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Do you see yourself playing many live&online MTTs in the future (2-5 years)?
If you stick to cashgame - why?
If you move towards MTTs for the most part - why?
Why did you write this book? 
Is your book a guarandamntee that the readers will be able to beat at least NL10? 
Hey Galvin. I have noticed that you advocate for balance preflop across pretty much all stakes (except for raising loose in SB, since people fold too much blind vs blind). The reasons are quite understandable - preflop is the most frequently played street, therefore the balance is most important here, as it will occur with the highest frequency.
However, postflop you advocate for the exploitable adjustment of being value heavy when barrelling for 3 streets in microstakes. I agree with the argument for this adjustment, since it is very rare to see big bluffs on the river in the micro stakes.
I am a NL 25-50 player, and in my experience people fold to flop cbets way too much, especially out of position. Assuming this, how differently (if) would you play a general opponent in such a situation in NL2, NL50, and NL200:
You are both 100bb, hero is BU, villain is BB
Flop is: 9s 7s 3c
Would you have a 3bet bluff range on such flop in NL2 ? I guess on higher stakes (NL50-NL200) it would make sense to 3b bluff hands like As3x, Ks3x or As8x.
Assuming that runout is: 9s 7s 3c Td 5c.
What range would you 3barrel and what would you do differently across the stakes against a check-raise on the river ?
Do you ever wonder if there's no skill in poker and you've just been luckboxing it the whole time?
We often hear about the classic beginner's mistakes - playing too many hands, too much chasing of draws without equity etc etc.
But what would you say are the classic mistakes made by intermediate/advanced players? What are the leaks that are often missed by those who are relatively experienced in the game?
Cheers and all the best for the new books!
Charlie
What do you recommend how to get the most value from your book? (read and take notes/ read only one chapter at a time)
And how to start implementing the new information?
I normally play a good cash game ,6 max 9 max no good; how do I find the leaks in my game
Let's say: Poker is a very competitive game as we know, do you think that competetitive people - let's say athletes - have an edge there somehow? Doyle Brunson for example was a great basketball player before picking up poker, he was very high in a national college basketball ranking so that is somehow proportional to his poker successes, isn't it?
I have this feeling that being nerdy about numbers won't suffice to make it there so I wonder if the guts and the motivation to beat everyone else + pushing yourself again and again (even if it's just in other areas of your life) is giving you an edge when you're at the table?
I have another question (I would really love that book but you can disqualify me for asking a second question, it's ok):
What do you think seperates the good players from the great ones - and is it something you can unfold within you in time or more something like a talent - you have it or you don't?
When it comes to poker I have more passion than skill there (only when both are there am I playing in A-game which is only once every so often) so this is why I wanted to ask a book author these questions.
I think this is really cool of you if it's not just a PR marketing coup because even if we don't get a book we get to have our questions reviewed by someone who does know some shit atleast ♦
Do we care about balancing, or do we adjust to villain and are balanced through that?
1. VS which type of players is good to be "polarized" on a paired flops?
2. How do you relate to that poker "freedom", that successfull players talk about?