TimM846

clicking on one of the 'strategy' buttons in pio would your betting/checking ranges easier to see and make the vid easier to follow.

Hey Ben, great video. You said a couple times that the point of the video wasn't to analyze the actual flop betting ranges - combos/frequencies/etc - which I think would be an awesome idea for a future video.

I've been studying this stuff semi-obsessively lately and while my understanding is much greater than it was a couple months ago, I still get stuck sometimes trying to figure out why certain blockers have such a big impact on what pio is betting, checking, raising, etc. It'd be cool to see you do a deep analysis on pio's frequencies in some random scenario.

2:30 - Interesting. I don't have enough data of my own because I hardly ever flat weaker Axo hands vs. 3-bets. I actually though 53s would realize its equity better than A2o - I guess you're saying the SPR is too small in a 3b pot at 100bb for this to be true? At what point do you think it flip-flops?

8:30 - makes sense if it's for board coverage and we don't think our SCs/1-2 gappers are enough, but why not choose slightly stronger hands like 98o-65o? Or are you choosing 96o/75o because they're similar but you're not able to profitably flat them? Would your hand selection change vs a 2x open or a 3x open?

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad we generally agreed on the postflop stuff as that's where I've been focusing most of my attention. Looks like I need to brush up on some preflop work tho =p

Hello barewire. I watched this without sound and noted any spots I would've played differently. It ended up being waaay too long for a comment so I'll just post a few of them here:

2:30 - A2o - I fold vs. 3b and I don't think it's close. I'd much rather call the 53s you fold at 25:00.

8:30 - 75o - never in my 3b range and I'm curious why you're polar here (96o later also).

6:00 - AQo - Are you c-betting 1/3 with your range as an exploit? I think the sizing is whatever; I probably slightly prefer a bigger bet but I doubt it matters much and the smaller bet might just be better exploitatively vs the population. Most of the time I'm c-betting 1/3 pot it's with 100% of my range but J87ss is probably a bottom 10-15% flop range vs range here, so I'm not going to be betting anywhere near my whole range regardless of sizing. I think I'd just c/f my AQ combos without bdfd.

24:45 - 77 - I like a 3b vs this villain (instead of 75o!). As played I'd call river because he seems to be following through with his missed draws too often and the river misses them all while also obviously reducing his Kx combos.

27:10 - A5o - I'm calling turn vs an unknown but it seems like a clear call vs this player who I expect to barrell all of his straight draws and not bet thinly enough for value. I'd always call A2 vs him also.

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+1. One of the best 6m vids I've ever seen.

(13:30 and 15:00) I'm impressed that you've been able to overcome your impairment that makes fives look like sixes and become a successful poker player.

If you're watching videos for entertainment value, then I agree, but if you're watching for educational purposes then I strongly disagree.  From my experiences both as a coach and a student, live sweats tend to be a rather inefficient form of learning.  I'm watching this video because Kevin knows 100x more about HU cash games than I do and I want to understand his thought processes, especially in standard spots that occur frequently and will highly impact my winrate.  I'd rather watch 10 minutes of footage covered in depth than 45 minutes of live play.  In the latter case this thread is going to be 100 pages long with questions anyway. 

I wouldn't mind seeing a more action-packed video but I think those should be the exception rather than the rule.  This format is great.  I'd also love to see HH review/theory videos.

Hello BAREWIRE