The Official Red Chip Poker Podcast

Online #poker is a very different beast to twenty years ago. Essentially all poker sites have taken the decision to clip the wings of the professional grinder, ostensibly to encourage the survival of recreational players. Table caps, minimal rake back, and HUD restrictions require the pros to make concessions.
 
In this episode of the podcast, coach w34z3l discusses how the online grinder can navigate this hostile environment. There are no ideal poker sites anymore, but you can still develop a strategy to play professionally or to generate a significant side income.
 
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0:00 Introduction: The Golden Age of Online Poker
1:04 PokerStars Today: Table Caps & Restrictions
2:18 Multi-Site Grinding: The New Reality
4:42 HUD Restrictions Across Major Networks
7:24 Room-by-Room Breakdown: Finding the Best Option
9:38 888 Poker: Traffic Issues & High Rake
10:14 iPoker Network: Bot Activity Concerns
11:58 Americas Cardroom: Closest to Old Stars?
12:57 Unibet: No Tracking, No HUD
13:37 Asian Apps: Security Risks & Agent Issues
15:04 PokerStars Security vs Accessibility
16:09 Winamax Withdrawal Issues: My Experience
21:01 GG Poker Lifetime Ban: What Happened?
24:39 The Decline of Online Poker & Final Thoughts
 
**LINKS**
The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
Setting Up Your Poker HUD Stats: https://www.splitsuit.com/setting-up-poker-hud-stats
Maximize Your Online Poker Edge: https://youtu.be/IFLeNVINYDQ?si=t9oqSddVCfoWwZ5b
Top 15 Key Poker Skills: https://redchippoker.com/top-15-poker-skills/
 
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Any #poker session you play can be thought of as a series of decisions. The "correct" decision in any spot, such as whether to bet and how much, in principle has an objectively-correct answer. This has some players erroneously seeking perfection.
 
In the real world, the information you use to make each decision contains uncertainty. You simply do not know the precise range of your opponent, and even if you did, a precise EV calculation in real time is not a feasible goal. Make the best decision you can with the available information, but accept that your goal is to be good, not perfect.
 
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction: Certain Uncertainty in Poker
0:42 The Myth of Perfect Decision Making
1:30 Why Professional Players Don't Always Know What to Do
3:06 Quest for Perfection vs Reality
4:47 Three Areas Where Uncertainty is Normal
5:23 Area 1: Can You Ever Know You're a Winner?
7:08 Area 2: Understanding Villain Ranges
9:43 The Ranging Process is Just an Educated Guess
11:42 Area 3: Expected Value Calculations
12:42 The Limitations of EV Calculations
15:12 Long-Term EV vs Single Hand EV
18:21 Being Better Than Average is Enough
20:07 Embrace Uncertainty to Improve Your Game
 
RELATED LINKS
The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
SplitSuit Poker Workbooks: https://www.splitsuit.com/poker-workbooks
Generating Profit In Multiway Pots: https://redchippoker.com/profit-from-multiway-pots/
Play Better Poker Through EV Modeling: https://youtu.be/zvRTqcJ7DHY?si=i_tZRyP3JBOQ-TCm
 
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An increasing number of people rely on ChatGPT summaries to explain complex topics. Is this a good idea if you're looking for tactical and strategic information about #poker? This fun episode of the podcast explores the question.
 
As you may have found in other disciplines, one of the problems with relying on any LLM is that the accuracy of the information they return can be extremely unpredictable. ChatGPT provides decent summaries of some areas of poker, and laughably bad ones in others.
 
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0:00 Introduction: Poker Turing Test with AI
0:22 Can AI Understand Poker Conceptually?
1:30 Testing ChatGPT's Range Construction
2:36 The Symmetrical Grid Problem
4:55 Suited vs Offsuit Hand Values
7:18 Concept Explanation Test: Polarization
8:50 Equity Denial & Reverse Implied Odds
9:30 The Triple Range Merge Trap
12:13 ChatGPT's Conceptual Understanding Limits
12:58 EV Calculation Challenge Begins
14:34 Breaking Down Semi-Bluff Math
17:30 Training ChatGPT to Calculate Correctly
19:00 Can ChatGPT Remember EV Formulas?
21:30 Writing Poker Scripts with AI
24:33 Final Verdict: Did ChatGPT Pass?
 
RELATED LINKS
The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
Poker Study Guide: https://www.splitsuit.com/ultimate-weekly-poker-study-guide
Crushing Poker Bots: https://youtu.be/nhuWF-8CK1E?si=GVt6NKcpflLTqktr
The Poker Robot: https://youtu.be/vnL52ChgLqM?si=jNJIDz1YoTmrssas
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Hollywood promotes the notion that top players "read" their opponents from their body language, or their unique method of eating Oreo cookies. But do such live tells have any place in today's mathematical game of #poker?
 
In this episode, coach w34z3l gives an overview of how your opponents may leak information that you can use to beat them. Equally important, we discuss how you can prevent others from reading your own body language, so that you can protect yourself from damaging information leaks.
 
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0:00 Introduction: What Are Live Tells?
1:12 Why Tells Exist Even in Tough Games
2:30 How to Read Tells: Default Profiles & Deviations
3:47 Reverse Tells: When Players Mislead You
5:04 Reading the Mouth & Microexpressions
6:33 Hand Tells: Trembling, Position & Chip Tricks
8:48 Posture Changes & Body Language
9:29 Eye Tells: Pupils, Gaze Direction & Stack Glances
11:39 Card Apex: How Players Check Their Cards
14:51 Betting Style & Angle Shooting
17:05 Speech Patterns & Vocal Tells
18:43 Vocalizing vs Silent Options
20:24 Card Protectors & Information Leakage
21:12 Protecting Against Tells: Sunglasses & Hoodies
23:08 Why Perfect Balance Is Impossible
 
RELATED LINKS
The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
Poker Mastery 101: https://youtu.be/B8qidwy2UeU?si=-DOEQyKTHYCzn6qX
Live Poker Analysis: https://youtu.be/06gOgEchrqM?si=eDSpZ5jHAJtzLiBy
The Best $1/$2 Poker Vlog: https://www.splitsuit.com/1-2-live-cash-poker-vlog
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The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game.
 
Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important for two reasons. First, understanding that downswings are a feature of the game helps us survive psychologically. Second, quantifying how big downswings can be is essential for exercising proper bankroll management.
 
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction: Live Poker Variance & Win Rates
0:30 Can You Win 12 Months Straight?
1:25 The Sample Size Problem in Live Poker
2:32 Why Live Win-Rates Are Over-Reported
4:03 Small-Stakes Win-Rate Estimates (1/2 & 1/3)
6:03 High-Stakes Reality Check (10/20+)
7:07 Three Win-Rate Scenarios: 40bb, 20bb, 6bb/100
8:44 Understanding Standard Deviation
9:30 40bb/100 Winner: Monthly Variance Analysis
12:42 20bb/100 Winner: Expect Breakeven Months
14:38 6bb/100 Winner: The Harsh Reality
16:34 Key Takeaways & Bankroll Management
20:29 Final Thoughts on Life Roll & BRM
 
RELATED LINKS
·      **NEW** The Low-Stakes Poker Playbook: https://redchippoker.com/low-stakes-poker-playbook/
·      Poker Bankroll Management: https://www.splitsuit.com/how-much-poker-money-do-you-need-to-play
·      Live Poker Analysis: https://youtu.be/06gOgEchrqM?si=eDSpZ5jHAJtzLiBy
·      Bankroll Management & Taking Shots: https://youtu.be/1nDFMAouLFM?si=zam69b6KhXR23c8p
 
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