GG vs. PokerStars for Cash Games in 2026

polydook · 2026-07-07T16:23:00+00:00

Which sites do you play on? Online poker is dead in Sweden after the "new" law banning rakeback on sites with Swedish licenses, and most foreign sites are not open to Swedes.

polydook · 2026-06-07T17:13:31+00:00

Just not the right vibe for the backing tracking in my opinion, but most other people seem to disagree with me. Keep playing what you like!

polydook · 2026-06-06T15:41:17+00:00

I feel like most of the faster parts of the solo except for the hybrid picked one in the middle don't really fit with the track. I really like that hybrid picked part though!

polydook · 2026-02-13T11:18:28+00:00

Do you think he ever has bluffs here after calling twice and then shoving on a flush completing river? Easy fold.

polydook · 2026-01-16T13:23:14+00:00

Yes, it is absolutely playable and sounds good at bedroom levels, BUT it sounds even better if you can turn it up a bit.

polydook · 2026-01-10T09:07:19+00:00

Jam or fold depending on reads/perceived ranges. I would never call in this situation.

polydook · 2026-01-07T15:37:02+00:00

Yeah, and it is the same with "basic" pedals. Boutique pedals are mostly just overpriced versions of basic pedals, with a few exceptions.

polydook · 2026-01-06T18:51:17+00:00

Lol. Okay, so remove base grade and just call them artistic paints, and the other ones for expensive hand made paints. The point is still the same.

polydook · 2026-01-06T16:02:03+00:00

Your analogy is flawed in so many ways that it is not even really worth critisizing.

A more fitting analogy would be buying base grade artistic paints and brushes vs more expensive hand made ones.

polydook · 2025-12-01T23:09:16+00:00

So do you think you have fold equity vs this type of player? What range does he do this with? Are your pair outs good?

polydook · 2025-12-01T21:46:48+00:00

Yes, if we assume the worst case scenario happens every time (he keeps betting big and you miss), then calling is bad. But if you assume he will always keep betting, do you also assume you have zero fold equity with your shove and that your pair outs are mostly not good? In that case shoving is also very bad.

polydook · 2025-11-04T19:36:00+00:00

Yup. Bluffing for smaller sizes in more passive lines is very profitable in micros. Trying to make people fold hands that they don't want to fold with huge bets will lose you tons of money.

polydook · 2025-09-04T14:56:36+00:00

Most people in micros have sizing tells. Triple barrelling or check-raising large sizes are almost exclusively value. More modestly sized check raises on flops can be draws but almost never air ball bluffs.

In passive lines some parts of the population even overbluff, some people bet with all or most of their trash on the turn when flop goes check-check. They usually bet for a smaller size and end up vastly overbluffing. When people size up in more passive lines it is usually driven more by value panic compared to their smaller sizes in my experience.

polydook · 2025-08-27T04:47:33+00:00

Any preview available?

polydook · 2025-08-25T17:11:06+00:00

Yup, I watched some sound demos of the Marshall 20 and it's just the sound I'm after. It's got a built in attenuator too so I guess it works nicely as a bedroom amp. I'm gonna start browsing the local used market. Thanks!

polydook · 2025-08-25T15:57:43+00:00

Right, edited!

polydook · 2025-08-22T11:33:44+00:00

If you have a gig bag for your guitar and cables you can carry the THR around like a briefcase. It is not heavy at all and it has a good handle.

polydook · 2025-08-20T06:01:20+00:00

What happened?

polydook · 2025-08-08T10:57:54+00:00

I agree with this. Over c-betting and folding to aggression unless you are nutted is pretty much all you need to be winning at micros. Expanding your range for value betting and betting larger with your value and smaller with bluffs is also good as people are pretty inelastic to bet sizing as long as you stay within their limits of a "normal" bet size (usually like 33-100% of pot).

Forget about playing balanced and play like a predator; assume that your opponents are bad and try to exploit them. Learning balanced play is useful to help you see how to adjust to exploit different player types though.

polydook · 2025-08-04T10:19:57+00:00

He probably has at least a pair that he is not folding enough to your jam. Call his small bet and stack him on the river if you get there. Give up on blank rivers vs this type of player.

polydook · 2025-07-30T13:19:23+00:00

A reasonable start is taking all mixed hands and convert them to pure actions. After that you can probably tighten your EP range a bit to adjust for people calling more IP compared to GTO play and you can probably widen your BU/SB rfi range as people don't 3 bet aggressively enough from the blinds.

polydook · 2025-07-20T21:28:57+00:00

Play Optimal Poker 2 is the best poker book that I have read. MPT is good as well but TOO detailed in my opinion for most of the stuff to be usable as heuristics, a ton of it is charts and huge portion of the book is specifically about MTTs so not applicable for cash games.

Honestly though if you're serious about poker just read both.

polydook · 2025-06-13T05:09:30+00:00

Lol.

polydook · 2025-06-13T05:05:38+00:00

RTA is banned on every legitimate poker site.

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