Smaller than 1/2 pot is prob slightly better, when we are deeper I think betting slightly bigger with my whole range is probably a better option, but I'm not rly certain on this.
33.00 K9s are you sure that is a call? you need 32% equity but if oppo know that probably not have fold equity he should shove only for value something like 99+,AQo+,AQs, and vs that range we have 30.71% so fold is better, also if we add to oppo's range some combo like 88 and AJs we have 32.52 so in this case is just break even , adding the fact that if we lose this spot our stack go down to 18bb and decrease our playability i prefer fold...
24:44 - You open limped 95o in SB vs a grinder. I'm wondering how confident you are that this is the line to take with this hand? I would open fold this hand usually, unless i think i can exploit the bb if he has a high fold to steal or high fold to flop cb. It just seems like 95o plays so poorly postflop limping doesnt strike me as a great line here.... Your thoughts?
25:35 - You bet half pot on the monotone flop with TPTK and nut flush draw. This question is unrelated to your exact hand in this situation, but i would really appreciate your opinion on this topic i have been wondering about.
On these monotone flops, what do you think an overall strategy should be? Is betting small too just foldout any hand our opponent has that has no equity superior to using a very large size to try to foldout weak pairs and weak diamond draws as well as his no equity hands?
I think we can have a mixed strategy, and it depends on our opponents x/r tendency. One advantage of the smaller bet with a hand like AdTx is we make it hard for a bunch of hands we dominate to fold, i.e Tx no diamond, 66 with a diamond, KdQx, KxQd, there are certain parts of our range that benefit from a small bet for this reason, I would not be betting much smaller than halfpot with anything OTF though.
39:55 - you comment on a hand one of the opponents plays where he bluffs with river with counterfeited two pair. You explain how you think he should bet 2x pot to rep a boat. This isnt really a question, its more of an opinion, and im interested to hear your reply.
IMO he cant really ever rep a boat, when he flats SB vs CO open 50bb eff. he has some 22/33/44, but he would certainly check/raise those, where as this guy check/calls flop. So that leaves 25, 35, and 45. IMO flatting these hands in SB is going to be marginally profitable at best, am i correct with this assumption? Going off this logic, I don't think trying to rep a boat is credible the SBs shoes here, your thoughts?
I suppose he could try and rep quads, lol, but obv such a thin range he will get snapped off every time.
I would just check the river with his hand, it has enough showdown, however if villain wanted to overbet he could be repping a flush as well, or maybe even 67. Our hand is prob too strong to bluff OTR but if we want to bluff with it we should pick a size that Ax will consider folding against.
hey lucas, Can you explain your thinking on the turn of the last hand (with A9)?
You say you bet cause a King hits your range, but why is this a reason to bet for value? I mean if we where bluffing i would get the thinking
I still think its a clear bet because my hand is strong enough to bet for value, jungle knows that I will cbet this flop very wide, and continue barreling the turn on a K with a wide range. For this reason he needs to defend the turn with a fairly large chunk of his 9x and 7x, as well as straight draws, and turned flush draws. The K is a good card for my range, but I still want to vbet hands other than Kx, so I can bluff here, with JT,QJ,AJ,AT,AQ etc, given this I want my value range to include thinner vbets like A9 (although in this spot a9 isn't particularly thin), because of how rarely Jungle has TT +
You said in video (@45:30) that one should 3bet with a bigger size with a more wider/linear range and smaller with a polarised 3b range. I have heard the exact opposite before so i'm very curious to why this is?
We want to extract more value with our nuts and gain more fold equity with the bluff side of our polarised range who play really poorly postflop, where our linear range containing more good-to-medium value hands invites more calls from villain. Thanks
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At 3:22 why do you choose a half pot cbet sizing with AK over third pot?
Smaller than 1/2 pot is prob slightly better, when we are deeper I think betting slightly bigger with my whole range is probably a better option, but I'm not rly certain on this.
33.00 K9s are you sure that is a call? you need 32% equity but if oppo know that probably not have fold equity he should shove only for value something like 99+,AQo+,AQs, and vs that range we have 30.71% so fold is better, also if we add to oppo's range some combo like 88 and AJs we have 32.52 so in this case is just break even , adding the fact that if we lose this spot our stack go down to 18bb and decrease our playability i prefer fold...
Yup, folding here is def fine, and probably best, unfortunately in game I sigh called but flding is prob better.
24:44 - You open limped 95o in SB vs a grinder. I'm wondering how confident you are that this is the line to take with this hand? I would open fold this hand usually, unless i think i can exploit the bb if he has a high fold to steal or high fold to flop cb. It just seems like 95o plays so poorly postflop limping doesnt strike me as a great line here.... Your thoughts?
I think its borderline, he is a good player, but he had been on the tighter side so I thought I could get away with a limp.
25:35 - You bet half pot on the monotone flop with TPTK and nut flush draw. This question is unrelated to your exact hand in this situation, but i would really appreciate your opinion on this topic i have been wondering about.
On these monotone flops, what do you think an overall strategy should be? Is betting small too just foldout any hand our opponent has that has no equity superior to using a very large size to try to foldout weak pairs and weak diamond draws as well as his no equity hands?
I think we can have a mixed strategy, and it depends on our opponents x/r tendency. One advantage of the smaller bet with a hand like AdTx is we make it hard for a bunch of hands we dominate to fold, i.e Tx no diamond, 66 with a diamond, KdQx, KxQd, there are certain parts of our range that benefit from a small bet for this reason, I would not be betting much smaller than halfpot with anything OTF though.
39:55 - you comment on a hand one of the opponents plays where he bluffs with river with counterfeited two pair. You explain how you think he should bet 2x pot to rep a boat. This isnt really a question, its more of an opinion, and im interested to hear your reply.
IMO he cant really ever rep a boat, when he flats SB vs CO open 50bb eff. he has some 22/33/44, but he would certainly check/raise those, where as this guy check/calls flop. So that leaves 25, 35, and 45. IMO flatting these hands in SB is going to be marginally profitable at best, am i correct with this assumption? Going off this logic, I don't think trying to rep a boat is credible the SBs shoes here, your thoughts?
I suppose he could try and rep quads, lol, but obv such a thin range he will get snapped off every time.
I would just check the river with his hand, it has enough showdown, however if villain wanted to overbet he could be repping a flush as well, or maybe even 67. Our hand is prob too strong to bluff OTR but if we want to bluff with it we should pick a size that Ax will consider folding against.
Ty for the replies! I enjoyed this video, good stuff.
hey lucas, Can you explain your thinking on the turn of the last hand (with A9)?
You say you bet cause a King hits your range, but why is this a reason to bet for value? I mean if we where bluffing i would get the thinking
I still think its a clear bet because my hand is strong enough to bet for value, jungle knows that I will cbet this flop very wide, and continue barreling the turn on a K with a wide range. For this reason he needs to defend the turn with a fairly large chunk of his 9x and 7x, as well as straight draws, and turned flush draws. The K is a good card for my range, but I still want to vbet hands other than Kx, so I can bluff here, with JT,QJ,AJ,AT,AQ etc, given this I want my value range to include thinner vbets like A9 (although in this spot a9 isn't particularly thin), because of how rarely Jungle has TT +
You said in video (@45:30) that one should 3bet with a bigger size with a more wider/linear range and smaller with a polarised 3b range. I have heard the exact opposite before so i'm very curious to why this is?
We want to extract more value with our nuts and gain more fold equity with the bluff side of our polarised range who play really poorly postflop, where our linear range containing more good-to-medium value hands invites more calls from villain. Thanks
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