Definitely! The plants 'fill out' the office well and I'm always happier being around green.

Standing desk is a total game changer. If you can get one I could not recommend it more.

Standing desk is a total game changer. If you can get one I could not recommend it more.

My read on your desk is that you probably have it slightly too high based on the angle of your arms in the video. Your arms should be more by your side. From the side view, when standing (or sitting), your arms should form a right angle at the elbow:

matlittle You're probably right. I did this on purpose as it forces me to be standing up straight without hunching over

Sounds like you have a posture issue then. I have had poor posture for most of my life, until I worked out why last year and managed to correct it to a surprising degree in just a few weeks. If it's something you want to work on let me know and I'll try and help you out

matlittle thanks for the offer mate, and yeah I did/do, it's improved decently with the standing desk and conscious reminders

14min AJ84 3BP IP PFC facing X-X. Delay float bet turn for pot I noticed QJ higher frequency than KJ where your note was KJ+. Do you know why QJ is more preferred than KJ?

There are few more XC's in the sim coming from K8s. So we pref unblocking the Kx. Also, all AQ AK are fired from OOP on F/T as cbets/delayed cbets, so we don't have to worry about running into those

27:45 Shows the mindset difference of a pro with a strong mental game compared to a rec being result oriented. Where the pro gives respect to his opponent for making a good call with Qx5d, game recognizes game! And the rec is thinking "what a fish, I shouldn't bluff this guy."

Thank you :), I think this is partly down to the nature of the game I'm playing, which is HS vs a superb player, so I'm going to be more interested in their plays and SDs.

29:30 on QJ4cc-6-5 where you were bluff catching Q9o and opponent showed a tendency to be trappy with his QJ in his XR-X-XR line, followed by 31:30 with 22 3BP where you float 1/3 cb, float turn bet 1/3 IP, then OB jam the river on a AATT6sss board. I usually don't put too much weight into image but after being stacked with Q9, I think I wouldn't want to bluff 22 because it can appear tilted in the moment. I'm not saying you were tilted, just the perception of the other player might think you are and call down lighter.

I don't believe his QJ/AK plays were done to be "trappy". Both plays are good, in fact, AK is a pure check OTT. Here is an important lesson not to project our thoughts/emotions into villains play, as we may be twisting something that villain isn't trying to twist.

Regarding tilt and not bluff shoving next hand after being stacked hand before. This framework can occasionally come to fruition in thought process, but this isn't one of those times. We are quite early on into a session, and from what I can tell, both of us are playing some good, high level poker. So far, there isn't anything untoward. And as for the hand before, Q9o ends up being a standard call the majority of the time. Whilst villain may not be exactly cognisant of this in game, I'm sure he isn't thinking that I'm tilted as a result.

So TL;DR I like my play and wouldn't recommend to make a deviation (esp w/ 22, which is clearly a good play) so early on, without sufficient evidence.

Given the player seemed rather passive throughout the session

RunItTw1ce too often you make remarks similar to this without enough to go on, and almost all of them are trying to skew passive. This is a clear leak in your own thought process.

As played, villain is a really TOUGH HS reg who hasn't (to me) shown much/any capacity to be too passive. Where did your perception come from? Which of his showdowns were particularly passive that warrant us to deviate?

You mentioned you must be realistic with yourself where you are not going to be folding trips. Where you also mentioned just before this that villain has 46% of his range being straight+

Realistic is the key word here. It's easy in the lab and in hindsight to have complete clarity over the situation and realise what is the correct play. When playing, I don't believe we could ever figure out ~50% of his range is straights+, that' quite an extreme result. Therefore, your task is to then try and formulate a strategy that is PRACTICAL and EXECUTABLE post your learning's.

After studying this hand I should have figured out I was BC'ing in game. Fair. However, not finding a pure fold is totally reasonable to me. So ultimately a little more science should have gone in on my end, but interestingly, I don't think I actually want to get to a pure fold in game next time, as this is quite an atypical situation.

Thank you I_Fold_Jacks !

Noted, I'll definitely make a follow-up to this on one of my study days.

I was going to request the same! Would be great to include some general tips on how to study efficiently and effectively too.

matlittle Coming up :)

Thanks for the vid

Welcome nogamblenofuture :)

26:20 - you say you’re pure betting 7x bad kicker but sometimes checking 22 or K7. Can you elaborate? I feel like in game I might have done the opposite.

The K7 A7 22 all more effectively block villains calls and xb's, so we want to check them to unblock their bets. Inversely, 5x typically unblocks villains xb's and blocks their dcbT's

Hey solverpoker2022 yes I am aware of this :D, however, I deliberately remove AI's as a part of my betting strategy here as it doesn't fit in well with my gameplan. I try to depolarise a little more so that they can't respond perfectly by folding almost everything.

Thank you very much for the kind words shipapotamus , I really appreciate it <3

I would be really happy if you would have any upcoming piosolver heavy strategy videos in the pipeline with a theme of some sort like the first two videos you made for the site?

Yep ok, noted! Generally speaking this year I am working to up my quality and variety in my content, so expect some of those deep dives some point soon :)

alexrod99 Nice video idea, thanks. Will do.

Great video ty

Welcome!

Agreed Luke. You look great man. Well done if that was a focus of yours.

sandr1x Daniel Clemente

Thank you so much guys <3

What's your diet btw? :)

sandr1x well, if I started rambling on my diet in the RIO comments, then I would surely come off as some life guru lol

It's nothing special, clean for the most part and keeping the protein high. I find meal prepping really helps with the consistency.

Daniel Clemente Oh yeah great point, noted for future uploads, thank you

Hi Luke, hope you are well. Around 4 minutes into the video, you mentioned that you have a full sim library and full aggregate library, could you please advise whether you bought it or built it ? Is it worth or possible to build them using GTO+ or do I need PIO ? Please provide more information regarding this

Harsh I built it. I'm not entirely sure whether GTO+ supports library/aggregation options. From my understanding, almost everyone uses PIO to build their own library. Another thing worth noting is that with the advent of tools like GTOw, some instead opt for a subscription there instead of building their own library. There are pro's and cons, I recommend both.

First time using a camera. Nice touch.

Thanks mate, will include in future videos. There will be a mini GTO trainer series coming up that's already recorded without webcam. After that, we you will be able to see my ugly mug in every video :)

I like your mindset of hey, lets play good poker that we can be proud of and live with whatever happens. I'm going to remember that.

I believe it's important to find whatever clicks with you, which is typically routed by what you intrinsically find IMPORTANT. Once found, a mantra against it can go a long way to aid in keeping you on track.

For the last hand review you came to the conclusion that on JTXss you should bet more often with Q8 and 97s than with KQ. I have notice this in a lot of OOP spots too recently - is it mainly a case of the stronger draws being able to check-call or check-raise, whereas the weaker ones can't really do either too well so opt to just bet when you are OOP?

Yes, I think of it as "Visibility" to see showdown vs aggression. E.g. if our hand has to immediately XF vs a stab, we have low visibility. Inversely, if our hand can easily XC multiple streets on the majority of/all runouts, then we have higher visibility. Typically, lower visibility hands are more predispositioned to bet vs check relative to higher visibility hands. This doesn't mean we get to bet all low visibility hands/draws, however, there is more of a science required.

IP plays similarly as per the above system

Fanatstic video as usual

Thank you very much John Martinovic :)

You mentioned you would do another video in the same style as this for 6 max if people wanted it. Consider me wanting it!

Tbh this video was mainly purposed at showing a day in the life of grinding HS. I typically sit down and play whatever is running, sometimes that is HU, other days ring, often a bit of both. Whether the video showed some HU or Ring really wouldn't change the theme of the video.

If I come across a giant leap forward in my day to day pokering approach, I'll make an updated video :)

As you are specifically interested in seeing more Ring content, have you any video suggestions for me?

A few of the ideas have already been mentioned although not specific to 6 max. Some more mental game content or a video focused specifically on how to study would be good. I have just joined one of the new RIO study groups so could be relevant to a lot of people

For 6max specifically some more updates to the becoming a boss series would be much appreciated. I'd love a video on turn probe range and sizings bb vs bu flop missed cbet.

John Martinovic

Noted re. studying video

Becoming a Boss: Probing Turn is already planned :)

holy. the OG goat makes an appearance.

ps I owe you all my success in poker ishter

Cameron Couch Thanks man, appreciate you stopping by here!

Tariq Haji Ikr

Fanboy alert: "I want to have an impact like Ishter" has been a thought process of mine at RIO

DM :)

Simply put, we bet to most effectively maximise our pot share EV. There are countless ways to do this, which will be spread across over many different strategies/ideas. e.g. whilst we may look to make villains fold with certain parts of our range, the other parts will instead want villains to bet/raise. There isn't a catch-all for poker I'm afraid.

An invaluable video. Appreciate it.

Hey CashPinata thank you very much :)

It would be great also to see some technical discussion of HUD stats and how they can inform play. It is something I mention every few months because it is the only thing RiO is missing.
I think out of all the content creators on Run It Once, your emphasis on technical content means you might be best placed to do this. Of course I could be wrong and maybe since you play on GG you do not even use one. Nevertheless, I am sure you know how to make use of one in an efficient way.

This is usually something I do in private coaching via DB analysis. Making a video isn't great for me as I play in a small pool, and I'd either end up exposing my leaks/exploits, or exposing villlain's leaks, in either case hurting me

That makes sense, I understand.

Separately, out of curiosity, why spend mental energy and increase variance battling regs like Owen? It seems strange to me (not suggesting he has an edge on you btw, it just doesn’t seem like the best use of time). Is it for training or ego or for EV?

I saw he said on the mechanics of poker pod that he wants to battle anyone even if he might be losing in the match up. That also seems absurd to me.

I would imagine given you only play a few hours a week there are games that give a better hourly, even if it means playing lower or different sites etc?

CashPinata I explained why in the intro of this video. I am not chasing dollars when I play -- Owen may well be better than me -- I am focused on learning

Missed this comment, sorry! Noted & thank you very much!

That makes sense.

My routine is to personally tag hands AFTER the session, esp. now as I'm on GG and cannot do when playing anyway. For super interesting spots, I'll briefly note down my thoughts during the session. This way, I can make sure to tag everything, whilst capturing all relevant thoughts, without getting distracted. Most of the time this won't effectuate, however, when you're rushed for time in a specific hand, that extra 10 seconds of thought may be the difference between a good and bad decision in a sizeable pot -- that is what we want to preserve.

Yeah you can import the hands after the session. Not practical/the right thing to do when playing ofc