Smart Poker Study Podcast

3bet Ranges Rationale (3:40) Value 3bet Range (6:25) Semi-Bluff 3bet Range (7:30) Bluff Break-even Math (8:30) 3bet Sizing (9:25) When to 3bet (11:25) My Current 3bet Ranges (16:15) Adaptation #1 for MTT play (22:50) Adaptation #2 for more experienced players (24:05) STUDY: Studying 3bet ranges (24:40) Challenge (27:45) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod94 Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and poker author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and sign up for ...

Question #1 from Mark (1:40) re: the 4/2 Rule & Implied Odds Question #2 from Dennis (6:00) re: my Rejamming Webinar Question #3 from Jacob (9:15) re: Play Money Poker Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod93 Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and poker author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and sign up for the Smart Poker Study Newsletter for weekly strategy, study and poker play tips. Discuss poker with like-minded players ...

Read the article here: http://www.exceptionalpoker.com/?p=2301 ‘The Third Factor That Turned Me Into a Winning Poker Player: I Learned to Get Inside The Villain’s Head.’ (3:10) My Take (8:40) 1st Point: Observing Mistakes & Diving Deeper (9:30) 2nd Point: Taking Useful Notes (10:55) Question from Rob (14:30) Excellent post – and encouraging too, that all this “out of hand” observation will pay off. I use non play time to look for tells, but I should probably be observing betting size and ...

Podcast Mission (3:40) My mission for today is to teach you how to cold call profitably. You’ll learn which types of hands should go into your pre-flop cold calling ranges and why. I’ll teach you what you must consider before clicking that call button pre-flop, and why it’s okay to stay tight and have a fairly small calling range. Cold Calling Theory (5:35) Considerations for each hand you play (13:35) My current cash cold calling ranges (19:05) How to calculate ...

Podcast Mission (3:35) My mission for today is to teach you the optimal opening frequencies I recommend by position, and how to build your ranges to meet these frequencies. I’ll also give you the exact ranges I currently play with. Q: How will studying and understanding this concept improve my game? (4:20) Positions to Consider for Open Raising Ranges (6:45) The optimal pre-flop frequencies by position (7:50) Making range changes (10:20) Q: How do you build your open raising ranges ...

Post #1 from Mark (2:00): Would like you guys thoughts on a question posed online today I answered and I been getting about 50% agreement and other half think I need to see a shrink. Guy says he has had a bad run in 1/2 live game. He has only 55$ left. adding any more to his stack is not an option. It folds to a very loose lady player who has turned over any 2 suited or any 2 ...

Question 1 from Taaryn re: the double-barrel (2:00) Question 2 from Joel Stott re: Flopzilla (6:35) Question 3 from Anonymous re: Unregulated Online Poker (11:50) 'The Myth of Poker Talent: why anyone can be a great poker player' Alex "Assassinato" Fitzgerald is coming out with a new book! Get it here: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/themythofpokertalent Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod88 Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and ...

Podcast Mission (4:30) My mission for today is to give you my list of the MED’s of Poker and to explain the rationale behind the items on the list and the order that they’re in. This way you can get started sooner rather than later studying all 10 items. The 1st should be studied before the 2nd, the 2nd before the 3rd, and so on. I will also give you a great resource to help you begin your studies into ...

Podcast Mission (4:30) My mission for today is to give you my list of the MED’s of Poker and to explain the rationale behind the items on the list and the order that they’re in. This way you can get started sooner rather than later studying all 10 items. The 1st should be studied before the 2nd, the 2nd before the 3rd, and so on. I will also give you a great resource to help you begin your studies into ...

Question 1: Gaining Poker XP (3:20) Question 2: Bubble Play (7:00) Question 3: Blind Stealing (9:00) Question 4: MTT TAG Play (19:00) Question 5: Multiway Equity (21:00) Question 6: ICM Considerations (24:15) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod86 Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and sign up for the Smart Poker Study Newsletter for weekly strategy, study and poker play tips. Discuss poker with like-minded ...

Question 1 from Mike (2:20) Good Afternoon Sky! I have another question for you that might be an interesting topic to talk about. As you know I host a bi-weekly relatively low buy-in poker tournament game with a big group of friends and acquaintances. Some of the more serious guys in my group and I are talking about getting a small group together every other week to talk about poker outside of actually playing a game. What types of things ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod84 I answer 3 listener Q’s about playing in bounty tourneys, barreling your opponents off their hands and the perils of showing your hand unnecessarily. Question 1 from Mike (3:00) Good Afternoon Sky! I am hosting a bounty tournament this weekend. I have never actually played in one, but have been thinking about the strategic implications of the bounty in relation to overall tournament “equity” (buy-in vs payouts) and ICM considerations. Do you have any thoughts on KO Bounty Tournaments ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod83 I answer a listener question about breaking “poker rules” and give 5 specific “rules” worth breaking at the poker tables. Question 1 from Martin (1:30) Hello, Sometimes when I’m at a LIVE table, people love to give unsolicited opinions and treat their ideas and plays like poker rules that everyone should play by and if you don’t you’re a fool. Recently, this one guy was telling someone else at the table that he should never raise small pp’s and ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod82 I discuss the importance of asking great questions when studying and when playing poker. Voltaire said, “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” Podcast Mission (3:30) My mission for today is to teach you that the quality of your poker education is a result of the quality of the questions you ask. I’ll give you some great questions to ask yourself when hand reading your opponents, as well as spur you to start asking better questions ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod81 In this episode I answer a listener question about the characteristics of great poker minds: patient, open, calculating, non-emotional & striving for the best decisions Question 1 from Gil (1:35) Hey Sky Love the show, thanks for putting it out. I’ve been a long time poker player, but I still have tons of mental game issues, like tilt and looking at results instead of how I’m playing. I really liked your podcast on The Mental Game of Poker and ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod80 I show you how to count poker hand combos to aid your mathematical understanding of the game and the ranges of your opponents. Podcast Mission (3:15) My mission for today is to teach you how to count combos of hands in poker. Take the time right now to answer these questions as a quick little test for yourself: How many hole card hands can you possibly be dealt in NLHE? How many ways can you be dealt JJ? How ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod79 In this episode I answer 3 listener Q’s about river calling when your gut says you shouldn’t, online rakeback, playing in capped games and practicing counting outs. Question 1 from Philip (4:35) - River Calling Question 2 from Michael (7:20) - Rakeback and Capped Games Question 3 from Wendy (13:40) - Counting Outs Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and sign up for the Smart Poker Study ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod78 I read a great article from BlackRain79 (Nathan Williams) on how to tilt your weak micro stakes opponents for maximum profit, and give additional insights into exploiting the weak. 'How to Tilt Lesser-Skilled Players at the Lower Stakes’ by Nathan "BlackRain79" Williams My Thoughts (9:10) Podcast Challenge (14:55) Here’s my challenge to you for this episode: In the next session you play, pick a weak player and purposefully try to tilt them. Follow what BlackRain79 says here and do ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod77 I show you how to figure out your opponent’s 3bet continuance ranges; the hands they call your 3bets with and what they 4bet with. We'll cover the HUD stats most useful for this, as well as 3 questions to answer as you use Flopzilla for the heavy lifting. Podcast Mission (3:40) My mission for today is to teach you how to logically create your opponent’s 3bet calling and 4betting ranges. Take the time right now to answer these questions ...

http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod76 I answer 2 listener Q’s about how to start the hand reading journey and where to go for some limit holdem learning. Question 1 from myself (1:25) Question 2 from Gerald Pervall (2:45) Question 3 from Angelo (11:30) Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and author. Please visit my poker strategy website at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com and sign up for the Smart Poker Study Newsletter for weekly strategy, study and poker play tips. Discuss poker with like-minded players at ...