TimDog

Well you have to consider what form of training you want. If u wanna get a quick REview of hands while understanding ranges better and how they interact etc i think PJ is just the best way.
If you are very advanced in your approach and want to get a better feel for equilibrium strategies and how to build more balanced strategies than u prolly wanna check out a solver.

Is alien_slayer actually still coaching ?

on 34:00 Hero opens KKJ9ss .. BTN calls and SB Squeezes. How do you approach this Spot? Looking at this spot with PPT there just arent much good scenarios for us. I think our particular hand plays really bad vs both of these ranges and our position is also bad.

I think the approach you take is good. And i am kind of in the same situation.
But i think starting with certain specific Handtypes can lead to a lot of confusion and is easily overwhelming. Start by positions and try to come up with a solid foundation or reasoning for what factors or criteria a hand must fit for you to open it. That way your thoughts have a more holistic approach.

fold on Flop vs Cbet
you are not going to make money by floating with 2BdDraws against a SB 3b vs CO Range
( i assume these 3b Ranges are pretty tight and strong at NL25)

just a thought: Maybe these mental game issues are (at a deep level) a sign that your body/subconcious mind/soul (whatever u wanna call it) feels that playing poker is not for you.. or at least you are not really convinced that this activity (a cardgame) should be predominant in your life bc it doesnt provide much purpose other than earning money. Maybe deep down in your 'heart' you actually want to do something else in&with your life.
Just a quick thought i had lately.

Is the intention of your statement to hurt Nick personally or do you really care about the struggling players that are interested in his program? If its the latter than how exactly do you know his results and why would his results on one specific site even matter to aspiring CFP players ?

I'd rather argue that without guidance and mentoring from an experienced mentor the 3000+ videos on this (or any) site wont help beginners that much. Its like watching nba wont make you better at playing basketball without proper training.

Don't try to read too much into his betsizing. Ur thought process is something like.. hey 1.37 is pretty large bet so he is potentially polarized to very strong hands and air. But he would bet the flop with very strong hands so he might just have bluffs otr. But i'd recomment not to level yourself here.. he is a very tight player and his 3b calling range is very narrow and hits this board really hard. If he is bluffing you with ATss here fine.. he can.. his range has a lot of made hands.

" I absolutely hate buying in for less then the maximum as these games are very soft and i like to play a lot of pots with these incredibly bad players. "

To me it sounds like you are a little over your head and might be to stubborn to admit it. Sorry not meant personally. You say you dont find most vids on rio educational bc its suited for online poker.. i'd say it doesn't matter. It's is (nearly) the same game just with a different playerpool. You still need your fundamentals like solid preflop ranges and relative handstrengths etc. You'll just need to adapt the thought process and than match it on your environment.

Buying in for the max can be maxEV for you when you're able to apply pressure in certaint spots and if are in general good in deep stack play. ZachFreeman and GMan have good content for live situations. You might check their vids first.
Still you need to work on fundamentals.. they also give you more confidence in your decision making.

Folding preflop 4 sure. (think about the rake)
now calling Flop and proceed cautiously

@Mancuso etc
What exactly are you evaluating on the river ?
What are your thoughts in earlier streets ?
Do you have a different plan for different rivers ?

As WM2K and others already mentioned is that you have a range advantage and could easily bet the flop here. Your assumption is that he never bluffs turn ? Like posters above have said that folding AJ could be exploited heavily. I'm not saying that folding is wrong but you got to have some strong reads on your reg-tendencies. So i cant really give you an answer here but the direction where you find an answer is probably in your database. You need to analyse what others are doing. If you wanna find a GTO solution you can use solvers.

Sounds like a really good exercise.
What software do you use when going over a hand?

I think its fine.

How big is the sample on this player ?
I dont think that setmining is profitable here since you have to call a big raise and still have CO behind you.

I think that your thoughtprocess is kinda flawed.. u didnt want to 3b him bc his F23b is 73%. That is not really an argument bc what exactly does it tell you? Just as an example you might find an argument for flatting bc he cbets too much from oop, or has a tendency to overplay TP hands, or gives up a lot postflop oop etc etc. That way you would have a better understanding of why you play your hand in this way and why you think it has more EV compared to 3betting.

I think you should just call down. There will be bluffs like JT 89ss ATss T9ss and obv AK splitpots.

Pretty strange spot.. i really wanna shove bc ppl cant fold flushes nor Str8's. But the argument for just calling or minraising are valid imo.

The amount of videos and content nowadays is really overwhelming for most beginners. I do think that you should focus more on studying aka learn the crucial basic concepts and the way of thinking about poker. Watching other guys play can be valuable but only if you really try and think about what the coach is telling you. If you just watch someone play 4tables for an hour you consumed too much unstructured information and it will have no positive impact on your game.
Take your time.. start with a preflop gameplan and the concept of handstrenght. Keep asking questions and read others posts too.
If you just play mindlessly you will be stuck in micros for a long time.
Steve Paul has a lot of great content for beginners. He'd be a good starting point.

Good luck with your journey.

I tend to raise a bit bigger and then happily bet all 3 streets.

You seem to have a general read on this guy or at most funplayers in your pool to assume that you can float 87 on the flop ?
Personally i would not do it bc i feel these are not the type of spots where i make money from but if you have a solid read then the float + turnbet should be ok. But after he calls turn i give up.

My thoughts would be that i'd isolate bigger to get more money in preflop. His stats suggest that he doesnt fold anything that he wants to play.
I kinda like your check on flop with the reasoning of calling down. But if i'm not sure if he's that stabby / aggressivly betting vs checks i'd just bet myself. You can vary between small to induce or just betting big. I tend to just bet big here without more reads on his funlevel.
Now given your line you wanna calldown: he should have lots of missed draws and random stuff (53 54 78 etc) and maybe even worse for Value.

True! The quality of his thought process in this these handreviews is excellent. Some of it is just way above my level and i need to rewatch it several times. It definitly helped me in order to get a structure for my own thoughts and the priorities that i need to set. Thanks for the great work on RIO and pokerdetox!

Def looking forward purchasing your latest package. I dont think i have ever seen a better qualification / recommendation as a coach than your blogs and videos.

only for training purpose imo
otherwise it's just way too expensive on nl50 @ .fr

well played

i'd consider leading Flop vs passiv/cautious players

Good Luck!
I'm taking a similar route.. altough i like switching between NLH & PLO. But keeping NLH on a high level while getting better at PLO is very challenging and costs a lot of time.

I think the 40bb idea to take shots is good.. learning to play a shorter stack is really useful for other formats ( also i think most players dont know much about 40bb plo)

i agree with paragigm24 here
i think without backup with a BDFD or str8 draw it is not a great spot to get stacks in. Altough its hard to give BTN a decent range here..

I think its a good hand to call bc we dont block his draws.
Obv Qj is a concern but dont think that most of players in a 16.5 barrel turn with that hand. I even see a lot of players checkin back A4 on river.

I like the flat pre (a small 4b to isolate is also fine imo).
Fish usually cbet too much or if they check they almost never fold to a bet. You dont have to bet here but i think it is def not a mistake as other posters said.

When he calls you should tend to realise your Eq here. The small under 1/2 pot bet has close to 0 FE vs his range . All low PP will call again and AK calls more often vs this bet versus a 17$ bet. So i guess this is burning money.. you can realise your EQ.

River is a clear Valuebet.. Jamming seems fine and gets most Value from Tx. U could size a little smaller and try smaller PP to also call you. But im not sure how low you have to go so that he beginns calling with 88 99.