18:50 BTN vs BB SRP IP PFR.
Big Blind took a XMR-B75 line. On most rivers would you consider folding to a jam or do you think they still are over playing K9/Q9 hands? Do you think our range is protected enough by over pairs, where we can just pure fold 9x and worse hands vs the XR-B-B line?
Also in theory I assume the 9x blocker is nice to have to block some 2 pair or set type hands. Against merged players though, should we just unblock 9x to allow them to have more 2 pair in their range? I am not sure in theory but maybe A9 > TT in theory? But in practice TT > A9 vs a merged player? Make sense?
I think you're thought process vs recs who merge too much is good. I am calling turn to fold river to a pot sized jam, but call vs something 30-60% pot as then there is enough mergey 9x etc I can beat.
Usually I would defend like AJ+ KQ+ 9XS+ AXs+ 54s+ 53s+ for MW pots. The 1 gap SCs are -EV to defend from the BB MW? At least if its 2 regs? If one of them was a rec but it was a 3x open would you defend?
haha yeh I was 90% sure I won the jackpot just because of how tight their ranges are preflop, and they're never betting turn with QQ or any KQ/KJ stuff if they have it.
Congrats on hitting the jackpot! Funny that you knew exactly what the player had. I lost with AAATT yesterday and was sat there trying to remember whether the minimum hand was AAATT or AAAJJ. Also was trying to work out whether other criteria were met - both players using both hole cards etc. Nothing appearing on screen. Then bang, $5700 in my account. I got slowrolled by the GG server lag which caused the animation to be delayed! Certainly added to the suspense, would recommend! Do you have any idea how often a typical reg will hit these jackpots? They are of course extremely rare but do in fact account for a huge amount in terms of "rakeback".
41:30 I like your thought process of shoving JJ to deny equity to AQ/KQ type hands. Then calling with QQ to dominate some AJ type hands post flop. Would you just flat all AA-QQ under the same logic?
On wizard I saw AA calling 23%, KK 0%, QQ 42%, & JJ 58%. Why does KK never slow play compared to QQ/JJ? Because now KK can get a lot of value from AQ/AJ postflop right? Would think it would slow play some of the time. Wizard screen shot
KK is a clear value shove as gets called by QQ/JJ/AK, and doesnt mind denying equity vs Ax. QQ/JJ become close as there's less hands they dominate from a calling range, and therefore have higher EV playing as bluffcatchers postflop and keep in opponents AJ/KJ/A5 etc.
In tighter positions eg SB/BB v MP/EP then KK becomes more of a call as in those positions villain is extremely polarised and isn't liberally stacking off with QQ/JJ/AK as they almost always flat preflop. So plays better as a bluffcatcher, as the calling range vs 5B shove is heavily towards AA.
Does AA slow play more vs LJ because LJ is more polarized? Then vs Late position Co is more linear so we gain more postflop by keeping their bluffs in?
AA is often flatted vs 4Bs at 100bb as requires little protection and benefits from keeping bluffs in. If opponent has JJ+ then it goes in most of the time anyway postflop with low SPR.
All of this is minor details and small differences. Learning it is handy as a base, but the most important thing imo is who the opponent / player pool is. If you're vs a nit then position becomes irrelevant - there's more value to shoving pre with AA as they just have JJ+ all the time. And similarly if vs a nit we don't really want to ever be shoving JJ.
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17:20 This is a nasty spot considering the SPR. Doesn't feel like there are any good decisions vs click back raise.
18:50 BTN vs BB SRP IP PFR.
Big Blind took a XMR-B75 line. On most rivers would you consider folding to a jam or do you think they still are over playing K9/Q9 hands? Do you think our range is protected enough by over pairs, where we can just pure fold 9x and worse hands vs the XR-B-B line?
Also in theory I assume the 9x blocker is nice to have to block some 2 pair or set type hands. Against merged players though, should we just unblock 9x to allow them to have more 2 pair in their range? I am not sure in theory but maybe A9 > TT in theory? But in practice TT > A9 vs a merged player? Make sense?
I think you're thought process vs recs who merge too much is good. I am calling turn to fold river to a pot sized jam, but call vs something 30-60% pot as then there is enough mergey 9x etc I can beat.
19:45 BB defense
Usually I would defend like AJ+ KQ+ 9XS+ AXs+ 54s+ 53s+ for MW pots. The 1 gap SCs are -EV to defend from the BB MW? At least if its 2 regs? If one of them was a rec but it was a 3x open would you defend?
Yeh this is borderline and probably a fold vs 2.5x, and call vs 2.2x. If there is a rec involved then 100% call.
34:30 really love the excitement even before seeing opponents hand and just understanding the ranges on what is about to happen.
haha yeh I was 90% sure I won the jackpot just because of how tight their ranges are preflop, and they're never betting turn with QQ or any KQ/KJ stuff if they have it.
Congrats on hitting the jackpot! Funny that you knew exactly what the player had. I lost with AAATT yesterday and was sat there trying to remember whether the minimum hand was AAATT or AAAJJ. Also was trying to work out whether other criteria were met - both players using both hole cards etc. Nothing appearing on screen. Then bang, $5700 in my account. I got slowrolled by the GG server lag which caused the animation to be delayed! Certainly added to the suspense, would recommend! Do you have any idea how often a typical reg will hit these jackpots? They are of course extremely rare but do in fact account for a huge amount in terms of "rakeback".
Congratz Gary!
Was insane catching yet another one in your LIVE play vid! Reminds me of capturing a 9 darter on TV, maybe even MORE special ;)
41:30 I like your thought process of shoving JJ to deny equity to AQ/KQ type hands. Then calling with QQ to dominate some AJ type hands post flop. Would you just flat all AA-QQ under the same logic?
On wizard I saw AA calling 23%, KK 0%, QQ 42%, & JJ 58%. Why does KK never slow play compared to QQ/JJ? Because now KK can get a lot of value from AQ/AJ postflop right? Would think it would slow play some of the time. Wizard screen shot
KK is a clear value shove as gets called by QQ/JJ/AK, and doesnt mind denying equity vs Ax. QQ/JJ become close as there's less hands they dominate from a calling range, and therefore have higher EV playing as bluffcatchers postflop and keep in opponents AJ/KJ/A5 etc.
In tighter positions eg SB/BB v MP/EP then KK becomes more of a call as in those positions villain is extremely polarised and isn't liberally stacking off with QQ/JJ/AK as they almost always flat preflop. So plays better as a bluffcatcher, as the calling range vs 5B shove is heavily towards AA.
Gary Chappell
Does AA slow play more vs LJ because LJ is more polarized? Then vs Late position Co is more linear so we gain more postflop by keeping their bluffs in?
SB vs LJ (left) & SB vs CO (right)
AA is often flatted vs 4Bs at 100bb as requires little protection and benefits from keeping bluffs in. If opponent has JJ+ then it goes in most of the time anyway postflop with low SPR.
All of this is minor details and small differences. Learning it is handy as a base, but the most important thing imo is who the opponent / player pool is. If you're vs a nit then position becomes irrelevant - there's more value to shoving pre with AA as they just have JJ+ all the time. And similarly if vs a nit we don't really want to ever be shoving JJ.
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