Great video series! Thank you. I hope to see more like this.
Question about check down hand at 31:00 on left-hand table. Limitless does not bluff river with QTo on 8s7d5s8h6d. He does not have a spade and you say the bluff would be better if he had one. Can you explain this a bit more? In the video, you say having a spade unblocks more folds. Why is that? If IP often bets flush draws at some point, then he doesn't get to the river with many 2-spade hands (even though Linus actually has one here). But, if IP does get to the river with spades, aren't those hands he mostly folds? So why do we want to block them? Since having a spade makes it less likely IP has spades, are you just saying that this means it is more likely IP just has a give-up? Is that why having a spade is good? But doesn't IP also just check down a bunch of marginal strength hands that will call a single river bet? When we block spades, isn't it more likely IP has actual showdown value that he is just trying to get to showdown with - maybe some 5x, 33, 22, or high card hands that are more likely to bluff-catch than spade hands are? I am not saying you are wrong here, I just don't quite understand your point and could really benefit from some clarification. Thank you.
Great video series! Thank you. I hope to see more like this.
Question about check down hand at 31:00 on left-hand table. Limitless does not bluff river with QTo on 8s7d5s8h6d. He does not have a spade and you say the bluff would be better if he had one. Can you explain this a bit more? In the video, you say having a spade unblocks more folds. Why is that? If IP often bets flush draws at some point, then he doesn't get to the river with many 2-spade hands (even though Linus actually has one here). But, if IP does get to the river with spades, aren't those hands he mostly folds? So why do we want to block them? Since having a spade makes it less likely IP has spades, are you just saying that this means it is more likely IP just has a give-up? Is that why having a spade is good? But doesn't IP also just check down a bunch of marginal strength hands that will call a single river bet? When we block spades, isn't it more likely IP has actual showdown value that he is just trying to get to showdown with - maybe some 5x, 33, 22, or high card hands that are more likely to bluff-catch than spade hands are? I am not saying you are wrong here, I just don't quite understand your point and could really benefit from some clarification. Thank you.
Sept. 20, 2020 | 7:54 p.m.