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Originally Posted by minotaurGT
But would the info still be relevant in today's games or basically useless now? I'm kind of struggling to find good learning materials and I consider watching videos where the coach is saying "I feel I could ... at this spot" close to useless as well.
Yea it might be overpriced but if the info would help it would still be worth it maybe. Is Tom Chambers book still relevant for today's games (not that I would consider buying it for 2.5k )?
I feel like I can only win if I hit good hands and my non showdown winnings is going south and its kind of depressing now knowing what are the places I'm doing it all wrong.
Hey minotaur! Thanks for posting here - needless to say, I think PLOQP is the BEST
In all seriousness, I definitely think Win1k would be a perfect fit for your game if you're a beginning player or someone looking to master the fundamentals. Is it the most advanced course out there? Of course not. Would Win1k be the right fit for someone who's crushing 500Z on stars? Definitely not. Is it the right fit for someone struggling to get out of the micros, or a live player looking to crush soft live games? Yes, without a doubt.
I think JNandez stuff is awesome (I have a membership there and have made one video late last year on his site). I would absolutely get a membership to his site and although I haven't watched many videos on RIO in the past couple years, Phil's quality standards are high and I know many of the pros on there have proven track records and can absolutely provide you with valuable info.
Focus less on "is this the right course/site for me" and focus more on putting in volume. Undoubtedly you'll learn more from grinding than you will from books and vids. I wouldn't do more than 30-60 mins of studying per day. Remember the key is to become great at playing poker.. Not studying it or speaking about it. Play as much as you can particularly if you're playing well and winning. Play less when you're losing. The most successful players I know are putting in tons of volume and talking with other high level players. If you can't afford a coach seek out someone better than you and do whatever you can to gain help from them (offer to run sims for them in exchange for letting them look over some trouble areas for example).
If you're starting at the low stakes I'd work through your game one area at a time. Start with preflop opening ranges (preflop mistakes compound to later streets). Then move to playing reraised pots (mistakes in 3b+ pots are critical since more bb's at stake). Once you have preflop down start focusing on strategy on a variet of board textures.
Hope this helps - happy to answer some other PLO related questions you have via email.
John@ploquickpro.com . By this time you've probably signed up elsewhere (hopefully to JNandez or RIO if it wasn't me), but regardless I'll let you try Win1k for free and if after 30 days you think it's worth it you can pay me something, and if not then no biggie
GLGL
John