KingofKaos

AT96 is an open at 4.48, dont forget those preflop drills:)

Good video, liked the explanations, thanks

Firstly I love hearing your thoughts so thanks for sharing. I have been doing quite a bit of thinking and research on optimal study to improve my own game so thought I'd post my thoughts.

I found 2 theories about learning something like poker, the first would be to try and learn the entire game tree at the same time and an opposing theory is to break things down into smaller chunks. I think in reality you need to do a bit of both, you need to understand the broad concepts, get playing and then study the most common elements/bits of the game tree as a priority.

It is also good practice to do several things to embed learning, such as deliberate and repetitive practice, measure results and then to repeat this practice within a week or so. This is to ensure the new pathways are developed in your brain and things stick in the long term memory.

What this means in practice is something like, breaking down the game tree into specific elements, such as preflop, C-betting IP, 3bet pots facing a C-bet, river play facing a check etc etc. Then learning the theory the specific bit you are learning e.g. preflop ranges, then testing your understanding, e.g. using a preflop solver and measuring your results. Then repeating this process a few more times in the near future to really embed this learning. Then move onto the next most common spot in the game tree. Of course you can ID leaks first using your database etc or just focus on the most common spots.

There are a lot of other things to consider to such as learning style, best time of day to study (usually mornings) etc which are very individual, making sure you aren't being efficient and focussing on very specific spots, that rarely occur rather than common spots, and preparing before your sessions, having a good general routine etc.

Ultimately the best way is to find a way that works for you although these are scientifically proven to work for most people.

Thanks for this, I enjoyed the practice session aspect and then the summary takeaways.

I think there are a couple of reasons to play fast fold tables over normal that I personally consider.

If I only have limited time for a quick session, say 30 minutes, then fast fold good, especially when I have a busy life outside poker is better rather than table selecting etc that takes a while.

I also find fast fold is better for my focus personally, especially as someone trying to learn, if I am practicing something specific, such as my preflop ranges then fast fold helps me to work on this quickly and get in a good amount of volume.

Also if you are disciplined you can sit out for a quick break, whereas I find with regular tables this is more problematic and takes longer to then sit back in.

Looks good, if villain was a nit I'd fold to the 3bet

Break it down into different concepts, learn a one bit at a time, follow up the learning with practice hands/quiz. e.g. I struggled a bit with cbetting so I started with unpaired rainbow boards BU vs BB and took it from there

Understanding your personal learning style may help you design a personalised system.

I felt like this too but solvers are so useful and there isnt really a good substitute. I'd wait for a black friday deal and buy an annual subscription

I forgot to add, I check fold alot when I miss the board, so i get out of the hand as early as possibly, check calling, check calling and then folding the river is the worst against these player types

I dont play heads up so I can't comment but I often see maniacs like these at 6 max. They build massive stacks or lose it all. I find that players find it hard to adjust to them and they just blast people off weak ranges.

I make these adjustments

Sometimes I move tables if they have position on me.
I slow play almost always, you have to sometimes grit your teeth and X/C when it gets dicey.
I am more aggressive with my weaker ranges as the first whiff of aggression and they often have the sense to fold.
I attack their weak ranges with more 3bets, 4bets.
I play tight

I think its fine, preflop and flop are standard, you could even check the flop.

When he raises the flop, you would think re- raising would only fold out his air hands/weaker flushes. So calling looks good

Turn, just caling seems fine.

river you might be against a villain who has the nut flush but is scared of full houses, you could consider a block bet, but depends on how villain reacts to them, he might raise (as he did on the flop to your small bet). Personally given the action I'd be checking back and making a note

Its good, at lower stakes I have to consider will they fold and quite often the answer is no

I liked 2 tables and the pausing and discussion. I would never think to x/r that river as a bluff

I read 'Mastering small stakes plo' by Fernando Habegger and its a good first step. I used it with some of the videos on ROI, I'd recommend the from the ground up course by Emty

I liked the video, and the indepth analysis at the end. I think a summary table at the end would have been great, eg pot all xx hands, 33% for QT hands plus x full houses, check Axxx, etc

I like the format and then going into some in-depth analysis. Think I might do my own learning like this

I thought this too so I checked it in a solver and it is a fold.

Great video, an area I struggle with. I'm still a bit confused by AQ hands on this board, seems to be a mixed strategy

I really enjoyed this video format, especially the live play with narrated thought processes. I think these types of videos every now and again inbetween theory videos is most helpful. I'd love a series about flop sc betting trategies but I see you seem to have made one. thanks

I think you should be checking I'd be worried about QQxx given the action and our hand, i.e. we block Kings (and AA) and we unblock Queens. We should have a polarity advantage for having the NFD so when we get x/r'd I'd expect more sets than anything else. Though I expected queens not 66s:)

It does look like a very strong line so folding isn't so bad, he probably has a set, 2 pair FD. You could consider calling given you have a 2 and a bdfd and have a T blocker. I often see a weird line at these stakes of players leading and then checking turn when they miss, if he pots agin you can easy fold. Good turn card for you are obviously an A, a spade a 2, possibly even a 9 if you can bluff using your T.

Hi yes I would recommend it, but I would recommend more Emtys videos for essential members, particularly his preflop ones. I read the book and watched Emty, I've gone from a breakeven player to a very high winrate over a small sample, maybe 20-30k hands.

You are probably way too lose preflop, tighten your ranges, especially in early position where you should be raising about 15% of hands, 30% from the CO and up to around 50% from the BU. If you see limpers, don't try and iso raise with crappy none nutty hands, like QTT2 or KK73, just fold. Micros is more about big fat nutted value and folding a lot. I'm currently beating 5-10plo for 10-20bb/100 and I'm still making many mistakes. People with spew off 100bbs or more with 0% equity, or like you with 10% equity, I'm on the other side with 90%.

I really like this last bit of advice, concentrate on frequent spots, what areas do you suggest?

yes this

Very often I bet the flop small, especially when holding a blocker and we have a polarity advantage as we are going to have the nut flush much more often than our opponent. I usually find I am only called with a flush or a set. As played you look like you play your hand face up and the river looks like a good sized value bet

I like the format, with live play and then a deeper look and the vision quiz. I'd like to see some of your preflop folds and rationale for those decisions. And it would be good to have a summary of the deeper look before you start the vision quiz at the end, so for this video is would say something like, sets pot, AJ pot, key blockers pot, weak 2 pair check etc

Hi thanks for this video, can I ask, how to we balance our check back range so if we are checking back AA27 on a KQ5 flop, but betting AAK2 on the same flop. How to we make sure the OOP player can't just bomb the turn on a non pairing high card?

Also my other question is what principles make you want to pot bet rather than half pot bet?

I am also looking into this issue, Emty made a good video here https://www.runitonce.com/poker-training/videos/thomas-emter-plo-how-do-we-study-and-improve-preflop/#/comment-326542 but i dont think the link works anymore to the preflop ranges suggested.