Kuroari

Very interesting that the idea of meta game is starting to be a thing to watch out for in poker. I feel that 3.5x open from sb, big 3 bets, are clearly gaining popularity, so it's nice we get to peek a bit of what's going on in the best player's head.

Watching you folding aq pre vs eccentric made me think that balanced limping strat is something I want to learn, but I really don't know lots of good regs doing it.
Is this because it's a suboptimal strategy, or something difficult with little gain? What's your opinion on this one?

Here's some thoughts I currently have.
1.Since we are playing no limit games, and the fact that massive over bet And balancing multiple sizing is vialble, starting with a small pot shouldn't be that much of a problem.

1. Getting to decide (fold/raise/call) after other player's action is a massive advantage. This is why sb is a tough position to play from.
   Hands like A9o can easily fold when multiple players are calling someone's iso-raise.

2. Calling Iso-raise caps your range, but It is usually difficult to apply pressure from oop Anyway. When ip you can over bet turn and get a free showdown with tpgk type of hands, but you either need to x/call or follow through on the river, which is hard to balance well. playing like you are in the blinds doesn't feel bad, at least for me.

Not sure if I can master this one, but it is always fun and refreshing to think about new strategy.

Congrats!!

Wonderful Video ! Great Job !

Thanks for your answer,Ben.
I got that reason why you take that betsize there.Ive not understand fully what you explain to me(e.g. why 40%? why independent from value:bluff ratio?).However,it was very good information to think about the sizing.Ill try some calc. to understand your advice :)

Hey ben,great Video as always.
At around 12:00 [Ah5s] on the river you choose 40% sizing. I understand a mechanism of your betting,but little confuse with the size you bet there.
It seem that HJ`s range was capped like (hh,mid pair,7x,mediocre J,Ax) and your marginal Ahigh had no enough SDV. On the other hand,same time you have a lot of Bluffing hand there.
So,I thought your bet size must be large by polarized range.Could you explain why you take that size there?
p.s. I like this video format and your comments are all great!!thanks!!

I am also pondering about going pro (24 yo turning 25 this May). It is surprising to find someone in a similar situation.  My situation is that "real" job eats up too much time, (9:00 to 22~23:00 + Saturday if necessary, is how people work in Japan) (wonder how it is in other countries), which is pretty poor EV wise since I am a 5bb/100 winner @ NL200zoom over 200k hand sample.

Really wonder how poker industry changes in next 5 years or so. Government policies, state of the game (games getting tougher and tougher), etc.

Have you already convinced your family members? 

Btw, really liked this part.

" I don't want to live my life as a would'a, could'a, should'a type of person. That's just not me. "

Sorry for bad English. Will study harder.