I don't have any comments on the action. Other than the AA+NFD there weren't many tough spots. 

I do have a question though. I haven't played online since BF. I didn't notice any complete fish on any of his tables. How rare is it to have somebody who is just plain bad at those stakes? Is the edge majority of the time coming from playing better than other regs? If so I assume WRs are pretty low given it seems there were several good players besides JNandez. 

A different but related question to help me gauge the state of the games even though I still can't play online is, how would you compare JNandezs play to an average reg at those stakes? Clearly he plays really well but better than an average reg and if so by a wide margin?

Hi guys, it's about time for me to get involved here.

First, but most importantly, I want to thank Phil for giving me the chance to get my play reviewed from my personal poker hero. This has been a dream, that developed trough the years, and I am very happy it finally happened.

About the footage: although there aren't too many dry spots, I think, the whole video had many so called "standard" spots in there. When I heard that Phil is looking for some higher stakes footage I just sat down at some tough tables and recorded, finished and send it in as fast as I could, in the hopes he would choose my footage, out of probably many videos, I assumed. I was never looking to send in some footage where I would look especially clever or good, not even especially solid. This is just a random session.

I think Zach brought up some interesting questions that I might be able to answer as well.

1) Where are the fish?

Well as I said, I tried to record some good footage thats why I sat down with who ever is willing to play. In general there aren't too many tables running full of regulars, but also then, not too many fish are swimming around the 10/20 pools, so the action is not always jamming at stars. There are reg-battles on a daily basis at 5/10+ on stars and I assume that some regulars have a clear edge over other regulars (can't tell in bb/100). 

2) How good is JNandez vs. average at 5/10+?

This is obviously not super easy to answer, as I am talking about myself, and it's always difficult to be totally honest with yourself, but I'll give it a try. I would say that I am pretty solid in most 5/10 line-ups, these days. At 10/20 I think there are lots of very good and aggressive regulars who I would rate better than myself. I still play them, if I feel like I can get enough out of it overall, I don't mind. So I would rate myself as being a decent 5/10+ winning reg and an under average 10/20 reg at stars that can survive in some softer line-ups. I'm still learning PLO from all sources I can get my hands on and maybe someday I will be a solid 10/20 reg.

Hope this helps

Again, thanks Phil!

Merry Christmas to all RIO members

J

Thanks for the reply JNandez. I know one poster suggested you might have picked footage to not look bad but I assumed as you confirmed that it was just random. And some sessions are just that way. It still gave good footage to discuss.

Additionally, I find just watching what good regs play PF in standard spots good learning tools. Given I play live (25hands/hr) some likely weak/-EV pf hands sneak in on a premise people play poorly postflop. I overdue it a bit.

Thanks for chiming in Jnandez!

Zach, he's better qualified than me to answer the questions.  It appears to me from watching the little footage that I did that he has an edge in those line ups, albeit small.

There's definitely edge to be had over regulars, even in the 25/50 & 50/100 games.  To be honest, I think the edges shift, as people can play significantly better or worse on any given day.

Phil-

24:13- the AAK8 on J42 vs Le Dolce. 1) You said a lot of people lead hands they plan on continuing with on this board. Really? I would expect it some % of the time, but on such a dry board I'd typically expect opponents to mostly check their whole range here. It's a board that JNandez is probably cbetting 100% and will often have a very small bet size, so there are pretty obvious benefits to checking strong hands as well as draws (as rare as they are on this texture.). 

2) Right after that you said that "betting 400 still puts him in a push/fold situation." I really don't agree with that one. It may be the case that Le Dolce decides that, but I would definitely have a check/calling range in the BB there when facing a 1/3 pot bet, and I'm pretty certain its a terrible idea not to. Given that the majority of JNandez range is AA**, basically everything that is a dog to that, but still has equity to call should be check calling, and not jamming, no? The more FE I expected to have, the more I would jam in BB there obviously. 

Anyway I am saying I disagree with betting small there, I just think there are serious consequences vs smart opponents who know that they can call with any piece (and don't have to just rip it). 

Thanks for the videos, really like these ones. 

The AJT8 discussion was really good. I think it's also important to consider from a GT perspective. It's very easy to find light hands to call with on draw heavy flops, but you need to continue with some "air" on Q72r boards. AJT8 w/ bdnfd is basically the best no pair hand possible, and you probably need some of those to prevent your opponent from having a profitable cbet here. 

Well I'm biased because I play in the same games as jnandez, but I have really enjoyed these two vids. I like review videos or your own.

Phil that math sounds reasonable. BB is going to have a lot of hands in the 25-40% equity range, and that is why I am a bit afraid of giving him a small bet size to play against. When he really has nothing he obviously folds either way (which makes us like betting smaller with air, but indifferent with AA right?). What if you only bet small for value with AAJ+ in this spot?

Phil, I realy love the format. This and some tutorials like you did with "raising the turn ip/oop". This is the best content I've ever got. Thank you for that Site!

Phil, I'm pretty sure that the F3B stat that was being displayed is just "anytime there is a 3bet at the table and you fold." So if utg raises, co 3bets and we fold otb, that counts as a F3B. That's where the ridic high F3B stat came from I believe. The stat we want to look at is, "fold to 3b after raising."

Hi Phil!, It's probably to late for a reply, but how did u calculate the part with calling and playing it perfectly. Thank you.

Q27 board analyze was epic! Great video.
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