[jjpregler]

I played chess for 30 years before I got turned on to poker last year. I have won a few small chess tournaments before I switched. I agree with you on the literature part of chess vs. poker books.

One of my strategies that I took from chess was post mortem analysis of my play. I take one key hand from every session and critically assess every thing that went on with that hand. Sometimes, after the tournament or at a later session, I may ask the player about the hand. I would ask why he did what he did, what kind of hand he put me on and any other questions i had about the hand. Some won't do this, but some will and some will lie.

In chess, you try to learn one new thing from every game. I look at poker the same, learn at least one new thing from every session. Sometimes when i go over plays, I try to remember where I may have read something similar in the books I have and go back re-read that section of the book as well.