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Impact of poor short term memory on your game?

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  1. LakeTahoeGuy LakeTahoeGuy is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:37pm)

    <span>Ok, we all learned at some point in our journey to becoming a better player that there are a lot of different components to the game that are important to becoming a "good player". By "good player" I mean a winning one over the long term. My question today regards the one area that has proved the most difficult for me, short term memory. I've read or am in the process of reading a number of poker books and rarely is short term memory listed as an area to focus on to improve ones game but yet it’s necessary to be able to keep track of opponents betting patterns, tells, opponents play from past sessions, ect. I have very poor short term memory and have found it to be a hindrance to my becoming a good player. I even get frustrated when I hear players recount big wins and go over some of the big hands from memory. I can’t do that. If I’m at a table and I fold my hand prior to the flop I won’t be able to tell you what I had with certainty a minute later. I might remember it was a queen and some low card and the queen was red. Numbers, names, my position when I had a bad beat or a big double up, unless I write them down immediately, are gone from my recollection in very short order. I can memorize hand selection charts, pot odd calculations, anything else that I can study over & over until I have it down pat. I have not bought any new poker books or joined any of the various training sites simply because I am now uncertain if it will truly be able to help make me a good player. I am not one of those who loves poker because I think I can get rich, but truly because I love the game, but even so it does get frustrating when I can’t do well consistently.</span>

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    <span>Any thoughts/opinions on this will be much appreciated.</span>
  2. CeJeH CeJeH is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:37pm) in reply to LakeTahoeGuy

    smoke more marijuana to improve short term memory skills
     
  3. GT_FO_d0nk GT_FO_d0nk is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:41pm) in reply to CeJeH

     
    Originally Posted by CeJeH View Post

    smoke more marijuana to improve short term memory skills

    works for me
  4. wonglondo wonglondo is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 8:43pm) in reply to LakeTahoeGuy

    i had a reaaaally good answer, but then i forgot what ur question was.
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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 9:29pm) in reply to LakeTahoeGuy

    Memory in general (both short and long term) is absolutely essential to being a good poker player. Thankfully for someone in your predicament, there's all kinds of software and etc that will allow you to review HHs and whatnot so that you can see things that you may not remember
  6. LakeTahoeGuy LakeTahoeGuy is offline

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    Nov 18th, 2008 (11/18/2008 10:10pm) in reply to Lord Supremo

    Thank You for the serious response Lord Supremo. Nice to know that there are not just stoners who frequent these forums. :)

    I am giving serious consideration to PokerXFactor for just that reason. I have not found any other training sites that offer a HH analizer like thiers. Looks solid from just the tutorial I looked at.
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  7. LakeTahoeGuy LakeTahoeGuy is offline

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    Nov 19th, 2008 (11/19/2008 9:57pm) in reply to LakeTahoeGuy

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