Lemon, there is something I wish to convey to you. Something I hope you will take time to consider. If you come to understand what I say now you will instantly become a far better player. This is very simple logic, a beginner can grasp it instantly, but for strange reasons it will not be easy for you to learn.
Before I can explain, I need you to understand a little of my Poker history... I started my career at a poker school in Bulgaria. I left my job in the uk and moved into this poker sweat-shop. Three years later, among my many achievements was taking 8bbs in over a million hands from the $200 games at 888. Thats when I stopped playing to spend five years, FIVE YEARS, considering how to make one individual poker decision. During these 5 years I learnt pretty much everything there is to know about making an exploitative decision. I learnt way more than any theorist before me. Nowadays I am able to almost instantly recognise a players proficiency to use the exploitative thought-process.
When watching you earlier, I was able to deduce your ability to use this thought-process. I now know the exact piece of theory that would advance you to becoming a far better player.
Subconsciously you are already good at exploiting, but, your subconscious mind is blocking your conscious mind from considering certain pieces of theory. You are suffering from something called cognitive dissonance which causes this mental block. You said earlier how it was a challenge to consider my logic. You believe that the reason for this is because my theories are different from what is commonly accepted, but, I learnt poker from a series of coaches not dissimilar to you. I didnt change the common poker theories in my solitude, I advanced them. And now I am as certain as a man can be, that your struggle is in fact a symptom of the cogD.
Up until now, in this post, I havent mentioned the logic that your mind rejects and so you should have little to no problem understanding everything so far. But that is about to change. Your mind is about to become clouded, you are about to become frustrated, or in some way emotionally impaired. Prepare yourself…
You are a Level Two player. You do not have the conscious ability to make a Level Three decision. When I asked you earlier to describe how you came to the conclusion that the villain held a Q, I already knew that your response was not going to contain any Level Three logic, and it did not. When I then highlighted the Level Three logic, by explaining that the perceived range is key to recognising the villains holding, you did try to add this to your deliberations as something of an after-thought, but all you really did was highlight exactly where your confusion lies. When trying to speak of your perceived range your subconscious mind deflected your conscious mind to another range, a range that is very similar to our perceived range but does not conflict with the Level Two thought-process. When I asked you to describe your perceived range, what you described was your actual range. The Level One range.
The difference between these ranges is subtle but amounts to this: To consider your perceived range you have to consider the game through the eyes of the villain. When I prompted you to speak of your perceived range, the villain in question had just called down A high to a large river bet. The range this particular player will put you on, your perceived range in the situation in question, was little more complicated than “air”. But instead of saying that, you said that your perceived range contained some value, some draws, etc. You did not consider this range from the villains perspective. You were facing a very weak player, and yet you analysed your range as though you were dealing with the perfect player. You described your range as it looks to you. You described your actual range.
Right this second your subconscious mind is trying to convince you that I am wrong. It will spew out one reason after another. You will think “that was just me rushing”, “that difference is so small, it barely even matters”. These are tricks of the mind. Please understand that there is nothing more important to a Level Two player than learning Level Three. It enhances the way you approach all decisions in Poker, and it can be learnt in mere seconds if you do exactly what I say -
All you have to do is go through some recorded Poker decisions, and whilst considering each decision, consider specifically how your percieved range will change once you make the play. If the villain is a calling station, this range will usually contain many weak hands. If the villain folds a lot, this range must contain very strong hands. There is a direct correlation between the range you are representing and the hands the villain plays. The hands the villain plays are directly based upon the range he assigns for you.
Your subconscious mind will probably be telling you that, “this is obvious”, but this is just another trick. This is very obvious stuff. At the age of 6 or so humans naturally develop the ability to make these same calculations subconsciously. I am not saying this logic is complicated, I am just saying that you are not consciously considering it properly. This range is very easy to follow, but how come you didn’t mention one single thing about it through-out your entire video? This is the all important range that enables us to assertain the strength of the villains hand, and yet you didn’t mention it at all when explaining how to exploit. You mentioned the villains hand loads, his range etc, but not once did you mention your own perceived range. I asked why you put him on the Q and you said it was because you bet big. This alone is not a reason for the villain to fold. You know this.
You know almost all the calculations for Level Three, but, you are confusing your actual range with your perceived range which ruins all the calculations.
I am quitting teaching my theories. I’ve decided to use my theories instead, to create a new trade-system to replace our current system, which I hope will eventually bring paradise to the world. I’ve given up on teaching because it is too difficult to get past experienced players' subconscious blockages. You have shown a remarkable resilience to the effects of the cognitive dissonance, you even repeatedly inviting me to join you for more talks. This is very rare for a Level Two player, and so I felt like I might aswell have a stab at teaching you Level Three.
You will know when you crack it. The feeling is unmistakable. Enlightenment. Euphoria. You will feel elated as your Level Two decision making process is enhanced by the Level Three logic which you already know is true. You will no longer feel frustrated nor will you feel any negative emotions when considering posts like this. You will feel elated like the man who escaped in Platos allegory of the cave. Your mind will be free, and you will instantly become a far better poker player. Probably even better a player than I am. I dont claim to be the best player. I dont have the brain, nor the inclination to become such. I am a deep thinker. A real deep thinker. My skillset has led me to become the most advanced strategic theorist ever to live, but I am leaving the poker world as the most hated and ridiculed player ever to step foot on the poker scene. I hope atleast this post was not written in vain.
WHEN: ONLY THIS MONDAY JUNE 17th 20:00 CEST 
