Good Video Sam , found this better articulated than the live videos fwiw . Also with the 5d6d hand vs limitless , as you spoke of I think if we want to be pedantic , at a deeper stack size where we get action over multiple streets leading to villain having a stronger range , we would want the backdoors as a x/r I have a feeling here it matters less / cud opt to call as you have easier calls or semi bluff shoves on the turn.
14:00 AT SB defend. Board AsQd4s 6h Kh, we XC, x/x turn , river bet we bet 2/3. Is this not a spot where your range is well defined as broadways + SC's of spades ? And since we have much more AT+ combo's than SC's of spades should we not choose a smaller size ?
I think we'd want to bluff with all our SC's since they have no SDV, and we can get away with it because we have so few of them compared to value. Good approach ?
As for our checking range, are we check/folding Qx,Kx and bluffcatching our Ax combos (I think we should have some AT/AJ in here) ? or also bluffcatch some KJs combos blocking TJ ?
32:00 T8s you note that you'd peel a 3bet here while 25bb deep, what is the minimum stackdebth where you think its ok to flat 3bets with hands like this ?
50:30 77 You said you rather reshove 30bb here, what range would you reshove, how low can we go with the PP's ?
We don't have that many more AT+ combos than spades given i'd be three betting AT+ pre or x/ring the flop with AT+ a lot. I think we need to bluff missed unpaired FD here. I'd protect my checking range by occasionally checking top pair and occasionally checking straights.
2.It depends on the 3b sizing and our opponent's 3bing range, but i'd be willing to call 3bs in a spot like this if we started the hand around 15-17bbs.
I probably wouldn't go lower than 77 or 66. I'd also balance by throwing in the occasional offsuit high card hand or suited broadway so the CO wouldn't be able to profitably call T9s or JTo type hands.
42:40 You defend the big blind with 75o versus a Low Jack open who has 18BBs. Shouldn't we be tighter with these low unsuited cards versus a probably strong open range from the short stack? If the flop is 742r and your opponents perceived to be tight with a 50% CBet, then do you check-raise and get it in?
Nice video sam, at 36' don't you think that K8dd and most of the FD benefits a lot from checking back on the turn as well as AA as you said (/KQo? i'm not sure what to do with this hand against a check raise on the flop but i feel that it's a good candidate to check back and slowplay on the turn, i didn't run the hand in pioSolver), because we just can to realize our equity ? I feel like it's kind of the same spot with A7 on 652r8 on the previous hand when you explain that we don't want to bet call our hand here. Thanks
Ya i was speaking off the cuff. I wouldn't always shove a Kd8d type hand, but it's the type of hand I should shove occasionally. A Kd8d type hand would play very well as a check too. I'd mostly check AA/KQ too. Could you give a timestamp for the A7 hand you are talking about?
Agreed with your answer, the timestamp for the 652r8 hand (you are holding TT) is at 28'40 precisely. i love your vids btw you merit more likes but i think it's a RIO thing the last year there are maybe less people i don't know, ty man
Ya A7 prob has too much equity to bet since i'd need to b/c it. My b/fs would be more polar and have 9x gutshots and some polar no pair/no draw hand with two overcards
i really appreciated the video, high-quality content from one of the best performer ITW, awesome thanks!
15:00 OTR it doesn't seem we have many bluffs here calling flop 3-way and our Qx/Kx in spades have now SD value and our JTs now is a straight. J9s, T9s, 98s, 87s are the only naked busted flush draws with no SD value to bluff with. our value range is pbbly very narrow too KQ/AJ. Most of villain's range we're are targeting are Kx, Qx, weaker Ax, pocket pairs. Given the above, it seems more GTO to bet in the 30-50% range. any thoughts?
Looking back I might have bet a touch to big, but my range here is narrow enough that it will be quite sensitive to my preflop/flop mixes. Eg. if i never 3b 98s and call down to J8s pre I can probably get away with vbetting this size or if I three bet AJ/AT a combined 25% i might be too value heavy and need to bet smaller.
29-40 you peeled 2.25x opening vs 20bb BTN w/ 65s out of SB and shortie behind. Have you ran PIO preflop sims on such spots or its more of a experience plays? Because frankly Im unsure its +ev calls considering everything.
Do you peel them all? Would you peel hands like 86s, 97s as well (which arent worse than 65s)?
I conceed its viable to peel some of this hands at low freq but if you peel them all it implies you should call some stronger hands (like KQ or AJ) to make SCs realise more equity.
Ott Idk if protection is big issue w/ your hand (after he B/C flop) and you should shove. I think there is a good chance you fold out some better hands when you jam.
33-00 Hard to call that flop C/R sizing too large vs your 1/4 cbet when hes laying you 3.5/1 to call and his TPs has (18%-28%) solely vs his value range (VR) and even mid pairs easily reach required 22% barrier vs whole (any sort of balanced) flop C/R range.
Combining it w/ the fact how it is hard for BB to have legit VR in that spot making it smaller makes little sense since he most likely wont be able to maintain defend freq required to deal w/ all that flop 3bet shoves he would invite.
And yes I think AK-AJ should 3bet shove a lot even vs "larger" C/R sizing.
What do you think?
50-20 77 BTN-CO 30bb deep
If you 3bet to 30k even having plenty of bluffs (10-12% total 3bet range) SB yet cant go wider than 88/AJs/AQ (in fact 88 is -ev 4bet jam) assuming 25% CO OR range and this case you should call 99+ vs SB.
Guess some COs open more or maybe math is different in HRs ;)
Seems marginal 3bet shove spot at best specifically w/ 77 at this depth bc both SB and CO would play quite well vs it (should always fold 66 but shouldnt fold 88 (SB might)).
Pretty indifferent about PF here and think 65s has similar EV to 86s and 97s. A loose button or a tight to 3b BB could easily swing call into being the highest EV play.
On a board that is lockdowny and with a small stack to pot. I don't think there is much benefit in raising larger than 33% pot or so, even vs my small bet.
25% is a very tight OR range for the CO. I think all three options have pretty similar EV here and don't really have a strong preference one way or another, but I do think if you 3b/77 not AI you need to call a shove vs the SB.
On a board that is lockdowny and with a small stack to pot. I don't think there is much benefit in raising larger than 33% pot or so, even vs my small bet.
PIO disagrees w/ you however.
I capped BB range removing PPs and most Ax w/ some good broadways and if we cbet range 1/4psb then the C/R sizing villain has chosen actually seems optimal.
I'll defer to PIO here. I think on dry ace high boards it tends to raise smaller, but maybe on ATx it raises bigger because of all the broadway gutters.
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50:30-- 77 3 ways on K76ss vs the turn small bet on 8x, I'm wondering what hands you would use to raise bluff the turn.
Mostly 5x/9x/Tx w/o a flush draw and some low frequency 99/98 type hands that i'd raise call.
Good Video Sam , found this better articulated than the live videos fwiw . Also with the 5d6d hand vs limitless , as you spoke of I think if we want to be pedantic , at a deeper stack size where we get action over multiple streets leading to villain having a stronger range , we would want the backdoors as a x/r I have a feeling here it matters less / cud opt to call as you have easier calls or semi bluff shoves on the turn.
Nice vid! Like the format!
14:00 AT SB defend. Board AsQd4s 6h Kh, we XC, x/x turn , river bet we bet 2/3. Is this not a spot where your range is well defined as broadways + SC's of spades ? And since we have much more AT+ combo's than SC's of spades should we not choose a smaller size ?
I think we'd want to bluff with all our SC's since they have no SDV, and we can get away with it because we have so few of them compared to value. Good approach ?
As for our checking range, are we check/folding Qx,Kx and bluffcatching our Ax combos (I think we should have some AT/AJ in here) ? or also bluffcatch some KJs combos blocking TJ ?
32:00 T8s you note that you'd peel a 3bet here while 25bb deep, what is the minimum stackdebth where you think its ok to flat 3bets with hands like this ?
50:30 77 You said you rather reshove 30bb here, what range would you reshove, how low can we go with the PP's ?
Thank you
2.It depends on the 3b sizing and our opponent's 3bing range, but i'd be willing to call 3bs in a spot like this if we started the hand around 15-17bbs.
Nice video! Thanks!
42:40 You defend the big blind with 75o versus a Low Jack open who has 18BBs. Shouldn't we be tighter with these low unsuited cards versus a probably strong open range from the short stack? If the flop is 742r and your opponents perceived to be tight with a 50% CBet, then do you check-raise and get it in?
It's near the bottom of my BB defend range, but I think it's winning. If the flop was 742r i would be x/r getting it in for sure.
Nice video sam, at 36' don't you think that K8dd and most of the FD benefits a lot from checking back on the turn as well as AA as you said (/KQo? i'm not sure what to do with this hand against a check raise on the flop but i feel that it's a good candidate to check back and slowplay on the turn, i didn't run the hand in pioSolver), because we just can to realize our equity ? I feel like it's kind of the same spot with A7 on 652r8 on the previous hand when you explain that we don't want to bet call our hand here. Thanks
Ya i was speaking off the cuff. I wouldn't always shove a Kd8d type hand, but it's the type of hand I should shove occasionally. A Kd8d type hand would play very well as a check too. I'd mostly check AA/KQ too. Could you give a timestamp for the A7 hand you are talking about?
Agreed with your answer, the timestamp for the 652r8 hand (you are holding TT) is at 28'40 precisely. i love your vids btw you merit more likes but i think it's a RIO thing the last year there are maybe less people i don't know, ty man
Ya A7 prob has too much equity to bet since i'd need to b/c it. My b/fs would be more polar and have 9x gutshots and some polar no pair/no draw hand with two overcards
i really appreciated the video, high-quality content from one of the best performer ITW, awesome thanks!
15:00 OTR it doesn't seem we have many bluffs here calling flop 3-way and our Qx/Kx in spades have now SD value and our JTs now is a straight. J9s, T9s, 98s, 87s are the only naked busted flush draws with no SD value to bluff with. our value range is pbbly very narrow too KQ/AJ. Most of villain's range we're are targeting are Kx, Qx, weaker Ax, pocket pairs. Given the above, it seems more GTO to bet in the 30-50% range. any thoughts?
Looking back I might have bet a touch to big, but my range here is narrow enough that it will be quite sensitive to my preflop/flop mixes. Eg. if i never 3b 98s and call down to J8s pre I can probably get away with vbetting this size or if I three bet AJ/AT a combined 25% i might be too value heavy and need to bet smaller.
good video Sam.
29-40 you peeled 2.25x opening vs 20bb BTN w/ 65s out of SB and shortie behind. Have you ran PIO preflop sims on such spots or its more of a experience plays? Because frankly Im unsure its +ev calls considering everything. Do you peel them all? Would you peel hands like 86s, 97s as well (which arent worse than 65s)?
I conceed its viable to peel some of this hands at low freq but if you peel them all it implies you should call some stronger hands (like KQ or AJ) to make SCs realise more equity.
Ott Idk if protection is big issue w/ your hand (after he B/C flop) and you should shove. I think there is a good chance you fold out some better hands when you jam.
33-00 Hard to call that flop C/R sizing too large vs your 1/4 cbet when hes laying you 3.5/1 to call and his TPs has (18%-28%) solely vs his value range (VR) and even mid pairs easily reach required 22% barrier vs whole (any sort of balanced) flop C/R range. Combining it w/ the fact how it is hard for BB to have legit VR in that spot making it smaller makes little sense since he most likely wont be able to maintain defend freq required to deal w/ all that flop 3bet shoves he would invite.
And yes I think AK-AJ should 3bet shove a lot even vs "larger" C/R sizing.
What do you think?
50-20 77 BTN-CO 30bb deep
If you 3bet to 30k even having plenty of bluffs (10-12% total 3bet range) SB yet cant go wider than 88/AJs/AQ (in fact 88 is -ev 4bet jam) assuming 25% CO OR range and this case you should call 99+ vs SB. Guess some COs open more or maybe math is different in HRs ;) Seems marginal 3bet shove spot at best specifically w/ 77 at this depth bc both SB and CO would play quite well vs it (should always fold 66 but shouldnt fold 88 (SB might)).
3bet/x seems best.
Pretty indifferent about PF here and think 65s has similar EV to 86s and 97s. A loose button or a tight to 3b BB could easily swing call into being the highest EV play.
On a board that is lockdowny and with a small stack to pot. I don't think there is much benefit in raising larger than 33% pot or so, even vs my small bet.
25% is a very tight OR range for the CO. I think all three options have pretty similar EV here and don't really have a strong preference one way or another, but I do think if you 3b/77 not AI you need to call a shove vs the SB.
@AJ on AT4 flop C/R sizing
PIO disagrees w/ you however.

I capped BB range removing PPs and most Ax w/ some good broadways and if we cbet range 1/4psb then the C/R sizing villain has chosen actually seems optimal.
I'll defer to PIO here. I think on dry ace high boards it tends to raise smaller, but maybe on ATx it raises bigger because of all the broadway gutters.
Hey, Sam, thanks for the video! Some time without watching RIO videos and I have missed your vids.
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