Advice needed

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Are you a better poker player today then you were yesterday?

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Absolutely not. Worse, for sure, because I keep trying new things with no real idea of how or why they might work out, and then I get all confused and spewy.

How do you go about getting better?

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Find one hand you played wrong yesterday. Don't play again until you fully understand what you did wrong. Why you did it, and how to not do it again. Then when you play, keep what you've learned in the forefront of your mind. When implementing the change because second nature, you're ready to fix the next problem.

Becoming a better player, or a better anything, isn't about changing you're whole way of doing things. It's about fixing one problem at a time. Make fixing problems with your game a habit, and you improve greatly.

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but my big problem is that I am really bad at taking things I've considered away from the table and putting them into action. I don't recognise patterns and playing styles well. I am much worse than others here at predicting how opponents will react to my plays, or reading hands.

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Go back to basics. When you review a hand, put villain on a range after every action. At the end, if villain shows up with a hand you don't expect go back and reconsider your ranges. Do this for five hands a day. You'll get better.

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I think I might just not be cut out for poker, which after eight years of consistent winning is a very odd conclusion to draw; but it's what I always expected in fact.

Guy.

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Well, it's possible, but you're externalizing the cause. I'd be surprised if you're not capable of being a great player. You need to look inside yourself and ask whether you really want to be a great player though. If you don't want it or there's something else you'd rather do, all talent in the world isn't going to help you.