Man, My Last 182,000 Hands have really Sucked.

[x2ski]

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I am realizing that I don't play anywhere near the amount of hands needed to improve to the level I desire. Hey x2ski, how long did it take you to play that many hands?

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Improving to the level you desire is not necessarily more likely to happen by playing lengthy sessions of 8-tabling. It's just a way to grind out income (although improvement CAN come...I just don't agree with the implication that it's mandatory).
you do need to play hands...but a half-million isn't necessary to be a better player.
people became good players long before the internet....pre-internet it would be pretty tough to play more than 100k hands in a year.


Playing FEWER tables and studying will improve your game.

Many would argue that playing that many tables for that long would make it extrmely difficult to improve one's game (although some 2+2'ers have seemingly proven that idea to be incorrect)

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I'm single-tabling Poki right now practicing some blind plays.

FWIW I'm tearing ass after 269 hands (.429 sb/h wetf that means).

You might be on to something there Bobber... Obviously you're right, but it's hard to cut down when you begin to rely on a certain earn whilst including "extra".

"whilst" - how'd I do with this one? British people are funny.