What Poker Concepts Hold You Back From Becoming Good?

[Go_Blue88]

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Well being traders, I'd stick it to them trader style.

I assume they know about handranking and such, so teaching a trader I'd do it like this.


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1. Equity (Value, protection, etc ... draws vs made hands, and finally touch on folding equity being the consequence of uncertainty in hand(range estimation) with reverse implied odds being the driving force.

2. Approach: Targeting the blinds, speculating in implied odds, targeting the weak.

3. Mixed Strategies ... in other words balance. (Postflop play, betting as a bluff, for deception purposes (balance), for protection and for value.


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And there you have it ... that is imho formulated in trader language, then do a quick bit about variance and bankroll management at the end [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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this is a good idea. i'll try to compare things to trading concepts.

to the other guys who responded--

1. Ya, experience is definitely important in hand reading n such. It'd prolly be a good idea to offer to go over hands with them in the future.

2. Ya, I'm hoping to make things seem as simple as possible. That's part of the reason I made this thread--I only want to cover the most important stuff.

[Jouster777]

Didn't read the whole thread but I'd put something in about adjusting to others' styles...maybe an example of how you'd play tpgk differently against a nit, average, loose passive, and loose aggro/maniac

[sightless]

focus and patience

[retleftolc]

How about how to use the internet to got to 2+2 forums? I hear tell they are pretty smart over there.

I would avoid discussing topics that they will need to unlearn to become "good"- Specific Starting Hands (chart style)for example.

I would discuss how to build and avoid big pots, position, and aggression.

Ret

[CmnDwnWrkn]

One of the most important things that I needed to learn was short-term vs. long-term and not being so results oriented. I think a lot of beginning players get themselves in trouble by getting upset over short term results, especially bad beats, and it is crucial to understand that poker is a long term game and luck evens out in the long run, but you can't let results over the short term influence your play or make you angry.