Game selection for a player trying to learn
Im a very bad player (-10bb/100 at 2nl) and my current goal is getting better rather than getting the most money - not like playing for peanuts at 2nl is any meaningful money, but you get the idea. Should i do the normal table selection (aka trying to play vs the worst possible players) or would i do better trying to learn vs relatively better players? I feel like trying to only play vs fish might not make me good at poker, and could instead give me bad habits that i would have to unlearn.
Before you ask, i do learn outside of playing as well.
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Play tight ABC poker at 2NL.
Bet when you have something and fold when you dont.
Should atleast get you to a point where you dont lose money.
I do agree its not entertaining, but it will for sure help you to get better.
And play 2 maybe 4 tables max and think about every spot.
Play tight ABC poker at 2NL.
Bet when you have something and fold when you dont.
Should atleast get you to a point where you dont lose money.
I do agree its not entertaining, but it will for sure help you to get better.
And play 2 maybe 4 tables max and think about every spot.
See, now this is kinda what im really asking - is learning to be "profitable" at 2nl the same as learning to play fundamentally good poker? I have no doubts that a good player would crush 2nl, and i also have no doubt that what im playing does not look anywhere close to good poker. However, nut peddling does not seem like very good poker either, and while it would probably increase my winrate (i have seen players with like 8 vpip over thousands of hands be profitable in my games; and also i suck so bad folding every hand except AK/QQ+ pre would probably increase my winrate too), would i not have to relearn if i decided to eventually move up? Are those two endeavors even in the same kinda "direction"? If not, i would rather stay losing for a while trying to learn as much as possible (the tuition fees at 2nl are quite low after all).
Im not disagreeing with what you're saying or trying to argue to make myself look better, its a genuine question.
Tight abc poker is the way to start imo. After that you can learn other concepts and improve to become a reg.
With tight i dont mean a nit.
More like 17-18 vpip / 14-15 pfr.
You will have a mathematical advantage over the general player pool at 2nl playing tight ranges.
While I think "soft skills" in poker are actually extremely important and it would be worthwhile to practice them at micros -- which would include table selection... I would recommend you just focus on improving and getting used to software if you're currently 2nl and -10bb/100.
