Chance's
Winning Texas Holdem Poker IV
Play
Records
If you don't keep records of your holdem
poker playing, start now. Make a form
on your computer and print some copies.
If you have the software, set up a database
on your hard drive. At least get a notebook
and a calculator. If you need to make
notes in the casino, write on the back
of a keno ticket and copy the information
to your play records when you get home.
Accurate play records will tell you a
lot about yourself, your strategy and
your opponents.
After
a few losing sessions of holdem poker,
you might be asking yourself the age old
poker player questions. Do they know something
I don't? Have they figured out my game?
Is this just a temporary losing streak?
Do I have a tell? Am I playing too tight?
Should I change my strategy? Am I playing
too loose? Will I ever win again? What
should I change? All these doubts about
yourself and your game will soon have
a negative effect on your play.
Look
over your play records when you get home.
You'll find the answers there. I've always
found that it was just a little bad luck
and the other players were getting some
money back, that's all. A good set of
records is the best thing I know for a
poker player's peace of mind and a good
night's sleep.
Your
play records should include the date of
each session, start and stop times, hours
played, wins or losses, running totals
and an hourly win rate. You'll also want
to have totals in terms of big bets. If
you play in holdem games of various limits
then big bets per hour is a better indicator
of how you are doing than dollars per
hour. Your play records should have notes
about your play, your opponents, tells
you've noticed and other information that
might be useful. At the very least, your
play records should be good reading later.
Texas Holdem Poker is enjoyable. Winning
is great. Keeping play records is unexciting
at best, but the information in good play
records is essential if you want to win.
Without play records you won't know if
changes in your strategy have had a positive
or a negative effect. You won't know if
you're getting better or worse or why.
In fact, if you don't keep records, you
don't even know if you're winning or losing
in the game and you certainly don't know
how much.
Part
V will discuss Hole Cards.
Read
Part
I, Part
II, Part
III, Part
IV, Part
V,
Part
IV
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