Question: How do you know when you are getting better?

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Answer #1:

Keep reading books, join a poker forum, go through your hand history after every game, (be honest with your self we all make mistakes)

Look at sharpscope to check your R.O.I game history & abilty rating,

Check your playing style at poker listings, (online player search)

If your playing mostly cash games look at pokeredge, for player style, game history & profit/loss,

Work at your game its worth it, :)
Papa =]

Answer #2:

If you still don't know if you have a straight, then you really aren't getting better.

But you need to analyze your hands (as you seem to be doing), and then look at results, but over a stretch of time, not in one tournament... the way you say "Any other diamond and I win the pot"... that might be true, but I'll bet you wouldn't have won as much, because the other person would have seen the flush and might have folded.

And if you are really looking for advice on that hand, saying "I bet $600" means absolutely nothing without knowing the preflop action or blinds or stack sizes

Answer #3:

You are way to concerned with small specifics of your game for such a broad question: "How do you know when you are getting better?"

I would like to suggest something really quite simple. If your bankroll isn't growing and you don't KNOW that you are "getting better", then you're not getting better.

Really. You are so random in your thoughts above. You're talking about tournaments, then cash games, then 1 specific hand, then a book about bluffs, then more tournaments. It's very random, and it sounds like the approach that you're taking with your poker playing is very random, too.

My only advice would be to focus on ONE THING. Focus on only small-money tournaments, or small buy-in cash games. Make sure you learn bankroll management. If you focus on ONE thing and your bankroll doesn't grow over time, then perhaps poker is not for you.

One last thing - "over time" is key. You can't focus on ONE specific tournament or ONE session at a cash game or ONE hand where you lost with top 2-pair. Focus on how you're doing over time.

Answer #4:

Keep playing as much as you can. There is no substitute for experience. Even if you start winning don't start playing bigger games right away. This is a mistake a lot of beginners make. Here are some articles that may help you out:
Learning Pot Odds and Counting Outs: Click Here
Understanding Implied Odds: Click Here
Tips for Bluffing: Click Here
Continuation Betting: Click Here
Learn More About Rakeback: Click Here

Good Luck!





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