Sup 2+2ers,

Recently, with a Deuces Cracked membership, I downloaded lot of stuff on their website. I grabbed a few series concerning my limits. Also, my friend let me read his Baluga Whale's Book so i can get better at poker.

However, I,m pretty mixed up after I read or watched some videos. I think I can't assimilate the stuff I read/watch properly.

What are your methods? When you're watching a video, what are your focusing on.

It's kinda of awkward to say, but I don't believe I use that material like I should, so I need your help.

Danke!

Effective learning isn't a passive activity.

If it was, just gazing at a few vids would be enough to turn us all into winners.

I'm guessing your biggest problem is, you're trying to learn too much at once.

When you first get access to one of the training sites there's a great temptation to dash around like a kid in a sweet shop trying a bit of this, a bit of that. One of the great things about DC is that they have their vids arranged in series. I'd say concentrate on a single series to start with.

Watch the entire series from start to finish to get a feel for it as a whole.

Then rewatch individual episodes and make notes. (Precisely how you choose to take notes is a topic on its own. If you've never tried mindmapping, try it. You might like it.)

Imagine you had the job of giving a presentation to a group of other poker players, all about that vid.

* What are the key concepts being taught?
* Why and when are they important?
* What examples are given in the vid?
* Can you find a hand in your own database where that concept could/should have been applied?
* Can you find hands on the forum where that concept could/should have been applied? (If you don't know how to search for hands with certain words in the title, this is a great opportunity to learn.)
* Are there any articles or forum threads where that concept is discussed more fully, or where someone gives an additional point of view?
* Each vid on DC will have its own thread in the DC forums. Make sure you check it out. There's often discussion of individual hands, questions etc, where the guy who made the vid will respond and expand.

When you're playing poker and you find a spot where you think you should be applying something you just studied, make a note of the hand and study it when your session is over. If need be, rewatch the vid in question.

In short, become an active learner, not someone who's just staring at vids hoping it'll somehow seep in.

Good Luck.

Amazing post, TYVM for taking the time.

nice post DD. Same problem, watch/read so much information you end up with a blank, because its just info overload. So much going around the brain, hard to pick out certain things.

Just remembered ... check out WiltOnTilt's The Haj School series on DC. Lots of stuff about how to get the best from your DC membership.

Since you're a DC member... Ah ****, what DiamondDog said. Haj School is where you should go.

Awesome post. Thanks for your time.

I'll take a look at mindmapping of course, and I also saw that I got that WiltOnTilt's serie called Haj School. I'm gonna take a good look at it.

Thanks again!

EDIT: I just found a free program called "FreeMind", which is to "draw" Mind Map, seems pretty good. Those who're interested should take a look at it.