I think playing more hands can make you better, but only if you learn from your mistakes. Volume gives you more experience in different situations, but playing too many hands without thinking can build bad habits. For me, quality is just as important as quantity. Review your hands, learn from your losses, and keep improving!
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It depends - are you actually spending any time analyzing why you won or lost, or are you just mashing buttons and raging over bad beats?
The old saying of "practice makes perfect" isn't quite accurate, it should be "perfect practice makes perfect." What really happens is "practice makes permanent," which is why people who learn to play a musical instrument on their own very often have to spend a huge amount of time breaking bad habits and mistakes if they decide to take lessons from a professional instructor.
The old saying of "practice makes perfect" isn't quite accurate, it should be "perfect practice makes perfect." What really happens is "practice makes permanent," which is why people who learn to play a musical instrument on their own very often have to spend a huge amount of time breaking bad habits and mistakes if they decide to take lessons from a professional instructor.
I think playing more hands can definitely make you better, as long as you learn from your mistakes. The more you play, the more situations you experience and the better you understand your opponents. But playing a lot without thinking about your decisions won’t help much. It’s really about getting experience and knowing when to play and when to fold.
I think if you are a live poker player that's playing online now, certainly that will help, as online poker hand distribution is TOO WAY faster than offlinehung4260396 said:
I started playing poker in 2018, and back then, I didn't know that studying is extremely important. I used to just play a lot of freerolls and watch YouTube videos to try and play the correct hand ranges for each position. I also played a lot of cash games, and thanks to playing thousands of cash hands, I learned how to play deep-stack.
I used to think A-K was an incredibly strong hand at 100bb, but the truth is, with a 100bb stack, you will lose more than you win when playing a 200bb pot or even less. I learned that I should 3-bet A-K 100% of the time. Most of the time, villains only call with pockets pairs, sometimes with suited Aces, broadways like QJs and JTs, or suited connectors like T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, 65s, and even 54s or 43s.
When an A-T-5 flop hits, for instance, I make a bet and face a check-raise. Most of the time, you are already losing to sets or two pairs—and that is the kind of thing you only learn by playing. So yes, in my opinion, playing a lot of hands makes you a better player. However, studying high-quality content while playing makes you even better.
I used to think A-K was an incredibly strong hand at 100bb, but the truth is, with a 100bb stack, you will lose more than you win when playing a 200bb pot or even less. I learned that I should 3-bet A-K 100% of the time. Most of the time, villains only call with pockets pairs, sometimes with suited Aces, broadways like QJs and JTs, or suited connectors like T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, 65s, and even 54s or 43s.
When an A-T-5 flop hits, for instance, I make a bet and face a check-raise. Most of the time, you are already losing to sets or two pairs—and that is the kind of thing you only learn by playing. So yes, in my opinion, playing a lot of hands makes you a better player. However, studying high-quality content while playing makes you even better.
It is, in fact, working on your game that makes you better. You could play for years and still remain a losing player. Analyzing your mistakes, working with solvers, and training with a coach will improve your gameplay—and, over the long run, result in greater earnings.