ChickenArise
Legend
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do you have a sample chapter posted anywhere?Hi all - very keen for any feedback, comments or questions on the book. It's now starting to sell well on Amazon so hopefully can have some good discussion here
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professor_poker
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If you find it on Amazon it has a "Look inside" feature which has some pages you can read
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professor_poker
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Thankyou - and I do think that any player can read my book, although it is best aimed at those that already have a good grasp of the basics and want to push on.
As for whether it can make you a winning player - no book should ever claim that it will definitely make you a winning player - there are so many more factors to making a winning player than just following the advice of one book. The book does have some good advice on where to play, the mental state you need to be in, and some very useful strategies to maximise your profits. However, there will always be some players who lack discipline and wont win whatever they read and its always important to learn from a variety of sources. Hope that helps!
ChickenArise
Legend
Bronze Level
Thank you. Im checking it out now. Quick general question about your philosophy.
Is the currently accepted standard way people defend their blinds in Texas Hold Em Tournament the view you agree with or do you think it is an over defended spot in modern poker theory?
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professor_poker
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That's good to hear, I hope you enjoy it.
In terms of your question on the blinds - it depends on which dynamics you're talking about. I don't like the way they're dealt with by a lot of players at mid stakes, deep stacks - where I think there's a lot of emphasis on GTO for a very low % of stack and overall win rate (what I mean is you can waste a lot of time studying but it wont materially improve win rates). But if you find yourself short and against strong opponents a lot (maybe playing high stakes hyper - turbos online), then you have more of an incentive to build a proper range to defend your blinds.
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professor_poker
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Yes - I agree - that is one of the key philosophies - putting players in tough spots so they can't find a GTO response easily. I think players have a lot more incentive to try and find these tough spots, rather than perfecting a GTO strategy an extra few %
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pokerguy79
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That is absolutely correct
I can first hand tell you that you can spot patterns easily in the RNG for instance. When you keep raising all the time in a cash game you will 80% of the time keep getting good cards cuz the higher you raise the pots the more money they make out of the rake remember it's a business first you don't get two s**** about your poker skills. And in a tournament how many times have you seen somebody play completely tight and I'm talking about in a big tournament then shove all in with an 82 offsuit and the flock comes 882 or how many times have you seen six all ins just for the person with the most chips but the worst hand wins the whole thing . How many times did you make an unexpected call and then the river pauses for like 10 seconds as they try to find a card to beat you and then that card comes out and I'm talking about the only card that could come out to beat you. And how many times have you had somebody call you and there's no reason why anybody would ever make that call ever regardless of whatever theory you want to throw unless they knew that one card was coming because it's the only thing that makes sense. you're not battling each other you're battling the RNG and as long as it's a program there's no way it can be truly random. This is why they have live blackjack dealers and whenever they give you a bonus you can only use it on their RNG blackjack but you can't use it on the live ones and you want to know why because they know the RNG is rigged and if that doesn't sum this whole thing up nothing will. And you can't even deny it because it's true 100% if you get a blackjack bonus say it like bet online you can only use it in their classic cuz you know you cannot use it on the live dealers. Because they're RNG will beat you they know you have a chance against the live dealers and people aren't going to keep betting $500 to $1,000 at a time against an RNG and they know that. Yes this was a mic drop people and yes I just did that!!!!!!!!!!!!
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professor_poker
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I have a database of over 2 million hands I've played across pokerstars, partypoker, iPoker and 888. Across that sample, there is absolutely nothing out of line in terms of the frequencies of certain hands winning/losing and my profit rate is more or less exactly what you would expect all-in adjusted. These are the facts coming from all large sample data sets from regulated sites in recent times, and are the only way to tell if the site you play on is rigged or not. Anecdotal evidence does not cut it here, just like it shouldn't in any field.
It's also worth noting that for a gambling site, the incentive to rig things is a lot lower than customers think. If they were caught (during a regular software audit), this would be catastrophic - would likely go to jail/ be fined, and all of the sunk costs of developing their software and brand are lost. Whereas if they play by the rules, as a casino you literally cannot lose (having pre-defined rakes and margins on odds).
I don't want this thread to turn into a discussion on things being rigged so thought I would put this to bed here.
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professor_poker
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Poker Orifice - I wondered how you were finding the book so far?
Pokerstudy
Legend
Bronze Level
I am not trying to de-rail your thread, but do you have stats from “unregulated sites” ? Do you feel players are playing GTO there and your tactics work equally on both regulated and unregulated sites?
It’s not a question of talking about rigged games, (I don’t feel the games are rigged, just that they are built for action) it’s a question if the tactics are applied across all platforms.
And if so, can your stats speak as facts of your book’s tactics?
If the book is “mind blowing” - can you show stats for why it is?
Thanks
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professor_poker
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I try not to play on unregulated sites, because luckily I am able to locate myself in places where online poker is legal. I do have some hands from unregulated ones - again I see nothing untoward but the sample size is lower so I can make no promises.
To answer your other points - yes I have lots of statistics that show success from my methods - high ROIs in tournaments and significant win rates at cash games. But posting said statistics is fairly meaningless (anyone can delete bad hands from a folder and make charts look impressive) so I'm not sure anyone championing a methodology on the basis of a profit chart can be taken too seriously. I'd rather people read my book properly and understand the points I'm making and then judge for themselves.
Pokerstudy
Legend
Bronze Level
Fair enough - I’m not saying it’s not a great book or trying to knock it in any way, I just want more understanding before I read it personally. I have 30 more books to go through and curious what really separates this one is all I’m looking for playing online on all platforms that I could utilize, more of an overview of why it’s mind blowing
Many people can only play on unregulated sites, can you look into if your book’s tactics apply the same way? Or do you feel it’s a book only made to be applied strategically for regulated sites where poker is legal?
Thanks
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professor_poker
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Maximillianvalue
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I have bought this book from Amazon now for reading next 2 weeks. It looks very interesting on the Amazon page. As a winning tournament players at mid-high stakes I am really looking for the strategy to give extra advantage and I did not find that in many advanced books I have been reading because it is exactly the reasons you write that we all not studying and focus on the right areas and too much gto. I was reading the first pages on the preview and it looks excellent to challenge strong players so thanks to you. Let it arrive and I comment.
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Maximillianvalue
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This guy he is so wrong. Ace kills the action at stakes higher than 0.25c ������. If it was to make action the flop is QJ9 two spades and deal somebody 99, somebody 1010, somebody KK. He can stop playing poker if does not like it.
So I am reading Mindblowing poker today. Very interesting so far to my page 65.
So I am reading Mindblowing poker today. Very interesting so far to my page 65.
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professor_poker
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Great let me know what you think and if you have any questions
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Maximillianvalue
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Bronze Level
I will say that I really enjoyed this book. Firstly it is doing something that the other books are not. Even streams or the courses are not doing it. I understand that you have these gto courses and streamers who are very positive on gto and want to teach it to everybody. And then you have people who say you should be exploitive. I’m not with either side completely and this book is really saying about taking the best bits from every place. The new part for me is the strategy to disrupt gto. I like it and they will work, for sure. But i dont know if in chips it costs too much or makes a variance too high, so we need to experiment.
The second half of the book i think is very strong with tips i can use day to day. Your advice takes it from ideas into practical and that its very strong for me. Advice for all different stages of career is a good one also.
I only wish to ask for some example hands on youtube, where you say the best players are playing this way. I believe the best are playing different (or your term mindblowing poker) not the gto, but i want to see it.
I read with my friend and we think we know who you are professor poker too. Your clues are not so subtle
The second half of the book i think is very strong with tips i can use day to day. Your advice takes it from ideas into practical and that its very strong for me. Advice for all different stages of career is a good one also.
I only wish to ask for some example hands on youtube, where you say the best players are playing this way. I believe the best are playing different (or your term mindblowing poker) not the gto, but i want to see it.
I read with my friend and we think we know who you are professor poker too. Your clues are not so subtle
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professor_poker
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Hi - thanks very much for your kind words, I hope you have success using the new plays. In terms of the hands - it may take me a while to find specific hands on Youtube e.g. here is a hand with Range Swapping, here is a hand with Range shanking etc. I will try to find these. However, I have one for you that really shows the philosophy from Sam Greenwood in a high Roller. I believe he has actually rolled a number of the plays into one: making on the face of it a fishy type limp with 11bb with AQ suited. In fact he has:
(1) Shanked his range (opponent immediately thinks its stronger than it is, in theory giving him more bluffing power later in the hand)
(2) Deviated from optimal to either cut variance in an ICM spot or potentially get good value from the villain if they do want to take a high variance route by shoving (players shove wider than they call)
(3) Deviated from optimal to confuse opponents and generally give him a chance to exploit any tells he has (if any)
(4) Worked in a limping range, which may allow him to limp a weaker hand in future and capture equity vs a 100% range of the big blind.
See link below. Unfortunately the play doesn't work out for him, but as one of the most successful tournament players in the game, this shows the kinds of plays the top level of player is making to disrupt the best.
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Maximillianvalue
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Bronze Level
Thank you very much for this response Professor. I really agree with the example in the youtube and that’s a very interesting hand. There is always the possibility he is doing this for other reasons, but I wanted the examples of elite players actually deviating from a normal strategy so this certainly is it. I like that you chose a super crazy hand here, I now feel easier with the adaptations I want to make because these are not this crazy like Sam Greenwood. If you do post others that would be interesting.
Poker Orifice
FoolsTilt
Platinum Level
There was a question asked in another thread on Cardschat & it was something along the lines of "What could Cardschat do to make it the best poker forum in the world?"
I want to change my answer to that question. I want to change it to.. "Get rid of garbage like this crap being posted throughout the forum. There's just soooo many noobs on here who continually post crap about sites being rigged. Keep it to the forums designated for such nonsense instead of polluting this guy's thread about his book."
Poker Orifice
FoolsTilt
Platinum Level
And I don't want to further the de-rail but take a look at what you've just written here ^
... how is 'built for action' not insinuating the sites are rigged??? WOW!
Poker Orifice
FoolsTilt
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