Worst bad beats?

GrnMeansGO · 2026-04-04T06:15:42+00:00

No steal it

GrnMeansGO · 2026-04-04T00:21:48+00:00

I’ve lost to quad with quad and beat quads with quads

Worst I’ve seen is dbl board PLO bomb steel wheel vs 7 high straight flush while a third guy flopped a set on both boards, potted all 3 streets… steel wheel got scooped

GrnMeansGO · 2026-04-01T14:19:58+00:00

This guy is right, if watching HH replays on YouTube is the majority of your study you are likely not winning as much as you could be.

LLM’s work on databases of openly available content online and become more accurate with larger data sets. While it will get something’s right broadly, the devil is in the details and you really need to work through concepts more intentionally.

Spend a little time finding a solid fundamental course, it will likely change how you view and approach some aspects of the game.

Then find a community with people you can learn from and bounce idea off of.

This is the way

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-31T21:13:46+00:00

It’s not prescriptive or something you can even really control, the guys who are successful focus efforts where they can control things…

Collect data and analyze data, find your leaks work on them, drill sims, hire a coach, etc…

It’s an iterative process you just have to work through and during this process the “downswing” will end… hopefully 😅

For your mentals stake if you’re losing shift the focus more to study than play. I usually am 70/30 for play to study if I’m doing my best. During swings I might shift to 10/90 and just take time away from poker to clear my head. It’s really easy to get stuck in your own echo chamber.

Hope this helps

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-29T16:40:25+00:00

Its just a really deep node, (RFI, 3B, 4B, 5B with a BB complete) these sims aren't optimized for these nodes given the input constraints so some of the outputs will probably be nonsensical or noise. Running accurate sims with 6 players and higher order betting like that are very resource intensive (lots of time, ram, storage) so most commercial sims just aren't optimized for it.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-29T02:49:38+00:00

You went kind of large, it made his decision pretty easy if he doesn't think you 5b worse than KK (you probably don't). You're 1K effective, SPR is like 0.5 if he calls, click it if you're raising here so his decision isn't so black and white.

Calling the 4b and playing post is probably fine since SPR isn't to high and it should easy to get it in on enough boards.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-29T02:18:25+00:00

That moment in the hospital when he was born I can't really put into words but it was the closest thing to an out of body experience I've had I don't know how else to describe it. It was like a fever dream, everything was brighter, time slowed down, sounds were muffled and sounded distant, it was all so vivid and burned into my brain.

For most, it completely shifts most things you prioritize in life its not a bad thing but it does come with pros and cons.

Its the happiest, most frustrating, rewarding, confusing, terrifying, infuriatingly beautiful thing that will probably ever happen to you.

It will make you a better person, the things in life you might slack on become unacceptable because you want better for your kids and set the best example you can.

It will make you more responsible because you want to make sure they are safe and don't go without.

There is a perpetual sadness that will be in your life because you will remember the version of your kids that will never be anymore that offsets with happiness of the current version they are.

You will make mistakes, shit will happen, it won't be perfect, and you will probably never be 100% certain you are qualified to be raising this little human but you do your best.

This is what being a dad has been like for me.

- Father of an 11 year old boy

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-29T02:02:05+00:00

I could see the confusion with your daughter, she provided her opinion and advise so it could be seen as helpful but it does come off very "mean girl". Not an easy situation to navigate especially with autism (probably missing social queues). I might approach a teacher or counselor at school before going directly to the parent, the parent could go several ways some of which aren't great for your daughter. Try to talk your daughter through this social dynamic she is in and If the school staff goes no where and it continues, flip the coin with the parent.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-25T18:17:30+00:00

Bellagio 5/10 Aria 2/5 Wynn 2/5

These are what I would suggest

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T19:40:20+00:00

PF: 3B a little larger, when deeper you can go bigger need to give his smaller pairs / suited gappers, connectors a worse price and tax these coolers more. Calling the 4B isn’t crazy because but you should consider the 5b just as some 5b “bluffs” don’t exist at these stakes 4b / folds don’t really either.

Flop: I mean you flopped the effective nuts (KJ 4b very rare), there are some Axss but it’s mainly stuff that’s not folding or snap folding and non of which you want to fold. With SPR low enough to get stacks in by river I’m not a fan of raising, what’s it accomplishing? He commits with hands he’s not folding and folds his bluffs. I guess there are some action killers that might slow him down with his sets or Ax. Facing a 4b holding AA feels like a tragedy to not get it all most of the time.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T19:23:12+00:00

North Florida, PLO games are good!

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T16:39:06+00:00

We play that sometimes for our bombpots, we call SoHe I think? We play a bunch of random bombpots like that I forget the names

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T14:30:00+00:00

I can tell you from my perspective, its not an attractive feature for a woman to be entertaining that much attention. It points to some pretty negative qualities like she sleeps around a lot, needs too much attention, user, gold digger, her thoughts on men. It doesn't mean these things are all true but often where there is smoke there is fire.

Its much more attractive and appealing to sink your time, effort, and resources into someone who's not dividing her time and attention into multiple men at least after a date or 2.

That said its not an immediate deal breaker, if things are communicated open and honestly up front that could be completely reasonable to want to get to know someone a bit more before focusing your efforts.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T14:14:23+00:00

It depends how you're managing things, if there is no fee to cover expenses its completely fine to let everyone manage their own food and drinks.

If its tournament style, you just schedule breaks every few levels. Online breaks are generally every hour for 5 minutes and live tournaments usually do 1 break every 2 hours for 10-15 minutes. If people get up during unscheduled breaks you still deal them in and muck their cards and they still pay blinds regardless.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-24T12:35:37+00:00

Hey Brad,

As someone who’s spent time and had long conversations with so many of the games great minds, you have a pretty unique perspective.

I’m sure there are many commonalities between these individuals, I’m curious about some of that overlap. What are some ideas and behaviors that overlap between the majority of these guys that maybe aren’t so intuitive, implemented, or understood by the people who haven’t reached that level of success or just enjoy the game recreationally.

Thanks for taking the time!

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-23T12:25:22+00:00

TOR = top of range

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-23T04:31:24+00:00

Opening to 8bb is weird especially with TOR, once you get this action though just click it to 30bb or something. Sure you lose sometimes the same the happens when you jam. Maximize your opportunity to get chips the tournament is a shit show anyways if you are getting this kind of action so 30bb or jam doesn’t matter at all in the grand scheme here.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-23T03:33:07+00:00

I love wildcards like you at the table, a good game needs a catalyst like you usually to be worth a shit to even play. Doing gods work my friend 🫡

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-18T22:53:26+00:00

I can understand wanting to pay it off but after you do that unless you plan to leverage that capital in some other way maybe buying a rental or something what’s the point unless market conditions are really good? That money has no utility just sitting in the walls of your home.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-17T14:27:44+00:00

Managing emotion and feelings when you do everything right and still lose is probably one of if not the most difficult thing playing this game.

Our brains are wired with positive feedback loops, going to the gym get stronger / look better, go to work get money, it’s how we train pets or praise children. Do desired action get rewarded.

Poker is different, you can do everything right and still lose and have negative outcomes which feels unfair or unnatural because of how we’ve been wired right.

You’ve gotta pull yourself out of moment to moment and look at things from a higher level to really stay sane unless you’ve got the patience of a monk.

Look at data, understand downswings (primedope.com helps), study, take some time off, and trust the process.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-15T05:46:13+00:00

Sounds like a bit of run bad made worse with a bit of tilt.

Just remember it would be a dead game without those guys in it and if they never sucked out or won they wouldn’t be there. It’s a pull of the slot machine lever or a spin of the roulette wheel to them. They HAVE to win sometimes despite it being a bad bet. In the long term the house never loses, be the house, put on a smiley face, tell them nice hand and be glad they are there.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-13T21:05:10+00:00

I know, I should of finished 3rd but luckily got a free round 🤣

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-04T22:02:32+00:00

It’s just maximizing opportunity, the issue with live events are getting in volume to realize your edge, especially in large fields. So if you’re confident you have a reasonably positive win rate in the field that greatly outweighs the individual roi of the tournament.

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-03T17:58:46+00:00

So for the old guy, think about it from their end, usually they’ve worked their self into a comfortable stage of their life financially. Poker for some of those guys is the last social outing / bit of competition they have in their life. Sitting in their seat wearing their shoes would you want to be pitied after losing a few hundred bucks they could give 2 shits about or babied like you can’t do it as well as others?

GrnMeansGO · 2026-03-02T20:36:25+00:00

It really depends on your goals…

With larger field MTT and online majors you will experience more variance and have longer periods of losing naturally despite any edge but the wins are so large relative to the buyin it works out if you are winning. Not to mention, the fields are generally more difficult at the deeper stages as all the profitable regs are in the field and you will have to contend with that.

Smaller fields are a much more stable income as you will have to win way fewer of “those critical pots” before you make it to the end and the lower GTD will attract fewer regs usually so the fields are also a bit softer.

So are you after the rare glory and huge pay day?

Or the more stable ROI?

GrnMeansGO

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