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All the top players study poker away from the game. That is how they continuously beat the games that they are playing. Self study will ensure that your game does not stagnate, will help spot leaks, and will help you spot leaks in your opponent’s games. It is by far the best work you can do away from the table.
So before you can start doing hand history reviews it is essential to buy a piece of software called Holdem Manager (before you mutter to yourself, here’s some promotional waffle about Holdem Manager, please let it be known I am in no way affiliated with this product. I wish I was because I love it!).
Holdem Manager is a poker tracking software which keeps track of every hand you play on line. It allows you to then analyse all those hands and replay them using a hand replayer and give statistical breakdowns of equity and pot odds in those hands. It allows you to study your opponents as well as your own play. It has revolutionised on line poker. It costs between $50-$80 depending on whether you buy the professional or beginner package, but it is well worth the money.
To begin your hand history review, you can filter on a reports tab in Holdem Manager and input all hands played after a certain time period, say over a 2 month period. You can then filter all your hands from biggest pots lost to won.
Then start a spreadsheet or just use a refill pad and note how you lost every big pot over 30 big blinds. I guarantee you even with limited knowledge of poker, once you go back over a hand in a replayer you will spot the blatant mistakes easily. Note what the mistake was and move on to the next big pot you lost and rinse and repeat.
Once you have done this you can start to group the mistakes. You will start to see a pattern of where you are making the same mistakes over and over again. In my last big hand history review after a downswing I had 9 mistakes I saw happening way too frequently for my liking. I then put this on a word document and printed it out and read this sheet before I sat down to play a session over the next month. At the end of the month I reviewed my hands played that month and put a line through the mistakes I had removed from my game and highlighted the ones that still remained. I had the list reduced to one and since then I have cut out that mistake from my game and I am currently on a upswing and very happy with my game.
I do believe that once a month you should review all your hand histories of all big pots over 30 big blinds which you either won or lost to keep away those pesky downswings and your game fresh.
Paul Redfern, professional poker player and owner of www.rakebackreward.com. The hardest part of making money playing on line poker is finding the motivation to play your ‘A’ game at all times. Rakeback Reward offers regularly updated poker strategy and motivational articles to help you achieve this goal. Rakeback Reward members can now avail of free membership to DeucesCracked, the most respected poker training site on the internet today.
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I agree with that. But for me, there’s no better way of learning than learning from your own experience
Yes, I think the best way to learn it’s playing, you have a lot of fun and meet new friends every time!
yeah, you can learn from your mistakes and with the use of that software, you can easily point out what you did wrong… so, in the future plays, you will be prepared and you can avoid those mistakes.
It’s very important to save your hands history and review them when you are in tilt, or with a pro sit next to you.
Great article thanks, I’ll have to look into getting Holdem Manager as I’m looking to improve my game.
The free play offer in online casino is the best way to practice. As others often say, “Practice makes perfect.”
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I adree.Before sterting to play in online casino, you must learn all the rules and play without money!!
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I definitely enjoying reading it..Thanks for coming with great ideas and thoughts. Thanks for coming with great ideas and thoughts.thank you for sharing.
Learning before engaging into the game is the best tool to win every gaming sessions. As many online casino today offers free play, wherein you can test on the game while learning some of the strategies on it. It is somehow benefiting on the free play option.
I agree to this. Two thumbs up to the author. Being a good poker player needs continuous learning. Study and practice all the casino games you are playing.
I think own experience is good to get more detail knowledge.
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