teh_colonel_saigon
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hey guiz \(@ ̄∇ ̄@)/
So I've been playing fairly seriously for the past 2 months or so, and I finally am making some money on DON SNGs on Carbon. The thing is, they are so damn slow and boring, and I don't really get that much experience as a player out of them, with maybe 1 or 2 hands per game that are worth anything other than studying them for ICM push fold nonsense (not that that's not cool or anything... lol) which I can't do accurately anyway since I don't have an ICM calculator.
In any event, I'd like to get a lot more comfortable hand reading and to be able to play looser. I know this is a very broad goal, so to narrow it down I'd like to be able to be successful at micro stakes 6 max cash games. Hell, even break even.
A side goal would be to be successful at 6 max turbo sngs, since the weekly poker home game im in operates pretty much like this format. My friends arent that bright and they like to shell out money for poker, so it would be nice to win every third week or so.
I've tried reading books to help me along with this, but I feel like many people undervalue experience. Should I grind a few DONs until I can pay for a 9 man cash game buy in each day? For a 6-man cash game? Should I just stick to SNGs? (I am far better at 9 man reg SNGs compared to cash games.) 6 max turbo SNGs are pretty crazy, and even though it is a donk fest (or so it seems) I'm not good enough to take advantage of other players.
The books I've read thus far are as follows:
Hold em Theory and Practice (read through it a few times a while ago)
SNG strategy by Moshman (very nice)
Crushing low stakes poker by Mike Turner (sucks)
Secrets of short-handed No Limit Hold em by Danny Ashman (poorly written and mostly hand histories, but still very useful and interesting for understanding the logic behind hand reading)
I have a lot of fun playing and talking about poker so I don't mind not winning money. I'm also thinking of investing in a computer, since im on a mac right now and hating it . So I'll throw some dough down on a good HUD and whatever other software may be helpful in the next few weeks.
Any advice or criticism is helpful. :icon_sunn perchate the help and advice, all
So I've been playing fairly seriously for the past 2 months or so, and I finally am making some money on DON SNGs on Carbon. The thing is, they are so damn slow and boring, and I don't really get that much experience as a player out of them, with maybe 1 or 2 hands per game that are worth anything other than studying them for ICM push fold nonsense (not that that's not cool or anything... lol) which I can't do accurately anyway since I don't have an ICM calculator.
In any event, I'd like to get a lot more comfortable hand reading and to be able to play looser. I know this is a very broad goal, so to narrow it down I'd like to be able to be successful at micro stakes 6 max cash games. Hell, even break even.
A side goal would be to be successful at 6 max turbo sngs, since the weekly poker home game im in operates pretty much like this format. My friends arent that bright and they like to shell out money for poker, so it would be nice to win every third week or so.
I've tried reading books to help me along with this, but I feel like many people undervalue experience. Should I grind a few DONs until I can pay for a 9 man cash game buy in each day? For a 6-man cash game? Should I just stick to SNGs? (I am far better at 9 man reg SNGs compared to cash games.) 6 max turbo SNGs are pretty crazy, and even though it is a donk fest (or so it seems) I'm not good enough to take advantage of other players.
The books I've read thus far are as follows:
Hold em Theory and Practice (read through it a few times a while ago)
SNG strategy by Moshman (very nice)
Crushing low stakes poker by Mike Turner (sucks)
Secrets of short-handed No Limit Hold em by Danny Ashman (poorly written and mostly hand histories, but still very useful and interesting for understanding the logic behind hand reading)
I have a lot of fun playing and talking about poker so I don't mind not winning money. I'm also thinking of investing in a computer, since im on a mac right now and hating it . So I'll throw some dough down on a good HUD and whatever other software may be helpful in the next few weeks.
Any advice or criticism is helpful. :icon_sunn perchate the help and advice, all