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Really enjoy these types of theory vids. Really nice having the visual aid that lets you play the hand out and gives you indications on how to exploit. As I find going deep into the maths side and working out MDF and check raise freq to exploit and how it changes vs ranges ect very hard/frustrating.

Thanks

One of your best vids. Please could you do the same format but with stacks alot shallower. See what PIO does in a lot of common MTT spots. Thanks

I see the relevance for simplifying your strategy as much as possible in 100+BB games as the more sizes you have makes the balancing act so much harder. You explain it very well also sauce has done a vid on this subject a few months ago that might of been inspired by this thread that was very good also. It also makes sense to me to have a simplified strategy pre flop with 10bbs (shove or fold). The question im asking though is do you think this 1 size fits all can be applied at any stack depth, in 20bb cap games and Mtts ( Effective stack 15-30bbs) Pre flop you would have some, Raise calls/Raise folds and Jams. Two bet size strategy. I might be missing the point here but im interested in your reply.

I do enjoy reading this thread. Find something's insightful and its always interesting hearing/reading about personal evolution and what new paths open up to you because of this. Im curious, do you just sit down at your computer when you feel in the right frame of mind (Present, insightful almost spiritual thinking) when making a post or do you feel pressured to make a new posts and work hard drafting out copies and copies to get the wording and tone right?

24min- K6o hand defending the BB. I feel that if you choose to defend this spot shoving the flop is a good way to go. Im guessing we are shoving a lot of Ax pre, the villain might be aware of this fact and be over c betting the flop as we rarely have a strong hand (Ax, pocket pair) on this flop and he has a lot of Ax in his range. Shoving and getting called by Ax sucks but thats a relatively small part of his range that will cbet. By shoving we wont fold out better but we will make him fold all of his hands that have a good amount of equity vs our hand and when the stack to pot is so low its great if we get him to fold overcards to our 6?

Very nice vid looking forward to the rest with the 3 tables and 1 replay table. 24min mark. What do you think to Epiphany 3bet would you be more inclined to 3bet bluff hands that block you having AA/AK here such a A2-5s. Also on the turn are you giving up as the 6s doesn't bring you any more equity.

Keep up the good content.

4B shove seem good here. Agrro player, ICM implications you have more chips then him. He has to call tighter now then in the Mid part of the MTT. So 88 seems like a standard shove.

Interested in your thoughts if Villain either bets 50-70% of the pot or over bet jams the river. Also what hands do you think get down to the river here that make good Vbets or bluffs?

Tbh that's the kind of response I was expecting. Will stick to HRC and PPT then. Thanks

11 Min mark:

1) I'm never sure to read to much into HUD stats when semi rare spots come up as deep in a $500 Mtt. People might become scared money and mess there actual frequencies up. What I got from the hand is that he is playing 13/7 3bet 11% if I am reading your HUD set up correctly. Yes he is playing snug only playing 13/7 but it seems he must be able to see good spots to 3bet as its hard to get up to 11% solely for value. So presumably he will be able to see good thin 4bet spots.
An active opener and a aggressive player 3betting in a very convenient spot, with good stacks to 3bet from. So I would of aired on the side of the wider range you assigned the villan and would sigh call as you will be 3betting often here (QTo,KTo ect,maybe89s,910s) and 3Bet folding to often if your folding so high up your range.

2) Do you ever look at the blind level here and how long you have left before blinds go up. Would this ever affect your decision here?

As I was writing my question I think I came up with the answer I was looking for. I was going to ask do you ever 3bet bluff hands like k5o vs 85o as the k5o had blockers. But as I said I think I answered my own question. You chose the 85o over a had like K5o as it flops better, you will have more equity to keep your bluff going on the flop or turn.

Secondly when do you chose to 3bet bluff. You cant do it every time you get a hand like 85o 64o 96o ect, as you will get punished by wide 4bets from a observant reg who sees you 3betting to often. Is it player dependent (players who don't react to 3bets well) or do you already know that you bet for example 4% for value and 3b bluff about 4% of your range 9x6y,8x6y,9x5y,8x5y (3.6%) so its when ever you see those cards in the BB and you face a raise you just know to 3bet them.

The 4 changes nothing here. His range is capped, I feel he will raise 66 QJ because it is quite a wet/dynamic flop, sometimes AQ if he doesn't 3bet much. He will almost always 3B JJ+ so not a lot of strong hands in his range. He is much more weighted towards mediocre Q,J, the occasional float with Ax, pocket pair that got stubborn, which could fold to the 2nd or 3rd barrel. Also he could have worse FDs and SDs when you hit you win a big pot.

I feel the best line is Bet,Bet,Bet

Agree with the call. I feel that "fish" don't don't shove optimally in these spots. But they also dont always shove jj+ Ak. As they dont want to miss value from a big hand. So his hands will be more weighted towards 22-TT Ax (except AK) Broadway's, Semi decent K,Q,J suited connectors. JJ does well Vs this range even with the ICM implications.

Im not saying your wrong here Raphael. Im just going to be devils advocate. When we are this short and 13/16 shouldn't we push any edge we have in this spot. If we are deeper and we win 0.07bbs every time we shove I agree RF is the way to go.

I agree with Raphael check call. You are deep so getting decent Implied odds. AQ4hh is a good flop for the original raiser. 4way pot will make it more likely that he has a strong hand.

Go to value town if you think villain is weak and overly curious when you hit. Fold if you don't improve on later streets, its a lot less risky approach and will cut down on variance.

Thanks for the vid Sam. Always enjoy your theory vids. Hope more are in the pipeline. Its a very simple concept that I didn't give much attention too. When I messed around on PPT I was just looking a raw equity's Range vs Range on flops. Makes much more sense to take it that step further and see not just the equity but how and why villain connects or doesn't connect.

Majin I think you calculated something wrong there. It looks like you did the range for a 50bb Iso shove instead of a call. You have to be a lot tighter shoving with the stacks behind that can do serious damage to us. If you call the 30k you can fold to GM_Valter if he wakes up with anything.

Yh. I feel that I copied people that I looked up too. Thinking that if I play about the same amount of tables I can become just as good as them (Great logic on my part) Guess I will just slowly add tables the more comfortable at following hands, dynamics ect. Do you think the mass table grinders follow game flow,dynamics off the tables. Or the fact that they play so many tables that they have been in that situation many times before and kinda know what they have to do to make a +ev play although it might not be the optimal play.

Using charts is a good starting point. Its not a golden rule that you have to follow. If people call shoves to tight then add a few hands that the chart doesn't say to shove. If people call to wide, trim the fat off the edges. Good tool to use is Hold em calculator. You can see how wide you can shove and be profitable making that shove if villain folds x percentage off the time. You can manually adjust the villain folds to wider or tighter depending on ur assumptions of the player. It will create a new shoving range for you that will be profitable. Steven Chadwick made a good video about this subject.

Try watching any turbo mtt vid to start. Since Playing short stacked is one of the most important factors in Mtts. Look what they raise with, in certain positions and certain effective stack sizes.
Learn a good push fold game. I Agree with YashN that Kill everyone is good for this.

I Agree also. Akira Ohyama and Paul Senter have some good vids going from Early/mid stage to FTs. Would recommend them. I personally would like a lot more theory vids in the mtt elite. I really enjoy Sam greenwoods videos just feel that there is never enough.

Congrats. Agree with Arnaud would like the whole run. Good to see Jason back on the vids.

Thanks Fedor very enjoyable first vid. You have a very good teaching mind, breaking things down into more edible chunks of knowledge. Will looking forward to a concept vid if you get round to do one. Also thanks for the good English, not at all hard to understand what your saying at any point.

Yes Nick Rampone videos are great. If you are playing small stakes Mtts I would suggest Akira Ohyama. His very first 2 vids are a great place to start and will help you in the Small stakes Mtts as he explains basic concepts very well. Which the elite guys might think you already know.

Yh this would be great. Although Skype is the best way to do this imo (Posting HH and talking through the spots). Unless you have any alternatives?

Very good post. Yes we have the best vids around on this site, but its not as useful as it can be if were not studying to our fully potential.