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Very thorough explanation, hope to see more. Thanks Francesco!

12:53 Bottom mid table you said "I don't think he will shove a straight and even though he's fine to shove a straight here and I don't think he is going to realize that"

Could you explain a little bit more on the exploitative reads here? Thanks!

05:35 Top left table - this hand is quite fascinating. OTR, you first reaction is that you have to bluff, then you decided to not bluff, then after a few seconds you said you are going to bluff here. It's a relief to see a top-tier player like you are also these back-and-forth decision making in game :P

1) Could you talk a bit more on your thought process here? - Why do you suddenly decided not to bluff as you only worried you block the folds (AQ).

2) Also regarding the river sizing choice - I understand that OOP has very little bluffs here -- but what's in your mind when you picked the blocking sizing on the spot?

Thank you!

04:48 Top left table "A xjam OTT strikes to you that it could be good exploitatively depends on timing & sizing" - very interesting! Could you elaborate a bit more w the exploits here?

Thanks!

02:06 "facing a standard 2/3 bet I think we just press call here - god damn" facing a jam

and continued to beat the ONLY value combo he's shoving for.

Definitely highlight of the video. Hahahaha this is so so funny.

00:55 Top left table - you said K is the best river in the deck.

Why is that?

I understand K is probably best riv in terms of range vs range - but isn't that making the bluffcatching for IP harder? Since lots of our bluffs got there and with our particular hand, we do want him to call our triple-barrel so K isn't as good a complete brick to me.

00:18 Top Left table OTF flop sizing choices -

I ran both sims w OOP linear/polar range given it's BBvMP 3b -

• On linear OOP range, cbet sizing is pretty mixed with no preference
• but on polar OOP range, AA/KK is almost always going for the big sizing

Just curious on your thought process on how you pick flop sizings here?

Hey Luke, what a rapid fire video. I was ultra focus but still can't keep up with the action, keep rewinding the tape. Guess your brain is just processing much faster

Loving it, tons of info to digest.

ps -- I understand you are going to follow up w a review sesh, so if any of the my question is answered there, feel free to just let me know so that I don't waste your time typing it again :D

Dang really unlucky result, was hoping for a long series. Ts OTR would be nice but heck - this is how poker works.

Great commentary as always anyway, thanks Nuno :)

practice acceptance and work on your perfectionism

That's a very nice angle! Never think about that before. Thanks! Jan :)

Hey Jan, very thought-provoking video. Thanks!

Quick question, in the Consistent section, you mentioned that keeping the study session short results in the good sense of achievement consistently. However, sometimes when I stuck at study session (say not understanding the solver output/stuck at one hand for too long etc.), I don't quite have the sense of accomplishment, how would you deal with cases like this?

Thank you :D

The one time I got AA to work

Haha that's another thing - this doesn't work very often. But the key is for most part when you at EP in a live game nothing is going to work very often. I used to get tilted when I limp-raise and it didn't work out well. But AA/KK from EP isn't a high EV opportunity anyway - just accept it consciously you will feel better I guess.

It's also just a mindset thing I think - if you let the tilt get in the way of how you implement your strategy and shift it in-game your play is going to be awful as well.

RunItTw1ce

I do. But my main game is still online 6max so take my word with a grain of salt.

When I'm at EP-EP3 in 9max or 10max live game, what I found out is that for some fish, if you RFI, they will just flat, but if you limp - they are more willing to ISO and re-open the action.

So it really depends on the lineup - unless there're some super aggro players on the table, I typically play limp-only from EP-EP3 for ALL of my range serving TWO purposes

1) It's either try to see the flop for cheap price w playability hands (like JTs/65s/44/even T8s type of hand) and outplay villain (what I quoted Tyler in the above comments)

2) or looking for limp-raise opportunities to iso stronger hands w my top range

Thanks for the vid Chris :)

Love the Japanese archer story - pretty vivid! <3

So in practice your question is worth a book

Hahaha indeed looking forward to something in the ballpark of Preflop Play in Live Games from Tyler Forrester published by Runitonce Publishing

:P

Very nice video Dhruv, nice to see more plo5 play :)

Thanks Alex, so much fun to watch! Nice that you find the 86o call right at the boundary for the last hand :D

Look forward to the final one! Cheers bud

Hey Emty - Love the idea of trying to get practical examples with the theory you just taught!

Thanks for the vid :D

Hi Alien Slayer - nice review as always! Thanks for the vid

One quick question - at 8:08 you said you went slightly over half pot as it looks very strong and "wants to get called".

Basically you using depolarized sizing repping polarizing range on a nuts changing river -- but do you think when you use that sizing - it will induce more bluffs from villain?

Thank you!

Would you say we can just pure ISO 77+ AJ+ KQ+ 9Xs+ and over limp everything else that is in our CO range?

I believe for hands like 9X we do wanna overlimp right?

66+/AT+/KQ goes into iso range and the weaker hands like JTo/A7s/T8s goes into over limping seems fairly reasonable.

Do you play limp-raise? When I'm playing in a table where players behind are loose passive ("I wanna see a flop kind") - from EP I will rather do limp-raise instead of 4BB RFI and it goes 5-way to the flop.

Nice one Horse :) thanks!

3-bet all hands that are ahead of the calling ranges to 3-bet, if they underfold

However when they float wide, playing postflop with no position + deeper SPR (sometimes multi-way, too) hurts. 200BB+ deep makes it pretty tricky for me as I have to check fold lots of flop is painful.

That makes me thinking the GTO range 3bet bluffs AJo/KJo as suited hands have better equity realization so 3b and fold to 4b is wasteful. However, in these live environment where most recs are loose-passive, they will barely find 4b bluffs, if we squeeze, is it better to use hands like ATs/AJs/A5/A4s/KQs since we don't worry about bet folding and using the offsuit counterparts to flat?

Thank you Tyler!

16:29 "In weak games, seeing cheap flops w marginal hands that can flop nut hands can be a lucrative strategy. B/c your opponents don't pot control their 2p+ appropriately."

Very neat note!

How about the 3b range for a SB spot like 17:50? -- AQo/AJs feels even worse here to me w one extra potential 4bettor/flatting behind.

03:34 table 2 the squeezing spot - for sure the fold equity in these games is not going to be enough especially considering people are deeper. How would you construct the 3b range exploitatively? I'll assume JJ+/AK/AQs are going to be pure, how would you play hands like AQo/AJs/AJo/KQs/TT/99? I feel when FE is low and IP doesn't give up none-high card board easily, those combos are sometimes tough to navigate postflop when you squeeze pre.

Curious on your thoughts!

Hi Tyler - this for sure looks like a very juicy game. The setup is more like a live game I feel - deeper and looser. Stacks are flying all around with weak/marginal hands! That what fun poker should look like :D

No GTO and pure exploit land!

10:40 appreciate the talk on straddling. I just had a conversation with Hunter Cichy about straddling. I think it hurts the game by artificially increasing the stakes and lowers the spr.

I think the only merit of straddling is that there's a big whale on the table and 1) you keep him happy where he keeps buying in after dusting (casino game) or get yourself invited (private game).

From a pure chip-EV perspective it just makes no sense.

Wow sick format. Will save this to enjoy during the weekend, but like in the dark first!

Thanks Rapha & Alex!

Hey nice vid Steve. Think this is a pretty good guide for micro/low stake guys. Good work!