long day

last hand suckout AK vs A2 on A52

on 4b bluffing

if u think he's 3b bluffing > 60% -> 4b bluff him. otherwise fold

blockers are much more important for 4bets than 3bets.

awesome

MP open, BTN calls. flop T74r.

my range here - 140 combos

cbet bluff - AK (16), Axs w BDFD (9), 55,66,88,99 (24) - 49
value - set (9) ATs (3), JJ+ (24) - 36

Turn - x/f low pp's if unimproved, x/c 99

optimal play at micros

obv exploitive play >>> optimal play

ale

so often are u facing unknown opp
so often are u surprised by his holding - misreads his range

theory videos >>> leakfinder vids / live session vids / replayer vids

on some new shit.. 2 - ur range when 3 barreling

how to play flop IP HU vs PFR - v techle spotech nejsem moc casto. Tohle bych mel vyuzit vic:

OOP as PFR














The general trend with 3 barreling is the same IP or OOP. Keep value betting every street and let some bluffs drop out.

Table dynamics are important, but plrs at 6max will ofte overemphisize their importance and use that as an excuse for taking random lines cos they're not sure what to do.

so true.. on game theory

you'll always make more money exploiting ur opps than trying to balance ur ranges.

you often won't know how to exploit ur opp since he has few glaring weaknesses or ur in a spot you've never seen before, and this is where this thought process (game theory) shines.

lost trying to figure out what other player's thought process is? use theory.

the best players know a combination of theory, general villain tendencies for their stakes, and how to exploit each common opp specifically.

touristy plr 20/6 flats us IP.. he'll have all the "pretty" cards in his range

exploiting specific player types/ their tendencies

* pasive post flop

• dont cbet complete air, they'll tell you if they have it or not

stop seeing monsters..

The turn is a bit spooky, true, but with a fish it's more likely that he turned a flush DRAW than a flush.

C- Game

work on it, dneska to byl uz docela solid tilt

1st thing - titen up. srsly. tvoje cbets nemaj respekt, souperi zvysujou freq  - vic te raisnujou, callujou etc.

biggest challenge - muzes usetrit = vydelat hodne bb's

value oop

you should almost always be planning on betting all 3 streets with your value hand when OOP.

vs some players, if u have specific read, it might be OK to x/c 1 or more streets.

on some new shit..

jak vypada tvoje range v danym spotu?

u flat reg's open IP, its HU to the QRRss flop. he cbets.

• raise AQ+, air w/ decent equity - AK, strong draws
• call reasonable SD value  - pair of Tx
• fold rest

CO open, we flat OTB. flop Q86dd

• raise value AQ,88,66 - 24 combos
• raise bluff AdJx,AdTx,77,99,TJs,T9s - 28 combos

u flat UTG open from BB.  flop J35ss.

• x/fold 66-99 - worst equity vs his range

we flat TAG UTG open IP. flop 986r

1st - good flop 4 us. it hits our range (43-48%, depends if we are ccalling SCs < JTs)  more than his

• fold - everything < overs + nut BD FD. don't need to make moves w/ nothing less

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"3:2" ratio bluffs:value raises OTF when our opp is likely to call. We should be able to follow through and VALUE jam 40% on the riv. Some bluffs will become nuts, some value hands wont be able to jam the riv.

what about Kxx, Axx flops ?

MP open we flat TdTx in the CO. flop AhJd5d.

bluff raise! we need more shitty bluffs in our range, not only KQdd..

MoP - Quotes

aggression is good
near optimal play automatically gets max from opp's mistakes

MoP - Reliance on Analysis

relying on analysis as our basis for poker knowledge is a much more reliable and impartial way of learning about the game. (= better than videos or someone else's word)

how long are your typical sessions?

My typical sessions are probably around ~3 hours, although this is obviously dependant on factors like game quality, my seat, how fatigued I am, how good I think I’m playing, how good I think everyone else is playing etc. Regardless of the length of my sessions, I always take breaks every 30-45 minutes where I sit out on all tables and go outside for a bit, or just lie down a while, go to the kitchen and have an apple, do some push-ups, whatever. The breaks range from 45 seconds to 5 minutes, the key here is that you rest your brain and allow yourself to re-engage when you return. I also sometimes recite mantras during my breaks, my favorite one is a quote from Phil Galfond: “Everytime the action is on you, it’s an opportunity for you to make the perfect decision”.

using stats

let’s say you’re playing 6m and some guy has 16% 3bet but your note says he showed up with AJo and KQo in SR pots. Then you can infer his 3betting range contains a whole lot of air and SC’s and very few broadway hands, because his value range is only 5.5% of hands(TT+,AJs+,KQs,AQo+) meaning there are 10.5% random other hands in his range. You should construct 3bet calling range to be all suited and offsuit broadways and also 4bet him frequently.

adjustment

The number one strategy I always utilise during my sessions is definitely adjustments. I think that’s my big strength in Poker and what I do better than most. I think a lot of people wait too long until they have adjust because they don’t really understand Bayesian probability. Basically, no matter what simple size you have, you can still make adjustments according to what you see, as long as any time you acquire new information, you keep adjusting. For example, I played a hand a few months ago where I had 76s HU, villain raised on the BTN, I flatted in the BB. The flop came down Q86 I c/c’d, turn was a T I checked, he checked behind, river was a 2 and I c/c’d, he had AT. At first I didn’t think much of it, but then I realized the extent of the adjustments I can make from it. I can infer his turn betting range is extremely polarized, as his value range is Qx+, therefore if he’s betting it at a high frequency he’ll be bluffing a lot, and if he’s betting it at a low frequency he will be value betting a lot. Therefore, I can make the adjustment to never raise his turn bet(because raising against a polarized range is mostly pointless; all better calls, all worse folds) and instead, raise his bet/check/bet line a lot, as it will include mostly weak 2nd pair hands he checked behind on the turn. Furthermore, if he’s betting turns polarized at a low frequency, I can c/c flops wider and expect to get to SD more often. This is just one example of the amount of information you can get from one hand.

Girah owns

Bluffing against amateur players in notoriously hard. Did you ever do this and how?
I think categorizing all amateur players as loose-passive calling stations is fairly dangerous and leads to sub-optimal lines and adjustments. When I play against amateur players, I generally shy away from broad, overreaching classifications like “calling station” or “aggro-fish” and try and make my reads more individualised and specific. I think fish playing styles vary a lot, and what I try to do is get inside their head/mind and try to understand the underlying thought process behind their “dumb” moves. So if they calldown my 3barrel in a 3b pot on T7892 with ace-high, rather than just getting frustrated and calling them loose-passive donks, I would try and make inferrences about how they think about Poker. In this case, they probably like the feeling of Hero-calling someone and that’s why they play so cally, so I want to give them the opportunity to make big calls for a lot of $: I might start overbetting more for thin value, and bluffing mostly in small pots. I can also infer they consider me to be aggressive, and they probably percieve my 3betting range to be mostly broadway cards, and my betting range on connected boards to be polarized. Immediately therefore, I can start to construct my ranges to exploit him, by flatting more broadway hands pre and 3betting more T8s 67s type stuff. I can also start depolarizing/tightening my betting ranges so that instead of my betting range on that board being JT+ and all gutters+, it becomes, A7+ and any 8+ out draw.

feels good

nothin special compared to other sickos tho

play your equity

kdyz mas dobrou handu, tak ji nepokladej bez solid readu. / hero folds
a opacne /hero calls

somebody testing me?

the run bad is just too long and its not getting any better. enjoying 80k+ b/e stretch. 75% FR, 25% 6max rush

feelin like tilting today, will try to stay strong

edit: tilt killer -> gym/run.. watch sum vid, 1 table rush. life's good again

+ micro's win rate killer -> spew

wtf happened to RUSH ?

is it just my impression/small sample ( couple weeks play though) that since black friday the games tightened up significantly?