Exactly

We ran a recruitment feature called #nowrongpath last year with everyone pitching in their journey to success. As you would expect in a young (I'm an outlier ) progressive company we had people coming at it from all over the place. Successful, modern companies recruit talent & team players. Their journey to the interview is just part of their individual story. Of course there are big corporates, or poor smaller businesses that are craaappyy recruiters, but like the man says, screw them.

Truly talented & successful people always have options.

Day “1”:
Hours Played: 9
I had a +$3k day last week (deep tourney run) and spewing a little as a result. Can’t complain! But that’s unacceptable. I’ve mostly stuck to the same stakes etc. but playing badly since imo. A little disappointed with my lack of precision in a lot of spots.

Result: +$315 *not including rb*
fwiw I’m classifying a “day” as 12:00 am to 12:00 am...
Also spent three hours on school, two on chess related stuff and two hours exercising “today”. Slept for 4 smh.

*I don’t have access to what the V’s image/stats were after the hand* so will be relying on my memory for this. Rest I’m typing what I see directly from Game Data on the app. From my understanding, HUDs are explicitly against TOS, so I’m not using one. Do not want to get nuked!

Disclaimer: Meta is huge on bros (you can chat and throw stuff at V’s) and variability between players really affects my lines hand to hand.

Four more or less random hands from today I found while browsing game data lol. One may have been played a couple days ago.

HH 1:
60NL 6-max
Hero (UTG): $204.82
V(CO): $127.81 - He’s on monkey tilt. I had stacked this particular V twice and he had called me down with one pear both times. Once with AA, another time with JJs on a Queen high board. Views me as spewy due to my card distribution being good at the time and high PFR+VPIP IP.

I open K8ss UTG to $2.40. V makes it $9.60. SB (reg) cold calls. So I’m typically snap folding here vs a 4x OOP, but at this stack depth vs a guy who’s steaming I decided to call... Not happy about this.

Flop ($29.40): Kc-10s-5s. Checks to V who bets $14.70. SB calls. I call. What are you guys doing here given the meta? I’m thinking SB is capped at one pear or a high equity draw and V will GII with KJ+.

Turn ($73.50): Kc-10s-5s-7s. SB checks. I lead $38.40. Fishy but exploitative. Thoughts? V tank calls. SB folds.

River ($150.30): Kc-10s-5s-7s-Js. I time bank open jam $74.71 given the meta. I’m laying myself a great price that he doesn’t have the As.



HH2:
100NL 5-handed
Hero (SB): $197.94 LAG image iirc
V (CO): $93.89 Fishy loose passive.

V opens CO $3. I $9 with KhKd. He calls.

Flop ($20): 5d-5h-3c. I $8, V calls

Turn ($36): 5d-5h-3c-Qc. I $16, V calls

River ($68): 5d-5h-3c-Qc-4d. I shove $69.89. Thoughts?



HH3:
100NL 6-max
Hero (BB): $208.95 LAG image iirc
V1 (CO): $147.70 Nit iirc
V2: (BTN): $142.59 Nit iirc

V1 $2.50. V2 cold calls. I $9 AhAc. They both call.

Flop ($30.5): Ad-Ks-2h. I $13.25. V1 calls. V2 jams $142.59. I snap. V2 folds.



HH4:
60NL 6-max
Hero (BB): $252.56
Main Villain (SB): $96.52 This guys a 100NL bros bad reg and we have a dynamic. He’s been bluffing (and showing) quite a bit.. with good timing. I’ve just been way too low in my range. Winning player probably.
V2 (CO): $137.78 Nit iirc
V3 (BTN): $21.30 No reads iirc

V2 $1.80. All of us come along. I have KhJc.

Flop ($7.20): Jd-9h-6h. Checks around.

Turn ($7.20): Jd-9h-6h-4c. MV checks. I bet $4.50. Fold. Fold. He makes it $13.50. I call.

River ($34.20): Jd-9h-6h-4c-As. He leads $34.20. I time-bank pay it off.

4x UTG and a flat of K8s OOP vs 4x 3b from LP.

6b's writer?



Hand 3: 3bet of epically small proportions

Hand 4:Meh.

You are allowed LOL. Cuz I know how you feel. I'm also a uni student, graduating in 1 month and a half actually with my math and business degree. I couldn't really give poker much time, but I did spend some time on PIO that I bought early 2019.

YMMV but pio was the best thing that happened to my poker game, by far. Also how you study it and use it vastly affects how good it does for you (using PIO like trash will not do much for you, and very possibly hurt you short-term). I was very reluctant to buy it cuz it was half a grand and my pockets aren't made of gold as I am in school with a bunch of loans, but it was well worth it.

Also if you are going to play online mainstream sites definitely for sure you must use PIO or even you'll struggle or be a breakeven or 1-4bb/100 winning reg who stays stagnant at 25nl/50nl/100nl. Pbros is really soft but from what others tell me and having coached someone who played on an app, it's a hybrid between live and mainstream online in terms of player tendencies/softness/aggressiveness. So pio will def give you a huge edge against the regfish/avg regs and fish on the apps which are abundant on the app, I'd doubt you find any crushing reg on there sub midstakes. and you'd easily be the best or 2nd best at your table if you were decent in fundamentals and have some PIO/theoretical knowledge.

Your pre sizing, and pre ranges could use some work though. I see a lot of glaring pre mistakes in those 4 HH. H4 isn't bad defend pre but I think folding is slightly better.

H1 K8s isn't really an open utg, and I think calling is even a bigger mistake.

H2 the sizing pre is way too small oop but I actually like it because V is short-stacked fish and if you make it 4-5x he will fold a lot of his trash you have dominated (aka K5cc lul), and with fish you wanna keep in his dominated hands here as much as possible with AA/KK exploitatively. If you have A10s or KQs/AJo by all means use a bigger sizing.

H3 way too small esp this deep oop

I actually have a secret for 6M OOP sizing but maybe I'll divulge that some other time, or if you're interested pm me lol. Took me 5 years to try it and never looked back, helped my wr imo a lot.

Thanks. I think I’m adjusting a little too much based on the meta, particular villain tendencies.
This is great. Thanks for sharing Mina. My friends have really come in the clutch there and I’ve done some solver work with them, which ends up being more efficient anyway.

Cost isn’t an issue wrt PIO, but I’ve been using my old laptop for schoolwork/chess teaching ever since my $1k surface that was less than 2 years old broke down and haven’t made the splurge on a new one yet. Mostly because I was thinking of getting something nice. Using a new Ipad for bros and everything else which has worked well.

I agree my sizings/ranges could use a lot of work. I think I’m adjusting a little too much based on the meta, particular villain tendencies. PokerBros and live poker in Texas has caused some bad habits.

Tell them feelie!

I think I know why given that was hammered into me lullz but the derail was unintentional. I’m happy to hear you thought that. Thanks man.

I hope you guys are right. That makes me feel better about my decisions.

will poast another set of HHs full of spew (smh) and day 2 report in 10-15 hours or so!

my 2c - would strongly suggest getting formal coaching to fasttrack learning curve and plug some major leaks. pio is very good for refining your strategies, but shouldn't be a top priority for you at this stage (especially if you're playing micros on an app + 5,5 live)
gl

1. c4 is such a weak, boring opening. Why don't you be a real man and play 1. e4 instead?

Nah but seriously though, GL with your challenges! I think you have a lot of potential in poker and in life.

From your hand histories: I pretty much agree with everything Minatorr said. H1: fold K8s UTG in 6max, especially when you have a loose image. Having a loose image is more reason to tighten up, not the other way around. H2 and H3: 3bet way bigger pre. I'd go $12 with KK and $12.50 with AA. You can actually even go bigger than that, and this isn't just an exploitative thing, it's actually grounded in some GTO concepts: you lose EV when you're OOP, especially when the SPR is high, so you're supposed to be sizing your raises bigger when OOP, to force the SPR down and reduce the effects of your positional disadvantage. It's also good exploitative as well, since people are stations that defend a lot to 3bets.

Best of luck!

Thanks for the advice. I agree coaching could be a great investment as I have plenty of leaks and areas I can improve in.

That being said, I’m a significantly better student than coach than student and really enjoy figuring out things for myself and solving problems.

I think your guys’ criticisms will prove to be quite helpful as well. Hopefully I become a better player every day.

Always willing to learn
Haha I’ve played e4, d4, and c4 man. played tens of thousands of chess games on teh interwebs and a crapton over the board as well. Gotta mix it up every few years! Especially against strong masters etc. who you’ve played before. As it reduces preparation time on a game to game basis if you’re able to switch up your repertoire completely rather than studying a plethora of specific variations 15-20 moves in etc.

Thanks man! Same to you. I appreciate the kind words.

I also completely agree with your analysis on the hand histories. Feel free to keep critiquing my play. It helps me improve anyways. I know I’m making a lot of mistakes so no hard feelings.

Thanks again. You as well brother

Ahhhhhhhhhhh I spent the last hour +/- writing up the report with 5 HHs and deleted it somehow.

Feels bad :/. Okay, one more time smh

My fault for not doing it in Word and pasting it over...

Day “2”: (12:00-12:00am.) I like to grind through the night usually like your avg degen but those results will count towards the next day. Trying my best to keep good track of everything but I'll certainly make mistakes along the way. I like 12-12 since it's standardized.
Hours Played: 8.5
Result: -$60 *not including rb*

Disclaimer: Meta is huge on bros (you can chat and throw stuff at V’s) and variability between players really affects my lines hand to hand.

Summary: Today was frustrating, to say the least. From beginning to end, it didn’t seem like much went my way at all- but I guess I’m looking at it through what I expect etc. In other words, I had to win a lot of pots to only lose $60 on the day. I’m happy I stayed composed and tried to play as well as possible despite the negative variance, frustrating run outs etc. Enjoy!

HH 1:
40 NL 6-max
Hero (BTN): $45.98
Main V (MP): $75. No reads.

V opens to $1.20. I make it $3.80 with AKss. SB (rec) cold calls. V 4-bets to $12.20. I shove. Is shoving with AA, KK, AKs, and flatting QQs and JJs a good strat in this spot?



HH2:
60NL 5-handed
Hero (CO): $61.53
Main V (SB): 23.10- Fish imo

I open $1.80 with AsJh. BTN (rec) cold calls. Main V calls.

Flop ($6): 2s-Ac-Qc. Main V checks. I bet $3. BTN calls. Main V x/r to $9. I call(?)

Turn ($27): 2s-Ac-Qc-3c V checks. I bet $8.40(?). V calls.

River ($43.80): 2s-Ac-Qc-3c-4d. SB checks. I put him AI for $5.70. Thoughts?




HH3:
60NL 6-max
Hero (CO): $60
V (SB): $33.50 - Bad reg imo


Utg open limps. MP overlimps. I overlimp J8hh. Main V calls. BB checks

Flop ($3): Qc-8c-Js. Main V bets $2. MP (reg) calls. I make it $8(?). Main V calls.

Turn ($21): Qc-8c-Js-5s. V checks. I $10.50(?). V calls.

River ($42): Qc-8c-Js-5s-Ks. SB checks. I put him AI for $15.30. Thoughts?



HH4:
60NL 6-max
Hero (BB): $57.80
V (CO): $18.62- Fish imo

V open limps. SB calls. I make it $2.70 with JdJc. V calls. SB folds.

Flop ($6): 6c-4s-3s. I c-bet $3. V calls.

Turn ($12): 6s-4s-3s-9h. I continue for $5.40. V shoves $13.52. I call.



HH5:
60NL 6-max
Hero (SB): $60
V (MP): $113.28 - Good reg imo

V opens to $1.80. I 3bet to $6.30 with AKhh. V calls.

Flop ($13.80): Qd-10s-Jd. Binkkk. I c-bet $6. V calls.

Turn ($25.80): Qd-10s-Jd-3d. I continue for $11.40. I’m assuming this is terrible. V clicks it back to $24.60… Is this is a fold? I GII for $22.80 more.


Phew. sucked to do that again. ok it’s past 6am here and i am dyin. Thanks for tuning in guys. Constructive criticism and advice always welcome! I have a lot of work to do and a long way to go. One day at a time!

Excuse errors please. tyty

Your sizing needs work. Also you're never getting a fold on river vs a hand you're behind to on A234 that c/r you flop.

H3 overlimped J8s, fold pre or iso.

H4 your opening raise is way too small, again you don't have an understanding of OOP sizes.

Even hand 5 is questionable sizing. Why are you going ever less than 4x is beyond me.

Also villains and your range smash flop, betting 1/2 pot seems weird. Bet near pot

R u payin the 30/mo 4 a hud on bros?

I think that’s ppp - I’ve never seen that option on Bros

Good luck chessman! Chase your dreams, you seem to be extremely bright and a hard worker. Sky’s the limit! Just keep working hard . Don’t neglect sleep either, it’s easy to do this and not notice how it’s affecting you. Will be reading.


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Run it once and be a man ffs

"Just increase your variance for no reason"

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Quien es PIO?

Thanks man. By the time I write up these reports I usually don’t remember my exact read on villain, my perceived image, the game flow atm etc. and don’t have access to my notes on them so there’s not much I’ll be able to say in defense of exploitative lines (which is most of them). This doesn’t mean I know what’s correct in the first place of course:..

I don’t think it’s best to take standard lines in most lineups on the app. For example, if a V is opening 3x and calling a 3x 3bet IP with his entire raising range isn’t it best to only 3bet 3x with hands like AJ to keep A10o in etc? Some of these same people will have a significantly higher fold to 4x.

So while I can’t guarantee all of what’s advised will be incorporated I definitely will take everything into consideration. I know I’m not that good of a player. I do think month after month of full time grinding and effort will naturally do wonders though!

Thanks again.
Money isn’t an issue wrt HUD- I’m a methodical thinker so I’m pumping out like $50/month+ in VIP gold and boatloads of time banks for multitabling purposes etc. on the app but I’ve heard through the grapevine that there’s potential to get nuked/geobanned etc. for using one on the app.

I know a lot of grinders use it, but it’s not a risk I’m willing to take. Their security updates have been frequent and effective and I anticipate their software is getting stronger each time. Given that a very, very small% are doing it I feel as if it’s detectable. I could be way off though.

I take a lot of notes though and am always adjusting them. Despite the 700,000+ accounts you’ll see a lot of the same regs so it helps.

I’m aware that HUDs are invaluable though. Oh well

Thanks for taking the time to hop in and wish me gl. I appreciate kind words as well. I tend to more sensitive to the good (and bad) than most so it means a lot!

Will definitely keep working hard. I may have to dip the poker volume substantially over the coming weeks as the fast paced summer classes I’m taking wrap up and I graduate but it won’t be due to laziness!
What is this “being a man” you speak of?
I’ve been back and forth.. I prefer running it multiple times though yeah. It definitely reduces AI variance which is helpful and people aren’t pushing FE more if they know you run it multiple times on the reg like some sharks may.

When you’re grinding day in/out playing your A/B game plus all the time can be challenging and I’ve found that helps me quite a bit in being largely unaffected of the results of most hands. Some will get to me though for sure.

Thanks for tuning in man.
Hell yeah

Pass it on

You’ve met me several times and you should know that I’m not Asian

+1. Running it multiple times is for little girls. Feel the pain! Be a man!

Also I think if running it multiple times is going to influence the action at all it's going to make people push their fold equity less and not more. But it shouldn't really affect anyone's decision unless they're an idiot.

Nitpicking here , but I’m pretty sure consistent RIT makes people push their FE more.... Let’s say you flop bottom pear, a FD, or OESD etc. OOP with a high SPR and are a short term thinker.

Well you might as well try to get V to fold their top pear, overpair etc. with a healthy overbet flop check raise all in if faced with a bet *and* if you’re a degen and know you’ll be RIT...

DUCY?