ImMIke
27 points
Hey guys, sorry for for bad hand format, for some reason I get a mistake when try to convert this one.
Dealt to Hero [Kc Kd]
folded to BU, BU opens to $4
Hero SB 3bet to $16
BB folds, BU calls
*** FLOP *** [5d Qd Js]
Hero bets $20, BU calls
*** TURN *** [5d Qd Js] [3d]
(BU is a stong reg)
What's ur standard play with this hand guys w/o any specific read?
it seems like all 3 options (cbet, XC, X/jam) are reasonable, im not sure at all which one is better.
my thoughts on all 3 options:
XC seems the worst one( i might be wrong for sure) - I think opponent can play pretty good on the tern & river vs our hand, he can XB tern w pair+fd, some draws+SDV. he can value bet river tretty safely w 2pairs+.
if we barrel we get value from draws+fd, pair+fd, Qx. down side taht opponent has already quite a lot of flushes and OTR we will have a tough decision. (if u bet tern, what u guys would do OTR if its a blank?)
At this hand i decided to X/jam, ooponent should bet quite a bit of draws w missed bet (i counted at least 20-25 combos of mendatory bets), around 20combos of flushes, also he should bet some AQ, maybe KQ for protection.
Do u guys think that this hand is good condidate to X/jam, if not what hands would u X/jam tern with(if any).
Any comments aprociated!
Sept. 22, 2014 | 4:48 p.m.
Thanks for ur work, Tyler. Love ur videos.
I have one unrelated question, I remember a while ago u said that u play 800-1300h per year. I wanna ask how many hours u spend on theory per month roughly. Very curious what the ratio of theory to actual play have some1 who work on his game as hard as u do.
Aug. 23, 2014 | 3:54 p.m.
Hey Tyler, this compairng of pot size bet & half pot bet is pretty much eye-opening to me how importand to pick right sizing OTR. But I wonder is it even possible to have more or less accurate astimation on how much equity our value range has on the river vs villains range? it seems so hard to me. Can u give me any hints on what I can do to get better at this?
Thanks in advance!
Aug. 11, 2014 | 2:47 p.m.
34:40 OOP with KK u cbet less than 50% of the pot on J32r. U also did the same small flop cbets in many other spots. Can u give me a clue why its better than 2/3 - 3/4? In KK hand u said that its very strong board for u since opponent might have no sets here at all & capped at Jx, so why cbet so small instead of 3/4 cbet ?
Thanks!
June 15, 2014 | 8:17 p.m.
Hello Ben, what strategy do u think would be tougher to play against for open raiser, linar 3bet range like AA-TT,AKo-AJo,KQo,AKs-ATs,KQs-KTs,QJs-QTs,JTs with no cold calling range or balansed cc range with some AK & QQ mixed in + narrow 3bet range?
My guess is linar 3bet range is tougher for villain to play against, cause he hafta fold weaker hands right away & also his middle hands like suited BWs in quite bad shape too since he OOP in big pot. Same time cold calling IP become worse since ppl play better OOP than they used to, + the fact that we get squeezed a bit. Do u agree with my shoughts?
And going even farther, do we even need cold calling range at all IP on MP-BU?
Thanks in advance!
June 14, 2014 | 11:19 a.m.
Ben, where I can find Tyler's response to the question about red line?
June 14, 2014 | 10:51 a.m.
Hello Ben, very good video!
About Qts hand on AKQss, if it would be BBvBU spot, XB hands like KJo, Qts would be a way better option than cbet? since opponent has way more Ax & we also have a lot random Jx Tx we can cbet.
Thanks
June 14, 2014 | 10:21 a.m.
SB: $200
BB: $197
Hero raises to $4, SB raises to $14, BB folds, Hero calls $10
May 10, 2014 | 9:08 p.m.
i have other consern tbh, ppl at nl200 overfold to big overbets way way too much and since he is very capped here he just never calling a jam imho, he just would think: oh fk, im capped he is not, jam is so big, why the hell i bet this river im folding.
agree that jam is better GTO wise, tho
April 30, 2014 | 11:13 a.m.
i think raise small make no sense, good reg arent gonna re-bluff vs ur very uncapped range, so just make it big. 4x or bigger
April 29, 2014 | 9:29 p.m.
Nick, I also very curious why u think that ur call can be +ev here, can u explain a bit more why u think u can do it?
My thoughts: u up vs two players who show that they have something; u r not closing the action; u r almost dead if some one has 2pairs+; spade, 9, K, or ace close possible draws(what u gonna do then? blindly put money in the pot?); if BU calls behind flop u literaly hafta fold on all blank terns, since at nl200 ppl see u very caped on Qx, maybe some times a draw(i guess they r right). what do u think u can represent here?
i'd be very very surprised if u can make any money calling Jx here.
April 29, 2014 | 9:15 p.m.
Good video. Would like to see hands where u call BB vs BU raise.
Also u seems to defend veeery wide, whats ur average defence range would look like vs 40% 3x open?
Thanks in advance!
April 27, 2014 | 9:26 p.m.
i think he meant that AA becomes a better bluff since now we know that villain calls with AJ & obv all flushed & with AA we block all taht hands a ton.
April 27, 2014 | 7:57 p.m.
against 19/15 nitty guy it seems just bad to 4bet flop, really almost non of that guys gonna 3bet flop with sets or straights 200bb deep !!! Ur asumtions way too ambotious, u beat only one value hand.
so call and play the tern
April 26, 2014 | 7:26 a.m.
so would u pick all day K6o,Q7o over hands like T8o, 87o? i understand that raw equity for Kx,Qx is way better, my arguments are: we IP so our raw equity matters a bit less(imho), also we already full of high cards & cover low a bit more is nice. Most important when we missed w Kx,Qx its almost always auto give ups(and we already have quite a bit weak Ax and other weakisg one high card hands for that), while with connectors we pick some nice barreling spots.
Does it make sense or maybe its too stretched?
Thanks
April 24, 2014 | 10:15 p.m.
58:25 can u tell, please, what weakest pocket u would call vs 3x utg raise on sb? also what ur range roughly look like in this spot? just very curious how u view this spot, ppl play is so differently, some dont even have a calling range here.
i have this one myself: QQ-88,AKo-AQo,AQs-ATs,KQs-KJs,QJs,JTs (i may 3bet or call AK and QQ depending on villain)
April 23, 2014 | 8:07 p.m.
26:20 u fold T8o on BU, is it standard for u? what % do u normaly open on BU?
later i saw u open K6o on BU & call it standard, so do u think that unconnected high card hands have more value than stuff like 76o, T8o, given that we ip?
Thanks in advance
April 23, 2014 | 4:16 p.m.
one last thing, do u think its important to have flop XR range as pfr on low dinamic boards, like 689tt, or its make our ranges too weak?
April 16, 2014 | 4:04 p.m.
Hello Tyler, really great video!
What i wanna ask is that here we talk about low board where opponent has an advantage, i wonder what our plan would be on low board there both players missed a ton, like 633r ?
it seems that we should pressure our opponent here, cause we have more overpairs(and stronger ones) and we both missed a ton. + I dont wanna let opponent take free cards & hit smth. What do u think? maybe XC a lot has some merits too? maybe i'm missing smth?
Thanks in advance!
April 16, 2014 | 3:46 p.m.
Tyler, I think my logiс is flawed here, can u expend a little bit?
If I get it right u r saying that we hafta pick biggest ev play, end of story?
Does it relate to any spot in holdem? It comes in mind that when I 3bet OOP & hit a low board & like split AK-AJ in half, so i can credibly barrel on J-A tern & also have some when XC, so my range protected. Does it make sense or i better of by doing smth different?
Thanks a lot!
April 10, 2014 | 11:55 a.m.
Chael, what do u think opp gonna do with J9,QT,KT,QJ(w no bdfd) & all that stuff vs cbet? and also what WE gonna do on most of the terns with such hand? there is almost no chance to win at SD w/o putting more than one bet in the pot imho.
April 5, 2014 | 10:47 a.m.
Hello Ben, 15:05 u 3bet Ajo BUvsCO, also I saw u 3betting 88 in same spot in earlier videos. I know u like to 3bet linar range in many spots & stuff, so my question is: do u even have a calling range on BUvsCO?
If u dont have one(or almost dont), is it because ppl squeeze a ton at higher stakes or there somthing else? Would u have the same strategy at mid stakes?
April 5, 2014 | 10:40 a.m.
my guess would be that Ben taking advantage if his image and the fact that villain already saw him doing quite big bluff in similar weird spot. Also there are a bunch of draws out there which makes villain even more inclane to stack off.
April 5, 2014 | 10:32 a.m.
dont think its a fold right away ott.
with 8% 3bet he dont have KQ there almost for sure, its in his calling range. he only has 12-15 value combos. As for bluffs 30% is a WIDE calling range with at least 89o, Q9o in it. SO he wont run out of bluffs here for sure.
I up for call tern!
April 4, 2014 | 7:10 p.m.
i think u r missing that its a 3way pot with a FISH & that sould change whole game plan for the hand compare to 3way with two regs.
April 4, 2014 | 6:47 p.m.
why XF river? i up for bet tern/jam blank river!
he can only have like 7combos of flush & 3-9combos of sets. if he calls w all KQ its already 12. what do u think he gonna do with all his Kx vs ur river jam?
i can see XF river only if u have very nit 3betting range vs CO
April 4, 2014 | 4:40 p.m.
its not even close, u dont block any Kx here, bvb its huge.
as for bluffcatching u can do it with some Kx hands instead.
April 4, 2014 | 4:09 p.m.
28$ looks like a small bet already ;)
Very nice job, looking forward for more complex spots!
Aug. 31, 2014 | 8:25 a.m.