How does one study poker?
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How does one study poker?
What sort of tools do the best poker players use? What sort of study routine do pros follow? What medium is best for studying poker?
As far as I can tell these are the basic things you can do to study poker:
Watch videos/live streams.
Read books/strategy articles.
Find a coach.
Read and post on forums.
Discuss the game with other people (skype, in person)
Review hand histories.
Use software such as flopzilla, ICMizer, PT4, etc.
Theorycraft.
Watch poker on TV.
And of course run it up on the tables.
So here are more concrete questions:
1. What should the ratio of studying to playing look like?
2. From the list above, what would you prioritize, and are there specific sites/books/forums/tools you would recommend?
3. How do you prioritize what you study? It might be cool to figure out the nash push range for 7bb before a 18 person pay jump in an MTT from the HJ, but one would probably be better off learning 10bb push ranges from the SB and BTN first in terms of Chip-EV, as in not near the final table.
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Well, I think everyone is studying differently. So what works for one person, might not be helpful for another one.
Everything listed above can be done to improve your game.
It depends on your current poker skills, too. So you can´t just say do task x, y and z to someone without knowing their background.
I would try to find out what your biggest weaknesses are and try to fix those first.
Keep in mind to focus on situations that come up very regularly and not once every month or so.
If you're a beginner, you should study 50% of the time and play 50% of the time. After a while doing that, when you start to feel confident, slowly shift the ratio from 50-50 to increase play and reduce study, 60-40, 70-30 and finally 80-20. Never stop studying though.
Play, learn the vocabulary, store everything in the DB, with enough volume do a Leak-finding session, study the leak corrections, deliberately practice that correction in further sessions, and repeat. A coach can help you do that faster, but you also need to know the vocabulary and the discipline to practice what you're told to learn.
The actual study can be a mix of books, articles, videos, software for applying ranges/equity + maths, dicussion forums provided you do this in active mode and take notes.
I know a verry good coach for smallstake grinders. he has a verry good price and good results in poker. if you need more info just aks me in PM and i give you more info and how to make contact with him.
Cheers
seuny
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