Almost done with 2NL...

Sounds great. In answer to your question

Originally Posted by Dash

4. (meme question) What is or is not a level? What constitutes such? Where does this come from?

I raised preflop and cbet, my opponent raised.

0th level of thinking: I have a flush draw
1st level of thinking: My opponent probably has a TPGK type hand, or a draw or blah.
2nd level of thinking: My opponent probably thinks I have a TPGK/overpair.
3rd level: My opponent probably thinks I think he has...
4th level: My opponent probably thinks I think he thinks I have...
5th level: Fuckit im calling.


When you level someone you are correctly deciding what level they are on and then manipulating them with that knowledge. e.g. You think they are likely to think big bets are bluffs and small ones are value bets. You make your bluffs small and your value bets big.

Non-poker example:

Almost everyone:
Pelion: I am not a wolf
First level thinkers: Well that settles it.
Second level thinkers: Thats what a wolf would say!
First level thinkers: Oh yeah.
Pelion: