Friday, April 3, 2009
Quick update and thoughts about coaching
So March wasn't the greatest month for me either. I ended up with a profit though, but not anywhere close to the months I had towards the end of 2008. I know my problem is now and I've fixed it thanks to a lesson with Nutedawg. I realized that I hadn't had a lesson from him in nearly two months and without coincidence my game started falling apart.
I really believe that consistent coaching can benefit anyone and it's almost necessary if you are a full-time pro or aspiring to be one. Even if you think you've learned a lot from your coach, if they are a good coach you can learn something new with each lesson. It's an excellent idea to get a brush up lesson if you are struggling with your game because if you've had an extended bad run your emotions may be clouding your judgment when you are analyzing your hands by yourself at the end of sessions.
If you are advanced in your relationship with your coach, you need to make sure to choose lesson formats that will benefit you the most. This is important because if you always have the same format of lesson (for example, a video review) then you may feel like your lessons are getting "stale."
The cost of taking lessons is so trivial when you start to think about how much extra profit you can make while playing using new advanced strategies you may have learned from your lessons. Most of the time, lessons more than pay for themselves over time. I'm not going to make the mistake of taking too much time between lessons again.
I did make a bunch of money from staking other poker players but haven't figured out exactly how much. But lets just say I made some good investments. Even a local player who lives in my town is starting to pan out as he totally killed 50NL at the end of March. He made $1.6k profit in one week !!!
I'm looking forward to an excellent April and I'm very motivated to put in some quality hands.
I really believe that consistent coaching can benefit anyone and it's almost necessary if you are a full-time pro or aspiring to be one. Even if you think you've learned a lot from your coach, if they are a good coach you can learn something new with each lesson. It's an excellent idea to get a brush up lesson if you are struggling with your game because if you've had an extended bad run your emotions may be clouding your judgment when you are analyzing your hands by yourself at the end of sessions.
If you are advanced in your relationship with your coach, you need to make sure to choose lesson formats that will benefit you the most. This is important because if you always have the same format of lesson (for example, a video review) then you may feel like your lessons are getting "stale."
The cost of taking lessons is so trivial when you start to think about how much extra profit you can make while playing using new advanced strategies you may have learned from your lessons. Most of the time, lessons more than pay for themselves over time. I'm not going to make the mistake of taking too much time between lessons again.
I did make a bunch of money from staking other poker players but haven't figured out exactly how much. But lets just say I made some good investments. Even a local player who lives in my town is starting to pan out as he totally killed 50NL at the end of March. He made $1.6k profit in one week !!!
I'm looking forward to an excellent April and I'm very motivated to put in some quality hands.
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