Another great video, thanks Tariq. sick bluff in bottom right at 27min, loved the analysis there

Starts video with comment about forwarding through dead time, gets fireworks on multiple tables throughout the whole video.

That QTs timeout was unfortunate.

More 200 reg please! More time for hand discussion is great.

Great training Tariq, really enjoyed :)

The QTs timeout was one kind of unfortunate. The un-noticed KK time out pre as pulling up a HH at 16:12 is "better"

Great video

1) 12:15 T#1 Th8h on the K84hh-Qd turn. After hero XR flop which is mixed. On the turn it is also mixed between betting and checking. Once hero checks and faces a bet it's actually double check raising at 97%! I found this really shocking as I usually play the same same as you with XR flop, mix turn between barrel and call, but almost never double check raising. Would be a really cool line though.

2)13:20 T#2 is something I changed in my game last couple of days. For some odd reason I am losing a ton of money with AQo. However, I know the EV of 3 betting and calling are pretty much the same and then being BB or BTN, these positions are really polar. What I started doing was just flatting AQo and sticking with AKo+ when I am on the BTN vs EP/MP. At least vs the 3x opens which tend to be stronger. Vs 2.5 I think it is fine to mix it up especially when you have a HUD and want to isolate a player. Although player in the video looks to be playing 18/18 over 13 hands, so not a player I would want to 3 bet with AQo in this spot.

3)22:30 T#3 with QQ This is a spot I tend to flat, but 4 bet is very reasonable. I know UTG vs CO 3bet QQ is mostly getting flatted 61% (call) 39% 4bet. Where MP vs CO QQ becomes closer to a pure 4bet. I found this a little bit interesting. I remember Sauce made a video where he was playing 200bb+ deep and he would not 4 bet KK. Range became a lot of A5s A4s AA type hands, but said really want an ace blocker when deep.

4)23:45 T#1 with 99 feels like a mandatory stack off with the added equity of a gut shot. People show up with strange hands here like AQs, 98s, 87s, 77, 44, etc. I do think your logic of people having JJ here is very sound though. You did show he had JJ at the end of the video, so good fold. Just realized his stats were 19/18 over 80 hands, so definitely weighted more towards JJ than 44 or 87s for UTG range. These tighter players mostly just fold these hands preflop. Wish I had your discipline to fold this spot.

5)27min T#4 AhJx on the Kh-Qh-6s-3d-Jd run out flop and turn are fine. River I found really interesting. On one hand you block KJ, but also block J10s. When I put this hand into wizard AJ becomes a pure check and mostly using 50%+ sizing on flop and turn. It is drawing bluffs from smaller pairs on the river TT-55 and also some A5s/A4s. Really interesting spot here. Also wizard is giving up with A9h A8h blocking the call-call-fold range. The AhJx is pretty negative card to have. I did check the EV of shoving and really does not like AhJx but AxJh becomes really close in EV with all 3 options of 20% pot, 50% pot, and shove. Checking still highest EV option though.

6)38:21 T#1 good fold with AJ BTN vs BB. I was pretty surprised even some AK are folding this spot. Mostly continue with 2 pair and hands with more equity to improve such as suited broadways with gutter + FD.

Just want to say that I absolutely love your videos and they alone have given full value to my membership on the site. After bouncing up and down for months I'm finally beating 50 zone on Ignition handily and I really credit it to the thought process you display on your videos. I was struggling because I was getting lazy with my actions or playing with too much emotion, but now I narrate my play in my head in your voice and it keeps me focused. I also have learned so much about bet sizing and sizing tells from you. Just bravo man

Enjoyed this. Played many years on Bovada before transitioning fully to live. Makes me want to deposit some on here!

On the 99 hand with you in the SB. You mentioned not having a flatting range in the SB there. I think with the fun player overcalling, you actually can flat 22-88 and potentially 99 given its a LJ open, unless the BB is just squeezing all day. I think stuff like QTs also makes sense to have in there, or T9s. Yeah you're range is faceup vs the LJ player, but I think the CO fun player is likely unaware of what your range looks like, and you probably have implied odds against him, plus the LJ can't man handle you as much with the 3rd player in the hand.

I kind of prefer flatting 99 here additionally over squeezing because the LJ will still have a relatively tight range, and we will get 4b times off our hand, and I suspect to get a reasonable amount of call calls, which will leave us mult way OOP quite often with 99, and often that range will be mostly pairs where we can't really get much value from post flop. I had a situation come up like this recently in a 2-5 game where I just opted to flat the 99, but it was something I took note of and considered that squeezing might still be better

What do you think about this?

Cheers

Ryan GTO wizard (linked) Is going to be good for online because more pots are HU. In the live environment or even some micro stake games online can't solve MW and can't simulate a limp call range, so unable to figure out best strategy on wizard against wide ranges. The bet sizes will be different as well, as I am sure live players are not opening 2.5 or 3betting 18-25% on the flop. They put some other sizes in there as well depending on texture it or SRP vs 3BP etc. Most of the time it's around 18%, 23%, 62%, 73%, 120%? Usually 2-3 sizes are offered. Gets a little annoying when opponent in game bet 33% and your choice is 18% or 62%... I think that is the biggest complaint people have about wizard. In terms of training vs wide range I would just learn how to train BTN vs BB or any position really vs BB to simulate the wide ranges. This will only teach you IP though. I guess next widest range is going to be CO vs BU where you can choose IP or OOP.

In terms of squeezing live vs online I think less FE live but also with the bigger RFI sizes being used going to get into some really tricky spots with low SPR if squeezing too wide. I think in general 99+ AQ+ A10s+ KJs+ will be typical squeeze range and don't have to go that big live because opening size is already 4-5x! Online usually goes 3x IP and 4x oop some times 5-7x from the BB being more polar. Then people add 1x for each caller. If the open size is $20 (4bb) and get one caller, blinds would generally squeeze to $100 (20bb!) I think this is too big enough and I do think $70-$80 (14-16bb) still gets the job done. Really want to try and manipulate the SPR to how you want it and focus less on actual multiplier. In terms of ranges people also mix up when players have a limping range like T9o 85s Q7s etc type hands, so they 3bet them because they have a wide range, but these are the hands they limping with or calling raises with but NOT raising themselves. I would guess live players in general play something around 30 vpip / 15 PFR and 3bet maybe 3-5% in general. Then of course have tighter players and many more looser players with like 50/10 stats who just limp call everything. Lot of different things to consider when squeezing live. Controlling the SPR is sticking to around 7% of hands is probably best though. Hopefully can keep SPR around 3 when squeezing. Even for 3 bets when people are opening 4-5bb ($20-$25) don't need to go full 3x against these guys. I think 2.5x is fine IP and go 3-3.5x oop.

I hope this answer your question.

It is my second video from you and I am really enjoying seeing your thought process, surely learning some good strategies and readings, tks man !

yeah i like the live tables better...more in depth and i can observe how you use player type information in your decisions

Fairly new to the site,loving your vidoes, thought process is exceptional, working through them all steadily.