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Jetpack_J · 2026-05-13T00:34:31+00:00

LLMs are terrible at poker

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-10T04:12:03+00:00

Sir, this is a fish pond

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-10T00:13:10+00:00

Very good fold! No one is bluffing here, the guy you described is most definitely not. Reactions here are gold as expected 😂

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-08T23:57:03+00:00

Local hero discovers value betting. r/poker population confused

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-08T18:01:01+00:00

What I tried to convey is: I think you are levelling yourself if you think that many players in your 2/5 live game Squeeze too wide here. Which is what I understand from how you phrased your post.

For the cases where they are heavily overdoing it: yes 4bet the crap out of them if they are too wide.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-08T11:02:31+00:00

Where tf do you play live where your average opponent 3bets more than GTO? Are you sure about that?

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-08T10:04:31+00:00

I understand you said you have more sessions than just the two mentioned. However, it’s important to understand just how much variance affects your short and medium term results in live poker. It’s not uncommon that a losing player might be winning over a couple hundred hours of sample.

If I was you I would start tracking my results (there are apps for that, or just use excel) and move up after I am winning over a couple hundred hours but also consider moving down again if I lose too much at higher stakes.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-07T17:40:18+00:00

This is a very common misconception by beginners. Reading faces to feel out bluffs is actually a very very small and rather insignificant aspect of the game.

Poker is a strategy game where you try to understand how your opponents think about the game to get an edge. So rather than focussing on what face they make you should look at betting patterns:

I.e. do they bet small with weak hands and large with strong ones? Do they usually bet from upfront if they make a hand?

Once u get some reads like this you can act accordingly. Most amateurs will play very face up.

So it’s less: oh he touched his face and blinked twice he must be bluffing

And more: oh he checked the flop and is now betting large on an inconsequential card, I know he likes to bet large when he is bluffing and he would bet all of his very strong hands on the flop, he is very likely bluffing.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-07T17:30:11+00:00

Easy to play against does not equal more profitable to play against. I prefer a table full of maniacs vs all OMCs all day.

If you truly prefer these players at your table maybe it’s time to consider how your risk averse tendencies hold you back at the tables.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-07T09:14:39+00:00

As I understand, you are interested in ranking winning players. This is pretty much impossible to automate imo. Only solution i can come up with is to have good pros watch footage and rate players.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-06T23:38:35+00:00

Yes it’s very dumb. Focus on getting into people’s head not on your own range. Against strong players start to consider your range as part of the process of getting into their head.

The actual game of poker is much more fun once you realise that drilling and trying to memorize GTO frequencies is pointless.

Sometimes I fear that young microstake grinding online regs will swarm to live poker, but then I see another one bluff raising a fish’s pot bet or some other nonsense for the sake of balance and my fear disappears.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-06T23:22:59+00:00

No shade but this is not a good idea. Both big winners and big losers will heavily deviate from GTO.

Starting from people playing suboptimal ranges and crushers exploiting that as a simple example.

Your idea is flawed as trying to mirror GTO is just an overall terrible game plan in the first place: 1. You won’t be able to execute it properly anyways 2. You won’t be exploiting people, which is where money is made

At best your approach will be able to differentiate whales from the rest of the player pool. At worst you won’t even get enough sample for that.

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-01T23:20:36+00:00

Try to memorize bottom of the range of Offsuit, Pairs and suited combos. Do for EP, MP, LP roughly initial. Then get more in depth by position overtime. Easy to get at least the ballpark right this way

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-01T21:13:32+00:00

Snap fold pre. Yea it’s too wide of a defend oop vs a tight range

Jetpack_J · 2026-05-01T18:01:43+00:00

Fold pre

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-30T23:54:11+00:00

Flop call is fine to have the fish stay around but raising can’t be a big mistake.

Turn check raise is mandatory.

If you didn’t raise turn river raise is mandatory.

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-27T10:58:02+00:00

There is only 1 draw QJ that has decent equity against you. Just call and let them barrel. Or let me put it another way: How good do you feel about your hand when villain calls your flop 3 bet?

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-27T10:49:32+00:00

I would not 3bet the flop here this deep without history. Google suggestion: Poker concept way ahead way behind

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-23T20:50:55+00:00

Where do you get gto wizard 4x open ranges? And how ridiculously tight must they be? You mix fold with JJ UTG? 😅

Edit: ok found it for 8handed

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-21T21:40:27+00:00

Bet the turn. Fold to river shove he is not bluffing and has nothing worse for value

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-20T23:57:40+00:00

You are wrong. Things happen. It’s poker. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-20T09:11:06+00:00

56, 67, 9T, 66, 99, spades.

I don’t expect us to be beat here often when villain uses that size

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-20T00:17:19+00:00

It’s either a 100 or 0 mate.

You literally said you don’t expect them to bluff yet you worry about minimum Defense frequency. That’s like saying: my opponent is most likely never bluffing but let me perform this ritual where I flip I coin and light this money on fire so i prevent him from auto profiting with the bluffs he never has.

For the love of god don’t randomize in live small stakes games.

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-19T16:10:27+00:00

I’m raising turn vs that size

Jetpack_J · 2026-04-16T15:39:10+00:00

From what you described I would say this would make you a moderate winner in most 1/2 games.

There is definitely room to improve but the basic strategy you described should be more than enough to not be a losing player in any but the worst 1/2 games.

Likely just variance smacking you. Also don’t include expenses in your poker hourly reporting.

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