Become a Winning Online Poker Player in 30 Days - Week 3

Day 15 - Midterm

Q1. Middle position, what’s the right action?

- ATo raise - raise
- 22 fold - call ❌
- K9o fold - fold

Q2. flop TJ(c)A

- If we have 78(h), shall we C-bet? No - No ✅

Q3. AT What to do with hijack

- raise - correct answer: Fold, fold to early position. ❌

Q4. 44, big blind?

- Implied odds 8:1, not call - correct ✅

Q5. Calculate the equity? by percent and by dollar - equity, 18.3, chip = 18.3 * total chips - correct

Q6. Shall we bet or check at river?

- check ❌ correct bet, because we do not have show down, and we get a better hand to fold.

Q7. K3, what to do in small blind, big blind 14bb

- shove, ✅

Q8. Calculate odds ✅

Q9. Calculate should I call? ✅

Q10.

Day 16 - Pot Control (Thinking like a chess master)

Pre-Flop Hand Planning

1. What will I do if the short stack shoves over my raise?
2. If I 3-bet here with this AQ, what will I do if the initial raiser 4-bets me?

How many bets?

1. How many bets post-flop if my hand good enough to go after?

   • Position
   • Opponent Type
   • Pre-Flop Action

2. Pet Control

   • Check back the flop or turn to limit the number of bets that go into the pot.

Day 17 - Turns and Rivers (Three keys to strong late street play)

Turn Play Concept

1. When in doubt, if you have t he betting lead, continue firing the turn.
2. Particularly with draws that don’t have showdown value.

River Play Concept

1. Switch into bluff-catching mode if there are many possible busted draws.
2. bluff if you can represent a strong hand and your opponent is capable of folding.

Day 18 - Hand Reading (Secrets of the Poker Magicians)

Key Hand Reading Question

1. What better hands are consistent with his actions?
2. Would busted draws have played the way at the flop?

Hand Reading Process

1. Go through opponent’s betting pattern for the hand starting with pre-flop.
2. Also use his overall tendencies.
3. very fast call, usually draws or non-nut hands.

Two key points to remember

1. You’re not trying to read robots, humans do unpredictable things.
2. Even very experienced hand readers will get surprised.

Day 19 - Small Blind Play (If you’ve ever secretly wanted to limp a lot)

1. Limp most of the time to keep the pot small while playing most hands.
2. Cater your strategy to the big hand such as raising vs tight-passive opponent.

Stay Aggressive

1. Continue to raise and 3-bet your stronger hands.
2. Use larger raise-sizing because you’re out of position.
3. Semi-bluff and go after value aggressively in limped pots.
4. Bluff in heads-up pots or very favorable multi-way spots.

Day 20 - Variance and Bankroll Management (Why Recreational Players Keep Coming Back)

Important Stats

1. ROI, Return on Investment = Percent Profit Per Game
2. ITM, In the Money = Percent of Tournaments You Cash

Individual vs Long-Term Game Profit

1. Hannah makes $3 per game over 5000 games
2. Hannah’s Profits in Next 5 games: -20, -20, -20, 40, -20

Factors Decreasing Swings

1. Greater Edge and ROI in the games
2. Flatter payout structure (greater % paid more even amounts)

Common no-Limit Hold’EM Tourney Swings

1. Very common: 25 buy-ins.
2. Common: 50 buy-ins.
3. Less Frequent: 100 buy-ins.

Remember

1. Swings are inevitable. embrace them.
2. Focus on studying and playing in the softest games.

Quantify Tournament Variance

1. Use Primedope Tournament Variance Calculator
2. Long Run = Number of Games that Guarantees * Profit
3. (Not Actually Guarantee)

Day 21 - Tracking Software (Know Your opponent better than their own moms)

Benefits of Tracking Software

1. Show Results, All Hands (With replayer), Statistics
2. Use in real-time to get live opponent stats in HUD
3. PokerTracker4
4. Holdem Manager
5. Hand2Note
6. DriveHUD

Key Stats

1. VPIP (Voluntarily Put in Pot)
2. PFR (Pre-Flop Raise)