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Question #1 from Mindy: Bet Sizing Terms (2:25) Question #2 from Kedaren: Poker Variants (7:05) Question #3 from Alene: Counting Outs (11:45) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod103 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 at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/discuss Support my show on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/smartpokerstudy ...

Consequence #1: Facing Resteals (4:40) Consequence #2: Seeing flops with weaker holdings (11:30) Consequence #3: Developing a LAG image (12:55) Switching Tables (17:45) MED Add-on: The 3 Advantages (Card, Skill, Position) (20:35) STUDY: PokerTracker 4 Facing 3bet Resteal Filters (24:55) Challenge (26:20) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod102 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 ...

Interview with Brad Wilson (2:00) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod101 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 at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/discuss Support my show on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/smartpokerstudy Check out my YouTube Poker Training Channel at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/youtube Contact Smart Poker Study: Twitter @smartpokerstudy Email to ...

Question #1 from Javier: 6-max Aggression (2:05) Question #2 from Kedaran: Cold Calling (3:45) Question #3 from Arthur: Bankroll Challenges (10:15) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod100 Check out http://www.habwin.com for their October Poker Fest for exclusive freerolls. 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 ...

Steal Positional Analysis (2:55) Stealing Ranges (6:40) Blind Stealing Bet Sizing and Math (12:50) Stealing vs Limpers (18:40) STUDY: PokerTracker 4 Steal Filters (21:50) Challenge (23:30) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod99 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 at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/discuss Support my ...

Question #1 from Oscar (2:25): Do you have any idea what are the ranges to call against a 3 Bet? I am lost on that part, bro. Question #2 from Tom Shock (12:00): What poker podcasts do you listen to? Other than yours, of course. Question #3 from Paul (14:30): Hey Sky, I’ve played poker going back to pre-Black Friday. I live in Jersey so mostly play online. I wanna get better but haven’t put enough time in. Can’t afford ...

Purposeful Practice (1:10) Steal Popup (7:20) Study: Confirm your own HUD and steal popup stats (18:25) Challenge (19:20) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod97 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 at http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/discuss Support my show on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/smartpokerstudy Check out my YouTube ...

If you put in the work, results will come. - Michael Jordan What is blind stealing? (4:35) Looking deeper at blind stealing (5:40) Why is this a valuable skill to learn? (7:30) Blind Stealing Mindset (11:20) Opponent Types to Target (14:40) Steal when it’s +EV to do so (17:40) STUDY: Studying Blind Stealing Spots with Focus Sessions (18:10) Challenge (19:30) Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod96 Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi, poker player, poker coach and poker author. ...

Question #1 from Al (2:35) re: Math, Increasing Aggression & Pocket Pairs Question #2 from Taaryn (8:45) re: Analyzing Your Game Question #3 from Brian (15:15) re: Hand Reading Show Notes with more info, pics and links: http://www.smartpokerstudy.com/pod95 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 at ...

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 ...