Hier wat wijze woorden uit de blog van Twice-T, miss moet ik hier maar eens goed naar gaan kijken om een ♠_biggrin: te worden.
How to become a good poker player
- realise u are a fish. if u think u are a good poker plr => stop thinking, step back and realize u are not. u might know some concepts, but u are probably overestimating your skills A LOT.
- analyse hands (read: analyse A LOT of hands)
- talk about the game as often as possible with many different plrs
- nl10 deeeeeep homegames ftw (especially with tha mindfucker crew in vienna ) in such homegames u see lines/ideas u have probably never seen before. being creative and capable of thinking outside the box is always of great asset to have.
- get coaching (be prepared! prepare hands in advance, install and test (!) the software in advance, do everything u can do use the (expensive) time as useful as possible) maybe just book coachings when u move up in limits and maybe book different coaches to get to know different views ...
- do sweat sessions with friends/ps members who play similar limits
- start coaching (coach your brother, coach ppl 2 limits below yours ... coaching is way more difficult than playing yourself. being able to explain your thought process in specific spots will increase your skills dramatically. + its more fun than just playing alone + u get some $$ for it
- learn more games. even if u dont play them for a big income, start learning plo, stud, razz, flhe, mtts, badugi, 2-7 single draw, crazy pineapple etc ... you will see how it pushes your overall poker skills!
- how to become a winning poker player
- mindset is key. work on it as much as u can. invest more time in your poker mindset, than in your poker game.
TwiceT's theorem of poker:
position > cards, mindset > skill. ===> position + mindset= $ $ $
- be self critical ALL THE TIME
- bank roll management. find your own way. but as a rule of thumb i would suggest using aggro brm in micros and very nitty brm midstakes+
- step outside and look at yourself regularly. self evaluation is crucial. as a poker player (like as a day trader) u have no friends when it comes to your business. u alone are responsible for every decision. hence, u need to objectively evaluate them as often as possible.
- find "your" game and then ... put in volume and exploit edges again and again and again. if you have a big edge grinding hu-sng, do it! if u like grinding fl-sh 5/10 for rakeback, do it! if u like killing stud, razz, plo8, mixed games, do it! if u play nl100 fr 24 tabling to finance your studies & your party life, do it (u probbaly earn more than your profs anyway )! do whatever makes u feel happy + gives u tons of $$$. dont just play nlhe sh cuz everybody does it and dont play loose cuz its cool. guess what, many good plrs are playing nlhe sh. the edge is small, so why dont play another game? why dont play hu? why just have 1 game? why dont have 7 games, one for every day?
- understand and respect variance (50k hands is not a sample size. not at all). even if i wrote this sentence biiiig and bold and in red, i think 95% would not respect is enough. variance can be sick. ofc, there are games where it will be sicker (e.g. plo hi sh 5/10 online) and games where it will be smaller (e.g. nlhe 10max 1/2 live at your local casino). however, im pretty sure most ppl underestimate variance a ton which leads to big mindset problems cuz they dont understand what standard deviation and variance mean. u can google it and u will find some sick graphs/calculations on it.
- play a-game as often as somehow possible and have a b-game that's better than other player's a-game. try not to play too much in c-game mode. try to identify when u do and stop the session.
- dont get greedy/arrogant after a good month. just cuz u made 10k in a month doesnt mean u are the best poker plr in tha world.
- dont have the best poker players (like krantz, durrr, fwf, ansky, aejones, phil galfond etc etc) as your ideal. these guys have exeptional poker skills, but think about ppl like leatherass who are by far not the best players in the world (ofc he plays well, but he is not outstanding at all and he is not a reason to quit a table) but make a shitload (!!) of money.
=> treat your poker career as a business! get a good setup, dont watch tv and skype while playing too much. get in volume!! u wont get rich by playing 3 sessions a week. table select well and dont play any table cuz u are the best in the world (u probably are not!), dont play tired/drunk, have a good work/life (or call it poker/uni/party) balance - u need more projects running than just being poker pro imo. be self critical all the time and re-think your gameplan. try to identify the spots where u make money, and then ... exploit your edges over and over again!
- moving down in limits is not embarrassing!!!!! in fact, i think its great. re-building confidence + working on specific parts of your game if great and for me personally, it has always been of crucial significance. when i need to have some fun or need some more confidence, i just sit down at a nlhe 100 hu table and own some reg souls
- become effective
- plan your sessions, have at least some kind of a playing schedule for a day/week.
- dont quit just after 10 mins cuz u got sucked out a bit. if u plan to play 5 hours, get your ass down and play 5 hours a-game. no excuses, no mobile phone, no toilet break. focus on the tables, do your job and do it like a pro. the day has 19 more hours, so 5 hours should be duable. i sometimes even pulled 20 hour "working" (be it grinding myself, coaching, rl business/job, uni ...) days, but ofc, there is no need to get super crazy with that. just try to improve your effectiveness. from what i see, many ppl lack in efficiency a lot.
- learn to analyse your game while playing. that way u dont need to analse it afterwards (which u probably dont do enough anyway) but can rather play another session. just mark the spots that are rly tricky and discuss them later.
- play 100% focused.
- learn to lose, and u will be rdy to win! (understanding this is probably as crucial as understanding brm and variance). [in business management there is a saying like: "u should have learned to serve, before u can start to lead/guide/manage ... a lot of truth in these words imo]
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