Probably a dumb question but when I watch poker on TV I see that the aggressive players tend to win, so why do the losers let themselves get intimidated?
I read doyle's Super System back in the day and used that as the basis for my poker strategy from high school to mid-twenties. In talking to some friends who play competitively, they say SS is just super out dated and you would get eaten alive at any cash game. I'm curious what, in your opinion, is the "standard" playing strategy that is most effective in today's poker rooms? I'm curious if that answer is different online vs in person.
Played a random game the other day and I love it! What’s the best way to learn and get involved? I just want to play socially, happy to lose a little money each time as the cost of fun.
Yup, sw engineering is a slow march to being commoditized. Some things will remain hard (only because it's cutting edge and pushing the limits of something) but known patterns and services will be just-yell-at-ai to stand up. A lot of businesses can run on the latter, i guess - but at that point the challenge is having a viable business, not the software development of X.
our industry has existed on the cutting edge doing what's hard since its inception. it's just that there was a time when sending a piece of text across a wire was hard. Now that's easy, so we do more with the tools that make that easy. When what's hard today becomes easy we'll do that quickly with the tools that make it easy and then do more hard stuff. We can say we've achieved AGI when the tools are doing better on their own than a tool plus an engineer would do, and I think that's a long way off.
> Then I started building my own Python script automations to export my hand history from PokerStars, import it into PokerTracker 4, check my balance, stuff like that.
If it works like it did with ASR (Advanced Speech Recognition) back in the day, then doesn't the app now have all of your decision bias? Restated, isn't the app a reflection of how you play poker, not how an AI would play if it were truly artificially intelligent?
If you're looking for a tool that may be a bit better than Cursor for UX, you could potentially look into Lovable. If you know what you want and the proper design terminology, you can potentially make some slick looking UIs.
Have you cross-referenced with the other hand trackers whether the numbers add up? Alternately, could someone explain why wouldn't a LLM hallucinate with numbers in an application like this?
It's not really my thing to give too much thought about macro-trends that are out of my control or worry about what negative consequences they might have on my life.
The short answer, I really don't know what this means for the future of the career of programming, the business of software, or anything else.
Instead of worrying about that I'm going to try to focus on the here and now, the upside potential, and the unique set of advantages that I have available to me to build something valuable, have fun, and maybe profit.
I'm going to do what I enjoy doing, try to learn some new skills and create things.”
sorry op is a fish. or more a whale.
look at this hand from him (op is "reillychase")
calls a 3bet from small blind with A7o - very bad
openjams with bottom pair on a flush flop into 2 players...wtf is this?!
but op uses AI....lol
PokerStars Hand #257890817589: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2025/10/08 22:04:41 ET
Table 'Acrux' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: MillyPoo42 ($2.61 in chips)
Seat 2: Pershgn ($10.14 in chips)
Seat 3: Sikcat95 ($3 in chips)
Seat 4: gcee3 ($5.79 in chips)
Seat 5: prljaminone ($0.82 in chips)
Seat 6: reillychase ($2 in chips)
prljaminone: posts small blind $0.01
reillychase is disconnected
reillychase is connected
reillychase: posts big blind $0.02
** HOLE CARDS **
Dealt to reillychase [As 7c]
MillyPoo42 is disconnected
MillyPoo42 is connected
MillyPoo42: raises $0.04 to $0.06
Pershgn: raises $0.04 to $0.10
Sikcat95: folds
gcee3: folds
prljaminone: folds
reillychase: calls $0.08
MillyPoo42: calls $0.04
** FLOP ** [8d 7d Qd]
reillychase: bets $1.90 and is all-in
MillyPoo42: calls $1.90
Pershgn: calls $1.90
** TURN ** [8d 7d Qd] [8h]
MillyPoo42: checks
Pershgn: checks
** RIVER ** [8d 7d Qd 8h] [6d]
MillyPoo42: bets $0.61 and is all-in
Pershgn: calls $0.61
** SHOW DOWN **
MillyPoo42: shows [5h Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
Pershgn: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
MillyPoo42 collected $1.15 from side pot
reillychase: shows [As 7c] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
MillyPoo42 collected $5.68 from main pot
** SUMMARY **
Total pot $7.23 Main pot $5.68. Side pot $1.15. | Rake $0.40
Board [8d 7d Qd 8h 6d]
Seat 1: MillyPoo42 showed [5h Ad] and won ($6.83) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Pershgn showed [Kh Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights
Seat 3: Sikcat95 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: gcee3 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: prljaminone (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: reillychase (big blind) showed [As 7c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sevens
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 52.8 ms ] threadAre today's online tables simply impossible to win? (bots, collusion)
Or are players simply too evenly matched and the house rake/fees kills you anyway?
On top of that, LLM output is so mediocre that even marketing firms are doing most “copy(s)” by hand.
If it works like it did with ASR (Advanced Speech Recognition) back in the day, then doesn't the app now have all of your decision bias? Restated, isn't the app a reflection of how you play poker, not how an AI would play if it were truly artificially intelligent?
https://andreasthinks.me/posts/ai-at-play/
“ What it all means for the future
It's not really my thing to give too much thought about macro-trends that are out of my control or worry about what negative consequences they might have on my life.
The short answer, I really don't know what this means for the future of the career of programming, the business of software, or anything else. Instead of worrying about that I'm going to try to focus on the here and now, the upside potential, and the unique set of advantages that I have available to me to build something valuable, have fun, and maybe profit.
I'm going to do what I enjoy doing, try to learn some new skills and create things.”
these random posts are so tiring: “i used ai to make something college freshmen were building in their dorm rooms 20 years ago”
calls a 3bet from small blind with A7o - very bad openjams with bottom pair on a flush flop into 2 players...wtf is this?!
but op uses AI....lol
PokerStars Hand #257890817589: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2025/10/08 22:04:41 ET Table 'Acrux' 6-max Seat #4 is the button Seat 1: MillyPoo42 ($2.61 in chips) Seat 2: Pershgn ($10.14 in chips) Seat 3: Sikcat95 ($3 in chips) Seat 4: gcee3 ($5.79 in chips) Seat 5: prljaminone ($0.82 in chips) Seat 6: reillychase ($2 in chips) prljaminone: posts small blind $0.01 reillychase is disconnected reillychase is connected reillychase: posts big blind $0.02 ** HOLE CARDS ** Dealt to reillychase [As 7c] MillyPoo42 is disconnected MillyPoo42 is connected MillyPoo42: raises $0.04 to $0.06 Pershgn: raises $0.04 to $0.10 Sikcat95: folds gcee3: folds prljaminone: folds reillychase: calls $0.08 MillyPoo42: calls $0.04 ** FLOP ** [8d 7d Qd] reillychase: bets $1.90 and is all-in MillyPoo42: calls $1.90 Pershgn: calls $1.90 ** TURN ** [8d 7d Qd] [8h] MillyPoo42: checks Pershgn: checks ** RIVER ** [8d 7d Qd 8h] [6d] MillyPoo42: bets $0.61 and is all-in Pershgn: calls $0.61 ** SHOW DOWN ** MillyPoo42: shows [5h Ad] (a flush, Ace high) Pershgn: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Eights) MillyPoo42 collected $1.15 from side pot reillychase: shows [As 7c] (two pair, Eights and Sevens) MillyPoo42 collected $5.68 from main pot ** SUMMARY ** Total pot $7.23 Main pot $5.68. Side pot $1.15. | Rake $0.40 Board [8d 7d Qd 8h 6d] Seat 1: MillyPoo42 showed [5h Ad] and won ($6.83) with a flush, Ace high Seat 2: Pershgn showed [Kh Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights Seat 3: Sikcat95 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: gcee3 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: prljaminone (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 6: reillychase (big blind) showed [As 7c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sevens