Mid-Stages Tourney Review (part 1)
Posted by Akira Ohyama
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Great Video so far Akira - Please get the next one out quickly :)
Gonna start battling back against mid-pos opens from my buttons from now on. You're right on about it. Possibly was being exploited without realizing it. Feel like my play is still too nitty and need to adjust. Thank you.
I'm glad you liked the video :) Here's some additional input. It is definitely important to defend your buttons from earlier opens, just keep in mind that it is somewhat important to keep a balanced range. 3betting too little is exploitable as the villain can steal your buttons very wide. 3betting too much will allow the villain to 4b profitably with too wide of a range. It is also important to flat all of your stronger value ranges that can not call a 4b jam (ex. KQ-QJs, ATs, etc).
That being said, because you are risking so little by 3betting and the villain is risking so much by 4betting, it is fine if your 3b range is weighted towards bluffs. Just keep it moderate :)
You explained everythin very well, I cant really think of any questions.
Only comment i have is I didnt like Q9ss 3bet vs UTG, unesecesary imo.
Thanks Girevoy. I agree the Q9ss is unnecessary, and is marginal at best. At the time, I liked the play since the UTG opener was opening wide, and my BB squeeze should look nutted. The UTG player is squeezed by the MP flatter, so I should be able to fold out hands as strong as 88/AJ.
Hi Akira
Great vid, very thought provoking
Can you explain your flat with q9cc OOP after 3 betting UTG open. Are you only continuing only if you smash the flop ?, do you check raise bluff with complete air hear some % of the time or only with combo/ big draws. For the odds your gettings are you 3 bet folding some and 4 bet bluffing some.
Cheers Mate,
Aron
Hey AronDella, Although the Q9cc spot is actually a terrible spot to be in once getting 4b, I believe the pot odds is a little bit too good fold getting close to 5 to 1. I am definitely planning on calling 1 street if I flop top pair, mid pair on some boards. Draws I will just ship villains cbet otf. Hope this helps.
Like the format with only 2 tables. Makes it much more interesting too discuss hands in deepth, rather than auto pilot eveyrthing.
About 6 minutes in K2s on BTN. Not sure why you think SB would ever shove + 50 bb vs a BTN open. Ofcourse the bb he may shove here wide. But when sb know that, then he may even tighten up more vs your BTN opens. Or he may even try to induce the BB to shove by flatting stronger hands, where you may play a pot in position with deeper stacks.
Hey klondike. Sorry, I don't know why I said villain would shove either. I guess for some reason I thought he was 20bb deep. You are right in that the SB would actually have a really tight play range here as he is squeezed by the short stack BB.
Enjoyed the video, hope the next ones last a bit longer!
Thanks ronswanson. Unfortunately, this video series is going to be on the shorter side (per part) because I felt that the footage was too long for two parts. I will make sure to record longer footage for the next series. Sorry :P
Nice video, about that 77 hand at 24min, why not to just 3bet shove? I mean, it is 20BB and you are talking only about 3b/f and 3b/c. Do you have a 3bet shove range in this spot?
I agree that 3b/f is out of the question. 3b jamming is just a little bit too loose vs an early position open. Flatting is probably the best option if you believe that 77 is ahead of a decent portion of the villains early position open range.
I love the fact that you are so stack size aware, never really seen a video where the coach would talk through them as well as you have
hello, At the end You say that u ch AK on this board 8x5d9d. What u do with AdKx. You still ch or cbet?
The board is too coordinated so I would also be checking AdKx to try to see a free turn card.
9:40 : the 3b with j10 on the btn is fine, but calling of the Small blind gotta be out of the question even though he have some small pairs in his range? I assume ur always folding to his shove, especially since he hasnt been jamming once on you?
I think I mentioned that in the video. I made my 3b sizing small enough so that I can fold to the SB jam.
Hi - Sorry if you've already answered this but the hands w 77 & 66. 77 on the button you say you would flat (and call a shove) or fold but not raise. why? Then with 66 in middle position next hand you say you would r/c the short stack but fold to everyone else's re-shove. Why?
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