Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Study your Game - Plug the Leaks

Most of today's winning poker players dissect their game play to see why they won or lost.  There are many poker database software packages that allow you to save copies of your game history and review all your statistics.  I will discuss some of the most popular poker database applications in future posts to give you the low down on features, functionality, and overall usefulness. 

Understanding why you win or lose is a vital part of plugging leaks in your game.  Leaks or mistakes are the reason you are either a winning player, losing player, or break even player.  This blog will share my analysis of why I have either won or lost in a session.  This exercise will force me to study my own game to uncover my mistakes and sharing what I learn with my readers.  I hope to make you a better poker player by learning from what I find. 

Poker analysis software also provides the ability to look at the stats of other players that you have played against. A good way  to see who the best players are is to filter players with the highest number of hands played and look for the ones with the best win rate.  Obviously the reason they are in your database is because you played against them.  Why did they win and how did they win? Did you win or lose to theses players?  Why did you win or lose?  As I delve into my database I expect to uncover how the best players make their bankrolls grow and attempt to apply their winning strategies to my game and share this with you. 

Feel free to jump in and offer your thoughts on my analysis.  The good, the bad, and the ugly are welcome.  

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