Eleven11

Love these videos, they’re my favorite type of videos you do, and 90% of my study time is similar to this, so please keep them coming.

No HUDs: Fine
Anonymous tables: Not Fine:
I feel this would severely remove the drive to compete for myself and many others. Part of the game that I think is both fun and mentally stimulating is cataloging my opponents tendencies over the long term (with or without huds) and using accumulated knowledge to exploit them. That's a huge part of the skill element of the game of poker that you will be making null by doing this. But oh well I won't get to play anyways since I reside in the US. Just throwing my two cents out there.

-BMO

Thanks for the nice comment James, I am taking some steps to improve my situation. I just took a new job at the beginning of the year, and I'm hoping that will relieve some of my financial stress. As much as it will hurt to not spend as much time competing at the tables, In the long run it will be better for my bankroll and my mental health as well.

I'll just have to be a "Sunday Grinder" for a bit.
Take Care!

What an inspiring video!

This couldn't have come at a better time for me, this past year has been one of the toughest years of my life both in the poker bubble and the "somewhat" existing life outside of it.

During my seemingly unending downswing, I have poured hours upon hours of energy into revamping and fine tuning my strategies involving every aspect of my technical MTT game. As well as grinding ridiculous 12-16 hour sessions to try to meet my monthly responsibilities. I would just tell myself "this is what I need to do to become the best in the game"

I may have lost sight of who I was/am outside of my poker life, which I think has had a great negative impact on my mental game, as well as the quality of my life and mental/physical health in general.

I've concluded that I'm just putting so much pressure on myself to be successful. I routinely put myself in situations that are harmful to my mental stability (ie. long hours grinding mids and micros/obsession with strategy/not meeting bills/too many stimulants/unhealthy food/not enough exercise) All along these things that I thought were "necessities" for my lifestyle, were actually the things hindering me the most from becoming the best competitor that I could possibly be.

Anyways, sorry for the ramble but I just wanted to take a minute to marvel at and appreciate the golden content in this video. I can add some new things to my list of things to work on. Looking forward to the next!

Thanks,
Brady O. (aspiring pro)

Thanks Sam,
I have been enjoying your PIO videos, especially since I've been spending so much time grinding lately that I haven't been able to do extensive work with the solver on my own.

I'm finding that my increases in x/r frequency and aggression are a very effecfive tool in neutralizing OOP disadvantages. Pretty tilting for our opponents I think!

Well done and look forward to the next video,

Brady O