AtaTheGreat

@1ReachGreatness Cash for now.

@AtaTheGreat Cash only or MTT also ? Slovenians started having some really good players and results in last couple of years, could be good

The $1k → $10k challenge ran from November 25, 2025 to February 25, 2026, with a total of 106,000 hands played. 97,000 hands came from NLH cash games between 10NL and 100NL 9,000 hands were played in tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $8 to $108

@1ReachGreatness Your Poker Way - Slovenian project launching end of March.

@AtaTheGreat What is YPW that you joined ? congrats great work

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@HeyMonia Thinking concepts from NLH would help me in PLO. It would be much better to forget everything I know and try to understand from scratch.

Finally entered my PLO era 🔥 
Because comfort zones don’t pay dividends. Serious question for PLO players: What was the biggest mistake you made when you first switched from NLH?

The “poker as academics/math” frame = suicide (literally) Poker isn’t a math hobby. It’s a high variance money game that psychologically destroys anyone who can’t deal with variance. Most nerds are neurotic and can’t handle the swings, even if they understand variance logically. So you end up recruiting a bunch of nerds who aren’t built to gamble and they end up in a padded room if they don't off themselves first. No bueno. If we want poker to grow, education probly comes later. First target people who can survive variance. That’s basically two groups: 1. People rich enough that the swings don’t matter. 2. People with legit high risk tolerance. And most of those people don't care about the math.

When time “flies,” it usually means I’m doing something right. It happens when I’m methodical about spots. That’s the state that feeds my A-game.

@tombos21 What would be your take on streaming poker ? Does it make any sense since that edge would convert faster ?

This is a good thing btw. It's exactly why the ecosystem survives. If poker edges were as brutal and efficient as chess, recs would get crushed so fast they’d never deposit again.

Look at this chess rating distribution. It’s a nice bell curve. Do you think poker skill is distributed in the same way? I'd guess poker skill follows a similar distribution, but there is a massive difference in how skill converts to edge ↓

Before I play, I run a quick check-in: sleep, feeling, motivation, cognition. Even when it’s sleep 10/10 and cognition 10/10, I don’t assume I’ll play great. It just means the tools are there, the only question is where I spend my attention.

@francomeni Must be connected for sure. I’m not able to completely disconnect from $ value

@AtaTheGreat Do results have something to do with that thought.

Sometimes this happens: you finish a week and can’t even tell if you improved. The reason is usually simple - no specific plan on how to improve. Ok, it happened. Next week, fix the plan instead of hoping progress just shows up. 🚀

My best sessions have a specific vibe: no distraction and emotional resilience. Nothing upsets me. I accept mistakes, and I keep trying to play my best, hand after hand.

Exploitative players tend to have better A-games but much worse C-games compared to GTO players. Pure exploit players struggle with consistency because they don't have a good autopilot to fall back on when they're read-less or not locked tf in. Without a decent baseline strategy, most people just button click aimlessly. The only way to solve this is to build a systematic (non-GTO) framework for beating your player pool, but that requires a level of study and discipline that most players simply aren't willing to commit to.

I’ve learned the hard way: feeling “very good” can still produce B-game poker. Mood can be high while decision quality is low. The real test is what happens inside the tough spots.

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Streaming poker taught me: - You can’t fake emotional control. - Every bad beat is public. - Every decision is recorded. Growth starts when you stay disciplined even while everyone’s watching 🙏

@francomeni 100% brother 🫡

@AtaTheGreat I believe that's where people struggle the most. When things don't go your way, some people stray from the process and start playing carelessly in an attempt to win. The best course of action would be to take a break, refuel, and stick to the procedure that should ensure success.

I’m entering 2026 with fewer expectations and higher standards. I don’t need every session to be good. I need my process to be solid. Studying more. Tilting less. Quitting sessions earlier when focus fades. That’s where real money is made.

@francomeni Streaming on Twitch, come and join !

@AtaTheGreat You've become so wise, but I haven't seen you on lately, what's up?

Every session feels important, but almost none of them matter alone. Poker is won in aggregates, not moments. The players who understand this last the longest and win the most.

Poker teaches you something most games don’t. You can do everything right and still lose or do everything right and eventually win.