Kinda OT: How to teach a total novice poker

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I think a lot of people are overestimating how structured the learning should be. I really think that learning to play x hands in y position isn't as important as understanding why to play hands when. I started out playing poker and didn't really have any idea why I was doing things I was doing and sucked pretty badly. Once I started learning from Steve, and started understanding why to do things, I improved almost instantly by a larger amount than I had in my first year of play.

Basically, I think if you teach them more theory and reasoning before even teaching them what hands are good, they will be in a lot better shape.

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this is why i said give him a list he can just write down then watch him and explain why he is playing these hands in this way