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02-18-2021 , 07:00 PM

ChicagoRy

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Coffeeyay has authored a 35 hour Heads Up Video Guide for 2021. This video pack is targeted at players of all levels that want to improve their play in today's games and is fully suitable for both heads up sit and gos and heads up situations that come up in 3+ handed formats.

While some concepts will require repeated viewings for lower level players, many concepts are fully accessible on first watch. The Player Adjustments video alone is likely worth the price of admission for beginning players. Advanced players will find the advanced sections of Poker Theory and the detailed breakdowns in the ISR videos especially valuable.

Table of Contents

HU Video 01 HU Introduction
An overview of goals, methods and purpose.
0:56:52

HU Video 02 Poker Theory
Value betting, bluffing and defending.
4:47:46

HU Video 03 Adjustments
Identifying player types and correct strategic adjustments.
1:01:51

HU Video 04 HUD
Connecting frequencies with ranges to allow for adjustments.
0:32:34

HU Video 05 Winrate Maximizing
When and why to pass up on small edges in favor of later spots.
1:14:38

HU Video 06 Preflop HU
Applying poker theory to building pre-flop ranges in the form of charts.
9:28:16

HU Video 07 Flop
Exploring specific features of flop play in connection to general theory.
2:58:58

HU Video 08 ISR Intro
Introducing Individual Spot Reviews (ISR).
0:07:00

HU Video 09
ISR Defending vs C-Bets in Minraise Pots HU
1:13:30

HU Video 10
ISR HU SB Flop C-Betting in Minraise Pots
1:03:34

HU Video 11
ISR Limp C-Betting on SB on 5-10BB Effective Stacks
0:54:04

HU Video 12
ISR Facing Flop C-bets HU in Limped Pots
1:03:00

HU Video 13
ISR Flop C-betting HU from SB
0:58:10

HU Video 14
ISR SB Turn Barreling HU in Limped & Minraised Pots
1:02:49

HU Video 15
ISR Facing Turn Barrels OOP HU
1:15:23

HU Video 16
ISR OOP HU Turn Probe Opportunity
0:57:56

HU Video 17
ISR Facing Turn Probes HU
0:50:49

HU Video 18
ISR HU BB Turn Play After Call of Our XR
0:39:33

HU Video 19
ISR HU Opportunity to 3rd barrel
0:44:51

HU Video 20
ISR HU River Play After CheckCall Flop & Turn
1:02:32

HU Video 21
ISR Opportunities to River Probe Bets in Minraise & Limped Pots HU on BB
0:47:59

HU Video 22
ISR Facing River Probes HU
1:06:42

Preview videos

Here are a pair of excerpts from the video pack.

Hand Charts

Included in the video package are 81 heads up charts, dubbed "The Wall of Charts" in PDF format.

*Hand Charts are for use outside of gameplay.

About the Author

Coffeeyay has been a professional poker player and coach for the last 10 years. He regularly plays up to the $250 level Spin and Gos and has extensive experience in both HUSNGs and Spin and Gos. He has a strong background in physics, mathematics and teaching. He resides in Glasgow.

Ordering Information

$299 USD Price

This video pack is available in streaming format only.

To pay via Credit Card or Paypal, visit this link. Your order will be manually activated within 16 hours of purchase.

To pay via Skrill Transfer, visit this link for instructions.

Upgrades

If you are interested in Spin and Gos, Coffeeyay's Spin and Go Package comes with 25 hours of 3-handed focused content in addition to the 35 hours of heads up content in this package and is available for only $70 more.

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02-19-2021 , 08:16 AM

FastBF

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 217

Exciting...just curious: how much PIO/solver work is done throughout the series?

Thanks!

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02-20-2021 , 07:43 PM

coffeeyay

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Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,536

The pack focuses on information on how to get value from Pio (or other GTO solvers), together with more directly using GTO results (from Pio) in the pre-flop and flop sections.

Don't get me wrong, it's not because of lack of desire--analyzing pio solutions can be a lot of fun! But because of the guide format, I try to focus on the most fundamental and important aspects of becoming a strong player (and earning those fat stacks $$$). As part of this I look at the biggest pictures where GTO is but one element, or tool, in your arsenal--and as part of that "biggest picture", it didn't make much sense to spend time mucking around In Pio working out tiny details. Instead, I focused on presenting the most important results that you'll find and present you with the correct context to make the most out of any future study you do (whether it's GTO related or not).

The diamond level spins package was less constrained and so includes some content using GTO solvers and analyzing GTO solutions.

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02-23-2021 , 11:30 AM

DonnieDonko

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Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 31

is this new content or just spin legends diamond videos reuploaded?

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02-23-2021 , 03:43 PM

ChicagoRy

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Originally Posted by DonnieDonko

is this new content or just spin legends diamond videos reuploaded?

Hey, the Diamond name is just a coincidence, I didn't even think about that when naming these packs bc I wasn't involved in SL.

Adam did include a few ISR vids from the SL Diamond though, since they were rock solid concepts he had already went over and it would bolster the depth of the pack.

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03-09-2021 , 12:45 AM

lynx9292

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 253

Can Coffeeyay post some relevant HU sharkscope graphs?

Also, without derailing the topic I look at SPIN N GOs grinding as a negative thing? Because they are not a "grind-able" game. Again, don't mean to open an off-topic debate if SPIN N GO's are beatable I just don't see it as adding anything of value (rather taking away value) no matter what the buyin is.

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03-09-2021 , 05:28 PM

ChicagoRy

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Originally Posted by lynx9292

No offense taken at all.

I think you're looking at it incorrectly though. A great deal of the value in succeeding in Spins is being able to play well 2 handed, something like 2/3 of hands played in a spin will be HU, if you are a crappy 2 handed player you're losing HU a lot more than you should and you'll struggle mightily. So a great deal of Spins coaching involves heads up coaching (which is why the 60 hour Spins pack is 35 hours of HU focus and 25 hours of 3-handed focus).

Coffee plays Spins bc the site he is on has great traffic and he has a pretty hefty rb + leaderboard deal there that gets him upwards of 75% rb I believe all-in. He does this for a living, so he's playing the games that give him the best chance to earn a living for his wife and two kids.

He's trained some pretty heavy high stakes players over the years though. Guys like spiritedreal, currr, majcy, adamc, wubblepig, sawweee, 307th when those guys were coming up from $60s-200s and beyond in HUSNGs and it was incredibly competitive to break through those cartels. He's been very strong in the type of mathematical foundation and GTO concepts that are required to really excel at when battling tough regs to earn a spot in those groups. He's also been the primary coach in several stables over the last 6 years and worked with players of virtually every level. He has quite a long list of great players he's coached over the last decade.

I'll see if he can breakout his recent HU stats for you though if you'd prefer that, no problem, that should show you well enough that he's succeeding at the tables. You don't want sharkscope, you want EV graphs, because results can vary, especially in lower edge, faster formats. But go through the two sample videos, I'm posting more this month as well, I think you'll see that the content is of good quality.

Last edited by ChicagoRy; 03-09-2021 at 08:04 PM.

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03-10-2021 , 05:07 AM

Poker2021

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 135

Very very interested...great content def

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03-10-2021 , 01:04 PM

Vvvvv

grinder

Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 544

So HU is still alive? Cool. I might be interested in this soon.

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