Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em

The info in the book is obviously great and the examples are very relevent and excelent. It seems the authors have a long history of playing NLH for high stakes. How did they get started and how did they learn all this stuff as a lot of the ideas wasnt in print until recently. How long did it take to climb to high stakes and what was the learning curve? I know Ed Miller is obviously one of these high IQ people, is it just a case of you guys are all "naturals" so its just obvious what to do. Personally without poker books I would never be able to work out a lot of stuff and would remain clueless forever

I would appreciate a longer response on your development, what did your mentors teach you exactly, was there any like ah ha moments, how did you find NLH games before the boomm how did your bankroll progress and what stakes did u play, did u get staked?. Are you skilled in other forms of poker?

Personally the way that I have learnt NLH is kind of like how Doyle set it out in his book. He categorised the different hands and gave common scenarios and how to play them. So when I see a training a video or read some poker advice about a hand I think like ahh suited connecters, and add it to my internal database of templates. So in a game when I get dealt suited connecters my brain automaticly starts thinking about previous model examples I have seen. So like if the flop came with a gutshot draw for me and my opponent cbets into me I would probably remember the example from your book of the float and the big river bluff if I get called. Btw I liked your examples of pot control and betting the river with the "trouble hands" The 2 most important books in my poker education have been yours and Doyles. Incidently do you still like his advice with AA/KK to bet -bet check the river?

I gave up chess and took up poker instead and my approach to learning poker is kind of how I learnt chess. I.e I study common scenarious that come up have some good default ways to handle them. The easiest way for my brain to do this is by starting hands and likely outcomes. I dont have any talent for cards but by rote learning I can improve my performance. I am always impressed by how the top players come up with novel ways of handling situations on the fly. I know I just wouldnt be able to do that well. My main strengths are my rote memory and my brain telling its time for a "heres one I prepared earlier" moment, Incidently your book is great for that! the examples are great