Hello, hope everyone had good holidays and enjoyed the time with the family. I was wondering if there is any tips on how to I guess get a little better at poker, don't get me wrong I am not new to the game and do like to consider myself a good player, but do need some teaching of new things, Thank you.
Hello and happy new years
I don't know what is your level but assuming you know the game.
I spend close 50% of my time studing.
Videos
I personnally really like to watch videos. Not only because they can explain concept you may not be aware but also you can teach you how good players thing (assuming you are watching videos of talented players).
I personally have a subscription of tournamentpokeredge at the moment. I can
not recommanded this site because its buggued like hell (gateway error message, your watch list disapear for no reason) but I go the first month for only $10.
You also have a lot of youtube video that can be interesting but I highly suggest that you have a specific e-mail address for poker Just by exemple I have 8 messages happy new year from Jonathan Little, ICMIZER,
sharkscope, etc.
Books
Books are a little bit overrated but still a good option because you are ready 100% of what a pro poker player think and play. But be
really selective. 95% of the books are outdated or are just bad.
I personally think buying a $50 book is overpriced but you can get it cheap used on ebay. Just got "Secrets of non-standard Sit'n'Gos by Phil Shaw" for half the price of amazon and I had to pay extra shipping because I am in
canada.
Also you may be really surprise but you can rent books !
I am not sure the right word in english. In french we have "bibliothèque" where you rent books for free and "library" where you buy books.
Just atm I have "Secrets of profesionnal tournament poker "the essential guide" by Jonathan little (the last of in 2021)
Its worth $40 ? NO but its worth reading for free 100%.
scribd.com - 1 month free . Lots of books
Software
HM3 or Poker tracker 4 is a must have.
Lot of thing you can analyse.
SNGWizard, ICMIZER are also really good if you play tournament. I analyse pretty much all my one table SNG or MTT final table with them and its really worth
PokerStove - its free and you can test different scenario. Sometime you may think I have 60%
equity on this board with this hand vs this range but you are wrong, u only have 40% equity.
Avoid
Avoid site with get rich playing poker
Avoid site selling package of pre-flop starting chart
Avoid site selling "secret"
Avoid the things too good to be true.
Hope its helps
And my advice is always the same: train and train again. Only practice in the game will teach you better than any advice. I so often read the dissatisfaction of participants and suspicions of fraud in poker rooms. They are very surprised that a player can go all-in, for example, with a combination of 92. And all this is due to an overabundance of the theory being studied. They a priori believe that the opponent cannot play with a garbage hand. But in practice, this is exactly the case: players play hands that theoretically cannot be played, call and raise where the fold should have been. And to understand that theory is a template for the right game, you need to practice and play more. I have long been used to the fact that players behave extremely uncharacteristically. Because everyone somehow has their own personal theory and strategy, which differs from the template ones.
