I have also been really interested in the maths behind poker decisions. And I would love to reach a level (mid/high stakes?) where GTO might be useful in practice to spend time studying this part of the game.
GL with the studying
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Originally posted by mbml
the course? add Internet to skype and pay him 400$/90 min
Lol well that isn't quite feasible for a micro grinder now is it! The way you worded it made it sound Luke an actual course with curriculum, not a coaching session
Never the less any good reads you have found on the game theory optimal strategy related to poker would be good (as well as gto pertaining to life decision making).
i was chatting with my friend who is a FL HU specialist. he tells me there are some math specialists (PhDs) who charge like 50/h for such stuff but then again he is probably less able to translate that to a NL game where bet size is also an important factor (and it really is, it makes the game way more complex than FL)
I gained some inspiration last night on writing content, and I started typing down a hell lot of stuff on Powerpoint.
After like 5-6 hours of hard work, I came up with 100 slides. Some of it involve quite a bit of math, though anyone who has decent mastery of High School Algebra can handle it.
A good amount of the content is written based on what I frequently see in the NL25-50 hand evaluation forums. People making big mistakes and just betting Flops and Turns in the wrong spots.
Maybe I'll make a complete package some time in the future. But if you are interested in individual theory lessons, I am more prepared than I ever was before ($80/h). I will start adding more and more theory topics as I play more hands and get more ideas.
Contents
1. Analysing our Strategic options
-Reasons for Betting and Raising
-Reasons for Checking or Calling
-Folding
2. Hand Categorisation
3. Basic Math Concepts
-Bluffing
-Stack : Pot Ratios
-Bet-Sizing using Risk-Reward and SPR
-Bluff Catching
4. Playing Made Hands
-Misapplying the concept of Protection
-Thin-value Betting
-Betting vs Checking Monsters on the River OOP
Played about 4 sessions so far this month, approximately 11 hours in total which is so little, even for my standards.
I tried making some changes, like forcing myself to check Flops more often and barrel more. I think I'm starting to play somewhat better but my luck is complete crap -> Keep getting coolered all day long.
At least I booked a nice 2k session today.
7bi below EV doesn't sound bad heh, but when you lose it @ 500NL it is a whole bunch of $0.25 coins... 
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Originally posted by mbml
thanks for the support everyone!For those of you who play Warcraft/Starcraft
There was a gaming competition held near my house (LoL and SC2) so I went to check out the finals for Starcraft II. First gaming competition I attended in 2 years. Also managed to get some autographs and signatures from Grubby, as well as a picture
I just arrived home, and feel a little depressed that I have exams in 3 days. What am I doing, wasting my time studying (to get a peanut-paying "Regular 9-5 Job")? The thought of working a normal job sends a chill down my spine. I better start making more at poker. 6 more months to go!
Began stalking your blog a bit today as you are being my hero on hand evaluations, and I discover not only that you play zoom (which is the next thing I want to learn), but you also play Starcraft and you got an autograph of Grubby (protoss player here!).
You are my new hero.
Since I'm already here, I wanted to ask a simple and stupid question.
How do stats work on Zoom? (with HM2?)
Does it just work normally?
Do I have to do something about it?
@AtrociousNightmare: Thanks
I think it works by default, just try to keep it updated. If u use HM1 instead, you must use the internal forums to look for an internal patch.
@tadcka: I can't rmb, but it wasn't too good. Maybe BE or something, tbh I don't know why. My NL200 WR also dropped when I played NL500.
I got really lazy to play again since I woke up at 10 am. And games usually start to die out at 12+. Fortunately, the new Zoom changes (4-5 handed play when player pool drops) helps to maintain 200 hands per hour even at 30 players.
Played 1.5 hours today and made 1.7k which was quite good. After that I made another freebie 30 min video on how to play MSS at NL100 since I was bored.
I'll post it here later when I'm done.
I ran really bad this month. Not that I had a great sample to back it up though. Past 2 days was complete shit for me, losing close to 6k in 5 hours. Things are looking hopeful though.
Firstly, I can average 750 - 800 VPPs per hour 8-tabling, compared to my previous average of 650 - 700 VPPs 6-tabling. It doesn't affect my play too much. I think SNE has never been so easily within my reach.
Secondly, while I have not been too hard-working and reviewing my game like I should after each session, I think I have improved by quite a bit. Red-line is significantly positive now and I don't think this increase really sacrificed too much blue-line - I was mostly running bad with all-ins and getting coolered.
Results
Profit: -$3144 (EV-adjusted: $2554.55)
Hands: 22 666
Time: 20 hours
Today starts the first trip of my year. Going Bangkok for 4 days with a few of my school friends. Should be fun. I have many travel plans in store both during my sch term and after my graduation as well (Vietnam, South Korea, East Europe)
Originally posted by mbml
I ran really bad this month. Not that I had a great sample to back it up though. Past 2 days was complete shit for me, losing close to 6k in 5 hours. Things are looking hopeful though.Firstly, I can average 750 - 800 VPPs per hour 8-tabling, compared to my previous average of 650 - 700 VPPs 6-tabling. It doesn't affect my play too much. I think SNE has never been so easily within my reach.
Secondly, while I have not been too hard-working and reviewing my game like I should after each session, I think I have improved by quite a bit. Red-line is significantly positive now and I don't think this increase really sacrificed too much blue-line - I was mostly running bad with all-ins and getting coolered.
Results
Profit: -$3144 (EV-adjusted: $2554.55)
Hands: 22 666
Time: 20 hoursToday starts the first trip of my year. Going Bangkok for 4 days with a few of my school friends. Should be fun. I have many travel plans in store both during my sch term and after my graduation as well (Vietnam, South Korea, East Europe)
Wow!
And gg for improving (if that is even possible!)
Have a good journey ~
I hope you'll still keep contact with us all while you'll be gone!
Maybe it is a stupid question but is zoom the place to get coolerd all day long because of the tighter ranges from almost everybody?
Another question I have is that if you try to be a TAG with no leaks at all @ ZOOM are you able to beat higer limits like NL1K , 2K normal tables?
gewoon relaxed blijven OGGGGGG 
@ihufa: I only played BW once at a BYOC lan event, I don't really know how to play BW. Wouldn't mind playing SC2 though.
@Yordi85: At 200/500, I think Zoom plays pretty much the same as regular games. Everyone playing normal tables are going to play 12-20 tables anyway, and people know how to exploit looseness/tightness, so it all evens out.