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Message original de pokHero
Preflop Exploitative Defence OOP - Part 2

Pour continuer le coaching de Stasia, j'aimerais revenir sur le dernier scénario sur lequel j'ai des doutes:

Scenario:

• Preflop:
  BTN Open (BU 100%, F3bBU 67%, 4bet 7% (so 4bet range 7%)) (ex: 2bb)
  Hero 3bet KQo (ex: 7bb)
  BTN 4bet (ex: 15bb)
  Hero 5bet (ex: 31bb)
  Same as previous small 5bet, taking aggressive dead money

Sur le 3bet on fait déjà un profit immédiat et en plus vilain va défendre 23% de ca range (16% call, 7% 4bet). Sur une range linéaire de 23% KQ est en coin flip.

Je prend comme prédicat que vilain va 4bet polarizé puisqu'il call 16%.

33 c'est pas 23, attention

Message original de ilares
33 c'est pas 23, attention

I can't even maths

Merci, du coup c'est encore plus ultra profitable.

BB vs SB

Travail sur la serie de 5 videos sur la Defence de Stasia

• 1 - Defence IP in vacuum
• 2 - Exploitive Defence IP
• 3 - Defence OOP in vacuum
• 4 - Exploitive Defence OOP
• 5 - BB vs SB

In a Vacuum:

RFI range: 31% {66+, A2s+, K7s+, Q7s+, J7s+, T7s+, 96s+, 85s+, 75s+, 64s+, 54s, A9o+, K9o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o, 98o}

• Hits Mediocre Hands on High Board
• Hits Weak hands on misses completely on low board
• Hits Strong Draws on Wet Flops (Low frequency)

Rules:

• Vs the SB we can defend 100% of the RFI range
• vs tight open SB open 33% we can defend 25-33%
• 3bet linear till we have information

Defence ranges in vacuum 2:1

• Call 2bet 17%: TT-22, A9s-A2s, KJs-K2s, QTs+, J9s+, T8s+, 97s+, 86s+, 76s, KJo-KTo, QTo+, JTo
• 3bet 8%: JJ+, ATs+, KQs, ATo+, KQo
• No call 4bet in vacuum
• 5bet 3%: JJ+, AKo, AKs

Scenario SB 0/2 RFI 25 hands
Hero call BB 34s

• Flop: 5s2d9s dream
  SB check
  Hero float
  SB call = capped weak
• Turn: Jd
  SB donk 2/3+
  Hero raise capped range x3+, if vilain shove hero need 33% probably don't have it, so fold
  SB fold

Exploitive

Adjustments:

• We should still defend 100% of SB RFI
• The more they open the more we can go over 100% of their opening range (ex: open 55%, defend 60+%)
• Linear Range vs player that don't fold to 3bet
• Polarized Range vs player that tend to fold to 3bet

Scenario
Information: vilain is Taggish/half power, Open 44%, not Folding to 3bet and 4bet wide
Hero AJs
Preflop: can call or 3bet to call a 4bet

• Flop: A9Ts (no flush draw for us)
  There is value to raise, get called by lower A, draws, combos draws
  Hero raise (will call a 3bet)
  SB call
• Turn: 5 (blank)
  Hero bet 2/3
  SB fold

Exemple of ranges

Vilain open around 42% and Fold less than 50% to 3bet: (Choices of hands are debatable)

• Call 26.5%: 99-22, A9s-A2s, K9s-K2s, Q9s, J9s-J8s, T7s+, 96s+, 85s+, 74s+, 63s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A9o-A2o, K9o, Q9o, J9o, T9o
  
• 3bet 14.3%: TT+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo
  
• vs4bet (5bet or call) 4%: JJ+, AKs, AKo

Vilain open around 42% and Fold more than 63% to 3bet:

• Call 28%: 99-22, A9s-A2s, KJs-K2s, QTs+, J9s+, T9s, AJo-A2o, KJo-K9o, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o
  
• 3bet 14%: TT+, ATs+, KQs, T7s, 97s-96s, 85s+, 74s+, 63s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, ATo+, KQo
  
  (Personally I would prefer Q9-7s, J8s, T8s, 98s than some other bluffs)
• vs4bet (5bet or call) 5.3%: TT+, ATs+, AQo+

Vilain open around 52% and fold 50% to 3bet:

• Call 36%: 77-22, K9s-K2s, Q9s-Q2s, J9s-J2s, T2s+, 92s+, 82s+, 72s+, 62s+, 52s+, 42s+, 32s, A9o-A2o, K9o-K8o, Q9o-Q8o, J9o-J8o, T8o+, 98o
  Need to be aggressive postflop!
  
• 3bet 18%: 88+, A2s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo
  
• vs4bet 5%: TT+, AQs+, AQo+

Bon bas je pars en couille. C'est l'arrachage de cheveux. Je continue à me bouffer des spots de merde les uns après les autres, runner sous l'EV, j'en passe et des meilleurs, et je sais qu'après 2 mois 1/2 mon mental n'est plus la, du coup y a également du spew, du doute, bref c'est l'enfer.

J'ai pas non plus envie de lacher, cependant il va vraiment falloir que je resorte avec des solides apprentissages mentaux de ce down pour ne pas souffrir autant au prochain.

Je vais deja commencer par 2 jours hors des tables et mettre en place un nouveau plan pour repartir à zero.

Les objectifs:

• Lire Mental Game Of Poker II.
• Contacter/prendre un coach/mentor.
• Retravailler un échauffement de 15min à faire systématiquement.
• Retanter la méditation.

J'ai également commencé à enregistrer des sessions afin de les revoirs en groupe. C'est un exercice difficile lorsque l'on a pas l'habitude de commenter en jouant, en tout cas pour moi. Je la poste également ici, défois que ca interesserait quelqu'un. Pas beaucoup de spots très interessant et certains coups assez mal joué.

En attendant, bon courage aux tables.

Courage, garde le cap. Le plus important c'est que tu passe ce cap où rien ne passe, et qu'on commence a spew. C'est dans ces moments la qu'on dit revenir a notre A-Game e savoir folder.

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The Mental Game Of Poker II

Here are my notes and highlights of the new Jared Tendler book.

The Zone

Common similarities of what being in the zone is:

• The game feels easy and decisions are made automatically.
• Gut instincts, senses, or feelings about the right decisions, but can't explain their rationale.
• You're able to consider more factors than normal, and process them more quickly.
• You feel calm, patient and at ease. There's no stress or difficulty; even with things that normally would cause tilt or anxiety.
• Your perception of time is altered and you lose a sense of it. For some players, time flies by; for others, it slows down dramatically.
• You don't experience any outside thoughts or distractions, including the mental game issues that typically creep in.

The Zone is a state of heightened mental functioning, awareness and concentration that allows poker players to perform at the highest possible levels.

Three facets of the Zone:

• Energy
  The Zone can not be reached without the right amount of energy. But maximizing performance is not about maximizing energy, you need to find the right energy level for you. We already know that at low level of energy I avoid to play (playing tired, too relaxed, not motivated) to avoid bad session. The same should go for very high level of energy, because at higher energy level, higher brain functions shut down.

  The goal is to find the right amount of energy: The goldilocks level of energy.

  Major factors that influence your level of energy:
  - Physical needs: Better rest, healthier diet, exercise have all been proven to increase overall energy levels.
  - Emotional state: Emotions can give you the boost you need to reach the Zone. Ex: Being inspired by someone. I noticed, watching great players streaming before a session is a good way to warmup. Or sometime watching motivationals videos/speeches just boost you just the right amount.
  - Goals: Motivation is a powerful source of energy and goals provide structure and direction for that energy.
  - Degree of challenge: You need to be sufficiently challenged in order to reach the Zone. Balance between boredom and anxiety of the challenge.
  - Perspective: The battle for success in poker is as much about a player's belief about their skill as it is about their actual skill.

• Learning
  The most recognizable feature of playing in the Zone is the ability to just know the correct decision. When you are in the Zone, you gain access to unconscious knowledge and this accounts for the dramatic increase in the quality of your decision making. Unconscious learning process or Zone Learning Model (ZLM):

  - Level 1: Intangible Competence
  You know what's right but can't explain why it's right. The play can be an error in a vacuum but you have a strong hunch, that could come from opponent prior actions, a physical tell, timing tell, bet-sizing tell, momentum, G-Bucks, image...

  - Level 2: Conceptual Competence
  After an "Aha moment" or looking closely at decisions made while playing in the Zone, you now realize why you knew what was right. Not enough experience to apply it on a regular basis. Two way to reach this level: Develop original concepts or learn them from other players.

  - Level 3: Conscious Competence
  This stage is exactly the same as it is in the Adult Learning Model (ALM).

  - Level 4: Unconscious Competence
  This stage is the final stage of ALM and ZLM.

  The process of taking intangible competence into unconscious competence can be simplified and accelerated with a A-game journal.

  A-game journal:
  Gathering notes about the peak of your game.
  - After every instance that you play in the zone take exhaustive notes about your experience. Some will make sense right away, some tougher to explain.
  - Focus on hands where you had a strong intuition. Review and try to explain why they were correct. Don't edit or censor or force your thoughts.
  - While playing consider writing notes down about why you though it was correct.
  - Record any insights while watching training video or by talking to other players.
  - Revisit it after you have new ideas.
  - The work you put into the A-game journal may take time to pay dividends. But the more you visit it the closer you will be of new insights.

• The Data-Stream

  The action in poker flows like a stream of data with an endless supply of betting patterns, bluffing tendencies... While the flow of data is constant, your ability to access it is not. The mind absorbs a lot of data while playing poker. If the data don't move up through the ZML, too much will accumulate.

Update 1:

Consistently getting into the Zone

Steps to help find a good recipe for getting to the Zone:

• Create a Zone Profile
• Get Into a Zone Routine
• Start with a Zone Warm-Up
• Finish with a Zone Cool-Down
• Make routine adjustments

Zone Profile

The profile is a living document that first serves as a baseline and then becomes a tool that tracks and measures progress.

First try:

• What is it like to play in the zone?
  

  Playing in the Zone is like having find the code to crack an encrypted stream, suddenly you can see all the information you need clearly.

• How is the quality of your focus?
  

  Focus is total but not forced and seems to ignore all external stimulus.

• What is your decision-making process like?
  

  It's ahead of vilain's play. Anticipating.

• What is your energy level? Do you feel calm, fired up, or somewhere in between?
  

  I feel very calm.

• What contributes to an ideal level of energy for you?
  

  No idea

• Does your sense of time speed up or slow down?
  

  Slow down

• In what percentage of your sessions or tournaments are you able to reach the zone? How long does it typically last?
  

  Very low percentage, maybe 15%. Last 25 to 45 min.

• What is different about your warm-up, sleep, or level of physical activity on days when you are able to play in the zone?
  

  I don't know and need to find out.

• Are you more likely to get in the zone when playing at higher stakes or at lower stakes?
  

  I always play at the same limit

• What causes you to fall out of the zone?
  

  Mental fatigue

• What is the first sign that indicates you’re no longer in the zone?
  

  Checking number of hands I played so far

• Do you raise your game when playing in certain events or against certain players?
  

  Haven't noticed

Zone Routine

In poker, you can increase your chances of getting into the zone by developing and maintaining consistent routines. The routine should be consistent but not stale or it would lose its effectiveness.

Zone Warmup

potential steps:

• Remove and minimize the potential for distraction
• Review Long term goals and set short term goals for the day
• Review strategic notes that will help you to correct your tactical and/or mental game weakness.
• Deep breathing and/or visualization

One way players can use visualisation is to imagine being in a situation where they tend to make mistakes or tilt, to anticipate and adapte game mistakes or mental recovery.

Zone Cool-down

It has no impact on the session that just ended, but it can have a significant influence on your ability to reach the zone in future sessions. Potential steps:

• Evaluate your success by revisiting the goals you set in your warm-up
• If you reached the zone, take notes using the suggestions made in the zone profile section
• If you fell short of the zone, evaluate you efforts and the reasons why they fell short. Do the same if you reached the zone and fell out of it.
• Evaluate how you played tactically, Did you improve upon any areas of weakness, learn anything new, or strengthen existing skills?
• Review hands that forced you to think hard. Often players look at their biggest winners and losers, even though the decisions in these hands are often standard, Hands that really make you think are a better indication that there is something to learn.
• Focus on details of your mental game. Did you notice a new sign or cause of tilt, a loss of confidence, or increased levels of anxiety?
• Review your best and worst decisions of the day. These don't have to be the biggest or most costly pots, just instances where you were especially pleased or annoyed by your decisions.
• Take game flow notes on hands that you want to review in more detail at another time.
• Evaluate how big of an impact variance had on your results.
• Evaluate how well your opponents played against you.
• Evaluate the difficulty of the session.

Routine can not become routine. An easy way to ensure it stays current is to have the information collected in your cool-down feed into your next warm-up.

Routine Adjustments

When a game is too good to pass up: Create a mini, 30 second version of your warm-up to do after settling into your seat. Compensate will longer cool-down.

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Applying knowledge, TODO:
- Mental Game tracker: Log energy level at beginning of session
- Mental Game tracker: Tag energy level routine that lead to session (ex: sport, sleep, music...)
- Mental Game tracker: Log ABC game level of each session
- Poker Tracker 4: Tag hands with "Intuition" tag.
- Mental Game tracker: Log Zone profil information and modification
- Mental Game Tracker: Add questions as helper for Mental and technical notes.
- Mental Game Tracker: Scrap ALM and make objectifs dynamique, to be able to had warmup goals based on previous sessions cooldown.

Vivement la traduction fr de ce livre,
d ici un mois ou deux j y serai aussi ^^
tres bon choix jerem comme d hab

Merci Ricain, QNS et Sully.

La main du jour. Posté dans le forum d'analyse, si certains veulent en débattre allons le faire la bas histoire de regrouper les réponses. >>> Main dans le forum d'analyse.

Vilain est l'un des meilleurs reg de la limite. Il a des stats postflop très très GTO. J'ai 3.3k de mains récentes sur lui (je prends que les stats des 3 derniers mois dans mon hud).

• Preflop
  Bizarrement il open 21% UTG et fold 25% au 3bet à cette position. Je vais donc le 3bet mergé. QTs va être trop faible pour rentrer dans cette range mergé imo. Donc contre 21% j'ai décidé de call QTs BB.
• Flop
  Sur flop mouillé je ne l'ai jamais trop remarqué varier ces sizings, il cbet tres souvent 2/3 pots. Ici il n'y a pas plus wet que ça. Du coup mon read à ce niveau de la main était qu'il avait majoritairement des draws voir un Jx. Pensant qu'il va cbet au moins 2/3 pots JJ+ et autres values.
  Le call et le raise sont tous les deux assez intéressant je pense. Vilain Cbet 65% du temps dans les pots 2bet.

  Avec le call on va jouer un guessing game turn avec une range capé sur des tonnes de cartes.

  Avec un raise, ma range percue de value JJ 66 et JQs ici, (vs lui je vais 3bet JJ vue qu il call moins bien). Je pense que le raise est interessant si effectivement je le vois sur une majorité de draw.

• Turn
  La turn est la blank parfaite. Je suis surpris par son changement de sizing, et vue que je le mets sur une main faible je pense qu il essaye de mettre de la pression sur ma range capé.
• River
  Encore un changement de sizing, pour moi il est super polarizé en faisant pot sur ma range capé (22 miss draw).

PokerStars - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 156.6 BB (VPIP: 28.89, PFR: 23.81, 3Bet Preflop: 7.86, Hands: 1,280)
SB: 108.12 BB (VPIP: 25.43, PFR: 18.16, 3Bet Preflop: 5.72, Hands: 1,730)
Hero (BB): 100 BB
UTG: 100 BB (VPIP: 25.25, PFR: 19.42, 3Bet Preflop: 6.83, Hands: 5,419)
MP: 116.84 BB (VPIP: 41.82, PFR: 23.03, 3Bet Preflop: 1.61, Hands: 171)
CO: 115.62 BB (VPIP: 24.67, PFR: 20.39, 3Bet Preflop: 8.47, Hands: 312)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♣ T♣

UTG raises to 3 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 2 BB

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) J♣ Q♠ 6♠
Hero checks, UTG bets 3.04 BB, Hero calls 3.04 BB

Turn: (12.58 BB, 2 players) 2♦
Hero checks, UTG bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

River: (28.58 BB, 2 players) 3♦
Hero checks, UTG bets 26 BB, Hero calls 26 BB

Spoiler

Non, non, non, c'est pas bien d'être curieux!

Session live

Toujours afin d'échanger j'ai fais une seconde vidéo afin d'échanger avec d'autres joueurs. Je la poste également ici si ça interesse quelqu'un.

• [3:30] AQ: Pour l'instant vilain 3bet seulement 5% dans ce spot. J'ai call car j'ai vue qu'il Cbet énormément flop et qu'il ne fait que très peu de 2nd barrel en jouant xF. Mon plan était de float beaucoup de flops. Maintenant 5% est plutot très tight et vilain a un fold to 4bet de 75%, c'est une très bonne main a 4bet bluff ici. Maintenant un flop K hight et le pire flop possible pour ma main et je décide que sur ce flop particulier de fold.
• [4:39] Miss open QT table 4. pareil pour K9o 9:31
• [24:58] AJs: vs 3% de 3bet dans ce spot et un fold to 4bet faible. Je pense qu'on peut fold dès le flop contre une range aussi tight.
• [30:40] TT: Le 2nd barrel est pas top car je rep moins de combos de value je fais fold que ce que je bas.

J'ai pas review plus loin pour l'instant

The Mental Game Of Poker II - The Zone Part II

Getting back into the Zone

Getting out of the Zone can be sudden, one second you are in the flow and the next you are not and start making mistakes. Shocking yourself on how fast you can go from playing well to spewing.

Possible reasons for falling out of the Zone:

• Fatigue
• Wide range
• Bloated brain
• Thoughts of the past or future
• Hyper-awareness
• Lack of challenge
• Change in table dynamics

Steps to recover:

• Step 1: Recognition
  Find the early signs of slip ups, the more you wait the harder it will to get back into it. To improve recognition you can establish an A- to C-game analysis:
  - Gather notes about each level that your game as reached. How you experience tilt when it's manageable and when it's not.

  Exercise, start an A- to C-Game profile

  Spoiler

  A-Game

  Technical:
  3bet for thin value
  non allin 5bet range vs right profile
  Clear range reading
  Good understanding of my perceived range
  Overbet
  Gaybet to induce bluff or thin value
  Mental:
  Relaxed at the table
  Playing is easy

  B-Game

  Technical:
  Bad understanding of my perceived range.
  Try to size too much on the river in value and make opponents to over fold.
  Mental:
  Looking for spots instead of waiting for them.
  Thinking I am being exploited by reg.
  Not affected by loosing 80/20

  C-Game

  Technical:
  4bet light too much in wrong spots
  Cbet in 3 or 4bet pot with few FEQ and no backdoor equity
  Sticky post flop
  Defending against almost all 3bet
  Raise raise raise
  Mental:
  Game seems to go fast and feels like I don't have time to think
  Time out repeatedly

• Step 2: Steady Your Mind
  A deep breath is a good start, like standing up, stretching, or closing your eyes.
• Step 3: Inject Logic, Goals, or Inspiration
  Finding reasons for being a winning players, remembering why your goals are important is invaluable to your mental recovery.

  Injecting logic:
  - Get coolered by a weaker opponent: If it wasn't for variance, poker would not be profitable. I need bad players to win in order for me to make money over the long term.
  - Get overconfident after winning several pots: The quickest way to lose the money I just made is to play poorly. I need to make adjustments and not assume I'm going to win every hand I play.

  Injecting goals:
  - When getting bored, remember your goal and why you are grinding for. Get your long/short terms goals handy.

  Injecting inspirations:
  - When goals are not enough, a song, a quote, a speech can give you the boost to get back in the zone.

  Exercise: Personal statement

  Spoiler

  You're playing for your freedom
  

• Step 4: Strategic Reminder
  Previous steps could be enough but sometime you need a strategic reminder to finish the job. Since with your A- to C-Game analysis you know how you play at your best, have the list handy to remind you what you need to focus on tactically.
• Step 5: Repeat When Necessary
  When you slipped from the Zone, it will be easier to slip again. Keep repeating previous steps.

  Mental Game Issues
  If it's difficult to get and maintain playing in the Zone, try to identify mental issue and work on them as a priority.

  Exercise: Answer those question to identify issues

  Spoiler

  Tilt:
  - Feel that poker is unfair or that you're cursed by the poker gods? No
  - Become very critical of yourself if you make a slight mistake? No
  - Quit sessions early to avoid tilting? No
  - Hate losing to bad players? No
  - Look to avenge losses to a player you play against frequently? Yes
  - Have trouble understanding how terrible players can walk away with you money? No
  - Break or Stop-loss or jump up in stakes when you're down money? No
  - Want to always win money and have trouble quitting? No

  Fear:
  - Constantly overthink decisions at the table and have difficulty shutting your mind of when away from the table? Yes
  - Drop down in stakes during a bad run? No
  - Play much lower stakes than you are rolled for? No
  - Avoid games with tough regulars, even when there are plenty of softer players at the table? No
  - Quit a session early to protect a win? Already happened
  - Rush to make decisions without any obvious reason? No
  - Always opt for lower variance decisions? No

  Motivation:
  - Always look for external challenges like prop bets to motivate you to play? No
  - Avoid playing unless you feel at your best? No
  - Burn out from playing too much without a break? No
  - Constantly procrastinate instead of playing or studying? No
  - Not play enough during a bad or good run of cards? Yes

  Confidence:
  - Lose trust in your decision making and go against your gust? Yes
  - Dismiss advice from good players? No
  - Think you're not making any progress and feel down about your ability to succeed in the long term? Was the case during down swing
  - Think your dream of playing nosebleeds is so close that you decide to play outside your bankroll? No
  - Become embarrassed when you have to drop down in stakes? Never happened but I think that would be the case
  - Feel like you can beat anyone? No
  

  Accumulated emotion:
  This can suck up your energy and mental space. Accumulated tilt, fear, lack of confidence over weeks and more will make them become an internal force that limits peak performance. Having a solid cool down process is fundamental to avoid future accumulation.

TODO:
- During session / session review, tag hands by A- to C-Game.
- During session review, edit A- to C-Game profile
- During session having motivational playlist at the fingertips.
- Respect Cool-down routine

The Mental Game Of Poker II - The Zone Part III

Fatigue
Taking decision is taking its toll on your energy (CF: Fatigue décisionnelle). When you notice that you started to get tired it's a great time to try to push through and build mental endurance.

Injecting Inspiration: "Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second." - William James.
Injecting Goals: I must learn to be in greater control of my energy. Like a runner has the ability to change speeds, I need to learn how to do the same thing mentally.

Wide Range
Some player are enable to stay in the zone more than 45-75min before their game go south. The most likely cause is that the gap between their A-game and C-game is too wide.
The gap make them burn too much energy because there is a big amount of knowledge that yet to be mastered.

You can narrow the width of your range by focusing on improving your C-game.

Bloated Brain
Like getting tired when having to digest a big meal, you feel tired when your brain is full. Proper cool down will decrease this fatigue. Two things to improve:

Take pit stops: During the game take small breaks, take notes, meditate, deep breathing, taking a small walk. If you don't want to sit out, take a mental break by stepping back for 30 seconds.

Proper Cool-down.
Injecting Goals: Taking regular breaks keeps me playing at a high level and is how I will be most profitable over the long term.

Thoughts of the Past and Future
Starting to think about something in past or future will surely get you out of the Zone. Examples of thoughts:

• Wondering what it would be like to crush a higher limit.
• Assuming you're going to win a heads-up match when you're dominating.
• Fixating on whether you were outplayed in a recent hand.

No matter what the specific thoughts are, thinking about either the past or future means you're focusing on things that are irrelevant in the moment.

To improve you have to eliminate the flow that make you think about those at the first place. First answer these questions:

Exercise: Future and past questioning

Thoughts from past or future can originate from fear or anticipation. Example: Being up and starting to think about losing it back. This could show you are starting to be tired and give you an extra excuse to quit a session. This could be connected to your need for money, respect from your family, and vindication for past injustices. This underlying issues could be causing you to feel an immense amount of pressure, and imagining the money in your hands relieves some of the weight.

Exercise: Find the reason of your fears

Once you have identified the reasons you can compose a strong injecting logic statement that allows you to be more in control. This takes a lot of repetition, be prepared to use it until your mind can automatically remain focused even when those past triggers are lurking.

Injecting logic: My ideal future won't become a reality if I don't concentrate on what I have control of in the present.
Injecting logic: The Past is over and no matter how much I think about it, I can't change it. I can only control what I do next.

Exercise: Find logic injection for my fears:

Hyper-awareness
Becoming aware that you are in the zone can cause to fall out of it. Playing on a higher level than usual cause to fixate on it and focus more on your performance and not as much on continuing to perform.

Injecting logic: If I'm focused on how well I am playing, I am wasting focus that's needed to keep me playing well. Celebrate afterwards, stay focused now.

Lack of Challenge
Solution is to set higher goals. If you are winning at 3bb/100 aim to win at 4bb/100 or if the bankroll allow it try higher limits.

Some players also focus on good results instead of quality when they dominate. They need to learn to crush when they are already crushing.

Injecting logic: I want to learn how to dominate when I am already dominating.

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ToDo:
- Mental Tracker: Track amount of time during the session spent in the zone.
- Mental Tracker: After starting session set timer to remind of taking a small break.

- At the table: When starting to get a bit tired, play a bit tighter.

- Ask myself what I feel pressured about.
- Create logic injections to answer those fears.

Chouette blog, ça donne envie de s'en inspirer.

Bonne continuation

:f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup::f_thumbsup:

"- At the table: When starting to get a bit tired, play a bit tighter. "

T'as pas l'impression que c'est sortir de ta "zone" et donc jouer avec un winrate moins important ?
Comment tu évalues ton niveau de fatigue ? Quand changer de mode de jeu ? (+ tight) Quand stop ?

Message original de Drazhic
"- At the table: When starting to get a bit tired, play a bit tighter. "

T'as pas l'impression que c'est sortir de ta "zone" et donc jouer avec un winrate moins important ?
Comment tu évalues ton niveau de fatigue ? Quand changer de mode de jeu ? (+ tight) Quand stop ?

L'idée c'est que la fatigue viens de l'accumulation de prise de décisions un peu difficile, souvent sur des spots marginaux et qui nous améne a reflechir avec le bottom de notre range. D'ou l'idée de soulager le cerveau en jouant un peu plus tight.

Evidemment ce ne va pas être notre jeu avec le meilleur winrate mais un jeu plus que correcte où l'on va enlever plus de variances qu'autre chose. De plus si l'on recent la fatigue on est déjà plus ou moins sortie de la zone.

Jouez plus tight, c'est reconnaitre qu'on est dans un jeu A- B+, ca doit aider a ne pas tomber dans le C a mon avis.

Ca fait toujours plaisir

PokerStars - €0.50 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

MP: 143.2 BB (VPIP: 40.00, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 10.71, Hands: 62)
CO: 104.38 BB (VPIP: 22.68, PFR: 17.69, 3Bet Preflop: 6.90, Hands: 1,349)
Hero (BTN): 167.16 BB
SB: 63.98 BB (VPIP: 27.78, PFR: 16.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 18)
BB: 61.24 BB (VPIP: 27.52, PFR: 5.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 111)
UTG: 53.58 BB (VPIP: 36.54, PFR: 26.54, 3Bet Preflop: 6.82, Hands: 268)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♣ T♣

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) 4♦ J♣ K♣
CO bets 4.42 BB, Hero raises to 14 BB, CO calls 9.58 BB

Turn: (34.5 BB, 2 players) Q♣
CO checks, Hero bets 16.12 BB, CO raises to 63.2 BB, Hero raises to 150.66 BB and is all-in, CO calls 24.68 BB and is all-in

River: (210.26 BB, 2 players) 9♠

Hehe nice hand

PT4: Fold to Squeeze As First Raiser

Fold to squeeze prend du temps à être interessante mais je suis tout de même curieux de voir la difference entre le fold to 3bet et fold to squeeze. En regardant la definition du Fold to Squeeze de PT4 on voit que cela prend en compte le fold lorsque l'on est le raiser original et le caller. Je préferais avoir l'information en tant que raiser initial.

Il n'y a pas grand chose a faire pour obtenir l'information. On a tout de même besoin de 2 nouvelles columns pour faire la stats:

cnt_p_squeeze_def_opp_as_first_raiser

sum(if[
  cash_hand_player_statistics.flg_p_first_raise AND 
  cash_hand_player_statistics.flg_p_squeeze_def_opp
, 1, 0])

cnt_p_squeeze_def_fold_as_first_raiser

sum(if[
  cash_hand_player_statistics.flg_p_first_raise AND  
  cash_hand_player_statistics.flg_p_squeeze_def_opp AND 
  cash_hand_player_statistics.enum_p_squeeze_action='F'
, 1, 0])

Et la stat:

Fold to PF Squeeze As First Raiser

(cnt_p_squeeze_def_fold_as_first_raiser / cnt_p_squeeze_def_opp_as_first_raiser) * 100

A la lecture de ce blog et à ta lettre de motivation tu es dans la team. Tu es je pense je le joueur le plus complet de mes nouveaux élèves. A bientot.
GL hero

Oh punaise mais c'est la nuts ça! Merci beaucoup

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