How exactly do you LEARN poker?

[XChin]

For me I started watching as well as playing poker when I was at a very young age and learned as I got older and older by playing more often. I gradually learned the game one step at a time.

 

[Robcv90]

Practice makes a master...that is the best way

 

[partz]

There is only one way to learn and its based on this two situations: PRACTICE at the table and READING about poker

 

[Streethawk71]

There is only one way to learn and its based on this two situations: PRACTICE at the table and READING about poker

You might replace READING with WATCHING a lot of tuition videos, but I'm an advocate of read/play too.
I'm a beginner too and the books I've read advocate having goals and celebrating acheivements. My current goal is to be able to reach the final table of a small local weekly MTT most weeks with enough chips to be able to be a contender to the end. THEN I know I'm getting somewhere

 

[Zloigenii]

my goal isn't to win. It's to play correct poker. I don't try to justify any call or fold-- I just try to do what I think is best. I don't always get it right, but that attitude has helped me avoid the emotional playing that would have easily turned me into a net loser.

 

[thetick33]

first all paths are different does this make one better than another sure but it has to be your path. Once you have played 1000's of hands 10,000's of thousands of hands you have lost every way humanly possible youve truly seen it all. The key? To me at least the key is realizing even though you have studied books have listened and watched others written notes deciphered odds and hand histories?

You still continue you evolve as a human being and as a poker player. Do not forget once you get to that comfort level you are still learning still finding new things in poker and ways an watching others how and why's of it.

The more you learn and are open to learning the bigger your tool box is when its needed

So sincerely imho there is no best way or right way to learn poker just realize you are always learning growing adapting

 

[makisaa]

You are using a right method. To learn from your mistakes and observe. A good way is to play as much as you can

 

[BlackJesus]

Pokerschool

a simple example of the field to the exercises is an open league and premier league at poker stars

Well, I have just started open league for the first time. I was aware that they have pokerschool for a long time but did not pay to it much attention. I did decide to try, however, and realized it actually has MUCH use. So am playing now and probably will be in premier league next month I suggest others to try it too, and put some effort to it, I might add!