If you click on my 25-50 blind level article, at the bottom of the OP I link to the video.
Here it is:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FJF6VN4Z I actually forgot I even made a video in that thread.
"Ive tryied to play consistently HUSNG but it tilt me so much the kind of ANIMALS that play low stakes, i mean $2. Calling raises with 92o, overbetting 5x pot the flop with bottom pair and turning two pair by the river, etc. I cannot control it, it tilts me so much.
To the point, my bankroll is very very small (around $270 at FTP) but i do wanna learn to play HUSNG and beat them. Do you think that at this level i can extract the more value from your lessons/reviews etc? Or maybe i have to start somewhere else, lurk some more in here, etc?"
The first thing I would recommend would be to just accept that people play trashy hands. The second thing, after you realize that, is that very often those trashy hands hit. Even if you win like 60% of your games, you're still getting coolered/beat pretty often, but that's part of the game. You make money because people make horrible plays, so don't tell them they made a bad play, just say "gg" and move on. Several very successful higher stakes players berate and complain to bad players when they make bad plays, and I will forever hold my respect to these players in check. If a player I regularly talk to does this I try to get them to cut it out, it costs everybody money.
Anyway, back to your question. On a 270 bankroll I would just skip the 2 dollar games (bc the rake is 2x as high % wise) and play 5 dollar games.
As for learning and improving, it is really player based. If you're really set on improving your poker game, play as many games as you can without tilting. Review hand histories on games you thought a lot of big pots or "tough spots" came up. Ask yourself on every action of every street "why was this action better than the other possible actions? would my actions change if villain had different characteristics?" If you can't answer either of those questions, post the hand on 2p2 with as many reads on villain as possible (don't post the results of the hand). If you don't understand somebody's reply to your hand, just ask them for more information or to clarify their response.
Between that and playing 10-20 games a day you are well ahead of the learning curve of the husng game.
Now, after you do that for a little bit, you'll start doing some things much better, but most importantly you'll be thinking about your game A LOT. You'll probably tend to get a little fancy with some of your lines and try to soul read or "put the player on a hand" a little too much, but a little bit of that stuff is commonplace. This would be an ideal time to get a few HHs reviewed (1-3 I'd say). After I (or any coach) reviews your HHs, you should try to incorporate some of the advice into your game and repeat what I talked about earlier (playing games, reviewing some of your HHs and posting hands you don't understand). Then, in 40, 50, 100, etc. games repeat the process with the coach. That way, you are getting the max from every coaching session and working hard and thinking about your game all at the same time.
A lot of players post hands in the forum and you can tell they get about nothing out of them (knowing you should shove TPTK when somebody c/r you on a wet board is not learning for most players, even if they slowplayed it, they usually know they should not have if they really think about the hand). It is very important that you not only post hands that you do not understand, but follow up with questions to the people that give you advice. Be respectful and polite and you'll usually be returned with the same (if you're not, just ignore the jerks).
It's also helpful sometimes to get a heads up buddy (somebody that plays similar stakes as you that you can play/study hands with).
Just be careful not to waste a ton of time doing unproductive things. Talking about bad beats with other players, watching 50-100 videos by krantz or aba, trolling bbv, tilting in games. All this kind of stuff is very wasteful, so if you want to really improve your game I'd suggest staying away from it. Video sites are nice, but the quality of product for husngs basically ranges from non existent to very bad. Games like 6 max and STTs have much better representation in terms of video sites.
In the end, I'd just come up with a loose plan for yourself, and try to stick to it. Ask better, more experienced players than yourself for advice but don't be obnoxious, bug people or waste their time, and don't let other people do that to you. There's nothing wrong with saying "sorry, I'm kind of busy" or "I know these beats stink, but I really don't like looking at anybody's bad beats, it sours the game for me."
Everybody's optimal plan for improving is going to be different, but following some of the things I talked about above should put you ahead of a majority of players.
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