First. What else could be better than watching this ?

23:10 QsTc on 9hKcKs tu As

What are the good bluffing combos for this turn+river spot? Agree we can't bluff all of our gutters all of the time, but it seems like if they're never bluffed we likely aren't bluffing enough.

Looks like I aint going out tonight.

14:53 with KTo once we get to the turn i'm showing PIO prefers a check with ranges which actually makes a lot of sense since most of his floats that continue on the turn are Jx and Ax so majority of the better hands you are trying to fold out just contain 6x in them. Can you explain why you believe this spot is better as a mixed strategy than it is a pure check?

hey,
12:40 table 4, u mentioned that bluffing everytime when blocking some of his backdoor hands hands which he would consider continuing with is going to be too aggressive. How would you balance your frequencies for betting in that spot?

14:35 table 2, Why 3 bettor should apply a lot of pressure on 985 against OOP caller who has all strong hands in his range almost at 100% frequency and Ip 3 bettor doesn't have them at least not 100%.

Thanks for the answers:):)

@8:03 you raise QJo UTG and mention if you get shoved on you'll sometimes have to call.

I don't actually think you need to call anyone except caney0501 and tbh I think that's even super dicey.

Vs BB you need 32.8% and vs a range of 6s+/AJo+, ATs you've got 33.2%

I honestly don't think he's shoving that wide on the bubble.

Vs caney it's a little closer as he's going to shove his whole continuing range so some hands like KQs may make it in there (which BB will almost surely just call or fold) but honestly most of these extra hands dominate you too. There's a little more overlay so it's perhaps just barely a call despite this.

Caveat being it's a little tough to tell exactly how wide they'll shove because I don't know how many micro stacks are in the tourney

If they're both in say 105/132 with 15 or so guys on like < 7bbs then they're got to be way tighter than this and it's a snap fold vs both.

If they're both in the 120+ region it's a lot closer imo. (But people shove too tight here and they should be tight to begin with on bubbles let alone 3x starting stack bubbles).

BEN! You are the man :) your ability to break thing downs so clearly is unbelievable.

Hey
8:43 table 3, how do you decide how big to make your x/r here? do you usally just make a pot sized x/r or would you have multiple sizings?

9:20 AKs on SB vs yurasov BB, I'm pretty sure full range (or most range) using a 1/3-1/4 pot sizing is not the highest ev strat in SB vs BB on almost any flop, we're not really pushing substantial equity or EV against BB and in most flops we should go for bigger less merged sizings.

I don't have Pio now but in a few days I'll do a sim with what I think will be both yours and yurasov SB and BB ranges and let Pio choose between a few sizings and bring back the results, but I have run a few sims so far in this spot and Pio mostly chooses bigger sized and less frequent cbets, and KJxs shouldn't be much different here.

its kinda fun to watch you play with 20-30 bigs on a table where everyone has 100 bigs. you just don't see this ever at cash, unless the guys a fish of course.
like it kinda looks higher in EV at that table than buying in full cos the regs are probably still opening 50% on the button or whatever and not tightening up opening ranges properly cos they just always open 50% and thus your 3 bet shoves are kinda printing.

also like if the guy has a limp/raise strat, which it looks like that Isildur guy does, it won't be adjusted for 30 bigs so if he limp raises polarised usually then he can't really limp jam the same range vs your iso, cos your only move is to call/fold and not 4 bet/ call and play post flop. so then he has to have a linear limp/jamming range and he has probably done no work on this cos he's playing cash not tournaments.

also post flop their c betting strategy also goes out the window cos now you are check raise jamming vs a lot of c betting, so starting off with say a pot sized bet on the flop with the intention of tripling cos the board is better for your perceived range loses value cos villain has to basically decide whether c bettor is betting flop at too high of a frequency, and if so then jamming 76o vs a c bet on 89K is now actually +EV.
for example c betting QJ here for pot with intention of tripling is now pointless cos you have Q high so you can't call a jam, however you have a lot of value vs villains range so now x'ing back is higher EV play to realise more equity by not getting blown off it when jammed on.

anyways just kinda splurging random thoughts i had.
also thought it was funny how you had more blinds in your tournament than like 2/3 of the cash tables :P

good vid, can't wait for the second part!!

In case others were confused: This video is Ike's commentary on footage of Sauce's play.

Hey Ben,

About the 66 hand, table 3 at 2:35. You mentioned that with sixes it's a better call (against the utg raiser) then with two's becausse it's a higher pair when he has opend with a smaller pair. But does it really matter? I mean, you have to lay down against his cb on a ton of flops or you will make a play, so sixes or two's don't matter that much, and you almost never get to the river with this hand together with your opponent where you'll win the showdown with your higher 6-pair. Can you highlight your explanation a bit more on this becausse five's to two's play the same there as sixes in my opinion.

Grts. Tom

Hey

Thx for the video, iam relative new to the elite content and iam going by al your videos because its just awsome.

But i do have one question minut 9:00 table 2 u defend A/J in bb against yurasov button open. and u end up folding on his cbet on 2/3/5 board. i know that u said it was close, can u tell me why its close and why u decide to fold there ? i almost never folding in such a situation, mayby thats a uge leak...

remember that this question basically coming from a essential member ;)

Grts

Great video as always.

I think the tanking in tournaments issue falls under 'Tragedy of the Commons'.

Hi Ben, I love your videos!

At 04:10 you say that you bet this hand for protection and also because you don't bet much aces after checking preflop.

The board is KcQc6d and you have A6o. Why is betting an ace relevant in this spot? The opponent doesn't have much aces either after calling preflop and calling on the flop.

@39:15 842r with K5s
You said that this flop is a very dynamic board and that you want to charge villains hands...
Can you elaborate on this? What exactly do you mean by Dynamic board - it seems somewhat dry to me.
What sort of hands are we charging to continue? I know i don't play anything close to these stakes but wont hands like Ax's, PP, and some gut shot type hands and everything else folds...So are we just charging hands like 56,53,76 etc?

@8:50 T7ss on Th 3c 7c, I do like the x/r option for balance, but why do you include flushdraws in your bluffing range rather than something like QJhh or J9hh which have blockers to top pair and backdoor hearts for bluff regulators on turn/river? I've been confused lately on what the better bluff hands are in this kind of spot. similarly, would 89 hands be more in your bluff x/r flop range or your check or x/c range?