question Solver clips are everywhere now — reckon low-stakes games are changing?

Been seeing heaps more poker study stuff pop up lately — short solver vids, preflop charts, little hand breakdowns on socials, even random Discord groups sharing spots. Feels like even the micro and small-stakes crowd are way more switched on than they were a year or two ago.

Not saying every table is suddenly full of crushers or anything, but some spots that used to be pretty standard feel a bit different now. More 3-betting from late position, less weird spew in certain pools, and more players putting you in annoying spots on turns and rivers instead of just fit-or-fold stuff. Could just be me running into a certain type of player lately though.

What I’m curious about is whether this stuff is actually filtering down properly, or if people are just memorising a few charts and making a mess of the rest. I’ve seen both tbh... bloke folds way too much in one hand, then randomly clicks buttons in the next. Still, the general level feels like it’s creeping up.

Anyone else reckon the games are getting sharper because of all the training content floating around now? Keen to hear if cash players and tourney grinders are seeing the same thing, especially at the lower stakes.

Kai BlazingWheel wrote >

More 3-betting from late position, less weird spew in certain pools, and more players putting you in annoying spots on turns and rivers instead of just fit-or-fold stuff.

reckon it looks sharper more than it actually is. Preflop yeah, some people have cleaned that up, but once the hand goes off script they still leak all over the place. I’ve been treating a lot of those aggressive lines as borrowed homework until they prove they can handle turn and river spots properly.

I sort of disagree too, but for a different reason. Feels like the studied players just stand out more now, so we notice them and it makes the whole pool seem tougher than it is. Are you playing the same times as before? whenever I log in later it feels way more reggy and I start second guessing whether the games changed or I just picked a rough window.

best tip for this stuff, stop trying to label the whole pool and start tagging individual showdowns hard. First thing I note is whether they only look tidy preflop or if they keep the same logic once stacks get awkward. Plenty of blokes have watched a few clips at smoko and fixed the opening bit only, then you can still pressure them heaps in ugly runouts.