Ok, I can already hear Matt..." she is rubbish,ect"..lol
But Jenifer Leigh said in a recent interview with Mike the Mouth on the radio, that she read over 20 books in her first year of starting out.
Like Matt, Mike Matasow(sp?) is against reading books. However Jennicide justifys her use of books by saying it allowed her to understand the fundamentals alot clearer and was important in her success so far.
I use her as an example only because I listened to a similar discussion during this radio show. She may have been bankrolled, ect, but this still doesn't dimminish her achievements in only two years of playing. Perhaps this was down to her initial study using books. Everyone learns differently and for some, books are the way to go. However other people prefer to study other people playing. I remember a post by Matt a few weeks back, in it you said for four months you watched the winning players on pokerstars play. This obviously worked for you becasue you are now a winning player. I don't think any way is wrong, it is just personal choice.
I use a mix of watching and reading. So far I am still crap...
Lol, I never said she was rubbish - all i said was that she has still got a long way to go before she can be called one of the top female players and it'll probably still be a while before she becomes a household name when it comes to poker.
I also didnt say i'm against reading books - all i was trying to convey is that you have to be careful not to fall into the trap of being led into playing a certain way, one that would be different to the way you would normally play. A players style is usually created by the players personality and therefore it is better to try and let that style come to the fore and experiment a while before trying to change it because the book recommends something else. A quiet person by nature usually takes a more catious approach to someone who is more adventurous by nature and therefore a book that tells a player he has to raise and reraise at any given opportunity would be against the players natural instincts and could lead to that player making more mistakes than if they played their normal game.
Like you mention in the post from the interview its different horses for different courses, what works for one may not necessarily work for another, as this is a forum i was just trying to point out to LittlemissC and other members that it could be possible that they may learn more without studying the books to hard to start with.
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