Essential Pro
Paul Gough
Paul Gough reviews a session at $200NL and discusses the hands with the benefit of hindsight.
Nov. 14, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough explores the most common situation in button v BB and discusses how to approach scenarios where you suspect to be facing a range bet on King, Jack, and Queen-high boards from villain.
Oct. 20, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough loads up hands in the replayer that didn't go his way and looks for things he could have done differently.
Oct. 10, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough continues to review a session at the micro stakes and discusses player archetypes, rake, and other factors impacting all of the decisions throughout a hand.
Aug. 15, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough drops it down to the $10 tables and talks about how the play differs substantially at these stakes and how to best set yourself up for success.
July 25, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough continues to review a session at low stakes and furthers the discussion on player pool tendencies, the impact of high rake, and the best course of action when playing against poor players.
July 8, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough drops it down to the micros and discusses the best approach for these games where player types can vary dramatically and the rake can be a gigantic factor.
June 20, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough continues his series on polarized c-betting, this time utilizing PIO to put theory into practice. Throughout the video he discusses how implementing this bet sizing approach can prove useful especially against opponents at lower stakes.
May 27, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough provides a theoretical breakdown on how and why to implement a polarized c-betting strategy on selected Ace high boards as well as how to counter facing this strategy. The video doesn't stop at the flop decisions. We further try to establish a more holistic understanding of how the polarized flop strategy changes things on turns and rivers.
May 6, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough looks at hands supplied by a student of his who competes at NL25 to explore turn probe scenarios particularly at lower stakes where the behavior of our opponents varies greatly from what the solver suggests.
April 4, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough takes a page out of Patrick Sekinger's book by having a look in his database for hands where he VPIP'd and saw the flop and breaks them down in a fast paced format.
March 14, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough played a short session of about 60 hands and decides to review everything including preflop folds to garner any information including from hands that are seemingly simplistic situations.
Feb. 21, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough explores ways that you can have an impact on your "luck" at the tables first defining the term and then jumping into practices that can have a real benefit to our bottom line.
Jan. 22, 2024 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough offers his take on playing live poker and some of the most crucial things to consider when transitioning from online. The video expands on some concepts introduced in a former video by Paul Atwal that you can check out here.
Dec. 31, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough continues his review of smokescreen with an emphasis on preflop.
Dec. 14, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough reviews footage submitted by RIO Essential member Smokescreen and touches on all aspects of the session including the impact of rake at this stake, the stats and HUD of our hero, as well as his general approach.
Nov. 20, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough seeks to simplify the process of studying with solvers and is an excellent starting point for players that may have a lot of experience in poker but haven't taken to solvers to work on their game.
Oct. 18, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough grabs a selection of hands from a student playing a mix of full ring and 6-max and breaks down the action seeking for individual lessons as well as heuristics that can be applied globally.
Sept. 21, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough offers some tips for what should be going on in your mind during a hand and how a clear thought process can be hugely beneficial to your bottom line.
Aug. 31, 2023 | 5 p.m.
Paul Gough makes his Run It Once debut first offering an introduction to his poker background before diving into a HH review where he attempts to utilize all the information available to guide him to the best decision available.