Matt Berkey has won 0 bracelets and 0 rings for total earnings of $1,627,130. See all events where they placed in-the-money. Matt Berkey (“berkey11s4y”) is on a heater at the WSOP Online Bracelet Series, having reached back-to-back final tables. But the popular YouTube streamer is still without a bracelet after Nicholas. The Solve For Why Team is high stakes poker pro Matt Berkey, Jordan Young, Christian Soto, Matt Hunt, all accomplished cash game coaches, and now the Just Hands Poker Team of Zach Resnik and Jack Laskey. Since 2003, Matt Berkey has been profiting as a cash game player, amassing nearly $4 million in tournaments to date.
Professional high-stakes poker player and Solve For Why founder Matt Berkey is teaming up with Poker Central for a new original series titled “2020 Hindsight.”
Streaming exclusively on Poker Central’s subscription-based media platform, PokerGO, the new show features in-depth analysis of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em tournament, better known to poker fans as the Main Event.
PokerGO initially launched in May 2017, featuring original programming, live event streaming, and archival content from iconic shows like “Poker After Dark” and “High Stakes Poker.”
Early subscribers to the streaming platform may remember Berkey previously starred in an original series titled “Dead Money,” which documented his come-up in the high-stakes poker world, as well as his preparation for the third annual Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB), following a fifth-place finish and cashout of $1,100,000 in 2016.
Breaking Down the Main Event
The first episode of “2020 Hindsight” premiered on April 21st and features Berkey analyzing the final table of the 2010 WSOP Main Event. Pros Joseph Cheong and Jonathan Duhamel feature in a teaser clip from Episode 1, in which Cheong fires away with A7 off-suit only to run into Duhamel’s pocket queens.
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Berkey explains how 2010’s online aggressive tendencies may have prompted Cheong to defy the Independent Chip Model (ICM) implications of shoving in this spot. While Berkey has been known to play a bit looser than the average pro, the often-dapper dude clearly has a deep theoretical understanding of the game.
With the advent of game theory optimal solvers, machine learning bots, and in-depth online strategy courses, it’s clear there’s been a significant shift in how professional pokers think about the game. “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em,” will only get you so far at the table these days.
Accordingly, for novice poker players, the concepts discussed in “2020 Hindsight” may be a little overwhelming. However, PokerGO is providing subscribers with a downloadable tutorial on advanced poker theory as supplemental material for understanding Berkey’s approach to poker.
Teaching Poker Theory
“This is a great forum for us to introduce advanced concepts to the masses,” Matt Berkey said of PokerGO’s new series. He also stated that,
“Understanding where mistakes were made on the biggest stage can be useful to players across all skill levels.”
Poker Central’s Chief Business Officer, J.R. McCabe, explained the importance of the new show’s analytical format, saying,
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“This new series will provide teachable moments to sharpen individual gameplay, all while reliving some of the most iconic WSOP hands.”
Streaming “2020 Hindsight”
Five additional episodes of “2020 Hindsight” are scheduled to premiere on PokerGO in the coming weeks, and each episode is approximately 40 minutes long.
The 2020 World Series of Poker has been postponed, but poker aficionados and fans alike can get their fix of Main Event moments via “2020 Hindsight” by subscribing to PokerGO. The streaming service is currently offering $30 off the cost of an annual subscription. Just use the promotional code POKER30 at checkout.
Matt Berkey, in his recent Solve for Why podcast with co-host Christian Soto, made it very clear how he handicaps the upcoming grudge match between Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk. And let’s just say he thinks Negreanu is about as likely to win as the US is of defeating COVID-19 before Christmas.
There’s no secret about who is favored. Even Negreanu, who wrote in a recent blog post that he’s a heavy underdog, admits it. And he wasn’t looking for an excuse for losing, if he does. Or at least that wasn’t the only purpose of the blog post.
Negreanu has over $42 million in live tournament winnings, most in no-limit hold’em. The poker stars have agreed to play thousands of hands of no-limit hold’em online. So that should be right up Daniel’s alley, right? Not exactly.
Heads-up no-limit hold’em and ring game or full-table, multi-table no-limit hold’em tournaments are similar in the same way free-throws three-pointers in basketball are the same. Sure, both are forms of playing basketball. But just because an athlete can consistently make free-throws doesn’t mean they can knock down perimeter shots. In the same way, a skilled multi-table tournament player isn’t necessarily strong at heads-up.
Berkey all-in on Polk to win
Although Polk hasn’t played poker regularly in a couple of years, he is known as one of the best heads-up no-limit online poker players in history, and maybe the best. A few years back, he crushed the highest stakes heads-up games on PokerStars for quite some time. He became so dominant in that form of poker that he could no longer find anyone to play so he had to quit.
Now he has an opponent in what is certain to be one of the most intriguing matches ever. The two bitter rivals will play between 10,000 and 25,000 hands of no-limit hold’em cash game at the $200/$400 stakes. They have agreed to play two games at a time. Complete details on where they’ll play and how many hands haven’t yet been determined.
Matt Berkey, a successful high-stakes poker pro and poker trainer, gives Negreanu virtually no chance. He went into detail on why he’s taking that stance on his recent vlogcast, Solve for Why. He suggested “Kid Poker” should have negotiated a 10% refund on losses, so as to cut his losses short given how much of a disadvantage he’s at.
“If we’re talking about six-max no-limit hold’em, Doug’s not elite,” Berkey said in his vlogcast. “If we’re talking about super high roller tournaments, Doug’s not elite. That doesn’t mean he’s not profitable.”
He then questioned why Negreanu would even accept such a difficult challenge.
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“I can’t see where the stars align that he’s motivated to learn heads-up cash against a guy who literally wrote the book,” he continued.
Berkey then made an analogy to mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor stepping into the boxing ring to face undefeated boxer, Floyd Mayweather.
“At least when McGregor fought Floyd, he got paid,” Berkey said. “He got compensated for sacrificing his skill-set to enter the domain of a master. And they both know how to punch, much like both of these guys know how to play no-limit Texas hold’em. But we’re talking about two very different arenas. Even compromising doing this live versus online neutralizes the advantage.”
He continued, saying that Daniel has an “uphill challenge.” Berkey explained that online heads-up poker is “robotic” and pointed to Polk’s experience playing against an artificial intelligence (AI) bot, experience that is helpful in a lengthy heads-up match.
Negreanu is nearly a 3-1 underdog (+280), according to PokerShares. Despite the massive underdog status, Berkey doesn’t think the smart money is on Negreanu at that line.
“I don’t know that he has a fighter’s chance her,” Berkey said of the heavy dog. “I think he has a better than average chance of keeping this match close, I think we could easily see this ending somewhere between minus five and 15 buy-ins. And I think that’s respectable. If they play 25,000 hands, and you lose 10 buy-ins, it’s not really that big of a deal.”
“Do you think he can win?” Soto asked.
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“That’s the thing,” Berkey responded. “I don’t know that he has a fighter’s chance. I really don’t because I played a lot of heads-up throughout quarantine, and I don’t think I’m very good at heads-up. My skill-set, like Daniel, is in ring.”