Can You Ever Learn Everything in Poker?
Posted on August 5, 2008
Filed Under Online Poker
In some ways you could say that poker is like any other subject in the world, and that with enough practice you could learn everything there is to know about the game. I don’t feel that in doing so you would become the greatest player in the world, but you would certainly be fairly successful.
But knowledge is only factual. The application of these facts and mathematics is impossible without vast amounts of experience.
The learning of the game in it’s entirety could only done with experience, and I do not think poker is alone in that. Take any sport for instance, and read every book ever written about it, then see if you are of a world class standard the first time you play. You won’t be of course, because some things cannot simply be learned, they must be moulded and developed with time and effort.
If we are talking about solely absorbing information, then of course you can learn everything there is to know about poker. I have no doubt that it will improve your game greatly, but it will not create your game from scratch and make it unbeatable.
There are some professional players who I think feel they know everything there is to know about the game, and have nothing left to discover or develop in their play.
If we have Texas Holdem in mind, then Phil Hellmuth of course springs to mind as being in this category. But I do not know Phil as a person and so perhaps that is just the way he comes across. I think the worst thing a player could ever do is to assume that they know everything and have nothing left to learn from anybody. If you are always looking to learn more and improve then it stands to reason that you will keep on improving. I think only natural talent determines where that learning curve hits a wall.
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