Fee's Robusto Guide (notes)

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Mariuslol Norway. Jan 22 2010 16:43. Posts 4742

I always have loads of pages saved up, so I never close them. But the list was starting to get so long, I have to close some of them, And some of the really good poker articles I don't like closing, so I just took the important notes of one of them, and paste it here, so now I can close a few more. =]

Enjoy

- The key is using your time efficently and becoming consumed with the game.

- If you are just starting out play 2 tables. After you become adept at ANALYZING hands move up to three. If you cannot analyze hands at 2 tables go to one table. After you master three tables move to four. DO NOT MOVE BEYOND 4.

- if you can follow this piece of advice you will be in good shape, the biggest leak/cruch of unl-SSNL players is their penchant to multitable. You will never learn anything playing that many tables, learning the game has a FAR greater value than any RB/bonus/hourly of grinding SSNL ever could.

- Review your sessions! You need to know your game AND your opponents game. Get used to analyzing your play with an opponent and the dynamic you guys create (obviously this requires pokertracker of some sort). This isn't as important until like 100-200NL but knowing how to do it is crucial because this is what actually makes you think deeply about how to play hands and your overall game plan.

- Play SOLID. Do not run any type of big bluffs until 400NL. Just that simple, do not make moves. You will be extremely tempted constantly to run the bluff, the more in control of this urge you are the faster you are going to moveup, plain and simple, these guys are waiting to give away their money, you just need to be patient and understand how to play solid.

- Playing solid is what poker is all about, you need to know how to play every situation without reads in a somewhat nitty/conservative manner so that you avoid spewing and making horrible players (bluffing a station, checking vs a weak tight, folding vs a spewy aggro monkey)

- Think of poker like a road, while you are going striaght you are playing your solid ABC game, later down the road you will turn left/right to adjust to your opponents game, but for the beginning of sessions/early levels play solid and aggressive and you will do just fine.

- I wish I could go back in time and just avoid using a HUD and play 4 tables and focusing with decisive reads, but alas I cannot, don't use a HUD, focus on your opponents line and what hand (s) he is representing and how he plays certain hands, where he is weak and where he is strong, this is far more valuable than knowing a regular is 20/17 or a fish is 40/2.

- EV graphs, won $ at showdown, showdown winnings, all that is bullsht just ignore it.

- Tilting. This is the hardest thing to handle, basically if you can play solid and not tilt you'll play 5/10 in like 8 months tops if you work almost every day. For everyone its different how results effect you and how you deal with it. One thing I can tell you is that one day you will, no matter what run worse than you ever thought was reasonable, logical, mathematically possible.

- just be constantly aware that poker is going to kick the **** out of you and you can take it kicking and screaming or take it like a man and rough it out.

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genjix China. Jan 22 2010 16:50. Posts 2677

This is all my thoughts and philosophy exactly in Poker.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Into Infinity United States. Jan 22 2010 16:54. Posts 1884

showdown winnings, all that is bullsht just ignore it.

disagree

longple

Sweden. Jan 22 2010 16:58. Posts 4472

sounds easy, dunno if its really that easy though today :o

LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jan 22 2010 17:05. Posts 15163

100% agree about playing tight against unknowns -.-

93% Sure!

Kilay Netherlands. Jan 22 2010 17:34. Posts 1960

On January 22 2010 15:58 longple wrote:
sounds easy, dunno if its really that easy though today :o

The book is not that old... I think some things should be added but I do agree that the most important thing in poker no matter what is tilt control. Not sure if you could say that you should play 5/10 in about 8 months if you work at it every day if you don't tilt but I do think it's really that important. If you don't control your tilt you'll at least be sure to NOT be playing anything above 100NL in the near future unless you are completely throwing BRM out of the window and in this case you'd be fucked already anyways.

Also, this is obviously just cliffnotes...

Maynard! United States. Jan 22 2010 21:06. Posts 4453

Rubosto guide? I want to write a busto guide.

Now I really am a busto. Thanks FTP.

Mariuslol Norway. Jan 23 2010 05:52. Posts 4742

I think there's a few on the left side at lp almost every day xD