One of the best things we did early on was learn how to play one game – Texas Hold’em – and one tournament variation – the turbo 18-man SNGs on PokerStars.
The reason you stick to one game is so you can learn it fast. What are it’s nuances? What strategies do you need to beat it? You’ll never answer those questions bouncing from one game to the next, let alone get any good at any of them.
Jul 20, 2013 Why is this game so freaking hard? I must be terrible at poker, I can't even win a single god damn tournament. Any suggestions on how to beat these tools. I only bought the game so I can get the glados outfit for zer0 in borderlands2 Showing 1-15 of 58 comments.
Once you’re consistently winning you can start playing other games. The easiest thing to do is make a small pivot and play a similar game or variation. The only adjustments you need to make are small ones.
For example, once we were pretty good at the 18-mans, we started to play the turbo 45 and 180-man SNGs. We needed to make some adjustments, sure, but only minor things like opening hands and shoving ranges. We were able to hop right in, play and make money.
When you approach poker like this you’ll find that you’re still learning and getting better, but doing so at a moderate pace you can stick to, and without losing your shirt.