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Re: Betgo criticism - Making this into a separate video because of an in depth analysis on one hand sounds quite silly. I think every content creator can and should dive into different areas of the topic that most interests them (this makes for the most engaging work for the creator and therefore most interesting to the viewer) - for Richard, this is exhaustive analysis with support of Monker and other. I personally enjoy this type of work a lot as it is the crest of the wave that is the evolution of the game.

Understand your reasoning behind ending the series, but if there was ever one to continue, this is it. Love this content.

Really enjoying these pio oriented vids Sam. Cheers mate!

Tommy - great video ... I really appreciated your mindful approach and the voice guided tour through a week in your life of grinding live poker.

I'm interested in your thoughts on the word 'perfect'.

It seems to be a pretty meaningful word to you since you chose to use it in the video title and you reference it during the video often. I'm wondering why you chose that word instead of something along the lines of "preparing to play your best" or "preparing to play leak-free poker".

I guess I struggle with using definitive labels such as perfect, normal, etc. because of sayings like "no one can be perfect" or "what is normal?". But then I find myself questioning those sayings - "what if I can be perfect!?", or "what if I define my own normal?".

I think I went on a bit of a rant here but I'm looking forward to your insight.

Thanks again for publishing a unique video with refreshing poker training content (hand analysis can get boring)!

Nice vid again! I think the pace is a bit too slow though. You might end up with the longest series of all-time if you maintain this ;)

One of the best MTT vids I've seen. Looking forward to more!

nice vid lucas

Ben - on the A2o button 2.75x

You say your reason for this is to make the 6.5bb sb stack know that he has no folding equity with a rejam. There is no chance he perceives that he has any fold equity to you vs a min open in this spot. I would say that would not occur to him until 9-10bb+, and even then many players are never folding any 2 of their opening range until a little bigger than that.

You say you would do this with your range, but I think it looks weak and transparent, and we must assume lasanga picked up on this shoving as weak as he did.

legendary day yesterday, well done m8

dope series gray, keep the vids coming

Best mtt vids in the game, cheers Jason.

vn vid Dave, more of this plz

As for as # of tabs for a live session, I think the amount of tabs closest to your actual non-recorded Sunday grind that you are comfortable recording with is optimal

James, I feel like this is really a botched hand by you.

I like your overall meta reasonings behind it. I feel that meta aspects are more important than most, and I am surprised how little they are talked about. However, you being concerned with short term momentum seems to me the equivalent of an elite athlete concerned with a couple game slump. You are Andy fking McLeod. A good chunk of the money you make in your poker career is going to be from soft, large field, high buyin tournaments. You should have the confidence and swag at the table to be comfortable and content with the hand to hand results. If you simply relax and play your game, you will strike fear into the table regardless of the hand to hand swings.

The reason I think this is a massive botch is because you completely go away from your reasoning with 66 in the prior video that I think defines your style. You have the option to take a lower variance line that preserves your tournament life and ability to realize the massive ROI you have in this field. Instead, you take a super high variance line vs an opponent who doesn't seem to be in the folding mood.

Your main concern in this video seems to be the idea that betting flop and checking turn turns your range face up to your opponent. This is a legitimate concern and something that should always be avoided if possible. It seems to me that you don't elaborate much how you expect this big stack, loose, fold-averse opponent to react to your shove. It seemingly telegraphs your range to him as AK still, or AKhh, AThh.

The option of betting flop checking turn seems the attractive and optimal play in this spot. You get to to realize your equity and you aren't risking much. You have a long day ahead of you with position on a big stacked fish in a live 10k. Phil G mentioned in a previous vid that "waiting for better spots" is overused in the poker community, but I think it's a spot that it definitely fits to a tee. To lose this opportunity due to an unnecessary high variance play that really doesn't make much sense to begin with is a minor tragedy.