[HeadsUpJunkie] [25$/h] Group Coaching, min. 3 people. NL2-25 HU/6max Cash. Discord Support Inc

Hey guys,

I am starting a coaching group for low-stakes cash players, mainly NL2–NL25, 6max and HU.

The group coaching sessions are done through Discord live calls and will be around 1 hour long.

You will get access to my Discord, where you can post hands and questions between coaching sessions too. I will answer there as well, so the coaching does not end the moment the hour is over.

And yes, you can join one session and keep asking questions in Discord afterwards. If I were you, I would exploit that heavily in the beginning as this might not last forever, depending how many do actually join :p

To give you some ideas of my thoughts and framework and my style of coaching, here are 4 practical ideas you can implement right away, free of charge:

TIP 1: Always bluff the river when it goes check-check on the turn. Single Raised Pots, 3bet pots, in position, out of position - it doesn't matter. Why?

Your opponents need to make uncomfortable calls with very low pairs and A highs, which they are usually not making in this line. Could you imagine calling a low pocket pair vs a bet on the river? Very likely not.

On top of that, when they double barrel the flop and the turn, what they should do is include a lot of air total banana hands, which they simply do not do or forget to do. This means that when they do check the turn after betting the flop, they are sitting on the river with these banana hands and they are not able to call with those, thus they end up folding more than they should.

TIP 2: If you play against a recreational player (visible by his stack size or limping preflop) and you are in a check-check turn line in a Single Raised Pot, when he bets 50% pot on the river out of position, you may raise him as a bluff if you have nothing. Always. Why?

Recreational players bet a size that reflects their hand strength. Big bet strong, small bet weak. The 50% is a weak size, thus you can attack it with a bluff raise on the river when he is out of position. How big to raise? Usually times 3 of his bet size suffices (times 3 is a general rule. Compare bet size to pot). If he calls and shows a hand that is top pair and better and we didn't expect that, then take a note of it and express in your notes that it's actually not as weak as you thought it was.

TIP 3: What if I told you that you can open any two cards when you are the SB trying to steal the 1bb from the BB? The idea is that in a BvB spot if the BB just calls a liiiiittle bit less what he should actually call and 3bets a liiiiiittle bit less compared to what needs to be 3bet, you can open any two cards. Yes, even 72o. I can show you the math in the group coaching.

Now obviously if you get caught with 72o and your opponents realized that, they might adjust to this behavior. It's therefore best to open slightly more what the solver suggest, then expand your stealing range. If you have a feeling your opponent doesn't really adapt to it, then exploit harder.

TIP 4: You have a low flop like 654 and you as the BTN decide to cbet this flop 33%. Your opponent, the BB, decides to check/raise the flop. You call the raise and arrive to the turn.

The turn is a 7, so 6547, a great card for the BB. On this great card for him we expect the BB to continue betting basically any two, at least he should, with a few exceptions of course. Players that are good know what to check here but overall most players that recognize a good card for them after raising the flop will be relentless and fire the turn.

However, your opponent checks. Strange ... You might know that there are situations where you expect a flop rangebet a 100% of the time, say KK3, but the opponent actually checks or, like in this example, he checks the turn after check/raising the flop. You might get confused now and start questioning it, at least it will grab your attention. What do you do now? Is he giving up? Is he trapping? What hands does he have?

In spots like these where I expect a lot of betting but he's actually not betting, is to ask myself: "What makes him uncomfortable to bet on this card?" because obviously he didn't bet on a great card, so what doesn't he like about it? And the obvious answer in this situation would be either a 2pair or a set that is now worried of a 4 straight board. Perhaps he has a pair together with a flush draw and feels like slowing down. My natural exploit therefore would be to really bet big and to put him in a tough spot.

The Group Coaching

Before each group session, we will vote on a topic together. The topic will be something practical that actually comes up at the tables, not random theory that sounds smart but does not help you play better. Examples of topics we can vote on to talk about in the group coaching:

• Low stakes feel impossible because players are random and spewy. Should I just move up?
  
• I keep losing and I cannot tell if I am playing badly or just running bad.
  
• I bet the flop, check the turn, face a river bet, and never know what to do.
  
• I play against an aggressive player and he always stabs when I check to him.
  
• I know I should 4-bet A5s sometimes, but I hate doing it. What now?
  
• The variance calculator says I should not lose more than 15 buy-ins, but I did anyway. How is that possible?
  
• When I get raised on the river, they always have it, but the solver says I should call. This makes no sense.
  
• I study with solvers, but at the table I still cannot execute properly. Why?
  
• I study K862A and K86A2 and it's a totally different strategy. How on earth should I remember this?
  

This group is for you if:

• You lose money and are not sure whether it is bad play or variance.
  
• Bad players do random things and you have no clear response.
  
• You need a simple autopilot game plan but do not know how to build one.
  
• You are unsure which factors matter in common spots.
  
• You do not have a clear thought process you can apply hand after hand.
  
• Solvers feel overwhelming and you do not know how to turn study into actual table decisions.
  
• You want to study by yourself eventually, but right now you do not know how to structure it.
  
• You keep repeating the same mistakes but cannot clearly identify the pattern behind them.
  

The sessions will be very practical. We start with the topic the group voted on. Then we look at real hands — either my own hands or hands from the group — and talk through the decisions properly.

Not just:
“This hand was bad.”

But:

• Why was it bad?
  
• What thought process caused the mistake?
  
• Is this actually a mistake or just bad luck?
  
• What should you do differently next time, if anything?
  
• How can we turn this into a simple rule or framework you can use in-game?
  

I think that you do not need more random information. I think you need a way to think clearly at the table when the spot is happening. Once we are done with the main topic we voted on, we can use the remaining time for other questions, hand reviews, or spots you are struggling with. Will there be theory lessons like GTO? Of course, without the theory we can't get practical.

If you like what you are reading, the price for the group coaching is $25/hour per person, and we start once there are at least 3 players. This is mainly for players playing NL2, NL5, NL10, NL16, or NL25.

If you are already crushing higher than that, this probably is not for you although I do play nl100-500 and could potentially help. I've been playing for about 8 years online poker and had my fair share of given coachings in private already.

If you are interested, reply here or send me a message on Discord. The coachings can be held in English or German.

Discord: HeadsUpJunkie