The difficulty with the online experience.
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The difficulty with the online experience.
Getting back into online- poker again takes time. Building confidence in the process takes time. In live poker I consider my self confident. I've played live for the past year and a half. I know my weekly schedule for example. I know the players and I have a year and a half of experience to know based on my result tracking and based on these results I am fully aware that I crush the games. Even when things go wrong I feel confident, I have players coming up to me letting me know that I am the best in the game and just to play my game. I get people saying things like "I have no doubt you'll be crushing this game shortly". and "You are the reason this game is dying". I can talk hands with other winning players on text and phone to discuss hands and get reads on other players. There is a community there and someone to always call that can discuss every situation and vibe of the game.
Online is a different animal for me. NJ just legalized online poker very recently, and while my bankroll is growing, I find it harder to deal with swings. For one there is no one to discuss hands with. Posting hands in forums definitely is a viable option, but for some reason it feels impersonal. It sometimes is hard to deduce who is giving great advice and who isn't. Sure one can explain a thought process but is it necessarily the best writer that gives the best advice? Ideally it would be nice to get a close nit community of friends who are improving and trust worthy, but how? Lately I have also looked at 2+2 forum for coaches and even had an exchange with a coach. But It seems that there is a shortage of coaches since Black Friday. The one coach I actually contacted about coaching stressed that they where over capacity with students. Right now I am just left to navigate the waters my self ( Playing and watching videos ). I am much better and its easier for me in a community. I love talking poker and growing as a player online seems very limited to me right now and not as much fun. Perhaps some one could share some advice how they have grown as players to build a strong friendship base and interaction so they can sail the sometimes turbulent waters of online poker not in a boat with an oar but on a party yacht.?
Puma
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It sometimes is hard to deduce who is giving great advice and who isn't.
true that - i post whatever i think even tho i play plo10 even at highstakes, cause i think other people will correct me when i come up with stupidity + its good for my thinking process
so you wil get bunch of stupidity and not as quality advice, but, thinking why something is bad advice, answering to that, strengthens your thought process as well, and better players will chime in and give opinion if tread is difficult
meanwhile you wil distinguish what posters are giving good advice and start following what they say,
so it does take a little time to get around and get used to a process, but, give it a try, in end you wil l get advice u want and progress, its worth it, and in process you might get friends buds to add to chat and discuss hands, or u may join work groups that are founded often
best of luck in getting around
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Hey man. This site for one has given me online acquaintances that I can discuss the game with on a good basis. Just gotta be active on it and relationships will form. Also, what really helped me was posting poker related topics on Twitter and people interested in my topics, mostly poker players, would follow me and I would follow them back. Sometimes, players would even reach out to me on Twitter through direct messaging and it would go from there. Social networking sites are great for that kinda stuff because there's a niche everywhere, you just gotta put yourself in a certain category and poker was mine. Also, if you happen to play online on certain sites for a while, you might happen to befriend a player just by chance. I have on Carbon Poker and to this day, still have players out there who I can chat about the game with.
Hope this helps and if you want, feel free to contact me about anything. Always willing to discuss poker with people who know what they're talking about and it seems like you do.
Take care and best of luck on and off of the felt.
Guys thanks for the solid advice.
I will take your advice and will try to begin posting HH's of hands that give me the most trouble. Also try and give opinion about hands other people might be having troubles with.
Raulrus I am so twitter illiterate.. Would you perhaps expand the ways you went about establishing a twitter following?
-ThePuma
When it comes to Twitter, hashtags (#Hashtags) are everything. It basically links up other tweets from other people if you happen to have the same hashtag. Usually after I tweet a poker related topic, I hashtag, #poker or #onlinepoker right after it because people on Twitter can search for topics through key words, and since I'm interested in poker, poker or online poker happen to be my key words. I also followed a lot of poker players who interest me, some pro, some recreational and even poker industry stuff like PokerNews.com who happened to follow me back to my surprise. They're kinda selective with there follows. But if a pro, poker industry, or even recreational players start to follow you, you'll become more noticed in the Twitter feed, similar to a Facebook news feed. Everything is connected with Twitter which is cool so there is a niche for anything you want to be in. Sometimes if you don't happen to get followers, try starting positive conversations with people who interest you. Positiveness is a major plus with Twitter. Give compliments, be friendly and most of all, be genuine and you'll have a following in no time. Galfond even wished me a happy birthday on Twitter the other day, lol, reached out to him first, but none the less, he's a cool enough guy to take some time out of his day to talk to his fans. If you happen to have a Twitter, follow me and I'll follow you back. My Twitter handle is @theraulrus
Take care man.
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