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Valentines Special: Sam and PADS Review Final Table Clash

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Sam Greenwood

POSTED Feb 14, 2024

Sam Greenwood is joined by his brother in arms Patrick 'pads1161' Leonard to review the game tape of their final table clash in the WCOOP88 that features an all-time tough final table.

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Cassoulet a year ago

Hello Patrick and Sam , welcome back Sam .
26:45 : pocket 33 : Would you consider a push in this spot ?

Thanks for the video.

Sam Greenwood a year ago

No. I'm too deep effective with BU/SB/BB and I don't have good blocker or great equity vs calling ranges. They rarely call the shove with unpaired hands, so i'll mostly be up against bigger pairs when called.

pacmang a year ago

Hi Sam, thanks for the great video!

Regarding the AJs hand that you called vs a 7bb 3bet, I've been thinking about whether or not folding would be better

Do you assume villain has a balanced range? Or is he just trying to play this specific hand this way to avoid being called OOP? If he just has a tightish range due to the fact you are the CL, what about just exploiting this and folding AJs

Once we call, the pot will be bloated to 30bb, which in our spot I feel like as CL we prefer to grind down the middle stacks in smaller pots than playing these rly big pots

What would you do with other combos such as TT,JJ,AQo,KQs?

Thanks!

Sam Greenwood a year ago

If you think you're opponent isn't bluffing enough preflop or won't co-operate enough postflop you can fold comfortably here. I gave my opponent enough credit to have some bluffs. I think KQs i'd call. TT/JJ i'd mix call and shove and AQo i'd mix call/fold and 4bet non AI.

pacmang a year ago

Thanks Sam!

If you think your opp is not bluffing enough, does this change your plan with TT-JJ, KQs, and AQo?

Sam Greenwood a year ago

If I think they're QQ+ AKs. I'll fold them all, if I am less clear about their range, but don't think they'll have as many bluffs as the computer, I'll make a less extreme adjustment. I won't 4bet shove or 4bet fold very much vs guys who aren't bluffing enough, but will still play flats

777TripSevens777 8 months ago

Sam,
Really good video. Really enjoy hearing you and pads talk through these hands. Curious what you think about the 7x 3-bet size to 14bb from sb (the AJs vs AKs)? Do you think this is a spot that villain is using this sizing because they think you will defend incorrectly against this larger sizing (over or under defend) or do you think they are using multiple sizing's, and this is just a low frequency play? Not sure what other hands would want to be in this bucket and balancing seems tough, as you pointed out. Interested in your thoughts on this sizing and how, if at all, it could fit into overall strategy and what that might look like.

Thanks Sam and Pads.

Sam Greenwood 8 months ago

I think it's likely a size the solver uses that has the same types of hands as a more traditional 3b size, but is weighted a little more around AKs/AKo and has less KK+

777TripSevens777 8 months ago

Sam,
So, would villain use multiple 3-bet sizes (mostly traditional size, low frequency large size) and bucket hands accordingly? Or just 3-bet at lower frequency and use the larger size? Seems like using 2+ sizes would be slightly higher ev at the cost of being harder to implement (if not implemented accurately could yield lower ev)? Also, do you see this strategy used very often in the MTT's you play?

Thanks Sam.

Sam Greenwood 8 months ago

I suspect the output would use two sizings and would gain EV, but not much. It's a lot harder to execute especially at final tables, which can be stressful. I'd recommend only using one size here. It's also possible this exact situation CL vs CL the threshold for getting AI is so tight that the SB just picks a really big polar size with range.

I do occasionally see these plays in game, but they're rare, but it's also rare to have this many BBs at a FT.

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