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Message: [QUOTE="kevkojak, post: 1563918, member: 50094"] [B]At low levels, I personally feel that trial and error is as good as it gets. Provided you can afford it, I'd recommend depositing between $20/$50 or so and getting stuck in at the tables. $1 Sit n Go games and 0.01/0.02 ring (cash) games buying in for $1 a time (which is 50x your BB). Don't have any disillusions of turning your first deposit into thousands, just put a small amount on to experiment with (and ultimately, probably, to lose). Try Tight Aggressive and Loose Aggressive styles, see which one works for you. There is absolutely NO substitute for getting stuck in, winning a few hands, being on the losing end of others and LEARNING. Make mistakes - just don't make them twice.[/B] [B]Of course, you may slip straight into a comfortable style and find that you can grind a profit at these stakes immediately; this usually takes a while though.[/B] [B]Watching poker online (especially watching freerolls) is probably the worst medium available to improve your game. You don't see the cards unless you get to an all-in showdown, so you never know if someone made a genius play or a donkish over/underbet. The only way you would learn anything which would potentially improve your game is if you could see everyones cards, study strategies (preferably focusing on a small selection of players), and effectively steal some moves to impliment in your own game.[/B] [B]The replays of the final tables on pokerstars are ok as they show the cards of every player, but the players are usually hugely stacked and often playing very tight as the cash involved is enormous. It just plays out like an uber-tight, high stakes deep stack SnG.[/B] [B]T.V. poker is a good way to learn IF (and this is a big if) you get to see EVERY hand.[/B] [B]Most of the TV games (like WSOP coverage) only show highlights. Even when focusing on one table there will usually be a hand counter in the top corner, and if you check that out you'll see that often dozens of hands fly by unseen, showing only 5% or so of the action - just encounters where a lot of chips change hands or players get KO'd. Basing your game on these televised tourney is a mistake, it'll make you way too aggressive as they make poker appear to be an action packed game, when the truth is that its 80% waiting for a spot to pull the trigger, 20% action.[/B] [B]Its understandable that the shows edit this way, focusing on the action gets ratings and ratings mean Poker stays on the television, but even so I look at them as fun to watch, not great to learn from.[/B] [B]The Full Tilt academy is a pretty good medium (if you haven't already joined it). There are video's available to anyone to watch which let you see pro's playing through a tournament and talking you through every decision. You see their cards, hear their though process and watch the results - IMO (which is never humble) its the second best online teaching method after hiring a personal coach/ghoster.[/B] [B]Of course, Cardschat comes a close third too! :-)[/B] [B]Posting a few hand histories here will get you a couple of arse kickings, and a lot of helpful advice. (the arse kickings stop after a short while)![/B] [B]Best of luck - and stop watching freerolls, get involved![/B] By the way, I hope this actually helps and isn't just page of nonsense! Welcome to the forum buddy. [/QUOTE]

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