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My goals during the session review are (1) to find mistakes in my play and (2) to practice putting my opponents on ranges.
To accomplish goal 2, I use sessions from at least a few days ago (usually more like a week or two), so I'm less likely to remember the hand. Then, I use a report I created to get the hands where I lost or won more than 20 bb -- using a report lets me hide the win/loss value, so I don't know the result in advance. In the replayer, I keep the villain's hole cards hidden.
I use PT3. My report is simple (I think the filter is on ptbb, if you want to alter it):
Filter: amt_bb_won >= 10 OR amt_bb_won <= -10
Report Stats: Date, Hand #
Sorting: Date Ascending
To focus on a single session, just double click the session in the "Sessions" tab, which will cause that session to be bolded. Now all of the other tabs will automatically be filtered for that single session, including any reports you run. Run the report and double-click the hand to bring up the replayer (well, the hand summary comes up -- avoid looking at the result while launching the replayer!).
Now I try to assign a range to the villain on each street. I use Pokerstove to look at my equity, and I also try to figure out what their ranges will be after my action (if I bet, what will they continue with? etc).
If I find a hand that looks interesting to me, I go into more detail: I break out my own range, my opponent's range, and I try to break each of our ranges down for each action we can take. For the different actions I can take, I calculate the EV to see which is best. Honestly, I do not do this enough -- I wish I did it for a hand a session, but I only end up doing it in spurts. In fact, I haven't done it in a couple of weeks, oops....
To help avoid making the same mistakes in the future, I keep a log of all my mistakes I find (it's a simple excel spreadsheet for date, hand, street, and a description of my mistake with reasoning for why it was a mistake). Typing out an explanation for what I did wrong and the reasons it is a mistake is a great way to reinforce the right action.
How often: I usually do one session review a day if I plan on playing that day. I find it best to do it right before a session, I feel like it prepares my mind for actual play.
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