Learning a new game like PLO. The transition makes me feel lost a lot of the time. I try and keep up with reading, taking notes and watching videos. I can only forcibly retain a certain amount of info in a given time. My question is, how do you guys approach a hand when you have no idea of what to do or something you haven't learned how to encounter.
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ZenFish12 years agoThat's a very good question that goes to the core of learning: How can we know what we don't know, so that we can know what to work on? Jared Tendler's book discusses this in some detail ("The Adult Learning Model"), and I recommend the book.
The short version is that you need to experiment. Playing, even if you don't know how, builds experience and a feel for what's working and what isn't. When you suspect something isn't working, you'll know where to begin leakplugging.
Pick hands for analysis. Start with the ones where you lost or won big. In those spots someone often made a big mistake. Sometimes that player was you. It's relatively easy to find the decision points where extreme boneheadedness took place. Chopping off those big mistakes is the first step toward winning.
Don't try to fix everything at once, that will just confuse you. Lop off the biggest mistakes first.
liGreenil12 years agoIs this what you're referring to?
http://www.nutblocker.com/article/267/the-poker-learning-process-with-jared-tendler.html
Or is there a book on this topic ?
ZenFish12 years agoCheck out his book "The Mental Game of Poker". The article you linked to is a good summary of the learning model he uses.
MGuess12 years agoThanks for the the book Zen, Im a book junky, reading Elements of Poker By Tommy Angelo right now completely dissecting it AMAZING pick up. Just added The Adult learning module to the list after reading the summary . Always love a good book recommendation. - Thanks
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The short version is that you need to experiment. Playing, even if you don't know how, builds experience and a feel for what's working and what isn't. When you suspect something isn't working, you'll know where to begin leakplugging.
Pick hands for analysis. Start with the ones where you lost or won big. In those spots someone often made a big mistake. Sometimes that player was you. It's relatively easy to find the decision points where extreme boneheadedness took place. Chopping off those big mistakes is the first step toward winning.
Don't try to fix everything at once, that will just confuse you. Lop off the biggest mistakes first.
http://www.nutblocker.com/article/267/the-poker-learning-process-with-jared-tendler.html
Or is there a book on this topic ?
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