Your takes on hedonism and mental game issues are so interesting and helpful it makes your channel so much better to watch than other channels. Thanks for keeping it real and giving such practical advice.

Your content is unparalelled carrot man, please keep uploading, always very insightful

Balancing the poker vocabulary range with "reg" and "rec" really forces content context awareness 😂

Your ability to range from interpreting solver outputs with game theory applications, to how to adapt/ignore those outputs based on player tendencies/real world factors, to self-knowledge and emotional control in a concise and coherent manner is excellent. Thank you for your dedication to education.

Nice video. As always love the mental explanation!!

its helpful to see everyone has these similar demon thought patterns. Good vid Pete, the free content you put out is appreciated

Been watching your content for the last 4 months or so. I can't express how useful has it been for my game. Went from an absolutely losing player on micros to a not so losing one 😅 Greetings from Chile, keep it up with the great content!

Damn, it’s so cool that many people are already talking about thought control, about voices in their heads, about the fact that they have all sorts of demons there and share their experiences using applied examples. It's inspiring. Thank you, and all the best!

Will there be any geography videos available to those who sign up for the subscription service?

One of the more useful poker vids I've seen recently. Relatable. I'm off to do the washing up!

Very good insight so much deeper then 99% of poker strategy you find. Having the skills is not enough you need to patience and peace within yourself to succeed. Try to breathe in twice through your nose and strong exhale to reset and stay positive

Thanks man you have changed my game so much for the better, i was far to nitty before, and got my first tourney win this week. Keep up the great work

Learning about the Mode 2 demon here may be the most important poker lesson bar none

Thank you for your vulnerability regarding your demons. I can completely relate.

Nice video Pete! My biggest poker demon is tilt bluffing zero equity hands, costs me alot after grinding a session!

So glad I found your channel, thank you

great video ! Thanks

Great video. I really like that quote

Oooh I needed this video SO MUCH - 12 years ago.

my demons say 'go get another beer, you'll still play well'

@aubreysharp7397

5 ай бұрын

I’m the same way with the booger sugar but it just makes me okay even more tilted and impatient

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

The problem is that the first one actually does tend to result in improvement.

In R&C GTO Wizard says you should raise 8bbs to a 2x raise UTG and it says QQ should never 4bet not sure what structure you were playing here, in regular NL I think you are correct about his sizing and your 4bet

Super interesting content

Flag wise it seems that the southern of Europe you get the less likely it is that they are fish.

Great video.

know all the modes and Deamons too ;) thx

This is currently what I’m dealing with. Trying to get a Birds Eye view when I over value my hand. I know I should fold my QQ to a open limp then jamb since it’s usually AA but for some stupid reason I convince myself that calling off 100bb when I only put 3x in the pot is a great idea. Damn ego

The A3s hand. Why did u donk b50 ? Why not 100 or 150% pot ? I dont see a fish folding an A here because: 1. They are sticky 2. Many draws miss. So he is gonna "put you on a draw" and call.

"... but that was the tone, trust me" ... well, since you are talking to yourself, I guess we'll have to trust you... lmao, u r a trip, man.

I think when the demons pop up it is time to take several days off so you crave poker. Perhaps even blow some steam off with friends.

@jeffshackleford3152

5 ай бұрын

I think you are probably correct. My biggest demon is seeking action when card dead or playing with a bunch of nit lords. Like I didn't study poker to play steal the blinds and flop and fold. I study poker to be put in the blender and have to make tough decisions with my money on the line. Actually now that I think about, maybe seeking the brutality of poker is my biggest demon. Btw I am not a 1 trillion bb / 100 crusher at 3 billion NL. I am a slightly winning player at 25NL ( bankroll restrictions ). Just wanted to make that clear before anyone responds.

I feel like the first 89s hand is one of those where you look and feel really clever as played because they had complete air and 3-barreled with it. The thing is I've been in plenty of very similar spots where fish are merging with Jx and I feel like an idiot calling down. Also the A on the river is much better for villain than hero.

@jb-rx2ig

5 ай бұрын

why is the A otr better for V then for hero? hero was pfr

@friedrichnietzsche7736

5 ай бұрын

​@jb-rx2ig in theory it's better for us. In practice, fish will just randomly bet a lot of Ax here twice even though they shouldn't.

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

We can for sure lose to merges. I still think we win more than 25% of the time (it was 1/2 pot as I recall) if you feel stupid when you run into Jx that’s because your goal is to never run into Jc because you deem that unacceptable. It doesn’t necessarily mean you lose 3/4s of the time. I highly doubt that we lose anywhere near this much. I think you’re focussing too much on how things look and feel and not enough on…………trueEV.

@elpistolero82

5 ай бұрын

@@CarrotCornerPoker I think you described it perfectly Pete. For what it's worth I am quite prone to either making plays or not making them based on how I feel at that specific in-game moment.

Lol - reliabilism - NEVER heard that in a poker vid - (from one philosopher to another)

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

Philosophy should be mandatory

Pete, you said something about being rusty, that makes me confused since you should be grinding for 2 months now. What's going on?

Haven’t punched myself in the face but I did throw a poker chip into my wall. Like it was stuck in the drywall about halfway buried.

@pokerandphilosophy8328

5 ай бұрын

This actually increases the value of your wall.

I made a worse call the other day, caused me to take the rest of the week off. Don't feel bad im crushing 100 and 50 NL for 20bbs and I stacked off with aks the other day and same thing, i knew I was beat. It told me I was gambling way too much

What about the 16 combos of JT when you get raised on the river.

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

We wouldn’t expect JTo to open preflop UTG and JTs will often bet flop. It’s definitely far from 16 average combos.

I bought the cash injection why wasn't I invited to your discord?

My demons like to say you can't possibly lose another pot so you should call

I have jury duty March 1st I'll have to tell them I cant make it due to a prior engagement with Carrot Poker

TRUE EV >>>

YOURE GONNA GET YOUR VEGGIES TAKEN MATE

on the first hand, why check if you are just going to call anyways?

@corey192

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@kilobumpin

5 ай бұрын

@@corey192 serious question….

@aubreysharp7397

5 ай бұрын

Because you wanna be letting your opponent bluff, if you check they keep their range wide, if you bet and they call their range is narrowed more and more towards value….and also you don’t really want to value bet with bottom pair bad kicker too often

@corey192

5 ай бұрын

@@kilobumpin aubrey is right. Do u understand it?

@kilobumpin

5 ай бұрын

@@aubreysharp7397 i see, i just didnt see that hand to be a good candidate to bluff catch… but i guess thats the theme of the video

If they have a profile pic of a shark they Are a fish , if their username has 'fish' in it they are a fish (but think they aren't). But if they have BOTH then beware

QQ has 29% equity vs AKS KK+

@aubreysharp7397

5 ай бұрын

And he needs 39%, I don’t think he even has 29% equity in that spot

why not consider jamming 89s on the river?

I wish I'd watched this yesterday when the demons were out in force. Great content as always.

You should find an exorcist to help you with your poker.

I think poker teaches you self-forgiveness. It takes time.

Pseudo logic to weight ranges after feelings. 'Won't flat AA, won't 5bet AKo.' Also, calling it a big mistake is just horrendously result-oriented. Even if your assumption is spot on, the mistake is clearly very small.

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

Wait a minute. You’re saying it’s a very small mistake to 4-bet call off QQ vs someone who has no AK and all the AA and KK? I don’t thin my assumptions were expressed as absolutes and you’ve definitely misquoted me but if they were absolutes and were ‘spot on’ then I think you’d find this would be a mistake for many many bb in EV.

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

In reality my argument was: 1. It’s break even to call off QQ in theory 2. In practice there is significantly less AK and more AA than in theory. 3. Therefore it’s significantly losing to call off QQ.

@EE-gu1vk

5 ай бұрын

@@CarrotCornerPoker My point being, it's hard to be that confident in those assumptions when AKo makes such a big difference to the output. You could add 100% AA and just a few % more AKo and it would still be a breakeven call. Add some JJ and random stuff that you see fish show up with from time to time, and you have a profitable call. I am not saying that the fold is bad, I just don't think you can be that confident in a random fish range construction to make it a big mistake.

@charlieyhp

4 ай бұрын

I agree with this part, however I don’t think it is profitable to 4bet QQ at all here. 4bet/fold TT-QQ just seem massively losing. The 9bb 3bet clearly tells that the player is a recreational, and I’m more than happy to play a 3bet pot here rather than guessing what to do against a jam. I also think this is jammed more likely, recs just don’t 3bet enough

First?

Pretty longwinded way of stating what any solver would quickly and easily tell you. Pocket queens doesn’t perform well enough against most opponents 4 bet jam pre of a 100+ BB stack in cash games range for it to be a +EV play stacking off in that spot.

@CarrotCornerPoker

5 ай бұрын

Sorry I’ll just make the video 6 seconds next time since only the factual statement about the play is relevant and mental game struggles are not a feature of any human’s game ever.