Hi Phil,
Top left at minute 7:00 vs Cobus. Is there any merit to finding a turn x/r with this hand strength? My thinking is that we can leverage the presence of trips and FHs in our range to make him fold bare overpairs that might be betting for thin value/protection OTT as well as hands like 654 type hands (assuming he bets those). We'll also maybe be able to bluff the river on most non hearts since his calling range will be likely centered around overpair+FD type hands that can fold river due to poor blockers. Do you think this is reasonable or just an inefficient use of the "showdownableness" of our hand? Thanks
Yeah, I think it's a situation where we will have a reasonable x/r frequency but I don't think this hand is strong or weak enough.
While all of your reasoning sounds good, taken by itself this quote points out why I don't like a x/r:
his calling range will be likely centered around overpair+FD type hands
We would be semibluffing with a hand that has good equity against his full range and very bad equity against his continuing range (once we raise). A hand like 45 or Axhh (unpaired) or AK53o would work much better because the disparity between their equity vs. his betting range and his bet-calling range isn't as large. I call this quality in a hand 'elasticity' - you may here me mention it from time to time in future videos.
Minor note: There's something weird going on where the sound keeps cutting in and out. Not sure if it's deliberate or just a technical glitch, but I found it pretty distracting - I kept thinking the video was frozen. But as always plenty of interesting spots and things to get out of the video.
26:00 You float a 952 flop with AT86, then bluff-raise over a turn barrel and get shoved on. You were highly critical of the play, but I'm interested in the psychological side - does it bother you when something like this happens in-session? For me, I'm likely to get really tilted if I try something unusual and it backfires, much more so than if I get sucked out on, say.
Overall I've noticed when you do something unusual it seems to work a very high % of the time, not sure if this is just my perception.
Minor note: There's something weird going on where the sound keeps cutting in and out. Not sure if it's deliberate or just a technical glitch, but I found it pretty distracting - I kept thinking the video was frozen. But as always plenty of interesting spots and things to get out of the video.
In the bit I've listened to so far I don't notice it, but I'll keep listening and inform the guys. I think sometimes when there's subtle background noise, our editors mute it while we aren't talking. Does that sound like what you experienced? If so, I think we probably need to ask members what they'd prefer, as I assume they'll be split.
26:00 You float a 952 flop with AT86, then bluff-raise over a turn barrel and get shoved on. You were highly critical of the play, but I'm interested in the psychological side - does it bother you when something like this happens in-session? For me, I'm likely to get really tilted if I try something unusual and it backfires, much more so than if I get sucked out on, say.
It does bother me when I make a play I think is bad after the fact. The effect is minor when I play online, but I struggle more with it when I play live. I'm not sure if it's because I have more time to think about it and I'm not on to the next 100 hands as quickly or if it's because I play higher stakes when I play live, or some other reason I'm not aware of.
Overall I've noticed when you do something unusual it seems to work a very high % of the time, not sure if this is just my perception.
I definitely consider myself half 'feel player' and I do act on specific reads (based on betsizing, timing, gameflow, etc) quite often. I think it must work more often than it 'should', otherwise I wouldn't have done well in poker. That said, there must be some unintentional bias in the videos. There have been times where I play and record a session and after 30 minutes I think "I'm playing awful" and scrap the footage. It doesn't happen often, but it has at least a little effect on what you see of my play.
I think sometimes when there's subtle background noise, our editors mute it while we aren't talking. Does that sound like what you experienced?
Yeah. For some reason background noise doesn't bother me but I found that really offputting.
I definitely consider myself half 'feel player' and I do act on specific reads (based on betsizing, timing, gameflow, etc) quite often. I think it must work more often than it 'should', otherwise I wouldn't have done well in poker. That said, there must be some unintentional bias in the videos. There have been times where I play and record a session and after 30 minutes I think "I'm playing awful" and scrap the footage. It doesn't happen often, but it has at least a little effect on what you see of my play.
Haha, I'm glad to hear this, I was just telling my friend, "I get decimated like every third session...Why don't I ever see this happen in a video? Do these guys not have bad sessions?"
As to being a feel player, do you have any recommendations to improve that part of your game? I tend to be the kind of player that trusts my fundamentals a lot more than my ability to guess what my opponents are thinking.
Hey. When moving up in stakes you enter a new player pool. Any advise for how to adjust your game to playing against a bunch of players you dont know, and who dont know you?
at 9:01 when choosing to flat pre why does it make it a favorable stack decision if CTS has 5k to 3b? Do you think BTN is over folding here after CTS's sb calling range should be with better hands? Unlikely imo. Seems FPS to 3b if stacks are bigger unless btn is overfolding. Understand to make SPR lower oop buttt....What if button has 5k as well? Still a favorable 3b? Why is CTS even flatting SB instead of 3bing when you're always over calling properly? Is SB flatting becoming more common at 10/20 vs someone like yourself who's not squeezing with a high frequency here. Asked a lot of ?s #curious
I think zoom/live action recorded over later with the ability to pause and talk is the clear superior video format, albeit not the only enjoyable one. Really liked this video cheers.
I completely agree with the above. Recording and then commenting after the fact seems to be the way to go. It also seems to give a more honest and well thought out commentary i.e. the hand at 26:00 vs. Kimokh.
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Hi Phil,
Top left at minute 7:00 vs Cobus. Is there any merit to finding a turn x/r with this hand strength? My thinking is that we can leverage the presence of trips and FHs in our range to make him fold bare overpairs that might be betting for thin value/protection OTT as well as hands like 654 type hands (assuming he bets those). We'll also maybe be able to bluff the river on most non hearts since his calling range will be likely centered around overpair+FD type hands that can fold river due to poor blockers. Do you think this is reasonable or just an inefficient use of the "showdownableness" of our hand? Thanks
Yeah, I think it's a situation where we will have a reasonable x/r frequency but I don't think this hand is strong or weak enough.
While all of your reasoning sounds good, taken by itself this quote points out why I don't like a x/r:
We would be semibluffing with a hand that has good equity against his full range and very bad equity against his continuing range (once we raise). A hand like 45 or Axhh (unpaired) or AK53o would work much better because the disparity between their equity vs. his betting range and his bet-calling range isn't as large. I call this quality in a hand 'elasticity' - you may here me mention it from time to time in future videos.
Minor note: There's something weird going on where the sound keeps cutting in and out. Not sure if it's deliberate or just a technical glitch, but I found it pretty distracting - I kept thinking the video was frozen. But as always plenty of interesting spots and things to get out of the video.
26:00 You float a 952 flop with AT86, then bluff-raise over a turn barrel and get shoved on. You were highly critical of the play, but I'm interested in the psychological side - does it bother you when something like this happens in-session? For me, I'm likely to get really tilted if I try something unusual and it backfires, much more so than if I get sucked out on, say.
Overall I've noticed when you do something unusual it seems to work a very high % of the time, not sure if this is just my perception.
In the bit I've listened to so far I don't notice it, but I'll keep listening and inform the guys. I think sometimes when there's subtle background noise, our editors mute it while we aren't talking. Does that sound like what you experienced? If so, I think we probably need to ask members what they'd prefer, as I assume they'll be split.
It does bother me when I make a play I think is bad after the fact. The effect is minor when I play online, but I struggle more with it when I play live. I'm not sure if it's because I have more time to think about it and I'm not on to the next 100 hands as quickly or if it's because I play higher stakes when I play live, or some other reason I'm not aware of.
I definitely consider myself half 'feel player' and I do act on specific reads (based on betsizing, timing, gameflow, etc) quite often. I think it must work more often than it 'should', otherwise I wouldn't have done well in poker. That said, there must be some unintentional bias in the videos. There have been times where I play and record a session and after 30 minutes I think "I'm playing awful" and scrap the footage. It doesn't happen often, but it has at least a little effect on what you see of my play.
I think sometimes when there's subtle background noise, our editors mute it while we aren't talking. Does that sound like what you experienced?
Yeah. For some reason background noise doesn't bother me but I found that really offputting.
I definitely consider myself half 'feel player' and I do act on specific reads (based on betsizing, timing, gameflow, etc) quite often. I think it must work more often than it 'should', otherwise I wouldn't have done well in poker. That said, there must be some unintentional bias in the videos. There have been times where I play and record a session and after 30 minutes I think "I'm playing awful" and scrap the footage. It doesn't happen often, but it has at least a little effect on what you see of my play.
Haha, I'm glad to hear this, I was just telling my friend, "I get decimated like every third session...Why don't I ever see this happen in a video? Do these guys not have bad sessions?"
As to being a feel player, do you have any recommendations to improve that part of your game? I tend to be the kind of player that trusts my fundamentals a lot more than my ability to guess what my opponents are thinking.
Hey. When moving up in stakes you enter a new player pool. Any advise for how to adjust your game to playing against a bunch of players you dont know, and who dont know you?
at 9:01 when choosing to flat pre why does it make it a favorable stack decision if CTS has 5k to 3b? Do you think BTN is over folding here after CTS's sb calling range should be with better hands? Unlikely imo. Seems FPS to 3b if stacks are bigger unless btn is overfolding. Understand to make SPR lower oop buttt....What if button has 5k as well? Still a favorable 3b? Why is CTS even flatting SB instead of 3bing when you're always over calling properly? Is SB flatting becoming more common at 10/20 vs someone like yourself who's not squeezing with a high frequency here. Asked a lot of ?s #curious
Why not shove on the river at 40:30 against Love2playU?
I think zoom/live action recorded over later with the ability to pause and talk is the clear superior video format, albeit not the only enjoyable one. Really liked this video cheers.
I completely agree with the above. Recording and then commenting after the fact seems to be the way to go. It also seems to give a more honest and well thought out commentary i.e. the hand at 26:00 vs. Kimokh.
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