High stakes online poker legend RaúlGonzalez retires and shares his insights

High stakes online poker legend RaulGonzalez retires and shares his insights.
One of the most successful online poker players, he battled against some of the toughest poker players. Most notable are his multi-year battles against Isildur1 and BerriSweet. Many of you might recognize him as RaulGonzalez on PokerStars or San1ker on FullTiltPoker. 

In his 13 years as a professional poker player, he quickly rose through the ranks in No Limit Holdem ring and heads-up games, transitioned to draw games, and eventually to mixed-games. He shares a lot of useful tips on how to study efficiently and improve at the game. And we get to talk about some of his most memorable matches.

 

You can find links to AMA thread and Hand History graphs on the Podcast's thread on TwoPlusTwo

 

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OUTLINE:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:58 Meet 'RaúlGonzalez'

00:03:54 Why RaúlGonzalez is retiring from poker

00:06:45 Sauce123 or BERRI SWEET

00:07:51 Setting up a high-stakes HU match

00:11:46 The journey to the top

00:17:28 Switching from 6max to Heads Up

00:19:11 Studying the game

00:30:43 Switching to Mixed Games

00:34:22 The most memorable matches

00:36:09 Isildur1 insane career

00:39:34 Dealing with swings

00:44:45 Meteoric rise

00:47:28 Germany's new poker legislation

00:53:17 Key lessons from poker career

01:00:27 What does it take to reach the top?

01:08:22 Being self-critical

01:15:00 Using solvers and enjoying your studies

01:19:21 Biggest misconceptions about solvers

01:23:42 Recognizing mistakes

01:30:14 Deviating from GTO

01:34:25 Future of poker

01:38:21 Real-Time Assitance

01:45:12 Why people cheat?

01:51:09 App games

01:54:12 It's time to retire

02:00:36 The match against BERRI SWEET

02:06:59 How do we measure who are the best poker players?

02:12:02 Qualities to look for in other poker players

02:15:47 Life after retiring from poker

02:21:34 How much RaúlGonzalez improved in the past year?

02:25:31 RaúlGonzalez graphs

02:26:27 Achieving success in poker

02:28:38 At what point money stopped being a factor

02:35:08 The origin of 'RaúlGonzalez' screen name

02:36:47 What did his family and friends think of him playing poker professionally