Trying to improve your game? How?

[diebitter]

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playing.

on few tables.



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Ay. I've been trying out multitabling nl for a while, and my winrate sucks balls compared to 1-2 tabling. Strangely enough I've now adopted multitabling limit, which is hella easier to multitable/maintain winrate, whilst running 1 or 2 nl tables. Haven't got enough numbers on the nl to see whether this is a good mix or not yet in terms of my NL game - but I do know I'm crushing limit for the first 10K hands (yeah, like that's a reasonable sample size [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]).

[ranka]

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2) Pick out a HERO at a higher stake game (2-3 levels higher) and datamine him like crazy. Then, review his sessions. Try to see the nuances of his/her play. Hand read at that higher level. Try to understand the actions s/he takes. Think through it and try to put yourself into their mind.
Actually, pick out 2 or 3 HEROES.

There are about 6 guys out there at FTP that have developed my game more than any coach, yet they don't even know that I exist and that I watch them.

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Very good advice! I used it and still using same system.

[meccaNES]

I'm not sure if this helps or not. But it's something i posted in an old thread back in Feb, before i quit, about the process i was undertaking concerning every street...so here's a quote...of myself.

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Something that has helped me i believe i read in HOH v.1.

I have a little card sitting in front of my monitor. On the card are four simple actions that i'm forcing myself to undertake BEFORE EVERY ACTION. This can be hard 4-6 tabling but i think it's very effective. I know that it is COMPLETELY common sense but, i believe a lot of people overlook it or don't establish it as a pattern while playing and tend to make impulsive decisions or ones based on emotion rather than logic. The card consists of the following...

1. Position (What position am i in? Knowing this is simple and is to be built upon by all following decisions.)

2. Pot Size/Control (What is in the pot right now? Given my position and my holding what do i want the pot size to be? Is this a hand where i want to play a big pot or small one? Is my position so bad that my TPTK may be vulnerable? Are the stack sizes of my opponents limiting my play? etc...)

3. Recall Action (Just simply, carefully, recall the action. (You'd be surprised how much clarity this can provide.)

4. Careful Analysis (What is the flop texture? What is the range of hands my opponent may be holding? What do i know about my opponent(s)? Given how he's played so far what can i narrow his hand range down to? etc..)

Obviously you don't really answer all of this in an instant but having myself in the habit of running through these four things is something that's helping my game.

Not sure if this helps or not but all credit goes to Harrington since i think this is something out of his book and i'm too lazy to find it.

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[Landlord79]

Has anyone read Angel Largay's book yet? I'm just wrapping it up and I found some very strong stuff in there about mid way through. It is specific for Live $1/2 and $2/5NL w/ max buyins, but it covers those games really well. He made a really good point about have the nutz w/ a redraw, but the more important point was having the nutz w/o the redraw. That's a really specific example, but it's worth the read, and I don't endorse many books.

Has anyone finished PNL and, if so, how was it?

[BigPoppa]

Just wanted to bump this, as it got me thinking about what I can do to improve my game.

#1 is to start listening to my Spidey Sense. If it tells me I'm beat, I'm almost always beat.

I've also started playing MTTs again, since that is my eventual goal. I still suck at them, but I'm improving.

[Steelerman]

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Has anyone read Angel Largay's book yet? I'm just wrapping it up and I found some very strong stuff in there about mid way through. It is specific for Live $1/2 and $2/5NL w/ max buyins, but it covers those games really well. He made a really good point about have the nutz w/ a redraw, but the more important point was having the nutz w/o the redraw. That's a really specific example, but it's worth the read, and I don't endorse many books.

Has anyone finished PNL and, if so, how was it?

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I read Largay's book and thought it was great for the 1/2 live games I play at AC. He has some unconventional ideas but some of them are very strong. Definitely worth the read.

[TheProdigy]

I try to stop watching porn during the big hands. It really helps my train of thought... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

What is Largay's book called? Is it more for 1/2nl live? Because obv live and online 1/2 and up will be quite different

[Steelerman]

Largay's book is "No-Limit Texas Hold'em: A Complete Course."

His book is definitely geard toward capped buy-in live play. There is alot of talk about manipulating opponents, building an image, etc. I've found the live 1/2 games I play are slightly fishier than 25 NL online.