Study library

The three study formats the network is built around: board templates, the audio drill sequence and flash-card sets.

Board template outline showing the three flop positions, the turn and the river
The board template layout used across the library.

Board templates

Printed board layouts used to set out a flop, turn and river by hand and walk a decision through street by street away from the pressure of a live table. The templates are grouped by texture: dry high-card boards, paired boards, two-tone boards and fully connected boards, so the same starting hand can be replayed across each and the differences compared side by side.

  • Dry high-card boards, such as K-s 7-d 2-c
  • Paired boards, such as 9-h 9-c 4-d
  • Two-tone boards, such as A-h J-h 6-c
  • Connected boards, such as 8-h 7-h 6-c

Audio drill sequence

A spoken drill format that states a situation and pauses for an answer before giving one. The value of the format is that it forces a decision within the time a live table would allow, which written material never does. The sequence follows the same six-week order as the discussion index, so a topic can be read first and drilled afterwards.

  • Six sequences, one per study week
  • Situation stated, pause, then the reasoning
  • Ordered to follow the discussion index
  • Intended for review rather than first contact

Flash-card sets

Recall drills for the parts of the game that should cost no thought at the table. Opening ranges by seat, push-or-fold shapes by stack depth, and the pot-odds thresholds for the bet sizes that come up most often. Anything that has to be reasoned out under pressure is something that has not yet been drilled enough.

  • Opening ranges, one card per seat
  • Push-or-fold shapes by stack depth
  • Pot-odds thresholds for common bet sizes
  • Suited-connector value by stack depth