Luck is the result of preparation
GM Legends. ♠
My poker journey began in 2012. I played freerolls and microlimits on PS. At that time I was 17 years old.
I've tried many disciplines, but played the main distance in 6max holdem.
By 2017 I had reached NL50 and played several million hands of zoom with WR of ~4-5 evbb/100.
Later PokerStars added SD and then GG, I started grinding it.
After playing ~100k hands on GG, in 2021 I won online WSOP $5k ShortDeck.
(total winnings in only SD tours amounted to more than $200k).
PokerCraft on GG:
~90k hands on A2-A10
~13k hands on A50+
A2-A10:
Biggest pot on A300:
I was previously in "read-only" mode on GT. I haven't played actively for several years now, and probably would never have started a blog if it weren't for this break. (By break I mean the time you spend away from the poker infoflows. [because when you are in poker, the break starts in a different area]).
Sometimes I go to nl200-1k holdem on TON Poker. this is the only room where I play today.
Next goal is to go to WSOP in Vegas next year.
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Mr. D Sammartino learns from the best by playing with the best. It really is! 😀
HU lasted about 4 hours on 3 tables A50-A100. Let's look at some big banks:
how would you play AQ with a spade?
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flop cbet with 2 bottom pairs in SD will always be a mistake
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I use bluffs with low equity hands against a capped range opponent's who doesn't have fulls or straight (he bets the flop even with 2 bottom pairs).
and there is not enough 8x.
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specific move from opponent
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I think raising paired flops is always a mistake.
unless you're using a subtle exploit.
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again, a random ch-raise on a paired flop? KQ plays well ch-calling in a limped pot.
by raising you knock out the worse Kx and Qx that you dominate.
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some coolers
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GTO hand? If he bluffs 78, 89 and some hearts FDs my call is good.
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If you have a hand at the top of your range, don't try to take the whole stack. try to get from the whole range.
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my only bluffs are clubs 10J, JQ.
even if he doesn't fold A7, I still have to play like that.
(I'll write more details later)
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final spot
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Even though I won +90k , this tournament poker veteran from Italy managed to surprise me. It was an amazing matchup.
to be continued. . .
Very nice, short deck highstakes!
I play very few of it nowadays, but remember the daily swings of plus or minus 40 stacks from the old days, when germans still got rakeback on PS.
Good luck, will follow.
Nice Blog, very cool editing!
Best of luck in your SD games.
Have you played SD vs Misha Inner? If yes, how did it go?
typical nobrain with nl25.
if you take away their online assistant, you won't see anything creative there.
omg.. 62 negative reviews
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Why, mr. Anderson?
I want to learn short deck but don’t really know where to start. Based on my research I am under the impression that short deck may be more profitable than Hold Em at higher stakes due to the edge over the current environment that attracts VIP players. Is this accurate?
I want to learn short deck but don’t really know where to start. Based on my research I am under the impression that short deck may be more profitable than Hold Em at higher stakes due to the edge over the current environment that attracts VIP players. Is this accurate?
if you compare profitability, i don't know. shortdeck is more dynamic.
start with the basics and practice a lot. you need to know the tendencies of your limit and exploit them.
highstakes has a small player pool and you often play against specific people and your history with them.
you need to think only 1 level above your opponent (not 2 or 3), otherwise you will trap yourself.
to play A500 you need 2.5m$+ free funds. while if you have 2.5m$ you don't need poker.
but if you say - "NO GAMBLE NO FUTURE" , I will say 100% agree.
let's continue..
The best poker players in the world, like Jason Koon, aren't lost in the dogma of any one poker religion (GTO, Exploitative-Feel).
They are hybrids with a deep fundamental understanding of the game and adjust to every situation independently.
where he should lose a stack, he loses only the minimum
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next
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If you don't have dynamic, don't lvling yourself to call.
just general advice.
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I'm used to playing with medium sized bets.
If you don't know what sizing to use, bet 65% of pot so that by river spr is ~1.
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bad push from A10s.
we want to continue playing IP against all dro hands, we don't need to knock them out on flop.
we will only knock out hands 77-1010, Jx, which will not be in this sizing.
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It's not every day you get to play with the high roller legend
Jordi.
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if you are playing against a strong player, bet with strong combinations, dont slowplay.
(just a general advice)
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won 2 boards from Jordi!
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3 barrel donkbet.
very low frequency action.
i think we should only pick strong hands to call. the worst hand to call here is AJ with ace of clubs.
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what bet size would you choose on the turn?
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Finally, remember
you don't need to have a complicated technical explanation of why your strategy is truly an absolute good.
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