It's because they are playing with play money in the videos.

Definitely not a level

This is amazing, (that as one of S4Y's head coaches) he didn't know that to realise his equity OOP he would have to achieve polariziation and that the clear and obvious way to do this was to check raise the flop with a gutshot and a back door 5 high flush draw and then on the turn bet 2.5x the pot having picked up the additional equity of the 5 high flush draw, to achieve absolute polarization.

Or the alternative is to flat on the flop and then (assuming stacks are very deep), and picking up no extra equity on the turn, to lead 1/3 rd pot to induce a raise and then re-raise all in.

The latter of these high level S4Y strategies is fully exploiting the capitalisation to polarisation pivot that is essential to achieve realisation or over realisation of one's equity.

It is all exceptionally clever stuff from S4Y. In fact it is a quantum leap above any solvers that exist, which is why the top players are derisive of the sheer quality of the S4Y philosophy.

And if you run into a set using either of these high level strategies, well the set deserves to gets paid, and that's really cool you know.

Half the people mocking SFY have posted strategy tips on 2+2 that are worse than anything SFY has produced, but at least their posts were not entertaining.

Let's see some of those posts!

hi matt

This is just a witty hilarious made up comment by you, right?

He didn't ACTUALLY say this while explaining a poker hand, right?

RIGHT?! #sorrygazzy

He said it, lol.

I'm not too sure how to post a youtube video but here is the link with the right time stamp;

https://youtu.be/xZ-7q5GwMIg?t=209

Guy1: So, I've been dealt AQ UTG and... this is a spot where I can merge pole my range and extract capitalization from all the players at the table. Specifically, I will be targeting the playback realization that will result from the BB's likely defense. While making this open, I will keep in mind the ever changing strategies of my opponents and will adjust accordingly. Given the infinite spectrum of possibilities of what could happen, I believe opening with AQ offsuit will be the highest EV play.

Guy2: I'm looking at 74s on the button and normally this would be a fold, but I believe calling is great as a variation play. I block 77 and my hand is very disguised. My range can be really wide, because of cosmic range shifting. So without futher ado, I will make this call.

Guy3: I have T9s in the BB, and I'm going to call because I have a good hand. I've also turned off my noise cancellation head phones so that I can hear everything that everyone else is saying. I believe this will give me a profound advantage going to the flop.

Flop: K92r

Guy1: So, this is a flop that is quite dry, but economically structures well with my range duel realization. Because of a meta dogma anti-strategy, I'm going to go for a full polarization strategy so that I can pivot my equity to realization and possibly over realization. So I will bet 4x the pot. My opponents are going to have a hard time continuing with a lot of their range because the large sizing makes it unprofitable for them to do so.

Guy2: This is a really interesting spot with 74s. I could consider calling here as a float since I have the backdoor flush, but I also have to be concerned about the BB player calling. I believe the convulsion between value and exploitative meta merge downvestment could end up being my demise. I could put in a raise as well since that would further deny everyone's equity, but I would be representing such a small range of hands. I feel like this might be the spot to make a disciplined fold.

Guy3: I heard that my opponent has AQ and the flop came K92. I have the best hand and there is no sense in raising, because based on past play Guy1 is likely to get his hand all-in by the river anyway. I'm going to call.

Turn: K922

Guy1: So, this is a card that really doesn't change the board much. I could be facing 2x, but that hand is proportionally unlikely to the matrix of other binary possibilities. Because of my large sizing and blocking abilities of hands like AK, KQ, and other hands including Q9s, I believe I can probably make a move on this turn. Due to the meta GTO approximation merge pivot pole downbet I can go for a 1/10th sizing to really put my opponent to the test. I really can vagina monkey range my strategic game range grouping and choose this sizing with all of my hands while putting my opponent in an uncomfortable game tree conundrum spot. I will likely continue my aggression on the river by putting my opponent all-in. My opponent probably knows this, because of our mental unspoken banter that exists that is communicated through the emotional ether hierarchy.

Guy3: I'm going to call, because I have the best hand. If my opponent improves, I will likely fold on the river.

River: K9222

Guy1: So this is a spot where I can have AA, KK, and AK where my opposition statistically does not. He would likely 3-bet those preflop, so I can go for an ultra super merge pole bluff. This does two things. It pivots my capitalization from equity to realization. I may even be able to get 9x to fold. I believe Kx could fold as well at a small frequency since my sizing will be so large. I have to move all-in here to maximize the times when my value hands are present within the binary matrix of candidate rotational binomial giraffe brain cube banana target tripple tree merge verge perge gazoomba 7 bet presumption.

Guy3: I have the best hand here and the only decision is to call because I will win. I will also, not tell anybody that I have turned off my noise cancelling head phones so that I can listen in on what people say in future hands.

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The post above is absolute genius.

Fantastic! I read the whole post in Berkey's voice

Give this guy a medal

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thank you @Kojika

around 3:20

HOLY **** THAT WAS GOLD @TheGodson LMFAO!!!!!!

This is gold

+1. This is gold. I had a good laugh at this video recently as well.

I wonder how much these guys make selling this type of stuff?

seems like a decent path for beginners. 4.5k to pick *relative* experts' brains for a week isn't bad.

tbh, i would prob enroll for my social game if live poker had a future.

lmao@thegodson

Between these excellent programming videos from Solve4WHY and the high level poker action displayed by Phil Galfond, I feel like I'm taking my game to the next level. Thanks NVG!

I've got nothing against Berkey or S4Y. I find their videos very entertaining from both writing and playing standpoints, and I'm appreciative of that.

Alls I'm saying is cults like to develop their own language. And this entire thread reads like a box of cereal ingredients

Wow, wp Godson

poker is REALLL fun these days

he is so smart. i want to learn to be just like him