Thank you!

Much appreciated! Looking forward to your guys feedback

Thanks! I am working on the next one now which will be the same format, so more to come...

Thank you sir! I watched some of your ignition content recently actually, very good content

Thanks, I will be putting some more out in this type of format.

The zoomed in table is actually me just flicking between tables as I discuss, but glad I got some positive feedback on it because it is always a tradeoff between missing the other action. But i know some people like to watch on their phone and this can help a lot IMO

19:50: I guess it depends on what cbet size you use, if you for some reason potted it at that point as played you are likely going to have to stack off as you probably have ~35-40% equity against range here if you give OOP a wide enough x/r range with good portion of draws. But to stack off at SPR 4.5 you need closer to 50%. So betting with intention to stack off here would be a pretty big punt imo as you never have 50% against stack off range.

31:00: It’s definitely a good distinction and you want to be very careful about which hands you lead between SB and BB because the ranges are so different. Always think about the interaction of the ranges in play and the board, and whether there is an asymmetry in the equity distributions. So for example SB cold calling range is very condensed to high card rundowns and big pairs, whereas BTN range is wide across the board. So on broadway boards this is going to give SB more equity and more polarity and so means that you are able to lead more. Conversely in the BB the calling range is wider than the BTN and can have more connection to lower cards given the “trashy” nature of some of the hands you have to defend given the price. This means that you will develop that equity/polarity edge on lower straight type boards that you hit harder. This asymmetry increases the tighter the ranges are and in turn increases the skew on these different board textures. So if you then looked at EP vs. BB on a low straight board the BB lead frequency would be even larger because EP is going to be so weighted towards the high card rundowns and big pairs in a tight 18% RFI range (compared to BTN 50% range) and will see some boards have almost 50% lead frequency from the BB. My first in the lab theory video will likely be on leading so look out for that.

42:25: This is where rake plays a big portion in preflop decisions. At low stakes this hand would be a lot closer, and would be clear fold against EP. But the rake is so much lower at high stakes that your cold call frequency on the BTN vs. CO doubles from 10% to 20%. The other interesting point is that we have a 30BB stack behind us. This hand would be a clear fold if we were all 30BB deep and was likely why instinctively I considered folding, but if you think about 3 out of 4 players being 100BB deep then I use rough math to play a ~75BB strategy, and this hand is probably right on the edge of folding/calling/3betting at that stack depth. Personally I take more of the fringe hands, and slightly “losing” hands add them to my range because I feel like I can more than make up for it with post flop edge especially IP.

Hey - I dont really get that sense but I also play at odd (US) hours so often playing short handed or HU. I would be shocked if that wasnt going on to be honest, but I tend to go through thousands of hands a month that i VPIP with all opponent hole cards shown to keep a pulse on player pool and haven't ever really seen anything that felt off in terms of collusion. And regarding bots its impossible to tell really because of annonymous nature, and if i see some weird crazy solver line in a replayer i cant see if that player made similar moves given i only know his ID for an hour or two. But as long as they dont take away too much of my winrate I just kind of accept it. I will be going through a big hand review process next week so will let you know if i see anything strange.

Thanks, appreciate it! No this is Jurojin table manager. It’s kind of needed on ignition bc otherwise you can’t even auto top up. But they have these features too which are nice

Thanks! So maybe my wording in the video was unclear but i think i said something like i dont have a limping range, which would be correct, at HU 30bb. what i meant was that a limping range would be correct to have, but i dont have one. The reason for me is that i dont want to develop one at the moment as i just enjoy playing HU deeper so wont play people at 30bb (bc they would crush me if they are studied in that strategy). So to combat that and keep the SPR / ranges a little closer to what im used to i just min raise, which is not an ideal strategy but would assume better than pot opening. but somone may prove me wrong on that. but anyway i only use it for the rare occasion when a table breaks or starts and i play a few hands 30bb deep.

So this is just a strange spot in general since we are so deep and playing such a wild player. For me i think the raise can just make this hand a little easier to play on rivers, while potentially pushing some value against pair + draw hands that continue. So sort of a semi-bluff / indifference prevention on river play. Since we get checked to on a lot of rivers and just get to showdown given we are so deep (so he cannot raise as lightly OOP) and have a nut straight and club blocker blocking some of his 3bet range. But i think standard is just to call against most players.
Given my thoughts before the hand about his flop leading range i think you can raise any top2 with a blocker + backup here for actual value, like with any flush draw or gutshot, but after seeing him not lead KQ have to be a little careful. And against more in line players you need to be extremely careful since they have way more strong hands if they are checking range on this board from SB. So then would want to bump it up to the 2P + very best backup, but mainly raise sets + back up for hands outside the straight (all with blocker)

Going to just address this with NFD. So i think it depends on the SPR that we are talking about. It is likely going to have a more significant impact here given we are deeper. I would likely think about it in terms of do i have a made hand / SDV if so i am likely to raise less with 3 diamonds. We need the fold equity less, and the fact we are less likely to make our nutted hand is not as important. we also isolate ourselve against stronger made hands more when we block draws we dominate. I would likely raise more with 3 diamond combos when i have no SDV etc.

At SPR 3.5 or so in regular 3BP i would say it likley makes less difference given the stack off ranges and its not like you are going to "cooler" weaker draws at low SPR bc they are just stacking off anyway

Thank you, appreciate it!