Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lessons. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Leadership lessons from the poker table


Poker, that little has become game which took in the 1800, a global phenomenon. Map room house games, the world series of poker on the Internet people are beaten with this game and like most games poker parallels life. We can learn a lot of poker again.

Poker is a game of cards hands, bluffs and strategic bets on the surface.Poker is a complicated dance of the risk but beneath the surface, resource management and Psychologie.Es is a great opportunity to improve your ability to navigate the difficult world of leadership.

Know the table and know your hand:

You can't win if you don't know the rules. Your convert hand in the best possible payout within these rules is the only way to win.The hierarchy of hands, wildcards, affect the number of players, betting, order and map exchange all, your game and your decision that hold ' em or folding ' em.In of one hand can be worthless as a Deuce. In the other hand might be one a Deuce wild card making the crucial piece three of a kind can provide. In short, the rules define how you manage your assets.

As a leader have these same insight into your daily business to practice at the card table, you must define the wurde.Sie what defines success and how resources can achieve your goals. If you are not the resources to compete effectively have, out. If you decide to compete, you must continually evaluate and reassess of your operating environment and how your resources enable to achieve your goals in the area.

Quotas influence decisions:

In poker, decisions are seemingly simple - review bet, call or Falten.hinter takes place, however a complicated analysis each of these choices. As a player must decide whether the risks associated with a decision a sufficient payment balance the assumed risk.This is called pot odds and there is a fundamental principle of the poker strategy.Basically, when faced with a decision are, evaluate hand hold, the ability to a future hand and the likelihood that your opponents are or have a better a better hand to machen.Wenn quotas are favourable, or if there is a payoff big reward enough to a risky move, remain Sie.Wenn this is not the case, you out.

Good leaders need to understand and effective risk management successfully embrace. Rarely, if ever, a decision will be free of risk and certain decisions have significant risk. It is those leaders that quickly determine the return can-on-investment for a decision or commitment of resources therefore succeed.This insight allows you to choose to act or not to act courage the belief and confidence in their decisions.

Respect luck:

It is a poker term the as the bad beat. In these situations a player the chances of fallen, winning a hand, and the card you need pulls your opponents, against the odds.I can say from experience that this is no fun.I can also say that this is a fact of Poker. Many times, no matter how well you are positioned, there are several cards in the deck, which can ruin your day and to reduce chip Stapel.Die best player's hand and the urge to get emotional behind you and move with grace, dignity and Spiel.Kurz continued disciplined said let effect play not bad luck future.

As a leader have real life bad beats.You will get everything right. Will identify opportunity you will formulate a plan, you request and correct ways to purchase and you will these cases ausgefuhrt.In good will but fail.It happens to everyone, and it will happen.When it happens, move on, teachings and continue to run.Keep your morals and that of your team by the failure behind you.

To play the man:

Poker is a game of cards, but the truly exceptional players engage the enemy.Sharpen your skills of perception and psychology behavioral trends as a window to see your opponents hands.Everyone told or small features, the telescope-your moves or a lot of the personality type of the opponent, the strength of their hand and possible response to your movements say you can in addition the cards in their Hand.Wetten pattern.Identify and use this information to minimize risk and make better decisions.

To lead must understand people and respond to your needs, desires, fears, desires and behavior.Unfortunately be most of the time, your team members not necessarily open to these aspects which could be honest weitergeben.Um your psyche not even these things about yourself kennen.Daher must to observing you work the behavior of those that analyze, how this should affect your behavior and change your style in the most effective with you to work.

Short stacked not out failed, but:

In poker, if you short stacked, have less chips, your Gegner.Dies is an obvious disadvantage, but a good player knows that things change rapidly with skill and luck can in fact, it is a poker tell that State "to win, all you need is a chip and a Chair."Players in this situation to play more conservatively somewhat choose play hands more carefully and opponents who have a chance to bully you out of your hands often said to engagieren.Kurz make any number of chips.

Leadership is no different and really talented leaders considered limitations of resource issues and no insurmountable Hindernisse.Sie rate, how do these restrictions on your business and its decision making the full use their limited resources to change.








Douglas is a co-founder and Vice President of LEADINGSCHOOL LLC ([http://www.leadingschool.com]).Er is the 1993 graduated and 2001 at Loyola University Chicago.Er has included successfully served in a variety of leadership positions on a wide range of organizations, industries and environments, the army Tellabs and Citigroup.])


Monday, October 11, 2010

The best sit and go (SNG) Poker lessons


All poker pro in the world that is not one of them was born to play poker or any of you has only on miraculously one day wake up with a gift to win Poker tournament s. What makes a professional poker player learn, discover and pick up these skills you towards implementation.

To win at poker seriously consider it like any career choice.You need to learn the skills and apply that knowledge of quality poker Unterricht.Es is no magic pill that you it's a perfect poker players, all in poker lessons and how you apply to your game.

The best sit and go (SNG)-Poker lessons should be read as much as you can about poker and then take this knowledge with you, if to a Tabelle.Einige basic knowledge of to the skillfully play see using position, hand selection and the psychology of the game.

Position

One of the most important aspects of Poker is to use your location to gain an advantage on your opponents. For example, if the guy who acts for you is always aggressive and throws a lot, you want to ensure that you only play when you are ahead.An ideal situation is to catch this player, if you a monster hand.

Poker hand selection

Choosing the right poker hand Preflop is a big part of the game, as many hands can get into a lot of trouble or make a big winner.Have a favorite poker hand or one that has some significance, should it not only for this reason spielen.In reality hands like 10 2 do not very often win a pot!

Poker psychology

Use the advantage of a SNG and the psychology of the table against your Gegner.In of usually a SNG is loaded with inexperienced players, the little experience and usually are not strong enough to play in a big box-Poker tournament.

In many cases the SNG players are kind of test their skills by playing this small box size tournament s, give you an advantage if all your poker lessons in this type of game. in addition to experience many SNG player level to play a limited amount of time or money and hope that quickly double so you cash.

Use the advantages of Poker lessons to properly .Lassen play against the number of unskilled players in a SNG is enough time to play, so that you not be rushed, choose the best hands in the situation and use the position and more learning when machbar.Diese apply simple Poker lessons helps you a winning SNG-poker players.








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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Win Poker lessons from Warren Buffett

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Dear Poker Player,

Warren Buffett is one smart dude. And RICH.

He's the second richest man in the WORLD... right behind

Bill Gates. Forbes estimates that his net worth is $40

BILLION.

(How's THAT for a bankroll?)

What's interesting about Buffett is that he made his fortune

over a LONGGG period of time... by consistently beating the

stock market year after year after year.

He wasn't one of those "overnight" dot-com billionaires.

He wasn't "lucky" to be in the right place at the right

time.

He didn't "invent" some new technology that changed the

world.

Nope... all he did was invest and "pick winners" over and

over. Since taking control of Berkshire 40 years ago,

Buffett has delivered a compound annual return of 22%.

AND JUST BY DOING THAT, he became the 2nd richest man alive.

OK-- so why am I rambling on about 75-year old man who's

good at investing?

The reason is because I've realized that there are DOZENS of

important parallels between the STOCK MARKET and POKER.

Here are just a few:

* The stock market is often considered "gambling", due to

its unpredictable nature... just as POKER is often

considered gambling, even though it's a SKILL game.

* The stock market has a heavy emphasis on odds and

mathematics... just like poker.

* The stock market is predominately a male-driven

industry... just like poker.

* The stock market has PLENTY of up's and down's, and

"streaks"... just like poker.

* And so on.

Of course, these are "surface" similarities.

Now think about the PSYCHOLOGY of poker and the stock

market... and how they're often EXACTLY THE SAME:

* In the stock market, everyone dreams of buying that one

MIRACLE STOCK that will go from $2 to $200 and make them

rich...

In poker, everyone has their "pipe dream" of winning a huge

million-dollar tournament on ESPN.

* When a stock tanks, most investors FREAK OUT and

immediately make several bad investment decisions in a row.

It's usually THESE decisions that hurt them the most.

In poker, this is known as "tilt". Bad beats cause some

damage... but it's usually the decisions you make AFTER the

bad beats that cause you to lose the game.

* Believe it or not, most stock investors come out on the

LOSING END over time... even though the market has

historically gone UP year after year.

Most poker players end up losing over time also, despite all

the "fish" out there to prey on.

* And so on.

OK, so you get the idea.

Lately I've been reading a lot of books about the stock

market... and especially about Warren Buffett. (Hell, I need

somewhere to invest all these poker winnings!)

Anyway, here's what's REALLY interesting:

Warren Buffett's INVESTMENT APPROACH is almost identical to

the POKER STRATEGY I use every day.

And it's the SAME approach used by top poker pros to

consistently win tournaments and ring games...

Interesting, huh?

Of course, it makes sense when you think about it.

If poker and investing are similar, then the guys who beat

the STOCK MARKET probably use the same techniques as the

guys who win at POKER.

And who better to learn poker from than the "KING" of the

stock market... and the 2nd richest man in the world?

*** WARREN BUFFETT'S WINNING APPROACH ***

Warren Buffett operates on PRINCIPLES. He doesn't get caught

up in "hype" or emotion.

Below are the five MOST IMPORTANT principles that he follows... and how they relate to your poker game.

PRINCIPLE 1: PATIENCE IS KEY.

Patience, patience, patience!

It's the number one mistake that causes most poker players

to lose... and it's one of the "secrets" to Buffett's 22%

annual returns.

Warren Buffett does not make an investment unless he is

absolutely 100% confident that it will make him money.

That means he PASSES UP a lot of great investment

opportunities.

Warren Buffett has said "no" to stocks that ended up

increasing by 10,000%!

But more importantly... he's passed up all those other

stocks that LOOKED GOOD, but PLUMMETED later.

The problem is, us human beings are addicted to ACTION and

MOVEMENT and EXCITEMENT. We don't want to just sit around

and WAIT.

But that's EXACTLY what Buffett does...

He waits.

And waits.

And waits.

He KNOWS that sooner or later, a GREAT opportunity will come

up... and then he'll jump on it.

It's the same way with poker.

You've GOT to be patient. We all want to "get in there" and

make strong bets... bluff out opponents... and take down

lots of pots. We want ACTION.

BUT THAT'S NOT HOW YOU DO IT.

You've got to sit back... be patient... and WAIT.

Wait for good cards.

Wait for the PERFECT time to bust the manic at the table.

Wait for the PERFECT time to steal the blinds.

Wait for the PERFECT time to bluff out an opponent.

Wait for the PERFECT time to go all-in.

And then when you DO make a move...

PRINCIPLE 2: MAINTAIN A "LOW TURNOVER" PORTFOLIO OF JUST A

FEW STOCKS.

Buffett insists on keeping 10-20% turnover with his

portfolio. This means he generally holds onto a stock for

5-10 years... AT LEAST.

This is obviously OPPOSITE of how most investors do it. Most

investors are checking the tickers every HOUR-- watching for

the slightest indication of movement or news.

More importantly... Buffett only invests in a FEW STOCKS AT

A TIME.

Now THIS is crucial, because it goes against everything

you've ever learned.

Growing up, you probably heard this advice a lot:

"Never put all your eggs in one basket."

Right?

Well, Warren Buffett does the OPPOSITE.

He puts all his eggs in one basket... but... he chooses that

basket VERY CAREFULLY!

You see, Buffett believes that if you've done your homework

and you're confident in your decision, there's NO NEED to

"diversify".

In fact, he believes this is the ONLY REAL WAY to get rich

in the stock market. Because if you buy LOTS of stocks, some

are doomed to go down... and that will hurt your gains.

Now think how this relates to poker.

In poker, most players risk money on LOTS of pots, and try

to get the best odds for each one... maybe 55%, 60%, and the

OCCASIONAL 70% or higher.

What PROFESSIONAL poker players do is only play those

OCCASIONAL pots with the best odds.

BUT, they risk more chips when they do it...

So instead of risking 20% of your chip stack five times...

you want to risk 90% of your chip stack ONE time. But you

choose that time VERY CAREFULLY!

For instance, let's say the "average" poker player enters

three pots where he feels the odds are in his favor.

The three pots go like this:

1.) He risks 1000 in chips with 60% odds.

2.) He risks 1000 in chips with 50% odds.

3.) He risks 1000 in chips with 60% odds.

Now... MATHEMATICALLY speaking... there are EIGHT different

ways these scenarios can go. They are as follows (a win is

designated with "W" and a loss with "L"):

1.) W-W-W

2.) W-W-L

3.) W-L-W

4.) W-L-L

5.) L-W-W

6.) L-W-L

7.) L-L-W

8.) L-L-L

If he wins all three, he ends up with 3000 chips in profit.

If he wins two but loses one, he ends up with just 1000

chips in profit.

If he LOSES two but wins one, he ends up with 1000 chips in

losses.

And he if loses all three, he loses 3000 chips total.

Get it?

Now let me share with you the PERCENTAGES of the above

scenarios.

Watch out, this may surprise you.

If you were to play three pots as described above and risk

1000 chips for each one, and do this exercise 100 times,

here's what would happen:

18% of the time you'd win 3,000 chips total.

42% of the time you'd win 1,000 chips total.

32% of the time you'd lose 1,000 chips total.

8% of the time you'd lose 3,000 chips total.

Your "net average" would be to PROFIT 400 CHIPS.

OK... that's the "normal" approach.

Now let's look at the WARREN BUFFETT approach.

Let's say you entered just ONE pot and risked 3000 chips

(instead of 1000) with 70% odds in your favor.

Now watch what happens:

70% of the time you'd win 3,000 chips total.

30% of the time you'd lose 3,000 chips total.

Your "net average" would be to PROFIT 1200 CHIPS.

That's TRIPLE the results over time!

The key is to get BETTER ODDS and RISK MORE.

I better interject here that I do NOT recommend being one of

those players who just sits back, waits for the "nuts", and

then goes all-in.

Not even close.

In fact, if you've read my newsletters you know that I'm a

very aggressive player who loves to push action.

The KEY is that I BUILD THIS IMAGE through techniques based

on feeler bets, positioning, and sensing weakness.

AND WHEN THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG, I RISK AS MANY

CHIPS AS I CAN!

I know that when the odds are heavily in my favor, it's time

to put my eggs in one basket and go for it...

PRINCIPLE 3: THE STOCK MARKET IS NOT ALWAYS RATIONAL OR

"EFFICIENT".

There's a popular stock market concept called, "Efficient

Market Theory" (EMT).

Most of the world's leading business schools teach this

widely-accepted concept.

However...

Warren Buffett says that the EMT is a bunch of hogwash!

He's actually gone on record saying that part of him LOVES

the fact that business schools teach this theory: It makes

things easier on him because his competition doesn't know

what they're doing!

Now... I'm not going to argue whether the theory is right or

wrong. It doesn't matter for our discussion here.

What I find intriguing is what Buffett believes IS true

about the stock market...

You see, the EMT basically says that the stock market is

"efficient" in its pricing... and that most buy/sell

behavior is "rational".

Buffett disagrees. He is CONSTANTLY scouting for

opportunities where he thinks the market is acting in an

IRRATIONAL manner... and then he jumps on the chance to buy

an under-priced stock.

In other words, a core part of his investment philosophy is

that the stock market is NOT efficient... and that there's

always room to grow your "bankroll" when others act

irrationally.

It's the same with poker.

When you're playing Texas Holdem, you want to spot the

"sucker" at the table... the guy who is making IRRATIONAL

decisions.

This doesn't only apply to amateurs, either. Even PROS have

"irrational" habits, tells, and "tilt" behavior.

Your OPPONENTS will open up millions of "profit

opportunities" for you... if you just watch closely.

And that brings us to the next principle:

PRINCIPLE 4: FOCUS ON THE VALUE OF THE BUSINESS, NOT THE

PRICE OF THE STOCK.

This one has almost a direct translation to poker:

FOCUS ON THE PLAYERS, NOT THE CARDS.

You're not playing poker against the house... you're playing

against your opponents.

With the stock market, everyone is always looking at the

PRICE of a stock to determine if it's worth buying or

selling.

Buffett actually doesn't even look at the price until LAST.

What he looks at is the VALUE OF THE BUSINESS.

He only invests in top-notch businesses that meet specific

conditions. He wants a business with strong growth prospects

LONG TERM, good management, and stable numbers.

Once he finds a business that meets these criteria, THEN he

looks at the price.

When the cards come out, what's the first thing you're

thinking about? What are you looking at?

You should be thinking about your OPPONENTS... the

POSITIONING at the table... the BETTING HABITS you've picked

up in the last few hands... and your opponents' FACES as

they look at their cards.

THEN when the action comes to you and it's YOUR TURN, you

should peek to see what you're holding.

Opponents first, cards second.

PRINCIPLE 5: DEMAND A MARGIN OF SAFETY FOR EVERY PURCHASE.

Warren Buffett is actually a very "conservative" investor,

as are most poker professionals. He'll only buy stocks that

he feels are practically "guaranteed" to go up.

You should demand a "margin of safety" on every hand you

play. This is actually much easier than it sounds.

Some of your tactics should include:

* Avoiding heads-up situations with players who have more

chips, and instead favoring those with fewer chips. (That

way if you go all-in and lose, you can still be in the

game.)

* Buying pots and bluffing when you have good positioning.

(That way you can get a read on your opponent and escape if

things go bad.)

* Only "chasing" draws when the pot odds are CONSIDERABLY in

your favor. (That way you end up way ahead over time.)

* And so on.

*** PLAY POKER LIKE WARREN BUFFETT ***

Perhaps the MOST IMPORTANT lesson I've learned from Warren

Buffett is to NEVER FEAR doing the "unpopular" thing.

His career PROVES that "going against the grain" is often

the BEST choice.

He doesn't live by what others do... he operates on GUIDING

PRINCIPLES that "win" over time.

Whether it's ways to leverage table positioning, tactics for

defeating common opponent styles, techniques for "stealing

the button", or figuring out the right times to bluff...

...You've got to first learn the POKER PRINCIPLES. And then

you need the GUTS to stick to them.

So where do you learn these principles?

The best place to start is by joining my free Poker Tips

email newsletter. It's jam-packed with Texas Holem tactics

and secrets that you can INSTANTLY use to increase your

winnings.

Join now, and your first issue will include this free

report:

"Avoid These Costly Mistakes When Playing Texas Holdem"

Inside you'll learn the 10 most dangerous mistakes most

poker players make... and HOW YOU CAN AVOID THEM.

Talk to you soon.

Your New Friend,

Roy Rounder








Roy Rounder is a professional poker player and author of "No Limit Holdem Secrets"-- a 229-page guide to poker strategy and techniques.

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10 Free poker lessons


1. Practice

Start money until you know how to play the game. Find a game that you like and study this Poker variation. The most popular poker game is hold out there, but if you want to get hold on the madness, got to know what you're doing.Chance plays a big factor in the game of Poker, but effects happiness through experience diminished the more hand. can you play, the better to know when you're on and when the door.

2. Play every hand.

It is not really necessary. Poker is all about patience and observation.Take time to observe your opponents.If you play in an online poker room, obviously have a difficult time reading the player around you, but can take note yet their betting patterns and you game according to anpassen.Wenn a tyrant to the table more exists is his way through several hands with large chip raises, the situation for all, wait until something decent and then milk it value do you are from a single source, watch out for the ongoing action. Just be patient and know that finally cards will be you can do some damage with.

3. Don ' t fish for cards, if you don't have to.

Sure it might be great just to chase one and win the pot, but do you really need to play, if the odds in your favor not really? If you play poker online, especially in the tournament s, smart must abzuwehren.Play the need for maps for fishing, wait for your opportunities and wasting your chips, the hunt for a low hand of probability of.

4. Do you know when the flap

Can one of the best in poker is to know exactly when aufgeben.Do the math to play the odds, hear your good what you do you force it nicht.Auf long-term Poker punished people push luck.

5. Don ' t think everyone always bluffing.

Bluffs are as Wurze.Genau that can right amount really some flavor, but too much tend to create a bitter Add.If you play smart, there is no need to try your way out of every hand to bluffen.Und if your not sure whether the man above has the nuts (the best hand available), or whether he is only bluff, tend to the safe side and know when you let go.

6. Develop your own style

Do not attempt Doyle Brunson, or Phil Ivey you, because you think you are cool Menschen.Erfahren, as the game your own Weg.versuchen not a certain style of play you simply copy or one to follow strictly certain poker "System."Find out what works for you, works of playing many hands and learn from your mistakes.

7. Take time to decide

Does not feel a quick decision to make crashed would you some time, your next step view relax, think and make no move until you are satisfied, you have thought it through.

8. Know restrictions are

Takes play if you are broken and not fight against players you know to the cleaners.

9. Mix it up

Give everyone at the table the same look not every Hand.Variieren are playing style.

10. It's just a game

Sure that you play for money, but in the end, Poker is a Spiel.Lassen your feelings your judgment cloud and let someone you tilt to setzen.Sei quiet, smart to play and enjoy the game.








Tom Shannahan plays Poker since he grew 16 war.Er just by his father, once a week with friends to spielen.Er currently writes part-time for PokerListings.de where you can find more great information about Online poker rooms or many Poker tournaments all over the world.


Wednesday, October 6, 2010

High-end lessons in poker

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