If you have even a little bit of prowess at Texas Hold ‘em there is going to come a time when someone is going to ask you to teach them how to play. It might be tempting to leap on this offer; after all you enjoy the game so it is natural that you should help others learn how to love it just as much as you do. The thing that you need to consider is that not everyone is cut out to be a teacher.

There is nothing worse than getting taught how to do something by someone who clearly has no aptitude for teaching. It seems like everything they say goes over your head, and after a while they get frustrated which only makes things worse. If the situation involves two friends it becomes even worse. More than one friendship was ripped apart do to the sheer frustration of one friend trying to teach the other friend how to do something.

If you are someone who gets frustrated easily, you should decline and tell your PokerStar friend that they need to go somewhere else. The same is true if you are really busy. You should also consider how strong your understanding of the game is before you agree to act as a mentor.

If you decide that you are up to the task of teaching your friend how to play Texas Hold ‘em you should first set aside some time to educate yourself. This includes doing things like reviewing the rules of the game. The last thing you want to do is teach your friend the incorrect way to play the Texas Hold ‘em. It would not hurt for you to watch one or two instructional videos and get an idea about what type of teaching strategies the professionals use when they are teaching.

When you sit your friend down and actually start teaching them how to play you should start with one concept at a time. It takes time to learn things and some people take more time than others. You want to make sure that they have a solid understand about one aspect of the game before you start to teach them another. You should not be surprised if at some point your friend gets confused and you have to start all over again, this is a natural part of the learning process.

You should not plan on being able to teach your friend everything there is to know about playing Texas Hold ‘em in one evening. The teaching sessions will be far more effective if you break them into several small sessions. This will help prevent your friend from suffering from information overload and becoming so frustrated that they are unable to learn anything. At the start of each teaching session you should review the things that they learned during the previous lessons. Do not get upset if they have forgotten something. The best thing you can do is to stay patient and go over the missed step again and again until they finally understand. Keep in mind that repetition is an important part of the learning process.