High stakes online poker legend RaúlGonzalez retires and shares his insights

High stakes online poker legend RaulGonzalez retires and shares his insights.One of the most successful online poker players, he battled against some of the toughest poker players. Most notable are his multi-year battles against Isildur1 and BerriSweet. Many of you might recognize him as RaulGonzalez on PokerStars or San1ker on FullTiltPoker.  In his 13 years as a professional poker player, he quickly rose through the ranks in No Limit Holdem ring and heads-up games, transitioned to draw games, and eventually to mixed-games. He shares a lot of useful tips on how to study efficiently and improve at the game. And we get to talk about some of his most memorable matches.   You can find links to AMA thread and Hand History graphs on the Podcast's thread on TwoPlusTwo   CONNECT:  Subscribe to this channel: https://bit.ly/runchuks-yt Subscribe to newsletter: https://www.runchukspodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunchuksP Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/runchukspoker Coaching: https://bit.ly/bts-coaching PODCAST INFO: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2XlvTro Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ECWIAF Podcast Website: https://bit.ly/runchuks-pod YouTube playlist: https://bit.ly/podcast-yt   OUTLINE: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:58 Meet 'RaúlGonzalez' 00:03:54 Why RaúlGonzalez is retiring from poker 00:06:45 Sauce123 or BERRI SWEET 00:07:51 Setting up a high-stakes HU match 00:11:46 The journey to the top 00:17:28 Switching from 6max to Heads Up 00:19:11 Studying the game 00:30:43 Switching to Mixed Games 00:34:22 The most memorable matches 00:36:09 Isildur1 insane career 00:39:34 Dealing with swings 00:44:45 Meteoric rise 00:47:28 Germany's new poker legislation 00:53:17 Key lessons from poker career 01:00:27 What does it take to reach the top? 01:08:22 Being self-critical 01:15:00 Using solvers and enjoying your studies 01:19:21 Biggest misconceptions about solvers 01:23:42 Recognizing mistakes 01:30:14 Deviating from GTO 01:34:25 Future of poker 01:38:21 Real-Time Assitance 01:45:12 Why people cheat? 01:51:09 App games 01:54:12 It's time to retire 02:00:36 The match against BERRI SWEET 02:06:59 How do we measure who are the best poker players? 02:12:02 Qualities to look for in other poker players 02:15:47 Life after retiring from poker 02:21:34 How much RaúlGonzalez improved in the past year? 02:25:31 RaúlGonzalez graphs 02:26:27 Achieving success in poker 02:28:38 At what point money stopped being a factor 02:35:08 The origin of 'RaúlGonzalez' screen name 02:36:47 What did his family and friends think of him playing poker professionally