In Response to Re: Jury Service during Vegas. TK, can I unreg from tonight's £240 Vegas Satellite? (8.45pm start) : Hi, as I know you are a great tournament player on sky. I think I read you taught your son, so I'm guessing that means you've played awhile. Can I ask for advice, other than discussing hands or reading books. What other ways will you use to improve your game? your game is on a level where you are a winning player on sky (it's ok to boast), so how do you know you have improved? With being an MTT player how do you know you've improved, based on how high the variance is in MTTS? Sorry I'm really not well and typing out what I'm thinking or good at wording. Hope You can give a little advice thanks Posted by ALTiltYou
Hi Al.
For me, it's all about experience. I've never had any formal coaching, as I'm not a great student (my loss). I tend to have my own views and am sometimes reluctant to change. I've read a few books. Phil Gordon's, "Little Gold Book" probably being the best for intermediate + players. He also has a preceeding green book and a blue book, I think.
I believe the Gold Book, is the latest one for good/advanced players. (Would suggest a Sharkscope rating of atleast 70-75 to go straight to the Gold one)
However, it is absolutely vital, that I remain open-minded. So I do try to consider and reflect upon the views of others.
At the moment, the way I hope to improve is through experience. I play on Sky, and generally do quite well, and for me that provides a reasonable income and valuable experience.
I also play "High-ish Stake" MTT's on another site, primarily to try and improve my game. In the last three years I am about break even on this other site, and I find myself being continually out-played.
Whilst this is not good for my ego or bankroll, I find I learn more (albeit a painfull experience), when I am outplayed, than I do, if I am the one that has managed to outplay someone else.
So for me, it is not about profit. Provided I have enough money to live on, the aim, is to become as good a Poker player as I can be, and this involves learning from better players.
In these MTT's there will always be worse players and better players than me. To be successful, you need to be able to exploit as much as possible the weaknesses of the less experienced players and also be able to compete as much as possible against the better players. Both skills are required.
So I continue to play at two levels, one where I can make a profit to live on, and one, where the standard is too high for me to make a decent profit, but I can learn valuable lessons from the experience.
I hope this explains things slightly (I'm not recommending this btw, it's just to answer your question about what I feel will improve MY game)
In Response to Re: Jury Service during Vegas. TK, can I unreg from tonight's £240 Vegas Satellite? (8.45pm start) : Thanks for the kind comments TK. No Vegas for me this year, but I will be wishing all the SkyPoker Lads (And Lasses hopefully) all the best. Will be routing for you all and will observe with interest during courtroom breaks. :=) Will be trying for Vegas next year through Sky, and also trying for Punta Cana again later this year (BTW it's not at the Hard Rock this year, I believe?) GL! G Posted by StayOrGo
Morning Graham,
Yes, you are correct - the 2016 Punta Cana Classic has moved locations - it will be at a resort called The Level at Melia Caribe Tropical.
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Yes, you are correct - the 2016 Punta Cana Classic has moved locations - it will be at a resort called The Level at Melia Caribe Tropical.