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"How were you able to start

"How were you able to start this type of business? I love playing poker and will definitely enjoy life more if I have this type of business." I work at a firm, didn't start a business.

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"I've come across the 80/20

"I've come across the 80/20 rule recently, where by for almost everything you do 80 % of the results comes from 20% of the work, can this be applied to poker? out of everything you did to improve your poker game, which activities would you say were your 20% that brought about 80% of your improvement?" Really tough question, I think it's hard to figure out exactly what was the biggest driver of my improvement. Most of my "work" involved passive thinking about poker. I really couldn't help but think and obsess over all the hands and matches I played. I guess the best answer I have to this is most of my improvement came from believing that there were better ways to play poker than how my opponents played and having the confidence to think I could learn how to.Then again, I don't think I have enough self awareness to be too confident in my answer.

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"I currently play the $15

"I currently play the $15 4man shootouts and the $30 1v1 and 4mans on stars(all reg speeds) and was wondering, who'd be the best coach to get for those levels to help move up? I've watched the PrimordialAA and oasis00 vids on CR and found them so helpful and made a lot of money but was just wondering who'd be the best personal coach to get?Cheers :D"I've had some coaching in my career, I don't think any of it helped much. Videos, strategy forums, and a twin who was also passionate for poker did very well for me. 

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Low Aces and low pps preflop

Hello guys, I play HUs for a 1/2year and I still don´t know how to play this type of hands preflop in different stack sizes and blinds.I will be really happy if you help me.:)So how to play Ax and low pocket pairs in this situations:Villain is regular opening 75%-80% hands.1. Blinds 10/20 Villain(1500): raises to 40 Hero(1500): ?    a) A2-A9    b) 22-772. Blinds 20/40Villain(1100) raises to 80 Hero(1900): ?    a)A2-A9    b)22-773. Blinds 20/40Villain(900) raises to 80 Hero(2100): ?    a)A2-A94. Blinds 20/40Villain(2100) raises to 80 Hero(900): ?    a)A2-A75. Blinds 20/40Villain(1900) raises to 80 Hero(1100): ?    a)A2-A9    b)22-77Huh, Thank you for your answer. It will help me a lot :)

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@Rock   1. Call Both 2. a.

@Rock 1. Call Both2. a. Callb. All in with 22-55, call 66-773. All in  (My math may be a little rusty though, some of the low Ax's may be calls)4. #4 and #3 are identical situations. Inferring something about my opponent winning and having a dominating stack id skew them slightly less likely to bluff and more likely to call all ins with a slightly wider range, so I'd be more inclined to small 3bet this opponent.5. #2 and #5 are identical, with the same notes from number 4.

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Showing the effective stack size

Hi. it seems this thread was not visited for a long time, but I'll give it a try.I am currently learning the strategy for HU hyperturbos, but It bothers me a lot that I have to count the effective stack size all the time. It slows me down and I can't fully concentrate on expanding/contracting ranges when I'm geting shallow.Did you use any tool or program that showed you the effective stack size?? Or do you know about any?Cheers

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@Sankju Nope, sorry :(. I

@SankjuNope, sorry :(. I suggest trying to find an AHK script or creating a script yourself.

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Trading and The boy with the incredible brain

I'd spent many years and went through alot of $2k-$5k courses to spending $30k with one mentor in New york for trading (mainly intradaySP500) ..etc. to find out that 99% of people in this industry are completely full of shit. Most all strategies come and go. Some work for awhile like the turtle traders who made an absurd amount of money and then lost it all, Larry Williams who holds the record for takeing $10,000 to $1.1 mill. in 1 year(of course using a very aggro bankroll management) who has very little money now(after speaking with him) ..etc.. I'm a high school dropout who has no "formal" training and tried to go the "back route". My question is now that your "in" the industry what are your own experiential and theoretical thoughts towards long term success as a short-term trader and in your experience what is the general population pt of view from that side of the pond towards short term trading?In the video the boy with the incredible brain(but more in his new book) Daniel Tammet demonstrates his view on how our minds work and its intuitive potential and how we cloud or block off our minds by the use of other means of analytical approach. I believe H2Olga mentioned in his 2+2 forum that you are more feel based rather than math. My question is do you feel using a HUD cuts one off or has more of a potential to cut one off from developing intuative skills and which is the more of any important area to focus on in your opinion?thx 

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"I'd spent many years and

"I'd spent many years and went through alot of $2k-$5k courses to spending $30k with one mentor in New york for trading (mainly intradaySP500) ..etc. to find out that 99% of people in this industry are completely full of shit. Most all strategies come and go. Some work for awhile like the turtle traders who made an absurd amount of money and then lost it all, Larry Williams who holds the record for takeing $10,000 to $1.1 mill. in 1 year(of course using a very aggro bankroll management) who has very little money now(after speaking with him) ..etc.. I'm a high school dropout who has no "formal" training and tried to go the "back route". My question is now that your "in" the industry what are your own experiential and theoretical thoughts towards long term success as a short-term trader and in your experience what is the general population pt of view from that side of the pond towards short term trading?
In the video the boy with the incredible brain(but more in his new book) Daniel Tammet demonstrates his view on how our minds work and its intuitive potential and how we cloud or block off our minds by the use of other means of analytical approach. I believe H2Olga mentioned in his 2+2 forum that you are more feel based rather than math. My question is do you feel using a HUD cuts one off or has more of a potential to cut one off from developing intuative skills and which is the more of any important area to focus on in your opinion?"
 
Let me preface with I do algo trading market making which is very different than predictions over longer time horizons.
To the first question, you are right on. I worked with a lot of harvard and mit grads and I was impressed with how much knowledge they had but very underwhelmed by their thoughts on how the market actually worked. I think 99% of people who trade have no idea why what they are doing works although some are successful I think by having good pattern recognition. I think you need to develop and understanding of what a market is and who trades in the market your trading in and how they think to be successful.
I don't personally think I am a feel player. I think I am a conceptual player. I understand the game very well conceptually but don't do as much hard math as other people when it comes to figuring out the optimal approach to different spots although I should've more when I played.
I used a HUD when I played and felt like it was necessary, but I do think that not using a HUD improves your thought processes. I would certainly use one for preflop and flop play though.


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Hi Danny, I'm reading The

Hi Danny, I'm reading The Mental Game of Poker 2 and I read your testimonial...Jared highlighted that you didn't play much after BF and you got into trading. I'm really interested in this topic, I tried forex with a few mentors but I failed to understand where's the edge... I'd really like to ask some questions, not really bothering, just a couple of advices to help me with trading...The key question is, can a individual trader win in the markets? I don't wanna discuss about your strategies since you can't share them and probably I can't apply them since you are "play" as market maker... I just wanna find the answer to my question. I don't wanna invest my time trying to understand markets and eventually find they are unbeatable...May we talk a bit on skype? The key question 

redgrape's picture
Yes, an individual trader can

Yes, an individual trader can win in markets. And they are very beatable. Efficient market hypothesis is very overrated. Its much easier to win at it than win to win at poker because most of the traders are really dumb and there is a lot more "fish" trading. I would however make sure you have a fundamental understanding of the product you are trading and figure out how other people trade that market. I don't think there is a lot of public info out there that is any good. Try to look for hedge fund or bank people and ask them how they trade and how other people at their firm trade.


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Well, I don't know anyone

Well, I don't know anyone that work for hedge funds or banks, so I can't ask them... maybe you could help me to understand where is the edge, because I stayed in FX for 9 months (in a private skype group) and I didn't understand where the edge comes from .
If you have some spare time and you would like to chat a little bit add me on skype (same user as this forum)

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