https://www.vintonpoker.com/leakhunter?utm_source=v07&utm_medium=yt - LeakHunter Diagnostic (Free leak audit — find where your money is bleeding)
https://vintonpoker.com/aicoach - Vinton Poker Coaching AI (Verify your decisions, stop guessing)
Most live $1/2–$2/5 players aren’t losing because they’re “unlucky.”
They’re losing because they’re paying an invisible tax—the Reads Tax.
You call the river “to find out.”
You label it as “having a read.”
But in the poker market, paying for information you can’t monetize is just one thing: bankruptcy—slow and polite.
In this video, I break down why most “reads” are just lucky guesses dressed up as skill—and how the market punishes that delusion with perfect efficiency. You’ll learn the clinical, exploit-driven replacement system: PIPO (Precision In, Profits Out).
What you’ll learn (timestamps may vary)
• Why “I just knew” is not information — it’s emotional endorsement
• The difference between intuition and trained intuition
• The real definition of a “read”: not a conclusion, a hypothesis
• How to price a river call using pot odds (required win-rate / bluff frequency)
• Why most low-stakes pools underbluff rivers, and how that prints money for disciplined players
• The “Read Receipt Rule” you can run in real time to stop punting stacks
The core concept
A real read must answer a real question:
Is villain bluffing at least X% of the time given the price I’m being offered?
If you can’t compute the price and estimate the frequency, you don’t have a read.
You have a wish.
And the market does not pay wishes.
Use this framework immediately (PIPO Read Filter)
1. Define the claim: “He’s bluffing at least X%.”
2. Calculate required win-rate (pot odds).
3. Compare that number to the opponent + line + pool tendency.
4. If the frequency doesn’t clear the bar, you fold—because you’re solvent.
Want ruthless, objective feedback?
If you keep thinking you’re making good calls but your bankroll says otherwise, that’s a blind spot. Most players are bleeding money in the exact spots they feel most confident.
Take the free LeakHunter Diagnostic and find out where your profit is leaking:
https://www.vintonpoker.com/leakhunter?utm_source=v07&utm_medium=yt
And if you want a fast way to sanity-check your lines and apply this logic to real hands without guessing, use the Vinton Poker Coaching AI:
https://vintonpoker.com/aicoach
Read the source framework
This video is built on principles from The Poker Delusion by Vinton Mojdeh—where the central theme is simple: feel is not a strategy. math is.
If you want the full system and the mental model behind this talk:
https://www.vintonpoker.com/book?utm_source=v07&utm_medium=yt
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16 mins