Ben Johnson

Can you share your results on WPT so far?

Nice first video.

16:44 Regular opens MP 2x and you defend A5cc SB with rec in BB saying your 3b range would be very polar. What would that look like ? What "bluffs" would you include in that polar 3betting range OOP?

45:00 You fold AQo vs a 3B UTG vs MP and talk about playability. Why is that? Is it because the lower the rake the more your 4b will get called and therefore blockers don't matter as much?

Very good post. So many people underestimate variance. It s nice to see you put so much effort and showing the epic highs and the unavoidable soul sucking lows. Good luck !

Awesome results man!

Hey, awesome video, alot of great value !

I have been using aggregate reports for a while but the way you arranged it (made it look pretty) is very impressive. I would love to be able to do that. Can you either share the template of your excel file or give advice on how to do it? Maybe you know someone that would be interested in doing it in exchange of payments?

Could you talk a bit about which softwares you spent most your time studying with? pio, h2n, simple gto?

Congrats awesome month. +1 to playing super deep and everyone clueless. Back to the good old STREET POKER <3

Congrats awesome month. +1 to playing super deep and everyone clueless. Back to the good old STREET POKER <3

Congrats awesome month. +1 to playing super deep and everyone clueless. Back to the good old STREET POKER <3

Awesome results, what is your screename?

Great addition to the team and sick results ! Very cool first video , I would like to maybe see you play 3 500z + 1 or 2 reg tables at 5/10.

AQss @36:40 vs Nietmar. You say going 80% otr is too thin, however you still have a bunch of bluffs. Regardless, dont you think that a smaller bet size with your range for 33% is better OTR so we can still vb Qx or KK+? Or do you think that betting polarized and betting sets/straights+ for 80% is best? If you prefer the latter, dont you think we should bet bigger then 80%?

SRP 77 BVB @38:10 you bet 80% on A97r 8ss. Would you have different sizings on turns that hit IP really hard or do you prefer betting polar and going 80%? Also, what bluffs would you use here?

A4hh 3BP SBvCO you delayed cbet on QK5ddd Kx for 75%. If you get called, would you giveup or bet this combo?

3BP SBvCO again on A5Qccc. You say you shoul dbet betting this often for a small sizing at high frequency. Can you explain why? IP will have ALOT more flushes then us, and all AQ combos.

Noooononoo micro videos. You are by far the best content right now for nlh with Sauce, really hope to keep seeing 5/10+ videos

Would love to see you go through 5 or 10 various NLH hands you played, not necessarily in depth, and not necessarily huge pots, just various interesting spots that occur often for example 3BP SBvBTN or SRP COvSB where you are either SB (assuming you have flatting range) or CO

Very nice video, love your good energy.

Just 1 question. Why do you open 3x on stars and 2x on Party Poker?

h1) 87dd on Q89hhc Kx. Why dont you bluff the river as a bluff? Seems like one of our worst hands, AT/AJ both can either bet or xr flop so we wont have too many of them OTR.
- 8Tss You call a 3b IP, but you say you could 4b when deeper, could you elaborate on what difference it would make and how you decide what hands to 4b when deep?

Very smart and clear thought processes.
- 2:30) AKo on QTKr 7x. I like the turn sizing, but since you play even KQ like this, would you only overbet TT/AJ/J9 and some bluffs? Also, for this small sizings, which are the bluffs you would use OTT?

• Would your strategy change if the board was KhThQs 7x regarding the small sizing? Would you mostly overbet or x if that was the board?
• Also, would your strategy change if it was vs a fish e.g 75% flop and 75% turn?

-Interesting AhQx analysis, assuming you were 200bb effective, do you think your statements still imply or do you think with more fold equity on some part of his range bc deeper, having the Ah becomes better then Jhx or Qhx?

@Juan Copani " i do have a huge equity advantage on a board like this, and my range is pretty narrow, there are not that many hands that id be specially interested on betting small in this specific case."

• Why dont you bet range for 33% since you have a narrow range and equity advantage? With this sizing are you only betting AQs+/AKo+ and bluffs?

20:37: Tripple barrel with 54hh. Dont you think OTR we have better bluffs like JT/KT/2x. 54hh blocks the weakest part of villains range that we want to fold, A4/A5/ 5xhh/4xhh

what is the red tag, and the blue tag?

^ Why do you stab 70% with A8dd instead of more mergy and more often for a 33%?

Do you still play on pokerstars? What other sites do you play?

6:45 Is your x/r to almost 4x the cbet size STD on KK4r with JTo? Since we will x/r this board pretty freq given we x/r JTo, do you think a smaller sizing to like 3x might be more applicable? or is this a board where we still will x/r a very small % of the time and it just happened that you chose to x/r JTo here even though you mostly dont x/r this combo?

@32:35 You say all cards highlighted in white mean it doesnt matter too much if we x or bet 52%. Do you mean that it doesnt matter if we check range in this spot versus if we bet 52% 46% of the time? If thats the case, isnt it better to just x range?

@20:33. You xc river with KsJc on Jh6s5h 3ss 4sss. Why dont you x/jam to make him fold some weirdly played 7x or 2x or maybe 2pair? Do you think x/c is better then x/jam even with our blockers? If we dont choose this hand, which hands are we x/jamming? Assuming AsJx 3betings pre 30-40% of the time so we dont have them all the time.

@19:00. SRP BTNvsSBvsBB we c/r 56hh on A55r vs OR. What bluffs do we have here? What should be the bottom of our value range ? (5x or even some Ax?)

• I see you do much more raising in the SB where you used to limp alot. What mind you change back to raising strat, do you think its superior? In a 10/20+ live game (no rake and deeper stacks, but people making even more mistakes not 3b the right combos etc), what strat would you think is superior?

@25:00 You donk KTss on KdJs2d Jd Ad for 75% pot OTR. The only d we have is KQd (3 combos), and QQ (3 combos). Would you also donk with your KJ and slowplayed KK? However wouldnt these combos like to go for a smaller sizing?

Great video as always

@2:00. 9To x/r on 9T2ccc board. You marked the reg red which I assume is good reg. Can you talk alittle about his play? The open pre ( I would fold and I think ive seen you do to with this combo) , the bet/call and the 25% bet turn to snap x river? Interesting play to say the least, would like to hear your thoughts?

@30:00 SRP MPvsBTN AcQcKd we cbet QdQh for 75% and bet 2h turn 90%. What bluffs would you use here?

@32:17 3b AKo SBvsUTG and cbet 30% 832r. How do you construct a 3beting range here vs a 15-20% opening range?What factors do you take into considerations?

@40:00 3BP SBvsMP (Rec) QThh and we x JT5r board. Since this isnt a board where you cbet range, what kind of sizings will you use with your other value/bluffs? Vs a reg, do you still use the same line or do you cbet range here?

@10:09. Open BTN Qd9c both blinds call. Flop TJdd6c. xx We bet 75%. This is a board where we have a sig range adv and will be cbetting alot, how come you prefer 75% over 25-50% in this spot?

@22:00 3BP SBvsBB defend AcQdd and peel vs 75% on 8h5h5c. Could you explain why? Seems a bit loose without a H in our hand and stack depth no?

@28:00 3BP SBvsBtN AQo cbet 30% on AJ7r. You say two sizings is okay. Can you talk about the second sizing you could/would use and in what instance?

Great video, love your style.

@10:22. Reg Opens CO we flat AdJc (weaker blinds). Flop Q8Tddd, XT us and we bet 75% pot. Can you explain why you chose this sizing instead of 25%-35% MultiWay?

@15:00 you said you would only have a 3b range SBvsBTN vs regulars. About 2 months ago I asked in one of your videos (where you had a calling range from SB) and you said you thought having a flatting range was more +EV. What made you change your mind to only 3b or fold now unless weaker player in the blinds? I assume you played some big live games in vegas, what do you think of this 3b/fold strat from the SB ( assuming no fish behind) in a no rake environment like those timed games (or when there is a straddle)?

@19:00 4BP MPvsUTG 87dd on 8s4sJc. Why dont we cbet 30% when XT for protection/value? Seems like a great board for a range and one where we probably wont get xr too often?

@37:00 You flat ATdd BTNvsEP against what seems to be a weaker player. Any reason you didnt 3b?

really good video mark, by far the best nlh content on the site

nice trool

• 2:19 We plan on x/r 67ss on Jd35ss in a 3bet pot. This deep, what does our value range x/r looks like? And would you x/r Axss and other less equity hands like 89ss as a bluff? Is our value range only JJ/33/55 (9 combos) and like ~5/6 bluff combos or are u adding AJs type hands.

• KJo 3b BTNvsCO 150bb deep. Can you talk more about this? Surely its a "bluff" 3b with blockers but KJo plays pretty bad this deep.

• 7:50 BB open 54ss we defend KTo. Flop Ks4hAc. He cbets we call. Turn 7hh xx. River 8c xx. In vilain shoes what do you think of using this hand as a bet bet bet blocking A4/K4/44 and never expecting BB (us) to have KK/AK/AA. If not, what hands are you trippling in villain shoes as a bluff? And as the bottom of value range?

• 8:40 Open Q9hh MP and Inerpsy 3bet CO. We 4bet. What other hands like this do you 4bet and usually at what frequency? If you hadnt 4bet, would you call the 3b? He calls and you elect to cbet 1/2 pot on 844r(1h). You say you will jam turn hh, would you play value hands this way or is this an explo play with our specific holding?