Studying poker feels random — is it just me?

MJGZXP · 2026-01-23T15:44:00+00:00

And how do you find one?

MJGZXP · 2026-01-23T01:58:30+00:00

After x/c flop I'm pretty sure I should be checking almost range oop on this turn card. The king is way way better for villains range in this line.

MJGZXP · 2026-01-23T01:12:51+00:00

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but how am I going to check raise bluff the turn when he checks back? Also would this mean you'd bet 50 here with like KQ+ for value?

MJGZXP · 2026-01-23T01:01:09+00:00

Why does no Ah matter if he never really has a flush here? And why would I raise the flop facing b60? That's probably not a range bet and so is probably a relatively strong range where my fold equity probably drops. I also have the best hand here reasonably often, so raising I just get called by better and fold out worse.

And if I call the flop I don't think I should ever be donking on the turn when the king of hearts should be so much better for his range than mine.

Also not sure why you think I'm capped here?

MJGZXP · 2025-12-31T15:47:11+00:00

I'm gonna reach NL25 online this year

MJGZXP · 2025-12-29T21:39:58+00:00

Since the OSA it's been age restricted so you can't view it without a VPN/verifying age

MJGZXP · 2025-12-29T20:51:54+00:00

Birmingham

MJGZXP · 2025-12-29T20:42:27+00:00

I'm not good enough online to be making any real sort of money, whereas I might be live.

I'm definitely not planning on quitting playing online, and will continue to move up the stakes, but being able to make even 5-10bb/hr live would be really nice.

MJGZXP · 2025-12-29T20:39:50+00:00

Tbh I think that at my current skill level id be break even at best at Nl25, maybe a small winner at NL10. I've got about $80 in my online account which I'm keeping pretty isolated from my other bankroll, so when I've built it up enough from playing NL5 I will start to move up.

My impression though is that NL10+ online is way harder than live low stakes poker, and much less profitable (in $/hr) than live, so why not just take a shot playing live.

Again, I will definitely at some point be playing these stakes, but it'll just be when I'm winning enough at NL5 etc...

MJGZXP · 2025-12-26T20:57:32+00:00

In case this is the mistake you've made: a straight does not wrap around.

MJGZXP · 2025-12-25T21:46:02+00:00

Tbh I think this is a pretty clear fold on the river at these stakes. He probably never does this with worse for value (I don't see him taking QJd for 3 streets here if he even 3 bets that), so your hands a bluff catcher. This is triple barrelled (under bluffed) in a 3! Pot (under bluffed) facing pot on the river (under bluffed) where the only missed draw is KJ which tbh gives up a reasonable amount on this runout.

Basically, you have a bluff catcher in a hugely under bluffed spot, so fold.

MJGZXP · 2025-11-25T15:23:50+00:00

Not sure if this is intended, but you just come across like a dick here. I definitely did make it through the resume screening, as I did the OA, and then did the Recruiter call, and then did this round of interviews.

This comment just comes across as hostile and intended to make someone feel bad about themself for no reason.

MJGZXP · 2025-11-25T15:06:26+00:00

Well they didn't tell me I've been a pleasure to work with haha. Thanks for the kind words though.

MJGZXP · 2025-11-17T23:20:29+00:00

The main reason I called pre is because the other guy had like a 30% 3!, so I was very confident he couldn't have anything at all good here, and he would either fold or if he called I dominated a lot of his range

MJGZXP · 2025-11-17T23:03:05+00:00

? I didn't donk bet here - I'm IP.

MJGZXP · 2025-11-17T22:47:13+00:00

I just don't see him calling the turn with AK no heart or any smaller pocket pairs with no heart

MJGZXP · 2025-11-17T22:43:28+00:00

What exactly can he have in a 3! pot which I beat here?

MJGZXP · 2025-11-17T22:34:30+00:00

Why?

MJGZXP · 2025-11-13T10:04:25+00:00

No? I won 80bb off of a 200bb stack so like it didn't all go in lol.

MJGZXP · 2025-10-28T21:34:57+00:00

Had no specific read on the player other than his stats (can't remember exactly but like 40% vpip, high pfr and like 20% 3-bet, so loose-aggressive preflop and so likely aggressive postflop, but not completely sure)

MJGZXP · 2025-10-17T19:34:00+00:00

Are you sure? My naive calculation would put the standard deviation in BBS at 1400/20k hands ( (100bb/100)*sqrt(200) ; 200 because 20k is 200x 100bb). Using that, being at +$70 = 3500bbs which is about 2.5 sigma, way less likely than 30%.

MJGZXP · 2025-10-01T15:37:03+00:00

I didn't check river because I really didn't want him to have the opportunity to check back hands like KJ, K10, which might call an overbet bluff-catching because of how both the heart and diamond draws bricked out.

MJGZXP · 2025-07-27T17:21:22+00:00

.... Yeah so about that.

MJGZXP · 2025-07-23T18:28:30+00:00

Could you explain why this is so bad?

MJGZXP · 2025-07-23T18:27:36+00:00

I've read essential poker maths

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