Juan Reviews a Friend: $.50/$1 6-Max Zoom NLHE
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4:50 (Table 2) A7o: You said we should use a polarized range. What would be your weakest value and bluff hand within your range? On boards where we have range advantage like AJ2r it is ok to range bet for small sizing rather than using a polarized betting strategy vs a SB cold caling range (I do not see that much cold calling nowadays from SB beside of fish)?
43:00 (Table 2) TT: I agree that raising turn is best play here. If you are the villain in this hand and face a 3x raise OTT what would you do with hands like AQ/AJ at stakes like 100z? As villain would you prefer to play AQ/AJ as a check/call OTT with some freq.?
By far your best video, Juan. I loved your analysis and think your thought process was much more clear and understandable than when you play by yourself. Would love to see similar videos in the future!
Just an another question Juan:
Do not remember the exact time stamp, but hero had AK in the CO and faced a 5b jam preflop. You said that calling is marginal and if we were in UTG/MP that hero should 4b fold without having the right dynamic with villain. I checked my databse and I am sligthly losing from UTG/MP with AK/QQ when it goes all in preflop at 50z & 100z. Would you therefore suggest to call 100% with these hands vs unknowns/nitty regs and completely remove even our 4b bluff range? It feels very nitty, but as you said ppl do not 5b jam as bluff without the REG to REG dynamic.
Hi Pape_Sux
4:50: About the wekeast values here, I think I would be mixing betting and checking with all my 9x 6x and 2x at this point. About the AJ2r, I'm not sure, probly betting small is fine, but you have to take into account that your FE is going to be pretty low given the SB range here is going to have a lot of BWo, some BWs, and a bunch of AXs, so probly a polarized strategy even in a board like this is the best aproach.
43:00: I think AQ/AJ is a pretty safe fold at this point against most population. They might have some combodraws, but most people is going to just call this hand, or even shove. It's hard to find people taking this line with semibluffs at lower stakes, so I expect a very value heavy range.
AKo hand,
Yes, this is a totally fine aproach. Against tight people I tend to call this like 100%.
Really glad you like the format, if people also like this, we can make a 2 or 3 part :)
Pape_Sux I forgot to answer this:
I think AQ/AJ are very strong hands at this point and betting close to 100% is probly the best play here. IP's range has a lot of worse Ax, every backdoor diamond combination, 89s, 68s, and he might also be calling with Tx OTT so, a lot of value to get at this point and we don't want to give a free card
liked the video, strong analysis and solid play by our hero.
im also happy you pointed out the AK spot @ ~28:30. i see many people auto stack-off here and i think as well thats a mistake against population. without a read i prefer calling the 3b in this situation.
Really glad you like it!
Yes, I think many people overplay AK at this stakes and it could be a big mistake in some spots!
Hi Juan,
i used to play with fdst and he had a limping strategy on utg and mp...i guess he didn´t follow his master :)
Nice video,well played by hero and solid analysis
Haha yes, but only because of rake issues!
Really good video, would be happy to watch more of these, but dont stop making 500z videos either! Well played Hero.
i see your friend doesn't have a limping strategy on EP/MP , do you believe rake at nl100 is too high to have a limping strategy?
fwiw i tried your limping strategy for a week @ nl200 i believe rake is too much of an issue there too , but i would love to hear your opinion about this.
Hi Darki
I don't have a strong opinion on this given I've never used the limping strat at nl100, but rake is always a concern when you go at lower stakes. On the other side, I expect people at this stakes to play really bad against a well performed limp strategy, so I think you can get a very similar WR than mine there, but it is just a supposition, I might be wrong.
In NL200 I'm pretty sure it has to work fine, but you will need much more than a week to get a fine sample and see how is it going
hmm yes , maybe im being results oriented , i will give it more time , thanks for the fast answer.
This is one of the best training videos i've watched. I like the review a friend concept!
Thank you very much, great to hear that!
I see the format was very well recieved, so I'm going to make 1 or 2 more parts of this
As a 100NL player this has to be one of the best video formats I´ve watched. Keep them coming Juan!
Very good video Juan ! As you asked which format we liked , I really appreciated your theory video on the spot between Jungleman and Redbaron and would like to see more of these .
great video like always! 21:40 what is the name of that preflop software?
Thank you Connor! The soft is PokerSnowie
Hey Juan,
on 47:00 in this situation with TT, do you adjust your strategy if the OR is a fish (in this situation the OR is not full stacked) and REG is "iso-3betting" him wider than he would vs a regular player. The Snowie results are a bit nitty imo, because REG here could be doing this with a very wide liner range to come in the pot HU with a fish. What do you think?
Thanks for a very good video
Hi uros19,
Of course against some players, expand a bit our range here is fine, but you have to be careful, people tends to play very tight MPvsUTG, so if you don't have some information about the 3bttor I would still play a very similar strategy than PokerSnowie here. I think overplaying hands in this spot is going to cost you much more money than having a very tight strat.
Hi juan
what's your overcalling strategy against a reg and a fish ? do you follow pokersnowie advice or do you defend a much looser range ? , i think i sometimes loosen up too much because of the fish but then i get into tough spots against the reg.
You are talking in bb right? I usually defend very tight offsuit hands, and tend to call a lot of suited cards; maybe a bit looser than snowie, but not much
Juan, what is in general your opinion about the Pokersnowie Preflop Advisor and do you think that the ranges are applicable for stakes < 200z? The ranges seem in some scenarios extremely tight (especially after facing a 3bet). Also board coverage could be a problem in some scenarios like EP open vs 3bet IP, since Snowie folds hands like 56s-9Ts with 100% freq. Thanks!
Its very hard to have a strong opinion of this, because preflop poker is not solved, so is very difficult to know what is right in a lot of spots. Usually pokersnowie ranges are tight vs 3b, and I think it is a very good approach against most players. In some scenarios we can play wider than snowie, and in others play that strategy is just fine. When you have doubts with specifics combos, you can go to your own DB and see how are you doing with those hands in that specific spot. Some hands are going to be very close bitween call3b and f3b, so it wont matter too much.
If you watch at High stakes crushers, you are going to see that many of those players have very high f3b, mostly in EP. Its a spot where you aren't going to win too much by calling marginal hands, and playing 3b pots OOP is one of the hardest spots in poker, so having a tight approach is something I usually recomend
Fwiw Juan, preflop can/has be solved using monkersolver.
Great video, perfect format, I really enjoy that.
Great video Pastor!
For me the best video format is going through a session hands with a replayer. There isnt "dead time" there.
GL!
This was an excellent video !
7:15 on table one, you say that 66 is a fold vs the SB squeeze, but why? Is 66 just unprofitable in that spot? The squeeze didn't seem that big and we have rec behind that is likely to call and probably make some big mistakes in a bloated pot
Hi Unde_
I think this is going to be pretty close to 0EV. BU player is tagged as a fish but he's playing 28/18 in the sample we had, so I don't know how fish he is. If I know the player behind me is a fish and he's folding to 3b with a low frequency I would be calling 66+; as I didn't know, I prefer a tighter approach and play 88+ in this spot
Can you share your hud maybe ?
Nice video juan!
At 44:22, Don't you think, The hand should be a mandatory bluff on the river?
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