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Dec. 18, 2020 | 12:22 p.m.
That said, this works great as an exploitable adjustment. I play a good bit of live, and needless to say there is no lack of opponents that fit this category. My favorite is a bad older reg fish who is very tight pre, but always always has to bet when checked to. Checking back just isn't in his game plan! It's amusing for me to watch the development of this dynamic as he begins to catch on to what I am doing :)
Oct. 24, 2017 | 6 a.m.
These are legitimate concerns with having a check raise strategy here. Without the button having a very high stabbing frequency when checked to, it seems very difficult to take this approach. Essentially bad regs and fish who are calling too wide pre, and then bluffing a large part of their air range when checked to have to be the target opponent.
Most mediocre opponents and better just don't contain a call range pre that will blindly bet when checked to often enough on this texture to warrant a checking strategy. What ends up happening is we compromise both the value and bluff part of our range by checking a flop where we retain an equity advantage.
We miss out on a highly successful bluff spot with a sizable portion of medium to low equity bluffing candidates, while also allowing our opponent to realize with the medium to weak value portion of our range that benefits from a fold when we bet.
I assume the stronger value part of our range is hurt the least by a check solely due to having so much equity, as well as getting thin value on later streets. However, for these same reasons, we will hurt our bluffing range since we now sacrifice the exponential growth of the pot by being able to bet across three streets.
I assume a checking strategy can be fine. However, I bet if we looked at what pio suggests, a bet everything approach is probably losing little ev vs an optimal mixed strategy. And in a mixed strategy approach, I wonder if Axhh combos are better candidates to check flop over weaker flush draws for a variety of reasons.
Oct. 24, 2017 | 5:53 a.m.
+1 for keeping it, great and entertaining video.
April 18, 2017 | 3:01 a.m.
Wait you're only calling 600 to win like 700? Meh.
July 2, 2016 | 3:27 p.m.
Wouldn't be surprised if smallish turn 3b is about equal to a jam and both are probably higher ev than flatting. River is a fold.
July 2, 2016 | 3:25 p.m.
@ 32:00....Would you call the ATo in co vs. hj min-open?
June 10, 2016 | 12:51 a.m.
What if he's never bluffing in this spot?
March 16, 2016 | 3:03 a.m.
Why would you assume he's folding 100% to a jam?
March 8, 2016 | 9:56 a.m.
What do you mean you're not sure if your fold is bad? Of course it's bad if he showed a 6......
Oct. 2, 2015 | 9:28 p.m.
12k eff. Opponent in this hand is a very good pro. We have a lot of history.
25/50/100 V opens CO 300, call KhJx OTB, HU to flop
Qh 3x 2xr: x x
Th: V 475, call.
7h: V 1150
I guess the first question about the river is if you think this is a good bluff spot with my hand, and if not, what does a good river raising range look like?
My main question however is whether this a river situation where I can split my range and use two different raise sizings depending on if I have the Ah in my hand?
If raising for value with a non-nut flush, raising smaller could be better than raising larger or jamming.
If raising as a bluff without the nut flush blocker, raising smaller could also be better than raising larger.
If raising for value with the nut flush, raising larger or jamming could be better.
If raising as a bluff with the nut flush blocker, raising larger or jamming could also be better because our opponent cannot have the nut flush.
If these sizing assumptions are not correct or faulty bc they are unbalanced, would be interested in that as well. But i find it interested how important blockers play a roll in deciding on a river raise sizing.
So is this a situation where I can have two different river raise sizings depending on my holding, and could those raise sizings be balanced and unexploitable? I am not sure if I am thinking about this correctly, and feel I am missing some fundemntal considerations when deciding on a sizing with various parts of my range that gets to this river.
There are further considerations, such as what my opponents checking range otf looks like, and if it is even possible he has many Axhh combos otr since there is a good chance he cbets those combos otf. There could be a lot of speculation as to what his range otr is, and I can comment if necessary.
If anyone wants to comment about flop check back, would also be interested. I believe my opponents checking range is never c/f, and I typically avoid static flops like these to bluff vs a likely c/c range with my specific hand, but would appreciate thoughts if that is also up for debate.
Sept. 2, 2015 | 10:31 a.m.
I'm not an expert on 27sd but I think after shoving vs the button open and getting reshoved on by the bb, a J is nogood. Because we are oop and draw first I think drawing to a 9 seems best, at first glance there are a lot of hands bb could pat with but they all beat a J, so drawing to a 9 seems best with the hand as played.
If it were vs the button call a pat might be correct.
Thoughts George?
Aug. 31, 2015 | 3:12 a.m.
George, the video was awesome. I really liked the format and your thought process was excellent, well paced, and translated well to people (myself) who aren't familiar with nl2-7td. My request is if you can cover other games, limit 27td, stud, badugi, or anything that would be in a mixed game rotation. Thanks George!
Aug. 7, 2015 | 3:19 a.m.
Call.
Why did you lead flop? Why did you check the river?
July 7, 2015 | 5:56 p.m.
There are multiple games of 24 every night and occasionally 36 and 510 but it is sporadic...... hey congrats btw getting hitched!!!
June 1, 2015 | 1:59 a.m.
great video as always! would love to see a few videos on Blackchip poker mid stakes PLO and NL as the regs there seem far more competent than the guys on bovado.....the 30 second per action and 4 table cap keeps me off of bovado altho the player pool seems very soft...
May 31, 2015 | 3:55 a.m.
How could I apply this to live poker? Would it be the "chip move" you recommend in Elements?
Thank you in advance, I've never been so excited to see someone added to the roster.
If you ever need a subject to pick apart in a video, I'll be more than happy. I also have some unique issues and observations of how these things apply in the modern live poker world, and it's growing quickly.
May 11, 2015 | 11:30 p.m.
can you explain your sizing pre with your image?
April 30, 2015 | 7:10 a.m.
donking into a PFR is very dependent on their cbet strategy in live games.
April 19, 2015 | 10:12 p.m.
fwiw i think this is a pretty easy snap call and am suprised by how many people are considering folding. Especially with the obvious reverse live tell he gave by talking to the waiter. I hope you needled him afterwards.
April 19, 2015 | 10:07 p.m.
why are you 3b 98s with a fish still left to act 4 handed?
Thank you !!! It was bothering me not knowing .
Dec. 19, 2020 | 1:37 a.m.