4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 3,068
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Originally Posted by jyms
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Originally Posted by Ragnar4
I bought in for a month, and for a full month I spent an hour to an hour and a half each day devouring videos.
It didn't help.
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To be quite honest, you've been a member here for over 3 years so I don't know how much you expected us to deliver in a month.
I get 10 pm's a month from members thanking me and raving about their improvements because of my, and Spenda's vids ( and now Sugarnut's ) We have actually produced quite a few micro players to the $100NL and even $200NL levels in the recent past. Considering we have been around for only a year and had only about 15-20 members last Xmas, when we had about 20 vids, we are doing something right. |
The videos are awesome, but I will admit that they don't seem to make an immediate impact on my game. It's not like they make vids on "how to play AK" and then your +1.297 EV more profitable playing AK. They talk about their approach to the game, how they're thinking about tough spots and what range they're putting the villains on.
If you already play a position-based TAGG style when you show up, you won't get "change-your-game" revelations. But here's what I do when I'm watching a vid. I think ahead to what I would do. I try to glance at the hands before the action comes, think about my "default" play. When Spenda or Nut does something very different, I learn tons. When they do what I would have done, I learn even more 'cuz they tend to give a different perspective and a "why" that makes a lot more sense than my * shoulder shrug - BET * .
Over time, you watch solidly winning players make hundreds of high quality decisions at the micros. They talk about their experiences, their thoughts. They make (very rarely) bad plays but then turn around and admit it. They get bad beat, sucked out on, rivered. They reload and move on. They play well, make hero calls and soul reads. It's inspirational. It's +EV.
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