Apply Yourself!

ALLRIGHT!!! Welcome aboard gentlemen.

StyleMaster, you play golf? Then poker should be easier to learn, you aren't PUBLICly humiliated as much, and it's cheaper to play.

Perfect, good post buddy.

In sticking with the essential quan of this thread "Apply Thyself" I have only 1 piece of advice...

START A POKER JOURNAL IMMEDIATELY.

You don't have to write in it every day, but you can. It doesn't have to be philosophic, but it can be. Mine wanders from scribblings of what I made or lost in a given session; to strategy that I want to try; to notes from Poker Books I read; to bitching about 10 bad beats in a row; to saying "I suck"; then saying "I'm a Genius".

My favorite page is one where I recorded a bunch of SnG's - all professional and technical like (I was playing to pay the bills at the time). And then my 7 year old (she's 8 now) wrote in big crayon across the page " I LOOOVEE YOU DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!" when I wasn't home. (of course i beat her for touching my book .... rofl... obviously not)

But I'll tell you what it really does - and why you need to start one now. It keeps you grounded. It shows you where you've been, how far you've come and what's possible if you continue. It gives you something to read when the cards aren't coming or when you think you've "lost it". And after you've gone through a few cycles it reminds you that you've been down before and lived through it. It reminds you that you've been up before and nothing lasts forever.

It's a great calming influence, and it's a great game accelerator. Just the act of writing makes you THINK and the more you think the better you will be. And the act of Thinking gives you good ideas that you Should Write Down and Hone and try.

What poker sites are best? What is YOUR style of play? What did you learn in your last turnament ... "Don't fall in love with pocket pairs. Jesus how many times will I refuse to fold JJ when I know I'm beat. I'll write 100 times. 'I will not fall in love with pocket pair when being pounded with big bets and raises!!'"

Anyway, good luck guys. Poker is fun...

Don't worry about playing for money - although I wouldn't do it on Paradise. You SHOULD play for money, you MUST play for money. What's $50 to an adult human being? It's a night out. It's a round of golf and beers. If you lose it (which you will in the beginning, SO WHAT! but playing for point is to poker as Playing Monopoly is to Real Estate Investing) Go to PokerStars, FortunePoker, Pacific or someplace where you can play true micro Limit or NL ring or very low buyin Sng - Like $2.20. Paradise is a Party Poker skin and has lots of new players but no true micro stakes. Their cheapest Sng is $5/1 - which is too much and too high of a rake. Their smallest NL ring is $25, when you can play $2, or $10 on other sites.)

have fun.

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01-10-2006 11:47 PM #3
aokrongly View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Jan 2005 Posts 801	ALLRIGHT!!! Welcome aboard gentlemen. StyleMaster, you play golf? Then poker should be easier to learn, you aren't PUBLICly humiliated as much, and it's cheaper to play. Perfect, good post buddy. In sticking with the essential quan of this thread "Apply Thyself" I have only 1 piece of advice... START A POKER JOURNAL IMMEDIATELY. You don't have to write in it every day, but you can. It doesn't have to be philosophic, but it can be. Mine wanders from scribblings of what I made or lost in a given session; to strategy that I want to try; to notes from Poker Books I read; to bitching about 10 bad beats in a row; to saying "I suck"; then saying "I'm a Genius". My favorite page is one where I recorded a bunch of SnG's - all professional and technical like (I was playing to pay the bills at the time). And then my 7 year old (she's 8 now) wrote in big crayon across the page " I LOOOVEE YOU DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!" when I wasn't home. (of course i beat her for touching my book .... rofl... obviously not) But I'll tell you what it really does - and why you need to start one now. It keeps you grounded. It shows you where you've been, how far you've come and what's possible if you continue. It gives you something to read when the cards aren't coming or when you think you've "lost it". And after you've gone through a few cycles it reminds you that you've been down before and lived through it. It reminds you that you've been up before and nothing lasts forever. It's a great calming influence, and it's a great game accelerator. Just the act of writing makes you THINK and the more you think the better you will be. And the act of Thinking gives you good ideas that you Should Write Down and Hone and try. What poker sites are best? What is YOUR style of play? What did you learn in your last turnament ... "Don't fall in love with pocket pairs. Jesus how many times will I refuse to fold JJ when I know I'm beat. I'll write 100 times. 'I will not fall in love with pocket pair when being pounded with big bets and raises!!'" Anyway, good luck guys. Poker is fun... Don't worry about playing for money - although I wouldn't do it on Paradise. You SHOULD play for money, you MUST play for money. What's $50 to an adult human being? It's a night out. It's a round of golf and beers. If you lose it (which you will in the beginning, SO WHAT! but playing for point is to poker as Playing Monopoly is to Real Estate Investing) Go to PokerStars, FortunePoker, Pacific or someplace where you can play true micro Limit or NL ring or very low buyin Sng - Like $2.20. Paradise is a Party Poker skin and has lots of new players but no true micro stakes. Their cheapest Sng is $5/1 - which is too much and too high of a rake. Their smallest NL ring is $25, when you can play $2, or $10 on other sites.) have fun.