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Originally Posted by tommyd
Hi Jaime, Thanks for doing this AMA and congrats on your Pokerstars Sponsorship and your recent big tournament wins! A couple of questions:
1) With all the recent developments in online poker software and technology like twitch coming through, what new technology and changes are we likely to see in the next couple of years?
2) How have you developed your own game, any useful tips?
Thanks!
Hey Tommy,
Thanks for the kind words.
1) This is really interesting. I think we will see poker be considered more of an e-sport. Team competitions with rosters of pro players. It's a tried and true formula in other games, I think it's not to much of a leap for companies to attempt the same in poker.
I also think that software will try and automate a lot of the things that make poker tough. This doesn't mean bots, but the game will shift more towards theoretical understanding. We will move further away from execution of actually thinking of a solution and clicking the button on the fly.
2) Development of my own game has been a mixture of a bunch of things. Books, training sites, coaching, forums, discussion groups, playing, and study have all been useful to me. I think it's best to start out with learning methods that are a bit more passive. Take in the information and try and copy it, not necessarily change it. For example, using ICMIzer to study pre flop spots will be difficult if you don't know what you are looking for.
At the end of the day, it's an effort game. How much focus and attention can you put into getting better. I had the opportunity to Eat Breath Sleep poker for a few years and enjoyed doing so. Try and hack your brain by switching to different tasks that improve you after you're tired of one. Play 8 hours, listen to a podcast while making dinner, watch some twitch streams. Your probably really tired of poker now so watch some ted talks about how to be better or more efficient or something like that. It will translate. That was the approach I took.
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