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Comfort Zone
2009-04-23 12:07:20

Curtis Thomas
  
 
In my last few articles I have talked about putting your opponent(s) on hand ranges and hand reading. In my last video I talked about what to do with that information. Now I thought I would talk about how to use this information and how to get comfortable with your new skill sets.

"Practice" is the punch line/truism from the old joke about how to get to Carnegie Hall.
Billiards, golf, baseball, basketball, volleyball, football, swimming, music, painting, skateboarding, juggling, writing, cooking, sewing, or running it does not matter what you want to do, if you want to get better at it you have to practice. Poker is no different.

You could just pick up your guitar and play along with your favorite song day after day and you will eventually pick out the different parts. Perhaps, in time, if it is not to technically challenging you might be able to play the song. But what if you actually broke the song down, deconstructed it and learned it inside out. If you studied the techniques used for the fills or the solos so you could pull them off flawlessly, effortlessly.
If you are a baseball player, what if you worked on your bunting skills so often that when the time comes for you to lay down a suicide squeeze and the pitcher throws a 97mph pitch at your ear you are able to drop the bunt, effortlessly, thanks to all the time you put in practicing. You are not going to be able to drop that bunt a 95% of the time if you are just passively playing baseball everyday.

So what is my point?
I am talking about actively finding areas where you can improve your game and working on those areas.
Do you use your position?
Are you aware of position?
Are you comfortable heads-up?
How is your post flop play?
Are you confident in your bet sizing?
When you reach the final table, do you feel like the tournament is yours or are you hoping to get lucky?
How "on" are your reads?
Are you aware of your opponents playing styles?
Do you know he is going to check raise you before you raise?
Do you bet the river for value?
Do you have the odds to make that call?

There are ways to deconstruct your poker game and focus on your weaknesses. Just playing poker is great and you will improve but it is a passive way to learn. Actually getting down and dirty and micromanaging your games strengths and weaknesses will turn you into a beast. Tuff plays will become second nature and you will find your sweet spot, your comfort zone.

GG GL

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