Philipp
29 points
okay regarding the 55$, 109 etc i totally agree but i guess you could argue that when we talk about 5$,11$ and 22$ there arent that many pros and if pros play these buyins they focus on the big GTDs tourneys. so you could argue that for these buyin ins even (or especially) the small fields are very soft and therefore your ROI is basically the same but you cut out a lot of variance, no?
another question: do you know what decent ROIs are for those 180man lower buyins?
Aug. 9, 2019 | 1:57 p.m.
hey ryan,
i was playing around with that calculator aswell and noticed that the variance is much lower as soon as you reduce field size. but one thing that i cant figure out is. do we have the same roi in a 200 and 2000 field mtt?
thx!
Aug. 7, 2019 | 12:47 a.m.
more videos are always welcome ;)
July 9, 2019 | 2:41 p.m.
day2 would be cool! since we are here for the mixed games anything but nl and plo sounds good. and i trust in your choice if hands ;)
July 8, 2019 | 11:15 p.m.
We want more of those 8game review videos! ;)
March 27, 2017 | 1:34 p.m.
Really like these videos since im transitioning myself! ;)
April 13, 2016 | 2:01 a.m.
agreed!! considering icm it s just the worst fucking bullshit play ever!
to take a crappy super high variance spot with shorties at the ft is just ridiculous!
Aug. 31, 2015 | 2:51 a.m.
at 43:43 I feel like a 3bet is better. AQo doesnt play to great post flop with your 28bb stack. especially multiways you will end up folding very often. and by calling you invite other players to come along and realize there equity when you actually really want them to fold things like 98s etc. the utg opener has a huge stack and is therefore probably opening fairly wide and you have pretty much the top of your range.
thoughts?
Aug. 31, 2015 | 2:29 a.m.
at 35:00 isnt 33 the most easy call? I mean you are 60 bbs deep with 33 in position.
and you are easily deep enough to set mine! A call seems much better then a 3bet or fold.
Aug. 31, 2015 | 2:09 a.m.
to be honest i dont get all this focus on GTO when most of the people at your table in basically any mtt besides live high rollers and super high rollers never ever think or play that way.
and to try to play GTO vs these weak opponents is just not the best way to play. and surely not the most profitable.
as much as it is interesting (and from time to time you need to be balance vs other regs) it is just not really relevant in mtts beside live high rollers. so i feel like it is not really bringing me forward because i cant use much of this stuff in reality. it is not epsecially you. it is just that i feel like lately every video/player is so focused on it!
i would be pretty interested if you played the 109 scoop with your standard GTO approach or if you divated from it for an event like this!
(i hope that didnt sound to unfriendly ;)
June 3, 2015 | 11:14 p.m.
Isnt oles bluff in the first hand pretty bad?! As you said you clearly have an ace and to check the turn and to bet the river relativ small and hope that someone folds there an ace (pretty dry board) seems very optimistic. And someone like ole would always keep betting with a set and certainly with A8/A6. So he represents a super narrow range.. I actually think most of the time he would only call with AK on the flop when he only calls your 3bet preflop.
Only reason why i might give him credit is because i wouldnt exspect him to take such a fishy line as a bluff. Do you think that might have been a reason for him to take the line because it seems so redicoulus to bluff there with that line?
Would like to know what you think about his bluff/line?!
May 21, 2015 | 11:50 p.m.
Thx for replying!
May 12, 2015 | 6:13 p.m.
27:00: you call an ep open with 15 bbs on the HJ after saying you think this guy is really loose.
And then you are saying if someone behind you 3bets or jams you will put it in.
If the guy is really loose and you call 3bet jams anyway why dont you just shove allin yourself and at least have FE. There is 925 in the middle and you have 3000. So if your shove goes through that is huge for you. and even if you get called KQ has pretty good equity. another important bonus is that you fold out better hands like weak Ax.
May 11, 2015 | 2:11 p.m.
what I noticed is that you open super wide under 20 bbs. what are the reason for that?
like at 26:30: you open with 17bbs J9o on the co. personally i would like to fold in that spot and try to maintain my stack size for 3bet shoving spots (keep FE) and to be able to double up to a decent stack.
May 11, 2015 | 2:01 p.m.
24:35: You limp fold A3o with 20 bbs from sb after it is folded around to you?!
Why would you ever do this? I am pretty sure even open jamming is much better then limp folding an ACE with 20 bbs in a blind battle. When I saw you limping I thought you were planning to jam over any raise since your limp induces a lot bluff raises by a super wide range.
May 11, 2015 | 1:54 p.m.
you even said BIG mistake ;)
Dec. 16, 2014 | 3:20 a.m.
at 40:00 you opened 98s and cbet on 972. bb then c/r you and you are saying the cbet was a mistake etc. isnt that very results orientated because you are unhappy with his c/r and dont know what to do?! i think you would be missing sooo much value by checking back. he is calling with any 7, 2, pocket pair lower then 99s, probably even lots of A highs, openenders and gutshots. plus you cbet a lot of you air. so why not bet top pair! not to mention you fold out the equity of hands like QJ..
Dec. 16, 2014 | 3:20 a.m.
at 39:22 in the 7.50 hot: mp opens from 25 bbs and you fold 77 with 20 bbs on btn. is that a standard fold for you? personally i felt like it s a super easy shove..
Dec. 16, 2014 | 3:12 a.m.
actually the very next hand you open A4s from co into the by far biggest 2 stacks at the table.
on the bubble the will put pressure on you sooo much. and because of that i think it s a pretty bad spot to open so weak with 19 bbs. i would much rather jam my A9 the hand before.
but very interesting and important to note the difference just because you slightly missed played the 2 spots: now you have 25 k instead of 34 k!
Dec. 16, 2014 | 2:52 a.m.
i some spots you are playing soooo tight! ;)
sb vs bb: u limp fold an ACE with 45 bbs?!
25:12 the co opens and you have A9 on btn with 20 bbs. you say it s on the bubble and that s why you folded.. but the co has you and the bb covered and the only guy he would have to worry about is kind of handcuffed in the sb. so his opening range there would be really wide especially on bubble! i think A9 in that spot with 20 bbs is kind of monster and an easy shove.. (you add 6 k to your 28 k) the guy should be opening nearly any 2 in that spot especially if his opponents snap fold A9 :P
Dec. 16, 2014 | 2:42 a.m.
at 5:35 in the 55 $: the btn opens from 19 bbs and you have 19 bbs in bb with KJ. you defend and then play it check fold. why? KJ is such a great hand to shove there. you have so much fe and even if he calls a pretty good hand! his openening range is sooo wide..
right around the same time in the 2 k turbo: btn opens from 20 bbs and you have KQ in the bb and you defend??! such a monster! how the hell can you not shove there?
aswell at the same time in 55 r: co opens and ajarov shoves 25 bbs from btn and you have AJs in bb and say: it is a fold every time. vs ajarov in this spot i think it s a snap call and i thought that before i saw his hand but obviously that spot is a bit closer.
but especially on the other spots i would really like to hear your thought process because i just dont get it!
June 17, 2014 | 6:19 p.m.
hi,
directly at the beginning at 1:40 in the 109 turbo you min open KQs utg from a 14 bb stack.
why? would like to hear your reasons?
June 17, 2014 | 5:59 p.m.
sorry wrote the comment before u said you would like to see yourself not shove there ;)
May 3, 2014 | 3:44 a.m.
for me the 106o open shove is a bit too crazy, aggro and gamblish! i just feel like it s so unnecessary to take that thin spot right there at the ft. you will get much better spots! and with such big money jumps and money on the line i just cant see the need to open shove 21 bbs effective with 106o!
if you would play the ft again today would you shove there again?!
May 3, 2014 | 2:26 a.m.
agree with hand selection! pretty much doing the same in scoop/wcoops early on and it worked very well..
April 30, 2014 | 2:48 a.m.
more mixed game videos PLZ! scoop,wsop and the wcoop coming! we need some more mixed game content!! PLZ! ( it s nearly totally missing on runitonce) ;)
April 24, 2014 | 11:34 p.m.
"that s a pretty stupid thing to say" !! :D
hey Ryan,
quick question reagrding EV bb/100. That is Allin Adj BB/100 for PT4 right?
Any idea what are standard EV bb/100 winrates for MTT regulars? maybe on the lower and the higher end?
And regarding SNGs what is a decent EV bb/100 winrate? Is it similar to MTTs or does it differ?
Thx a lot!
(These things help a lot in understanding and accepting variance and on how much we are beating the games)
Oct. 18, 2019 | 4:36 p.m.