Thursday, 1 January 2026

Lab 2.o - Range Betting Basics & Turn Barreling Concepts

Flop Play 

(AKA why we love range betting)

** simple flop (& turn) strat = we can spend more time studying turns and rivers !

good boards to RB:
  • connect with lots of our range (hits the offsuit region)
  • no str8 possible
  • not mono

Turn Play 

How to structure our betting range:
  • Value
  • Equity bluffs
    • Concept: Higher equity draws should barrel more than lower equity draws (!)
      • i.e. weaker draws better fit for protecting our checking range 
        • TODO in-game: try to consciously x-back your weakest draws to get a feel for it
  • Future bluffs / blocker bluffs:
    • KTss3h 6c, hands like 
      • As4c (obv nut flush blocker on FD complete rivers)
      • but also a hand like Q5dd - where we block the SD complete rivers (!)
        • can bluff on any 9, J, A

Friday, 19 December 2025

shove river more often ! [Uri]

 CONCEPT:

  • what I recommend really strongly, is just try:

    • try goin all-in as a bluff on the river

    • try doing it with value

    • try doing both. just do it a lot

then you won’t have to worry about “if I do this with a good hand people are always folding”. it just becomes part of your game.


it’s an important part of your game. it’s going to make you a much tougher player to deal with and as you start doing this you’ll notice that some players actually never call

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

which SOLVER ??

 might need to bite the bullet and fork out for GTOWiz Elite.. maybe start with one month of sub $150

200x faster solves: PIO vs GTOWizard + Automatic bet sizing


  • Rocket confirmed they don't have auto betsizing feature

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

HS Mindset [J Saliba MTT pod]

difference between poker players and data analysts

keep building strategies, test it, and build it again


thinking creatively and what your strategy is trying to achieve


in BB vs UTG on A73 - what's your weakest defend
BB v BU on A73 - what's your weakest defend 

= great starting point to figure out your overall range, overall strat

"haver that self-believe and work ethic to build a strategy that you know how to play/execute, and that you love and want to play"

prep cash game player for a tourney: 
  • #1 short stack ICM play. short stack play pertaining to payout structures

Monday, 1 December 2025

Boards Classification [simples] [Uri/Jungle]

Uri:

try to see as many characteristics so you can generalize:
(for ex. when not to fire turn or river bluff vs rec, or when 
  • (is it ace + broadway tight formation? )
  • (is it the flush coming in or regardless?)
CO v BU - BU is not calling any offsuit 9x, Tx - I'm gonna be pretty aggro on these boards