How to Study Poker Like the Pros: The Best Way to Study Poker

[@stevenlewis3981]

Just started watching your videos. Have to say these are some of the best free content ive seen. A lot easier to comprehend the points your trying to make.

[@ConsciousPoker]

Appreciate that Steven, thanks for the support.

[@learenng1267]

You’re awesome Alex! Thanks for giving back and teaching us amateurs in how to improve our game. It’s much appreciated 🙌🏼

[@ConsciousPoker]

Cheers Learenn.

[@joelriggs4614]

You lost me saying macs are better than PCs...

[@Noizyvelvet]

Joel Riggs But they are

[@Micloren]

@@Noizyvelvet The vast majority of independent repair shops will say with confidence that Macs are trash.

[@Noizyvelvet]

@@Micloren Fake News you Spew

[@thomasmatthews80]

PC way better for all things poker

[@aritramondal6475]

@@Noizyvelvet Macs are trash.

[@CatherineReardon]

I enjoy your post. I’m going to get crunch. Thank you. I’m also going to the links below. I’m stoked! Excellent info Mr. Toreli

[@ConsciousPoker]

Thanks Catherine!

[@petegiant]

I would tend towards discounting TT+ if there wasn't a raise/3-bet preflop

[@Beanmachine91]

magic: the gathering and yugioh made me good at poker

[@seanm3189]

why does it say there are 6 combos of aces at 6:31 if we hold the Ad? wouldnt there only be 3 combos? also, wouldn't there only be 1 combo of pocket tens left? Wouldn't we beat 6 bluffs but only lose to 25 combos of value hands? isnt this closer to 1/4 not 1/5 or am I missing something?

[@markhellie6837]

Why are we adding hands (As5s-As3s, KQs, KsJs, QsJs) into a range on the river? If we are adding those hands, why not add As2s? Shouldn't the range get narrower as the hand plays out?

[@brandonwebster6197]

Is it best to study one subject a week or multiple a week?

[@Kieran-qk3ky]

Every day lol

[@tylerjoyner9865]

What’s best way to understand plo equites you mentioned poker cruncher

[@frankwhite7695]

I enjoy your commentary. I have one question. I saw an interview you did in 2015 with poker news explaining the differences between small vs big buyin tournaments. You stated how you will normally by-pass the smaller buy-ins i.e. $1500. How did you get to this point in your career where $1500 buy-ins isn't big enough for you. examples (your were a rich kid already, you won the lottery, you won a small poker tournament with a large payout, etc) please any insight will be greatly appreciated.

[@ConsciousPoker]

A lot, lot, lot of grinding and saving.

[@carlosroshi5517]

Nice video 👍

[@ConsciousPoker]

Thanks Carlos.

[@jackwedsun3571]

Sir which software I can use for learning

[@ConsciousPoker]

PokerCruncher. Check the link in the bio.

[@jackwedsun3571]

@@ConsciousPoker ty sir

[@brianjoyce9040]

Thx Alec

[@dochamp2]

Great job

[@ConsciousPoker]

Thanks Duane!

[@mrblunderfield]

How do you put someone on a range when the pot is multi way and the game is loose passive?

[@eyeamiam2795]

Watch your opponents learn them and pick your moments all this study does is help guide our intuition

[@reenasubedi8308]

What is your link to be a member

[@ConsciousPoker]

www.consciouspoker.com/member

[@Lovescombat]

What other poker equity calculators do they have for pc that cost around the same

[@TongoWheel]

I ran the same board and hole cards in a equity caculater and doesn't come up 29-30 percent ....

[@Pccesar3]

Alec make another video on how 1/2 nl live cash games fund your tournament buy ins. My BR was depleted because i only played tourneys

[@ConsciousPoker]

Play more cash games :)

[@FSshizz]

I only play tournies but seriously considering cash games now, tournaments are so wide with people's ranges.. get this... Early stages of a tournament, blinds 600-1200 I look down at QQ and raise to 3.4k.. some woman calls, nice flop 395 I bet 7k, she calls.. turn J I bet 11k she jams, I call and she flips over J5 :/ like who calls with J5o to a raise like that and then calls flop with middle pair to a bet like that lol.. seriously stick to cash unless you can avoid those spots.. tournies are wideeeeee

[@benben3110]

How do you calculate this in your Hand during a live game?

[@MoreThanBlocks.]

Ben Ben you don’t mate you will start to learn it off by heart as you’ve kept practising off the table.

[@benben3110]

@@MoreThanBlocks. but if i wanna calculate at the table what would be the fastest and most accurate way?

[@Marc_berrrry-oh]

@@benben3110 after played a hand, you could use one of the many poker apps available on cellphones.

[@002kimsehun]

@@Marc_berrrry-oh i do like you. What ever you won or lose, keep record your hands and opp hands and stakes. I release i can't keep pocus on game over 3hs and i just leave table when i losing after 3hours played or move the table.

[@JesusGarcia-dx3yw]

Thats were the skills come into play someone who can do this in a matter of seconds is a force to be reckoned with

[@MrDoctorMD]

Do people use those equitiy calcs while playing online?

[@shuakhwe]

No, it's even banned on pokerstars but no they would be totally impractical to use to help in a hand. I have seen people pull one up after a hand to illustrate a point about their range advantage (they input their own range roughly, and villain's range, and showed that they had a range advantage or disadvantage, can't remember which) - that was before they were banned and was clearly not the type of use that you are thinking of.

[@jonathanplanet]

Is an equity calculator good for a tournament, or do you only need an ICM calculator for tournaments?

[@ConsciousPoker]

Works great for both.

[@ronaldbarnes1746]

It seems like this would let your oponent know how much to value bet. And then when bluffing make it large enough so you can't call this bet amount over time. I like the strategy, but there are some nit oponents who hardly if ever bluff and then you have those who bet bluff whenever they miss a draw.

[@rickyfonsi6820]

Do you know an app like this for Iphone? I will appreciate it!

[@ConsciousPoker]

Try PokerCruncher

[@rickyfonsi6820]

I did. And I think it’s more limited on the Iphone. And probably more difficult to use as well. But I don’t have a mac or Ipad, so I guess I will have to try to get the most of the pokercruncher app on my phone. By the way, I want to thank you for replying to me. I am your fan, and I really appreciate everything you teach us!

[@14luey]

Combonator is good for pc you can highlight groups of his value hands and bluffs and then get a value to bluff ratio super easily

[@brianfarley4814]

Thanks - that program looks pretty interesting. I've never understood why they haven't created more end-to-end software.

[@ProtectrLifenLiberty]

How does this transfer to tournaments

[@ConsciousPoker]

Hand reading is a crucial skill in both cash games and tournaments. If you improve your ability to understand equities vs. ranges (which PokerCruncher does), you'll be a better overall player.

[@mrfixitdellacertifiedfield5376]

Just like GTO !!!

[@Slaytounge]

Oh, I'm not ready for this lol

[@maxxismycat999]

PC is far superior to Mac buddy, lol.

[@Anonkontello]

Depends on the use. Gaming? PC stomps 10/10. Music creation? PC sucks any MAC’s dick 9/10

[@keepitacoldcase]

Probably the most important word to bring to the poker table. Equity!

[@maximesarrazin7979]

Its funny when I see guys saying "oh in this position he could have this or that combo of cards" while in reality he could have any 2 cards, you just don't know and you are guessing but instead of guessing the exact 2 cards you are guessing a range....

[@Doc8776]

Better microphone

[@jimalford6359]

I’m not busy

[@FocusedAndMotivated100]

Sweet.

[@Beanmachine91]

i play like a meditative assassin stoned on hashish lol

[@Diesel-gp2zz]

man the sound.. you need to fix your sound!

[@davidmustaine997]

It’s the cream of nuts with bread n butter

[@Beanmachine91]

read all the poker books you can! you cant just get by on free knowledge, some of the best poker books ive read costed less than 10$

[@rawxiii6765]

how much money have you made?

[@Beanmachine91]

@@rawxiii6765 ive won small prizes at home games, i need to build a bankroll so i can play cash games

[@Beanmachine91]

@@rawxiii6765 i got super system at a used bookstore for 2.99

[@redactedredacted3721]

if you have a mac you should buy a microphone haha

[@mariusm5660]

What is the point of that caculator as you will never ever find out what your opponent has...

[@Noizyvelvet]

Marius M Ranges...

[@mariusm5660]

a myth.

[@oliben121]

I lost it when he said if you have pc you should buy a mac

[@jimmybroughton2956]

Wow.

[@fishfry5251]

I was here

[@joshuacoleman4451]

confusing because amateurs dont understand the terminology

[@Pluto-vn8tw]

Im lost

[@louishugh-jones1743]

Half the opponents hand range would just never bet three times so it seems stupid

[@kaikulimu]

He said assuming the player is a good TAG player. Against different opponents you can enter different hand ranges based on your read...

[@davidgentile4576]

what good is this phone when you play against them maniac.

[@kaikulimu]

Well, you put in all possible poker hands and calculate equity that way 😂😂😂

[@Beanmachine91]

online or live i have good reasons to lick my teeth at a large pot! im hungry like a crazy weasel

[@515coldfire]

These exercises are insane. Its easier to just fold lol. You dnt know what kind 9f community cards ur getting its hard to predict these things.

[@osidarap8561]

PC > MAC

[@dl6262]

“If you have a PC you should buy a Mac.” Douchey comment

[@reinsein518]

i can not wat6ch videos with the bad audio i wish i could i just can not

[@jeremyhall7951]

Two things I dislike about Alec ... 1. He dont really play poker with the winners. 2. He makes most of his money selling "how to " or " win big" strategies to suckers. Never plays live poker and cant replicate or consistently win.

[@mrfixitdellacertifiedfield5376]

Reading Poker players ranges is absolutely A BIG WASTE OF TIME ~~~

[@tyogrady866]

Pointless

[@SuperYtc1]

Silly. A solver where you have to put in your opponent's range? The range should be the GTO range. It's not possible to know opponent's range, this is useless.

[@Sonnic7]

I thought poker was just about luck😅

[@naturalbornreeler5133]

You speak soooo fast... Take a public speaking clasd