Relativity

So I've been trying to get to some of the instructor chats at PXF. Keep missing them due to conflicting schedules. Then, over the weekend, I make one with the topic being PLO8. Outstanding, I think to myself. I'm struggling with the game, so an hour or so of informed education will be good for me. As Fox (Chris Wallace) is going through the lecture part of the presentation, he does a short review of the current books out there on the game. I had just finished reading Capelletti's book on the topic and got what I thought was some fair information and some good story telling. At that point I wouldn't have put it down as suggested reading. Next thing you know, Fox is calling it the most advanced book on the topic that he's seen yet!! Huh?!? Almost everything that was talked about after that is a blur. Most advanced? What in the hell was I missing? Time to go reread another book I didn't seem to absorb very well.

Then yesterday, I was watching a video Rizen had just put out. It's actually a coaching session with another subscriber from PXF. Outstanding stuff. Listening how thier two views can conflict and still be on target to thier individual understanding of the situations as they unfold. So what's the point? RELATIVITY!! The more and more I think about the learning curve in poker, the more I become a little confused. Then a light comes on and it all becomes very simple. Rizen actually said it very well in his video. People, for the most part, aren't going to be thinking at the level of someone who studies the game and it's nuances. Unless they are a regular/grinder, most folks are still playing to have fun.

Maybe it's an ego thing. Because I've have been studying so much over the past 12 months, something tells me I should have a handle on this game. Relatively speaking, I actually have a somewhat infantile understanding of what's really going on. Take for example the book thing. The diffrence between what Fox sees and what I see in the same material is relative to the experience we have with the subject matter. I will have to agree that his opinion is going to make much more sense than my own due to my sheer lack of experience. So don't count out Cappelletti's book yet! I'll try again under new consideration and get back with you.

The BR took a huge beating due to playing PLO8 as a newbee. At one point, I was back down to $725 from $1,450. Taht will look a bit squewed because my first session of PLO8 was huge. I won 6 buy-ins the first time I played and then commenced the downfall. I don't feel there is any reason to panic at this point. I got a chance to play some $20 sngs this weekend and am back up to $947. It seems that my sng play is still my best game for the time being. Hopefully, I'll get more regular play time in at those in the near future.

So, to recap. Knowledge is not an instamatic thing, especially in the ever changing world of the gambler. Baby steps are still necessary when trying anything for the first time. We will all have times when we can't figure out what is wrong, only to find out that in essence there wasn't anything but our own ignorance. It can be hard to swallow sometimes, but if you can hold to the idea that all things will be relative to the view you cast on them, many of the self-abuse sessions can run thier course much more quickly. Rome wasn't built in a day and you're not going to win a braclet in a month of experience. Good luck eveyone!!