ActionFalko
20 points
Preflop is close. I would fold but would not be surprised if someone could convince me to call.
I think Flop and Turn are played very well. But for balancing purposes I would XR that River. (My range!!!) Everyone is different here of course.
River: Just click the call button and hope he has not 65 :)
Sept. 27, 2014 | 9:45 a.m.
then XF :)
Sept. 27, 2014 | 9:35 a.m.
I think you played the hand fine although I don't hate a Turn fold. Yes you have some outs, but the diamond outs might not be clean plus the pot gets very big OTR which puts you in that awkward position in the first place.
As played I would fold the River.
Sept. 27, 2014 | 9:35 a.m.
FWIW even though this is not your question, I actually don't like your Cbet. I prefer a XC on the Flop. You don't fold out many better hands plus Villain schould have a pretty decent range against your UTG opens, so I don't see him folding a ton on that Flop. We have some decent backdoors and maybe even some SD value. So, I would've XC the Flop.
As I write this, I actually don' hate XF that Flop either.
Sept. 27, 2014 | 9:23 a.m.
For calling in a tough spot I always ask myself what is the best hand I can show up in this spot given how the hand played out and look how my real hand relates to this, aka "top of my range".
Eg if I could possibly have a nutty type hand and Villain bets but I actually do only have a mediocre bluff catcher I tend to fold.
On the other side if I NEVER could have the nuts and my best possible hand is lets say TP and I have TPTK I tend to call more.
For betting I always ask myself whether I could pick up equity on the next card, ideally cards that dont add equity to Villain.
June 3, 2014 | 10:59 a.m.
Ok so we only call with 40% of our combos that beat a bluff.
Example: We bet the Turn with 100 combos. 75 for value and 25 bluff combos. River bricks.
Now Villain donks 1.5x the pot OTR. So we have to call 40% of those 75 value combos vs a completely polarized range.
But that would make the bluff super profitable for Villain, right?
Cos he needs 60 combos to fold.
but we fold the 25 combos(bluffs) anyways plus the 60% of our value combos (45) = we fold 70 combos.
Where is my logic mistake.
June 1, 2014 | 10:11 p.m.
This one would really interest me. Anyone? Please.... :-)
May 25, 2014 | 10:09 a.m.
I saw in a video that a Villain donked 1.5x the pot OTR after xc Flop and xc Turn.
GTO said we should call with 40% with all our hands that we have at this point THAT BEAT A BLUFF.
I understand the 40%. But not why we shouldnt call with 40% of our entire river range. Why only 40% of all those hands that beat a bluff.
This makes our calling range very small, doesn' it?
Thanks again so much
May 24, 2014 | 11 a.m.
HU NLHE, We are in the BB.
I heard/read that in GTO our cards/our range etc is more important than Villains. Thats the beauty of GTO.
1)
So BTN opens for min, how much do we have to defend?
A) He invests 1,5 bb to win 1.5 bb. So we need to defend 50% to not give him an autoprofit on every open.
B) We have to call 1 to win 3. So we need 25% equity. So we should call 75%.
What is the correct answer? If not correct answer, what is the correct way of approaching this situation. Do we go with our pot odds or do we want to decline him an autoprofit (playing GTO).
Next question.
2)
If Villain were to open only 50% of BTNs (instead of 100%), do we still defend the same amount (given that A or B) might be correct BECAUSE our cards/ our top and bottom of our range is more important than Villains range (at least thats what I heard) bevause we play GTO. My problem is he now actually plays tighter. Do we still (if A was correct) say "No boy, no autoprofit on me, I still defend my X%." ?
Hope some of you guys understand what I mean. If not feel free to ask what I mean with certain phrases.
Thank yo so much.
May 24, 2014 | 10:12 a.m.
Thanks for all the answers. Have to go through them a couple more times though to understand more. Great discussion btw. Thanks to all. Btw WHPH is asking all the questions I would have asked as well.
May 24, 2014 | 9:55 a.m.
OMG. It makes sense now. Thank you so much @TheNumba1
May 23, 2014 | 9:23 p.m.
Getting really braindead about this, so please someone help me out of this.
AFAIK GTO Poker is usually not the most +ev game BUT IT IS a +ev game because no matter what your opponent does is to maximally break even on us. So here is my question, where does the actual value come from.
Example:
Lets say we have the nuts or air and Villain is holding a bluff catcher.
we bet 1/2 pot OTR, so our GTO bluff/value ratio should be 25/75 (giving him 3:1 pot odds), so now it doesn't matter what Villain does his ev against us is always 0.
but why or where do we profit from it? He is not losing any money to us. When he calls to much (lets say 100%) it gets to the same result as if he would fold every single time. It evens out.
What am I missing?
May 23, 2014 | 8:42 p.m.
ISTP, also Phil Ivey.
May 16, 2014 | 9:28 p.m.
ISTP: Steve Jobs YeeHaw!
May 16, 2014 | 5:22 p.m.
Thanks for answering vanway. Good luck :)
May 9, 2014 | 3:15 p.m.
Hey. Can I ask you a quick question please? How long do these 500 or 1000 player CAP tourneys usually last?
So if you would win it, how many hours does it need?
Thanks
May 9, 2014 | 8:18 a.m.
I love Breaking Bad. Very good idea.
May 9, 2014 | 8:09 a.m.
When my iPhone rings it comes "I am Isildur". For those of you who dont know it:
http://youtu.be/7Jx3pc-QvtQ starting at 0:53
I was considering maybe to change it to oldschool: "Except they forgot one thing; I can dodge bullets baby!"
http://youtu.be/GVqCOhYGRL0 starting at 2:53.
Anyone some other ideas?
May 8, 2014 | 11:45 a.m.
Omg. Loled so hard at this lalala guy.
May 8, 2014 | 11:07 a.m.
Thanks for your reply Phil. Very much appreciated. Kind regards, falko
April 29, 2014 | 9:09 p.m.
Bottom right table* near the end of the video.
April 29, 2014 | 11:44 a.m.
Poker got so weird over the last years.
I mean the hand on the upper right NL table, where you open KT otb. BB defends. On Q97 you bet/call - call with your GS.
Back then if I had e.g. 99 I would have XR Flop as well bet Turn and maybe XC River when your potential Draws missed to let you bluff, which I think was your plan. Correct me if I am wrong plz.
Then I would have marked you as a fish writing "calls twice w/ GS, calling station."
Lol.
When I learned Poker in 2005 or so a GS was just a 4 outer with almost no equity. Now we keep calling.
Obviously you are a genius and I play Poker for fun but just had to say that.
BTW always loving your videos. Great video again.
April 29, 2014 | 11:43 a.m.
Thanks
April 27, 2014 | 8:44 a.m.
... which I started watching yesterday?
April 26, 2014 | 9:04 p.m.
great format. quick analysis. i love your vids.
April 13, 2014 | 6:27 p.m.
Really love this format. All VPIP hands shorty but well explained. Excellent job Brian.
April 1, 2014 | 9:48 p.m.
Awesome
Dec. 12, 2013 | 12:17 p.m.
Not beeing James obv. But yes, not having a checking range here is exploitable. We want to xback some QQ for example, knowing we can call Turn and fold River because we can have some K's in our range that can call twice. Just as an example of course. Maybe QQ can call twice, too vs some Villains. Or 78o with a bdfd. Just to give you an idea.
Dec. 11, 2013 | 10:48 p.m.
time stamp was 4:30 ~ish table 3
I would bet the Turn. If Villain calls that bet, then you "could think" about XF that River (Haven't seen the PSR though).
As played XC the River.
Sept. 27, 2014 | 10:10 a.m.