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Hey Ralph! First off excited that you're considering the Annual Elite package and sorry for missing your question here for so long.

I'm glad to hear you found the information for the gift option (b) but still wanted to re-post here in case anyone else runs into this question.

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I hope the explanations above helped but don't hesitate to let me know if you have any follow-up questions!

Yea I was wondering about the QJcc vs QJss difference too. I suspect it has to do with SB potentially having more bluffs in his cbetting range that have the Qs or Js compared to the Qc Jc. E.g. betting more AxJs or QsTs compared to him having the c in bluffs. Then we unblock more bluffs when holding cc.

But just a guess, especially since the solver often seems to mix a quite healthy amount of cbets with non bdfd combos in many sims. So not sure how strong that effect actually is.

Great video thx Francesco! I found it insanely valuable to pick up the sizing heuristics in different lines for both players, e.g. the turn delay being a block after OOP misses the polarized turn probe, how to proceed on flush completing turns etc.

I found myself implementing the small turn delay twice right in my next session.

Appreciate this great holistic breakdown with the exploitative considerations being covered as well!

Hey everyone! While this post is already from quite some time ago, I still wanted to leave an update considering the opportunities to study 5-card PLO have severely changed by now.

First off, we just released our brand-new From The Ground Up: PLO5 comprehensive fundamentals course that provides a structured roadmap for anyone looking to get started in 5-card PLO or advance their fundamentals.

On top of that, there's Vision GTO Trainer - the ultimate GTO training tool for PLO that covers both 4-card and 5-card PLO. There are even dedicated 5-card plans if you're just looking to study 5-card. You can use Vision to study everything from preflop to postflop play, train interactively with practice and streak mode and explore optimal PLO solutions in a very visually appealing way.

For everyone who's looking to simply get a grasp of how equities run in 5-card PLO (or 6-card PLO!) you can check out our free Equity Calculator for PLO here.

Finally, our Run It Once video training membership plans (Essential and Elite) provide plenty of content on 5-card as well. You can check out the 5-card video library that you can get access to with a membership.

Welcome to the team!

Great to see you joining the team Laurence! Looking forward to your content!

Welcome aboard Laurence Heads! Looking forward to your content and nice breakdown of the action in this first video!

Well deserved! Should GameTheory still come back to the site and see this, I'm sure he'll find one of his famous memes for you kicking him out there ;)

Hey Kimw123 welcome to the site and great to hear that you're looking to make a comeback! Wishing you best of luck on your journey to hone your skills so that you can move up in today's games.

If you haven't checked them out yet, I can recommend visiting our Learning Paths for NLHE. They provide an easy way to browse some of our most popular videos by study theme and I'm sure it will give you some ideas on what to work on / how to prioritize some of your potentialy current uncertainties.

In general, it might be a good idea to trial the Essential NLHE content from a selection of coaches so that you can find out whose content sticks easiest with you.

Since quite some things have changed when it comes to c-betting strategy since back in the days in 2007 I could see that this short video series from Max Lacerda on C-Betting could be helpful:
C-Bet Series (4 parts)

On top of that, I remember that I really enjoyed this breakdown from Frankie Carson on how our c-betting strategy differs based on position:
How Position Impacts C-Bets

This video from Freenachos also goes into how to approach flop c-betting strategies and was one of our most popular Essential videos in 2023:
Building Simple and Effective Flop Strategies

A good way to start for 3-bet pots might be these two video linked below:
Crush Them or They'll Crush You: OP 3Bet Pots (Frankie Carson)
Studying 3Bet Pots the RIGHT WAY (Peter Clarke)

As you explore the video library, I wanted to point you towards our new 'strategy tags' that we just launched a few months ago. They are located at the top of our Pro Video page and allow you to filter for almost any node of the game.

I hope you'll have an easy time getting started!

Thx for pointing this out guys! We made the fix, our apologies this was fully on us and not on Jan.

Let us know if the issue persists and we'll look into it. But we hope it will work later!

Hey FetterMais sorry for missing your comment and our apoligies if there were duplicate hands in this video. I assume those would have been from the previous part in this series: 5-Card PLO in Very High VPIP Games?

Hey Ed Walters it's a feature that's available in different software to help you focus on upcoming decisions when multitabling to avoid getting drawn into observing a runout that doesn't really make a difference while you need to play on other tables.

Welcome to the site Tyler Dylan and great to hear you enjoyed the series! Thx for the feedback for Adam and I hope you'll enjoy the other content!

That's great, welcome to the site and nice to meet you!

Hey Lex! Thx for your interest in checking out the recording. It's currently being edited and we hope to release it by the end of the week. It will show up in the Live Seminar section for Elites then.

Happy holidays Gary! Your Christmas editions are a must watch always looking forward to these. Love the theme you selected for this year.

First coach yet to match his accessories with the theme of the course. Nice episode!

Hyped for this, great intro! Can't wait to binge watch the mini course right now. I have a presentiment you'll uncover some painful leaks along the way ;)

Hey Seth! While this is not exclusive to this video but rather applies to all of your content, I just wanted to mention that you do an outstanding job at using individual hands that come up to teach the inner workings of bigger concepts and range interactions. This makes it very easy and fun to learn new things. Great video!

Thx for the quick reply and your assessment Paul, that's really helpful!

The point you raised about the pot odds changing in ante games certainly makes a lot of sense and dampens the effect of the large size. I don't want to add on to the discussion as your reply fully answered my question. But your comment inspired me to finally do some quick equity math that I always was too lazy to do before.

In case anyone's interesed here's what I attempted to do:
Motivation - I had the feeling that the change in raise size in common ante preflop charts was over-proportional compared to the pot odds effect introduced by the ante.

But I have to add that I always used a quite small 3x 3b in position in classic games and therefore always compared it to that in my mind. I know that there are a lot of players already using 3.2-3.5x even in classic non-ante games.

Some pot odd calcs (required equity):
Classic 6-max 2.5-7.5 pot odds: 5/(7.5+7.5+1.5) = 30.3% equity
0.7bb Ante ranges 2.5 - 7.5 pot odds: 5/(7.5+7.5+2.2) = 29.1% equity

Classic 6-max 2.5 - 9 pot odds 6.5/(9+9+1.5) = 33.3%
0.7bb Ante ranges 2.5 - 9 pot odds 6.5/(9+9+2.2) = 32.2% equity

In short, the pure required equity effect of the ante in a 2.5-7.5 scenario is about -1.2% (defend more)
The pure effect of switching from a 7.5 to a 9bb size in a classic setting is +3% (defend less)

Comparing non-ante 2.5-7.5 with ante 2.5-9 we need 1.9% more equity despite the ante.

In short, I had the feeling that the spread of these quite large 3b sizes was also influenced by GTOWizard spreading them in their sheets and even noticed some players going 9.5 or 10 these days - which is when I started experimenting with 4b/fold.

But I do understand that even in a 2.5-10bb setting a calling range is still +EV when executed well - it's just getting really narrow.

Hey Paul! Great breakdown of the action and nice to see some CoinPoker action.

At ~11min there is a nice example of what can happen frequently on CoinPoker:
We get 3bet quite large by IP in early positions (2bb – 9bb). In these and similar spots I find myself strongly considering playing 4b/fold and skipping the small calling range for simplification.

In ranges, one of the only hands that seems to ˋsuffer´ EV wise is AQs. Do you think 4b/fold can be a reasonable simplification in EP/MP facing large IP 3bets also considering how the pool plays against 4bets or would you always advocate carving out that calling range regardless of sizing?

Great video Simon! Would certainly love to see a future installment on this topic

The way how you introduce the concept of bluffing allowance as a heuristic for most bluff-catching spots was very intuitive and easy to remember.

I would be interested in learning about the limits / threats of misapplication of the bluffing allowance heuristic. One thing that popped to mind for me was spots where we face a river raise.

I suspect the bluffing allowance in these nodes to be ridiculously low, yet it can often be a very underbluffed line. I'm curious if there are other (maybe more frequent) exceptions to the heuristic to keep in mind when applying it at the tables.