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Sky_Poker
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Inspired by a discussion in the Sky Poker office - if you were given the job of coaching a player to become a winning online poker player...
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Feel free to explain your reasoning.
Often a losing player only needs one tweak to become a winning player - you would just need to find where they are going wrong. Having said that, I'm still learning myself so I'm probably not the right person to be teaching poker just yet xD
Teaching a losing player is MUCH more of a challenge, but an enjoyable one.
Many of them blame other problems for their results. The challenging part is getting them to accept that they need to look at themselves, their own game, & not worry about what other people do, bad luck, outdraws, etc.
Teaching a new player to play, assuming they have the ability to listen, & learn, is one of THE most satisfying things ever. They learn, then off they go, & you know they will have, literally, a lifetime of fun ahead of them, at little or no cost. Very satisfying.
In fact, both options are intensely satisfying. What is not to like about helping others, or at least trying to?
wHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER THE PLAYER HAS A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE AND WANTS TO LEARN!
EGOS ARE THE HARDEST THING TO CHANGE
This.
Helping a poor player with a good mental game/attitude become a break even or small winning player has to be very easy.
Helping a good player with a lot of ability but a poor attitude is nigh on impossible.
Unless you're a psychologist maybe.
Even they'd struggle with Don!
Agreed but lets assume they both had those traits in equal measures, would it still be equally difficult (or easy!) to teach them.
Start afresh/clean slate.
Donism
I'd imagine the new to game person would be easier, because they wouldn't have any plays ingrained on their poker brain, things which have become instinctive and they would frequently still do in-game (with minimal thinking time) even though they would recognise the error / sub-optimal play when watching their session back and discussing small errors.
Assuming that that the new to game person has the enthusiasm for it... I've tried getting some mates into poker so we can get to a decent number for a home game, but they just don't get the buzz. I guess that may also be the case if you teach a newbie the game, they miss the more 'fun' (degen) element associated with diving in at the deep end without any study!