Fish and Sharks in the Poker Food Chain
For some reason, in poker it’s all about sea food. If you’re bad, you’re a fish. If you’re good, you’re a shark. Sharks are not fish but mammals, as we all know very well thank you. So when you dive into the big fish pond for the first time, realize that you’ll tend to be a snack to start with. The only way of evolving from shrimp to mammal is by improving your game. If you make a real effort to learn poker. you can start moving up the poker food chain. This is both a lot of fun and potentially profitable. So what does a regular flatfish has to do to join the big “poker school” (pun intended) and move into deep-sea fishing?
The key to success is threefold:
• Playing.
• Reading books.
• Watching instructional poker videos.
You can only get this far by reading about it. Even if you know all species in the poker ocean, you’re still just a puny fish if you haven’t done a whole lot of swimming around in the fish tank. On the other hand, you could swim around for eons without ever understanding why your teeth don’t start growing. By reading books (and online poker forums as well), you’ll get a much better understanding for the inner workings of the marine biology that you’re dependent on.
Experienced authors can change your perspectives on things in a deep-going way. By reading you can expand your depth of thought about poker.Then, of course, watching professional deep ones play online poker and commenting on their moves, now that’s a very good school to swim in.
Instructional poker videos are actually one of the few things on the internet that poker players are willing to pay for.
A last word of advice: If you know some successful players, don’t miss any opportunity to make in-depth Interviews with them. Soon you’ll be the one eating snacks!