card_shart
Sitting Out
Happy weekend, everyone! While I'm waiting for my chips and chairs to get here, I thought I'd ask about another aspect of poker play - coaching.
When I started taking poker seriously, my dad bought me Super System 2, and from there I read whatever else I could find - Grinder's Manual, Mental Game of Poker 1 and 2, etc., while watching whatever I could on YouTube. When I got a 50% off code for Upswing, I signed up for that and have been watching the lessons whenever I have the chance to.
My only two issues are this...
1) Am I really applying the concepts I'm learning? Preflop is relatively simple, but am I applying any real flop/post-flop strategies well? Looking at my stats, my red like is through the roof but my blue line is negative. Have I become an aggro-lag?
2) Am I a bad player, or have I not put in enough volume (with a tracker) to tell?
At this point, I think the only option here is to find a coach willing to go through some hand history with me.
So I go on the various sites and forums, and it's expensive! One hour for my entire current bankroll. I also see some offers on other sites, but I'm just not sure about them. I try to really think things out, play well, play when I'm feeling good and quit when I think I'm going to make poor decisions, but I just can't place where I am in the game so I know what to focus on going forward.
For reference, I play NL25 on Bovada. Over about 10,000 hands since I bought PT4, I'm down ~200 BB and running fairly low below EV (I'm guessing that's how I interpret winrate vs. EV adj. winrate?) but I know that <10,000 total hands at ~3,000 per stake isn't enough to really tell, but I was hoping to find some direction towards someone willing to take a look at some of these things.
When I started taking poker seriously, my dad bought me Super System 2, and from there I read whatever else I could find - Grinder's Manual, Mental Game of Poker 1 and 2, etc., while watching whatever I could on YouTube. When I got a 50% off code for Upswing, I signed up for that and have been watching the lessons whenever I have the chance to.
My only two issues are this...
1) Am I really applying the concepts I'm learning? Preflop is relatively simple, but am I applying any real flop/post-flop strategies well? Looking at my stats, my red like is through the roof but my blue line is negative. Have I become an aggro-lag?
2) Am I a bad player, or have I not put in enough volume (with a tracker) to tell?
At this point, I think the only option here is to find a coach willing to go through some hand history with me.
So I go on the various sites and forums, and it's expensive! One hour for my entire current bankroll. I also see some offers on other sites, but I'm just not sure about them. I try to really think things out, play well, play when I'm feeling good and quit when I think I'm going to make poor decisions, but I just can't place where I am in the game so I know what to focus on going forward.
For reference, I play NL25 on Bovada. Over about 10,000 hands since I bought PT4, I'm down ~200 BB and running fairly low below EV (I'm guessing that's how I interpret winrate vs. EV adj. winrate?) but I know that <10,000 total hands at ~3,000 per stake isn't enough to really tell, but I was hoping to find some direction towards someone willing to take a look at some of these things.