This article contains information and tips to make you a winner. No mention of poker theory , or even how many buy- ins need to play at a certain level . There are no secrets on how to avoid the tilt, or recipes for play 150,000 hands per month. This article just tries to be a guide for you to know where to focus your effort, and what things you have to consider to make decisions in your poker career .If you're just starting to play poker ( or maybe not) , you may often ask yourself What do I need to be a winning player ? And perhaps many times have you received answers like : "You need discipline, dedication and patience. "Well, in this article I will talk about the points you should trabjar and master if you want to be a winning poker player . Focus on developing these pillars , and point your discipline, your dedication and patience to improve .The four pillars of successful player :
- Bankroll Management
- Tilt Control
- Game volume
- The game EV +
Each of these is as important as the above and in the following . There are many potentially good players who , for failing to comply with only one of these four, fail to actually become winning players . I 'll go over and explain what each of these pillars and how they could work on .
Bankroll management
Bankroll management is the most fundamental and basic of the four pillar. Is easier to master and respect , and yet if it fails , it all comes down . I will not bore you , sure you have already given sermons : "You need 538 buy ins" " The variance in these tournaments is huge."Well, I 'll tell you a little secret: there is a mathematically correct amount of how many buy ins are needed. Actually , if it's math, the more aggressive is a better management. The amount of buy ins that you need depends on your ability to lose emotional levels. Easy to say now : "I make a dynamic bank management . It is the most optimal and I am aware that is a seesaw . I grab one upswing , climbing three levels. Comes a relatively small downswing and I have to go down two levels , no problem . "Now, you sure there are no problems ? If you go down two levels affects psychologically makes you feel bad , makes you doubt your game or worse , you can not do it, then such an aggressive management is the worst thing you can do.You must find how many buy ins need for yourself considering the following points:
- Your emotional stability to raise and lower levels
- The number of tables that you multitable
- The variance of the game you play
Given these three points, you can make your own bankroll management . It's not hard , either will be fine , the only important thing is respect . For above all, respect . If you touch down , touch down. At the end of the day , it's not so bad, and I can assure you that you'll have to do more than once. If you do not like , there are other games like chess.Well, with that we've covered the basics of bankroll management : How many buy ins need to level up ? But that is not everything . There are other small issues that has to do with bankroll management and often not taken into account :
• Cashouts
Again, cashouts strategy you use, is very personal . It depends on your financial situation , the country where you live, you play levels , and so on . However, it is important that you stop and think about this issue and clearly define how you want to. And keep in mind that when you're starting , the less cashouts can do better. Our goal at the micro-stakes is not to make money , but to enhance , build a bankroll and gain levels. With that in mind , do what you need according to your personal situation.
• Deals in tournaments
The deals in tournaments have everything to do with bankroll management . Imagine arriving at heads up play a big tournament $ 3 buy-in . Your bankroll is $ 300 and for that you have played this tournament. You have secured about $ 1,200 for second place, while , would you take out first $ 1,700 . Your opponent is much worse than you, and think you have a great advantage over him, yet they are even in chips , and proposes a deal where each one gets $ 1,450 . Should you accept ? The answer is yes .Think about it , what is the difference between not accept the deal and continue playing , or accept the deal but register for a turbo SNG heads up $ 250 against the same player ? Obviously no . So the question is , do we bankroll to play heads up $ 250 even though we know that the player is worse than us? . Clearly with a bankroll is now $ 1,747 , we can not afford the luxury of playing heads up so high buy-in , even though we know that we have an advantage .So the choice is yours , but always keep in mind to bankroll management when making such decisions .
• Investments related to poker
Another point that has to do with our management but rarely mentions it. Backdelear ? Another player in a tournament? Does taking a private coach? Invest in hold'em manager? How much of our bankroll we are willing to sacrifice for this sort of thing? Unfortunately it is very personal, and I do not give you many tips on this topic, more to say , as in other places , you have it in mind , and that makes sense with your bankroll management .
Tilt control
"I $ "% & right / ) ! " Fishes and $ $! That % % & "% & and % • "$ y & $ • " ! his mother . I'll go % • & / a % $ • play / NL400 to recover ! "
Well, this is a tilt, all we know and what we try to avoid . There are several articles talking about this kind of tilt, and I will not bore you with more of the same . I will analyze the tilt as more general.
What is tilt ? Any situation or context that keeps us from our best game and / or make us forget our bankroll management .
I have read many comments like "Luckily I've learned to control the tilt" or " Before coming to tilt very easily but now I can contain myself " or " I do not usually go on tilt , well, unless you receive many bad beats in a row ." If cases of those who think so, I 've got news : you do not understand the idea.
Have you ever happened to you that you analyze a hand evaluation forum or a blog and you can razonarla feel pretty good, but nevertheless in the tables do not apply that knowledge? You ever happened to checking your hands on the HM or similar program will find hands that are not sure why you played it? Or that now the cold would play differently? Well, that's tilt .
If you have a theoretical knowledge which causes cold hand reasons in a way , but at the time to play it is to do one thing differently , it is because you play on tilt . And you should avoid at all costs . No point having a great theoretical knowledge if you can not play without tilt and apply .
Then I will give some examples that can induce you to play on tilt , which have nothing to do with classical Furies by bad beats :
- You're playing too many tables , more than you should .
- You're playing boring , ignoring , just waiting to complete the 2000 hands you have set for yourself .
- You 're playing while you check your emails , you look the forum and looking for a movie to download and look after (or during !)
- Your ego takes precedence in the tables in some situations. Outplayear not want to leave , or attempt outplayear all the villains .
- You're playing to recoup losses or, thinking about protecting earnings , without getting into too much trouble.
- You're playing uncomfortable , hungry , sleepy , or some other discomfort
If you often find yourself in these situations , then you're playing on tilt too often , and your winnings at the tables will be severely reduced.When does it make sense to play on tilt ?Well, this question seems inconsistent with what has been said , however, there are times that we play on tilt even knowing that we are. This is the case of professional players , who rely on a rakeback or a minimum monthly volume to pay their bills ( look at the next item). There are players who have a strategy that forces them to grind play five , six, seven or more hours a day and must comply with these times if they want to maintain their lifestyle. Often boring play , play many tables or do other things while playing to optimize your time . They are aware that they are giving away their opponents advantage in doing so, but still preferred. Are you aware that your winrate will be seriously affected, but their rate of hourly earnings they can be increased. Or, to do other things while playing , able to play many more hours than they could if they play completely focused .
When and why are playing on tilt again , questions for you to answer yourself. My recommendation is to avoid him as much as possible , until you depend economically on poker, and even then , you try to be the lowest possible . Not only affect your immediate winrate , but also , your progress will be severely slowed , and you will find much more frequently stalled . Not your will detect leaks , or you will notice how it has changed the metagame level , and this may even bring more problems in the future.
But , again , it's your decision , only want you to be aware of why you're doing , and that is a deliberate and not random decision.
Volume Play
There are many very good players who fail to get a high volume of play and thus fail to make money , perhaps less talented players are getting other month .
This is a curious point since often intervenes and strikes the other pillars we discussed. Playing much volume as 150,000 hands a month or so, generate , almost certainly we play a good percentage in tilt, thereby reducing our winrate . Also, spend many hours a day playing , leave us less time to perfect our game and keep constantly improving as discussed below .
It is important to find a balance and be clear about our goal , both short and long term . High volumes of game cause we get more profits in the short term , sacrificing our opportunity to grow as players in the long run . While a too low volume levels will make the climb will be a very long task , never obtain sufficient monthly income to devote to consider this, and the downswings seem eternal.
Many emerging from micro-stakes players and reach lowstakes as NL50 or nl100 be torn between whether or rakeback pros try to keep improving. And again, my opinion is that a balance is needed.
We all need a minimum volume . We can not have serious ambitions to succeed in this if we only played 10,000 hands per month. We need more , not only for greater monetary benefit have , but also because the experience at the tables is one of the important parts to improve as players. Apply the theory consistently , and above all, meet different spots that we can not solve , is the engine that helps us to continue improving.
However we should not , spend the other side. It is important to keep away the tilt, and for that, focused and motivated to play most of the time as possible , which seems extremely difficult if we play 200,000 hands monthly . It is also important to have time to devote to constantly improve our game .
Go search for the balance according to your situation , your career as a poker player and your plans for short and long term you like.
The game EV +
Well , we reached the last pillar of the four. And it's not the last by chance. This pillar is often overestimated. Yes, it is true that it is very important , and probably the most time we need deducarle , however , if it fails some of the above , be the best at it will not help us much . It is simply another pillar within four . We can be a poker genius but if we do not apply because of the tilt, or play at a level that is not for us and our bankroll busteamos , or play a tiny number of hands each month , never get too many benefits .
What is meant by " + ev game "? Everything related to the theory of poker. Odds , outs , ranges, frequencies. All that talk 95% of the other articles and poker videos . All the exercises you perform a hand to post in the forum or assess a partner.
It is important to be growing constamente . You're not missing too good and you learn. You're a fish . But I mean hey , you're a real fish . Much more fish than you imagine you are. And even if you are aware that you're a fish , you're even more fish than that. Sos inlcuso more fish than you think that I 'm trying to say . More fish than that. The advantage a player has Highstakes about you is much greater than what you you have on your level fishes . You would destroy .
You should always keep this in mind and act accordingly. You've never learned too much , there's always more . If you are crusheando 10BB/100 your level , well, you could be earning 11bb/100 .
I say this because I notice that many players have ups and downs on this subject, of course, included. Many times we abandon the habit of learning in stages, until a few mseses downswing or be break even make us react , and again we return to the study. But this should not, have to be constantly trying to learn more and more.
Always keep your head open. Never underestimate a review from someone else and do not have defined rules in your head : "You can never fold AA preflop " " AJo is not a hand to end all-in with more than 50bb " " No sense in making limp / raise with 99 " . All these sentences are wrong and are just as bad , but we can work on them to improve them : " It is almost never correct to fold AA preflop " " AJo almost never a hand to end all-in with more than 50bb " " almost never makes sense limp / raise with 99. " Much better!
And as I tell you to respect the views of all , you also say that you never believe anyone . At least until you understand why you are saying it. Keep up curious and skeptical. I kept asking until you understand. If it bothers them is their problem, you do not miss the opportunity to improve by asking a question that may seem heavy or afraid to ask the obvious. Only you will hurt yourself if you do. I debated all you can , but not to convince the rest , but to learn you. The best thing that can happen in life is to discover that you were wrong and become clear .
