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Message: [QUOTE="LizzyJ, post: 1055381, member: 49285"] Sweetie, First off you need to take a few days off to get away from it. Second, please understand that learning poker is a looooooong process. You will discover (as have I and many others) that more learn, the more you realize how much you DON'T know. When Mike Sexton says, "Hold'em takes 5 min. to learn and a lifetime to master" he wasn't kidding. I too have a library of books, I graduated with an engineering degree a few years ago, so studying 'till I'm blue in the face is nothing new. Some people pick-up the game of Poker and excell at it. (i.e. 21 year olds who are multi-millionaires) Unforntuately I was not one of them. In the two years or so of playing, the only way I improve is to grind through the books, play a lot, read more, play more, read more, play more, etc. Slowly but surely I am improving. Some people would still rank me in the 'donkey' or 'fish' category, which is fine by me. We all have to start somewhere. But more importantly is where you end up. These days I don't play just for the fun of it. When I play I am paying very special attention to a particular area of my game that I am trying to improve. At first I was trying NOT to play the SB every time. Then I was being more selective at pre-flop. Then I made the leap of NOT calling; either raise, re-raise or fold. Then I made the effort NOT limping in; raise or fold. etc. etc. etc. All these leaks in my game took TIME and patience to overcome. Didn't happen in a day or two and some of it was quite painful. But that's how you improve. At this rate by the end of the year I might actually be a half-decent player. I'm glad you're reading Harrington, I have all three volumes. I have read them so many times they are starting to wear out. Notes in the margins, pen makers, day-glo highlights, etc. For MTT players that is the Bible. [/QUOTE]

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