Peter Clarke Reviews Akshar 'cosmos1994' Patel at $100NL Continued
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Hi Pete,
At 11:30 you say the value bet on the river is a bit thin and Akshar says he was trying to get low pocket pairs to fold, but he hit two pair on the river. You then say even a king or a jack wont fold to a big bet so is the 1bb river bet a bit small for value there with two pair
yea i also didn't get it
I would probably go half pot here, but 1bb targets some 77 hands that Peter was talking about. I don't think Peter saw he rivered two pair.
Peter def misread his hand, we are v betting there because we want to get snapped
Oops I think in game I completely missed that he had rivered two pair somehow. i think the small bet is fine here as we're likely not targeting much Ax or better and therefore want to induce as many crying calls and random spew raises as possible. Sorry Akshar, I might have confused you here!
Really helpful video as always! You should definitely make part 3.
One question about overbluffing though. Should we do it against regs or against recreationals as well?
You should overbluff (meaning bluff at a higher frequency than an optimal strategy would) in any spot where Villain overfolds. There are spots where regs overfold and spots where recs overfold it takes practice and experience to figure out where these are.
Peter Clarke How are you playing your Cutoff range here vs donk bet? You talked about raising 2 pairs, sets and KQ hands. What about other hands? This often happens in my pool with a lot of 9x and Kx hands that donk bet and want to see where they are at. Are you floating with your JT, QJ, QT, AQs? How are you playing your more air range with gutters / back doors?
I think this donk bet can range from 9x and Kx to weaker pairs, gutters and airballs sometimes. I'd also consider raising AK and AA here, but will on average be weighted toward made hands on this texture. I think a bigger donk bet can be indicative of a higher air % because of the amount of time it simply denotes an aggressive Villain type. You can definitely raise some gutters with back doors here, I wouldn't go too nuts with the raising though due to my above read on this range.
I really liked this video series so far. I would love to see a lot more coaching videos like this.
In the previous video hero folds 88 vs a single raise on the button vs HJ and I mentioned cold calling preflop, but hero responded with playing a 3 bet or fold strategy and 88 being a mix. At the end of this video hero folds ATo in SB vs a tighter player 3x btn open, where Peter recommends flatting with ATo and 98s type hands, that are generally weaker parts of your 3 bet range.
Are you still opposed to flatting some of these 55-88 hands currently and sticking to your 3 bet or fold strategy or more willing to have a cold calling range vs these weaker players? I believe the 88 vs HJ was a fish player as well.
I think some players take 3 bet or fold strategy a bit too far and leave some EV on the table by not mixing it up. I mean it's great discipline to stick to one strategy, but our goal is to make the most amount of money as possible. I think this strategy needs to be more adjusted or flexible vs weaker players. Maybe Small 3bets like 2.5x or something to iso the fish and not bloat the pot too much.
I'm way more willing to build a flatting range on the BU or SB than I am out of the HJ or CO. I like folding 88 pretty often vs. UTG unless the table is soft; but I think some EV gets lost when people oversimplify and miss good SB flats that are much better than folding.
If I'm reading this right, folding 88 while on the button vs a recreational player opening is a mistake, no doubt.
I'm also a bit surprised to see ATo in a SB flatting range. It seems to me that being OOP really hurts our equity here. Even if the BB folds, our ATo realizable equity is low. We are risking like 2.5 to win 6.5. So we need like 38-39% equity here. Stone cold we have around 56%, but when we consider our position, it seems like our realizable equity will be quite low. say 60% or so, which makes it quite unattractive..
However, as I'm writing this out, I just realized that maybe our EQR is a bit higher than I am giving credit for because it is a button range, and if the guy isn't barreling enough, we probably are able to float some flops HU. Interesting spot. I typically don't flat at all in the SB, which I think is fine, but this seems to make sense. Basically against someone who isn't good aggressive, and with a BB who isn't aggressive preflop, and probably not good aggressive postflop, I suppose we do probably realize more equity than I first thought.
Good stuff
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