Poker can be insanely challenging – mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially. It’s not strange that some pros want to move on.

Some assume a read at the poker table comes to you magically. Others believe it is the product of countless hours of observation. They are both right, and they are both wrong.

Blockers are interesting in that they are critically important in theory and, in my opinion, often useless (or worse) in practice.

At some point, the players you’re up against can no longer be tricked. You have to actually outwit and outplay them.

Poker allows each and every one of us to consider ourselves unlucky if we choose to fall into that alluring trap.

We’ve all seen the guy who loses a big pot to a 4-outer and immediately shoves his last 7 big blinds in the next hand with nothing.

When playing live poker, your image will often be based more on stereotypes and generalizations than your actions.

With all the free content out there, do you even need to pay for training?

We’re excellent at coming up with excuses for implementing a strategy that makes us more emotionally comfortable.

The most iconic concept introduced to the poker discourse by the great Tommy Angelo, in my humble opinion, is that of Reciprocality.

You’re generally supposed to be a bit looser on draw-heavy boards, but almost all players (accidentally) take it too far.

I’m someone who’s struggled with the discipline to quit, which is why I’m a great person to tell you how I’ve improved in spite of it.

My goal today is to share the way that my view of poker skill, edges, and performance has shifted over the years.

Today, we’re going to dive deep into a spot, both in theory and practice, and extrapolate these learnings to other multi-way pot situations.

Make mistakes, but make them count.

You need to unburden your brain and be able to find hugely profitable exploits.

I come from a world where so many of my peers are GTO experts, and many believe it’s the key to success. Through that lens, I’m “anti-GTO.”

Turning reads into exploits is the fun, creative, and exciting part of our job as master exploiters.

The biggest edges in poker don’t come from perfecting GTO play. They come from exploiting your opponents’ weaknesses.