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jaykay3737
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hello lovely, knowledgeable and friendly folk of the Cardschat community.
Ok, it may help the rest of the post make a little sense if i try and briefly explain my story so far in getting to the point of writing this post and reaching out to you guys and girls.
I've been a casual online micro MTT player for around 3 years, but have recently developed some bankroll management discipline along with a desire for knowledge and improvement.
Current studying efforts tend to consist of watching a few youtube videos here and there, reading a few articles and saving a few hands to a replayer to have a look at after i bust out or before another session. And also recently scanning through this forum looking for tasty threads that jump out at me (i think i'm gonna like it here).
The problem is this. This is ok in ways as it is at least getting my brain thinking about the game regularly so therefore i'm not completely wasting my time, but i'm aware this isn't the most effective way to go about things long term.
Can anyone reading who's been further along the poker path relate to these thoughts? I suppose i'm looking for advice on how to transfer from random poker related activities to having some kind of a study plan/guide with some confidence that it's improving me as a poker player.
I know there isn't a 'one size fits all' learning strategy, and that's not what i'm after. You can ask two master bakers to make you a cake, and they may well both make them fairly different but both produce you a delicious cake (i like using cake analogies, i have a theory that just using the word cake in a forum post automatically gets you more views).
Anyone who has started at the micro MTT's and progressed from there, what has worked for you to improve? What things did you perhaps have in a study routine but decided to leave aside as it maybe didn't prove to be as helpful as you had hoped? What concepts are necessary to have a firm grasp of at micro limits, and what stuff is better to leave aside for the time being as perhaps being a little too overkill for these stakes?
My thoughts on a study guide i'm putting together currently look something like this based on a minimum of 6 hours study per week:
2 hours reading (articles, books i have recently ordered, forum threads)
2 hours watching (youtube, twitch etc)
2 hours post play reviewing hands.
I hope this thread also helps anyone else who is at this stage of there journey. I look forward to your replies and feel free to link to any threads i may have missed that help answer some of these points.
I hope some of this makes sense to those reading and i have got across my rambling thoughts ok.
Thanks
Jay
Now where can i find some cake this time of night........
Ok, it may help the rest of the post make a little sense if i try and briefly explain my story so far in getting to the point of writing this post and reaching out to you guys and girls.
I've been a casual online micro MTT player for around 3 years, but have recently developed some bankroll management discipline along with a desire for knowledge and improvement.
Current studying efforts tend to consist of watching a few youtube videos here and there, reading a few articles and saving a few hands to a replayer to have a look at after i bust out or before another session. And also recently scanning through this forum looking for tasty threads that jump out at me (i think i'm gonna like it here).
The problem is this. This is ok in ways as it is at least getting my brain thinking about the game regularly so therefore i'm not completely wasting my time, but i'm aware this isn't the most effective way to go about things long term.
Can anyone reading who's been further along the poker path relate to these thoughts? I suppose i'm looking for advice on how to transfer from random poker related activities to having some kind of a study plan/guide with some confidence that it's improving me as a poker player.
I know there isn't a 'one size fits all' learning strategy, and that's not what i'm after. You can ask two master bakers to make you a cake, and they may well both make them fairly different but both produce you a delicious cake (i like using cake analogies, i have a theory that just using the word cake in a forum post automatically gets you more views).
Anyone who has started at the micro MTT's and progressed from there, what has worked for you to improve? What things did you perhaps have in a study routine but decided to leave aside as it maybe didn't prove to be as helpful as you had hoped? What concepts are necessary to have a firm grasp of at micro limits, and what stuff is better to leave aside for the time being as perhaps being a little too overkill for these stakes?
My thoughts on a study guide i'm putting together currently look something like this based on a minimum of 6 hours study per week:
2 hours reading (articles, books i have recently ordered, forum threads)
2 hours watching (youtube, twitch etc)
2 hours post play reviewing hands.
I hope this thread also helps anyone else who is at this stage of there journey. I look forward to your replies and feel free to link to any threads i may have missed that help answer some of these points.
I hope some of this makes sense to those reading and i have got across my rambling thoughts ok.
Thanks
Jay
Now where can i find some cake this time of night........