Thanks for watching! Def need to stop snap checking and take more time with decisions. Yeah game selection is a little tough right now as I have a small window to play and there aren't many options to choose from usually but avoiding heads up tables is sound advice if there are others to choose from. I appreciate the advice brother. Thank you!
Yeah I just kind of blindly played the strategy we discussed the other night but when the board is that connected I suppose it would qualify as a good time to deviate.
What do you believe you learned in this month long study stream? Do you believe GTO practice helped improve your win%? I understand you're a new player. 85%-90% of online poker players lose money. Personally, I'm retired and have played for many years and I am only now profitable net, but the rake takes the profit. I had a GTOW sub and it hurt my win%. I took Alvin Teaches Poker's Bluff Barbarian and it drastically improved my game through MDA. It's entertainment unless you can win at mid-stakes+. Cheers!
Hey buddy thanks for the question. It was too much to answer in the comments so I decided to make a video just for you lol. Here is the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7iW_zoIV61U.htmlsi=wB-_dIcgacxmCNfX Hope this is helpful. Thanks for watching!
51:00, i mostly agree with Philippe, the problem is that even if you can sometimes get value from a king, you are dead against the value range at a much higher frequency than when you get value. there also are not enough bluffs in villain's range to justify this play. also, if hje is underbluffing you are losing massive amounts of EV. the bluffcatch would be breakeven at best. let alone the jam
Whats up brother! As I said a little later I was just chasing loses and creating more losses in the process hoping he is such a bad fish to call with a K. Yet again another example of seeing so many bad plays that have paid off on shorter stacks but lose deep stacked. Need to let go of this mentality which will have smaller wins but in the end way way smaller losses.
hey man, i just found your videos today. I am so absolutely excited. Could you or anyone else in the comment section let me know what website/solver you are using in this vid. I dont know if its just one but for instance at the 5:22 mark
@@breakspinals Thank you so much! GTO Wizard is the solver / website. I use it a bit less at the advice of a poker pro who stops by the stream every now and then but we still use it as a group in the Daily Poker Study Challenge to some extent pretty much every day. Hope this is helpful. Be sure to check out more recent episodes as it has progressed a lot. Keep grinding!
you know try to remember ur first day at construction work, you need mistake, now do u care about those mistake u did? imagine if you would let that mistake discourage you and affect you and quit at that time ( first day of work) now after years you can reflect on it and say it would be a disaster to quit at first day after doing a mistake, its same with poker , in 1 year u will just laugh about the mistake u did at ur poker begining, you will understand why your session didnt go the way you would want it to go at ur begining etc.. its just a step , u put to much pressure on urself maybe cause of u show ur game play and u have feedback from better players, but man ur not worst then anybody that is new at poker, and u learn everyday so you will become has good has anybody can become on the longer therm, just stay chill and analyze ur mistake, especially the one u know u can easily avoid, those one are the one that are affecting ur result the most, peace
yea this one for sure, everyone who starts always makes mistakes, but most people aren't putting in a solid hour of work every day to try and improve, unfortunately poker is a super long term game, but you have the processes to make it higher for sure, variance is huge, even as a full time player putting in serious volume i've had a 4 month losing streak, most important is that you put in place the processes to try and stay steady, trust me I know plenty of full-time players who have massive tilt issues, important is just to breathe and play your game, and if you need to take a short break you can do that for sure
hi bro, dont focus on result cause this is really short therm sample, focus on doing the less mistake possible, if you feel like u do mistake that at ur level u should not do, thats when u need to get concern, if you feel like you didnt saw those mistake, dont worry its a part of the process, the focus on the table is the most important aspect u can control, keep calm think three time before making a decision a take it with a grain of salt when u do a mistake its okay
Bro u r a hard working person. I love ur streams . Great streamer.❤ Keep going . Tips before playing poker Mental clarity and mental capacity Mental clarity- how much clear can u be of a spot or at the moment of playing . Mental capacity- How many spots or hours can u think and play. Preparation can always give u an extra advantage. Keep going brother.❤
Day 33 and still grinding strong-love the dedication! The check-jam on the river was a bold and well-timed move. It’s inspiring to see the thought process behind these plays and how it all fits into your daily study routine. Keep pushing, the hard work is really showing in your game!
I started with the cheaper one then upgraded but it was $89/mo because I did month to month instead of yearly. I let it run out and just use the free version now. I will be using GTO+ in the future but was given advice by a pro to not use solver too much right now. I liked the $89/mo subscription because you could run endless drills which really did help me a lot. At these stakes though it really doesn't make sense so Im pausing it for now. Thanks for the comment brother!
Lmao, I forgot about that and no one usually watches that late into the videos. If they did they would probably see more embarrassing stuff lol. Study challenges have come a long way since then, hope you check out the latest ones. Thanks for watching.
@@roostertacos i am watching these study challenges one by one ,so tht i can learn and formulate new strats nd apply it in game. These vidz are helpful. Thank you for making these videos. All the best for your poker journey to the top.
KK at 37:00, how on earth you didn’t get all the chips by the river? One little tip for micros, when both draws miss on the river, your fold equity decreases a lot, consider giving up bluffs a little more often, and jamming value all the time. GL for the challenge!
Thank you for the feedback. I reviewed this in the last day of the 30 Day Poker Study challenge and everyone seemed to agree that I'm a moron lol. Thanks again buddy!
Lol when you said i used to only call if i had a set. You have a long way to go brother. Like 20,000 hours to catch up with most of the good players nowadays. I do disagree with the other comment. As long as you play with BBs and work out each hand it is def good learning. It will take forever to move up from these stakes though.
Great point. Like the previous comment this is another point that is just a matter of discomfort that I have to push through. I will specifically focus on this tomorrow. Thanks for all of the comments, they are very helpful!
First thing I noticed immediately is you are correctly focusing on your bet sizing preflop and adjusting for limpers and/or your position. This is a key adjustment and should help right away.
Thanks. It surprises me how difficult it is for me to make these minor adjustments but when I do I can see the benefit then feel more confident moving forward.
Yeah I have considered that. I've decided to start here because if I can't win at these stakes I don't see how I can win at higher stakes. To be honest I also just like the idea of gamifying the process like I have to go through levels of a video game.
Thanks for another video. Apart from my comments on other videos, I noticed a trend that you don't C bet. If you miss the flop after raising, you mostly check, virtually 75% of the time. You could be winning way more pots by simply C betting flops that favor your range vs. the caller's range. Your coach should have noticed this leak 10 videos ago.
This is the most common feedback I have received. Yesterday I started implementing a suggestion to cbet in position as preflop aggressor every time regardless of my cards. I implemented it again today and see that it is definitely working much better. I don't have a coach which is why I appreciate the comments so much. Thank you for watching. If you ever want to chime in on a study session feel free to join the discord. I stream it at the same time and you can join in on a study session with me. discord.com/invite/btUgdnCJAY
Your betting still needs work. Hand with 44 set vs 33 set you should have stacked him. Instead, you were betting 1 bb on the flop. Why not bet bigger and build the pot? Also, when you river the nuts, you seem to just jam all in without ever considering checking back to aggressive players who bet with nothing. Why not give them rope to hang themselves at times? Instead, you telegraph your hand with huge overbets. Not sure if you understand how to get value from your hands...I suggest playing less tables and working on your betting. Hand with KK preflop re-raised from 3 bb to 12 bb and blew initial raiser out of the pot. Bet less and keep him in or induce?
Thank you, these are really good points. I jam often because they get called often enough to be very profitable. That said, I think you make a great point that I am telegraphing even more so when I jam too often, in the same session, at the same table. I do cut down the amount of tables as you suggested and have been mainly 2 tabling lately. But really when I think about it, although jamming has definitely paid off it most likely won't be profitable at even slightly higher stakes. Maybe it's best to focus on bet sizing that will be successful at all stakes. I will make a note and focus extra on this in tomorrows session while giving you a shout out. Thank you so much for the great advice!
Thanks for the video. You need to work on your betting. In that 3 way game, you were raising 1 BB with AJ after 2 limpers. Your goal is to isolate AJ against max 1 caller, but you play so weak that everyone always calls your small bets. Raising 2.5 bb out of position, even with limpers, is a losing play. The more limpers, the larger your bet needs to be. You also rarely 3 bet preflop. One last thing, at this level, you give other players WAY TOO MUCH credit for hands. Not everyone has the nuts just bc they bet. Clean up these items and you will improve substantially.
I completely agree. I think that if you watch as the days go on I improve my bet sizing my a pretty good margin. After Day 11 or 12 I start betting more aggressively. Thank you!
This is great, thanks for posing. I am on WSOP since I'm in Nevada and don't think I have the ability to pull hand history but this is pretty insightful. Great that you're putting in work.
has a baseline, i recommand you starting to only 3 from BB vs BU the most important one like the value raise and the bluff like JT suited J9 910 suited... and A5 suited, easy to memorize and easier to play too
@@roostertacos my pleasure man, the most important spot to study first IMO is the most common one, which is for exemple, 3 bet pot in position like , you are BUTTON vs cutoff high jack low jack, this is the most common one and the easier to play, i recommand you drilling that spot 15 min a day and in 2 weeks you will have 85 90% success in that spot and you will CRUSH up to nl 25 in that position trust me, and what i recommand you too , when u drill, instead of going to GENERAL, put it to simplified, it simplify ur sizing on the flop turn , u lose barely no EV and u willl not make blunder, what cost u money in that game is blunder . losing 0.01 ev on a spot dont cost u anything, but losing 0.8 EV or even 4 bb blunder , that can make you a losing player in a 1 hour session
the reason why BB 3 bet a polarized range ( strong hands and weak hands has a bluff) is because if the bb start to only call the preflop raise from bu with the semi weak hands.. when he 3 bet he will only have very strong hands in the 3 bet. which make him too easy to play against for the button, by mixing alot of bluff, thet bu who open very very wild range, is forced to defend alot wider, its a really weird spot bu vs bb 3 bet pot, but it worth studying it
It is kind of a weird spot and more than one person had mentioned that fact. I will probably wrap it up today so it is not left undone. I agree it's worth studying if for nothing else than to put yourself in awkward spots and get an idea of what the solver is thinking.
those a4 a5 suited are 4 bet bluff like you said, in micro limits you dont need that, the reason is BB have a very polarised 3 bet range compared to SB, he 3 bet with strong hands and with bluffs too ( bb) but in the real world in micro stakes 99% of people dont 3 bet bluff from bb vs button, u dont need to bluff them... non profitable
@@SkyDashlol Hi thanks for watching. I think you are referring to the GTO Wizard app. It’s a poker solver website to help study the game and it has a trainer where you can run drills of all kinds that will grade you and track your progress.
Thanks for watching! You can join my discord server and be part of the stream if you'd like. I'll share access to the file there. discord.com/invite/btUgdnCJAY
Hey mate, I think using the solver as heavily as you guys are is not the most effective use of your time as a beginner. I think doing hand reviews and talking about spots and trying to put your opponent on a range will do much more than trying to learn GTO vs GTO strategies. The discord link is broken, if you fix it i'd love to hop in and do a session with you guys sometime
Thanks for watching. Yeah we do a bit more of that in other videos and have discussed dedicating whole streams to just hand review. I believe the discord link is working now. You are more than welcome to hop on any time. See you there! discord.com/invite/btUgdnCJAY
Just found your videos and liking the content my man. I’m pretty new to online poker and trying my best to learn. Not subscribed to any solvers yet. Do you recommend GTO Wizard? Good luck at the tables and keep up the good work my man 👍
If you are new, dont. You wont know how to implement it in your game when you are a beginner. A good example is unfortunately this channel. Work on your fundamentals before doing anything else. Start with pre-flop, and then work your way through new concepts slowly.
Thanks! Yeah I am not claiming to be a good poker player. I'm just enjoying learning and playing. I would agree with @eveamu1 that starting with preflop charts is a good way to get started. GTOW has free charts for online 6max.
25:22 KQo (hand equity) = 39% vs BB calling range on J 5 4 r board (in equilab, there is no action assumed). If you look up on GTOWizard, you'd have to look at equity before any action takes place (so can look at it on ranges tab). If you look at range or hand equity AFTER action (check) from BB, the IP equity could change (not by much, but it will). 44:52 (firstly you are looking at EV of those 2p combos, that is not equity), About the % of 2p even though same/similar amount of combos exist for both ranges, HJ range (130combos) vs BB range (433combos) So if 10 combos exist in both ranges (for e.g.) the % is going to be different as it is 10 out of 130 or 10 out of 433 calculation respectively for HJ and BB.
Hahah! This is a goood one. After studying the ranges, RFI/ vs RFI and flop heuristics and errything as a solid baseline, when we get random donks on Q 9 7 r by the BB vs Btn, we know the games have begun 😆 GLGL! Notes: 1. ISO vs Limp ranges, ISO size, ISO vs 3b 2. It's easy to keep studying and feel "safe" and not play. Esp when on a downswing. We need to get in the mix and battle it out. Can't stay on the banks for long :)
I'll admit, I haven't done enough equity estimate exercise. The equilab work is good! My summary from equity exercise: Trips+ just almost always have 85-90%+ TP or Overpair just has 75-80% (add a few points for BDFD, deduct a few if we do not have any of the board suits, another point if there is a fd) 2nd Pair just has about 60% (add 5ish% for redraws like OESD, 3-4% for other draws, 1-2% if we have overcard as well) 2 Overcards generall have 40-45%% (add points for redraw, deduct if we don't have suits on board, deduct few points if there's SD on board) 1 Overcard to board, we have 30ish% (barely any points up/down, deduct points for connected boards,)
I liked your pnemonic of remembering overall range by "T8s box that covers everything from that cell to left+up on the chart" If I may suggest optimizing the (preflop) drills by just manually removing T3s-63s "rectangle" and the Q6o-76o "rectangle since we don't play them from almost any position (except SB) as RFI (that will save a bunch of easy autofolds :p ) and make drills more efficient. For Postflop drills: 1st run (select hand class in drill setup) : only TP+ and OESD+ (super value made hands + strong draws) 2nd run : only <Underpair + GSSD and worse draws (marginal hands + weak draws) I feel this will help us build structure in thought process when going at drills.
I think this makes a lot of sense. I was thinking about running through all of the hand classes in the spreadsheet one by one as drills. Funny I seemed to overlook TP. I will do my best to incorporate these ideas but please be patient as I am racing to do these challenges after work. We will get it done fully eventually. Great ideas I sincerely appreciate it!
56:46 ATo on T63 fd board SB vs BB, when looking up in solver, you looked at BB play (not SB play) assuming SB checked. "similar" spot Q9 on Q74 fd ahead. Another suggestion from my side: It would be easier to look at the betting thresholds, since we already have the frequencies in the sheet alongside. Generally (for value) all Top pairs w 9+ kickers go for the small bet. With that logic as "1st draft" thought: In e.g. applying similar logic in AT spot, If strong TP are betting (on MLL), and bet freq is 30%, it is likely that AT would bet small. In Q9 spot - If most TP bet is betting threshold (on HLL), and bet frequency is 30%, it is likely that Q9 would bet small. (rarely goes for large bet) Edit: with known general heuristic being Checks:Bet is 70:30, even for hand classes that qualify to bet, checking in above spots should be "good". ofcourse, in game decision would depend on whether we want balance OR we want to go for max value line everytime.
Nice exercise! Following :) I noticed a bunch of differences between global frequencies from Day 2 and Day 1 e.g. fd boards Day 1 Check 70% Day 2 Check 61% paired boards Day 1 Check 59% Day 2 Check 49% While the differences seem to because Day 1 is 50NL ranges vs Day 2 is 500NL ranges, the overall difference is still considerable. Interesting to see the rake structures influence the ranges and in turn shift the strategy by such a notable amount. Interested to know if the thresholds of betting change (with a few examples)
Hi, thanks so much for watching! I looked into it a bit and the less the rake is the wider the BB will call. Therefore the wider SB will raise. That's why we're seeing higher betting freq. on flush draws on the lower rake. It was about 10% difference and the difference in rake is NL50 5% with 4bb cap and NL 500 at 5% with 0.6bb cap. I am not going to be dialing in my strategy that detailed right now and as you will see the more I go on the more I'm trying to simplify it. For example instead of 59% I'm just saying 60% or maybe even 50%. Will grind details once the overall concepts are down tight. Great question, keep them coming!
@@roostertacos More than happy to study along :) Will try to join in live sometime (lemme catch up with remaining days). Also, Thank you for showing your sheet format to note our learnings, very efficient to review!. I am also using similar sheet to record my learnings. I also agree - general simplification is great 1st iteration. With that in mind, it would be good to fix the report study at "mid" on the rake so our overal strat will be closer to generic median of action<>frequencies.
