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[QUOTE="John A, post: 2634637, member: 88730"]
That's good you have someone sweating you. That can help you stay grounded.

What I've been trying to emphasize to you is that as you're going through this learning curve to take the next poker jump, you're going to get over zealous, or make plays in the wrong spots. You'll eventually learn when to ratchet it up, or when to tone it down, but it takes time and practice. It just doesn't happen over night.

I had one student a while back that I was explaining the dynamics of a profitable squeeze. Even though I said, you need to manage frequency with your table image, or expect to get played back at. There's a balance between image and opportunity, and when you get into unbalanced areas of your game, you have to know how and when people are playing back at you. It's a quantum leap in poker if you will. I told him to take it slow, but of course he started having success right off the bat and then pushed it way too far because of his initial success and it spun his game out of control. Now if he had not had initial success, he probably would have just instantly dialed it back and cursed me for being a bad coach. But because of his initial success and new confidence, he just went bonkers.

Do you understand what I'm saying? You're on the right path, but you just need to fine tune how, when, why you're doing what you're doing, and then know how to manage your image as you make these changes.

You can of course keep a basic TAG game and win. And there's still plenty to learn within that framework as well.
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