post #3000 by m2m

[JKDS]

I remember when I played higher stakes then you and we both sucked at poker. Its been a little while, but now your much higher up, im lower, and only one of us still sucks.

So i suppose ill start this off with the standard question. Aside from countless amounts of volume, what do you feel was the biggest factor in helping you get better at poker that would relate to a microstuck donk like me?

[Micro2Macro]

I remember when I played higher stakes then you and we both sucked at poker. Its been a little while, but now your much higher up, im lower, and only one of us still sucks.

So i suppose ill start this off with the standard question. Aside from countless amounts of volume, what do you feel was the biggest factor in helping you get better at poker that would relate to a microstuck donk like me?

Tough to say, I mean, this answer will probably change over time depending on how I view my development as a player and a human being. I think the biggest though is the opportunity of time. I don't have a family to look after, I didn't have a job when I started taking this real seriously, and I was also done with school temporarily. So basically, I just had alot of time to put in the effort to learning the game and trying to get better. I also had the chance to just take a few days off if things weren't going well and it didn't hinder my progress too badly. The problem with having all this time though is it's so fucking easy to just get lazy. I've had a few stretches where I didn't feel like playing poker anymore but managed to pull through somehow.

The thing about having that time is for someone who isn't really that smart to begin with, they are still able to progress because they will be putting in the hours one way or another and efficiency becomes less important I guess in the grand scheme of things. Like I had basically unlimited time for poker (not literally) but if you only have like 5 or 10 hours a week it will certainly put you at a disadvantage.

The closest factor next to having the time to put the effort into improvement regarding the top factors that have gotten me through micro land would be spending a lot of time questioning what other people say - whether its directly to them (i.e. literally asking why) or just sitting down and thinking it out for yourself/drawing your own conclusions (this becomes more and more important as you move up)