His input has been invaluabgle and I am  winning!

Amazing, highly recommended Ethan,he was focused , Concerned, patients  , listened to every world that I said and he cames out with an excellent example and result and solution. Can't wait to get more lesson with him and see my self in the right track with a great coach player like him. 
Best Regards

Poker with Athan S.

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BA, Economics, Spanish, French

MBA

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