well folks, been a couple weeks it seems since my last post, I had promised myself I'd do one once a week, even have in my calendar to do it Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday night, but the damn dismiss button is just too easy ;)
so here we are, about 4 weeks into training, and I see light at the end of the tunnel. Don't get me wrong, I have so much work ahead of me, and it is frightening. I'm studying things that feel like high school all over again. I'm working on the techniques Bennett has built and the more I study, the more ways I find to learn it faster. Creating all these neural pathways and training the brain to learn more and utilize more information faster and faster.
The great thing I found over the last 2 weeks is that we can now utilize the techniques to organize poker information in my head. I'm learning things like how I can calculate any specific 2 cards combination in my head what the win rate is against any random hand. So I know that a hand like T7 suited is around 52% against a random hand... now this information might be useless in most cases to an average player, but I also know that a guy in a sit and go will shove with any random cards in the SB because he has to... so I know I can call with a range of hands vs. guessing that I have to.
That also said, using the organizations in the brain, I'm hoping to work with Bennett on putting in some more tools for things like ICM and poker theory. Again, having the information at our finger tips instead of guessing. Oh yeah, and its almost exact information, not just 'generalizations'.
I know that I'd still get crushed by the elite players in the world. I know that even if I knew this information cold, and was able to make it deep in a World Series event, I wouldn't be better then those 5% elite players, but I'd sure be able to give them a run for it... And for now that's what I'm shooting for... learn learn learn.
I feel pretty positive, we're now getting into the meat of this training as it applies to poker, I feel more comfortable in my game, and I have a plan. Thats all I can ask for now.
Thanks again to @bennettonika follow him if you aren't already. I'm excited to see the progress with his new student Mary @ponderingpoker. I'm also very impressed that @davidsmith23 has done this all without the use of an iPad or technology really!
Good night folks
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Well put Damien. First off, it would be extremely selfish of me to develop the ICM memory model without giving you a tonne of credit for telling me about it. I think the ICM model is great in the absence of any other information. We both know how much information you can now accumulate at a live table, and although the ICM model is good, I feel as though it is just like any other tool I have trained you on.....it has it's purpose.
I think card players in general look at poker (myself included) like it can be played with a magic bullet that solves all problems. It's like when you bust out you think to yourself " ah I shoulda played tighter or I shouldn't called or I have to be more aggressive post flop". It took me a long time to learn that poker is a game that you need to have an arsenal of tools to compete against the world. In the same manner that you cannot build a house with just a wrench, you cannot win at poker with a single magical strategy. Well, I suppose you could build a house and you could win, but how difficult would the house be to build, how often would you win?
You might not be better than the top pros, but I think with the more tools you can put in your head for a live game, you can certainly even the odds with the arsenal of information you have - more than just a run. I think you make it genuinely difficult for anyone even the pros to beat you.
Poker memory is the bridge from the computer to the Rio. You my friend, along with Mike and Mary are pioneers in the new breed of poker player we spoke of. You all could be called mnemonics.
I am again very proud of what all of you have accomplished in such a short period of time. I have drastically overestimated the time it would require for you to become proficient in my techniques. What took me months of trial and error to develop, you will have learned in as little as 5 to 6 weeks. Thanks again, and let's see if we can't develop the memory model for the ICM.
Bennett
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