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@ 35:15 I found it interesting that you thought the turn call was standard w/ AJ35. It seems like this hand is behind a lot and if not we get bluffed off on rivers sometimes.

You obviously didn't see heads up. When you go all in you win every hand. Cool vid. there isn't much PLO tourney content and it really does play a lot different than plo cash.

The 18 min QT hand. checking and jamming both have merits. Would there ever be a time where betting very small would be good? A small bet can get raise jammed on by the same hands that jam vs a check and it isn't giving a total free card. It also creates such good odds for a hero call with villain's stack size.

I just read part of the suggested article and this was in bold. Exploitative play is a required part of game theory optimal. isn't that a argument to you first point hubris?

I understand they are different strategies. I was just suggesting that some plays that an "exploitative" players makes and a "GTO" player makes may be similar. Maybe not for the same reasoning perhaps, but may overlap. If a GTO bot is defending his BB perfectly and a exploitative player thinks "this guys is opening a ton from the btn i'm going to start defending more" they are both doing the same thing in that instance. I was just assuming that there would be more situations that would be similar than a simple blind defend. The fact that exploitative plays change would suggest to me that at some point they overlap with what the GTO optimal strategy would be.  

I would  discard 3. Not sure why the King matters. It's not like making two pair with Aces and kings is going to come into play compared to Aces and deuces. Also you don't have a "better chance at two pair." Whatever card you draw next has the same chance of pairing as the King. 

When you are running good, confident, and the games are also good.

It seems like everyone thinks it is either one or the other. I would imagine there are plenty of spots where the "GTO" play and the exploitative line are very similar. Although I am just assuming that. 

 I don't think 18bb/100 is a reasonable goal given the rake.

It seems like asking that question means probably not. Especially if the games aren't what you are used to, but the video will still be good i'm sure. 

The AJ hand @ 3:30 or so. Are you still fine with it or do you think his sizing means fold rather than jam? Seems marginal at best and your stack is ok to fold. You are also kind of early position and deep in the tourney which should make your range look strong. I would fold fairly easily. Maybe I'm shying away from all ins deep or maybe not stealing blinds enough from EP/MP. 

The first hand was interesting to think about because it is a hand I would almost always flat call. I play mostly 6max so maybe a bit different. Wouldn't we want a higher spr with a hand like this? Doesn't it lose some value vs an utg raiser when the pot is already big? Also doesn't it play well multi way, so we don't really worry about not getting this hand heads up? I can just see putting in a good chunk of our stack with some O.K but not great equity flop/turns and having to fold or sigh call. 

yeah 3 bet to 2500 then you have a psb left to ship on almost all flops

This reminds me of a common PLO spot. Call flop, see a blank turn and ship over his lead. 

Also what kind of ROI can you expect. I see guys with close to 100%, but usually they have a huge score in a tourney above their AVG. Buyin.

 What kind of downswings are normal for a mtt reg? I see some guys have multiple losing months in a row and in cash games that is much more rare if you play your normal games. Tournaments are very exciting deep and at final tables, but bricking 15-20 tourneys on a Sunday can be pretty brutal. Dropping the number of tables has definitely helped me.

You might want 3 bet bluff more in this spot with some suited connectors and such. You will soon be a happy camper with AK in this spot.

GTO is just a strategy that cannot be exploited or in poker be "beaten." Just because it can't lose doesn't mean it is the highest earning style of play, almost always the opposite. However, people very very often overestimate their ability to expoit other players and their overall poker ability. Having a better game theoretical strategy that you don't deviate too much from will probably show a higher winrate than constantly being unbalanced in spots because you think you are earning money in that particular hand. Your opponents will also catch on slower to how you play. At the lowest stakes it is less important to be less exploitable, but still good to think about. GTO is completely about understanding your range, your opponents doesn't matter. You could show your opponent your ranges and still not lose.

I'd probably 3 bet pre flop here, but I guess it isn't crazy not to OOP and keeping weak UTG in. I'm probably betting 3 streets here. Pot flop, pot turn, and smaller bet on river. I don't see the reason to bet a touch smaller than pot on flop/turn. River I want to keep some weaker hands in so I bet 2/3 or so. As played river looks like an easy call. 55, 99 , Q5 probably all do this, along with a weird JJ type hand or a random floated draw.

I'm  happy 4 betting preflop here and jamming almost all flops.

Pot raise the flop. 

 3 bet this  preflop. As played raise the flop. Our equity takes a dive on the turn when we brick. You could call flop and pot raise turns if villain barrels too much, but I think I prefer taking it down on flop or re-taking the initiative so we can barrel him off some pair+ draw types of hands on blank turns instead of it happening to us.

You could c/r turn to induce bluffs and charge draws more. Yo played it fine though. Next time don't post the other guys hand. just stop after typing hero shoves. It looks like a bad beat story as is and they won't get much attention. 

I would probably fold pre utg+1. As played I now fold. Deeper in mtt fishier players are trying to protect their big made hands way to hard. Earlier in the mtt I might snap it off, but when the money is near or getting big, weaker players are trying to not get sucked out on more often. 

barrel turn 1/2 pot

I think flat call preflop is best. 3 bet more rundowns if it is obvious what you have.

combo flush draws are too heavy in his range to call imo. 

I feel like people bet really big to rep bluffs but have it a lot more often. 

agree with flop fold.

bet flop and as played check river if called.