great video!
we actually joked with friends about your propensity to punish capped ranges, which made the first hand that much more enjoyable to watch:)
That said, I am missing something on the river, Im not totally convinced that the hands you named are better calls than 88 (esp since 88, unlike 99, blocks 85 as well). To simplify:
you think that his call is bad, because we check the turn with sets a lot more often than we are going to check the turn with straights, so blocking 77/44 is more valuable than blocking 89/85. Correct? That would make sense, but just sheer amount of straights we have ott+the fact that we will bet sets sometimes makes this argument kind of dubious.
That still does not explain why did you mention T9/T8 as a better call than 88. I fail to figure out why.

Thank you:)

Excellent video Francesco! You consistently put out some of the best NL content on RIO, and this video was no exception. I was a big fan of this format because most of your videos are theoretical, so it was great to mix it up with some more practical applications of theory/exploitative play to specific hands.

1st hand. You said that don't like his sizing on the flop(BTN). Well his value-range is quite narrow and CO might be checking range, why it is good to size bigger vs 2 uncapped ranges?? For my limited multiway knowledge betting small is what we mostly doing in multiway spots

1) He might notice that you flop x/R is too wide and you aren't raising weaker than AT for value (have uncapped CO), I'll put some T9hh, 76hh cause they are good
2) Now turn, very high EV card for you, surprised you checking it. You have far more
98,53,85( 2 last he never has, first is like 4 combo). It is a bit weird situation
3) River you exactly representing 6x+; which is of course nothing wrong. He picks decent bluffcatcher and calls you. It is not like you don't have bluffs

41-11 minute, you said Ace is bad for OOP, but EV is quite neutral compare to other cards ( higher EV than 2s, higher than Broadways), so it is can't be bad card.

Regarding the first hand, it's a scenario where I have some slowplays on the turn and on the river I'm not only representing 6x for value (if you're never checking sets/2ps/straight on that turn you're making a huge strategic mistake). It's a situation in which most players in the IP shoes are going to be capped at AT, therefore herocalling straight blocker is going to lose a ton. Exploitatively I'm allowed to jam AT+ for value against the 95% of the regulars, as they won't balance strong check behinds on that turn. Also b/call flop with that hand is fairly bad.

Nice video, keep 'em coming!

First hand, in the video you say you will be shoving trips+ for value and in the end you point out that IF villain makes such a terrible call we can even get away with a "nasty and disrespectful" jam with AT.
Now you are saying that you know you can shove AT for value against 95% of regs and that's what makes 88 the weakest of calls.
I'm utterly confused, what's what?

Jeff_ It's an extremely dynamic board and IP is not capped (I expect most players not to have a 3betting range there, so they can jam sets/straights on the turn). It's important to have some strong hands, as you need to giveup some bluffs and you cannot play for stacks with AT. Also trapping prevents your opponents to stab too wide against a turn check and allows you to have overbetting opportunities against capped ranges on the river.

Using PIO to explore how exploits actually work via nodlocking is much better then either just talking about a hand like it is 2010 or just going thru PIO screen shots shots like it is 2016. So good job!

Great video, Francesco Lacriola - I'm with simrud on this one. That node-locking at the end of the video was very informative and I encourage you to do more node-locking in future videos! Thanks, Francesco!