MagicNinja
9 points
Vs a reg who seems okay / solid 21/19 so far but small sample. Riv is pretty tough spot for me here, i think his sizing is super polarising unsure he rips TT here for this sizing. thoughts please:
http://weaktight.com/6910739
Aug. 16, 2014 | 11:55 a.m.
Villain is regular, not more than a few hands on him so pretty readless, preflop is something i am unsure about - i mean assuming he narrows his 4B value range bc we are deep and given our positions (i.e. excludes QQ, AK) we are still getting 3:1 on a call preflop so vs a range of only KK and AA we have 25% equity. Of course if he has some bluffs then our call could be okay, although assuming he used AX to bluff 4B our kicker could mean some bad reverse implied odds if we flop TP.
Also i realise the value of having a nut draw when deep is we dominate some of his draws, but in this spot i don't really see many lower suited hands he could have since i expect him to flat KQs so that doesn't apply here.
I think the turn call is -EV and a mistake fwiw. Wanted to explore preflop thought process here, think postflop i should be folding turn since he doesn't have any bluffs :/
Aug. 5, 2014 | 2:30 p.m.
3 Tabling unknown zoom villain - maybe preflop is a tad loose, but bleh people give up a ton in zoom oop so feel i can call profitably. when he barrels turn this large i am unsure what to do.
I expect his range to barrel turn contains overpairs, 2 pairs, straights, and then bluffs which i guess are usually flush draws + overcard, or with a pair / straight draw. So i think a lot of his semi bluff range has tons of equity vs me. If i fold turn it leaves me pondering whether my gameplan overall is flawed / too nitty ?
He bet quickly, didn't think much. Whats your plan ott / otr here, thanks.
June 19, 2014 | 4:09 p.m.
example hand: http://weaktight.com/6792888
I call getting 5:1 so only need 17% eq to cotinue, and this hand is decently strong enough although i would be curious as to how you breakdown the exact equity required in a 4 way+ pot.
I find these spots kinda tough bc i am playing my weaker range vs a much stronger uncapped range (UTG) - i find i flop TP but face barrels and am unsure what to do. I think folding flop could be ok given villain CBs into 4 players. But then why call at all preflop, we are still ahead of all FDs and 9T combo's
How do you approach these situations?
How would your play change vs a later position player stabbing flop - obv player dependant but vs unknown 4 tabler would be a decent place to start.
June 19, 2014 | 12:59 p.m.
folded turn just based on how quick he barrelled - but felt dirty :/
June 16, 2014 | 7:06 p.m.
Thanks yeah felt kinda gross calling turn to fold brick rivs esp since he insta barrelled turn. Sometimes i feel like when someone bets so quick they can only have value in their range, ofc some good players now do this as a disguise with bluffs also. Anyway what your plan OTR if it bricks and he bets the following sizings ??
1) tiny
2) halfpot
3) three quarters pot
4) shuvs
June 16, 2014 | 1:29 p.m.
http://weaktight.com/6786612
Dunno what i shouyld be doin here vs an unknown 4 tabling Zoomer? Kinda felt like he would be more weighted towards sets and flushes than AcJx kinda hands - thoughts on nitting it up vs calling turn maybe folding river ?
June 16, 2014 | 12:46 p.m.
http://weaktight.com/6780547
So i choose here to CR flop for value but then still barrel off to get value from a fishes heavily AX weighted range here - seem ok? Pretty sure he has lots more A2-AT combo's than boats than won't fold. One tabler zoom btw.
June 13, 2014 | 11:28 a.m.
http://weaktight.com/6780530
Haven't played poker much for a while so am gonna post some hands to try and get my brain back into the swing of things. In this hand i face a problem that i find causes me problems in other area's of poker also - i narrow a players range when they don't take an action that i expect from a part of their range (eg. i expect to hear from KT or sets before the river here onm this texture) - then end up in a spot where i face action from a range that discounts a lot of nutted combo's and make a mistake. Should i change my turn analysis given he is an unknown? Anyway villain unknown 4 tabler on Stars Zoom pool. Also with all the training vids offering advice on turning hands into bluffs now i thought there was at least a chance i could be good here. Actually mainly worried about 9Tss. Thoughts on all my thoughts please :) Thx in advance
June 13, 2014 | 11:23 a.m.
hey Felipe, great vids watching all your stuff atm :) At 8min you fold T8o on a 567X brd facing a double barrel, can you explain your thought process on why you would fold there deep (if we hit a 9 and villain has an 8 we get all the money) - or is that too unlikely to justify the price 2.5:1+ implied of calling ott, thanks
June 6, 2014 | 9:17 a.m.
Feel like vs an unknown russian fish calling may be better than folding here, but still unsure if thats decent given no hands on villain.
June 5, 2014 | 1:15 p.m.
http://weaktight.com/6758901
Was thinking of check folding this riv bc he chks back everything we beat except AK which i guess he bets a not huge amount otr. Also KQ + QQ decent part of his range, thoughts on value betting riv here thanks
June 4, 2014 | 12:35 a.m.
Villain is playing 27/17 over 70 hands, no reads apart from one tabling - was thinking of mucking turn here, not sure how i should be playing my ranges here? Any advice welcome thnaks:
http://weaktight.com/6758897
June 4, 2014 | 12:32 a.m.
ok thanks tyler, are you calling a quick shuv here on a brick riv after checking back? Seems kinda unlikly he ever ships his SDV hands unless he is decent and pretty agro. Guess this kinda spot is where i have trouble maybe bc i am not as versed in game theory aspects of the game as you are. Also we block all KQ KJcc hands he may have chosen to chkcall the flop with.
Also one more thing, from SB point of view are you gonna CR your KJcc KQcc hands on this flop given our pretty strong CB [sizing+multiway+flop texture] making it pretty unlikely we have anything apart from strong draws or value in our range? TBH i would fold those hands preflop but say it was a fish UTG+1 instead of a reg opening, then these hands aswell as 89cc and 9Tcc TJcc would be a part of my range, but i would be unsure how to play them given the regs heavily value skewed CB range and our strong equity - always sucks to be in thsoe spots haha, anyway thanks for the reply :)
June 3, 2014 | 10:05 a.m.
Hand vs 2 unknown regs, what you think about this turn jam ? Dunno why but jamming turn here, not sure i called by worse that often, expect him to CR sets otf, some PPS that are the main part of the range i beat probably snap fold to this jam ?
June 2, 2014 | 11:30 p.m.
cheers guys, ofc i understand variance, just been on such a large DS lately so many set over set flush over flush and numerous other setups plus losing every flip for last 100K hands i have started doubting myself ion these kinda simpler spots :/ ofc villain shows Q9o haha - anyway guess i just wanted to run it past a few peps, much appreciated, will try not to post such spots again - and GL everyone :p
May 21, 2014 | 2:51 p.m.
KK cool thanks satay, you obv play higher than me so appreciate the feedback, guess i am turning in to a run bad nit hehe, anyway cheers :)
May 21, 2014 | 12:14 p.m.
yeah not sure someone at 25NL is gonna be CRing that wide a range so fast / large vs a big CB, but again i have no info on villain, so what i am getting at is when it feels like a close fold in this kinda spot whats the thought process i should be taking, getting owned daily atm and have lost all confidence in my decisions :/
May 21, 2014 | 10:30 a.m.
CO: $12.71
BN: $76.35
SB: $68.89
BB: $31.44 (Hero)
UTG: $42.10
UTG folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN folds, SB raises to $0.80, Hero raises to $2.40, SB calls $1.60
May 21, 2014 | 9:19 a.m.
100bb effective our hand Ah Jd in SB v BTN 3x open from unknown 4 tabling reg. We 3B preflop as part of our value 3B range, sizing wise we make it 10bb's, and villain defends.
Flop [Pot 21bb] comes 2d 3c 4h. I CB 15bb's villain calls.
Turn [Pot is 51bb] is Qh, this is a card that would hit my KQ AQ combo's and also one i would barrel with any heart hands i bet the flop with. Also i have the Ah blocker so sould bluff heart rivs, not sure if that good or bad though since it limits the number of turn floats for villan so maybe not so good shuving brick rivers now ? Anyway so i barrel again expecting to have some fold equity, i bet 27bb and villain calls.
River [Pot 105bb] is Ad - gives us TP. What you expect to be the most + EV play on this river and why ? Thansk in advance for any feedback, will also try running some cr ev on what we should do here.
April 27, 2014 | 10:17 p.m.
SPR is pretty low though, which is why i dont like this
April 25, 2014 | 2:11 a.m.
So villain in question is kinda tighter side reg 22/16 WWSF 43, 3Bs Btn v CO 10% so not uber nitty preflop. Fold vs 4B in that spot 1/1 so far. Also bets when checked to 50% which is decent and nothingh to tight / loose in that spot. My first thought on this flop was bet fold, or maybe check fold? Thoughts please on postflop.
April 24, 2014 | 10:15 p.m.
its CO vs btn and i gave my reasons to open it (was gonna 4B fold vs someone who had never flatted a 4B) - try reading before slating people in public :)
April 16, 2014 | 2:16 p.m.
thnaks man, reason i use that sizing is bc after lots of analysis of hundreds of millions of hands played by regs someone i know found that people tend to do pretty well vs a min open, and not defend enough / win vs a slightly larger one, also 2.4 doesnt get recorded in peoples notecaddy stuff, bc they have it setup to record 3x or 2.5x or min opens, hence i use that (2.4x) sizing
April 16, 2014 | 2:14 p.m.
Villain 3Bs Btn v CO 12% - has fold to 4B in that spot of 50% - he has never flatted a 4B yet so far though. For that reason i decided that this hand with its blocker would be decent hand to 4B fold. Anyway, ofc he calls the 4B and i flop TP :p OTF i bet standard sizing that would with my whole range in the this spot, i have AA KK AK JJ for value as well as some AQhh, AJhh, QQ hands i would bet to spot my range being capped - does that thought process seem reasonable? Problem is the board hits both our ranges kinda hard.
Anyway the turn is where i get a little lost. I decided to chkcall, although i am kinda leaning to maybe chkfold since villain has a turn stab in position of 21% which is incredibly nitty, although thats in SRP's so not sure how he adjusts in larger pots like this. Thoughts on turn / river would be great thanks in advance for any advice :)
April 16, 2014 | 11:49 a.m.
My default open on the button is 2.4x - in my hud i have SB and BB fold to button steal. Question i have is how do i use these stats to accurately calculate if stealing a2c is profitable in a vacuum. I understand that peopole will adjust / play differently if i open a2c all the time / if there a fish in pot or we are deeper ect, but just as a default calulation would like to know.
Someone told me that if for example SB folds 64% and BB folds 50% ot would be (0.64*0.5)*100 - is that correct?
Thanks in advance for any help. Also any good vids on this kinda stuff on rio you guys may know of?
April 16, 2014 | 10:40 a.m.
yeah i didn't claim this guy was the toughest opponent, but this was a tough spot for me readless for sure. @Wysedriod: are you leaning towards calling here and taking a note then, or just goin into hem an studying this guy after the session? cheers
April 16, 2014 | 10:03 a.m.
Villain 4 tables, from canada, no hands or reads though. Flop i peel bc i have overs and backdoor flush + straight draws. On the turn nothing but calling makes sense imo, keeps his bluffs in, standard turn call here always for me. River guy overbet jams (kinda quickly). Thoughts on calling vs folding pls, toughest spot i have faced for quite some time :p Will be running some cr ev / flopzilla analysis on this one and maybe post results itt.
April 15, 2014 | 10:35 p.m.
New to rush, havent played many hands so not much info on villain, although have him marked a reg. Obv otf out hand is really nice, with Ac blocker i feel like calling down > raising getting it in. However on this riv i was leaning towards a hero fold? What would you think about his sizing on the riv? Seemed in game like QQ or KK goin for thin value, thoughts on best play here otr, thanks
i like the detail, its way better than rushing through a bunch of spots imo, enjoying this series a ton
Dec. 14, 2014 | 5:13 p.m.