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I think this goes to something I spoke of in another post.
When someone starts playing poker, they have a little case of beginners luck. It's due to them not justifying anyting, chasing cards when they have a feeling. Others not expecting bad players to get good cards, and a lack of discipline translates into an unreadable play. I think beginners luck is a major factor in starting to play. I had it, and many people I play with had it.
Once you get more knowledge you start learning about pot odds, what beats what and how to bet. This makes you scared, among other things. YOu start folding good cards to good raises, and play second best hands when you feel something good (trying to call someone on what you think is a bluff)
This is the down part of poker, and probably where you are right now. You have to re-learn how to play poker the correct way.
The next step is when you can correctly read tells, and betting patterns. YOu can bet within the structure of what you should do and bet outside of it when you sense weakness.
As you can tell, I feel the natural progression of learning poker is good - bad - best.
All I can say is to keep at it. Get more hands in, more books read and stick around. I think this site is the best on the web to learn about holdem. You have great brains to pick here and a lot of great info.
if you want specifics, I'd say check out Doyle Brunson's Super System. almost any Skalansky book, and a great, short holdem book is Poker Holdem: Advances by Andy Nelson. Andy's book is specificaly about low stakes, no limit texas holdem. It's one of the few books that I feel deals specifically with the kind of poker I play, therefore it was the most helpful.
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Originally Posted by Fnord
