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Consequence #1: Facing Resteals (4:40)
Consequence #2: Seeing flops with weaker holdings (11:30)
Consequence #3: Developing a LAG image (12:55)
Switching Tables (17:45)
MED Add-on: The 3 Advantages (Card, Skill, Position) (20:35)
STUDY: PokerTracker 4 Facing 3bet Resteal Filters (24:55)
Challenge (26:20)
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Interview with Brad Wilson (2:00)
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Question #1 from Javier: 6-max Aggression (2:05)
Question #2 from Kedaran: Cold Calling (3:45)
Question #3 from Arthur: Bankroll Challenges (10:15)
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Steal Positional Analysis (2:55)
Stealing Ranges (6:40)
Blind Stealing Bet Sizing and Math (12:50)
Stealing vs Limpers (18:40)
STUDY: PokerTracker 4 Steal Filters (21:50)
Challenge (23:30)
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Question #1 from Oscar (2:25):
Do you have any idea what are the ranges to call against a 3 Bet? I am lost on that part, bro.
Question #2 from Tom Shock (12:00):
What poker podcasts do you listen to? Other than yours, of course.
Question #3 from Paul (14:30):
Hey Sky,
I’ve played poker going back to pre-Black Friday. I live in Jersey so mostly play online.
I wanna get better but haven’t put enough time in. Can’t afford Splitsuit’s hand reading course right now. I’m a break-even player at best, and need to think about ranges more!!
Any suggestions on how I can start improving my hand reading skills? Does Flopzilla give a tutorial on figuring out Ranges?
Thanks for your time and effort. Keep up the great work!! Your enthusiasm is infectious!
Paul
Question #4 from Gus (17:15):
Sky,
I’ve been reading Ed Miller’s “The Course,” after I heard about it on your podcast. What do you recommend doing to practice each Skill level? Are there any online poker sites you highly recommend to do this on? Or are there other methods your recommend?
Thanks, Gus
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Purposeful Practice (1:10)
Steal Popup (7:20)
Study: Confirm your own HUD and steal popup stats (18:25)
Challenge (19:20)
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If you put in the work, results will come. - Michael Jordan
What is blind stealing? (4:35)
Looking deeper at blind stealing (5:40)
Why is this a valuable skill to learn? (7:30)
Blind Stealing Mindset (11:20)
Opponent Types to Target (14:40)
Steal when it’s +EV to do so (17:40)
STUDY: Studying Blind Stealing Spots with Focus Sessions (18:10)
Challenge (19:30)
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Question #1 from Al (2:35) re: Math, Increasing Aggression & Pocket Pairs
Question #2 from Taaryn (8:45) re: Analyzing Your Game
Question #3 from Brian (15:15) re: Hand Reading
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‘The Third Factor That Turned Me Into a Winning Poker Player: I Learned to Get Inside The Villain’s Head.’ (3:10)
My Take (8:40)
1st Point: Observing Mistakes & Diving Deeper (9:30)
2nd Point: Taking Useful Notes (10:55)
Question from Rob (14:30)
Excellent post – and encouraging too, that all this “out of hand” observation will pay off. I use non play time to look for tells, but I should probably be observing betting size and approach compared to street and if seen, hand strength. I need a poker brain CPU and ram upgrade. lol
Any tips for fathoming the logic used by loose LAGs? I’m hunting for a strategy when OOP to an aggressive LAG. My plan is usually to enter with a good hand and let them fire into me, unfortunately the cards sometimes don’t come.
Appreciate your thoughts.
Podcast Challenge (17:45)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: In the next session you play, make an active effort to watch every hand at the table and make useful notes on your opp’s. Typing out hand history notes isn’t good enough. Classify them by player type, and note how you can exploit them.
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Post #1 from Mark (2:00):
Would like you guys thoughts on a question posed online today I answered and I been getting about 50% agreement and other half think I need to see a shrink. Guy says he has had a bad run in 1/2 live game. He has only 55$ left. adding any more to his stack is not an option. It folds to a very loose lady player who has turned over any 2 suited or any 2 the Broadway cards all night and will take them to the river. She raises to 15 and he has 77. There are 4 people left to act. What do you do?
Post #2 from John (7:00):
Had a deep run in the 25k on acr today. Took 45th, but I'm kind of curious what you guys think of the hand that knocked me out. I'm fairly positive that it was standard, but would like to hear some opinions.
Blinds are 8k/16k 800 ante. I have 340K start of hand. Hijack opens for 35k, I have him being a pretty solid opponent, wasn't getting out of line. I pick up AK spades on the button. I elect to 3 bet to 105k, he insta shoves all in, he has me covered. Do you call off there? If so why? If not why?
Post #3 from John (10:20):
Question for the group...You're playing an online MTT, 63 places get paid out of a field of 350ish.
65 people left, average stack is 20k, you have 18k and blinds ate 400/800 100 ante. Utg limps, utg+1 raises to 2400, he has 45k start of hand. You pick up JJ in the small blind. What's your play? Lemme also add that I just got moved to this table so I have no info on these players.
Post #4 from Sky (15:00):
Hey John, check out this hand. Very similar to yours, but I'm in the BB. I 3bet and TAG villain folded. Good result for JJ OOP I think. You can see their stats and I'd been at the table a while. It wasn't as close to the bubble as yours was, though, and I had a bit more chips (BB wise).
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Question 1 from Taaryn re: the double-barrel (2:00)
Question 2 from Joel Stott re: Flopzilla (6:35)
Question 3 from Anonymous re: Unregulated Online Poker (11:50)
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Podcast Mission (4:30)
My mission for today is to give you my list of the MED’s of Poker and to explain the rationale behind the items on the list and the order that they’re in. This way you can get started sooner rather than later studying all 10 items. The 1st should be studied before the 2nd, the 2nd before the 3rd, and so on. I will also give you a great resource to help you begin your studies into the first MED.
Answer this question for yourself and jot down your answers: What do you think the top 10 MED’s of poker are?
Introduction to the MED's of Poker (5:30)
Here’s the list of Poker’s Top 10 MED’s:
- Opening Theory and Ranges
- Stealing and the Math Associated
- 3bet Theory
- Blind Play
- Player Types and Tendencies
- Cbet Theory
- Post-flop Math - Odds & Outs and the maths associated
- Check Raises and Donk Bets (OOP Play)
- Hand Reading
- Poker mindset
MED #1-10: Descriptions and what to expect (8:10)
MED#1: Opening Theory and Ranges (13:40)
Podcast Challenge (16:30)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Remember that list of 10 MED’s I asked you to write at the beginning of the podcast during the mission? Well, let me know how and why your list differed from mine. I’d love to get your input into my list of Poker’s MED’s and how you would rather it be organized. Who knows, your input might open my eyes to something new I haven’t thought of. Kaizen in action, always working to improve and open to suggestions! Ganbatte!
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Question 1: Gaining Poker XP (3:20)
Question 2: Bubble Play (7:00)
Question 3: Blind Stealing (9:00)
Question 4: MTT TAG Play (19:00)
Question 5: Multiway Equity (21:00)
Question 6: ICM Considerations (24:15)
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Question 1 from Mike (2:20)
Good Afternoon Sky!
I have another question for you that might be an interesting topic to talk about.
As you know I host a bi-weekly relatively low buy-in poker tournament game with a big group of friends and acquaintances. Some of the more serious guys in my group and I are talking about getting a small group together every other week to talk about poker outside of actually playing a game. What types of things do you think would be good to go over? Any particular format you think would be more beneficial for the group to follow? Our plan right now is for everyone to bring at least one interesting hand they saw in a video, or a discussion from a podcast, or something they read in a poker book for us to debate/discuss or work on our math, etc.
Thanks again!
Mike @utgpoker on Instagram
Question 2 from Isaac (10:50)
What is your opening range for Microstakes MTTs?
Question 3 from Isaac (16:10)
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I answer 3 listener Q’s about playing in bounty tourneys, barreling your opponents off their hands and the perils of showing your hand unnecessarily.
Question 1 from Mike (3:00)
Good Afternoon Sky!
I am hosting a bounty tournament this weekend. I have never actually played in one, but have been thinking about the strategic implications of the bounty in relation to overall tournament “equity” (buy-in vs payouts) and ICM considerations. Do you have any thoughts on KO Bounty Tournaments and how to adjust?
Thanks
Question 2 from Ed (8:00)
Hi Sky,
Any thoughts on how far to take a c-bet?
When I open a pot I usually c-bet even if I miss the flop. If I get called I will barrel the turn and if called again, do I barrel the river? Or shut down by checking and folding if villain bets?
Ed
Question 3 from Tim (15:45)
Hello Sky,
I’ve been trying to play in a lot of small stakes daily NLHE tournaments at my local casino. Low buy-ins with lots of the same faces playing. Last night I felt like I was playing well until one hand and it got in my head. I kept dwelling on it afterwards and thinking about my table image and went all-in with a weak hand for 19th outta 50.
Here’s the hand that set me off: I was in late position. Blinds were 75/150. Four Limper’s ahead of me. I raised to 450 with QQ. Big blind and one other called. I flopped a set. I bet large, 2,000 because there were two clubs on the flop. The BB hesitated but called, the other guy folded. The turn was a club. The BB bet 4k.
I started thinking he caught the flush and I did end up folding. That might have been a mistake but for sure my mistake was showing my fold. I thought I was showing off a big fold to save face and ego or something.
The whole table started saying, “How could you fold that with the river still to come!?!” Even the dealer said he would have played that.
It got in my head and it was all downhill from there. I felt embarrassed.
What do you think?
-Tim
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I discuss the importance of asking great questions when studying and when playing poker. Voltaire said, “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”
Podcast Mission (3:30)
My mission for today is to teach you that the quality of your poker education is a result of the quality of the questions you ask. I’ll give you some great questions to ask yourself when hand reading your opponents, as well as spur you to start asking better questions to help you understand your opponents and their actions.
Asking the Right Questions (4:05)
Questions from 'The Hand Reading Lab'
What’s the worst _______ he’d open here?
How often will they fold to a 3bet?
Lots of question to ask on the flop
Practicing your question asking (14:10)
Quotes
“Knowledge is having the right answer. Intelligence is asking the right question.” – unknown
“Ignorance is a temporary affliction, remedied only by asking the right questions.” – Colin Wright: Exile Lifestyle is the blog of author, entrepreneur, and full-time traveler, Colin Wright
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire: Voltaire (real name François-Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778) was a French philosopher and writer of the Age of Enlightenment. His intelligence, wit and style made him one of France's greatest writers and philosophers.
“He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning.” – Danish Proverb
“No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.” – Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Astrophysicist
Podcast Challenge (16:20)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Make a list of questions that you could ask yourself on the river that will help guide your river approach. Take a situation of your choice: Maybe the flush completed, the board paired, an over card came, a seemingly unimportant card came, or whatever situation you want. Now, make a list of at least 3 questions to help guide your actions on the river. What knowledge will help you make the value bet, the bluff bet, the check raise, the check call or the check behind that’s correct in this instance? There are plenty of questions you could ask yourself to guide you to the correct strategy.
Send me your river questions via email and I’ll reply with the questions I like to ask myself on the river. Let’s learn together, you and me, taking our question asking skills to the next level!
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I show you how to count poker hand combos to aid your mathematical understanding of the game and the ranges of your opponents.
Podcast Mission (3:15)
My mission for today is to teach you how to count combos of hands in poker.
Take the time right now to answer these questions as a quick little test for yourself:
- How many hole card hands can you possibly be dealt in NLHE?
- How many ways can you be dealt JJ?
- How many ways can you be dealt TJ?
- The flop comes T92r, what hands have open-ended straight draws and how many combos of this draw are possible?
Total number of possible NLHE hands
Individual hands – possible combos of each
Board Interaction
Flush Draws
Card Removal or Blockers
How to practice combo counting
Podcast Challenge (18:30)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Count the combos your opponent might have in this scenario: You open with 88, he calls on the button. You estimate his calling range as 30% of hands, but he would normally 3bet JJ+ and AK, so you can take those out of his range b/c he just called your open. The flop comes down 672r. What hands and drawing hands might he have and how many combos of each?
- Sets
- 2pair
- Open-ended straight draws
- Gut shot draws
Send me your answer via email and I’ll reply with my own assessment of his possible combos. Let’s learn together, you and me, taking our combo counting game to the next level!
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In this episode I answer 3 listener Q’s about river calling when your gut says you shouldn’t, online rakeback, playing in capped games and practicing counting outs.
Question 1 from Philip (4:35) - River Calling
Question 2 from Michael (7:20) - Rakeback and Capped Games
Question 3 from Wendy (13:40) - Counting Outs
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I read a great article from BlackRain79 (Nathan Williams) on how to tilt your weak micro stakes opponents for maximum profit, and give additional insights into exploiting the weak.
'How to Tilt Lesser-Skilled Players at the Lower Stakes’ by Nathan "BlackRain79" Williams
My Thoughts (9:10)
Podcast Challenge (14:55)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: In the next session you play, pick a weak player and purposefully try to tilt them. Follow what BlackRain79 says here and do the following:
- Play IP
- Raise with anything playable without agro players to your left
- Cbet a ton (especially in the beginning)
- Don’t pay off with crap hands when they start committing chips to the pot with bets and raises
- Go for lots of value with good hands when they appear to start tilting
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I show you how to figure out your opponent’s 3bet continuance ranges; the hands they call your 3bets with and what they 4bet with. We'll cover the HUD stats most useful for this, as well as 3 questions to answer as you use Flopzilla for the heavy lifting.
Podcast Mission (3:40)
My mission for today is to teach you how to logically create your opponent’s 3bet calling and 4betting ranges.
Take the time right now to answer these questions for yourself before we get to the meat of today’s podcast
- Why should I consider what my opponent continues with vs my 3bet?
- What HUD statistics should help me determine his continuance ranges?
- How do I determine what my opponent’s continue with?
Why should I consider what my opponent continues with vs my 3bet? (4:35)
What HUD statistics should help me determine his continuance ranges? (7:05)
How do I determine what my opponent’s continue with vs my 3bet? (12:05)
Podcast Challenge (21:30)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Run through this exact same process again, but this time we’ll make it a simpler scenario. You’re up against a TAG player who opens 14% from UTG. You 3bet from the BTN. His stats say he folds to 3bets 85% of the time, and 4bets 4% of the time. What does he continue with? Send me your answer via email and I’ll reply with my own assessment of his 3bet calling and 4betting ranges. Let’s learn together, you and me, taking our 3betting games to a new level!
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I answer 2 listener Q’s about how to start the hand reading journey and where to go for some limit holdem learning.
Question 1 from myself (1:25)
Question 2 from Gerald Pervall (2:45)
Question 3 from Angelo (11:30)
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I answer 3 listener Q’s about the legality of online poker in the US, plugging LIVE poker leaks and the study habits of the pros.
Question 1 from Wendy (1:20)
Hi Sky!
I wanted to support you on Patreon because I really appreciate your attitude. I want to start playing poker online but I’m really scared to start. I want to start at the smallest level possible and work my way up. I’ve been listening to your podcasts and doing extra research on things like poker software and, as I told you before, various different ways to calculate the math. The thing I most appreciate about your approach is you emphasize the value of studying and testing one thing at a time. 
I don’t really understand the legal stuff either since I’m in Virginia and I don’t know if I can play for money if I log in from this state?
Thanks so much, Wendy
Question 2 from Gerald (5:10)
Hi Sky,
I have a question that could, maybe, be a podcast discussion.
I hear a lot about fixing leaks but my question is, how do we find our leaks? I am, primarily, a live player so I don’t have stats, numbers, HH or spreadsheets to look at.
Any help with pin pointing leaks as a live player would be GREAT!!
Keep up the good work. Love your podcasts,
Gerald
Question 3 from Jim (8:55)
Sky,
I’ve read where Pro Poker players spend most of their time studying poker, not playing
What exactly are they studying?
Thanks, Jim
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Podcast Mission (2:50)
My mission for today is to teach you about having a growth mindset when it comes to hand reading. Hand reading is a skill you can develop, not some gift given only to a select few poker geniuses. With hand reading you’ll often be incorrect, but having that growth mindset in place will propel you to learn from your mistakes.
A growth mindset vs a fixed mindset (3:25)
Growth mindset within the rest of poker (11:55)
Podcast Challenge (17:20)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Assess whether or not you have a fixed mindset regarding any part of poker. Do you avoid playing suited connectors or pocket pairs because of a few bad experiences? Do you fold every BB because you don’t know how to defend and don’t want to look like a fool? Do you never check-raise or cbet OOP or 3bet pre-flop or even bluff because you’re scared of making a mistake and losing chips? If you answer yes to any of these, then you’ve found an area where you may have a fixed mindset which limits your growth. Resolve to get over this, learn new skills, attempt scary or new plays and be willing to make mistakes. Develop that growth mindset and take your game to the next level.
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I answer 3 listener Q’s about pre-flop calling ranges, learning from hand showdowns on Americas Cardroom and playing SNG’s at the WSOP.
Question 1 from Kris (1:20)
Sky, I enjoyed listening to your podcast and it is very helpful to think of this subject because the more I contemplate on it the more I realize I have never actually done it. How much does the tight EP opener open for?
So here’s my answer:
- If the EP raiser is tight passive I’m certainly going to open my calling range wider while 3 betting light a little more of the time
- If the EP raiser is a standard TAG this is my calling range: (I would only call a percentage of the time to mix up my game) 22-QQ, 54s-AKs, 64s-AQs, A4s-A6s
I would occasionally 3 bet light if I had a physical read on the player and if the antes have kicked in. With the above range I’m a 44% dog vs the top 15% of ranges, but if I flop well then my hand is disguised plus I can outplay the opp on the flop.
With 100bb stacks, implied odds are still there to a certain extent but I still feel there are a few more variables that play into my decision. Well I look forward to reading your response.
Thanks, Kris
Question 2 from Herodotis (8:05)
Hello Sky,
I really love the podcast and you have motivated me to take my poker study to a new level. I am looking for a bit of help filtering hands from ACR in PT4. Problem is that when I am away from the table ranging opponents, when I get to the showdown only some of my opponents hands show up. I know that ACR does not show mucked hands but is there some sort of way I can filter out the hands that will not be shown at showdown. Right now I have it set to only filter hands that went to showdown that I lost because all of those hands show up. However, I am looking for something that will help me study my winning hands as well. Also I am looking for something to tell me if my position versus position cold calling ranges are too tight or too loose. I know this is a situational question but I am hoping you might cover these types of cold calling ranges versus a typical TAG.
Thanks for what you do and keep on keepin on.
Very Respectfully, HERODOTUS
Question 3 from Scott (14:45)
Binked a single table and made a deal. Have $500 lammer I don’t know how to sell. Ideas?
– Scott
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Today I teach you why exploring your pre-flop calling ranges will improve your frequencies and give you better insight into your opp’s pre-flop hand ranges.
Podcast Mission (2:20)
My mission for today is to show you how important it is to explore your own pre-flop ranges, and how you can go about doing so by yourself away from the tables. Take the time right now to answer these questions for yourself before we get to the meat of the today’s podcast:
- Why would exploring my own pre-flop calling ranges improve my poker skills?
- How can I explore my pre-flop calling ranges on my own?
Why would exploring my own pre-flop calling ranges improve my poker skills? (3:00)
How can I explore my pre-flop calling ranges on my own? (12:05)
Podcast Challenge (19:35)
Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: Get started figuring out your own pre-flop calling ranges with this very common situation: You’ve got 100bb’s, on the BTN vs a tight EP opener. We face this all the time, so what would you call with? Figure this out for yourself and let me know your answer via email. I’ll respond with my own calling range here. Maybe we can learn a little something from each other.
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