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Summary<br />
Champions<br />
147<br />
Often times when I mention working on poker away from the<br />
poker table, many players ask “What can I do away from the<br />
table?” Well, I hope you’ve gotten a feel for the many ways you<br />
can improve your game away from the table. We’ve spent a lot<br />
of time showing you how to analyze hold’em situations. The<br />
measure of benefit you gain will be directly related to the time<br />
and effort you spend using this information away from the poker<br />
table to improve your game. I stressed many times that working<br />
on these situations away from the table will help you internalize<br />
them. You’ll begin to develop an intuition about certain<br />
situations.<br />
I’ve always appreciated hearing the stories of champions like<br />
Michael Jordan and Larry Bird. There’s a thread running<br />
through all the stories. The thread is dedication and practice.<br />
They were always the first ones in the gym and the last ones out.<br />
While talent is to be envied, hard work will take you a long way.<br />
You’ll know when you’re sitting across the table from someone<br />
who hasn’t been working. It’s just a matter of time until his<br />
chips get shipped your way.<br />
Several times a week, I’ll make sure I note a few hands while<br />
I’m playing. It may be a hand where I felt uncomfortable or<br />
where I had a new idea I wanted to analyze. I then spend a few<br />
hours breaking them down to discover some new edge I can push<br />
at the poker tables. Also, discussing strategy in a poker forum,<br />
like those at dragthebar.com, will help your game tremendously.<br />
The help I’ve received from poker forums has been invaluable.
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