This was a really good video, Been enjoying everyones videos. But talking about opponents ranges can be incredibly useful, especially in coaching videos like this, i think other pros can learn alot and also talk about opponents ranges a bit more
Definitely liked the video and the concepts presented. On the third hand (~23 mins in), you note your opponent could have hands like KQ, flush draws, and bluffs such as small pairs & AJ. I think another possibility would be medium pairs such as 88-TT, in which case he sees the raise as a value raise (whenever your c-bet is done with a missed flop)--not that it would change anything with the actual hand.
I missed this earlier, but I wanted to say that you are completely right that he could have hands like that, and while it doesn't change the hand, it's important to point out, because it is another reason why we should take the line we did (i.e. just flat the flop raise). IMO he will get his chips in with 88-TT on the turn/river more often than he will on the flop. Good point.
21:00, AA: did u snap that river off? River call doesnt look like an obvious decision, cause we actually beat only pure bluffs. Im not even sure he would play KK this way. And at the same time he could very well have all the boats (especially with his sizing on all the streets, small bet on the flop, smallish on the turn and potsize shove on the river): QQ, JJ, TT, AK.
I mean I think that u should have really strong read on your opponent to put him on that large portion of bluffs to call this river, cause I dont expect random player will bluff this way all that much.
Yeh the river is close in the sense that we might not be making a TON of money on the call (debatable... he did have A5), but I don't think it's that close given that we played the hand this way to induce this action. Of course there are situation where circumstances change and you have to adjust your gameplan (or have multiple game plans for different boards ahead of time), but I don't think this board ever got quite bad enough for us to consider folding. While talking through the hand I felt comfortable check calling the next street on almost any card with a few noted exceptions (i.e. folding R if he shoved on an 8). So while the river isn't a fist pump, I did not think much about it on the river or take very long to call because I was confident on the turn that I was going to be able to call that kind of river against this type of opponent and it's part of the reason I took this line in the first place. I agree that there are some opponents where the river would be a fold if I took this line, but I would either know that ahead of time and feel fine with it or I might never get to this spot against that type of opponent because I've taken a different line better suited to their tendencies.
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This was a really good video, Been enjoying everyones videos. But talking about opponents ranges can be incredibly useful, especially in coaching videos like this, i think other pros can learn alot and also talk about opponents ranges a bit more
Definitely liked the video and the concepts presented. On the third hand (~23 mins in), you note your opponent could have hands like KQ, flush draws, and bluffs such as small pairs & AJ. I think another possibility would be medium pairs such as 88-TT, in which case he sees the raise as a value raise (whenever your c-bet is done with a missed flop)--not that it would change anything with the actual hand.
I missed this earlier, but I wanted to say that you are completely right that he could have hands like that, and while it doesn't change the hand, it's important to point out, because it is another reason why we should take the line we did (i.e. just flat the flop raise). IMO he will get his chips in with 88-TT on the turn/river more often than he will on the flop. Good point.
Liked it, keep it up Todd this is way better than the boring live vids :).
Excellent concept and well thought out video. Great work, Todd.
The MTT part of this site has really been missing good theory content.
good vid)
21:00, AA: did u snap that river off? River call doesnt look like an obvious decision, cause we actually beat only pure bluffs. Im not even sure he would play KK this way. And at the same time he could very well have all the boats (especially with his sizing on all the streets, small bet on the flop, smallish on the turn and potsize shove on the river): QQ, JJ, TT, AK.
I mean I think that u should have really strong read on your opponent to put him on that large portion of bluffs to call this river, cause I dont expect random player will bluff this way all that much.
Yeh the river is close in the sense that we might not be making a TON of money on the call (debatable... he did have A5), but I don't think it's that close given that we played the hand this way to induce this action. Of course there are situation where circumstances change and you have to adjust your gameplan (or have multiple game plans for different boards ahead of time), but I don't think this board ever got quite bad enough for us to consider folding. While talking through the hand I felt comfortable check calling the next street on almost any card with a few noted exceptions (i.e. folding R if he shoved on an 8). So while the river isn't a fist pump, I did not think much about it on the river or take very long to call because I was confident on the turn that I was going to be able to call that kind of river against this type of opponent and it's part of the reason I took this line in the first place. I agree that there are some opponents where the river would be a fold if I took this line, but I would either know that ahead of time and feel fine with it or I might never get to this spot against that type of opponent because I've taken a different line better suited to their tendencies.
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