Not sure if this is the right forum for this type of stuff, so please direct me elsewhere if not.

As a way to learn poker I started watching a ton of old HSP episodes a few months ago and it's only logical to play like the best player and do what they would do in all spots. Tom Dwan was clearly the best player on the show. Just came upon some $ a couple months ago so I've got the money for his type of strategy (the big bluffs, etc.). So far it's been winning at 2/5 foxwoods (three sessions, $5k profit, 1000% ROI). Want to take a shot at 10/25 tonight and not sure if it normally opens, but I want to at least see if I can play against the best with this strategy. Hope to see you there.

This is not the right place for this, you should post such things here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...-3-1-a-416381/

3 sessions is a small sample size, and your style of play works well against one-dimensional nits. However, taking it to 10/25 is a great way to spew away a bankroll. You see what Dwan does, but you cannot possibly understand why he chooses his lines in his particular spots. He can read hands impeccably well, and knows how to represent certain hands against weak ranges with great accuracy, making his bluffs +EV. His play is alluring, but to call it the clear-cut best is more of what you wish to believe, not the reality of what makes a winning cash game player in the high stakes environment.

If you take a line against a thinking 10/25 that is a bluff that makes no sense, you will get called. If you try to unknowingly bluff one of the "spots" in the game, you will get called. If you fail to merge spots where you are bluffing large amounts of chips with thin value for a sense of balance, you will get called.

I am not trying to be condescending, I am simply trying to explain why you should continue to gain a greater understanding as a poker player as opposed to shot-take at a level that is out of your league resulting in you dropping the game altogether.

For the record, I regularly play 10/25 when it runs at FW.

The fact that Tom Dwan is the best (or at least one of the best) does not mean that his strategy is best for a learning player.

For example, lets say I want to be a basketball player. I watch hours and hours of NBA footage, and decide that Michael Jordan is the best player, therefore I want to emulate his style.

I enter a local pick-up game and start shooting from the NBA three point line, taking every open shot the defence gives me. I air ball every shot. I go up for a dunk, and literally fall 2 feet short.

...get the picture? You're trying to be MJ, even though you have barely dribbled a basketball in your life.

Gotta learn the fundamentals, first. You can still pick an allstar to learn from... Just pick someone who plays a solid, technical game. Someone like Larry Bird... Or Doyle Brunson.