Saperlipopette

12:10 the AQ hand on the turn, it seems that GTOW check back more often then bet, to my surprise. Do you think it's better to bet/fold the turn vs a rec or check back and call almost any river? Ty!

Sample is pretty small, villain can be more nitty postflop that you think. I like to chek the WTSD % to see if they are station or not.

Since you are 300 bb deep, I like to be a little more cautious with very strong hands that are not nutz. Yes villain seems to play a lot of hands but it also means a nutz advantage for him here (46s, A4s, maybe A4o). 88 and KK are unlikely but still possible.

I think flop is fine, tho the sizing of the 3bet is very big, and it forces him to call only with very good hands. 1$ would be fine too. Flop and turn sizings may be ok if villain is ultra station, but definitively on the big side. River is only 60% bet BUT also 360 bb / almost 2 BI so its more likely villain will make huge fold like 2p+, maybe 22-33, so you are more likely to be call by straights, 88, KK and sometimes lower sets.

So it really depends on the player here, if he's super station and would never fold 2p the hand is fine, but if he has normal WTSD stats I would prefer a 3bet of 1$ on the flop, maybe 1/2 bets on turn and river to keep his calling range wider.

Nice video!

At 35:30, in the last example hand with AK, what PIO and you suggest to do? Did you say bet fold the flop? Is check back flop better in general?

I found myself doing these kinds of errors too often, seing a suspected raise or cr from my opponents and call them with too light sd value / sometimes bluff my stack on later streets. Do we prefer to do that with hands that have less sd value but block more of villain value range? Not sure which hands would be the best candidates here, maybe A5s A6s?

Ty!

Its very hard to maintain A game all day long. I'm trying atm to play 1h session then take 5 minutes breaks, sometimes doing push-ups or squats to stay focus. I heard recently in a poker podcast (I think it was Chasing Poker Greatness) that if you want to maintain very high concentration the first thing you have to do is take long and deep breath while you play. People tend to stress and keep their breath too much but it prevents them from going ''in the zone'' / flow. Concentration is kind of a muscle, you have to train it progressivly, so maybe play shorter sessions at first and add a bit more after some time. 10 hours seems wayyy to much, you better cut some playing time and study more. My 2 cents.

For your RFI ranges, maybe open a little more. UTG you can add all Ax suited, KTs, QTs, 66+. MP 22+, all broadways, 67s+. CO / BU / SB it really depends on the players left behind but sometimes you can open almost any 2 suited if players in the blinds are to tight or there is a very weak player to play against with.

In the SB you can flat small pp if it allows you to play a pot with a very weak player. Vs good players I tend to mix between 3bet or fold 22-66.

Wp. Not impossible that BB has noticed SB tendencies to 3bet a lot, so it could be a cold 4bet bluff slightly more often, and with AK OTB your are in the top of your preflop range.

As played, yes you can fold peacefully.

As JamesYang said, its a bit ambitious to cbet this flop in a 3 way pot, since there are a LOT of combos of 2p+ in opponents flatting ranges. I suggest to check call most of the time on this flop and reevaluate on the turn and be particulary aware of sizings, timing tells, etc.

You can probably cr a bit bigger since you two are deep. Note that you also have a sets advantage since UTG may not RFI 22 and 55 (depends of the player obv). I think it's a situation you can put a lot of pressure on villain when you have Ah, Kh or Qh because you are blocking a lot of his possible flushes or FD, since he probably dont have a lot of small and medium SC in his UTG range (and sets and 2 pairs). Also if you play more on the laggish style pf, it makes sense for you to sometimes have 52s or basically any 2 suited cards (so more flushes on your side), so think of that when constructing your cr range.

What lIlCitanul said, and I think you can bet/fold the river ez if you dont have specific reads. At NL10 I would be very very surprised being exploited here.

It depends on villain tendencies but I think the turn is mostly a cc / give up OTR or lead some diamonds and Q. If villain is on the nitty side, I dont mind pulling a cr on the turn sometimes and bet river on a Q, T, diamonds.

I think your line is fine here. Deep as you two are, you want to build the pot at some point by raising the turn most of the time and flop sometimes (dont know the exact numbers but in general). 100 bb deep you can be a bit more trappy and just call flop and turn and raise some rivers.

76s as a bluff? I think in villain position I would be pretty comfortable shoving my straight here on the river vs QQ+ or others bluffcatchers. But maybe you meant 78s as a bluff, would make more sense. ^^

Do you think As5s and Ad5d is more a cf OTR because hero is blocking miss FD and BDFD in opponent range?

I couldnt agree more. Nice toughts.

Everything seems fine to me, wp. Without reads I assume rec players bet small with a very wide range and you have excellent pot odds.

One could argue to bet a little bit bigger on the turn due to the fact you dont have h in your hand and so it adds more FD in opponent range.

I think the very small turn bet is fine since SB min donk the flop probably with a veryyy wide range and BN can also call with close to 100% of is pf range tho. You still beat all the 7x and 5x. BN could have easily raise a strong T on the flop like ATs, KTs, maybe QTs.

I would check (and probably check-call) this bad river for our range here almost everytime to give BN an opportunity to bluff all his floats.

As played, fold to the river raise for the reasons said above.

Thanks for your response.

You say you would be very picky with your bluffs here. Wich hands would you consider a cbet on the flop? I tought the gutshot + bdfd + 1 over was ''ok'' but maybe I'm a bit on the spewy side.

I agree its a bit an ambitious play here specially at these stakes and I have to be very careful of my frequency and choose only the best combos to do it. Not sure but maybe AdTd and AcTc are better candidates since I unblock villain bdfd. What do you think?

I dont tend to play my sets this way in smaller pots or vs rec players who are more passive and stations, but I think vs good regulars or in very deep spots and oop, its fine to balanced some checks here with a mix of give ups and very good hands. I think it would be a pretty ugly spot if I bet 2p+ on the turn and villain raise.

Notes that the river shove is less than a pot size bet since villain as something like 11$ behind and the pot is already 15$+. Its a big bet since we are deep but in theory its still 3/4.

I'm trying to evaluate if villain has enough air river to bluffcatch and if not is he capable of folding medium flushes, AK, KTs or KQ.

Thank you for your input and I'm curious how would you play the hand. cc or cf river?