I think most live players tend to push too much equity (betting strong hands/draws) when they barrel, compared to online where checking ranges are more balanced. The main adjustment is to fold more often already on the turn hands which struggle to improve on board textures which don't have tons of natural bluffs. River play depends a lot on players' tendencies after you already ranged your opponent on the turn.
Great video. Facing triple barrels is something I struggle with.
14:32 you talked about qj or qt being better shoves than kq as it has extra eq. I have seen solvers do these shoves but they don't make sense to me. Are they bluff shoves? Seems better as a bluff catcher with the straight blocker.
35:25 similar to above where you say we can raise j6 on the turn to punish qj kj barrels. Are we mostly following through on rivers and turning our top pr into a bluff?
20:35 and 24:25 you said both turn bets from opponent are too small. Should he completely polarize and use overbets?
Besides opponent tendencies it seems like blockers play the next biggest role in whether to call down or not. Would that be correct?
1) Top pairs + straight blocker as a raise sometimes fold out better hands, get called by worse hands and in general they have more equity against the continuing range, as they're basically never drawing dead (unless villain has exactly the straight, which you block). It's not a pure bluff and it's an interesting exploit in single raise pots against villains that like to bet too many weak top pair hands.
2) Betting on those 3broadway straight boards IP, I don't like overbets, as there's simmetry in terms of straights, I think close to pot or pot is ok as a betsize, b66% doesn't make the OOP player very uncomfortable with a significant portion of their range. Anyway, it doesn't mean it's a wrong strategy.
3) Yes, you want to block their value betting range and unblock their bluffing range in general. Sometimes it's not possible, so you want to focus on just unblocking the main bluffs. Sometimes it's hard to find "natural bluffs", so also be aware of that when bluffcatching: if you can find these combos it doesn't mean your opponents will.
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Do you have general rules of thumb or heuristics for this spot to share with us, especially for players who play a lot of cash games in casinos?
I think most live players tend to push too much equity (betting strong hands/draws) when they barrel, compared to online where checking ranges are more balanced. The main adjustment is to fold more often already on the turn hands which struggle to improve on board textures which don't have tons of natural bluffs. River play depends a lot on players' tendencies after you already ranged your opponent on the turn.
Great video. Facing triple barrels is something I struggle with.
14:32 you talked about qj or qt being better shoves than kq as it has extra eq. I have seen solvers do these shoves but they don't make sense to me. Are they bluff shoves? Seems better as a bluff catcher with the straight blocker.
35:25 similar to above where you say we can raise j6 on the turn to punish qj kj barrels. Are we mostly following through on rivers and turning our top pr into a bluff?
20:35 and 24:25 you said both turn bets from opponent are too small. Should he completely polarize and use overbets?
Besides opponent tendencies it seems like blockers play the next biggest role in whether to call down or not. Would that be correct?
Thanks!
1) Top pairs + straight blocker as a raise sometimes fold out better hands, get called by worse hands and in general they have more equity against the continuing range, as they're basically never drawing dead (unless villain has exactly the straight, which you block). It's not a pure bluff and it's an interesting exploit in single raise pots against villains that like to bet too many weak top pair hands.
2) Betting on those 3broadway straight boards IP, I don't like overbets, as there's simmetry in terms of straights, I think close to pot or pot is ok as a betsize, b66% doesn't make the OOP player very uncomfortable with a significant portion of their range. Anyway, it doesn't mean it's a wrong strategy.
3) Yes, you want to block their value betting range and unblock their bluffing range in general. Sometimes it's not possible, so you want to focus on just unblocking the main bluffs. Sometimes it's hard to find "natural bluffs", so also be aware of that when bluffcatching: if you can find these combos it doesn't mean your opponents will.
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