I played a couple 100K hands before I found any forum, or read any book. I had read Hoyle for the rules, but nothing significantly more.
I had a 'natural' game. Not really natural, it developed with experience, lets call it more of a 'style'. I learned specific things slowly because they did not show up every hand. Once each specific thing was learned I still did not have enuf info to categorize these small things into bigger groups.
Reading, discussing, playing then re-reading, and discussing some more intensify and speed up the whole learning curve.
When I read my first book, Super System, I found myself doing many, if not most of the things Doyle (and his partners) did, but not all, and not for the same reasons he did them, when he did them. I learned other ways to interpret what it was I did. Which leads to ideas about what I can do in the future, and creates a more structured method of learning beyond the rules.
When I got to the Harrington Books, which I have read 3 times now (bout ready to start again), I kept learning new things. With a first encounter on any new subject, we, as humans, often have no clue about what the subject is about, or it's relevance. Just the exposure to that new subject awakens new thought processes. Which lead to more new ideas.
The point here is that yeah, you sort of like your 'natural' game, but you have come here seeking what? Ego boost?, or Improvement?
Well, I was impressed with your original post, and the hand results of the hand you painstakingly remembered. Good Job. There, I have given you your ego boost.
All the others are offering improvement.
Remember the scene in Casino Royal where LeChif spouts out 3 digit
poker odds at Bond? Over-complication! We do not need that sort of precision. We can deal with simple tenths, or (similar to money, 1/100's). And in most cases we can simplify down to simple fractions, 1/4, 1/5, 3-1, 2-1, etc. Nothing to be freaked about. Understanding the basics 'naturally' leads to a simple solution.
Add all this to the notion that you are fairly comfortable about your game, understanding that improvement shouldn't hurt, and you write better than most, and we are happy to share with you.
