Very good video, look forward to the next one. I like your review videos so I'm fine if you keep doing more of that, if you do a theory video then ICM sounds good.
+1 to ICM.
In the Sam Grafton episode of your run you sounded very knowedgable and had things to say that made me view things in a new way. I'm sure you can produce some nice topics to discuss from this series on Ceratops and the last.
I know Sauce did it. But not all of us can see it. :)
great stuff...
and: your voice and the acoustic are just really comfortable to listen to...
for example in nick rampones Videos its harder to follow him because hes not so easy to understand...
you could give him an advice of how to record perfectly :-D
Thanks for all the nice comments guys! Especially the fact that I'm easy to listen to and understand. Since English isn't my first language I try hard to improve this aspect of my video making.
I have some plans for an ICM video with some good stuff to show you guys, and it sounds like that is a popular plan :D
In the AJ Hand at around 35:00: I find this pretty interesting one. The villain is second in chips and you are in a pretty good chiplead. It is a very bad spot for him to call you down light because of ICM. I Think this would be a very good spot to keep on barreling with any draw. I Think his continuing range on the turn for this sizing is trips, possibly some flop slowplays(which seems somewhat unlikely cause it's a very wet board)
If the seats were turned around, what hands would you just call pre, call flop and call turn with in his shoes?
Would you use the same sizing here with an overpair?
Good video, Keep up the good work my nordic brother!
So I think, as in any hand, there are two ways to look at this. In a vacuum I think we are better off betting smaller with this hand in this situation. Like you are saying, when we start threatening his stack it becomes very bad for him to hero down. From a balance/GTO perspective, we need to pick the same sizing with our betting range (or pick a few sizing and balance these properly). I am in the camp of trying to maximize your EV in each situation rather than trying to find a strategy he can't effectively counter. If villain folds everything but trips+ or combodraws to a 2/3rds bet, but calls hands like QT/T9 to a halfpot bet then ofc the optimal strategy is to bet 2/3rds with draws and halfpot with strong value like this.
Now this strategy can become very transparent and in a cashgame where players play many thousand hands against each other it is probably not a good idea. It is hard for villain to guess what I'm doing, so at any given FT against one I haven't played much with, I think it is completely fine.
I think though that if you want to play GTO ranges you should pick a large sizing like this (maybe even bigger), because we are going to have a pretty narrow valuerange yet lots of potential bluffs. with this in mind our range overall benefits from making him fold a lot and putting pressure on him icm-wise becomes a good idea.
I know I didn't answer exactly what you were asking about but rather gave some of my general thoughts around the spot
I love the idea of an ICM theory video. What would be really great is if you show us how to actually practice on getting our ranges and odds all memorized and understood (maybe through that excel spreadsheet). Like you could teach us stuff for 40 minutes or an hour, or you could teach us how to teach ourselves.
I get sort of confused when I just play around in that spreadsheet. There always seems to be so many different numbers to play around with. The "Bubble Factor" number for example I really don't have a clue what to set it to.
One of the most common things I used to notice in ft was the blinds usually seemed to have big hands more often then other sites. U notice this also? From the video it seems like it stil that way.
Another good vid.
ICMaments would prob be interesting. One situation that isn't often discussed with much rigour is pre-bubble (at least IME). Final table situations are calculated fairly easily by software and i think ICMizer goes up to 60 players, but larger tournaments are not covered by the usual software.
It's often said that one should usually be going for first and that ICM only applies when there are 1 or 2 tables left, but i've never seen a good justification for this. Maybe you could discuss that a little.
Espen as an idea for the next one, you can talk about how to approach off the table work, most important things besides technical training in your opinion, and how you maneuvered trough that downswing that you tackled in your BR management video.
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Always enjoy your videos man -- excellent stuff.
I'd be interested in seeing the ICM theory video you are thinking about!
Very good video, look forward to the next one. I like your review videos so I'm fine if you keep doing more of that, if you do a theory video then ICM sounds good.
good video man would definitely like to see an ICM one!
+1 to ICM.
In the Sam Grafton episode of your run you sounded very knowedgable and had things to say that made me view things in a new way. I'm sure you can produce some nice topics to discuss from this series on Ceratops and the last.
I know Sauce did it. But not all of us can see it. :)
great stuff...
and: your voice and the acoustic are just really comfortable to listen to...
for example in nick rampones Videos its harder to follow him because hes not so easy to understand...
you could give him an advice of how to record perfectly :-D
lg mansislav from austria
Thanks for all the nice comments guys! Especially the fact that I'm easy to listen to and understand. Since English isn't my first language I try hard to improve this aspect of my video making.
I have some plans for an ICM video with some good stuff to show you guys, and it sounds like that is a popular plan :D
In the AJ Hand at around 35:00: I find this pretty interesting one. The villain is second in chips and you are in a pretty good chiplead. It is a very bad spot for him to call you down light because of ICM. I Think this would be a very good spot to keep on barreling with any draw. I Think his continuing range on the turn for this sizing is trips, possibly some flop slowplays(which seems somewhat unlikely cause it's a very wet board)
If the seats were turned around, what hands would you just call pre, call flop and call turn with in his shoes?
Would you use the same sizing here with an overpair?
Good video, Keep up the good work my nordic brother!
So I think, as in any hand, there are two ways to look at this. In a vacuum I think we are better off betting smaller with this hand in this situation. Like you are saying, when we start threatening his stack it becomes very bad for him to hero down. From a balance/GTO perspective, we need to pick the same sizing with our betting range (or pick a few sizing and balance these properly). I am in the camp of trying to maximize your EV in each situation rather than trying to find a strategy he can't effectively counter. If villain folds everything but trips+ or combodraws to a 2/3rds bet, but calls hands like QT/T9 to a halfpot bet then ofc the optimal strategy is to bet 2/3rds with draws and halfpot with strong value like this.
Now this strategy can become very transparent and in a cashgame where players play many thousand hands against each other it is probably not a good idea. It is hard for villain to guess what I'm doing, so at any given FT against one I haven't played much with, I think it is completely fine.
I think though that if you want to play GTO ranges you should pick a large sizing like this (maybe even bigger), because we are going to have a pretty narrow valuerange yet lots of potential bluffs. with this in mind our range overall benefits from making him fold a lot and putting pressure on him icm-wise becomes a good idea.
I know I didn't answer exactly what you were asking about but rather gave some of my general thoughts around the spot
Nice video, if you have more ftp footage mid-high stakes, it's welcome.
I love the idea of an ICM theory video. What would be really great is if you show us how to actually practice on getting our ranges and odds all memorized and understood (maybe through that excel spreadsheet). Like you could teach us stuff for 40 minutes or an hour, or you could teach us how to teach ourselves.
I get sort of confused when I just play around in that spreadsheet. There always seems to be so many different numbers to play around with. The "Bubble Factor" number for example I really don't have a clue what to set it to.
Anyway, love your videos.
One of the most common things I used to notice in ft was the blinds usually seemed to have big hands more often then other sites. U notice this also? From the video it seems like it stil that way.
lol
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Another good vid.
ICMaments would prob be interesting. One situation that isn't often discussed with much rigour is pre-bubble (at least IME). Final table situations are calculated fairly easily by software and i think ICMizer goes up to 60 players, but larger tournaments are not covered by the usual software.
It's often said that one should usually be going for first and that ICM only applies when there are 1 or 2 tables left, but i've never seen a good justification for this. Maybe you could discuss that a little.
Espen I have to say you make really good videos. Enjoyed playing with you -Carlos
Thanks Carlos! :D
Espen as an idea for the next one, you can talk about how to approach off the table work, most important things besides technical training in your opinion, and how you maneuvered trough that downswing that you tackled in your BR management video.
Thanks for the suggestions :)
I'd love to see that ICM video! :)
It´s good that you are humble and afterwards prefer and explain why other line, ex AA in bb, and sizing with AJ trips on flop, could be better.
Espen, at 29:34. Whats the best range for the villain to shove us? And whats your calling range? Are you openning wild here?
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