Introduction

• Why game analysis is important
  
• The different types of game analysis
  
• How you can analyse your game
  

Chances are, you have played a few hands before using the strategies provided by PokerStrategy.com - you hopefully made some profit and perhaps even climbed up your first limit. Time to step up your understanding of the game as well.

In order to become a successful poker player, you continuously have to work on your own game. This includes keywords such as "opponent-specific play", "ranges", "equity" and many more, you will probably have heard or read about some of these before. One aspect which hasn't got so much attention so far is the so-called game analysis.

This does not mean however that this aspect is not considered important at PokerStrategy.com or that it's not part of its educational content. Maybe you even have some experience with analysing your game already, for example if you have actively used the hand evaluation forums before.

Further ways to analyse your game are in the spotlight of this article. The purpose of this is not to make the hand evaluation forums look unnecessary, but to provide you with simple means to analyse your game prior to your next session, which will in the best case allow you to learn from your mistakes.