Poker - Keep Learning And Reading
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I believe that reading is the fundamental key to learning anything new. Of course, merely reading about a subject will not teach you everything you need to know, but it will give you the basic foundation you need to build on. It has been said that a person who reads about a given subject for 30 minutes a day for a year will know more about that subject than 95 percent of the population. While there is no way to actually measure this number, I'm sure there is quite a bit of truth to it. Imagine sitting at the poker table and knowing more about the game than most of your opponents!
This is not as far-fetched as it may seem, especially at the low-limit level. There are many players sitting down to play every day who have never read one single book about Texas Hold'em. If they have read any books, it seems they must have skipped the chapter about selecting starting hands. And playing position.
It was only natural that the first step of my poker education would begin with reading. The first book I read was David Sklansky's Hold'em Poker. It was written in 1976 and updated in 1997. Sklansky is considered to be one of the foremost poker strategists. The ranking of starting hands he set forth has become a standard for most winning players. The hands listed in my arrow chart are based in part on his rankings although adjusted for low-limit games.
Sklansky's book started my poker education. My poker library quickly grew as I searched for more information to improve my game. Since that time, I have read numerous books about the game and some of them are listed in the reference section at the end of this book. I make it a point to read a little every day. Poker books are not like novels. I have re-read many of them as I gained experience. There are some situations that I did not fully understand until I came across them in a live game. Going back to the books allowed me to fully comprehend what happened during my playing session and gave me insight on how to handle the situation the next time I encountered it.
The first few months I spent at least an hour a day reading about Texas Hold'em. Books were not the only source of my reading material about the game. At the time, there were two good magazines published with articles by some of the top players and experts. Free copies of Poker Digest and Card Player were available at both the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos where I did most of my early playing. Poker Digest is no longer published.
The Internet is another source of poker articles and information. The news group RGP, rec.gambling.poker, is an interactive forum of thousands of players whose skill level runs from professional to novice. The Two Plus Two Web site (www.twoplustwo.com) also has an excellent forum. You will find some unique strategies and ideas discussed there. If you have a question, you can post it to the group and receive many different answers. There are also many excellent Web sites devoted strictly to poker. Part of my duties as the Guide for the About Casino Gambling site is to search for the best sites offering relevant information about my topic. Searching for poker sites afforded me an opportunity to read a lot of information about Texas Hold'em online. You can find more poker links on my site at: www.casinogatn-bling.about.com.
Reading is a vital part of learning but I'm not saying you should take everything you read at face value. Many times there will be conflicting opinions. This is especially true of some of the information you will read online. The more you read about a subject, the more views you will be exposed to. By reading a lot of different views about Hold'em, you will gain insight and be able to assimilate the information while weeding out the fiction from the facts. Some information works better in higher-limit games than in the games with lower limits.
When I wasn't reading about the game, I spent many hours just thinking about the information that I had read. I then put this information to practical use when I started playing hands of Texas Hold'em on my computer.
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