Destroyed 3/6, time to move up (graph)
11-28-2014
, 04:02 PM
Quote:
I have watched a few of LAs videos, but in all honesty I must say that I am the wrong person for this question and I will tell you why.
I believe that the training videos are very good for some people, but for myself, I believe that I can spend that one hour of poker study more wisely (at this stage of my poker development). They are obviously an invaluable tool for learning the game, although I personally didnīt use them coming up.
I purchased a Stox-subscription due to my curiousity about a player who seemed to be able to log 100k+ hands every month, at a steady pace, and maintain a decent quality of play. I had a Cardrunners subscription that I purchased in order to be able to watch a coupke of CTS / Brian Townsend videos due to the hype created by this forum. Other than that, I have not watched many videos. I am very careful of the different influences on my game. I have a long-term plan that does not involve the 200-400 plo games on FT.
I believe in leading a balanced life where your job must always be secondary to your soul and family, regardles of the amount of money you make. Therefor I spend my time wisely (as you can tell right now
), and if I have an hour left over for studies I much prefer opening my PT database and start picking apart the regulars. I will choose one player whose play has been bothering me, or whom I instinctively think might have a leak, and go through every single significant hand heīs played in my database. I will get as familiar as I can with his preflop ranges from different positions, his creativity, try to asses if we actually have any metagame or if it is all in my head, how often and with what type of betsizing he isolates limpers, betsizing on the river (bluff, value, blocker, fake blocker, etc.). Then I try to sit at this players table for a week or two. And I keep on doing this with the regulars.
Wether or not this actually teaches me something about this player, I have found, is secondary. I have noticed that the benefits are 75 % emotional. I become more confident in my reads. I am able to apply pressure with certainty. I develop a plan for the hand before the hand plays out. In short, it puts me in a positive state, and gets me thinking about the game. I start my session, and I am no longer concerned with being up or down. I rarely feel outplayed (even though in reality, I might be). I feel I know more about him, than he does about me (again, perhaps not even true). It keeps me alert, and hinders the autopilot mode.
This, of course, can be boring at times, especially compared to watching CTS 10 table 25-50 If that works for you that is fine too. But this, I have found, works better for me mainly from an emotional perspective.
I believe that the training videos are very good for some people, but for myself, I believe that I can spend that one hour of poker study more wisely (at this stage of my poker development). They are obviously an invaluable tool for learning the game, although I personally didnīt use them coming up.
I purchased a Stox-subscription due to my curiousity about a player who seemed to be able to log 100k+ hands every month, at a steady pace, and maintain a decent quality of play. I had a Cardrunners subscription that I purchased in order to be able to watch a coupke of CTS / Brian Townsend videos due to the hype created by this forum. Other than that, I have not watched many videos. I am very careful of the different influences on my game. I have a long-term plan that does not involve the 200-400 plo games on FT.
I believe in leading a balanced life where your job must always be secondary to your soul and family, regardles of the amount of money you make. Therefor I spend my time wisely (as you can tell right now
), and if I have an hour left over for studies I much prefer opening my PT database and start picking apart the regulars. I will choose one player whose play has been bothering me, or whom I instinctively think might have a leak, and go through every single significant hand heīs played in my database. I will get as familiar as I can with his preflop ranges from different positions, his creativity, try to asses if we actually have any metagame or if it is all in my head, how often and with what type of betsizing he isolates limpers, betsizing on the river (bluff, value, blocker, fake blocker, etc.). Then I try to sit at this players table for a week or two. And I keep on doing this with the regulars.Wether or not this actually teaches me something about this player, I have found, is secondary. I have noticed that the benefits are 75 % emotional. I become more confident in my reads. I am able to apply pressure with certainty. I develop a plan for the hand before the hand plays out. In short, it puts me in a positive state, and gets me thinking about the game. I start my session, and I am no longer concerned with being up or down. I rarely feel outplayed (even though in reality, I might be). I feel I know more about him, than he does about me (again, perhaps not even true). It keeps me alert, and hinders the autopilot mode.
This, of course, can be boring at times, especially compared to watching CTS 10 table 25-50
If that works for you that is fine too. But this, I have found, works better for me mainly from an emotional perspective.
