@Ryan Martel happy birthday young stud In your honor we have a special event tonight, and I'm giving away 5 tickets to the first 5 of you to wish Ryan a happy birthday in the comments

Who's in? March 14 Saturday at Maryland live Answer poll

In 20 minutes there is an event If you can play, the first to respond here will have a 🎟

**Why Playing Tough Games Is the Best Thing You Can Do For Your Poker Game** *By Wolf | The Real Poker Players Skool* Most players think the path to getting better is grinding soft games, stacking easy money, and building confidence against weak fields. I get the logic. I've preached game selection since day 1 on this skool. But I'm here to tell you it CAN BE backwards. The three years+ Ive spent playing high stakes limit mix, specifically $100/$200 and $400/$800, did more for my poker game than anything else I've ever done. When you play against the best players in the world, mistakes disappear. The regulars at those stakes are so tight, so balanced, and so fundamentally sound that you can go entire sessions without seeing a glaring error from some players. Nobody's calling you down with garbage (unless they're right) Nobody's stacking off with second pair (unless you are bluffing) The game is disciplined and brutally honest. That environment forces you to find edges in places most players never look. Then something interesting happens when you step back down. I played a $400 Big O tournament recently and it was like somebody turned the lights on. The mistakes weren't subtle. They were everywhere. Players overvaluing weak rundowns. Calling too wide on the flop. Misreading their equity in multiway pots. Stuff I'd stopped seeing at the higher stakes because nobody was doing it up there. But down here? It was a masterclass in what not to do, and because I'd been playing against elite competition, I could spot it instantly. That's the real benefit of playing tough games. It calibrates your read on the game. When your baseline is elite players making near-optimal decisions, average mistakes become obvious. You don't have to think twice about whether a line is bad. You just know. There's also a mental component that doesn't get talked about enough. Playing tough games builds a kind of resilience you can't manufacture. When you've been ground down by world class competition, when you've had to fight for every half bet and justify every decision at the highest level, dropping into a softer field feels different. The pressure is lighter. Your decision making becomes more automatic.

Saturday march 14 9AM MARYLAND LIVE POKER ROOM Be there or be square Giveaways Free chips Merch Free breakfast Lunch Dinner Degeneracy This is going to be the best meetup game ever All are welcome to the public event Hope to see you there Let me know if you have any questions or concerns 🐺