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General Coaching Services (US$ 85/hr)
If you are interested in general coaching services, the fee is US$ 85 per hour. Clients usually open up a running account and pay monthly; if you can bring one referral per month, the hourly fee drops to US$ 65 (for the entire month). The fee includes services rendered up to two people (you and your partner). A popular structure is one in which you send us a game you played on BBO (all you have to do is to give us your nickname and the date, we can find the boards), we record a video about it (usually ends up being close to a 30 min video. It depends on the boards), and then we set up a 30 min discussion for feedback, after you watch the video. So the entire process takes something close to one hour. But if you have any other ideas, just email topbridgebrazil.pbrum@gmail.com and let us talk about it.
If you wish to play an online session with Paulo Brum, the fee structure is exactly the same (we calculate the hours and bill you at the end of the month). Please send a convention card in advance via email (see above) to streamline any pre-game discussions. Any popular bidding system is fine; if you have a peculiar bidding system that you would like to employ, it will probably add to the total time used in preparing for the session, but apart from that, we're fine with any system.
Note that you can share the cost with a partner or teammates if you prefer -- but if you ask us to analyze 4 players in a session (instead of only one) the video will probably be longer. Even so it is a very affordable way for a team to get valuable tips.
If you wish to play an online session with Paulo Brum, the fee structure is exactly the same (we calculate the hours and bill you at the end of the month). Please send a convention card in advance via email (see above) to streamline any pre-game discussions. Any popular bidding system is fine; if you have a peculiar bidding system that you would like to employ, it will probably add to the total time used in preparing for the session, but apart from that, we're fine with any system.
Note that you can share the cost with a partner or teammates if you prefer -- but if you ask us to analyze 4 players in a session (instead of only one) the video will probably be longer. Even so it is a very affordable way for a team to get valuable tips.
Simulations
Perhaps you want to settle a dispute with your partner about the best lead at a given situation, or to learn whether you should jump, in an unimpeded auction, after 1 Diamond - 1 Heart, with --- J108 AKQJ96 KQ95. These questions are amenable to a quantitative inquiry. In a simulation, a great number of hands (at least hundreds) are generated according to well-defined constraints. Looking at the diversity of possibilities in a given auction, we often learn something new.
If you want us to prepare and analyze a simulation for you, the fee is the same as for the coaching services (US$ 85/h without referrals, US$ 65/h with at least one referral in a given month). Send an email to topbridgebrazil.pbrum@gmail.com to discuss it further. I will probably ask many questions about style, vulnerability, etc. before running the simulation, since these details matter a lot, so gather all the information you can!
If you want us to prepare and analyze a simulation for you, the fee is the same as for the coaching services (US$ 85/h without referrals, US$ 65/h with at least one referral in a given month). Send an email to topbridgebrazil.pbrum@gmail.com to discuss it further. I will probably ask many questions about style, vulnerability, etc. before running the simulation, since these details matter a lot, so gather all the information you can!