When poker tours shut down in 2020, I spent my time 1:1 coaching over 120 poker players.

Most my clients were recreationals playing for the love of the game or semipros as a side hustle.

Here are the most common leaks that were holding them back🧵 Not 3betting enough out of blinds to avoid big pots OOP

Not checkraising top pair from BB. Worried what beats them rather than what they get value from

Not reshoving 30bb stacks OOP. Just calls & bleeds chips

Misses double barrel spots

Not using small bets,scared to look weak

Players often find themselves getting deep in poker tournaments w/ just a tiny 🤏 stack

The old-school👴way of thinking is to just wait patiently for good hands. Ppl got a LOT better in the last decade. If u want to run deep u need to FIGHT for POTS

7 ways to Fight for Pots👇 1/ Steal blinds

Figure out which players fold their BB too much, don't check-raise enough, or play very passively vs your C bets, allowing you to realize equity (seeing turn/river) easily.

Whatever poker charts tell you, open 1 to 2 pips wider when these players are in the BB

$25k heads up today #wsop2022 ! Here is my opponent Small lead, started with 150k chips got him down to 115k so far. Blinds up to 600/1200 now

Occasionally I get asked why I bother playing tournaments when I can make much more stable income in cashgames🤔

Cash vs tournaments comes to personal preference but it's great to understand the lifestyle of both then decide which is for you. A Short thread why I prefer MTT's 👇 2/Tournies feel like I'm going for a hike⛰️Constant peaks & valleys. Around every turn, there's always some mix of terrain & view you have never seen before.

Blinds keep changing, tables break, varying stack sizes. End of reentry, bubble,FT, it's a JOURNEY

What about cashgames?