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Play a lot + have someone who is better than you that you can talk to about the hands you play.
Focus on your card play almost exclusively when studying books etc. Studying double dummy problems is also very useful.
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Posted 2009-November-06, 15:36
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Posted 2009-November-06, 15:47
Well I'm already very impressed with this forum. Thanks very much for all of you that have taken the time to post out excellent replies. There are a few books at our club so i'll see whats available there.
As for playing on BBO i've always avoided it because it seemed that people just played a hand and left and there was always a juggling about of players between one hand and the next. Also I'm not sure how to find that BIL that was mentioned earlier.
It's good to have found a place with people interested play and share knowledge. I like bridge more then poker but I have had a lot more people to discuss poker with so that has kept me thinking of more poker then bridge but with people to talk to about this game now i can see that going to change.
As for playing on BBO i've always avoided it because it seemed that people just played a hand and left and there was always a juggling about of players between one hand and the next. Also I'm not sure how to find that BIL that was mentioned earlier.
It's good to have found a place with people interested play and share knowledge. I like bridge more then poker but I have had a lot more people to discuss poker with so that has kept me thinking of more poker then bridge but with people to talk to about this game now i can see that going to change.
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Posted 2009-November-06, 19:26
Drink like a phish and use recreational drugs often and heavily. Drop out of school as necessary.
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Posted 2009-November-06, 20:29
Winstonm, on Nov 6 2009, 08:26 PM, said:
Drink like a phish and use recreational drugs often and heavily. Drop out of school as necessary.
Winston, he's got to walk before he can run.
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Call me Desdinova...Eternal Light
C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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Posted 2009-November-06, 20:50
Tapek, on Nov 6 2009, 04:47 PM, said:
Well I'm already very impressed with this forum.
Stick around for awhile - you'll have plenty of opportunities to be disappointed too. :-)
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Posted 2009-November-07, 04:37
G_R__E_G, on Nov 6 2009, 03:37 PM, said:
I've never seen better advice on learning/improving than what Fred had to say in this post from some time ago:
http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...=0&#entry173393
(Actually the whole thread is interesting, but this post in particular)
http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...=0&#entry173393
(Actually the whole thread is interesting, but this post in particular)
I like this post (in the same thread) even better.
Rik
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg