There was a lot of limping in this video. Do you find it profitable to limp behind a lot, or should we look to iso raise more?
2:00 table 3 jj64, I feel like barreling the gutter, pair blocker and straight blocker would be better. If we check and fold we give up the eq that we do have rather than weaponizing that eq with a barrel. If you did barrel would you also fire a blank river?
12:40 table 4 aqj6 is the 6 enough of a blocker to triple barrel bluff?
21:35 table 3 t842 would a flop lead be ok as well?
30:15 table 4 akj8 don't we block too many draws and too much of opponents fold range to bluff this?
33:20 table 4 a987 you fold flop to a half pot bet. Do you read any weakness into that sizing? Should he be more polar here?
Do you need a redraw to call there with top and bottom 2 pair?
With regard to limping I have no fixed strategy. Factors to consider would be- position, strength of hand and suits and limpers ahead of me. If I have a hand that flop really well multi way- AJT8ds, I would always squeeze; hands like A345 Ahs, AKK7r I would consider limping behind on the button. I would not give a lot of importance to open limping but I'd do it only when there were limpers ahead of me.
2:00 I see what you're say and I can be convinced this is the play. The reason I gave up was I've seen solver continues with some barrels and lose steam with some. If I were playing UTG, I'd consider this a better barrel than against BTN as the latter has more 89T, 33+ hands here.
Hands like A358/A655, 5568 with relevant diamond(s) would have made for better barrels- and since I will have those in my defending range BTN vs BB- I would elect to bluff with those and give up hands similar to mine, especially with some SDV.
I would not fire a blank river as I may have won vs missed 89Tx.
12:40- I'd like to see what the run out is but in general, if you're repping a straight, you'd be better off not having pairs, especially flopped high pairs so that villain can now fold his flopped 2p/sets. Those hands also make for good checks as you don't really want to bluff with top pair a whole lot.
21:35- it would be fine and preferred the more BDFDs you have. I didn't bet as there were too many bad straightening turns to hit. QJT8 is a substantially better flop lead out- even T89x is superior for leading out as you get more folds and can consider calling down river with, if a straight comes in OTT and it goes check check.
30:15- very true. This is not a bluff from OOP, this is a clear give up. OOP needs to at least unblock spades to bluff here and blocking all draws makes this a bad candidate. A hand like J985!ss is a good hand to pot bluff river with.
33:20- I would have been fine ripping this in preflop. When I don't, I would elect to stick with my read and fold. The way I see it, he has hands like AKK, AKxx, KKxx and QJT:cc, AQJ:cc, QQJT:cc and of course AAxx. Basically, hands that either have us dead or have a lot of equity. We also have to worry about BTN ripping over us and we're going to clearly have to fold then.
The only redraw I can have there is bad clubs and with that hand I'd jam as there's no clarity on future runouts. Without that equity, I'm folding a hand that does poorly overall.
Yes, the idea is that without much board interaction, we check some open enders and bet some.
AK has more showdown value than the hand we had and aside from the open ender has little going for it. Additionally, as the IP player, the turned A or K in a check back scenario will have more value for us compared to a line where we bet flop.
56T9 is almost certainly not the best hand right now and has more value in a spot where it bets and makes an even bigger draw on a J or 7- where it hits the nuts and is now free rolling 56.
Hope that clears things up.
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Excellent video!
There was a lot of limping in this video. Do you find it profitable to limp behind a lot, or should we look to iso raise more?
2:00 table 3 jj64, I feel like barreling the gutter, pair blocker and straight blocker would be better. If we check and fold we give up the eq that we do have rather than weaponizing that eq with a barrel. If you did barrel would you also fire a blank river?
12:40 table 4 aqj6 is the 6 enough of a blocker to triple barrel bluff?
21:35 table 3 t842 would a flop lead be ok as well?
30:15 table 4 akj8 don't we block too many draws and too much of opponents fold range to bluff this?
33:20 table 4 a987 you fold flop to a half pot bet. Do you read any weakness into that sizing? Should he be more polar here?
Do you need a redraw to call there with top and bottom 2 pair?
Thanks!
Hi SoundSpeed, thanks!
With regard to limping I have no fixed strategy. Factors to consider would be- position, strength of hand and suits and limpers ahead of me. If I have a hand that flop really well multi way- AJT8ds, I would always squeeze; hands like A345 Ahs, AKK7r I would consider limping behind on the button. I would not give a lot of importance to open limping but I'd do it only when there were limpers ahead of me.
2:00 I see what you're say and I can be convinced this is the play. The reason I gave up was I've seen solver continues with some barrels and lose steam with some. If I were playing UTG, I'd consider this a better barrel than against BTN as the latter has more 89T, 33+ hands here.
Hands like A358/A655, 5568 with relevant diamond(s) would have made for better barrels- and since I will have those in my defending range BTN vs BB- I would elect to bluff with those and give up hands similar to mine, especially with some SDV.
I would not fire a blank river as I may have won vs missed 89Tx.
12:40- I'd like to see what the run out is but in general, if you're repping a straight, you'd be better off not having pairs, especially flopped high pairs so that villain can now fold his flopped 2p/sets. Those hands also make for good checks as you don't really want to bluff with top pair a whole lot.
21:35- it would be fine and preferred the more BDFDs you have. I didn't bet as there were too many bad straightening turns to hit. QJT8 is a substantially better flop lead out- even T89x is superior for leading out as you get more folds and can consider calling down river with, if a straight comes in OTT and it goes check check.
30:15- very true. This is not a bluff from OOP, this is a clear give up. OOP needs to at least unblock spades to bluff here and blocking all draws makes this a bad candidate. A hand like J985!ss is a good hand to pot bluff river with.
33:20- I would have been fine ripping this in preflop. When I don't, I would elect to stick with my read and fold. The way I see it, he has hands like AKK, AKxx, KKxx and QJT:cc, AQJ:cc, QQJT:cc and of course AAxx. Basically, hands that either have us dead or have a lot of equity. We also have to worry about BTN ripping over us and we're going to clearly have to fold then.
The only redraw I can have there is bad clubs and with that hand I'd jam as there's no clarity on future runouts. Without that equity, I'm folding a hand that does poorly overall.
17:25 You mentioned that with K65 you would think about checking, the reason is that with K it unlocks less of the villain's folding range?
Hi alexrod99 .
Yes, the idea is that without much board interaction, we check some open enders and bet some.
AK has more showdown value than the hand we had and aside from the open ender has little going for it. Additionally, as the IP player, the turned A or K in a check back scenario will have more value for us compared to a line where we bet flop.
56T9 is almost certainly not the best hand right now and has more value in a spot where it bets and makes an even bigger draw on a J or 7- where it hits the nuts and is now free rolling 56.
Hope that clears things up.
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