Matt Hunt / PokerFluency.com
@pokerfluency.bsky.social
'Mental Health Matt'
Poker player. Poker educator. Giant nerd. Aspiring data scientist. AuDHD. He/they
https://linktr.ee/pokerfluency
Poker player. Poker educator. Giant nerd. Aspiring data scientist. AuDHD. He/they
https://linktr.ee/pokerfluency
This made me laugh.
Four important stories at the bottom, three of which involve crime or law enforcement, and what do poker players actually care about?
"ZOMG three guys made a straight at the same time!!!1!"
What an unserious industry we are. 😅
Four important stories at the bottom, three of which involve crime or law enforcement, and what do poker players actually care about?
"ZOMG three guys made a straight at the same time!!!1!"
What an unserious industry we are. 😅
March 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This made me laugh.
Four important stories at the bottom, three of which involve crime or law enforcement, and what do poker players actually care about?
"ZOMG three guys made a straight at the same time!!!1!"
What an unserious industry we are. 😅
Four important stories at the bottom, three of which involve crime or law enforcement, and what do poker players actually care about?
"ZOMG three guys made a straight at the same time!!!1!"
What an unserious industry we are. 😅
Congrats to my client Dustin for a six-figure score last week! 🎉
March 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Congrats to my client Dustin for a six-figure score last week! 🎉
Yeah usually the table looking at you weird is a good sign! 😂
This is BB's call for the same spot, KTo is right on the border. Obviously just an approximation though, real bubble spots are hard to solve accurately.
This is BB's call for the same spot, KTo is right on the border. Obviously just an approximation though, real bubble spots are hard to solve accurately.
February 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Yeah usually the table looking at you weird is a good sign! 😂
This is BB's call for the same spot, KTo is right on the border. Obviously just an approximation though, real bubble spots are hard to solve accurately.
This is BB's call for the same spot, KTo is right on the border. Obviously just an approximation though, real bubble spots are hard to solve accurately.
This is an example of the way this spot looks:
It's fairly straightforward, minraise range is pretty narrow because there's still some pressure on you so stuff just below the top doesn't mind jamming.
The more chips you have, the more both sides of the minraise range will expand.
It's fairly straightforward, minraise range is pretty narrow because there's still some pressure on you so stuff just below the top doesn't mind jamming.
The more chips you have, the more both sides of the minraise range will expand.
February 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is an example of the way this spot looks:
It's fairly straightforward, minraise range is pretty narrow because there's still some pressure on you so stuff just below the top doesn't mind jamming.
The more chips you have, the more both sides of the minraise range will expand.
It's fairly straightforward, minraise range is pretty narrow because there's still some pressure on you so stuff just below the top doesn't mind jamming.
The more chips you have, the more both sides of the minraise range will expand.
Sounds promising, right?
Do you think anything was missed? Let me know your thoughts!
Do you think anything was missed? Let me know your thoughts!
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sounds promising, right?
Do you think anything was missed? Let me know your thoughts!
Do you think anything was missed? Let me know your thoughts!
Content & Community
- Poker influencers: Streamers and creators will grow the audience.
- Crossover appeal: Collaborations with eSports and sports betting will evolve the game.
- Educational content: High-quality strategy content will attract new players.
- Poker influencers: Streamers and creators will grow the audience.
- Crossover appeal: Collaborations with eSports and sports betting will evolve the game.
- Educational content: High-quality strategy content will attract new players.
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Content & Community
- Poker influencers: Streamers and creators will grow the audience.
- Crossover appeal: Collaborations with eSports and sports betting will evolve the game.
- Educational content: High-quality strategy content will attract new players.
- Poker influencers: Streamers and creators will grow the audience.
- Crossover appeal: Collaborations with eSports and sports betting will evolve the game.
- Educational content: High-quality strategy content will attract new players.
Expanded Regulation
- Legalization trends: More regions will regulate online poker, creating a secure market.
- Blockchain and crypto: These may enhance transparency and trust.
- Global player pools: Unifying markets will increase liquidity and prizes.
- Legalization trends: More regions will regulate online poker, creating a secure market.
- Blockchain and crypto: These may enhance transparency and trust.
- Global player pools: Unifying markets will increase liquidity and prizes.
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Expanded Regulation
- Legalization trends: More regions will regulate online poker, creating a secure market.
- Blockchain and crypto: These may enhance transparency and trust.
- Global player pools: Unifying markets will increase liquidity and prizes.
- Legalization trends: More regions will regulate online poker, creating a secure market.
- Blockchain and crypto: These may enhance transparency and trust.
- Global player pools: Unifying markets will increase liquidity and prizes.
Tech Integration
- AI and solvers: Advanced tools will aid player improvement.
- Immersive experiences: VR and AR platforms may offer a hybrid of live and online poker.
- Training innovations: Gamified learning tools will make strategies accessible.
- AI and solvers: Advanced tools will aid player improvement.
- Immersive experiences: VR and AR platforms may offer a hybrid of live and online poker.
- Training innovations: Gamified learning tools will make strategies accessible.
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tech Integration
- AI and solvers: Advanced tools will aid player improvement.
- Immersive experiences: VR and AR platforms may offer a hybrid of live and online poker.
- Training innovations: Gamified learning tools will make strategies accessible.
- AI and solvers: Advanced tools will aid player improvement.
- Immersive experiences: VR and AR platforms may offer a hybrid of live and online poker.
- Training innovations: Gamified learning tools will make strategies accessible.
Rec Player Engagement
- Player-friendly formats: Shorter, exciting formats and social games will appear online.
- Live events: Focus on beginner-friendly, festival-style tournaments.
- Social poker apps: Casual games with low stakes will target a broader audience.
- Player-friendly formats: Shorter, exciting formats and social games will appear online.
- Live events: Focus on beginner-friendly, festival-style tournaments.
- Social poker apps: Casual games with low stakes will target a broader audience.
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rec Player Engagement
- Player-friendly formats: Shorter, exciting formats and social games will appear online.
- Live events: Focus on beginner-friendly, festival-style tournaments.
- Social poker apps: Casual games with low stakes will target a broader audience.
- Player-friendly formats: Shorter, exciting formats and social games will appear online.
- Live events: Focus on beginner-friendly, festival-style tournaments.
- Social poker apps: Casual games with low stakes will target a broader audience.
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN POKER
I asked ChatGPT what it expects in the next five years in poker. Here's what it said... 👇
January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN POKER
I asked ChatGPT what it expects in the next five years in poker. Here's what it said... 👇
USING IT TO YOUR BENEFIT
1. Join a study group with players less experienced than yourself.
2. Teach a friend or family member in terms they can understand.
3. Ask ChatGPT to fill the role of a student, with you as the coach.
4. If you're an intermediate or advanced player, become a coach!
1. Join a study group with players less experienced than yourself.
2. Teach a friend or family member in terms they can understand.
3. Ask ChatGPT to fill the role of a student, with you as the coach.
4. If you're an intermediate or advanced player, become a coach!
January 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
USING IT TO YOUR BENEFIT
1. Join a study group with players less experienced than yourself.
2. Teach a friend or family member in terms they can understand.
3. Ask ChatGPT to fill the role of a student, with you as the coach.
4. If you're an intermediate or advanced player, become a coach!
1. Join a study group with players less experienced than yourself.
2. Teach a friend or family member in terms they can understand.
3. Ask ChatGPT to fill the role of a student, with you as the coach.
4. If you're an intermediate or advanced player, become a coach!
So what is the 'Protégé Effect'?
Teaching something to someone else helps you learn the concept to a deeper level, even if you're not an expert.
The best part is, it works even if you're just pretending to teach someone else!
Teaching something to someone else helps you learn the concept to a deeper level, even if you're not an expert.
The best part is, it works even if you're just pretending to teach someone else!
January 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So what is the 'Protégé Effect'?
Teaching something to someone else helps you learn the concept to a deeper level, even if you're not an expert.
The best part is, it works even if you're just pretending to teach someone else!
Teaching something to someone else helps you learn the concept to a deeper level, even if you're not an expert.
The best part is, it works even if you're just pretending to teach someone else!
Poker Study Advice:
MAKE USE OF THE 'PROTÉGÉ EFFECT'
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MAKE USE OF THE 'PROTÉGÉ EFFECT'
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January 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Poker Study Advice:
MAKE USE OF THE 'PROTÉGÉ EFFECT'
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MAKE USE OF THE 'PROTÉGÉ EFFECT'
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MULTIWAY MISTAKES
1. Betting too large - large sizings give easy folds when multiway
2. Calling the wrong hands - weak bluff-catchers are very poor multiway
3. Overplaying weak draws - odds of running into better draws increase
4. Only betting for value - "you can't bluff multiway" is a myth
1. Betting too large - large sizings give easy folds when multiway
2. Calling the wrong hands - weak bluff-catchers are very poor multiway
3. Overplaying weak draws - odds of running into better draws increase
4. Only betting for value - "you can't bluff multiway" is a myth
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MULTIWAY MISTAKES
1. Betting too large - large sizings give easy folds when multiway
2. Calling the wrong hands - weak bluff-catchers are very poor multiway
3. Overplaying weak draws - odds of running into better draws increase
4. Only betting for value - "you can't bluff multiway" is a myth
1. Betting too large - large sizings give easy folds when multiway
2. Calling the wrong hands - weak bluff-catchers are very poor multiway
3. Overplaying weak draws - odds of running into better draws increase
4. Only betting for value - "you can't bluff multiway" is a myth
You're going to win fewer pots, but the pots you do win will be larger.
If players are under-folding preflop or on the flop, they're very likely to over-fold on the turn or the river.
There are plenty of opportunities to exploit opponents who play this way.
If players are under-folding preflop or on the flop, they're very likely to over-fold on the turn or the river.
There are plenty of opportunities to exploit opponents who play this way.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You're going to win fewer pots, but the pots you do win will be larger.
If players are under-folding preflop or on the flop, they're very likely to over-fold on the turn or the river.
There are plenty of opportunities to exploit opponents who play this way.
If players are under-folding preflop or on the flop, they're very likely to over-fold on the turn or the river.
There are plenty of opportunities to exploit opponents who play this way.
If multiway pots are happening frequently, it means your opponents aren't playing well.
A strong preflop strategy features more 3-beting and much less calling.
Multiway pots are tricky, but most people will play them somewhat face-up.
A strong preflop strategy features more 3-beting and much less calling.
Multiway pots are tricky, but most people will play them somewhat face-up.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If multiway pots are happening frequently, it means your opponents aren't playing well.
A strong preflop strategy features more 3-beting and much less calling.
Multiway pots are tricky, but most people will play them somewhat face-up.
A strong preflop strategy features more 3-beting and much less calling.
Multiway pots are tricky, but most people will play them somewhat face-up.
Common Errors:
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T FEAR MULTIWAY POTS
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WHY YOU SHOULDN'T FEAR MULTIWAY POTS
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January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Common Errors:
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T FEAR MULTIWAY POTS
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WHY YOU SHOULDN'T FEAR MULTIWAY POTS
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Here's a look at everything I discussed with my students during week 3 of 2025!
January 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Here's a look at everything I discussed with my students during week 3 of 2025!
For coaching info, head to pokerfluency.com.
For 10% off your first purchase from GTO Wizard, head to the link in my bio.
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January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For coaching info, head to pokerfluency.com.
For 10% off your first purchase from GTO Wizard, head to the link in my bio.
For 10% off your first purchase from GTO Wizard, head to the link in my bio.
It's About Overcards
Protection is most effective when concerning ourselves with our opponents' overcard hands, which don't flop any kind of draw at all.
These hands are forced to fold to a bet on many boards, despite the fact that they often have between 25% and 40% equity vs our range.
Protection is most effective when concerning ourselves with our opponents' overcard hands, which don't flop any kind of draw at all.
These hands are forced to fold to a bet on many boards, despite the fact that they often have between 25% and 40% equity vs our range.
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's About Overcards
Protection is most effective when concerning ourselves with our opponents' overcard hands, which don't flop any kind of draw at all.
These hands are forced to fold to a bet on many boards, despite the fact that they often have between 25% and 40% equity vs our range.
Protection is most effective when concerning ourselves with our opponents' overcard hands, which don't flop any kind of draw at all.
These hands are forced to fold to a bet on many boards, despite the fact that they often have between 25% and 40% equity vs our range.
4. Betting for protection on highly static boards where there are very few moderate-equity hands.
5. Betting for protection on the turn, where many hands have far less equity than on the flop.
If in doubt, here's the most important aspect...
5. Betting for protection on the turn, where many hands have far less equity than on the flop.
If in doubt, here's the most important aspect...
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
4. Betting for protection on highly static boards where there are very few moderate-equity hands.
5. Betting for protection on the turn, where many hands have far less equity than on the flop.
If in doubt, here's the most important aspect...
5. Betting for protection on the turn, where many hands have far less equity than on the flop.
If in doubt, here's the most important aspect...
2. Betting to protect from draws. Your opponent won't fold their good draws - and nor should they.
3. Betting to protect against really unlikely runouts, or against hands which have very low equity.
3. Betting to protect against really unlikely runouts, or against hands which have very low equity.
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
2. Betting to protect from draws. Your opponent won't fold their good draws - and nor should they.
3. Betting to protect against really unlikely runouts, or against hands which have very low equity.
3. Betting to protect against really unlikely runouts, or against hands which have very low equity.
MISAPPLICATIONS
As a coach, I see players misapplying the concept of protection all the time. Here are some of the most common pitfalls when putting it into practice.
1. Betting to 'take the pot down' with middling hands which are never getting called by worse.
As a coach, I see players misapplying the concept of protection all the time. Here are some of the most common pitfalls when putting it into practice.
1. Betting to 'take the pot down' with middling hands which are never getting called by worse.
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MISAPPLICATIONS
As a coach, I see players misapplying the concept of protection all the time. Here are some of the most common pitfalls when putting it into practice.
1. Betting to 'take the pot down' with middling hands which are never getting called by worse.
As a coach, I see players misapplying the concept of protection all the time. Here are some of the most common pitfalls when putting it into practice.
1. Betting to 'take the pot down' with middling hands which are never getting called by worse.
Sometimes, we'll have a value hand which is also vulnerable against some portions of our opponent's range.
If betting for value will also have the side-effect of causing our opponent to fold hands with >30% equity, then it does increase our incentive to bet.
If betting for value will also have the side-effect of causing our opponent to fold hands with >30% equity, then it does increase our incentive to bet.
January 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Sometimes, we'll have a value hand which is also vulnerable against some portions of our opponent's range.
If betting for value will also have the side-effect of causing our opponent to fold hands with >30% equity, then it does increase our incentive to bet.
If betting for value will also have the side-effect of causing our opponent to fold hands with >30% equity, then it does increase our incentive to bet.