He probably means his most recent video. Tbh I am quite mad at Doug that he has made this knowledge so explicit. The content was already out there in his regular hand videos so why spoon-feeding? I benefited myself a lot just by watching those even though I no longer play NL Holdem. I didn’t really put in the effort and haven’t achieved anything meaningful in poker to this day but learning how Doug thinks have actually helped me a lot and I feel I might eventually get somewhere given I put in the time and they don’t kill the poker dream completely.
I know I will contradict myself a bit here but I have always understood what GTO means, all that first part where he talk about river plays but still felt like I had to make some “crazy plays” you see here and there to reach the next level. This is where Doug comes into the picture. I’ve seen some of his streams (I didn’t even like him at first, you can read my older post here), watched his youtube videos and noticed that this, self proclaimed, HU NL king doesn’t actually do any of this crazy **** which made me question things. I have 33,4 ev 100/bb wr atm playing micro plo (2-10, about even distribution of hands) and I am probably winner higher but I still have another mental leak which stops me from moving up quickly but hopefully that will also change. It’s not a big brag given the stakes, I used to play higher in NL Holdem but I got burnt out. I know some of you might be skeptical, how does watching NL can improve your PLO game but I assure you, at least at this level, it’s how you think about the game that matters.
Sorry for this long rant, I just want to thank you Doug for all the stuff you do. I truly love you for the little nerd you are, how you handle yourself and how you are truly a voice of reason in those tough times for poker. You are the poker ambassador we need but don’t deserve. I hope when you have doubts about this new stream and youtube gig you will come back to posts like mine and see it is worth your time. Btw I am also still waiting for the Upswing Poker PLO content so I can finally give you my money.
Some of my hands: