Here's a few things I can think of atm:
- Manage your expectations.
You're not going to become a pro player if you're asking questions here anytime soon.
Unless you get very lucky, might as well go play the lottery.
Don't play poker for money, play it because you enjoy playing. If you enjoy it for long enough, the money will come.
If you want to get rich quick, you'll probably leave broke and disappointed.
- Balance study and practice.
Studying for hours makes no sense if you don't learn to apply what you've studied to your games.
For most beginners it's probably better to study for 30-60 minutes and then go play for a few hours until you're actually doing what you've studied.
Then repeat for the next thing you want to improve in your game.
- Stop worrying about GTO and solvers.
You'll know when you need them, it's not when you're asking questions here.
- Exercise, get enough sleep, eat healthy.
This will help you study and stay focused while playing.
- Don't over-do it.
Burning yourself out by studying/playing too much won't help you.
Take at least 1 day / week where you don't do anything poker-related, no reading, studying or playing!
This will actually motivate you and help you study and play more!
- Stop thinking you're good at this game, you're not, I'm not.
The second you think you start getting good, you'll notice there's a ton more stuff to learn which you've never heard or thought about just around the corner.
- Start with preflop, everything else builds further upon that basis.
If you make mistakes preflop you will end up in a lot of post-flop spots where you have no other option but to make big mistakes.
- Then work on your flop game.
- BTN and CO first, most of your profit will come from these positions.
- Then learn how to defend your BB.
- After that work on your SB.
- Play tight from EP & MP until you find the time to work on those spots.
- When and why should you cbet?
- What cbet sizing should you use in which situation?
- When should you cbet turn?
- What's a turn probe and when should you use it?
- How do you adjust to people calling too much?
No really, are those people you tag as call stations even calling too much? Or are you maybe just folding too much?
Or are the just calling too much preflop, but not post-flop?
What are they doing with those hands they're calling but shouldn't be calling? Bluffing? Folding? Calling?
How do you adjust in each situation?
- Get a feel for how much value you can get with your made hands and start value betting!
- What is a value bet?
- What are good reasons for betting?
- What are bad reasons for betting?
I could probably go on for a while