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enjoyed the video, would love to see the concept applied to 3bp as mentioned at the end of the video, and also any concepts you've learned from studying chess that can be applied to poker, etc...

really good video, definitely walked away with a few concepts to implement into play immediately, also a fan of theory videos given mechanics are the same in a variety of spots and we can use the concepts discussed in the video immediately vs a live play video where some spots get player specific and unique and we don't get much value from it

ran a sim for this river spot and it appears that we prefer A5s to bluff vs AJ but AJ is losing 1 chip as a shove...might just be a freq thing and if you don't have some of the suited connectors in your range or pps that have a sd that bet turn at equilibrium then AJ might just need to be a shove if ranges are adjusted...its nice to block QJdd and AQdd which are high freq x/c x/c and some AK

RaoulFlush ran sim solver does prefer KK/QQ in a betting range on river vs check by quite a bit

RaoulFlush could be a bit thin but its something the solver might like to do at equilibrium to get called by Jx because that is an auto check for IP and bluff catchers like KK might have a higher ev in the bet small range vs check and face a polarized size from IP and have no ev

right some of those might bet on the turn, its villain dependent, so depending on how they construct their turn range will determine how close this is on the river...some players bet a lot when checked to and show up to the river with a value heavy range, some just check turn always here unless they have the top of their range and do not bluff the small pps that need to be mixed in, so their river range will include a bunch of Ax and some missed sds...i always find these spots tricky tbh, clearly 99 is a check on the river but what does the rest of our range look like once we check and they bet...we'll have Jx, pocket pairs up to KK, maybe some weak Ax...we'll have to pick some bluff catchers and this combo could have reasonable unblocker properties depending on IP turn strategy, if they check a lot of sds that block your KK/QQ/TT region then it could make for a higher ev x/c, if they bet them all on the turn and arrive to the river with no natural bluffs then its pure x/f...could just roll a small call freq here if unsure or play conservatively against population and always fold but at some point you need to call a pocket pair with neutral to bad blocker effects or possibly get run over...but this spot is worth zero ev at best (unlikely even zero ev) if they are bluffing the right freq and population probably is not so folding river seems standard..

never folding to this action for 1/3 pot, no clue what villain is representing but it feels like some value hand that just wants to get money in vs from overpairs that will check back river and they need to bet really small because you do not need to defend those overpair combos against a sizing that should be used in a polar range...exploitatively speaking...their range in theory makes zero sense at all...preflop is a bit loose and probably a fold mostly but could be mixed in against weaker opponents that overfold preflop and otf to small cbets in 3bp...your hand is well played

this hand seems well played...i guess for your triple range you would prefer to have suited combos that block Ax that villain calls down but unblock the auto folds for IP so not having a diamond is good...

OP - just out of curiosity how many combos of broadways with a gutter did you assign their river range when you calculated 30% against against their range? its probably a fold at equilibrium but it could be close given solver probably prefers to not bluff the broadway combos at a high freq because it blocks your x/c/x/f range...given how many Ax combos the IP player has between suited and offsuit variety and 99 is basically neutral blockers...doubt this is a call in theory or practice but the blockers seem neutral relative to say QJ or something like that but maybe we just want to have some piece of the board here to consider calling down...

everything up to the river seems reasonable, i would typically use a block sizing at this node to get value from hands that might not reopen the action again like 65s/67s or weaker pps...your hand prefers to block and get called by worse vs check and face a polarized bet sizing given your blockers, it should be 0 ev and IP should play very polar on the river with some big sizings that will put this hand in a gross spot...

given villain odd sizings i'm more inclined to call because the value region of their range wants to play extremely polar and once they go half pot on the turn they skew their range away from the stuff that has your combo crused and more toward potentially weaker Ax like AJs or ATs, draws, etc...if i was in game and thought this spot could be underbluffed but still want to call at a freq then i would roll for this combo otherwise you have no calling range on the river really as your draws brick and you only have a few combos of A6/A4/AA/QQ to call down...the 4 is a nice card because it reduces the combos of 64s/A4/44 in villain x/r and barrel range

in a vacuum leading the flop might be okay but i've always played mostly check against IP limps that are vpip'ng with aggressive players behind and it should rep a stronger range, bb has the entire range basically and checking protects the weaker parts of your range...as played, check turn might be optimal blocking the check back range but unblocking draws you want to improve that will fold vs a barrel like KQo and also the hands that will call your triple will also bet turn themselves so you get an extra bet from auto folds on turn either because they bluff at some point or they improve to a value hand...solver might play a block strategy on the turn with a hand like this blocking some continues as a block will still get called by draws you want to remain in the hand and also give flushes and bluffs with a spade the opportunity to put in a raise...

usually on the double flush draw boards the solver loves to bluff the offsuit combos that block both flush draws and you only block one, just one heuristic i've come across on these boards...not sure how many continues you really block with the Jc as IP shoudn't be cold calling preflop with much Jx suited combos from the bb...you have a pretty wide range here relative to their range so you probably need to be careful with frequencies assuming you range bet flop and show up to the turn with a much wider range than IP...

hand one seems well played, the solver will always like the overbet on this board and polarizing your range but i get the commentary above that it might be better not to split your range on the turn unless you've really thought through how you want to balance your draws across multiple sizings...once you get to the river its probably a give up with the Ah which are calling every combo from A9hh to A2hh and snap folding river...this is where splitting your range on the turn can become tricky because now you might arrive to the river with inadequate bluff candidates on certain runouts that you otherwise wouldn't if you played one size on the turn...hand 2 seems like a good hand to bet, you block AJ which might x/r for value, you fold out better Ax and you build the build the pot to get stacks in on flush/straight rivers..this hand probably makes for a better stab than a hand like 98ss or 87ss that block the 88/77/99 combos that x/f turn

preflop is a fold as noted above, just not playing a flatting range against a 4x raise first in size, flop and turn seem okay and river seems like a give up with the Ah, have to be careful about frequencies here because if you are flatting AJo then you're probably flatting a bunch of offsuit combos and suited combos as well and your value range is reasonably narrow so you could over do it here

seems like a fine shove unblocking all the A hi fds that might x/c turn and fold river and blocking some QJs that could potentially x/c...also have a decent value region of sets, some two pair, maybe 67s and AQ+ for value, Kx improves some turn bluffs so this hand is pretty much bottom of range

this hand just seems completely out of line, its mwp and you just have no equity when called and a lot more combos to choose from before ever considering this hand

feel like this line just never gets enough credit and gets snapped off by middle pps too freq if its a weaker player...also depends how you're constructing your turn check back range and how villain plays river probes...some players might check too strong here and just bet all their hands you have fold equity against either as a block or as a larger sizing...the ace of spades is a pretty terrible card to have, blocks no value and blocks potential x/f from villain...i guess you can roll a freq here to make sure you're doing it sometimes but not all the time, again depends on your turn range, don't think we check range here in theory fwiw

river its just a question of where this ranks relative to the rest of your range and its pretty far down as far as bluff catchers go...you'll have some KJ that can call and Tx and you'll probably do fine in this spot...depending on how you play your straights you'll also have some combos of J9o as well and maybe AJo

this one is the closest spot of the 3 because villain just has a hard time finding natural bluffs to x/r and triple off on a flush completing river...they basically need to turn a hand like 45s into a bluff or a heart draw with low cards...think this one i'd randomize a call freq given the Ks blocker but not expect to win very often when calling

hand one seems like a mandatory call down, you're just too far up in your range to consider folding against a 75% bet...hand two is closer but as others mentioned the ability to draw to the effective nuts against IP should make up for the 12% equity gab needed against KT and there is still some chance IP finds a weird raise with T8 or something...

pre you should mainly 3b preflop with higher rake etc, flop and turn are good, river is probably a shove, villain main trap here is JJ and 66 (which probably never squeezes pre) and you block JJ...they almost never have QQ+ so you're ahead of the x/c range enough to jam...

just bet flop for like 10% pot on the flop, your range smashes this board and its its easier to just keep your range together at the flop node vs split

think population would tend to block bet the river with a lot of flush draws that are better than your hand, in theory it might be a bit thin but you unblock the board and you'll have hands here that have no sdv that can become profitable bluffs and flushes are the only hands that really want to reopen the action...when you have a combo that will not want to continue putting money in on turns and rivers when you make your hand then its a good candidate to call a cbet on the flop vs raise and cap your range on the turn when you make your hand and face a polarized bet with no relevant blockers on the river

its also important to think in terms of your overall range when you arrive to the river at this node..you capture more ev by putting this hand into your checking range and protecting your 0 ev bluff catchers while also allowing yourself to build a x/r range that can turn hands that would have to be folded for 0 ev into profitable x/r bluffs against IP barrel...

Kc is probably a reasonable blocker given IP will stab a lot of suited Kx club combos on the flop which should weight their range toward weaker hands like suited diamond or heart combos on the turn...i guess its sort of a neutral blocker

ran a sim for this spot and its hard to model the exact ranges in play but made them pretty tight ~4% for both players and AQ is a pure fold on the turn assuming that you check turn with some AK, KQ, AQhh, TT, QQ, etc...once you face IP bet you split between x/r ai and x/c

value bet thinner and add in more bluffs seems like a decent strategy against a loose passive player...33 is too wide to x/c, they have 2 outs to improve often and will underrealize a bunch even when the board bricks off...the give up seems good with the A of clubs

misread the board here, the middle pps fold turn so turn barrel is good, king is great card for your range...probably would prefer to block the Kx floats vs QJdd in the triple barrel node...can maybe give this one up and bluff some other stuff that unblock more autofolds

think this is supposed to be a high freq cbet spot from IP on the flop, turn you need to call unblocking bluffs and having two overcards to improve...river its a question of how many pps you arrive to the river with because you need to call at some freq otherwise you'll get run over in this node