Hey Pavlos.

Sorry, the only reason that I didnt' mention the idea behind this play is just because I already talked about it in many of my other videos so I didn't want to be repetitive but I really like the fact that you're asking about it because you're genuinely curious!

So the idea behind this play comes from the fact that the Turn OOP range when calling a cBet OTF is totally condensed (it doesn't contain air) however, IP range afer cBetting OTF does contain a bunch of air hands therefore when the Turn pairs the board, it tends to help the OOP player to the point that we can develop a small leading range with our entire range that allows us to overrealize our equity since the IP response at equilibrium is really hard to emulate.

The reason why we lead for a smaller sizing rather than a large one is just because that allows us to bet our entire range which is what benefits us the most in these spots.

Thanks mx, hope you like it!

Thanks postwar, glad you liked it.

I'd recommend you to try to start by defining your sizing strategy as soon as the flop is dealt in any spot. That helps a lot in general because it vanishes certain ideas such as ''attacking high card boards'' to a degree that allows you to think more clearly about your overall strategy rather than your current hand.

In future videos, can you discuss checking draws OOP after preflop 3-bets?

I'd try to record a video focused on 3BP and will touch on this as much as possible to try to help you with it.

Hey mat! Thank you for the kind words and continued support my friend.

4:30 – Exactly. When the flush completes, they are significantly less capped since they improve more often so we tend to mix between 25 and 137 with our range. However, when the River blanks out, they are way more capped (since there's a lot of incentive for them to raise the Turn facing such a small bet with their strong hands and force more money into the pot) and we tend to mix between 25 and 200 (or even 300 sometimes if they are extremely capped)

17:00

My instinct on the river was that 44 would be a good bluff catcher:
Blocks A4, K4, and Q4 which are hands that would often play like this on flop and turn.

Seems like you felt into the trap of relying into blockers a bit too much here. When ranges are very wide (such as this spot) blockers to the value range have almost no impact since our opponent's value betting range is composed by a pretty big variety of hands.

I would have thought that 44 being so low would be good as BTN won't open some offsuit 4X hands preflop so we don't block as many trashy hands that were flop/turn give-ups? My theory was that 44- pocket pairs would be good calls and 55+ pocket pairs would be bad ones.

This reasoning is really good. The lower our PP's are in these spots, the better because of what you just mentioned.

Even though IP is not supposed to play this sizing OTR at equilibrium as expected. As you can see here, their value range is very wide and this should be our response against it.

Pocket 4's is still a fold since it does block a few 64 and 54 combos but if you take a look at the EV of calling you can clearly see how 44 > 55/66 hence your reasoning being good here.