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How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
I'm a newbie to poker and just finished several books on it. My problem is that during a hand, I always get too excited/nervous to do some math.
Math is my strong suit (doing a math phd), so I want myself to be like Chris Ferguson that relies heavily on math. I can normally figure out what's mathematically right to do but only at hindsight. The thing is how to overcome the nervousness when facing a large pot and calm down to do calculations? Any advice would be great. |
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
playing live or online?
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#3
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
online, blinds .05/.10
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
If you are doing a math phd then that side of poker will become 2nd nature the more you play. It is not necessary to do calculations to the Nth degree.
If you are new to poker then you are sometimes anxious to act quickly. Just relax, calm down and take your time. You play at your own pace and screw the others if they say anything. |
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
Put in 30k hands a month and the nervousness will disappear soon.
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
Calculate things in advance. When you figure out the right move in hindsight, make a note of it so next time the situation comes, you already know what to do. You have AA and someone moevs all-in on you on a coordinated flop, know in advnace what your equity is against a range like TPTK, overpair lower than AA, flush draws, combo draws and sets. If you know in advance that AA has x% equity against a typical villain's range on a board with a flush draw, then it is easy to calculate whether you have the odds to call.
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
I'm there with you htt... math was my undergrad. What books have you looked up though?
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
Keep something with the outs and odds beside your pc, or on your pc,
I used to keep two help files open and could click on them when when i needed to. e.g something like this Outs 2 Cards to come 1 Card to come 21 --- .4:1 --- 1.2:1 20 --- .5:1 --- 1.3:1 15 --- .9:1 --- 2.1:1 14 --- 1:1 --- 2.3:1 13 --- 1.1:1 --- 2.5:1 12 --- 1.2:1 --- 2.8:1 11 --- 1.4:1 --- 3.2:1 10 --- 1.6:1 --- 3.6:1 9 --- 1.9:1 --- 4.1:1 8 --- 2.2:1 --- 4.8:1 7 --- 2.6:1 --- 5.6:1 6 --- 3.1:1 --- 6.7:1 5 --- 3.9:1 --- 8.2:1 4 --- 5.1:1 --- 10.5:1 3 --- 7:1 1 --- 14.3:1 2 --- 11:1 --- 22:1 1 --- 22.5:1 --- 45:1 and then another goodthing to do is for whatever limit your playing do some math in advance for typical sized pots you encounter. Also getting pokerstove and HERanger and running Ev calcs against typical hands is good for learning. |
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Re: How to avoid this beginner\'s action?
Basic odds aren't too hard - as noted the most basic probabilities are pretty straightforward and should be memorizable.
After that, you probably just need to relax while you are playing. If you are tense/scared during the play of any pot, that's not a good thing. |
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