nathan89

hey Ben, my question is about taking passive lines with high equity hands on the flop. at the 36:00 min mark you c/c 69o on 66Tr and check back 59o on 997ss, you also check back the AA on 853hh and also Kh8x on AJ7hhh

is there something i don't get about our hand strength and board texture on why checking back or c/c is better than c/r or c-bet, or are you just balancing your check back range and doing so randomly or do these hands fit better into that range than others? if so why? if its random do you have a ball park figure on say 1000 hands HU on how often you slow play a nutty hand on flop. i know this will vary from villain to villain it's just that i don't really have a nutty checking back range or even a c/c range and i don't know how to proceed to construct a good one and what warrants one

1 more question, was this just for the video or are them Jxs and what not standard defends against a moderate 3 bettor?

cheers Ben again easily best video you have here and probably best on the site

hey ben great vid man

I noticed on paired boards you c-bet around half pot is that your general sizing on paired boards? why do you prefer that to your normal 3/4 or pot c-bet?
you also slow played trips on a paired board one IP and one OOP both happened at the same time did this influence you at all or not? and why did you prefer to slow play rather than c-bet or c/r. My thought for slowplaying oop with 69o on 66Tr was that syous has a somewhat polarized c-betting range so he is more than likely going to be betting atleast 2/3 streets on most runouts or is it for balance because you float light on this flop or a mix of both.
but i dont understand checking back trips considering we c-bet every other paired board or is it just to fuck with him?

the 79o bluff on AQ4xxd 4d why is this a great turn card if we don't fire river considering how polarized our range is? isn't none of his range folding this turn? or do you expect for him to fold most Qx's TJ/KT/JK on turn and that is enough to make your turn bet profitable? and do you jam any river apart from a ten?

i also don't understand why you checked back AA on 853hhc (i think). if i remember correctly we had the Ah so we blocked most Ax floats but that is very small portion of his range. is it because you planned to have a smaller c-bet % than normal?
another thought, when syous see's us check back AA here the right adaption is to start to c/r flop a high % and calling down light so if we take this lesser EV line a couple of time it can potentially reap alot more EV latter when we stop doing it and villain has a wrong view of what our range is in certain spots. am i right in thinking this a viable reason take this line every so often? it's something i never do slow play flop, i never thought it fit well with a good strategy but it looks like i was very wrong

sorry if some or all of this doesn't make much sense or is a waste of time answering

cheers again for the video mate very solid. you could also try out 20 mins of live game play and then 20 mins going through the hands again and spotting mistakes

hey great video man, just playing the devils advocate here, the hand where you 3 bet A8o and turn the full, considering he seen you bluff around 1/3rd pot about 10-20 hands prior and being in a spot you are not bluffing that often (shouldn't he assume you over bet the turn with your draws) make this is a spot he doesn't hero Ax often. Also does the fact that this a tournament matter? like say he hero's Ax 1/3rd of the time and you move on is that better than him calling 2500 100% (with potential to bluff) and you having basically a 3/1 chip advantage?

why is the Qs4x a normal float on the AKxss is it to c/r all spade turns or do you expect him to c-bet give up too often?