Originally Published: May 21, 2009, 07:07 AM

Apply Yourself at Learning Poker

Posted By Diego | Strategy News | May 21, 2009, 07:07 AM |

So, you've just discovered Texas Hold'em. You start playing and you think it is fantastic, and you become addicted and want to get better at it. So then after some Googling you come across a site called FTR, and after some searching on the Barnes and Noble website, you see a few Poker Strategy books that you might want, so you order them.

But this is the mistake I see so many beginners make. They sign up for FTR and buy books, then they read the books and the FTR stickies. But they fail to actually absorb the information. For the advice given on FTR and in books, you must make the strategies you have read about sink in. A lot of beginners just (for example) skim over DavSimon's SnG strategy guide, and then they immediately think they are the Ultimate King of SnGs. Then they play 40 or 50 and lose a bunch of money. Then they think 'How the hell did that happen? I read a guide!' Well, I'll tell you why. It's because those people did not let any of the strategies from DavSimon's guide sink in. They did not absorb the strategies and consider how they can apply them to their own game. And that means they learned nothing, and they are still losing players.

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Embed So, you've just discovered Texas Hold'em. You start playing and you think it is fantastic, and you become addicted and want to get better at it. So then after some Googling you come across a site called FTR, and after some searching on the Barnes and Noble website, you see a few Poker Strategy books that you might want, so you order them.<br /> <br /> But this is the mistake I see so many beginners make. They sign up for FTR and buy books, then they read the books and the FTR stickies. But they fail to actually absorb the information. For the advice given on FTR and in books, you must make the strategies you have read about sink in. A lot of beginners just (for example) skim over DavSimon's SnG strategy guide, and then they immediately think they are the Ultimate King of SnGs. Then they play 40 or 50 and lose a bunch of money. Then they think 'How the hell did that happen? I read a guide!' Well, I'll tell you why. It's because those people did not let any of the strategies from DavSimon's guide sink in. They did not absorb the strategies and consider how they can apply them to their own game. And that means they learned nothing, and they are still losing players.<br /><a href='http://www.casino-junky.com'>Casino-Junky</a> | <a href='http://www.casino-junky.com/Strategy/Apply-Yourself-at-Learning-Poker'>Apply Yourself at Learning Poker</a>