Systemantics In Poker
“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.”
This quote is extracted from John Gall’s book called Systemantics: How Systems Work and Especially How They Fail.
A big statement and a little complicated but especially holds true the meaning of playing poker. Your development as a poker player should start from the very basic steps. You must learn the basics first before you can call yourself an experience poker player.
Numerous individuals wanted instant learning and they wanted to know it all in minutes. In this era of instant pleasure, poker players assume that when they read about the advance plays in poker and familiarize it that they should be able to defeat all games that they will play. They are wrong. You are not going to be an instant professional poker player when you learn poker from a book or any kind of reading materials. Learning poker takes time and lots of gaming experience is needed to get the right skill material to become a veteran poker player.
The key to become a successful poker player lies on what kind of foundation you are willing to build. You must create a firm foundation, and basic is the best. Creating a complex strategy with lots of mistakes is not right. Advance game play are useless when you have many holes in your own basic strategy.
A firm and simple strategy includes these skills:
1.Understanding beginning hand attributes
2.The correct usage of aggression
3.Identifying the drawbacks and advantages of positioning
4.The true value of odds
The skills mentioned above are your basis in playing poker. You need to master these stuffs before deciding to go on to the big guns.
Actually, learning these skills can help you defeat your opponents in lower limit games. Knowing advance game strategies and applying it to this level will just hinder your progress. Learn to play a straightforward game when you are on this league. You’ll be just disoriented if you push your advance play at this stage.
When you had already organized and mastered these basic strategies, you can now add to your database the complex strategies that you knew.
If you want to be a better player, you must learn the basics first. Start from scratch and learn poker the right way.
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May 26, 2009 1:00 am
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