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My bad, 10:20

Hi Ryan, Can you go over your reasoning for not betting the flopped set? I know you say you don't have very many leads, but doesn't your exact hand require protection in that spot. My instinct is to nit up a bit later stages and im just trying to better understand this spot, because im for sure betting that set. If the player behind has fewer chips are you leading?

At 20:00 are you concluding that a 3.5x open would be bad/worse since your range is tighter? Does that mean the 4 - 4.5x ISO is better since you become more polar? Just want some clarification if you would do it again 4.5x is good? Do you think it even matters in this situation that you have very few bluffs with the 4.5x sizing?

Thanks for this, really good to see that players of your caliber still make marginal decisions too and need to work through things. Really big of you to share them imo.

Interesting to see the different opinions, but i agree with soudspeed- are we really trying to get villian off an overpair this early in a donkament?

AQs super easy hand to play in position after just flatting. Keeps his dominated opening range in, maybe even get to over flush villain or MP,SB,BB if they decide to take a flop. I would guess villain should be opening 25% of hands in that spot and it sucks to let him take a flop with that weak of a range, but ICM should dictate that: call > fold > 3-betting.

I like your vids because you explain your stereotyping of player types (using the hud) in your decision making. Thanks for these, new fav MTT essential pro for sure.

Hi Ryan, Thanks for the series and I really like your hand breakdowns.

I was just wondering about the hand at 11:30 with QQ vs the known fish (as we saw from the hand before he was flatting A2s on 10BB without a plan). In your explanation you discuss flatting on that stack depth for various reasons with your AA,KK,QQ.

I believe you are overlooking the fact that opener is a fish and will call a min 3B. Although it would be unconventional to play it in this way I think it is most profitable. Yes we may not get to play a huge pot, but the benefit of ISOing the fish are many.

Even on flop and turn I am min betting his 2B. What do you think of a min 3B pre flop, on the flop, or on the turn? Im pretty sure they all print against this opponent and not just with his specific hand.

Been thinking about this spot, is it so big a punt that no one legitimate even wants to chime in? Does the shallow nature of this final table have much of an impact on ICM?

RFI and 3B stats can be pretty good indicators of aggression but tough spot. Being so deep could we consider checking turn after no longer having nuts in multiway pot?

Not flipping with AA on that flop tho... not even close

Thanks for the feedback, many great points. I just wanted to reaffirm that I played it ok. I thought i was being too fine in even reviewing this hand but i kept going over it in my head and just wanted to get it out there.

Can we confidently say that PIO solver is just as much for tournament players as cash these days? Further, if we're playing low/ mid stakes 10-30 dollar buy ins, do we really need to learn optimal strategies through PIO when most of our money comes from fish who we're exploiting anyway (not so worried about balancing or getting exploited by sharks).

Agree i just think he gave a massive timing tell away. Maybe not wise to be leveling myself into paying much attention to those but i quite enjoy making a note when someone, for example, snap raises AK pre flop

He probably meant to make it 2.2X and included a 0 on the end

Hi Pedro, thanks for the review. Really enjoyed it. At 27:00 when you flat the EP open from the fish with 89s, do we really want to be calling there on 30BB? When you say he's opening loose, even if he's opening, say 30% from EP, most of his hands that contain an 8 or 9 have us dominated. Obviously we're looking to make a bigger hand than just a pair but at 30BB or so, are we deep enough to be flatting here?

Hi Ryan, would you consider doing more of these hand reviews with HUDs involved. Maybe even just one of your SNG tables where you have a large sample size. Would be great to see how you use your HUD to construct ranges for opponents. Thanks for the content- I've viewed most of your videos from the past few months.

As a Canadian, recommend any other small sites? Ive heard really good things about Winamax but understand Canadians cant play on there. Currently playing 888, Party (a little) and Stars (strictly 18 man SNG as massive reg laden fields aren't worth it imo). Ps. Go Leafs

Thanks Ryan, this seems like such a valuable stat. Im thinking about dedicating an entire row in my HUD to steal stats (using steal for SB BB and different stack depths assuming those stats are available in PT4). Would you reconsider the 30%(sb) and 70%(bb) percentages if someone plays predominantly Turbos? (less deep stack poker).

I've often wondered, does "fold to steal" in PT4 mean folding BB to a late position raise, or could it be a raise from any position? Also, if someone folds the SB is that recorded as Fold to steal in the HUD? Also, what should I be aiming for over a large sample size for fold to steal? Ive thought a lot about defending BB way more in the last year but am thinking im still not wide enough. Thanks for any feedback in advance!!

Is it vital to use a solver. Are there many winning players at mid to high stakes who never toy with these tools? I love to study, but prefer watching vids like this, i think i shpuld consider purchasing a solver and review my own hands. Is flopzilla best deal or PIO?

Yes I've viewed several of the Essential videos but I find I always learn best off one teacher, maybe not a bunch of different ones. I do love the mtt videos on here tho, and im sure the elite teachers are even better

If I want to play 4-6 screens max what would you recommend for size?