Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

This topic has been touched on obliquely in other posts recently, and I've been thinking more about it as it occurred to me the other day that a year ago, I would have expected present-day-me to be a better poker player.

For those of you that have become good high-limit players, what might you have changed about how you developed your game?

On one hand, playing more hands would certainly have helped me, on the other, a more regimented approach to plugging holes in my game might have been better time spent.

Thanks for any input.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

Good post, Ill reply with my poker regrets so far even though im only .50/1 player. I dont have a job so im pro right [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


I'd have...
-Bonus whored earlier build my role
-Joined PokerStars & Purchased PT at the very start
-posted here and purhcased SSH reading it twice at least.
-Purchased more books and played 4x tables daily for an hour minimim
-Reviewed all losing sessions on one day dedicated to improving my game.

I didnt do any of these as i didnt have the info at the time of the decisions, So i dont feel to bad... but now i know where im at and im heading to 2/4 by xmas. Wish me luck. Good thread look forward to replys.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

Gotcha. You just neglected to play enough hands, spend money on books and software, spend time utilizing those critical tools, get a bankroll going, and bother reviewing your sessions.

But you're already up to $.50-1, so it's all good. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

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-Reviewed all losing sessions on one day dedicated to improving my game.


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you dont only lose money on losing sessions.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

Indeed, but i review these first. Then i go onto winning sessions.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

Well, I'm no expert, but here's my take. Although I had played poker for many years I was fairly new to hold'em when I started online. I lurked on this forum, read and studied for six months before making a deposit. While this probably got me off to a better start than most people, looking back I would have started playing sooner. Everything in the books really started to make sense at about 20K hands. In other words, there's no substitute for practice and experience, provided, of course, that you're studying and improving along the way. Repeating the same mistake 10,000 times isn't good practice.

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I would like to have played more and have a lot more money in the bank.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

Known more better players. It took me alot longer, but my friends much less time because they could just talk and learn from me.

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I would like to have played more and have a lot more money in the bank.

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during the may 2005 unlimited 30-60 tables opening, i wouldn't have left my computer.

Re: Experts: What would you change about how you learned poker?
 

I don't play high stakes games yet but, before I ever deposited any money, I just watched players at all levels and tried to really pay attention to what they were doing. After a while I was really able to figure people out better than I would have without doing that. You get to learn a very important skill by watching real money players before actually depositing any money. I still have my losing sessions, but I felt more confident getting into it for the first time. But if I had to change anything, it would have been purchasing poker tracker sooner.