Survey: What poker concepts would you like to learn/work on the most?

[Tammy]

If you were able to take part in a sort of poker learning series or discussion, which topics or concepts would you be most interested in learning or participating in? Give us at least one topic, but we would love you to give us up to three. List them in order of importance to you.

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[Rijckenborg]

How to handle my stack when chip leading.
How to deal with player who are all-in each hand.
How to place poker table when multi-tabling.

 

[yuriko oyama]

The first and most important for me would be related to the assimilation of the frustrations that poker unfortunately causes in our lives.
I think it would cover more topics related to psychology, which in my opinion is what ends up influencing the sport that we love so much the most.

 

[Tero]

We should have a follow-up course to our already excellent starting course, but that is probably bigger task than you are looking for right now...

1) Blind defending is a topic that most of us probably do not master? Should it be different on different stack depths 100bb - 30bb, etc? When it is wise and when not? And should we in real situations defend as wide as charts/GTO want us to believe?

2) Heads-up play is also an art of its own that I definitely need some brushing up with it.

3) What is the best way to play as the big stack? Many go overboard with that one.

 

[acidburnfx]

Mathematics to learn the different ways of calculating when calling a bet is or isn't profitable in poker and the psychology part to understand the motivations and characteristics of your opponents. This is because anyone with serious poker aspirations should go deeper into the mathematical and psychological aspects of the game, because as we progressively address these aspects of poker, we create a comprehensive and robust approach to the game.

 

[pentazepam]

1. How to handle Variance without Tilting for days

2. Memory Techniques for Stud Variations

3. Improve my play by using a Solver for games other than NLH

 

[maronza1]

1. Tilting; one may end up playing terribly after losing a large stack in a tournament, how can I deal with that to stand a chance of getting back to the average stack.

2. Hand range adjustments during the course of the tournament

3. Multi-tabling strategy and is it a good thing to multi table

 

[redboy23]

Hello Pokerfans,

Although I try to play well by being an active player at the table - I often fall into auto pilot mode and go by feelings instead of being consistent with using strategy and mathematics. In hindsight, I can spot some of my errors but how can this be reduced or avoided. Also, I often hear pros talk about taking a break to focus on studying - is there an active approach to do this?

Here are some topics that would interest me are;

1. Adjusting your play in early, middle and late stages in MTT Texas Hold'em tournaments.

2. Improving at poker; How to implement an active poker study routine

3. Learning and Practicing the Mathematics of Poker

See you at the tables.

 

[Newzooozooo]

I would like to understand how to increase the range of hands properly, depending on the stage of the tournament. I have some problems with this and I have a feeling that I don't always make the best decisions in this context.

 

[toots babos]

How to handle my stack when chip leading.
How to deal with player who are all-in each hand.
How to place poker table when multi-tabling.

How to handle your stack when chip leading?? Well of course the answer to this is the same way you handled your stack on the way to chip leading

How to deal with players who are all in each hand?? This one is a dependant situation but a good rule of thumb here is to play top 20% hands vs this player, in the long run you will be rubbing cash on your titties.

How to place poker table when multi tabling? This one makes no sense to me whatsoever but I'll still answer with a "where you want them to be placed"

 

[toots babos]

I would like to understand how to increase the range of hands properly, depending on the stage of the tournament. I have some problems with this and I have a feeling that I don't always make the best decisions in this context.

It's not so much to do with the range on hands you play throughout the different stages of the tournament but rather how you leverage your chip stack throughout the tournament.

I need to stop reading and replying to these posts, after all I want all my opponents to be easy and the last thing I should do is let them into any wisdom I have 😅😅🤣

 

[Dejana]

1. How to be master in strip poker if we play razz game! 😇

2. I would be great to teach myself how to love online Holdem tournaments...

3. (will be continued)

 

[Mr.$t0k]

I consider the following important topics to be disclosed:
1. reading opponents' hands
2. simplified strategies that must be used in different situations
3. how to make decisions easily
Thank for your work!

 

[najisami]

I think I would like some help on the following concepts:

1. How to hold on to or increase my above average stack nearing the bubble.
2. How to keep an early chip lead in an MTT?
3. Should I trust solvers?

 

[Mart1194]

1. What is the main strategy change to start playing bigger buy-in?
2. Until when to continue when you realize that it wasn't worth it to enter games with a larger buy-in?

 

[hilary antonik filho]

1- How to avoid bluffs
2- Control my analysis of the opponents who are bluffing
Stop betting before going all in, when the villain pushes all the chips

 

[x patrice x]

> 'Heads-up' - not the norm in a tournament; are rarely played

> as 'Big Stack' - What is special and should definitely be taken into account

 

[YLAN]

The following topics or concepts would be interesting...

Thin value is where you value bet marginal hands on the river and expect to make only a small profit from those value bets over the long run.

Range merging to win mediocre hands on the river when the villain is likely to call a bet with a weak hand.

Understanding "elastic" ranges to make the most profitable bet sizes possible.

 

[A kiravio]

1.Keeping your stack consistent in the mid stages and on the bubble in tournaments, how to avoid risky matchups and when it would be an advantage.
2.Final table, tide-aggressive play. Hands up when you're in the lead or when you absolutely need to get your hands on his chips.
3. Cash game. What should be avoided in these games?

 

[millya5]

1 .How to maintain your leadership chip(Often happens at the beginning of the game Chip Leader .Then in a few hands I lost everything.)
2.Final table play
3 . Learn to read your opponent's hands.

What is the most important game SNG

 

[frost234]

How to deal with aggressive opponents?

 

[lauestla]

1) How to improve my blind defending
2) Best sizing, particularly on the turn.
3) How to resist the urge to strangle Lady Variance when she exaggerates.

 

[Bluffzone68]

Interesting topics coming up so far.
I would want to hear more on how to bluff better and on how to catch a bluff
how to play when you start getting card dead
how to handle the Bubble
thanks

 

[A kiravio]

Thank you very much for this brilliant idea of gathering together all current issues or rather questions that concern them.I'm waiting for a thread where these issues are debated. Thank you @Tammy 👍 Some interesting and useful topics have been collected.

 

[riff_raff312]

Tilting:how to stop or turn it around that would be very high on my list.
Bluffing how to and when you are being bluffed.
Reading your opponents if it can be done in online games.