Quote Originally Posted by Mezza Morta
[Only thing I sorta' disagree with is that some beginners, and I mean someone who has been playing poker for less than a year or having trouble even breaking even, might need to focus on these steps for more than a 1,000 hands for each of your increments of strategy.
I agree with you and Fnord - I edited the post to include the advice to play LONGER at any level. When I was at the point I needed this really badly, I was 2 - 3 tabling and playing 200 - 300 hand sessions. I would work on something different every coupla hundred hands, sometimes 3 or 4 things at once. I'm hoping a noobie will concentrate on just ONE thing for several little sessions and try to really absorb the concept. And, yeah, if they can focus LONGER than 1k hands, it would help. The thing I did best was staying AOK 19-hand tight for nearly 5k hands, only adding a few hands in my BTN range, like the guide suggests.

Quote Originally Posted by Mezza Morta
I also think that 'Hands 3,000 to 4,000: Read and Profiles' should be learned simultaneously with c-betting so you're not just winging it.
I learned to cbet by trial-and-error. When I finally started opening only quality hands, even from the BTN, firing a cbet into any "orphan" pot worked well - it still does. So I guess I'm planning on a noobie focusing on playing his made hands well and cbetting just a bit in quality situations that will usually be right. And then getting more cbetting guidance later. That's why I included links to Spoony's cbetting threads. If I decide to write "Noobie's 2nd 5k Hands" later this summer, I'll add more thoughts on HUD reads and cbetting from my earlier mega post on cbetting and problem solving.

BTW, thanks for the input. I will continue to edit and revise as people make good comments.