How Do You Plan Your Study Sessions?

Posted 8 years ago

I sometimes find myself reading random strategy articles and watching vids with no real structure or plan!

When you sit down with the intent to study, what do you do?

What resources do you use?

Do you have a curriculum?

Really want to find the best way to study in the time I have available
Cookie Monster

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Posted 8 years ago
let me explain to my study plan maybe helps to you..

after every 4 hours session I study 1 hour.. 1 hour article.. 1 hour video.. 1 hour rewiev.. 1 hour book.. and every one day in a week, I study big lost / won pots in the my database..
Posted 8 years ago
I review the hands that I noted during the session. Usually it'll be trouble spots or ones I have questions. From these, I'll post a few in the line check forum to get feedback.

After that, I'll review my cbet spots (typically LP opens vs. Blinds) - I'll load up Flopzilla to see if I'm betting good boards with my bluffs and value hands against their ranges.

Then I'll review my ISO spots and do the same as above. Load up Flopzilla and review flops.

Lastly, I'll review my 3Bet pots and do the same as above with Flopzilla.

With these HH's, I'm able to see everyone's hole cards regardless of whether the hand went to show down. This helps me make sure that the ranges I assign them are accurate and gives me a huge edge about player pool tendencies (I play anon).
Posted 8 years ago
Pretty detailed stuff @Cookie Monster !

As for me, I tag any interesting hands or spots that come up during my sessions, and review all the tagged hands the following day BEFORE I start grinding. For me personally, I know that if I've started grinding I will usually be too lazy to put in study after, so I created a system and schedule that works for me and prevents my laziness from overpowering it. Also once every 2 weeks or so I will do a more in depth analysis of a specific part of PLO or my game that I think can be improved - this is usually more of a self teaching theory study session I do.
Posted 8 years ago
I guess my approach may come across as lazy but for me it always just comes down to doing it when i feel i want/need to be doing so. Maybe I have seen someone take an interesting line or heard about a new good video coming up then i will hop on. Also i guess when losing may prompt me to put in more time to do so.

Posted 8 years ago
Thanks for responses guys! Will put some of these methods into action Smile
Posted 8 years ago
Cookie Monster: I review the hands that I noted during the session. Usually it'll be trouble spots or ones I have questions. From these, I'll post a few in the line check forum to get feedback.

After that, I'll review my cbet spots (typically LP opens vs. Blinds) - I'll load up Flopzilla to see if I'm betting good boards with my bluffs and value hands against their ranges.

Then I'll review my ISO spots and do the same as above. Load up Flopzilla and review flops.

Lastly, I'll review my 3Bet pots and do the same as above with Flopzilla.

With these HH's, I'm able to see everyone's hole cards regardless of whether the hand went to show down. This helps me make sure that the ranges I assign them are accurate and gives me a huge edge about player pool tendencies (I play anon).


There's 1 more spot I review that I forgot to add: my SB/BB 3Bet spots vs. their call 3Bet ranges on flops (SB/BB vs. MP/CO/BTN). I'm not too concerned with SB/BB vs. EP because we're going to have a pretty tight range. However, it is helpful to look at spots where we have KK on an A-high flop. Same as all the other, use Flopzilla to find the best boards to cbet and avoid the bad ones.

The goal here is to find the best cbet spots and minimize our losses by avoiding the bad cbet spots. It takes a while to go through all of this and I'd rather be playing more hands, but it's only a matter of time before you recognize the patterns and boards that you won't need to do this as often.