JD, Boobie > Me

[Talking Poker]

With the $50 set up fee, it's $70 for the first month and then $20 per month after that.

I was only suggesting paying the $5-$10 for a video or two if you weren't sure how helpful they would be to you. As soon as I saw the list of videos, I knew there were quite a few I wanted to see (I downloaded 31 last night), so I just signed up.

[eejit101]

sounds like a great site, i just had a browse, looks good, very good.

And the $3/$6 thing, make it a regular game for you all, and i will join one, no moron jokes, its +EV for me all round i reckon cos...

1. TP "will" give me $50 for sitting, as may others, which i doubt but worth a go.
2. I have a minimal chance of winning something, or breaking even, but still a chance.
3. i might lose some money, but in theory, i might learn ALOT playing with those guys, seeing the mucked hands and showdowns e.t.c, i might learn enough there to win back wwhat i lose in the long run.

[BrianSwa]

if you want to play and get better why not ask those players to play a lower limit with you to improve instead of risking alot of money to get better. $500 for a lesson really dosent seem very wise to me but hey its your money.

[eejit101]

true, but its a good challenge

[Zybomb]

I guess I still cant see how much could be gained by this, but since everyone seems to be reacting very favorably about it, Im thinkin about givin it a look.

This idea (getting a video or two) sounds good.... so now to the next part.

After you've viewed a decent sample of video, which one or two would be the ones you think you've learned the most from and why. Which one or two would you reccomend I check out to determine what I think about this.

Also can you elabroate on exactly what you learned (like what do you mean you learned why you're too loose from the SB and BB and why you're not aggro enough in LP)

[Boobie Lover]

Green Plastic is definately the best one on there.

[PShabi]

Videos that don't cost nuthin:

[Tony Cheval]

And worth every penny?

[PShabi]

Twice that much.

[Tony Cheval]

Well damn son, that's 100% +EV right there!

[Talking Poker]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but eejit could upload videos of him playing on there, right?

Seriously, do you find many of them beneficial? Are the players explaining why they are doing what they are doing (teaching) or are they posting them so people can critique their own games?

[PShabi]

There's no audio, but the SH LHE vids are from some very well respected posters on 2+2. Not sure what the criteria is for uploading. Definitely geared towards "how-to" rather than "how should I?"

When I was sucking cock back in June (figure of speech studio, don't get your hopes up) they were a nice reassurance that life hated me and that I wasn't a complete poker moron. Take a look at a few.

Also, some of the low stakes shit (maybe a lot of it, IDK for sure) is done by high stakes players dropping down for instructional purposes.

[Talking Poker]

Back to my "goals" for a minute. One of the things I'm going to start doing is something I've know for a long time I should be doing, but have never done... and that's reviewing my play after each session. I'll probably just do it once every day or so, but what I'm going to do is review my 10 or so biggest winning hands and my 10 or so biggest losers. This is extremely easy to do in Poker Tracker, and the "replay" feature is great. If I'm really questioning my play on any of the hands - especially the biggest losers, I'm going to post them here and get feedback.

Starting .

I realize I could do a much more in depth analysis of my play (using the "Filters"), but I'm going to hold off and only do that monthly or so. This is a good start and a big improvement over nothing.

[Talking Poker]

I'm DLing the 3/6 NL 6 max (6 tables!) video right now. I hope it has audio.

Thanks for the link - I remember you posting it long ago, but forgot all about it.

[Talking Poker]

I can't recommend specific videos yet. I'd say pick the one that sounds like the limit you play, etc. And yes, Green Plastic is impressive so far.

And it's not so much that I've learned WHY I'm too lose from the SB, but I suspected I was and now that I've seen how he plays from there (and he's better than me, so I can assume he's right and I'm wrong), I can see the differences. I can see the hands he throws away that I would have called with because of the great pot odds. I understand that 9:1 isn't as great as it seems when you have to play junk out of position against multiple opponents. This was literally an instant leak in my game plugged, just like that.

As for the aggression thing... now that I've seen it work so well, I'm finally stepping up and reraising with a much wider range of hands preflop than I used to. And I like it. It cost me a bundle when I flopped a set of Ts earlier tonight (as opposed to if I had played for a smaller pot), but that comes with the territory. Most of the time, I'll win bigger pots.

Maybe you'd watch these and roll your eyes and learn nothing. But I doubt it. They are well done.