Bit of strategy news for anyone grinding cash or MTTs online - a lot of the recent coaching vids, hand reviews and reg chats seem to be circling the same idea: people are defending less passively and putting pressure on earlier. More 3-bets from the blinds, more squeezes, and a lot more fighting for single-raised pots instead of just waiting around for premiums.
Another thing getting talked about heaps is moving away from rigid charts once you're actually in the pool. Plenty of good players still use baseline ranges, yeah, but the bigger focus now seems to be on population reads - who under-bluffs rivers, who folds too much to turn barrels, which fast-fold pools are nitty, which small-stakes fields still overcall. Feels like the study side has shifted a bit from memorising everything to learning the default, then punishing what the pool does wrong.
Short-handed spots and blind-v-blind play also seem to be getting way more attention than they used to. Makes sense really, those spots come up all the bloody time and a small leak there can chew through your win rate before you even realise it. Even tiny changes with open sizes, c-bet frequencies or check-raise spots can add up over a decent sample.
Keen to hear what everyone else is changing lately. Are you leaning more into solver-style fundamentals now, or still adjusting hard to the site and stake level you're in? If you've seen any clear shifts in your games, chuck them in - always interesting seeing whether different pools are moving the same way or doing their own thing.