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Studying Poker is not about grinding it out or doing things a certain way. We need to have fun and use learning styles that work for us as individuals. We don't just want to learn a chart. We want to improve how we think. We want to get better at problem-solving.
That's not to say we don't have a few hints and tips on how we think we should study Poker, but these are more ideas to improve the process instead of the process itself.
The hands we have played are beneficial to us regardless of their result. They allow us to review our play, think about what we may or may not have done well and fully understand what we could have or should have done.
Tagging hands in session is a great way to do this as it enables us to look back on:
We give ourselves the chance to learn whilst providing gratification when we can see improvement in our play.
The last thing we want to do when looking to improve is taking too long to review each spot, especially when it comes to arbitrary or relatively straightforward spots.
There are many tools available. Here at Pokercode, we'd recommend using the range viewer. This tool will give us a quick and pretty accurate understanding of particular spots.
When we want to dive in deeper, using tools like Odin or other solvers can provide that more accurate, in-depth view of all options available.
Whilst reviewing hands works well, we can also use the situations we've encountered to see how we should play on different flops or flops that seem similar but differ slightly.
Simon gives a good run-through of this in the video, where he explains that based on his situation, when boards vary slightly from the one he encountered, he needs to change the frequency of specific actions.
This further study of spots means we can better understand what we should be thinking about certain spots and how our problem solving needs to know how board dynamics should change out frequencies.
Pokercode Coach Simon Rønnow pulled together a video for our youtube channel talking through these tips whilst running through a couple of hands. Looking at the video, we can see how to apply the information in this article in a practical sense.
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