No Limit Beginners course with confidant91

Is there a pdf for the SHC?

in lesson one open the spoiler and click right button on mouse and save it as picture and than u should be fien to print that out easily

Are you going to post the video of every live coaching?
I'm having trouble following live with a 2year old running around the house a that time.

yeah, coachings are always recorded though it is stil better to be online and ask questions but i see your point, hope your kid is doing fine

Is lesson 3 video going to be available? thanks!

Ron

Hi Ron, it should be released soon.

Hi guys,
There recording of the live play is on-line, enjoy!
No Limit Beginner Course - Live play with the basic strategy (3)

.

Nice plan for the next few lessons.
Will you spend some time to talk a bit about marking players?
It looks kinda easy to mark the fish but I have no idea how to mark the other players, or do you need more stats for them?
It could be very usefull knowing this, so we can start marking more than only fish.

usually u would need more stats for other player types. But we will talk about it on some other coaching for sure.

I have just started this course and so am on the pre flop lesson starting hands and explanation look strong I was in MP2 position with AJs and raised to 4BB and was then reraised by the SB to 4.5 times my raise. I folded but could not help feeling that as this player had played nearly every hand in the 15 minutes of my session thus far that he could have a loose range.

After I ser the third video a doubt come to me.
With a yelow hand if we are in BB and there is only limp(s) until US, can se raise 4xBB + 1BB per limp?

blueswimmer: Thats exactly the beauty of poker. This course trying to teach you very simple strategy hovewer poker is very complex game so even though we recomend to fold in that spot by general lots of time when u get more experienced you will se how much you should adjust your gamplan. Poker should not be played with complete static strategy since on higher limits people would crush you very easily. In this course you will learn the basic in the beginning and in later coachings we will start adjusting so stay tuned.

Btw in that sitation still better to fold since raise was huge and u will be dominated by better hands postflop, so u should be carefull.

MeSe7e: the yellow range should be overlimped. You are probably talking about 99 hand at the beginning of the coaching. Normaly i will raise there because my hand reading skills are decent, hovewer for beginners we recomend raising strong tight range to stay out of trouble Hope it make sense.

Hope to see u guys tonight. We will do a little bit different coaching plus we will play regular tables in the second half of coaching!

Make all sense.
Not only your hand reading is good, your mind reading is good too :), you are right about the hand i am talking.

I can't see the live sessions, but i follow this course when the recorded vídeo is on-line.

Thats not ideal but still good enough. Being able to ask questions directly on coaching has the highest value in this course

Hope u like it so far and that you make progress.

Lesson 4: 27/02/2015 Success through community activity
In this lesson you will learn about the importance of being active in our forum and seeking discussions with fellow poker players - for instance in the working thread of the [SH] beginners' course.

Essentially, we'll be showing you around the vast and great community that is PokerStrategy.com.

Questions to be answered:
• Why should I discuss poker hands, especially my own, in the working thread of the [SH] beginners' course?
• How can I post my hand in the working thread?
• What do I have to take into account when posting and discussing a hand?
• Where and how do I improve my poker knowledge at PokerStrategy.com?
• How do I record my progress and motivate myself and other PokerStrategists? (Blogs and their advantages)
• What's on offer besides poker at PokerStrategy.com?

Why should I discuss hands in the working thread of the [SH] beginners' course?
Ambitious beginners should always perform a so-called session review after each grind at the online tables. In these reviews you'll analyse tricky situations and hands that you were unsure of in real time.

However, a beginner usually won't notice most of their own mistakes on first glance, which is why it's important to post and discuss your hands in the working thread. Our coaches and other PokerStrategists will help you find the optimal play in those tricky spots, and point out flaws in your game that you didn't notice yourself.

Nothing is more effective than reviewing your mistakes within a practical example.

Apart from that, you can also post and discuss your hands in the open discussion forum with all members of our community:
Open hand discussion forum for No Limit

Additionally, you can discuss hands in your own personal blog (more on that later on).

How can I post my hands in the forum?
First of all, you'll need a tool that saves and tracks your played hands.

The Pokerstrategy.com SideKick:
For beginners we recommend using our free PokerStrategy.com SideKick which can be found under "Poker Tools" in the main navigation bar of our website.

PokerStrategy.com SideKick download

While you're downloading the application you can have a look at our guide for the tool:

PokerStrategy.com SideKick guide

The information within that guide is important as you'll be shown how to install and set up the SideKick, plus how to access your hands in order to post them in our forum.

The PokerStrategy.com Sidekick has many features, the most important one for our intended purpose is the following:

Saving and converting hand histories: Save your played hands and convert them easily into the respective code to post them in our forum.

Choosing a hand within the SideKick:
We've learned how to install and set up the SideKick, now it's time to play some poker while keeping the application running in the background to track our hands. Once we've completed our session we should open the SideKick and have a look at the hands we'd like to discuss. A good approach is to sort the hand overview by amount lost, this will display hands in which we've lost the most money and makes it easier to search for mistakes. Of course, you can also focus on hands that you were unsure about and discuss them in our forum.

What should I take into account when discussing hands?

• Posting the hand in the correct forum:
  The first option is to post your hand in the working thread of the [SH] beginners' course:
  Working thread

  You can also use the open forum for No Limit hand discussions:
  Open hand discussion forum for No Limit

• Choose clear thread titles for the open No Limit hand discussion board:
  The clearer the title of your thread, the more users will look at your hand and take part in the discussion.
• Example of a sub-optimal title for a hand discussion thread:
  
  The only thing you can really learn from that title is the limit the hand was played on. People who are used to the term "Pockets" may also guess that it's about a hand in which the active player had a hand within the category 22 to AA. But that's not enough.
• Example of an optimal title for a hand discussion thread:
  
  In this case, you can clearly see the played limit, hand and situation the discussion will revolve around. Other users will know right away what this thread will be about.
• Don't include results in your hand discussion thread:
  Even if other users might be curious, results shouldn't be included in hand discussion threads, not even in a spoiler! Posting results can lead other users to discuss a hand in a results-oriented manner, which should always be avoided when trying to assess whether a poker hand was played correctly or not.
• Information that should be included in a hand discussion thread:
  It's important to explain the thoughts you had regarding the hand that's up for discussion when you were actually playing it. Without your personal reflection, other players will struggle to elaborate on any possible mistakes you might have made. Their experience and knowledge will help you to prevent errors in the future, so don't be shy to provide information on:

  • Which hands you put your opponent on
  • The playing style of your opponent and whether you adapted your own play accordingly
  • Being overwhelmed by the situation and not really knowing what to do
  • If you'd have played the hand differently in hindsight

Sample of a hand discussion post:

Success through community activity

Videos:
Videos are a good option to learn more about poker audiovisually. Our video section can be found within the main navigation bar of our website.

Video section of PokerStrategy.com

With the help of the search box you can filter certain terms, coaches or video topics. For instance, if you want to see all videos from our coach double2, simply enter double2 in the search box.

You can also use the additional search options to filter your results further, for instance, by only displaying videos for the Bronze status or for a certain limit.

Relevant videos for beginners:

Strategy articles:
Since you are taking part in an interactive beginners' course for the [SH] BSS (Short-handed Big Stack Strategy) that YOU can help shape, the most important articles can be found in our forum:
[SH] BSS for beginners - Lesson 1: Pre-flop play
[SH] BSS for beginners - Lesson 2: Post-flop play

Of course, there are hundreds more articles available at PokerStrategy.com, all of which can be found in our strategy section (which is also accessible via the main navigation of our website).

Strategy section of PokerStrategy.com

The overview page shows you the general topics that are covered by PokerStrategy.com strategy articles. For the moment, the most interesting part is the "Poker Basics" section.

"Poker Basics" strategy section at PokerStrategy.com

The two most important articles that beginners should read and understand are:
The Basics: Odds & Outs
The Basics: Implied Odds

Of course, reading all the articles on the basic list is an excellent choice for beginners as well! As soon as you've reached the Bronze, Silver, Gold or even Diamond status, more strategy articles become available in the No Limit section.

You should also consider taking a look at the "Psychology" section, where topics such as the mindset and attitude of successful poker players are discussed. These will help you to understand the game from a psychological point of view so that you can brace yourself mentally. Some sample articles are:
Professional Attitude
How can you protect your money from tilt?

Do it the right way: Your personal poker blog and its advantages

Your Poker Blogs

Many successful poker players have recorded their progress in a personal poker blog. Doing so as well offers you a drop-in center where you can ...
• ... keep track of your progress at the tables for yourself and other users
• ... meet other like-minded players to discuss hands and strategies while also having fun
• ... get that extra push to keep yourself motivated

Of course, it's not only helpful to run your own blog. Having a look at the blogs of other PokerStrategists can help you as well when it comes to further developing your own game. Bad beats, real life stories, interesting winning graphs and hand discussions - all these things can be found in users' blogs, making learning poker a piece of cake!

Extra advice:
Join our Bankroll Challenge! Simply set yourself a bankroll goal and be a part of weekly community updates. Not motivated enough yet? We're raffling off a status-upgrade among all participants every week!

Thread: Bankroll Challenge

Apart from poker: Recreation - Relaxation - Other Topics:
PokerStrategy.com has more than 7 million registered members world-wide and a lot of them are from England and active in the english community forum. So what else is on offer there apart from poker strategy and hand discussions?

We have a section for general topics at PokerStrategy.com which beginners should explore if they have any questions, want to introduce themselves to the community, or submit feedback and ideas.

General section of the PokerStrategy.com forum

The section "Small Talk", as you might have guessed already, offers a broad range of different topics to discuss.

Small Talk section of the PokerStrategy.com forum

Apart from that, you can find a lot of other threads and discussions that revolve around non-poker topics as well. For instance, if you're interested in GIFs the following thread is definitely worth a look:

The GIF thread

Simply choose a topic you're interested in and you should be able to find threads and discussions about it in our community forum.

Attention though!
Don't forget your main goal of becoming a better poker player! Don't lose yourself for the day browsing through all sorts of random topics on our sub-forums.