Poker Einstein.
Hey all...
I've learned something about myself in this past week...but before I can tell you what it is, I need to fill you in a little more on where this poker journey has taken me.
Since I've begun playing poker it is always in mind, not always at the front, but always in there..like a little pebble in your shoe..sometimes you feel it, and sometimes, if you shake it around just right, it's not there at all. That's how poker is...a little shake, it's gone...a little wiggle..it's there again...
Where I used to read fiction by the truckload, I now try to sneak one in between the poker gurus..When someone asked me what I was reading I'd be able to respond with pride; "Atwood" or "Findley"..now, I say "Oh, you know...a little Harrington...a little Caro..."
Sometimes, when the reading gets to me, I'll put it down and think..there has got to be a better way than just learning this stuff...then, I get myself into trouble. And google helps..
Lemme see. How can I win money playing poker...
Google search: Poker Dominance
Google Search: Make money fast...poker
Google Search: Poker Shark...fast
Google Search: Loser fool who wants to give you all of her money in an attempt to find a shortcut to the poker pinacle...
That last one sent me right back to me...go figure.
These searches did lead me places. Places that I suppose I needed to find. And spend money on. I won't bore you with all of the details, (e-mail me if you'd truly like to hear about all of the failed attempts at on-line courses, player analysis programs and others)
I've been searching and searching and searching for that golden elixer..that magic serum that would bring me to the final table in every tournament and shower me with chips in every ring game...oddly enough..and I know this will surprise you, I haven't found it.
Then...along came VPP...and Poker Einstein...well that looks interesting...it runs at the same time as I play...and a little voice tells me exactly what to do...couldn't be easier. The little voice is the funniest thing...it's almost demanding...I actually got nervous NOT doing what it said...fold...Fold...FOLD. So I did. Again and again. I did alright with it, but no better than I could have done on my own. If I had a little more patience, and took the time to set up the profile (as opposed to just using the default settings) then perhaps it would be more effective. But then, isn't it just my own poker knowledge anyway?
When Einstein failed me, I went looking again..and actually had my credit card in my hand ready to succomb yet again, but this time, I paused. Not because I didn't trust the new program, but because, for the first time, I trusted myself.
I can do this. I can learn this game. There are no shortcuts and no easy ways, only a lot of work, a lot of games and a lot of studying.
And I will succeed.
And that is what I learned this week.
Be well until we meet again.
K.
I've learned something about myself in this past week...but before I can tell you what it is, I need to fill you in a little more on where this poker journey has taken me.
Since I've begun playing poker it is always in mind, not always at the front, but always in there..like a little pebble in your shoe..sometimes you feel it, and sometimes, if you shake it around just right, it's not there at all. That's how poker is...a little shake, it's gone...a little wiggle..it's there again...
Where I used to read fiction by the truckload, I now try to sneak one in between the poker gurus..When someone asked me what I was reading I'd be able to respond with pride; "Atwood" or "Findley"..now, I say "Oh, you know...a little Harrington...a little Caro..."
Sometimes, when the reading gets to me, I'll put it down and think..there has got to be a better way than just learning this stuff...then, I get myself into trouble. And google helps..
Lemme see. How can I win money playing poker...
Google search: Poker Dominance
Google Search: Make money fast...poker
Google Search: Poker Shark...fast
Google Search: Loser fool who wants to give you all of her money in an attempt to find a shortcut to the poker pinacle...
That last one sent me right back to me...go figure.
These searches did lead me places. Places that I suppose I needed to find. And spend money on. I won't bore you with all of the details, (e-mail me if you'd truly like to hear about all of the failed attempts at on-line courses, player analysis programs and others)
I've been searching and searching and searching for that golden elixer..that magic serum that would bring me to the final table in every tournament and shower me with chips in every ring game...oddly enough..and I know this will surprise you, I haven't found it.
Then...along came VPP...and Poker Einstein...well that looks interesting...it runs at the same time as I play...and a little voice tells me exactly what to do...couldn't be easier. The little voice is the funniest thing...it's almost demanding...I actually got nervous NOT doing what it said...fold...Fold...FOLD. So I did. Again and again. I did alright with it, but no better than I could have done on my own. If I had a little more patience, and took the time to set up the profile (as opposed to just using the default settings) then perhaps it would be more effective. But then, isn't it just my own poker knowledge anyway?
When Einstein failed me, I went looking again..and actually had my credit card in my hand ready to succomb yet again, but this time, I paused. Not because I didn't trust the new program, but because, for the first time, I trusted myself.
I can do this. I can learn this game. There are no shortcuts and no easy ways, only a lot of work, a lot of games and a lot of studying.
And I will succeed.
And that is what I learned this week.
Be well until we meet again.
K.
1 Comments:
Interesting...I think you've definitely stumbled onto something here; there's a lot of info out there and by all means its worth while trying to absorb some of it, but you'll never be able to learn how to think like a poker player through that type of passive learning. That's why I love some of the discussion on the VPP forums, if it was just one person giving their view I would probably just read it and move on and not get much out of it, but when I read through people actively debating how something should be played I find myself doing an extra level of analysis while I try to examine where others are coming from. I find I learn far more this way then just reading a book....
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