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Once a player makes the decision to become more serious about the game a hand, poker, the natural idea that comes to mind is - what does serious mean?
"OK." one says to him or herself. what do I need to do? Rolling off the top of my head. Learn more about the game. Learn the behaviors of successful players. Learn the mathematics. Learn the psychology. bankroll management. Gain experience on-line, live, in tournaments, in cash, at different buy-ins and stakes. To develop and implement a strategy and subsequent objectives and goals towards a desired outcome - more serious poker. To measure effectiveness of the strategy. And so on and so on.
The title of this post is "The Art and Practice of Systematizing the Learning Process."
We all hear about the components towards becoming more serious, but I've never heard any discussion of what all of that means as an overall idea, and how that breaks down.
What I'm speaking of is breaking down and compartmentalizing each process, each system, of the learning process.
I think when one breaks down these components, an outline emerges to help one move from point "A" to point "B."
As it's the morning for me, one of the things I do is execute my morning routine. My morning routine has been a core "system" component for me to improve my game.
It started with a piece of paper and writing down an outline of the things I think I needed to do to become a more proficient player.
Simply something like:
I have a log that keeps track of all I do that I reference periodically to see if I've strayed from my track and then I try to understand why.
My "morning routine" is a systematized process that evolves as I learn. It has the same objective now as when I started to be more serious.
The question in response to this thread is what is your system or systems? And all questions around having a formalized system or not, and why? What do you do everyday? How has your system evolved? etc.
If you're a beginner, what are you doing? Have you thought about systematizing your poker trajectory?
If you're an experienced player, what is different now from when you started?
Are you stuck in your game? Would having a system help you move out of your stuckness?
OK. Go.
"OK." one says to him or herself. what do I need to do? Rolling off the top of my head. Learn more about the game. Learn the behaviors of successful players. Learn the mathematics. Learn the psychology. bankroll management. Gain experience on-line, live, in tournaments, in cash, at different buy-ins and stakes. To develop and implement a strategy and subsequent objectives and goals towards a desired outcome - more serious poker. To measure effectiveness of the strategy. And so on and so on.
The title of this post is "The Art and Practice of Systematizing the Learning Process."
We all hear about the components towards becoming more serious, but I've never heard any discussion of what all of that means as an overall idea, and how that breaks down.
What I'm speaking of is breaking down and compartmentalizing each process, each system, of the learning process.
I think when one breaks down these components, an outline emerges to help one move from point "A" to point "B."
As it's the morning for me, one of the things I do is execute my morning routine. My morning routine has been a core "system" component for me to improve my game.
It started with a piece of paper and writing down an outline of the things I think I needed to do to become a more proficient player.
Simply something like:
- Study
- Find quality material, websites, tutorials etc.
- Find a place to play - for me it was online.
- Find an experienced player for guidance.
- Play
- Execute what I've learned
- Record/remember the experience
I have a log that keeps track of all I do that I reference periodically to see if I've strayed from my track and then I try to understand why.
My "morning routine" is a systematized process that evolves as I learn. It has the same objective now as when I started to be more serious.
- Morning Routing
- What games
- Identify the games I want to play today
- Mark the times for cash/tournaments, live or online.
- Plan the pre-game routine which might require travel, accessing internet etc.
- What to study
- Determine what to study - an outcome of an honest assessment of strengths and weaknesses.
- Viewing Video tutorials.
- Referencing books.
- Through mentorship
- What exercises
- For example - Engaging now in Cardschat forum.
- What games
The question in response to this thread is what is your system or systems? And all questions around having a formalized system or not, and why? What do you do everyday? How has your system evolved? etc.
If you're a beginner, what are you doing? Have you thought about systematizing your poker trajectory?
If you're an experienced player, what is different now from when you started?
Are you stuck in your game? Would having a system help you move out of your stuckness?
OK. Go.
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