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May 14, 2015
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I have allot of spare time on my hands for the next 6 months and been filling my time playing online poker for around 3 – 5 hours a day, along with reading and watching poker related videos.
I've been playing $1 sit and go's for around a month now and just about breaking even with my small bankroll. I just wonder how long does it take to get good at poker, in terms of consistently winning? I've read somewhere you play so much poker you get a 6th sense for the action and can predict patterns of play.
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Chris
September 14, 2014
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depends on how much effort you put in. Studying helps for sure , watching poker videos , posting hand histories to identify leaks, this will improve your game also having a passion for the game is always a bonus 🙂 I would not suggest studying whilst playing poker though, that would distract you. You may also want to get a poker coach in time, espically if there's a certain area which you have troubles in learning. Just be confident and willing to learn and i'm sure you'll see some good results!
GL.
April 6, 2015
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What I will say is everytime I think I have 'got good' I quickly realise I haven't! Which I guess is a good sign: the more you know, the more things you realise you don't know.
June 23, 2012
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Time alone is not enough. Some people play for years and never get good. You need to be learning from your mistakes, reading, watching videos, analysing hands etc. As FAPY says, the more work you put in, the quicker you can advance.
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May 20, 2013
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This is so tough because you really dont want to hear this answer: It depends. Some of it is desire, some of it depends on IQ (just a fact), and some of it depends on time spent. If you are obsessed with it, you do have a better chance of being good. But even that is relative. Do you want to be in the top 1%? How lofty is your goal? Are you willing to sacrifice other parts of your life, or do you just want to be “better than the average player”? Lots to consider… no real answer here.
May 14, 2015
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Thanks for the replies.
I'm not aiming to be the top 1% more like the top 10 – 20% who make money out the game, well a bit.
I'll go with the four stages of competency I found on wikipedia. Sounds about right for learning a new skill, see below if you're interested.
The four stages of competence[edit]
- Unconscious incompetence
- The individual does not understand or know how to do something and does not necessarily recognize the deficit. They may deny the usefulness of the skill. The individual must recognize their own incompetence, and the value of the new skill, before moving on to the next stage.[2] The length of time an individual spends in this stage depends on the strength of the stimulus to learn.[3]
- Conscious incompetence
- Though the individual does not understand or know how to do something, he or she does recognize the deficit, as well as the value of a new skill in addressing the deficit. The making of mistakes can be integral to the learning process at this stage.[4]
- Conscious competence
- The individual understands or knows how to do something. However, demonstrating the skill or knowledge requires concentration. It may be broken down into steps, and there is heavy conscious involvement in executing the new skill.[3]
- Unconscious competence
- The individual has had so much practice with a skill that it has become “second nature” and can be performed easily. As a result, the skill can be performed while executing another task. The individual may be able to teach it to others, depending upon how and when it was learned.
April 24, 2015
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This is also an excerpt from Jared Tendler's The Mental Game of Poker. It's called the adult learning model or ALM. A must read for any poker player. It also goes through how to better your learning process via the inch worm theory. IE: You must better your worst before you can better you best. It is also very heavily tilt related material after that, how to recognize and prevent the various kinds of tilt. He has a podcast and a couple videos via you tube which you might find helpful, he explains quite a bit related to the mentality of poker. Good luck with your learning!
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