Comments on: What’s your poker potential? http://www.natarem.com/2009/04/01/whats-your-poker-potential/ You met me at a very strange time in my life. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:49:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nat http://www.natarem.com/2009/04/01/whats-your-poker-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-9104 Nat Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:03:52 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=742#comment-9104 It's just poor wording on my part. Tons of my blog posts end up like that because I almost never proof-read them or plan them in advance :) It should be either one of the ones you pointed out. It’s just poor wording on my part. Tons of my blog posts end up like that because I almost never proof-read them or plan them in advance :)

It should be either one of the ones you pointed out.

]]> By: Cardgrrl http://www.natarem.com/2009/04/01/whats-your-poker-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-9103 Cardgrrl Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:44:40 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=742#comment-9103 I'm confused by the heading on your last point: "Overconfident and realistic expectations." Aren't those two mutually exclusive? I would have thought you meant "Confident, with realistic expectations" or "Not overconfident with unrealistic expectations." I’m confused by the heading on your last point: “Overconfident and realistic expectations.” Aren’t those two mutually exclusive?

I would have thought you meant “Confident, with realistic expectations” or “Not overconfident with unrealistic expectations.”

]]> By: ispiked http://www.natarem.com/2009/04/01/whats-your-poker-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-9102 ispiked Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:16:03 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=742#comment-9102 Unless you're fortunate enough to have friends willing to teach you how to play, you have to be a pretty good self learner to excel at poker. This involves being able to objectively evaluate your play, figure out what mistakes you made in hands, etc. Also, one needs to be able to think abstractly. Poker is all abstraction. You have to be able to take specific situations and abstract them into generalizations. Learning what you did wrong in specific situations won't help -- you have to be able to apply this knowledge in different similar situations. Unless you’re fortunate enough to have friends willing to teach you how to play, you have to be a pretty good self learner to excel at poker. This involves being able to objectively evaluate your play, figure out what mistakes you made in hands, etc.

Also, one needs to be able to think abstractly. Poker is all abstraction. You have to be able to take specific situations and abstract them into generalizations. Learning what you did wrong in specific situations won’t help — you have to be able to apply this knowledge in different similar situations.

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