Give this man a Nobel prize. Such amazing work
thoughtforms.life/a-talk-for…
Happy to have Thomas aboard team Octopi. Great player, great guy. Check out his debut course here.
We’re thrilled to announce that our first course from @martomchat is now available!
Over 3 weeks, you’ll learn the GTO baselines for the most important spots in tournament poker. Then you’ll learn how to exploit the players who deviate from those baselines.
This course is built from the simple idea that if Thomas had 15 sessions to improve a tournament player’s game as fast as possible, this is EXACTLY what he would teach.
You’ll also get:
✅ 1 free month of Octopi’s Professional plan
✅ Quizzes to help you learn
✅ Access to private Discord channels
✅ Weekly Q&A sessions with Thomas
✅ To compete in leaderboards to win prizes
If you’re ready to transform your tournament game and have fun while you do it, check out the link below. ⬇️
Stephen Chidwick retweeted
Anxiety isn’t just in your head.
It’s stored in your nervous system.
Here are 9 body-based ways to release it (without medication) 🧵
1. Cold water on your face.
Thanks for a great convo @jaredalderman, I look forward to the next one
Mastery, Kindness, and the Path to Peak Poker youtu.be/jeU-VKmjITQ?si=mPqM… via @YouTube
When you talk to an LLM, how polite are you?
31%Same as with humans
28%Civil…just in case
34%Blunt and mechanical
6%Intentionally rude
293 votes • Final resultsThis underscores the reason why tournament professionals sell and swap action to even out their risk per buyin and manage variance.
4/ The dream is dead. ❌
In another of my responses in the AMA I said that being a tournament professional isn’t sustainable for many people. I should have added some nuance but I was kinda tired of answering questions by the time I got to this one.
While I stand by my statement (in that I would advise few people to rely on MTTs as their main or only source of income), I’ll add a caveat: if you love it, you work hard, and you’re smart about game selection and risk management, you can absolutely make a living playing exclusively tournaments even if you don’t run especially well.
That said, there are certainly easier ways to make a living…
Starting a series where I play the @OctopiPoker trainer vs challengers, first to make 3 mistakes loses. If you want the chance to take me on lmk in the comments
youtu.be/biJujSHIv1M?si=SBTC…
Have what it takes to beat Stephen Chidwick? 🤔
Rising star Shundan Xiao thinks she does! Xiao is currently the #10 GPI-ranked woman in the world, taking on @ChidwickStephen in a quiz-style GTO duel. The battle goes down to the wire as both players share their thinking at every decision point.
Who wins? It might not be who you think…Watch to find out and learn from the GTO end boss.
Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life | ... youtu.be/Qp0rCU49lMs?si=czfn… via @YouTube
Fascinating conversation. Levin seems to be tackling the most grandiose questions in the most grounded and pragmatic way possible.
Stephen Chidwick retweeted
The most influential psychologist of the 20th century wrote private letters to his children.
They weren’t about therapy.
They were about how to survive being human without losing your soul.
Here are 9 principles Carl Jung QUIETLY taught his children—that most people never hear about: 🧵
+1 Let’s go JNT!
Can we take a moment to appreciate how legendary Jean-Noël Thorel is? A pharmacist-biologist who founded the extremely successful beauty company NAOS (Bioderma). He's currently leading the 3k runner WSOP 25k Super Main with 19 people left. At 78 years old with significantly diminished vision, he shows up to Tritons and other SHR's and battles for days on end with the best in the world. Go get'em JNT, you're an inspiration!