Thank you Dsuds, glad you enjoyed!

My next video will be in a similar format, too :)

Thank you Gripsed! Hope you enjoy the videos to come! (Y)

Thank you very much for the kind words and praise. There will hopefully be more, stay tuned!

Hi Gary, thank you very much, I'm glad to be here!

I hope that "something a bit different" wasn't different in a bad way and that you enjoyed. If you've any constructive feedback for me, I'm all ears (Y)

Haha, no I meant in a good way. I enjoyed it and found it useful, and I'm sure many others feel the same!

The only feedback I would give is that 1hr15 is perhaps a bit long to maintain viewers focus, so this could've been split into 2 videos (value betting and bluffing). But maybe I'm just speaking for myself there.

Gary Chappell i don't agree with the push for shorter videos. personally i enjoy the longer a video is (especially if it is as insightful as this one) and i think most people on here speed up the video anyways. i watch at 1.5x speed, so a 30 min video can only last 20 mins. and we are poker players, who are used to playing sometimes very long sessions without even going to the toilet. so watching a 1 hour training video is a piece of cake :P

Understood Demondoink :)

Thank you WiF777, so glad you found it easy to understand and informative, those were my two main goals going into this video.

I plan for my next video to be based in a similar format, again targeting both HU and 6max formats.

Your thoughts are interesting regarding live play videos. Personally, I enjoy live play videos the most - perhaps because I can easily relate. As such, I was planning on doing at least a couple. Can anybody help confirm if this would be a good or bad idea?

Live play videos are generally the most popular format for the masses. They may not be the best learning or training tools, but they're definitely the easiest and most enjoyable to watch. There's a balance and mixing up video format is probably best.

Thank you RunItTw1ce

Thanks for the suggestion about including some sort of quiz, I like the idea, and will make sure to incorporate in an upcoming video!

Your notes regarding blockers are too vague; Poker is a complicated game, trying to simplify it to an extent where you want to hold the NFD blocker in one format, whilst not in the other, will almost definitely lead you to blundering somewhat often. Take stock of the fact that ranges and hand classes (and therefore, the blockers and unblockers) will shift to the situation you're in, however, the concepts -- the real science -- will remain entirely consistent.

Thank you RoleTide

Best stay tuned then :)

1).
IP does have Kx and 6x to call, but we heavily double block those calls. And yes, as you mentioned, we even block the QJ QT JJ TT bluffcatches from IP, too. Given the severity of our blockers to villain's calls, and the clear abundance of other vbets that do a better job of unblocking calls (Ax), JT lends itself to playing very passively, relative to its immediate hand strength.

2).
The Ax are vbets. OOP is allowed to vbet thinner on J425J than they are on 97298, this is because:
- 97298 completes a straight OTR relative to J425J completing OTT. The later a straight completes, the more relevant it is, and therefore, the lower in our range Ax is.
- IP plays polarised OTF on 972, meaning they will have a stronger range moving into the turn and river. The stronger IP range is, the less incentivised we are to vbet Ax

3.
4x>2x>6x. By the time we've utilised the 4x and 2x combos, we've no space for 6x

With regards to the Jd. You've got this the wrong way round; if villain bets Jd often on flop and turn, that'll mean we do want to use it as a bluff candidate OTR, as IP will not have any Jd to fold.

Thank you Had0uken !

Glad you enjoyed the format and found it so information :)

Live play and explains will be coming up in the near future, stay tuned!

I'm very humbled to hear I'm giving you reason to stick around on RIO :). Now with a bit of luck you're a 20-something year old lady with lovely long brunette locks..

Just kidding.

Hope I don't disappoint :)

Hey Demondoink pleasure to have you here commenting on my video!

I understand your thoughts about sharing results. However, I do understand it from both sides of the coin. Personally, I've never had much of an issue sharing my results, but I can totally understand it if a coach isn't thrilled about showing how much money they made (or lost) for the world to see, especially with the variance in Poker being so cruel at times. With that being said, I do appreciate viewers (myself included) wanting to know how a coach is doing in the current climate.

My on-table (as I call it) volume is admittedly lower than most players. It's something I've been working on for years. But yes, not quite as low as you may have thought if you aren't watching HU games. I also play on another site, too.

Really glad to hear you enjoyed the quality of the video! There will be more to come, so stay tuned :)

The question is actually very easy. Instead of thinking about how tight you are, think about how strong you are. The stronger you are, the more you can bluff. This is consistent with tight and wider ranges.

Brilliant, glad to hear you got some immediate value LetEmKnow . Now... go and let 'em know.

Had to. Sorry.

Personally, I quite enjoy liveplay videos, probably because I find them more entertaining and relatable. With that being said, I will most likely walk away with less from a live play video, relative to a different, more informative video format. I suppose it's all down to personal preference.

bananaaa you are very welcome :)

Hi ctrlplay , thanks for the welcome, glad you enjoyed the video :)

Windows notepad is my best friend, haha. Regardless of what you are looking at, I believe it's important to always write down your thoughts before you consult. This way you can see where you would have gone wrong, instead of going in blind and being results oriented, thereby not uncovering any potential booby traps in your game.

Truth is, we'll always be missing something when we check PIO. However, Rome wasn't built in a day!

I agree with you fully rcolombo , expect to see more of it.

Glad you enjoyed, stay tune for more!

Hey Mephisto no problem at all, thank you for watching and enjoying!

To your question...
Sometimes busted FD's combos are good to use, and other times they aren't. Simply put, the times they are good will be the times villain has little to none of them to fold (therefore, we unblock the folds). And naturally, the times they are not good will be the times villain has plenty of them to fold.

When we defend BBvsBTN RFI in a XX XX line on a KQ3dd8r7r runout. IP will have already made sure to have bet their diamonds more often than not somewhere before the river. Therefore when we hold diamonds, we should make sure to utilise them as bets, as we will have good unblockers to the folding range, as villain will have "little to none" of them to fold.

Thank you for the suggestion. I'm aware that I can tend to speak fast at times. I did try to slow down, however, I most likely forgot to when I was fully engrossed in theory :P. Nevertheless, I will do my best!

Hi Qing Yang

You are correct, blocking calls does become more important the bigger we bet. I like your reasoning, I've never thought of it this way before. The way I've viewed it is that we'll often unblock folds by blocking calls, however, if we start by unblocking folds, we don't have that consistent impact with blocking calls. So to an extent, you could think of some hands that block calls as more powerful, or the next level, versions of hands that unblock folds. Therefore, and as you mentioned, we'd look to size up.

Haha, in regards to RnGing everything... I tend to find myself doing something similar! However, we should be able to do a slightly better job with the assistance of understanding some patterns (blocking 1 hole card > blocking 2 hole cards when vbetting ....... blocking calls > unblocking folds when bluffing ........ etc.)

Thank you for watching and commenting!

Thank you Ceelightly

Very, very happy to see you found some value, that was my goal!

Hopefully I can provide you with some more in the videos to come. Stay tuned :)

Means a lot coming from you mate... thank you (Y) (Y)

Thank you JMTeach you are right, I do care the quality of the videos I hope to produce here at RIO.

Glad you enjoyed! If you've any feedback, I'm all ears. Cheers.

Thanks eatyourveggies hopefully it wasn't too annoying having to rewind. I've had a few comments now relaying the same feedback. I will try my best to improve for next time!

Thanks mate, videos coming soon. (Y)

Thanks IFoldJacks

Categorising both value and bluffs according to suits (as well as other factors) is very, very important. After all, if a certain suit performs better, it'd be rude to not use it first!

Glad you enjoyed. More videos to come. :)

Thank you :)

Thank you Cruesix !

If you're still struggling to wrap your head around some topics, feel free to quiz me so that I can try to clear anything up for you.

Yep, one thing I always try to do now is ask myself questions about solver outputs before I go into the sim - I believe it is really important to do this, so that we can uncover where we were going to steer wrong, instead of jumping in without formulating any (strong) opinions first.

Cheers (Y)

Hey Clanty, There actually is one thing I'd really like to ask you (forgive me if it's a bit too general). As you also play 6-max and the concepts you discussed of course apply there too, I am wondering whether you found yourself in common scenarios playing 6-max (example: a river bluff opportunity after defending the bb vs a strong 15% utg open when flop/turn goes x/x) where the heuristics that you were using here (putting a lot of weight on blockers etc.) perhaps apply to a drastically different/perhaps comparably negligible increase in EV? And simply paying attention to your frequencies is something that should carry more weight for our decision?

Before I go full berserk on studying PIO and try to figure out which blockers are the best to have/not to have I'd imagine there is a drastic shift when the ranges in play include only 15%-20% of hands compared to HU.
(Blocking Ax for example is huge in HU but in 6-max I'd imagine the blocker effect to be often but of course not always comparibly less significant)
Or to put the question more concretely: Do you have any advice what to pay attention to in my own studies? Any heuristics that converge even better/significantly worse when ranges are much more condensed?

Unfortunately, there's no short and golden science/answer to this I'm afraid. At least not one that I've found. Naturally, with the drastic shifts in ranges, we should also expect to see corresponding shifts in blocker strategy. There are a few heuristics that come to mind BBvsEP vs BBvsLP, which goes as follows:
- when BBvsEP, suits with your lower hands aren't as important, as they all plan to bet anyway (unless the board is very unfavourable)
- on low boards vs EP, you can bluff more than you probably think
- on low UNfavourable boards vsEP, blockers become more important than unblockers, so you may end up bluffing Qhi before 6hi. This happens a lot less frequently vs LP.

Good job with wanting to learn the heuristics (the logics, as I call them) -- that's a great approach. However, don't try to simplify things too much, it's a trap!

Hi Cruesix

IMO, try not to sweat having reached your intellectual ceiling. There's no such thing in an environment as complicated as PIOSolver study! From personal experience, I've had those feelings many a time. They soon fade away when you get thrown into the deep end and feel like a fish all over again ;)

Re. 200 hours of PIO. I've been there, too! (Again IMO) I believe it would be best for you to go about your routines and working schedule, and see where you land. Pressures of X and Y and Z might seem good for accountability, but ultimately, how can you ever know if the 200 hours is really 100, 150, or far more... say 500? What's important here is that in any case, you are working hard to better yourself as a professional. Everything (heuristics included!) will inevitably show itself to you in your endeavours. (Y)

Ps.

In my other reply, re. short, golden answer. I made a pretty big typo. See the capitalised and bolded edit.

Cheers

Roger that CatorMan

I'm really glad you are enjoying my videos!

Which one did you like the most? Which format do you prefer the most so far (Liveplay or deeper PIOSolver dives)?

Cheers mate

Thank you tbag !

IP will tend to use a lot of 2x comboes to bluff flop andor turn with, as they unblock a lot of folds, due to OOP not defending hands like J2o pre. This means that OOP can now also bluff the 2x comboes, as IP won't have any to fold, thus we unblock folds.

WOW! That makes so much sense. I never thought of that. Thanks for clearing that up.

are these concepts that u stumble upon by fooling around with pio or did somebody better than you at the time give you this knowledge? I use pio quite a bit and enjoy it, but there are so many trends and patterns that I miss because of how complex it is.

Thank you shadyoc5 !

These are patterns I found by myself.

The key is to try to think about things in patterns, by bucketing hands and board types together, so that you can begin to understand the heuristics of what is actually going on. I've spent too many hours just looking at my hand and moving on with life. It's better than nothing, but not as good as really trying to understand what the SIM is showcasing to you.

Best of luck!

quanticmind241 Hi Quantic, sorry for missing this comment up until now!

Yep, knowing what to do in XX XX situations is important. I believe I also did not have much of a gameplan for it early into my career. I cannot remember if I overbluffed or underbluffed, but I would have aired on one without realising. Glad that this video has helped you a little.

Hopefully a mixture of both theory and live play videos to come :)

Cheers

Thank you so much vishant5

Very happy to hear you enjoyed and found it educational :)

Thank you so much AVA :)

Glad you enjoyed!