Poker wise it's going to be a brief update, spring break is on right now for me so i'm trying to put in a good grind. 25nl is going great so far! (about 15k hands) and will be shot taking 50nl soon :o. I think the main issue for me is to not view it as money and really not overadjust. Yes it's a higher stake but the fish will still fish and the regs will still suck. Will have a bigger update later on though!
Monday, April 16, 2012
I'm Back!!!
Hi! Sorry for the lack of update here but had some personal emotional issues going on the past week that really messed with my mind! Cliffs: don't let emotions come in between you and a girl at a young age especially if you like to mingle ;)
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
April Aspirations
Soooo school is done for the week and now it's time to think up some goals for the month! Only have a few that I will be looking to hit so I will just go ahead and list them right away without wasting your time :P
1. Focus on school exams. I have 3 exams on 4/11 and really need to pick up the slack in that category! Lots of homework this weekend and with The Masters on its going to be hard to focus the whole time.
2. Poker wise, try to put in 30k hands somehow. I have spring break starting the 16th of April with no classwork so I would like to play 10-15k hands during that time. My biggest problem in poker is volume and something really needs to be done about it. I recently discovered I might spend a little bit too much time studying rather than playing, therefore, I need to split it around a 70/30 ratio where studying being the latter of the two.
3. Concentrate concentrate and concentrate while playing poker. Watching a poker video about mindset of the game made me realize what I am actually doing while playing. This consists of listening to music, talking to people on skype all the time, browsing FoursFull, and just checking random things on the internet. There is absolutely no way I can play to the best of my abilities while doing these things! My goal is to stop all of the above and focus on taking proper notes and making better informed decisions while at the tables.
Not a long list of goals for the month, but I feel it is plenty enough to keep me busy!
1. Focus on school exams. I have 3 exams on 4/11 and really need to pick up the slack in that category! Lots of homework this weekend and with The Masters on its going to be hard to focus the whole time.
2. Poker wise, try to put in 30k hands somehow. I have spring break starting the 16th of April with no classwork so I would like to play 10-15k hands during that time. My biggest problem in poker is volume and something really needs to be done about it. I recently discovered I might spend a little bit too much time studying rather than playing, therefore, I need to split it around a 70/30 ratio where studying being the latter of the two.
3. Concentrate concentrate and concentrate while playing poker. Watching a poker video about mindset of the game made me realize what I am actually doing while playing. This consists of listening to music, talking to people on skype all the time, browsing FoursFull, and just checking random things on the internet. There is absolutely no way I can play to the best of my abilities while doing these things! My goal is to stop all of the above and focus on taking proper notes and making better informed decisions while at the tables.
Not a long list of goals for the month, but I feel it is plenty enough to keep me busy!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Improving As a Player
Hey guys! This is a cross post I made from FoursFull and thought I would share it!
Poker is like a hot air balloon in a sense that if there is a big hole in the balloon we have several options. We can do nothing about it and gradually come back down to the ground (most likely breaking our face). Or we can work on it slowly and attempt to patch it up, eventually fixing the hole and lifting up higher.
If you are unable to put the above together it’s pretty simple. By making no effort to fix our leaks and study, we are constantly playing poker with holes in our game which does not sound like a lot of fun. However, if we dedicate ourselves to improving as a player, we are able to patch the hole up one step at a time and work on becoming a successful poker player.
Always focus on improving as a player and make that your main goal whenever you discuss any form of poker. I find setting out a specific schedule on when you will study/review hands very satisfying and highly recommend it because it will sort of force you to work on it. For example, I normally play from 9:00am-11:00am, browse the forum and look at HH's after, then study whether its watching a video or reading a book after midnight. Obviously it will depend on your social life, but it can be easy to balance your life with poker. Various options are given to us for free that we need to take advantage of to get better and I will list these options and hope others can add on to more ideas:
1) ) Read x amounts of HH’s every day. A key concept is that you must work out the hand yourself by going through each street and assessing the opponent’s ranges. You don’t necessarily have to post but make sure to read what the better players have to say and compare that to your answers.
2) Read x amount of articles on poker sites such as from here FoursFull or on 2p2 and review and work on each new concepts each week.
3) Join a study group or contact people on skype who are constantly talking about poker. The more you talk about it, the more you will learn from it. If you want to join a group pm me and ill give you my skype.
4) Get a subscription at a poker training site and make it an effort to watch a video each night or every other night. Watching a video will open up your eyes to basic spots you thought were standard but weren't, or just opportunities that your missing by folding too much when there was a chance to steal the pot.
Training sites:
DeucesCracked
5) Make it an effort to read a certain amount of books in a month whether its ranging from 1-5 books.
6) Analyze you hands through your HUD database and get out pokerstove (pokerstove) and put in ranges and see if your making mistakes or not. This will help you with hand reading since your always trying to assess what your opponent could have.
I'm sure that there are tons of more options but these are the one's I can think of on the spot. Poker takes a lot of dedication (ask some of the really good players here and they will tell you) and it is extremely important to put in effort on improving. Otherwise, playing with a bunch of leaks likely won't end on a positive note.
Poker is like a hot air balloon in a sense that if there is a big hole in the balloon we have several options. We can do nothing about it and gradually come back down to the ground (most likely breaking our face). Or we can work on it slowly and attempt to patch it up, eventually fixing the hole and lifting up higher.
If you are unable to put the above together it’s pretty simple. By making no effort to fix our leaks and study, we are constantly playing poker with holes in our game which does not sound like a lot of fun. However, if we dedicate ourselves to improving as a player, we are able to patch the hole up one step at a time and work on becoming a successful poker player.
Always focus on improving as a player and make that your main goal whenever you discuss any form of poker. I find setting out a specific schedule on when you will study/review hands very satisfying and highly recommend it because it will sort of force you to work on it. For example, I normally play from 9:00am-11:00am, browse the forum and look at HH's after, then study whether its watching a video or reading a book after midnight. Obviously it will depend on your social life, but it can be easy to balance your life with poker. Various options are given to us for free that we need to take advantage of to get better and I will list these options and hope others can add on to more ideas:
1) ) Read x amounts of HH’s every day. A key concept is that you must work out the hand yourself by going through each street and assessing the opponent’s ranges. You don’t necessarily have to post but make sure to read what the better players have to say and compare that to your answers.
2) Read x amount of articles on poker sites such as from here FoursFull or on 2p2 and review and work on each new concepts each week.
3) Join a study group or contact people on skype who are constantly talking about poker. The more you talk about it, the more you will learn from it. If you want to join a group pm me and ill give you my skype.
4) Get a subscription at a poker training site and make it an effort to watch a video each night or every other night. Watching a video will open up your eyes to basic spots you thought were standard but weren't, or just opportunities that your missing by folding too much when there was a chance to steal the pot.
Training sites:
DeucesCracked
5) Make it an effort to read a certain amount of books in a month whether its ranging from 1-5 books.
6) Analyze you hands through your HUD database and get out pokerstove (pokerstove) and put in ranges and see if your making mistakes or not. This will help you with hand reading since your always trying to assess what your opponent could have.
I'm sure that there are tons of more options but these are the one's I can think of on the spot. Poker takes a lot of dedication (ask some of the really good players here and they will tell you) and it is extremely important to put in effort on improving. Otherwise, playing with a bunch of leaks likely won't end on a positive note.
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