Who am I?

Professional
Cash Game
player since
2016.
Founder of Metagame, one of the largest
cash game stables in the world.
Poker coach since
2018, having
produced content
for Run It Once
and GTO Wizard.
Poker YouTuber
since 2023.
Who is this
event for?
People that want to improve and make
more money in online cash games
Plays online cash games for a living

Wants to play online cash games for a living

Does something else but wants extra

income with online cash games

Plays live cash games but want to diversify

to online
What do you need
to take the most
out of this event?
Your focus and attention
A desire to learn and get better
Pen and paper
What are you going to
get from this event?
You’re going to solve one of your biggest pains in this game:
the struggle of how to get better
You’re not improving as fast as
you could be, and you know it.
Approximately 84% of respondents answered with “As fast as
everyone else,” “Slowly,” or "Very slowly” when asked about their
improvement speed. 66% answered “Slowly” or “Very Slowly”
You struggle with strategy development,
study structure and application of strategies.
After reviewing a sample of responses, several common themes
emerge as significant challenges faced by respondents in poker:

1. Bankroll Management and Stakes: Many respondents mention

difficulties in managing their bankroll effectively or advancing to
higher stakes, such as NL200-NL500 levels.

2. Consistency and Strategy Development: Some struggle to create

or maintain a consistent strategy. This includes difficulties in applying
knowledge during gameplay and ensuring strategies yield consistent
results.
3. Study Structure and Improvement: A notable number of players
express the need for a more structured approach to studying, setting
goals, and analyzing mistakes. Some respondents feel that self-study
alone is insufficient for improvement.

4. Mentality and Discipline: Several individuals highlight mental

challenges, such as staying focused, managing emotions, and
maintaining discipline, which directly impact performance.

5. Theory and Practical Application: Understanding theoretical

aspects of poker and translating that knowledge into actionable
strategies during games is another common challenge.
You also know that the methods
you use can be improved:
The average satisfaction level with the current study methods is
approximately 4.7 on the given scale. This suggests that respondents
are somewhat satisfied with their study routines but may see room
for improvement.
I already
knew all
that
 That’s why I created the

I’ll give you The Ultimate Guide on How To

Become a Crusher in Online Cash Games
You’ll learn:
The Only 3 Things You Must Study
as a Serious Poker Player
The Only Study Framework You’ll
Ever Need to Become a Crusher
At the end of this
event, you will:
Have no confusion anymore about what and how to study;
Be capable of learning more things in less time;
Have a structured step-by-step plan to get where you want to be;
Know exactly what it takes to get above average results
Let’s begin
I need to teach
you 2 things:
The WHAT
The HOW
We need to start
with the 80/20 of
poker results.
Pareto Principle -
80% of outcomes
are the result of
20% of causes.
Context of Poker:
20% of strategies
generate 80% of
the EV.
Within the context of ‘The WHAT’
There is #1 Thing that
gives disproportional results
The #1 Thing You Must
Learn In Poker
The #1 WHAT
The #1 HOW
The #1 WHAT
Provides the highest winrate per time spent
studying ratio
No one talks about it
Instead, people are talking about this:
We became obsessed
with GTO strategies.
Disclaimer: I love
solvers and GTO
It’s just that this can’t be our only what
You need something else to maximize EV
This something else should
be obvious, but for some
reason, it currently isn’t.
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CHAT

What do these
prints show?
There is no money
without the recreational
players
For 95% of regs, all the money comes
from the fish
Now, wanna hear
something odd?
You have NO IDEA how to maximize
EV against the fish
You think your strategy is good vs
fish, but it’s not
All of your money
comes from them, but…
You never spend a single study session
crafting strats vs fish;
You don’t research what their biggest
leaks are;
You struggle with how to play vs them
 You told me you don’t know to play vs fish:

These terms appeared in the context of describing player types

or opponents, especially when referring to “recreational” players
or “fish,” which often denotes less experienced players.
“Rec” and “recreational” were commonly used when discussing
challenges related to beating non-professional or lower-skilled
players.
 You told me you don’t know to play vs fish:

Respondents frequently mentioned these terms when talking

about strategy adjustments, with phrases like “adjusting to
recreational players” or “taking advantage of fish tendencies.”
Another common theme was frustration or challenge in
adapting play style to effectively exploit mistakes of these player
types.
You feel frustrated for not knowing
how to properly exploit them
You consider a challenge to face these
types of players
Lowstakes
Blueprint:
Crushing
The Fish.
Feedback.
Students love to
learn fish exploits
They struggle with this topic
The exploits are completely different
from common sense notions
Let’s recap and
summarize:
You can’t make money without a fish at your table
Almost all of your winnings come from the fish
You struggle to adapt and to exploit fish
You spend no time studying how to play against fish
All of the common sense you follow regarding fish is
wrong
How does that
make any sense?
You don’t
know that
Fish Overbluff
You should know that
But you don’t. You believe the
opposite to be true
The fish pay
your bills, but…
You don’t know what their leaks are
You don’t because you don’t study them
You believe wrong common sense
assumptions
You accept what other people tell you
You show no interest in studying the
highest potential winrate topic
 The #1 Thing
You Must Learn In Poker
FISH EXPLOITS
You don’t study it…
Self-review and Hand Analysis
Interactive Drills and Practice
Group Discussions
Database Analysis
You like
watching
videos
Which coaches/creators
talk about fish exploits?
Conjectures pulled out of their
butts don’t count
Exploits crafted through research?
Most poker coaches and
creators don’t know
how to exploit fish.
Since you learn through watching videos
of these coaches and creators, then you
simply don’t learn fish exploits
I’ve been
talking about
fish exploits
since Day 1
on YouTube
Questions
How many of you have been
opening at least 65% of the range
against a fish?
How many have been calling down
everywhere with Ace high?
You haven’t
You follow GTO Preflop charts
against fish
You play vs fish almost identically
to how you play vs reg
What are the
methods that
you use?
Average results?
No surprise
Your methods are not efficient;
Your methods don’t focus on The
#1 Thing You Must Learn In Poker
Ok…so now what?
What should we do to study
The #1 Thing?
What is an exploit?
It’s a counter strategy to an
imbalanced play or tendency;
It’s an adaptation against a certain
deviation from balanced behavior;
What we need to
build fish exploits
1. We need to know their leaks (how they
deviate from balanced)
2. We need to calculate the counter strategy
(the best response to their leak)
Step 1 - Finding
their leaks
Avoid common sense. Be
suspicious of dogmas
DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH -
Hand Histories + H2N
 Quick example -
Fishes folding frequency

40k hands of sample

Already enough to see
that they fold a ton
Step 2 - Develop
counter strategy
This is where you should be
spending most of your time.
Yet, you are not
Time to change that
What is the The #1
HOW You should
use to get better?
Ironically…
NODE LOCKING
What is it?
Feature present in most commercial solvers
Allows you to input a custom strategy into
the solution
The solver then calculates the Max EV
Response
Example
Underbluffing Opponent
GTO Response vs BXB 50% Pot
OOP Bluff %
Adjusted Defense Strategy
Node Locking Is
The Real Deal
We wouldn’t be here having this stream if it wasn’t for node
locking
I went from mediocre lowstakes player to big midstakes winner
because of node locking
I built a business worth millions because of node locking
I gained recognition as an expert in exploitative strategies
because of node locking
All because
of 1 Decision

I focused on The #1 Most

important thing, and used The #1
Most Efficient Method
I Node locked the entire fucking
game
No one Plays
Balanced in Poker
Every single player you’ll ever face has huge leaks
Not using Node Locking is like a crime for a serious
player
It makes no sense not to use it
You’re leaving tons of money at the table for not using it
It gives you what you need: the most profitable
strategies against REAL players
The Method
Gather data on your player pool
Run the report on H2N
Model their behavior in the
Solver (Node Locking)
Calculate counter strategy
Example
Playing vs Fish Probe
BTN vs BB
They overprobe by 10%
They massively overcall preflop:

This leads to…

A massive river overbluff in X-B-B line
They overfold rivers in the X-B-XF line
 If you node lock
these tendencies…
Turn facing Fish probe - GTO
Turn facing Fish probe - Node Locked
River facing X-B-B - GTO
River facing X-B-B - Node Locked
I didn’t even include
in this model:
How much they fold to river raise;
How much they fold to turn raise;
How much they underraise the river;
In other words - there is more EV to
capture than the node locked sim shows
This is How you
Become a Crusher
Meticulous crafting of exploitative
strategies based on real evidence
You study how to increase your EV,
focusing on things that matter, with
methods that are efficient
This Is How You
Answer Questions Like:
Is it better to fastplay or slowplay value?
Is it better to bluff with 75% sizing or
1.5x sizing?
Is it better to go for the BXB line or the
XBB line?
The only way to find out is by running
the models
This Is How I Built
Exploits Like:
Raising fish turn probes
Raising fish river probes
Raising fish donk-donk-donk lines
Slowplaying value OOP vs fish
Betting small on the flop to calldown
Betting small on the river to call raises
Overbluffing with overbets
Overcalling and over 3betting preflop
If you repeat this process of running the
models for all lines and all spots, there is
NO CHANCE you’re not going to crush
your games. ZERO Chance.

No one is doing this kind of work

No one knows the max exploit plays vs
different profiles
“Shit Saulo, that’s a
whole lot of work…”
Well, well, looks like
we have a Sherlock
Holmes here!
Of course this is a lot of work
You are not going to get above average results with average
methods and average work ethic
“Oh but that guy crushed without all that” - that guy is probably
smarter than you, and he would do well regardless of the path
The best players either worked harder than others (effort), or
smarter than others (efficiency), or for a longer time than
others (experience). There is no escape here*
If you want to get above
average results, you’ll have
to work harder and/or
smarter and/or for a longer
time than most people
Unless…
Unless you pay
someone to do all the
heavy lifting for you
Imagine a place where…
All this insane modeling work is done for you;
By someone you can trust, who has been doing
this for more than 7 years;
This person has a track record of beating the
games, and teaching people that beat the games
Imagine if you could access exploits
for the entire game tree, vs fishes of
all kinds

Your life would be MUCH easier;

You wouldn’t have to become a scientist;
You would be able to focus on PLAYING;
Imagine if this person provided you with
multiple short videos per week, containing
only direct, concise and actionable advice
on what you should do in every spot
You would be able to continue studying the way you
like, watching videos;
These videos wouldn’t be 40 minute long boring
lectures, with 1-2 insights here and there
In 5 minutes of content, you would be ready to hit
the tables with a higher winrate
You would know exactly what to do. No confusion
Fuck, that
sounds like a
dream!
Weekly Doses of Blue Line.
Let me study so
that you can spend
more time playing
If you decide not to join…
The method is here. The #1 Thing You Must
Learn In Poker are fish exploits, and The #1
Method to develop fish exploits is Node locking
If you node lock every spot and build exploits,
you are gonna boost your winrate significantly
That being said…
Crushing The Fish is not the only thing
you need to get above average results
It’s the low hanging fruit - the easiest
winrate you can capture
But here is a problem…
 Most regs take (some) money from the
fish and then donate (some of) it to the
better regs in the pool. That’s how a few
top regs get the bulk of the money, while
most regs get almost no money at all
Top Regs 10 regs making 5+ bb

Solid Regs 20 regs making 3-4 bb

Nit Regs,
50 regs making 1-2 bb
Spew Regs

Reg Fish 20 regs making [-2,1] bb

You Need You need to be able to hold your
own against other regs

a SOLID You need to collect the fishes’

money, and then KEEP IT to
THEORETICAL yourself
Do this and you’re guaranteed a
FOUNDATION solid 3-4 bb/100 winrate
After mastering fish exploits…
You Need to Master Solid
play vs other Regs
Most of You have tried
GTO Implementation.
But…
You don’t have a method for learning GTO
You don’t have a method for executing GTO
You browse solvers, you do some drills, but
your game still has HUGE holes
I want to help
you solve that
The Definitive Method
for Playing GTO
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 7PM UTC, live on YouTube
I’ll teach you
A step-by-step framework to find and
learn GTO heuristics
A stable and executable methodology
for applying GTO heuristics in game
After this class you’ll know
exactly what you need to do
to become one of the most
solid players of your limit
You can’t
miss it.