4 step guide to crushing low stakes. Showing the game plan before the session is something more people should be doing. Write down your session goals and execute!

The one thing I would change is just to split your sizes on the flop. Because the pool is going to under XR you can size however you want on the flop. Typically B30 would be weaker hands and weaker draws. B70 stronger hands and stronger draws. Then you can put some stronger hands into the small size that needs less protection like sets, straights, & flushes. Then some stronger draws that are typically negative EV to go BBB with like a combo draw or some type of flush draw I would like to use a lot of over bets on the turn. Just playing in a really face up manner.

As your notes say their range will be stronger than it should be on later streets, so I would want to front load a lot of aggression on the flop and turn with value.

28:27 Being deeper stack I'm shocked you just fold 99 vs 2.5x HJ vs LJ. Even if villain's stats are tighter I think we have to see a flop. Pool is not squeezing that aggressively. Usually around 6-8% for most players. I think we want to vpip most pp and despite the high rake just have a flatting range because they will make so many mistakes postflop.

29:25 Why are we folding K6s here? Donk 1bb 3 ways. Fold to a raise with a pair + BDFD?

36 min from opponents perspective if we expect IP to not cbet 864r very often and mostly only cbet if there is a high card on the flop, then I think exploitative OOP wants to lead all their sets and start building a pot or their pair + SD hands. Do you concur?

37 min When we are attacking OOP capped range against a X-X line on this 864-X board. Where if they bet all their 2 pair+ on the turn themselves, we just get to range bet the turn in a X-B line. Would you advocate doing this OOP SRP as the PFR as well? After the flop goes XX, where we are checking 70-75% of our range on most flops already, can we take a X-B-B line OOP as an exploit as well or do we have to be more careful OOP?

Here I locked IP to bet all their top pair+ on the flop 100% of the time, essentially capping their range. Using the custom Ai solver was using around 250% pot as its only size at first. I changed it to 3 sizes 33/66/125 and it still liked using 125% about 1/2 the time. I changed it to a simplified strategy of B50, to see how wide it would go and its still only betting about half the time. Mainly the AK-A9 we want to check blocking opponents Ax check backs on the flop. Then we get to bet everything else at some frequency.

Really enjoyed this exploit video. I think you can take it further and up the aggression a lot more. I would look for spots where I'm not polarizing to quads, but increasing my betting frequency. BXB, XBB, or BBX as the 3 main lines. I would bluff way less in a BBB lines as they already over fold flop and turn quite a bit, so BBB line should be very value heavy unless a scare card comes.

Callum,
I agree with you about the live environment. Even in high stakes games, you don't see opponents lead as much as they are "supposed to" at equilibrium (as just one example). You also see the IP pre-flop raiser bet too aggressively without considering that OOP is range checking, and this can be attacked as well. Lots of exploits to be had in the live arena.

Thanks Callum

Callum,
Loved the format and topic of this video. Great job.

Thank again Callum

Great video.

26:16 table 2 87 the bb has likely capped everyone's range and his half pot lead may be exploititive. I know in live play i have seen this a fair bit. If the other two opponents fold and with the sb being capped, I have had some success with a raise in similar spots. What do you think?

31:18 aj are you mixing 3bet and fold?

Thanks!

Hey Callum, very well done exploit video, I find it very structured & educational! Mind doing a part II? Definitely enjoy you picking up weaker players tendencies and go full-blown hard exploit.

07:10 table 2

What's the difference here with the small bet vs XR especially with no read, obviously like you said it's difficult to make mistake with this hand, but let's say if you have hands like AK/AJ, which route would you go?

08:50 table 2

What sizing would you use exploitatively if turn is a high card? (A-J)

11:58 Table 1

Very well played hand and unlucky river :P

What are your thought processes with this tiny delayed sizing - do you think his range is overly too weak without probing so that you wanna keep his range wider?

14:04 Table 2

you call with 99 here while sqz 76s a few hands ago (although 76s is from SB), is it because both players seem reg-ish with the pp badge from their pfp? :D

14:50 Table 1

1) You said exploitatively you wanted to 3bet more aggressively as people are under-3b. However my overall impression for lower stake/weaker player is that they are over-calling preflop, which makes our trash part of the 3bet range lower EV, curious on your take on this preflop wise.

2) You mentioned villain's folding range vs b40 is probably the same vs b75. Which part of the range do you think villain would overfold?

In a standard sim IP is folding 1/4 of Qx/BW gutshot vs b75, I do expect people to call all of these range vs b40.

17:35 table 2

Nice hand!

you said that the big tank call makes you want to thin value bet river. Just curious if villain goes for a call with normal timing, would you just xback river?

21:15

Nice catch of timing tell! Curious on the river sizing, throughout the whole hand you are basically tailoring a sizing where 66 type of hand would call. Do you think OTR b40/b66 will make a difference in rec's eyes? Thanks!

22:40

"Weaker players would love to put you on draws when there're many draws missed"

In this case, since you mentioned we give up one of the best bluffing combos, are you just pure giving up river with every bluff OTR vs weaker players exploitatively?

so even when this is a very good combo to bluff, we still give up?

28:09

You said it's a very nice stabbing opportunity as OOP's range is under protected which I agree a lot.

What makes you end up checking back in game? I feel A2s is a really nice combo both theory/practice wise here (1 over to Q/worst Ax SDV wise/easy fold vs XR)

29:07

I'm curious on the K6s hand, you said you don't think you are going to get raised nearly enough at these stakes.

However, do you think min-bet sometimes will trigger (especially recs) to randomly bluff you w air? Actually the 4-bet pot earlier (24:47) is a good example imo where villain is clearly up to some shenanigans when seeing b15 sizing OTF. Just curious your take on the tiny bet inducing on raising. Thanks!