August32

Assuming that Cobus is bluffing the flop some % of the time it's probably quite a bit better (and more balanced) to check and let him bluff rivers. The fact that he picked up the club draw on the turn makes it a pretty clear check in my opnion. I don't think Cobus' turn check back range has as much equity as you might think and Joni has good implied odds on the river (even more so with the club draw). Also, Joni's hand has great visibilty on almost all rivers (which means that Cobus' check back range has very little implied odds). tldr; I think Joni's hand has larger implied odds on the river than the equity of Cobus' turn folding range vs a donk shove.

Good video Phil. At 13:33 top left: if the river was a spade instead of 2h, would you value bet all non-pairing spades on the river (Qs/7s in particular and 10s/6s if you had a 9hi/10hi flush without those cards)?

At 16:20 top left: you say that you rarely c-bet on 337 in position. What if it's button vs sb or button vs bb where you have a lot less big pairs and a decent number of 3s in your range? If you don't c-bet 337 from the button why is that?

At 37:50 top left: you talk about probing turns small when flushes hit. How small would that be? Do you think a similar approach is good in heads up plo?

Thank you

On table 2 at 21:30 what do you think about betting something like 10-15% pot? You could balance it with the occassional non straight hands and Q-hi straights as bluffs.

You're probably my favorite coach on ROI. And this is coming from someone who doesn't even play much holdem anymore.

At around 15:00 don't you think it's better for Isildur to be hero calling with Jx (and the like) than 7x? Jx blocks more of your value check raising range. Great video :)

In spots like the 55A7T hand at 21:00 don't you think it's a leak for villain to be shoving the river unless we are calling way too much? Do you think it's better for him to start checking most/all of his 5xxx than it is to bet a smaller sizing? It feels weird to bet 33% pot with a hand like QQ on 55A7T that clearly has a lot of showdown value, but on the other hand, 5xxx+ is almost always the best hand when hero checks and would like to be able to value bet? Another issue is that most of the hands 5xxx+ is hoping to get called by (mostly Axxx) are the same hands villain is trying to fold out when he is bluffing. Maybe villain should be betting extremely small (because of the value:bluff ratio) with a range of 5xxx+ and complete air to avoid this issue? (edit: I didn't see the last part of you discussion about the hand before commenting).

I see a lot of good players shove rivers when SPR<1 with ranges that seem way too value heavy. It's really rare that you see people bet say 10%-50% pot when SPR is between 0,6-1 but it's very common when SPR>1.

At 6:20 you fold 68o in the sb after a limp from the CO. I think this is a pretty standard call unless big blind is really short or a maniac.

Thanks! I really appreciate your comment. I have looked a little bit more at the hand and came to the same conclusion. I think CO can stack off a little bit lighter, but shoving is still pretty bad. Hit me up if you have any problem hands you wanna discuss :)

Great video Phil! At 32:50 you only bet half pot on the turn. It's not a big deal, but I would usually bet bigger. As you mention in the video, his calling range will usually be 2 pairs or pair+straight draw. Don't you think this range would call a 2/3 pot or 3/4 pot bet?

Good video! At 5:30 you fold J593ds in the CO. Do you always fold this hand in the CO?

Hi Phil

Great video. At 35:45 you say that he's gonna check/call flop and fold turn with 87. Isn't 87 the perfect hand to check raise the turn with? Do you think it's better to check/raise the turn with hands without blockers that have equity against your calling range? I would personally always check raise 87xx oo the turn, but maybe that's a mistake.