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Cards Chat's best kept secret for winning at cash games is in my opinion the help and support of cash games professional John Anhalt.
If anyone stumbles across this post and for any regular readers who don't use his services I just want to say a bit about John Anhalt (John A on CC).

John is an experienced, full-time, poker professional who set up a thread in CC called 'Polished Poker', it’s an active thread with links to his free poker ebook 'Polished Poker'. The contents of the book are discussed in the thread and it is a gold mine of good cash games poker advice. I have been following the thread since Sept 2013 and it is the main reason I am a consistent winning player and never had to reload. Regular contributors to the thread have created a sweating group for improvement and further discussion. Currently this is in Skype but may move to a more stable platform soon.

John is in my humble opinion one of the most knowledgeable cash games professionals in the business and if you can use his material or listen to his advice then it will be to your benefit. I have no doubt that the primary source of his poker wisdom comes from the extra knowledge gleaned whilst creating his Leakbuster software for poker analysis. Leakbuster is a software that analyses your game for leaks in minutes in a way that would take hours using HM2 filters. John understands the best stat ranges for all aspects of the game and If you use Leakbuster you too will start to understand what ranges are best and why.

Clearly the fastest way to improve your win rate is to eliminate your largest leaks and Leakbuster continually rammed home what I knew and suspected were my biggest weakness, as well as uncovering all my other little leaks that you don't know are lurking without being highlighted by the software. I believe Leakbuster is currently having a graphics makeover to bring it right bang up to date.

Since using Leakbuster I have gone on to use his Ace Poker Drills package which is excellent for promoting correct preflop ranges and discipline and comes with an easy to use intuitive equity calculator that I still use on an almost daily basis.
The merger of Pokertracker and Holdem Manager created a bit of a monopoly in the poker tracking and analysis sector. John has bravely gone ahead and developed a direct competitor to PT4 and HM2 called DriveHud. This is a fine product with stunning up to the moment graphics and if you currently don’t use a tracker but are interested in getting one, I would advise you to look at DriveHud first. HM3 when it comes out is expected to be a lease product that will almost certainly be more expensive than DriveHud, you very likely won’t be paying a one off fee for a lifetime use like HM2 anymore.
I have seen John posting for free around the Cards Chat cash games forums for several years and I have never known him to give a bad piece of advice over hundreds of posts, he always seems to be spot on the money.

John also has a blog thread on CC which is packed full of free training videos and material. He also is associated to the Poker Zion training site which has been around for some years and is now having its content brought up to date. And no he didn't pay me to write this, I'm just an enthusiastic fan looking to direct CC members to good advice and get the sweat group revved up again if anyone wants to join then PM me your skype details.
 
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I am posting this so I can easily find this thread when I get home. I am stuck at the DMV right now so I can't really do much research into the topics of this post, but I definitely want to look further into this stuff and this guy. Thank you for the post.
 
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What is this BS?
Nothing in life is "best and free" including poker education. All is bologna.
 
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What is this BS?
Nothing in life is "best and free" including poker education. All is bologna.

John's polished poker book is free and as good as anything out there....rudeboy I'm trying to do you a favour not trying to be insulted.:(
 
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John's polished poker book is free and as good as anything out there....rudeboy I'm trying to do you a favour not trying to be insulted.:(

hey, Dude Frigaroo

I'm not insulting anybody. I have all the respect of the dudes like yourself that plays 1/2c LOL ...LOL games on your kitchen table by yourself. LOL...LOL...ha..ha ha:congrats:

Come to Vegas and we will clean you up :banghead:

Oh, by the way,... Bring some free books from your master hero instructor turned pro in 2/4c action player....
Ha ha ha ha ha ...LOL

:as4::ks4::hello:
 
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hey, Dude Frigaroo

I'm not insulting anybody. I have all the respect of the dudes like yourself that plays 1/2c LOL ...LOL games on your kitchen table by yourself. LOL...LOL...ha..ha ha:congrats:

Come to Vegas and we will clean you up :banghead:

Oh, by the way,... Bring some free books from your master hero instructor turned pro in 2/4c action player....
Ha ha ha ha ha ...LOL

:as4::ks4::hello:
Looks like you need to purchase some books on respect. Who are you to impugn on the good grace of members using this forum for what it was meant for? I suggest you leave your attitude at your keyboard or you won't find yourself having a very good time here.
 
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Thanks for the info fiaroo2, i will be looking into the drive hud this summer.
 
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Looks like you need to purchase some books on respect. Who are you to impugn on the good grace of members using this forum for what it was meant for? I suggest you leave your attitude at your keyboard or you won't find yourself having a very good time here.

But why "free books" :questionm


:as4::ks4::ridinghor
 
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What is this BS?
Nothing in life is "best and free" including poker education. .

Here are the links
http://pokerbythebook.com/Free_poker_ebook.php

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/polished-poker-vol-i-study-group-227214//

Well clearly if you are some sort of LV professional then this might be a little basic for you but it is FREE and excellent for beginners and improvers.

Clearly John provides this book free in the hopes that you might then buy some of his other products which are not free. But the point is I have used nearly all his products and can vouch for the quality of them.

The fact that you even bothered to join this site and look at the post suggests you are still looking to improve though.
Now please just stop being such a negative ....
 
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hey, Dude Frigaroo

I'm not insulting anybody. I have all the respect of the dudes like yourself that plays 1/2c LOL ...LOL games on your kitchen table by yourself. LOL...LOL...ha..ha ha:congrats:

Come to Vegas and we will clean you up :banghead:

Oh, by the way,... Bring some free books from your master hero instructor turned pro in 2/4c action player....
Ha ha ha ha ha ...LOL

:as4::ks4::hello:

It's an interesting part of human nature when people feel the need to tear others down isn't it? Especially in an internet forum where you can just easily ignore it and move on.

Fig is a very solid player. You should listen to him as he's watched and been a member of nearly every site out there. He's also just a solid PERSON, and someone anyone would benefit from knowing. On top of that he's a winning poker player.

As far as me... I don't claim to be the worlds best player. But I think I'm a pretty solid and consistent winning cash game player online and live. Online alone I've won well over $350k mostly playing part time, and live that's between me and the IRS. lol I've literally helped over 80k+ players with their cash games over the years through my software and free advice I offer out on here. Probably more, but it's hard to completely quantify.

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I'm sure you're a beast of a poker player. Most really good poker players I know tend to go out to attack other players they don't even know.

Any ways, happy Sunday everyone!
 
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Thanks for sharing. If it's free, it's for me. I will definitely check out your products and read your ebook. I am always ready to learn more or new tactics or thoughts. My cash game definitely needs some help.
 
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Thanks for this!

I'll be slowly transitioning from online micro MTTs back to live 200nl, where I first started playing, by Jan 2018 and looking to just absorb as much cash game info as I can while I save up a BR.

I think this will be a great spot to start.
 
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Thanks for sharing. If it's free, it's for me. I will definitely check out your products and read your ebook. I am always ready to learn more or new tactics or thoughts. My cash game definitely needs some help.

The CC thread we have for polished poker is a good resource. I invite anyone to go there, post questions, and post hands. We do reviews, we have a skype group, and we mentor as many players that want to learn how to win consistently.

It's a good free resource, and everyone is invited.
 
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I do believe John is a great resource and I know figaroo trusts him with his poker life. I've never personally used any of it but you do have a loyal following so I do trust it's a good resources.

side question, other than the free stuff, do you charge for anything John? Are there special services or something on the side that you profit from? Not that I'm saying this was designed for you to sell something but just curious
 
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I hope I will play like you, too
 
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Knowledge is Power

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John A & Figaroo =I want to say thanks for sharing this info with me because IMO, we should all try to learn something new everyday. I will surely get around to add it to my vault and hopefully become a well polished player.

P.S. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

V/r,

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I do believe John is a great resource and I know figaroo trusts him with his poker life. I've never personally used any of it but you do have a loyal following so I do trust it's a good resources.

side question, other than the free stuff, do you charge for anything John? Are there special services or something on the side that you profit from? Not that I'm saying this was designed for you to sell something but just curious

I think John's signature answers your question :D
 
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Does anyone use the HUD and leakbusters to comment on the value of it?

Also does it have Omaha modules?
 
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Thanks for information. Must study it. :)
 
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Leakbuster definitely has an Omaha module. Never used it myself though. I have a drivehud licence but again never used it for Omaha
 
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It's an interesting part of human nature when people feel the need to tear others down isn't it? Especially in an internet forum where you can just easily ignore it and move on.

Fig is a very solid player. You should listen to him as he's watched and been a member of nearly every site out there. He's also just a solid PERSON, and someone anyone would benefit from knowing. On top of that he's a winning poker player.

As far as me... I don't claim to be the worlds best player. But I think I'm a pretty solid and consistent winning cash game player online and live. Online alone I've won well over $350k mostly playing part time, and live that's between me and the IRS. lol I've literally helped over 80k+ players with their cash games over the years through my software and free advice I offer out on here. Probably more, but it's hard to completely quantify.

https://s11.postimg.org/nd6oa47zn/John_Astats.png

I'm sure you're a beast of a poker player. Most really good poker players I know tend to go out to attack other players they don't even know.

Any ways, happy Sunday everyone!

how that program is called? i want to check it too. btw nice winnigs bro!;)
 
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John A & Figaroo =I want to say thanks for sharing this info with me because IMO, we should all try to learn something new everyday. I will surely get around to add it to my vault and hopefully become a well polished player.

P.S. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

V/r,

SHERMSTICK

Just wanted to say ''ditto'' to this. I appreciate any ''free advice'', especially from good players. Thanks, and I am also glad to see the sad guy banned. Negative people suck, and I love the fact that it is not tolerated here; makes newbies much more comfortable. I have only been here for a week or so, but I have already learned so much, and have only scratched the surface of the information available here. Thanks again!

Now, off to try to improve my cash game.....
 
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