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Enjoyed your previous thread. Subbed.
Yo, it's been a while since you've updated yourself. Hope all is well and always enjoyed your thread over the years.
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Nice, snap ordered your book and am looking forward to reading it.
GL on your journey!
Happy to hear that, please let me know how it goes.
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Dub directed me to your old thread and am very glad I read through it all. Also snap ordered your book and am looking forward to applying some of the concepts to my game. GLGL
BTW, is there any way to pick up the Mikesell PLO book? It's not on Amazon and looks like his site is down too.
Appreciate you reading through all those words. Cory's not on social media, best way to find him is probably by sending him a PM on Run it Once, that's how I was able to contact him initially. If that doesn't work let me know.
Resources
As a follow up on my last post here are what I think are the best paths to improvement.
Training Sites
Online Cash and MTTs - Run it Once. The only issue is that you're going to experience lots of different voices who all internalize the game in different ways. I would suggest picking one person who seems to say things in ways you understand easily, and stick to that person's videos for a good while. For instance, six months ago I got huge value and made great improvements to my game giving multiple watchings to Sam Greenwood's MTT videos and Cory Mikesell's PLO videos, and never really watched anyone else.
MTTs in general - Learn Pro Poker is also excellent, and a fraction of the price of RIO. Ryan LaPlante might be the current hardest working man in poker. I've gotten to play with him live and he's an absolute animal in every spot.
Live Cash and MTTs - Solve for Why. Here you get access to a group who is operating with a single voice, which counts for a lot when it comes to retaining the information you take in. They're no slouches at poker either, and the production quality of the content is very high end (with the hilarious exception of my course, which we have been filming on Zoom during lockdown).
1 on 1 Coaches
As I wrote in my last post, getting coaching has always been the thing that ensured I could be successful. When a coach is good, it's almost impossible for it to not be worth it to pay them to tell you something you don't know. While they're getting money for their time, you're getting back something that you get to use for the rest of your life. The key is to not find a dud who will set you back. Below are a list of people who, if you apply what they tell you, will undoubtedly be worth much more to you in the long run than the money you pay them.
Online MTT
If you're looking to get better quickly and beat small to mid stakes tournaments online, YugiohPro and Elite Rounder are both excellent value. They each have a long track record of success, explain things well, and are just all around good guys. You'll get the fundamentals you need with either of them.
Mixed Games
If you're pretty new to mixed games my friend Kevin Haney aka ScotchOnDaRocks would be a good choice to start. He's the guy who enjoys doing the dirty work of making spreadsheets and grinding probabilities in new games where nobody has any kind of information yet. When I was starting out he gave me so much good advice, including sending me a book on Badugi that he wrote on his own that was way beyond anything that existed. He also has written a ton of articles on 2+2 Magazine on different mixed game concepts.
If you're already beating mid stakes and want to make the next leap the play is definitely Benny Glaser aka HeroValue. He goes for a top five price in the WSOP fantasy draft every year for a reason. Year round online grinder who really lives and breathes the game, and just always knows the right play through a lifetime of volume in playing and discussing hands with elite players. When my friend and I have a dispute we just ask Benny, then say, "God has spoken".
Live NL Cash
This is the only guy on this list I haven't done actual one on one coaching with, but I'm very comfortable advocating for Christian Soto. I've gotten to talk some hands with him in the last few weeks in our videos and he just has a really nice way of connecting to the most important piece of the hand and laying it out in a clear and simple way. When a coach has a natural feel for this it's a very valuable skill to the student.
PLO
Cory Mikesell is the only PLO guy I've done any work with, and he's excellent, but likely won't be in the price range of people who are just starting out. He gave me some great strategies a year ago when I was prepping for a summer at WSOP where I was going to be playing a lot of 40bb Cap PLO in the Bellagio 100-200 and 200-400 mixed games, it gave me a lot of confidence knowing that I was going to have a nice edge in those rounds at all times.
I highly recommend watching all of his Run it Once videos to get a feel for understanding how solver ideas apply to PLO in general, and how to find clean exploits versus the people who don't understand those theories very well.
I'll leave it at that for now. Maybe soon I'll write something up about ways to make your study time more efficient and consistent, as it's something a high percentage of the people who are reaching out to me are wanting to improve.