The Philosophy of Poker
This article is just for you because your goal is to play poker well. I am glad that you are interested in it. It is also nice that you chose our school PokerioMokykla.com. Our goal is to justify your trust. It is important to us that you “correctly” understand poker, not just learn to earn extra income 🙂
Poker is a very broad field, there are countless types of games, countless variations of the same game, dozens of movies have been made, hundreds of books have been written, and thousands of pages on the internet with strategies and videos on how to play poker. However, they all have the same fundamental principles. It's like mathematics, everything boils down to four basic operations. The same goes for poker; everything boils down to a good understanding of the basics. You would probably agree that it would be difficult to solve math problems without knowing how to multiply or divide? The same goes for poker; it would be difficult to expect serious achievements without mastering the basics well and having the right understanding.
The Secret of Poker
Many young players, when seeking advice, hope to learn some “poker secret” that good players know and hide from everyone else. They expect that there is some special “move” or special “calculation” that will turn a bad player into a winning one. Most seek to learn some quick “method” to become a winning player overnight. Quick methods to learn poker are similar to quick loans to get rich 😉
Unfortunately, there is no secret 🙂 And thank God, because otherwise, becoming a good player on your own would be practically impossible. So what is the secret to successful play? A long, long, and hard learning path. It can be compared to playing the guitar; first, you learn to hold the guitar correctly, hold your hands correctly, learn how to press the strings, and train finger movements. You learn one chord, then another, and only when you have mastered everything separately do you learn to combine everything. And you still need to follow the tempo, not just know the chords. You need to follow the tempo and sing the words; in short, it takes a lot of time, work, and patience until you start playing the guitar completely freely. The same goes for poker. At first, you learn individual poker elements and gradually try to combine them into one, learn to think correctly, and make the right decisions. Your learning journey is like climbing a big mountain; you can't immediately find yourself at the top where other PROs are. You need to start consistently from the bottom, learning to climb up.
You can choose to become a highly successful poker player. If you started learning guitar chords not from teachers and books but from your own head, do you think it would be very useful? If you climbed a big mountain without a guide or a map, you might never reach the top.
At PokerioMokykla.com, we will tell and show you poker elements, tactics, and strategies, explain how to combine them. We will show you how good poker players think, tell you how you need to think yourself, and how to form one habit or another. We will provide you with all the necessary learning base (books, videos). However, you will have to “learn to play” poker yourself, no matter how good the guitar teacher is, you will still have to learn to play yourself.
How long does it take to learn to play poker? The game is so deep that a lifetime may not be enough. However, there is good news; by properly mastering the basic elements, you can start demonstrating winning poker after just a few lessons and analyses.
You just need to understand that proper poker learning is not about secrets or “special” moves; it is about correct thinking. You need to learn to think like a good player.
The PokerioMokykla.com page is created on the principle of self-learning. Various teachers prepare and upload their videos and training programs. Some are for cash game players, others for tournament players, and others are for your psychology, etc. It is important that you show activity yourself, watch the videos uploaded by the trainers, choose your field, and what you want to learn to play. Because your poker success and even the success of our project depend on your activity at school. Be active and give us a chance to make you a winning player.
