So_Nitty

I've watched so many of your excellent vids wo commenting but wanted to thank you for the so detailed analysis of each action, bet & sizing according to your thoughts about range vs range and what you are trying to accomplish with each action. I feel as if I've become a better player just by watching and absorbed so much that can even help me at the micros where I'm playing against seriously unbalanced strat. Know I should be doing my own work in solvers but feel as if the time I have is well spent learning from your vids

What a wonderful vid. I'm ashamed to say that when I first saw the format I was disappointed thinking "we can't see any hole cards" but as soon as you started talking about ranges and the frequencies it became completely unimportant what they actually had. The few hands that went to SD I really didn't care by that point bc the hand had been so thoroughly analyzed that the actual cards were simply a small part of their overall range. The discussion of bet sizing was also so interesting. Thank you so much

I agree......I had lots of discipline for a long time but if you lose faith it's not as useful

Discipline

Enjoying this series so much.....fun to watch these guys play anytime but so much better with Phil explaining the dynamics at the table. More please

Having good hard workouts usually helps me have a deep dark sleep at night.......exhaustion usually helps and as I get fitter I will naturally get better performance and need less and less sleep overall. Too much sitting and poker leads to fitful and short sleep but in a negative way I find.

Amazing.....and he knew exactly what he had

How wonderful! Thank you for sharing the lovely picture. Best wishes and congratulations on your wedding and publishing your book. Look forward to the English version.

Would you share some of your insights into mixed games....it seems a few of us are starting to play them and I agree they are a lot fun to learn. Somewhat confusing sometimes though especially the stud variants

Lots of good players have quit this game because fish can call against the nuts like top set and suck out so often...it takes a lot of time and hard work to get good at this game but the edges are small. That's why it's better to play at regular tables where u will have lots of chances to get your money back against this guy. Odds Oracle says you were about 60/40 preflop and indeed about 84/16 otf which is a huge favorite. Very seldom completely dead in Omaha though. Absolutely terrible call by him. Over time you would clean him out

I think there is some truth in this though.....the player pool tends to be much tighter (when I look at the players to the flop in the Zoom pool is tends to be 26-27% as opposed to as high as 45-60% at some regular tables at 5-10z where most people will be learning the game) so it encourages you to play much tighter as it's difficult playing a wider range even IP when you can be dominated so often. Because u usually zip out of the hand once you fold you don't get to see how the hand develops and how people play as much as you do if you are paying attention at a regular table. There simply aren't as many loose and otherwise unbalanced players to learn to exploit and you don't get to develop as many reads on players until you have many thousands of hands in. My win rate at regular tables is MUCH higher than in zoom pools.

Demonstrating commitment, intelligence, a love of the game and willingness to help others made them popular but this shouldn't work against them and neither should being friends. IMO receiving compensation doesn't necessarily mean you are unduly influenced either.

Ken Lo Mixed Games

You could try this one. Starts from the basics and offers some strategy suggestions

That must have been so much fun!

K I bought Pio Solver basic as they will allow you to upgrade it in the future and I wanted to try it but I'm having trouble getting started.....is anyone starting out that has it that would like to commit to a skype group (2 or 3 max) to get started? Maybe meet every couple of days to start with? I feel as if I would do better if I was committed to some kind of schedule. Or alternatively if someone is competent and would offer very reasonable coaching rates to teach the basics please pm me

Wonderful answer Zenfish......thank u for taking the time to do this

Lol "The Brain"? U mean u can play hands against it?

So just based on some quick research it seems that the solver suggests very balanced lines giving great weight to BD draws and bluffs......has it significantly changed the way that you play? I've seen some vids where pros were really surprised at some of the results. I get that by studying it you can start to understand why it is doing what it is doing......but how much do you implement it in your day to day play?

I have a SSD i7 processor with 24 gb of ram.....I can only add another 8 gb - will this make much difference in what I can run in Pio?

I tried Snagit first but it's not really ideal for recording videos longer than about 10 minutes

Message Tom

Yes in 6 max if I saw someone limping from the BN I would think it pretty fishy. It's more about stealing in 6 max I think

I've really concentrated on playing a fairly tight strategy at 6 max tables and haven't really played any HU plo. Do you think that HU strat from these vids can be applied to 6 max situations like BN opening vs BB or does the game flow of a HU match change all of the dynamics? That would be a case of a wide range vs another fairly wide range right?

Netflix

It's a 3 season series.....and the quality stays very good - starting Season 3 now

Hell on Wheels was really good....enjoyed all of the seasons particularly the first.....started watching Hannibal which I had always refused to watch bc of the grisly material....strangely enough it has gotten me back into cooking.....the food preparation scenes were so lovely and shopping with care and mindfully preparing meals is awesome. Very funny side effect

Thank you Leo that was wonderful! Ola please come back and see us again. The interplay between the two of you was really good

Recommend Jen Shahade's vids for tips and general strategy

We're not beating anything in his value betting range and there are no obvious draws that missed (except I guess the low wrap which is quite possible in BB range). If I know that villain is capable of a big bluff very light then I consider using my bluff catchers but absent of reads this usually means a pretty good hand but as you can probably guess I'm on the nitty side

Without specific reads on villain I let this go