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Friday, February 25, 2011

Poker #4 : My Poker Education Tips

                  My Poker Education Tips


Playing more poker isn’t the only way to win more money at the tables. Education is just as important as every second you spend playing hands. Education will help you to make all the right decisions in nearly every situation. Just as you dedicate a certain amount of time a day to playing; you should be spending an equal amount of time bettering yourself at the game by all sorts of education. There are articles, videos, and forums that you can view to become better. All of these will help build your knowledge of poker, which will in turn make you money.
Poker Forums (Hand Histories):
When you are actually playing poker you are learning, but there is a lot of down time because you are folding a lot of hands. When you read forum posts, they are strictly the interesting hands that you would have questions about if you yourself came across them on the tables. Not only do you get to review the hand and see what yourself and others think about the situation, but you also have no risk of your own money involved! The best thing about education is that for the most part it doesn’t cost you anything. Posting your own hand histories is very important as well. This makes it possible for other people to see the approach you took in the hand and your reasoning, letting them give you feedback about what you did well and what you did poorly.
Poker Videos:
Another great form of education is watching pro videos. Watching a professional play can help show you the right plays to make and more importantly WHY. When you watch a video, you should be taking notes. This helps you to look for key things that you are doing wrong when you yourself play. If you are unsure about situations to re-raise then you can watch a few videos and look for that specifically. Having the ability to do this is extremely useful especially with monitoring your own play. If you see that you aren’t stealing the blinds enough then you can watch for how often a professional does it to help you get on track with your steal attempts. Taking notes will help the learning process a lot because it forces you to answer the question “Why am I taking this action in this situation?” which will ultimately help you to better understand the game as a whole.
Poker Strategy Articles:
Strategy articles are also a good source of information intake. You can find strategy articles on almost any element of the game. By reading strategy articles you can look at a certain aspect of the game and have it broken down for you. Taking notes on strategy articles is also a good idea. Again, understanding why you do certain things will help you in situations like it. If you read an article about loosening up on the button, you might not read about the exact situation that you will be in, but you will read about a situation much like it. Taking notes to help understand “why” will help you relate the situations with one another, increasing your ability to make the right play.
Education is the heart of bettering your skill level of poker. The more you know the better you are. The better you are the more money you make which is the ultimate goal. Reading articles, posting and responding on poker forums, and watching videos will all build your foundation of skill at poker. Taking notes will force you to understand the game more and ultimately win more money.

23 comments:

  1. More good tips. Thanks! Keep it up.

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  2. More good tips! Thanks! Keep it up...

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  3. poker forums where they can tell you what are you doing wrong and why is very important to improve.
    After you can watch the pros and learn from them

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  4. I think what I'm best at is my po-po-pokerface :)
    Keep it up :)

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  5. Hmm, good tips I play poker when I go to visit the Caribbean.

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  6. I'm heading to Vegas next month.
    I'm trying to gather as much info as I can.

    ~Showing some support to my fellow bloggers.

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  7. Any tips for me to get better at poker are good, im bloody awful at it.

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  8. Always been interested in poker, however it seems all very complex. Hopefully i can learn a bit from this blog!

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  9. I'd like to go to Vegas too, nice post!

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  10. Thanks for the tips. They were very useful.

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  11. Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Great tips. Hopefully I can win some money soon :)

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  13. Thanks! Going to have my first game sometime next week!

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  14. and i always thought is was all about luck :(

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  15. more excellent tips thx, keep em coming!

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