Improving your game as a live player?

Also how do you guys think traditional online methods transfer to ones live play?

As in videos/reading hand histories/trying to memorize hands and come home write them down and then break them down.

I feel this is likely the obvious answer, but am not confident in them due to the difference in the two games.

i don't think you can learn much from live honestly

but i will say that black friday was a blessing in disguise. i've made much more live than i could possibly online

On April 21 2012 12:46 mnj wrote: i don't think you can learn much from live honestly but i will say that black friday was a blessing in disguise. i've made much more live than i could possibly online

lol same. live so easy.

Can earn a lot by limping suited connectors and low pairs, in live it's usually frequent that a lot of ppl just limp around, but when the flop comes, they don't realize how drastic the game changes from when it's 1 or 2 people in a hand, than when it's 3-6 people in a hand.

Also a lot of value to isolate big, and to steal from the nits to get crazy image. That makes the new guys, who arent regulars fancy you more and go out of their way to play pots with you.

Rarely do the bad ones, or recreational ones pay attention, so cool to steal flops with half bet, and closer to pot when it's for value.


3b the loose ones with 13-15% of hands, and 3b the nits with just air, suited high low cards etc, and only fight back when they 3b you and you actually have a hand, they won't get away from it.

@mariuslol, I definitely understand the fundamentals of live play. I'm doing well live, just looking for ways to keep my game sharp/improve.

More so looking for generals ways to improve my game. Such as improving online play by training sites & online hand discussions and session reviews.

I tried to look at some live poker hand discussions on 2+2 but most of the advice seemed pretty awful.

i punch people in the face when i lose

On April 21 2012 12:46 mnj wrote: but i will say that black friday was a blessing in disguise. i've made much more live than i could possibly online

this exactly wish i could play on stars now with my live bankroll though ><

live gets pretty deep, so just remember to stay sharp as stacks get deeper, losing a 6 or 8 buyin pot at live will take forever to recover, so stay sharp as stacks get bigger is all i say

Biggest thing is to pay attention during hands you're not in so you can see exactly how people play on certain boards. The worst thing is seeing a big pot on the river and not knowing how it got that big. Even if you see their hands you have already lost a shit ton of valuable information. It's hard because 90% of the time you don't learn anything about their hole cards so it can feel like a wasted effort, but you have to force the effort to make it a habit to watch even when you're having a conversation at the table with your neighbor.