New 19 hand play chart

*Last edited by aokrongly on Thu, 07 Sep 2006, 12:01pm; edited 6 times in total*

(update 19 hand must be the most viewed and discussed system of poker in the history of FTR with over 7000 views here, plus there are 2 other threads of over 2500. You'll need to search for them. That's pretty cool!!)

THE LATEST VERSION OF THE 19 HAND CHART WAS UPDATED AUGUST 13, 2006. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT VERSION THEN go get it. If you don't know where to get it then PM your email address to me............ (also available is the HOH system and Chart for SnG and MTT's, a 6-Max strategy guide, and coming soon will be a system for beating most NL50-200 tables.)

Sorry I haven't been posting for a bit. I've been organizing Performance Poker and the 19 hand playing method so it's available to everyone. You can get it at www.{Send PM to aokrongly for details}.com. There's a 19 hand chart that anyone can print out and use at www.{Send PM to aokrongly for details}.com/quick.pdf or go to my profile on FTR and email me. And for those who want the whole story on 19 hand holdem, the book is there for free (section 1).

GL at the tables. If you have questions, let me know!!

To get the link to the chart, Performance Poker - No Limit! book, and the Performance Poker challenge just CLICK THE EMAIL LINK BELOW and email me.

Thanks,
aok

If you are interested in more articles by me then below is a mini-digest of some of my articles on FTR.

I have dozens more free articles on NL Ring, MTT, SnG, 6-Max and my book PERFORMANCE POKER - NO LIMIT! available in full online. Just email me (by clicking my email link below) or PM me (by clicking the PM button below) and I will send you the link to all my writings.

You can see this in action here:
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Here's a mini AOkronlgy Digest:
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AOK,

I'm getting error 404s when I try to access the second link and some of the sidebar links.

J

Just been perusing the site. Very smooth, looks nice, great job from what I've seen so far. I will be spending the rest of my day looking it over. I was supposed to start HOH 1 & 2 today but maybe I'll put it off a day.

There's a "." on the end of the links, take that out and things should be fine Smile

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Yeah, got it now!

Great site though and one that I fear I shall be spending a lot of time on... Aok, I suspect that my girlfriend will not thank you!

J

Are you accepting new registrations? I tried to Register and nothing happened. Thanks for the starting hand sheet BTW.

Just a note of thanks, AOK.

I've driftted too far afield of the basics and need to get reoriented. This oughtta do it.

Looks good aok.

i play blackjack by a chart, not poker...

anyways good job

Hey, thanks for looking at it. Yea, I announced it this moring when my programmer (my wonder wife Donna) was still finalizing it. There are a few broken links still, but it's 95% right.

To register for the challenge the link should open your email. You can alway click contact aok or Pm me here or do anything you want to let me know. The website doesn't have a back end database yet, so I'm just doing everything through email at aok@{Send PM to aokrongly for details}.com. Feel free to use the address. I really want everyone to register for the challenge because it helps me perfect performance poker and get the kind of data and feedback I need to do that.

Keep playing strong!!

Sounds good, I'm going to read all the steps later tonight. Maybe I'll take "the challenge".

Hey Aok

The chart should be renamed to "The Nit's Guide to Low Variance Routine Poker" Smile

, so many ifs and thens, like in computer program but I think it's winning strategy on MOST loose tables. I started out following that strategy and turned my $30 into several grands (cashed out every month so without redepositing). Solid stuff.

But the chart itself and its wisdom lies in trained discipline, and discipline is first skill to learn, then comes mathematical edge from cards. That should be even put in disclaimer Smile

It gives small edge against semi-decent players, is easy to exploit purposefully (floaters) and accidentally (crazy maniacs/hand overplayers).

I like that site, thanks for valuable knowledge.

Looks nice.

Vrax. you rock buddy!! I know exactly what you're saying. That's why I put the rest of Section 1 of the book and some articles onthe site. As I get feedback and suggestions I'll keep adding content. Plus I'll keep adding stuff and helping people here on FTR.

FTR is such an important tool for anyone who wants to get good at poker.

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Thanks Jack!! You're too advanced probably to take the challenge, but I would love you to email me some feedback on the content on the site.

Thanks.

Aok,

What sort of level would you say would be too far advanced to register for the challenge? I'm really interested in taking it, but I've been playing for over a year now and might have too many bad habits to effectively use your system.

I'll certainly be reading the info you've got on your site though. Thanks for putting it up!

J

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Aok on His Site wrote:

I think I disagree with the "it depends" statement. I know my total flop % over time is around 30, but it depends on the table I'm playing. If a table is limp-happy I'm seeing a lot more flops than if the table is raising alot preflop.

Aok's real point I believe is that you need to have a plan and execute it.

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30% is mighty loose. (for another thread)

Most people play poker by the seat of their pants. They have general knowledge and just react to what's going on at the table. They don't create consistent long-term wins because they don't have a plan and the information and beliefs to execute the plan in a consistent and confident way.

I'm not saying Everyone is like that. I'm saying the vast majority of people are.

The purpose of the questions in Step 1 of Performance Poker is to show that there is a more consistent, professional way to play poker for most people.

"It Depends" may be true if:

You really know what it depends on.
You have a plan of action for what you are trying to accomplish and know what you are going to do in different situations.
You ACT on your plan as close to 100% of the time as possible.

The point is that you Can professionally manage your game, and Performance Poker is a method of playing a managed game.

If you're playing what I call "odds poker", then you might call more on a very limp prone table, because you get more drawing odds to do so. (However, and this is a big part of Performance Poker - No Limit!, A LOT of what people are doing at the tables are based on books that are written for Limit and that are written for Single Table Live Play. Performance Poker - No Limit! is written for Online Multi-table NL Ring play. The details are explained in the introduction to the book, include why I think there's a major difference between those two approaches.)

In Performance Poker we're taking advantage of the weak/passive play by Not loosening up and by getting paid more when we do hit. Because along with the Reward of getting better drawing odds comes the Risk of having a lot of very unseeable hands. For instance, If I raise preflop 5xBB and the flop comes A88, I'm not THAT worried about the 8. But if I limp into a multiway pot with AT and the flop comes A88, I have to recognized that anyone could have an 8 in their hole cards.

So, the point of the questions is really this "Have you even considered doing these things?" and if you have considered it "Have you actually done it?"

If you haven't, and you want to create a disciplined, consistent game that you can play with confidence over the long-term, then take this opportunity to put your "play by the hip" game aside and learn an organized, managed game (i.e. Performance Poker - or at least the 19 hand version found in section 1 of Performance Poker - No Limit!) Once you do THAT, then you can apply the Principles of a Managed Game to your natural tendecies and game style and CREATE your OWN "Performance Poker" game that has the best of both worlds.

The "how to create your own game" will be in section 2, which corresponds with PHase 2 of the website. Which corresponds with some very powerful Game Analysis tools that have to be created over the coming months.

I hope this helps!!

GL

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The great thing about poker is that there are many roads to winning play. There are very similar roads to poor play however. And break-even to losing players are generally at the corner of LOOSE and UNDISCIPLINED. If you want to know how to get there you go north on CANTFOLD, turn left on LOVESUITED, go past AXISGOLDEN, and merge right on WHATSAKICKER. When you arrive at LOOSE and UNDISCIPLINED there will be a fellow there to collect your heavy toll for choosing to drive around on the most expensive toll roads on the internet. When you leave there you can set your new course to the corner of HOPES and DREAMS. Because that's what most people play when they play losing poker.

Smile

That was fun.

How come when I click on the second link and open the file, it is a MS Word document with 1494 pages of random characters and page breaks?

I have been hesitant to try 25/50nl, but now that i have the performance poker guarantee i may as well. Will report back wtih results.

The chart is a PDF, not a word file. Get the PDF reader and you'll be able to see it.

Bmxicle, be sure to register to take the challenge.

I have a couple questions if you don't mind.

At what levels is this kind of play effective on?

At those said levels, how much money can someone really make implementing your strategies?

Hey AOK... I'm making the transition to ring. Mind if I take your challenge? (By the way, I just want to learn under your wing and rules. I don't actually care if you reimburse me Smile

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IMPORTANT UPDATE. There was an error on the chart. Please get a new one. AK should not call a push preflop. it was a typo. Just get the new chart off the site.

FORTUNE you're always welcome. Thanks for the vote of confidence. You'll be one of my Performance Poker Level 2 guinea pigs.

DLC, the 19 hand version works on any 9-10 player tables where there is more than 45% preflop callers and more than 25xBB average pot. If you can get over 50% and over 45xBB that's best. That combination of numbers equals fishy, floppy, loose, calling, passive, play. In those instance, 19 hand works really well. Generally, though you're talking about NL10, NL25 and maybe NL50 depending on the site. But you have to find the sites.

aokrongly: The site looks great. Congratulations!

thanks buddy. Let's see if it's effective in helping people. That's the test.

In the secion labeled "Playing Nut and Near Nut Hands" it says, "Bet 1/2 the pot on the flop." Rule #4 says, "Don't bet NUT HANDS until the turn."

Is this a mistake or do I misunderstand the chart?

I guess that's not clear. They go together in that you WILL be on the flop If you have a nut hand, but you don't want to bet it LIKE a nut hand until the turn. So, on the flop I'll throw out a 1/2 pot sized bet, but on the river I'll play it like a nut hand (which is wide open depending on your take on the situation). I may check/raise. I may bet 2x pot. I may push. I may min raise. Whatever it takes to stretch out the betting and/or get as much money in the pot as possible. But I can see they appear to conflict.

Looking forward to trying it out Aok,
I'll use yer link to register @ FT when I get outta work.

One question- Is it correct to assume that 10-seat tables are preferred over 6-max? Naturally the blinds are hitting more, but what other factors are involved?

Thx

Yeah you should definately play the 19 hands at full ring, which is more suited for nutcamping-type strategies.

I posted here a few days ago asking Aok if I could play along, as I'm switching from SNG to Ring, and this seemed like a great place to start.

Now, I probably have more experience than the average beginner on here. I've been playing for almost 3 years and have a pretty good amount of hands under my belt, but I cut my teeth on SNGs and that's where I've stayed.

I enjoy the SNG format... the aggression, the adaptation to an ever changing environment. But I needed a new challenge, and it seemed to me that the people that are making any significant amount of money at this game are playing ring. I'm at the point where I'd like to in the next couple of years turn poker from a hobby to at least a substantial part of my income. I decided to go with Ring.

Now, I've played Ring before. I probably have around 10,000 hands of 10 and 25NL under my belt... But I was about a breakeven player. I was taking SNG style and adapting it to a ring game, and it was killing me slowly. So I went back to SNGs.

By the way, when I say I was "breakeven" I mean what most poker players mean when they say they're breakeven... I was leaking money like a damned sieve.

Long story short...I read AOK's site/book... whatever it is. I talked to him about the challenge. I had very little interest in his gaurantee. I think it's a great gaurantee for new players, but I trust AOK to steer me right, and frankly, blowing off 50 bucks isn't going to kill me... so I waived it and he agreed to help me out.

I played the system religiously yesterday. I sat down at 4 tables yesterday, and played the system.

For someone like me that likes to "play poker" it's a bit frustrating. The system will make you fold when you know you can win a pot...

But as I played more and watched these people, I figured out that trying to sell bluff to these people is worthless. A good bluff is art... but trying to sell a bluff to these people is like trying to explain the value of a Picasso to someone with a living room full of Velvet Elvises. It's just not worth it.

It dawned on me quickly that the loose, artsy style of poker I've been playing is the reason I lose at Ring.

I ended up 8 buyins yesterday, if that says anything to anyone. I recognize positive variance when I see it... but a large part of it was the system, not just the luck breaking my way.

Aok is on to something here. He's also been great in giving me one on one feedback when I've asked him questions.

Thx for the feedback, just sent off an e-mail through the site.

And I wish the best of luck to anyone else willing to try the 19 hand system. I don't really think I'd have a problem showing profit without it, but I'm willing to try for a combination of reasons. Mainly, I'm a (modestly halfway-decent) limit player- I imagine it would take me at least 3-4 times longer to clear FT's Bonus at limit games, especially short tables where the ability to get reads on the select group of opponents comes in handy. On a full table the Bonus will rack up that much faster... We'll see how it goes.
BTW, I'll volunteer to be the first to 'tip the dealer'. Just a reminder to show Anthony some appreciation after using the system. I would say... if it's successful, but really I don't see how it can't be.

Aok, You've convinced me! I'll get my signup email in to you in the next few days for your system and I will see how it goes. I'm sick and tired of being another "breakeven" player (in exactly the same way that Fortune 500 means it) and if you can get me into the black and winning consistantly, I'll be happy to sing your praises!

Expect mail when I get back from Edinburgh.

J

Just sent you an email on the site as well. I've read all of section 1 and have been trying it out on my own and so far so good.

I haven't done all the exercises but I did the I always fold ones and I think they've helped, I can finally fold AT, after writing it like 100 times.

I had a question though. "In my old game" (i know dreadful words huh) I would make a few blindsteals on the button, if everyone folded to me. Sometimes it help me stay around 100BB and sometimes I got burned. Playing performance poker yesterday, i was down to 80BB on all 4 tables, and passed up many opportunities to blind steal. Was wondering if you ever implement blind stealing later, and what your views on it were with 19hand performance poker.

Tried to register to give some feed back but couldn't get to the page. I'll try later. Going to start this on Stars over the weekend. Right after freeing up this party Bonus.

Fixed it. It was trying to open outlook but I use hotmail. I just emailed you through that instead. Should we keep asking questions here or should we go to your site?. What would you prefer?

If you're registered for the challenge then ask there when you send me hand histories and whatnot. If you're just doing it on your own and have questions, feel free to ask here. But anyone can email me through the feedback on the site.

I disagree and agree with much of the pdf, but that being said...

I have a problem maximizing my big hands. ie. I never bet more than the pot unless raised on the river with near nuts. How can I change this? I though NL was a game of value betting.

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