Smart Poker Study Podcast

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In this episode, I discuss my stripped down and simplified KISS HUD to help you avoid overwhelm as you learn to use a HUD for online poker.

Nathan "BlackRain79" Williams, the winningest micro stakes player of all time, gives you 14 insanely useful poker beginner tips. These are guaranteed to have you playing better and more profitably with your very next session.

I help you categorize your opponents into their respective player types based on stats and tendencies. I also give some easy-to-use exploits against each.

Looking for a daily poker routine? I give you a plan for improvement and an 8-hour poker routine that will help you study and play productively.

I was practicing my Japanese in preparation for a month-long trip that was cancelled (thanks, corona!). During this practice I learned some new Japanese words and was reminded of some old ones I love. I'm sharing my top 6 words here. The goal is to give you a new perspective on some of the things we deal with as poker players and to help you develop healthy attitudes toward them.

I give you 7 strategies for improving your return on investment and win rates.

I answer 3 questions about getting married to hands, PT4 episodes and accepting setbacks.

I help you review your hands with PokerTracker in 3 common leaky, money-losing situations.

I learned a lot from a ping-pong and Thanksgiving story about Kobe Bryant.

I help you discover a simple way to make your sessions more profitable: table selection.

What should a newb focus on? I answer this question, another about prioritizing 5 different study topics, and what to consider before calling post-flop.

I discuss the Four Stages of Competence and how you can purposefully work to train skills to the topmost level of Unconscious Competence.

Tadas Peckaitis of MyPokerCoaching.com stops by to share 3 important things for effective poker study.

I share with you all the things I love about playing online poker.