FTR AMA: Max "Numbr2intheWorld" Steinberg (Closed)

[givememyleg]

One thing I never got to ask you in the interview this summer was about the school you and Danny attended, specifically about the meditation classes and practicing daily. Is this still something you do? How has it positively affected your game and life in general?

Do you have a number? As in, an amount of money you would have to win to stop playing poker?

[kmind]

How important is knowing how to play GTO correctly? As in, is this something you have/still deeply study?

How should one study away from the tables (specifically a cash player)?

[NightGizmo]

How important is knowing how to play GTO correctly? As in, is this something you have/still deeply study?

How should one study away from the tables (specifically a cash player)?

+1, especially about any resources for learning game theory as it applies to poker.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

How important is knowing how to play GTO correctly? As in, is this something you have/still deeply study?

How should one study away from the tables (specifically a cash player)?

Knowing GTO play is ridiculously important. Any non-soul read play you make has some basis on your estimate of GTO play. I go into a little more detail here GTO and Adjustments Made Easy Part 1 | Max J Steinberg. I "study" GTO play in two ways, one way is it just comes to me sometime when I'm walking around or driving, I understand the game in such a way that I can theorize about GTO strategy in my mind and I'm usually right or close. The other is using a program like CardRunners EV or Poker Odds Oracle, these are really amazing tools.

[Numbr2intheWorld]

One thing I never got to ask you in the interview this summer was about the school you and Danny attended, specifically about the meditation classes and practicing daily. Is this still something you do? How has it positively affected your game and life in general?

Do you have a number? As in, an amount of money you would have to win to stop playing poker?

I still do meditation occasionally, I think it helps calm my mind and play slightly better. I would recommend mediation of some for to every poker player. The meditation I practice is called Transcendental Meditation btw if anyone was curious.

I don't think I have a number. I wouldn't have a number for any career I had that I loved. I can't imagine ever feeling like I wanted to just sit on money and do jack shit with my life.