Thursday, April 10, 2008
How to improve your poker game?
I want to constantly improve as a player. I want to win big tournaments, and sit at big tables with confidence. I am committed to learning, and playing well at the tables I sit at.
I play large-field tournaments and single/2-table Full-Ring (at nl100 now, and transitioning to nl200, where I've played in the past). I also play the odd SNG, and also satellites into more expensive tourneys (which I often cash out - I find these fields much softer than, say, the 10/180s). I'm not a pro, so I also play as a hobby rather than a job. I am a more experienced tourney player (2 years+) than NL FR player (6 months+).
Here's the ways I try and improve:
1) I play FR shortstack at least one session a week. This keeps me sharp on what good shortstack play is, and makes it much easier to spot good and bad SS players, and play back at them more appropriately.
2) I try and play an 8+ table session once every 2 weeks. This gives me an insight into how multitablers think and act, and helps in playing back at them. This is a recent addition to my pokerlife.
3) I read a lot. 2+2 is useful. I acquire books at a fair rate too, and tend to skim new books for stuff I need to read more deeply, and note stuff that I'll need to revisit in future. NLTAP is probably the book I use most at the moment. I also read and reread chapters and articles I find useful until they are fully internalised. I'll often reread the same article 10-20 times over a few weeks, to make sure I've thoroughly understood it (it's too easy to read poker books and remember the simple bits, and forget the exceptions/unusuals).
4) I have been moving up aggressively, particularly in tournament stakes. Having said that, I think I'll be making nl200 my home for a long time, as it meshes so well with the way I play. I will however be taking shots at higher levels from this safe ground. I'm aiming to use this as a base to finance getting into the big tourneys ($215-$1100 buyins), where 1 good run can maybe change your life.
I play large-field tournaments and single/2-table Full-Ring (at nl100 now, and transitioning to nl200, where I've played in the past). I also play the odd SNG, and also satellites into more expensive tourneys (which I often cash out - I find these fields much softer than, say, the 10/180s). I'm not a pro, so I also play as a hobby rather than a job. I am a more experienced tourney player (2 years+) than NL FR player (6 months+).
Here's the ways I try and improve:
1) I play FR shortstack at least one session a week. This keeps me sharp on what good shortstack play is, and makes it much easier to spot good and bad SS players, and play back at them more appropriately.
2) I try and play an 8+ table session once every 2 weeks. This gives me an insight into how multitablers think and act, and helps in playing back at them. This is a recent addition to my pokerlife.
3) I read a lot. 2+2 is useful. I acquire books at a fair rate too, and tend to skim new books for stuff I need to read more deeply, and note stuff that I'll need to revisit in future. NLTAP is probably the book I use most at the moment. I also read and reread chapters and articles I find useful until they are fully internalised. I'll often reread the same article 10-20 times over a few weeks, to make sure I've thoroughly understood it (it's too easy to read poker books and remember the simple bits, and forget the exceptions/unusuals).
4) I have been moving up aggressively, particularly in tournament stakes. Having said that, I think I'll be making nl200 my home for a long time, as it meshes so well with the way I play. I will however be taking shots at higher levels from this safe ground. I'm aiming to use this as a base to finance getting into the big tourneys ($215-$1100 buyins), where 1 good run can maybe change your life.
# posted by bonycamel @ 1:19 AM 
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