Studying the game

avfletch · #1 06-26-2006, 11:26 AM

I've seen a lot of posts from people saying their work on their game by studying it as well as playing hands.

What do you do to study the game?

Posting/commenting on hands on 2+2 or other forums.
Looking through HHs.
Looking through Poker Tracker.
Reading books.

Does anyone do other things to improve their game?

Grunch · #2 06-26-2006, 11:37 AM

You missed the most obvious one -- play A LOT. And play against people better than you sometimes. Play at the private 2p2 games too for practice in dealing with stress at the tables & dealing with maniacs. Go play live. It's not the same.

Think about the game during your passive down-times. I've been known to work out EV computations on the shower door and bring a calculator & notepad up to the roof deck with me when it's cocktail time. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Isura · #3 06-26-2006, 11:39 AM

Look through HHs of great players and try to think about their thought process.

Grunch · #4 06-26-2006, 11:41 AM

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Along the same lines, consider getting a subscription to something like cr.com. Get a coach.

lorez · #5 07-04-2006, 12:53 PM

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Grunch, what is cr.com? I tried the url but it didn't work.

kitaristi0 · #6 07-04-2006, 01:08 PM

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Grunch, what is cr.com? I tried the url but it didn't work.

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Read the thread.

Grunch · #7 07-04-2006, 01:13 PM

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Grunch, what is cr.com? I tried the url but it didn't work.

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Sorry, I was abbreviating cardrunners.com

Slap My Jack · #8 07-04-2006, 03:46 PM

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Who do you look at?

Ness3 · #9 07-04-2006, 01:00 PM

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play A LOT

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pokerpudii · #10 06-26-2006, 11:49 AM

I have almost 60,000 hands in PT. Whenever one of my competitors goes over 500 hands, I will spend 10 - 15 minutes and analyze their hands in PT. I then write notes and transfer them to PP so I have them at my finger tips when we play.

I don't seem to have time to do it while multi tabling, so this works for me.

I think this helps me in two ways. One, looking at plays from semi experienced players. Two, knowing my competition better.

Does anyone else do this?