uNL: TAP Intro

[Superman26gt]

Hello Everyone!

The purpose of this discussion is to help us gain a deeper understanding for the context of the book:

No Limit Holdem Theory and Practice
by David Sklansky and Ed Miller

The Agenda


5/14 - Introduction

5/21 - Discussion of pgs. 1-32

5/28 - pgs. 32-57

6/4 - pgs. 58-81

6/11 - pgs. 82-110

6/18 - pgs. 111-134

6/25 - pgs. 135-162

7/2 - pgs. 163-190

7/9 - pgs. 191-213

7/16 - pgs. 214-240



I do not know if we should include Part II in the discussion or if we should just read it on our own. I would like to hear all of your opinions.


Introduction


1. What do you consider your biggest poker strength?

2. What do you consider your biggest weakness?

3. What do you hope to get out of this discussion?

[Superman26gt]

1. Strength - putting opponents on hand ranges.

2. Weakness - The math aspect of the game.

3. Goal - To gain a betting understanding of when, why, and
how much to bet.

[Genz]

1) Strength: the ability to think analytically
2) Weakness: not being able to use that strength at the table and tilting very hard
3) Goal: improve my understanding of what line I should take and why

[hra146]

Strengh : Always knowing a good move for a every situation

Weakness : Not doing what I know to be right

Goald : Get that sorted

[Everlong]

1. Strenght: Patient, solid pf
2. Generally lost postflop, tiltmonkey
3. Improve postflop

[CazicT]

1. Strength - picking a good general strategy for a particular table or player and sticking to it.

2. Weakness - Reading hands, estimating implied odds.

3. Goal - Gain a deeper understanding of NLHTAP by discussing it.

[br.bm]

1. playing any kind of pocket pair

2. massive "real life poker" tilt based on impaitence. online I ignore the board sometimes. too many cbets

3. "Gain a deeper understanding of NLHTAP by discussing it."

[Spanky1974]

1. Strength - Solid basic understanding of the game.

2. Weakness - Hand reading.

3. Goal - Profit.

[Backinblue]

1. Strength - Hand reading, knowing when I am beat.
2. Weakness - Playing against super aggro players and some math aspects of the game.
3. Goal - Become a better player and move up from 5NL soon.

[XHitman014]

1. Strength - Patient, takes good notes, uses position well.
2. Weakness - Not aggressive enough post-flop.
3. Goal - Improve hand reading skills which should lead to more aggressive lines post-flop.