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Amazing series, please, keep doing it, as much as you can :)

One question re: A-high boards. There are some A-9-x, A-8-x, A-7-x rainbow boards that demand even bigger cbet sizing (70%). However, I don't really get the exact mechanics besides this. It could be absolutely dry A92r (9:30, string #27), and somewhat gutshot-heavy A75r, A85r type of boards.

Also, in Pads' course there's an emphasize on bigger cbet sizing for A6x, A7x, A8x, A9x type of boards as well.

Do you think we absolutely need to split our sizes here (and what mechanics lays behind this) or we can get away just cbetting 50% these A9x-A6x type of flops as others?

Thanks in advance.

Hey Daniel,

Nice run in SHR at Barca, a bit of a bitter finish tho, hope next time will be much better :)

As for the hands, I just get into the first one and had a question in regards of your theoretical breakdown. In the very begining you said, we should have two different sizings with our whole betting range on this texture, and as for the big one, we bet 2/3pot with {33, 55, A5, A3, AJ/AQ}. You did not mention AA, but I suppose this could be mixed strat (?) since with AA we block many Ax, but nevertheless, it's around 60 combos in our "nutted" range.

Thus, from theoretical point of view (here, please, correct me if I wrong, cuz I just only started with GTO) betting 66%pot w/ ~60 hands, we need to have alpha=2/5 as many bluffs as we have value bets, or roughly 25 combos (depending on what we did with AA).

And the question is, what exact combos they should be?

In the vid you just mention "some bluffs" not being specific what combos you are going to have as a bluff with both big and small sizings. I assume, intuitevly, most of our FDs want to be in a cheap bluff range (?), setting our own price for drawing — which is, again, may very well be wrong assumption, while definitely being common here among MTTers :)

To make long story short, could you please talk a bit on your specific bluff ranges for both sizings — especially since you mentioned, you are going to have decent (correct) amount of bluffs on the river for the big sizing, that must be combos containing Xh — while most of that Xhxh hands as I mentioned earlier, prolly would fall into our small betting range OTF.

Hope it makes sence, and really interested in your opinion here. Thanks in advance.

Hey Sam,

Since another job of an MTT player is to ask questions, Im gonna give it a try, although it seems it's a little bit too much to give away here. Nevertheless,

43:30 K5s SB 20BBs effective, you 3-bet vs presumably wide CO RFI range.

What's your overall 3-betting strategy here? I mean, I still not really sure if we need to 3-bet linear range or polarized one in this kind of spots, and what kind of variables should affect our strategy most.
I guess, as a basic rule of a thumb,
1. Versus an oppenent w/ 20BBs, who likely will not flat our 3-bets, we need to polarize, right? If we 3-bet like 7% range of {88, AJ+, KQ} for value, than how we should construct our flatting and 3-bet bluffing ranges? What ratio of value3b/flats/bluffs do we need to strive for? Personally, I tend to 3-bet a lot here in ICM spots, but it feels, it makes me hella unbalanced. And Im not sure if it's a big deal, since villains still cant 4b jam on me super wide because of an ICM considerations.
2. Than if he starts to flat or has deeper stacks (25-27BBs+, I guess?) we incline to 3-bet linear. (Or not?) So, again, what ranges and what ratios would be profitable versus standart 33% and loose 67% of steals?
Hope, Im not way off the numbers and assumptions, but w/e, we are all here to learn.

Ohhh, I guess its too much and can be a subject for another 3-bet SB vid, but any beams of light on the matter would be highly appreciated.

And, yeah, thanks for really great stuff, really enjoying format, in-depth analysis and sence of humor :)