200/400 PLO Session Against Isildur, Sauce, and Gus (1 of 3)
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Also, just as a comment, I don't know if you do this consciously or not but I really like when you point out a hand that you are about to elaborate on, especially one that has completely played out, which you are going to revisit because it gives me an opportunity to watch the hand, pause the video and think about why you are going to elaborate on a specific hand. I really like this because a lot of time I find myself agreeing with a video producer once they have explained a hand but it is something I never would have considered independently. Obviously not every hand can be like this and a long delay is not necessary but for example how you mentioned that you would be talking about the bottom left hand where you had top pair and the nut flush blocker very deep and heads up it gave me time to watch the hand pause the video and think about it myself before listening to your analysis.
Anyways, great vid.
Though I do think it hurts me to show my play against nosebleed opponents, I know that it's something our members will want to watch. I am not going to tell people to sign up for a site where I reveal only a small part of my game. I made the decision to teach, and I'd like to do it right.
I have confidence in my ability to re-adjust if I find my opponents adjusting to me. It's helpful that I know with certainty that specific opponents of mine will watch my videos, so I know what I've given away to them and can take that into account.
When I mentioned I'd elaborate on another hand later, I wasn't intentionally giving the members a chance to think it through before I spoke. I just didn't want to interrupt my other explanation. I'll keep it in mind that you liked this.
A big part of the change is more of an adaptation than a game change. Players are now opening in LP with many more hands, especially at ante tables. Some open 90%+ on the button. I have to widen my 3bet range to adjust to this.
Hard to sum up how it affects my postflop frequencies, but I'll say this - I know my range and my opponent's well, and I keep in mind which boards I hit harder than they do and which boards I don't.
Great job and good luck with the site.
I already have my first NLHE cash game video out ( http://www.runitonce.com/nlhe/phil4-2/ ) , and I will be making more.
Loved the vid and glad to see u making more again. I dont think you mentioned it but am interested in how your play changes when so much deeper on bottom left compared to other tables?
Cheers and good luck with the site and the WPT something 2day
What type of players would you look to check against? and also what would your plan be after checking.
btw an issue with the video is that if I am streaming and I leave the screen idle and come back in say 15 mins it says "an error occured please reload the video." just fyi
Can we expect vids like philosophy?
Keep up the good work!
Greetings
And yes, we can :)
around 38:00 you explain that you need to bluff A775ts for balancing purposes. you mentioned that it is likely -EV play in a vacuum. is it common that you need to make -EV plays for balance's sake? is this also true in NLH?
If a bluff spot is every very -ev, it's often because your opponent is playing poorly, or your opponents range is way too strong. In both of those cases, balance is less important.
How come you don't use a HUD?
Anyway, my question or suggestion I guess would be that you maybe talk more about the general weaknesses in your opponent's games. You talk a lot about how good they are and the good things they do, but we all know that these guys are brilliant players and have tons of good stuff about their games. However, there has to be something making you play the games, so they obv do things wrong as well.
I just think it would be good to know what things you were doing to exploit their weaknesses rather than just what things you are doing to adjust to the good things they do.
Ofc totally appreciate all you do for the community and you seem like the most down-to-Earth guy in the high stakes world. Keep up the good work and good lookin out for us little guys!
p.s. Any chance we will see an OMG appearance soon? :)
Great video. When you say that you need more bluffs combos in your range or more value combos etc, is that from spending hours away from table using something like Flopzilla? Do you use a spreadsheet or something to build ranges for different board textures? Or do you just ballpark these ranges? Seems very overwhelming to try and create a spreadsheet with all different kinds of board textures with value ranges, bluff ranges, check-back ranges etc.
I feel like I've lost my edge in poker recently...is this the only way to get better?
I don't use a flopzilla type program. These are just ballpark ranges. The tools available are finally making PLO sims like this more manageable. Maybe in the near future we'll be able to easily get exact numbers.
In how many times the variance in PLO-6max is higher than in NLH 6-max?
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So the benefits of check calling turn includes making him think we have more draws and make him give up more on scary river cards (b/c he expects us to donk two pairs+ more often so our range is weighted towards draws)? And like you said, also incorporating a cc range in this spot as oppose to either lead out turn and never have a check-calling range? And he might stab here with worse hands more often than calling our bet on the turn with an inferior hand. Also he might vbet/bluff too frequently on bricks and when we make a full house. Are there any other reasons why you choose to check call instead of betting turn?
First comment on the site! Just signed up today and am planning to watch all of your vids starting from oldest to newest.
I have kind of a combo question about this video and a hand in part 2 of this series. For this one, at the hand at 40:00 where you make a blockers play with A775 then river the 1-card straight, you say you like to bet half-pot with both your value and your bluffs since your opponent will often have the 1-card straight and will call 100% of the time with it. I agreed with this...
However, in part 2 of this series at 40:30, you turned the nuts with JTxx on a double flush draw board. You still had the nuts on the river but it put out a 4-to-a-straight, and you suggested you should bet near-pot with your entire range here to maybe make him fold the 1-card straight. I didn't really understand this.
Can you explain the differences in these two hands? Thanks!
In the JT nut straight hand he is already repping JTxx on the turn so when he bets river he can credibly rep JT- nut straight specifcally not just a T-high straight. He chose a bigger bet size becasue his value range is now even narrower and he wants to maximize FE vs T-high straights that arent auto calls by villain given what he was already repping nut straight on turn specifcally.
Great video Phil... Thanks for doing that... I've only played Omaha once at the Aria, 5/10, won 8k in about 2hrs, wish all my standings were as good as that first time sitting :)
Look forward to more videos...
Keep up the good work...
All the best
Loz
holy shit PL40k
How can I learn all the stuff that Phil Galfond knows? I guess I'm gonna sign up to BlueFire poker, maybe they teach it all in there
I felt the video was very informative, I was hoping for deeper stacks across the tables though. I felt the KsJ76 open from the CO was a little light given the aggressive play of the other players, though I am not familiar with how antes effect opens at high stakes.
Still a very strong video, especially for a return. I look forward to watching many more.
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As always I learn a lot from Phil, thanks for the free show!
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