6 table Mid Stakes 6-Max NLHE Live Session
Posted by Parker Muir
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Sweet timing. Rewatched the other one earlier today.
I notice you changed the style of the cards. Really annoying to look at. :)
1 20 26s limp on the BTN? Is this really +EV versus an unknown player?
6 00 Why flat 33 IP versus a 50BB stack? There's not much stack to get, and you have zero playability or blockers when you miss.
I'll add later.
I think both are very close and it is fine if you fold them.
The 26s was against a limper who has not bought in full, so I am assuming he is a recreational player. And thus it shouldn't be too hard for me to turn a profit IP vs him with an extremely high SPR.
The 33 is closer to a fold and honestly I'm fine folding it. 50BB is likely too short to be flatting 22-55 IP like this.
Very good video. Well made and stayed on task and kept up with all the action, very impressed.
I noticed you are min-raising from the button. What are the pros and cons to this? i am only a mico stakes player but i always thought opening 2.5-3x from button because of fold equity rather than giving the BB a decent price to call marginal holdings. Is that what we want and are looking for?
Thanks Justin.
Shipapotamus gave some good reasoning below.
Essentially it boils down to min-raising being a cheaper steal attempt. We would like to risk less to win the same amount because when we are opening the button ~65%, more often than not we will have a "bluff" preflop. Also at stakes like 1/2 and above people are 3betting a high percentage out of the blinds and thus this allows us to have more maneuvering room to defend against their 3bets via calls and 4bets.
Generally I think minraising the button is the most effective at 200nl and above. I usually recommend players below those limits, and especially at the micros, to still use 2.5x on the button.
Reason for minraising btn or co is often because not many people adjust to it correctly and defend too little + what you said, if people defend correctly with wide range you still have the positional advantage + easier to defend to 3bets IP when there's more money behind
Interesting. I guess I never looked at it from that point of view. Thank you very much on clearing that up and answering my questiom shipapotamus. I think I will start to give it a try on my next sessions
These live sweats of yours of some of my favourite videos on the site, so thanks for putting them out.
@12 mins, you defend 55 vs a CO 3x, is that a standard defend for you and what are you thoughts on playing small PPs out of the Big.
Cheers
Thanks Micky, glad to hear it.
Yes this is very standard, I would flat them all in the big, closing the action at 100bb.
Me too, Micky!
A glass of red and Parker Muir videos on a beautiful summer's night.. Doesn't get any better!!
Haha you da man blockface. Thanks for the kind words. New one out for ya today, get it while it's hot!
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