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Has the forum helped your poker

DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
edited April 2012 in Poker Chat
We all strive to get better at poker and play a much better game. This takes time and there are many ways of doing it. Some read books, some learn from experience, some have training or watch channel 865, but some may find they use the forum and gain advice from other players or post things themselves whether it be in the clinic, area 51 the general poker chat ect. Some may even just read others postings and take tips from there. Even posting bad beats remind you that you could have played a hand better than you did and without making that post and seeing comments about it would probably forget about certain hands you could of played differntly.

Ive been on the forums posting and reading since 2009 and without it i dont think my online poker would have impoved as much as if i didnt post. There is a wealth of information and ways to get you thinking on this forum and as a lot of us continue to post. it has to be to improve as well as socialise. I dont really check out other site forums that much mainly this one, maybe i should i dont know. But thanks to everybody who does post i definatly think you all have helped me in some way or another. Even when im on tilt and having a bad run, people put me back in check and tell me too man up, it helps. Or seeing that other players go through the same things i do.

I think a player who does get involved on this forum must have improved a large percentage compaired to a player that hasnt.

What are your views on this and how has the forums helped you?
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited April 2012
    I feel I'm not very good but I know what I should be doing. The hard part is putting it into practice. I feel I've picked up some great tips/advice from the forum but after you've been playing for a while with no improvement it is hard not to fall back on bad habits that have been embedded. As Tikay says with the golf analogy, If you go to the range and keep hitting balls your just reinforcing bad habits. I need to try to forget my bad habits and start to make good plays my default position. Best wishes. Shaun the Villa fan in Bham
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN Member Posts: 8,948
    edited April 2012
    Not really, if anything distracts me :) 

    Talking to ppl online has been my best help with playing 
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited April 2012
    If you ever want to chat online then add me on facebook. I need all the help I can get with my awful record.lol. My name is :- Shaun Stait. If there is more than 1 (which I doubt) then I have a profile pic where I have a shaved head and my tongue out and finger up.lol. Not a great pic but thats all I have online.lol.
    Best wishes Shaun the Villa fan in Bham
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    Not really, if anything distracts me :)  Talking to ppl online has been my best help with playing 
    Posted by YOUNG_GUN
    now theres a confusing answer younggun! the forum dosnt help but talking online does! isnt posting on the forum talking online lol. Or do you mean live chat?
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN Member Posts: 8,948
    edited April 2012
    added mate, talk on twitter and other means more but do pop on from time to time :) tilts me a bit tho since ads gone on there and chat keeps freezing :(
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    I feel I'm not very good but I know what I should be doing. The hard part is putting it into practice. I feel I've picked up some great tips/advice from the forum but after you've been playing for a while with no improvement it is hard not to fall back on bad habits that have been embedded. As Tikay says with the golf analogy, If you go to the range and keep hitting balls your just reinforcing bad habits. I need to try to forget my bad habits and start to make good plays my default position. Best wishes. Shaun the Villa fan in Bham
    Posted by shaun84
    this is why posting on the forum is a good thing, as you change your bad habbits and analise your hands making you into a better player rather than doing the same thing over and over. It questions yourself and impoves your play.
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  • YOUNG_GUNYOUNG_GUN Member Posts: 8,948
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker : now theres a confusing answer younggun! the forum dosnt help but talking online does! isnt posting on the forum talking online lol. Or do you mean live chat?
    Posted by Dazler
    well im good at getting confused and confusing others lol

    Forum doesnt help myself personally, i use it for banter and occasionally my POV in clinic but like i say not for me. 

    Online Messenger or skype i mean, talking to poker friends and playing are best for me. 
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    If you ever want to chat online then add me on facebook. I need all the help I can get with my awful record.lol. My name is :- Shaun Stait. If there is more than 1 (which I doubt) then I have a profile pic where I have a shaved head and my tongue out and finger up.lol. Not a great pic but thats all I have online.lol. Best wishes Shaun the Villa fan in Bham
    Posted by shaun84
    ill add you also if you like. would be good to get some people from here on face book. Ive prob got more in common with you guys than all the silly school friends who i dont chat too but see 'ive just been to the shops comments' :)
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  • DazlerDazler Member Posts: 3,970
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker : well im good at getting confused and confusing others lol Forum doesnt help myself personally, i use it for banter and occasionally my POV in clinic but like i say not for me.  Online Messenger or skype i mean, talking to poker friends and playing are best for me. 
    Posted by YOUNG_GUN
    ill send you a pm with my live chat details if ya like young_gun not really thought about doing that before.
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    added mate, talk on twitter and other means more but do pop on from time to time :) tilts me a bit tho since ads gone on there and chat keeps freezing :(
    Posted by YOUNG_GUN
    Thanks mate. I haven't delved into the murky world of twitter yet but I am considering a foray into it soon as I am missing out on some interesting stuff from what I hear.lol.
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  • SlykllistSlykllist Member Posts: 2,888
    edited April 2012
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    I'm going to go with a big yes!

    Thanks to everyone here that's helped me improve my game immesurably
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  • ybyb Member Posts: 1,471
    edited April 2012
    its helped me loads since i first started using the forum, i think it's a great way to learn if you're willing to listen. lolraise and beaneh in particular give excellent advice.
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    its helped me loads since i first started using the forum, i think it's a great way to learn if you're willing to listen. lolraise and beaneh in particular give excellent advice.
    Posted by yb
    A big +1 to that!
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  • pod1pod1 Member Posts: 4,377
    edited April 2012
    suppose those 2 aint that bad!
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  • shaun84shaun84 Member Posts: 685
    edited April 2012
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker:
    In Response to Re: Has the forum helped your poker : ill add you also if you like. would be good to get some people from here on face book. Ive prob got more in common with you guys than all the silly school friends who i dont chat too but see 'ive just been to the shops comments' :)
    Posted by Dazler
    Feel free matey. I have the Facebook app on my iPhone so it is easy access for me. Add me and we can chat more regularly than just on the odd game when we stumble accross each other.lol
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  • rob12345rob12345 Member Posts: 341
    edited April 2012
    nar not to much talking face to face wif good player help more and thinking about the game yourself
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  • BorinLonerBorinLoner Member Posts: 3,863
    edited April 2012
    I don't really play poker much anymore, I only talk about it... So no, it hasn't improved my game but has kept me entertained.
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  • poshcoleposhcole Member Posts: 246
    edited April 2012
    Ive been an avid reader of the forum the passed 2 months, and have noticed a vast improvement in my game has my results lately show. Ive found reading other players analysis of hands very helpful,since yesterday ive taken 2 tourneys down 162 runner bh winning  £55 and a32 runner guaranteed winning £15. So to all members thankyou and keep posting.
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  • Dudeskin8Dudeskin8 Member Posts: 6,228
    edited April 2012
    A big yes for me, I've personally learnt so many things since posting and definitely feel I've improved with many of the concepts people suggest that I might not haveeven considered. One really silly one is check raising the flop with sets, at one time I ALWAYS led out into raiser but now mostly c/r which yields so much more success against the right oppo's. 
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  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited April 2012
    I voted ages ago but yeah it's a definite yes from me. Without a shadow of a doubt it has turned me from a losing player to a winning player. I might only be winning small amounts (and my cash diary aint backing that up right now) but I'm confident I'll never need to deposit again. I aint deposited once in the last 18+ months and even made a few withdrawals so I can't quibble.
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