Re: How often do you Study?
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There is no match for actually playing. Books are okay, but unless you can apply the knowledge they are pointless. I like reading and posting on the forums. I also like watching the better players play. That helps me.
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It's true that study alone will not make you into a good poker player, but many times only play will not make you into one, either. Take, for example, a lot of the old players at B&M casinos. They've been playing for some 20-40 years of their lives, but many younger internet players run them over. Why is this? My guess is due to the structure of poker, one does not necessarily get better with more play. It requires that you examine your play and change it for the better.
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It's not just the internet players that run them over. Those typical players that have played 30+ years have never really studied or learned how to play. They've always sucked. They just happened to have had a job that supports their habit.
Alot of times when I hear a guy boasting about playing for 'x' number of years while trying to tablecoach someone, I really want to say to him, 'I wouldn't brag about that. You'd figure in that time you'd have learned how to play.'
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