MorronGun

Hi there!

Really nice review from the boards, very neccesary to study every couple of months with dedication and practice, so thanks for bringing such clean and fast information.

Thanks for the video! From the other part of the screen is easy to see the dedication and the time for the game, so cheers for that, keep up the good work man =)

Hey man, thanks for the time and good energy.

A basic strategy really well performed can be an absolut monster to defeat, and that is going to the basics and asking humbly "do I know the ranges?", we all miss some things, we all missclick, but we should dedicate a little bit of our time to do our basic homework every day, like any other athlete.

Hope you started well 2024. Gl at the tables =)

Hi there. Thanks for the video!

Really intresting about adjusting based on the opponent reads, it makes you nodelock your brain, super key to follow properly the opponent range and intentions.

At min 27:00 In my humble opinion on the T4 hand on T 9 2 4, depends a lot on range construction for the opponent. He is trying to play really overbluffer until you realize that and go the other way around. So when you see that 42o is being open, then is really normal that the first hand that is limped is a weak hand and also apply on that board. Don't see him limping 92 which is the most unblocked 2 pair combo.

As soon blinds go up those overbet lines are going to become way more towards value and no more thin valuebets to overbet size is my prediction for the end of the next episode =)

Thanks once more, hope you had a good 2024 start.

Hi there! Many thanks for such a nice presentation and idea of a series.

At min 25:20. You said that no hand "reeeally" wants to bet the small size. Maybe I find a different perspective there. Even though it might not be the best to valuebet, when oop you send money to the pot it divides your opponent range. That betting might serve as a form of control. For example in low stakes, as in live poker, many times betting twice with JJ is a good way to get to the river. Not many people bluff when miss or valuebet tp on the river. So with all that togheter there is a way to find value, knowing you didin't waste a high pocket pair, paid less you were loosing and winning absolut max against weak hands which won't bluff you off the pot.

Thanks a lot, looking foward for the next part.
I hope you have a nice 2024 start =)

Hey Henry, not easy to say this, but I play same stakes as you and probably play on daily basis against you. I found that you are probably getting a little bit too much in the confort zone in this video. If it is really complicated to do another strategy, then it's time to open pio (imho) and start learning it. I really like your videos and some times learn a lot from them. As a competitor, I wouldn't like to make my life harder by making every reg to improve, but as I learn and discuss some topics with you, I wish you get better and grow up in the game, only if you wish it as well, of course.

Having said that, I've found that you abuse too much from the small size where it's better to bet bigger. If there are many intresting spots, I encourage you to open up a solver and review them, specially the ones that are very complicated, like Blind vs Blind.

On the Q9s hand, is a really std call for me because it's way cheap. I would lean towards going all in on that spot when I'm the villian. So if I have a fairly cheap spot, I will be calling very often.

Another thing is that after doing some reasearch on many spots, I don't see gto calculators to prefer half pot almost never. So 25/33% or 66/75% are going to be more accurate sizeings, like KQ of clubs in the end of the video.

I just want to clarify that I'm saying this with the best intentions, and some times it's really hard to take this kind of feedback, but I really wish this videos go from very good to excellent.

Looking foward to see this spots more in depth analysis!
Really hope this helps! Glglgl!

Maybe, and it's just an opinion, that would lower the practicality of the exercise, but there might be good a part 2, when we are familiar with this situations, where we practice some probe + barrel.

Hey budy, you can edit your comment, don't need to reply to your own message.

The ev we lost doing that is huge, imagine that 8 7 3 or 2 will come on the turn fairly frequent, and will blow away the ev of some pairs. Oop is another story, this doesn't apply always.

Hey Peter, loved the video, watch it like 3 times. While sometimes videos might feel little bit heavy to watch, this one was quite pleasant and easy.

In my humble experience, some things that you see about gto, you will end up understanding them later, maybe a week after you study or more. So don't try that hard to explain every spot in the moment you realise your "mistakes", because you can be easily confused or not saying all main reasons. But again, just an opnion =).

On the Kc Tc 9d 3s hand, you choose Q5 to go for an overbet. That is not one of the right hands to do it, I believe, because you are blocking his/her folding range (65,54,A5,etc). In this hand is really bad to have an A,6,5 (like A6, A5, 65, 64, etc) to bluff with since they are the main folding cards. That is why you can confortably overbet with Q2 or J7 for example.

Hope this helps! Thanks for the video, hope to see more!
Glgl!

Hey man, remember that the range is on the turn, after flop action, they might not be of those combos.
If it helps a little bit it's such a little difference between those hands, I wouldn't focus much on those small details.

Hey Owen, nice cbet review! Pretty useful for me, imo.

When you choose the sizings, why you pick pot bet? Is it better than 3/4 pot or 125% pot?
I guess that depends on how much you want to bet on the turn.

Is it possible after finishing this series that we can check the next step? That would be betting large as well on the turn after betting big on the flop.

Thanks in advance, looking foward for the second part.
Regards!

Hey Phil, thanks for presenting a video and responding comments even with a big challenge running.

On min 12:25 you decided to lead KQT3ds to a 1/4 pot on a 3 way pot. Why did you prefer that size? If it is a good board for the SB, then why don't bet bigger?
On the turn you checked on an offsuit A. Do you split your range here? Or you prefer to maintain your hole range together so it's not face up?

Thanks again for the deep detail in the explanation. Gl with the challenges!

Hey good video! Like the format.
Remember that in the JJ hand people is going to over cbet that board, you can tell when people is going to do that by the size of the cbet!

So it's not the same to check raise against a wider range. I would pref to check raise for sure against that size since for 3 reasons:

• I will call often enough 3 barrels. I don't mind stacking myself since he doesn't kick me out of the tournament.
• I don't mind to play explotative since he is not playing balanced. So I don't really mind to over protect my check calling range.
• Dening eq, since AK type of hands won't 3ple barrel enough, so in the end I will face up, same bluffs as if he didn't make a mistake.

So in the end the only difference is that the extra eq that I get from the opponent's mistake is when JJ face AKo/AQo off without backdoors and check raising flop is a greater value than calling. Don't know if I'm taking everything into consideration, I can be making a mistake here, but maybe this way of thinking helps a little bit.

Really liked the JJ hand, learned intresting things! Thanks for the video!
Glgl =)!

Hi there! Thanks for the video. A nice introduction to range comparison. Good examples as well.

I would take into consideration 2 main things:

• Checkraising flop from click it to 2.5x should be seriously considered for 2 main reasons. People won't play it correctly. It's easier to play some middle hands.
• On middle boards you must have another range size as well. Not the best to bet AA 30% con 8s 6s 5c board for example.

There is tons of calc here, so initial asumptions worth a lot! If you want to keep exploring try bigger sizes on middle boards and some small x/rasing on the flop, that will improve BB's eq for sure. Don't know how much exactly but it can be significant.

Thanks again for the video. Glgl =)

Can learn a lot about technical aspects of poker everywhere and with everyone here on this site. They are like calculating machines xD, they really know a lot.
If the problem is that can't apply the knowleadge to the tables or is pretty hard to climb up, is because something apart from that is not working properly.

Learning should start I believe where you like. There is, gto, gameplay, range theory, mental aspects. Any of those are going to be very good.
So, be ready to enjoy a very long and beatiful journey, because it will take some time!
Gl!

It is such a pleasure to read hands in this forum.
Very nh, as every close spot, lots of things to think about.
My opinions:
- Pre: Standard 3b for value
- Flop: Don't know what "hands he shouldn't be betting" means, but I think check calling here is pretty ok as well.
- River: Here is the thing that I like the most in this hand. I don't believe that betting here that small lead us to the best way vs reg, here is why.
As he can see from his/her point of view. We checked the flop for 2 reasons. 1 is to trap, 2 is to pot control. Would you bet QQ that size? Would you check AA KK here? And I believe the most hard thing for us here, would you bet something like AK AJ that size here? So... it's pretty hard for us to protect our checking or 1/4 betting range on the river. Spliting them here can put us in a really hard situation, mostly because we end up putting our hand face up.
Remember you are playing against a reg, so you can't do whatever is best for your hand, because sometimes it tells what we are holding, making it really easy for the other to exploit that.
Imagine now you check your AJ, AK, QQ, A3s, JJ, TT, etc. It's really easy for us to check/raise, check/call, check/fold. And from the other side, it's really hard to exploit that.
Against a rec player I do believe that is the best line, I might bet a little bit more, maybe 1/2 pot. And against a bad reg I would take same line as you, but it is so so hard to draw the limits, that I would go for a simple check/call on the river.

What did he end up holding? Super uncommon line here, but this might end up getting some more value at the end with something like KQ here. As always, it all depends.

Very nice hand. I hope this helps!
Gl!

There is always a smart guy who notice those type of things lol.
Totaly right. Then, Call/Call/Check.

Hi there.
Beatifull size pre.
On the flop I would cbet much more less, like 30%, it's a pretty dry board. On the turn something around 70%. On the river I would just check fold, I know that my hand is weak but... sometimes you have to let it go, it's a pretty bad hand to bluff.

Hope this helps.
Gl!

Hi there!
Like the cbet, but there is not need to cbet that big, something like 30 to 40% pot it would be ok, so you charge all the small pps and JTs QTs KTs AQ and deny their pot odds in most cases. This is one of the times that you can't choose a perfect size vs their range because the hands that he could hold have a very different eq vs AK.

I'm not pretty sure if folding would be the best option on the flop, but in this case could be.

Hope this helps.
Gl!

Hello there! Very glad to see that you are back.

I decide to 3b here, because i have a 3b or fold strategy on SB, if he
4 bets larger i think i have to fold but... vs his sizing i think i
have a profitable call

It's ok in low limits to have a 3b/fold strat vs co or bu. There are some exceptions to the rule, but in general it is pretty solid on low limits. As you can see, you are in the lowest part of your 3b range, so I would prefer folding than calling. Again there are some exceptions but I would fold on PokerStars.

i assume he is 4betting A5-2s as a bluff and AA KK QQ ( dont know if
JJ sometimes) Flop: i need 26% of equity and vs the range than i
assumed previously i have 28% ( A5c-3c, AKcc AA KK QQ)

Do not assume he will have a 4b light range, it will cost you a lot of money. At micros, things are simple, 4bet means KK+ a lot. But if you call pre, here you must call.

On the turn he shoved and i think he is going to shove all his FDnuts
and overpairs --- same range from the flop. (with the 7x i have 18%
equity now and i need 28%) so i have to fold OTT

He is screaming I have KK+.

What do you think about this im making mistakes on the assumptions or
something? So i can call to be profitable on the turn on all spades,
8x 9x and Jx Tx

As I said, it's not good at all make assumptions about 4b ranges, they are way different that ours most of the times. Do not 5b bluff at all. Don't worry about defending the right # of combos, don't need to, this is not one of those situations that you have to worry about explotation.
Pay attention to the sizes, they hold the true!

As always, hope this helps.
Gl!

Very good hand, there is a lot to learn in 4b pots I believe.
And that's a board that is pretty bad for you. And if he is a fish, it's ok to check fold vs that size, but please do not push the flop.
There are some situations in poker that are just not good for us. This is one of them, so don't be too worried about it. I know it's a big pot, but sometimes we must lose in order to win.
Wp!

There are no dumb questions, but there are dumbs who not ask that questions.
First, got no problem to answer but, this is cash games lol. No good opinions here.
Second, preflop play, I believe is way better to raise than shoving, so point for your friend.
Third, on the flop is 100% fold, no need to risk the tournament there, he is pushing like 4x pot. And you have like 20bb left, so point for you.

It looks like a tie.
Hope this helps.
Gl!

Go to Pro Videos and filter for Pro: Vincent Van Den Neste. It has a lot of HU and GTO.

Hello there. It's pretty nice to see people making an effort to grow and study the game.

If you are instreted, I give personal and group coaching. Send me a private message and I will send you more info about it.

Hope this new group help each other and keep you motivated to move up.
Good Luck!

Chris, good video! Great when we can aproach to theorical aspects.
Thx a lot.

He says some in the middle of the video, and there is a good video from Juan Copani that is called "Guidelines to a calldown"

I bigger flush is raising before sometimes. In this line I believe there is AsXo or AXs. And people like to overshove bluff in this spots. I think I'm not folding because It's stronger than me to fold a flopped flush, its like folding 33 on 3 4 8 Q K, 88 QQ KK? take my money.

Hey David, I see that you woke up with a lot of hands to comment. That is pretty good! Keep doing it!
When you hit an ace or a king on a 3b pot, it's pretty hard to end up folding. I would go for a 3ple barrel myself.
But as played I would just call 100% of the time the river.

As always hope this helps!
Gl!

I always say that the best thing to play poker is because you like it. So play whatever you feel confortable with, then move up, just one thing, it is not going to be easy, 100NL is one of the most difficult things on poker games after playing NL500 and NL200 on pokerstars.

Agree with the comments. You are getting a message: "I have a huge hand". So it's sad, but fold.

Nit fold. Huge % of the times is KK+, even with KK it's a hard spot.
At this stake it's pretty important to fold there I believe, huge part of the winrate goes down with that type of hands.