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Old 08-06-2007, 12:57 AM
Clayton Clayton is offline
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Default Re: Kinda OT: How to teach a total novice poker

i would advise if he's interested to start with small tournaments and sit n gos, this way you can apply simple NL and theoretical concepts where its actually fun for the novice (concept of winning versus losing in 1st place terms rather than the grind of a winning session).

once he's fully understood the whole tight aggressive approach, then move from sngs to full ring cash, and then after a few weeks of that make the move to microlimit 6max. ofc throwing in tournaments for fun.

i would advise against limit. i started building my bankroll playing limit for over a year and i seriously regret I didnt get on the NL bandwagon sooner. plus it was kind of a bitch to get into the NL aggressive mindset, i would think my limit upbringing set my learning curve with NL back about 6 months.

using NL betsizing in a learning approach should be first and foremost imo.
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