Don't play like everyone else

[xOneCoolHandx]

This is a thread for all the beginners who come to CC looking to improve their game and get into the many freerolls offered on here. The biggest piece of advice that I can give you is: Don't play like everyone else. Why you may ask. Because chances are that they don't know what they are doing either and they just started playing like everyone else: They limp with hands they want to see flops with, they raise with slightly stronger hands they want to see the flop with. They cold call pre-flop with any hand they want to see the flop with. After the flop, they play fast with two pair of better. They pot control with one pair. They fold high cards. That is pretty much the extent of their strategy. They wait for monsters and try and get value but they often won't unless they are in a hand against another monster. The Mandalorian would say -- This is NOT the way.

If you are new and want to get better, and more importantly get profitable, then you have to study the game and your opponents: What do your opponents open? What do your opponents cold call with? What do your opponents bet the river with? How do your opponents check out of position when they didn't hit the flop? What do your opponents do with draws on the flop? Has your opponent ever raised in a multi-way pot without a huge hand? And so on. Use the information you gathered. Play pots you wouldn't have played before. Make laydowns you would not have made before. This will lead you to success and you will leave those others that are still playing the same old way that everyone else does in the dust.

There are SOOOO many resources to study: CC has a great beginner course here that I am actually a graduate of. I have been with PokerCoaching.Com for years but I also follow strategy advice from other places as well because there is so much to learn and there are different ways of employing different strategies in the exact same situation. Some people are full on GTO, some people are committed to exploitative poker and there are even some unicorns like me that want to learn everything about both styles so I can use those strategies back at the people playing those strategies. But, it doesn't matter what you pick -- just choose to educate yourself and get ahead of the game.

 

[infonazar]

This is a thread for all the beginners who come to CC looking to improve their game and get into the many freerolls offered on here. The biggest piece of advice that I can give you is: Don't play like everyone else. Why you may ask. Because chances are that they don't know what they are doing either and they just started playing like everyone else: They limp with hands they want to see flops with, they raise with slightly stronger hands they want to see the flop with. They cold call pre-flop with any hand they want to see the flop with. After the flop, they play fast with two pair of better. They pot control with one pair. They fold high cards. That is pretty much the extent of their strategy. They wait for monsters and try and get value but they often won't unless they are in a hand against another monster. The Mandalorian would say -- This is NOT the way.

If you are new and want to get better, and more importantly get profitable, then you have to study the game and your opponents: What do your opponents open? What do your opponents cold call with? What do your opponents bet the river with? How do your opponents check out of position when they didn't hit the flop? What do your opponents do with draws on the flop? Has your opponent ever raised in a multi-way pot without a huge hand? And so on. Use the information you gathered. Play pots you wouldn't have played before. Make laydowns you would not have made before. This will lead you to success and you will leave those others that are still playing the same old way that everyone else does in the dust.

There are SOOOO many resources to study: CC has a great beginner course here that I am actually a graduate of. I have been with PokerCoaching.Com for years but I also follow strategy advice from other places as well because there is so much to learn and there are different ways of employing different strategies in the exact same situation. Some people are full on GTO, some people are committed to exploitative poker and there are even some unicorns like me that want to learn everything about both styles so I can use those strategies back at the people playing those strategies. But, it doesn't matter what you pick -- just choose to educate yourself and get ahead of the game.

Good advice.
Focusing on the game plus watching the opponents play really gives a significant advantage. I have been taking notes for a very long time and it is a source of very useful information for me personally.

 

[Huntre]

Study is good thing, but the volume of material you just describe, may scare any newbies who came to this forum and think it his time to win.

But i agree if won't use some information around you, wins are never comes to you.

 

[christovam]

Unfortunately or not, many here in CC play like crazy, then win one or another tournament and think they are doing well. If we play trying to imitate these colleagues, our game will never evolve. So we should play critically.

 

[jonaselloco]

I think what our brother Christovam says is very accurate.
You can't take too much reference up to the middle of the CC free MTT, because many players play crazy.
From then on the MTT is always very interesting.
Yes, you can tell me that those who play crazy don't have much of a future, and you're really right. But we must also admit that many times the luck factor is not on our side, and that crazy game often hooks players who try to play well and makes them stumble.
From now on, you are very right to learn, observe, take notes, etc. That's what it's all about, improving our game.
Thanks for the post brother. Very good!!!
Greetings