$1/$2 Zone: Christmas Day Grinding
Posted by Tariq Haji
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Great vid Tariq! I think your way of talking through hands is incredibly comfortable to follow and in my eyes one of the things you excel at is shedding light on alternative actions if another card would have fallen / if you had another holding. You do this in such a consistent manner that it feels like you learn from watching at least 1.5x videos in just a 40 minute session ;)
Keep it up!
Thank you Eldora!! This comment means a lot to me. I'll continue to create videos in this style!
Hey Tariq. Thumbs up on the vid. Your a sicko for some of your exploit call/folds :)
1:07. AQo. Why not like 3x instead 10x here since by 10x you commit yourself vs a blind shove which a crappy situation? Can comfortably fold to a 4bet from blinds if 3x.
30:50. 57s. I guess I'm having a hard time seeing how this can be a call since your range is mostly strong but not nutted (two pair, set), low freq nutted (flushes), and bricked heart flushes while V's line is nuts/air. So if we are calling 57 unblocking V's flushes, this may be close to bottom of our range which means we are paying off close to 100% on river. Given our opp can have close to 30 combos of flushes here (which is realistic given he chose his turn sizing with a draw) even if he is bluffing all his air, how could this be a profitable call?
I agree with 3-4x BTN vs CO vs 100bb stack. Just so you can fold if SB or BB cold 4 bet.
Hey Seed2Shade,
thanks for the kind words.
After reading your comment, what you said about the AQo makes perfect sense. I should just 3b to like $30 and fold to the blinds if they make any aggressive action.
The 75s is for sure a terrible theory call but something just felt off. You can see in-game I also was struggling to fully explain why I want to call but I felt it's a good call given my read on his sizings.
Though this may not be a profitable call in a vacuum, I think special cases like this are just anomalies and you just gotta take them as they come.
Cleanest thought process on RIO, reminds me of Ishter
Hey thefirstcommonname, you probably don't even realize how much this comment means to me.
I like grew up watching Ishter's videos and he is probably the sole reason I got to where I am. His thought process in hands was just always so crisp and made perfect sense and I try to emulate that skill when creating my videos and giving my real time thoughts as I play!
Very nice video!
Zone goes better than normal tables imo
Thank you zache86 !
I agree that zone is better overall.
However, I think regular tables are good too as I get to use a HUD and I get more time to talk through a real-time decision. I feel like in zone I'm rushed to say what I'm thinking before I time-out in the hand hah.
I'll continue to do a mix of both in the future!
ive been watching your all video man thumbs up thumbs up.
do you move up stakes to 200nl?
Cheers winchester,
I usually play both stakes depending on what's running at the time of day!
Lately, I have been playing much for 200z though
5:55 I think you can 3bet this flop and get it in without the KhKx in your hand. Then bluff catch with the KhKx in your hand.
8:40 I think this is a medium frequency XR with JJ on the 998 3bet pot MP vs BTN. JJ needs some protection and XR doesn't have to be large either 2.2x to 2.5x. Then can make an exploitable fold if you are 3 bet or villain continues.
10:12 BTN vs SB SRP AQ on 654cc I think you can cbet this board even without a club as SB will have a very broadway dense range.
13:15 with TT on T98Q3 I think when you take a XC-XC-XF line I think the river is a bluff catch. Wish you would of showed this one in the replayer at the end. Seems like too tight of a fold.
18:35 I think you were up against Daniel Negreanu here. "what.. woaahhh!?!?" You made a very strong argument to start playing zone on this hand.
32:10 This was an amazing call! These are the hands that I ask myself "can they see my cards?!?!?!"
37:50 QhQd on the J42Thhdd board that is another very impressive fold. Some times you make these folds seem so easy.
Excellent video! Would like to see more of the 200 zone pool videos. Even if it's just a relayer where you show all the hands you vpip'd then because it's ignition you can see if you got bluffed or made a good fold on each of the replayer hands. Can literally cover like 30 hands in a single video with this process. Your 30 biggest pots of the session.
Hey RunItTw1ce,
the KK hand without a hand I can get behind a 3 bet but that kind of isolates his range to sets and combo draws, both of which I'm not doing too great against. It is nice to deny equity so I can see myself doing either in this spot.
JJ hand once again I can get behind a x/r vs a small c bet but calling seems good too.
AQ hand, I do agree that he has alot of broadways, but I dominate that range and benefit from potentially coolering his turn top pair vs my top pair. I mainly didn't c bet because I think I will get x/r too much on this board so I choose to c bet very carefully.
TT hand I'll pull the hand up and show you what he had.
75cc hand thank you hah
I will keep in mind that many seemed to enjoy the 200z format!
Post Audio given the time bank would be best.
An absolute legend Tariq
18:30 "What........ wow. Merry Christmas I guess." lmao
20: Table 2 nice board read on the river! I think I would have finished my bluff there but I don't open K7o.
31: Table 1 75s BB vs BN Qh6h3s Js
Villain's sizing is suboptimal on the turn for sure with his hand but if he structures his ranges properly (and I'm sure he's not) then it's ok. He should mostly have an overbetting range followed by a hefty 50% checking here, but he can have a small 75% or 50% sizing if he properly protects those ranges with some QQ and JJ, as well as a fraction of AQo and KQo, and specifically AhAs, some QTss, Q3s and J6s, but those 1 pair hands with a spade only want to jam river sometimes (and not AA). I'm sure 2 turn size balancing is way too sophisticated for 200z though and it's just much simpler to have an overbet only sizing here and check 55-60%.
Anyways nice hand.
Nice video and hero folds/calls! I'd like to see more 200z or 200 reg because we also can learn from these difficult spots that they don't put you in at 100 tables.
you are really good at explaining stuff! I like your videos and learn a lot from them and i don't play cash games! don't go Elite please ;-)
Thank you!
good video ... at the 13:00 min mark-ish you say you are going for a one and done turn stab for a big sizing with A5s but then after getting called you go all in on the river what makes you change your mind in this specific instance and in general how often do you change the plan you set on the turn ? thanks for your time Tariq Haji
haha I remember that hand and had to laugh. I assume it was just an incredibly good bluffing card which changed the circumstances but curious to hear the exact reasoning as well.
Hey benny1616,
Yea initially was just going to bet once and give up and then when the river blanked out like that I figured he can still have some potential AK AQ hands that always call once and fold as well as some FD and Tx.
If you're curious what he had, it was KThh!
I deeply appreciate how your narration makes it easy to visualize ranges.
Nice hero call.
thank you!!!
Very nice video, Tariq! I really like the way you present your thought process. I'll gladly watch more videos from you. :-)
Glad to hear that! Thx
@32:17
Yeah, Thats What I Thought
LIKE A BOSS !!!
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