Ignorance.....

My blog has been up and running again for two days now, not many people were aware of this yet already quite a few viewers are back. A quick post tonight on ignorance.

Some players I know are at the same level or worse now than they were two years ago. This is because they dont want to learn. There are so many sources for players to learn from and advance their game, yet so many don't bother. Some people are playing 50+ hours a week and making no effort to improve their game other than by playing more. Anyone who devotes a lot of time to playing the game should also put some time into reading books, watching poker tv and discussing hands/strategies with other players.

Two of my favourite poker shows are Poker After Dark and High Stakes poker. The former can be viewed at www.nbc.com, you select shows then view poker after dark. Every day there is an update and the show from the night before is added, I try to wait until the weekend then watch the whole show at once. High Stakes Poker some people may say they dont want to watch as they don't play cash, or the stakes are too high yet I feel there is something for everyone to learn there. You can view HSP at www.pokertube.com .

Many people play satellites to qualify for the big live games yet they qualify for the game and sit down at a table with many pro players known to must but not to themselves. Just from watching a little bit of poker online/television one day you could be playing a $10000 event with four players on the table who you had seen play. You could have an idea if they were tight/loose/aggressive before a hand is even dealt and they would have no idea how you play. Anyone who has never played Gus Hansen but watched him a few times will know that he plays absolutely any two cards and is aggressive, from watching Phil Hellmuth people will know that he is an absolute rock who tries to keep pots as small as possible unless he has a monster.

On this weeks poker after dark the line up is great as it was last week. One player Tuan Le I watched win a wpt event several years ago and cash for 2mil $ and I thought what a lucky player he is awful. He lost pretty much 2mil$ in silly prop bets, then went and won $2mil again in another tournament. So i studied some of his plays and realised he is actually a good player, so many players have totally different styles of play. Some people appear to play so bad, yet they make huge profits as people simply cant put them on the cards they hold.

Thats all for today people, remember there is no harm in self education. Just a few poker books and programs and you will be a much better player for it.