tokyojin

Hello, on the KK98ss hand at 16:00

I always have trouble 3betting KKss OOP vs EP loose openers, due to a lack of understanding of how to fit KKxx into our cbet strategy as well as how to navigate turns and rivers. If postflop we're getting attacked a lot, can you briefly describe our thought process on some common textures? (certainly I'm asking for a lot)

Is this basically played like a 3bet OOP AA, except for the situations where an ace flops? The Axx flop is one where I have the most trouble as a KK 3bet. I'm guessing most of the nut FDs are cbet stack off and nut FD blocker ones are pot fold? The dry Axx flops are just checks, balanced by our set A checks?

On this particular K84dd, I was thinking since our perceived range here is AA heavy, won't we be putting a lot of top sets, no FD + no SD into our checking range? Or should we mostly only do that with Top set + FD as a board crush slowplay?

Thanks.

Nice observations!

Emty Thanks for another elucidating video, and your analysis SoundSpeed on the approach to sets/T2Ps.

I learned a lot from your series, especially this video offering an in-depth look at potpourri concepts, looking as prepared as it can be. Many of the situations are frequent occurrences, for example, Hand 2 JJ22 on Axxss and Hand 7 AAxx on SS Q/K/J-low-low boards with the bare NFD blocker. Learning what I'm trying to accomplish and the ranges I'm trying to target definitely clarified the thinking process.

And in the grander scheme of the series, building a more solid cold-calling range as well as constructing the bluffraise-fold combos were two of the most useful concepts. Before this, I've never really thought of the possibility that we can bluff-raise up to 50% of our raising combos in SRPs intending to fold. Deploying this has already shown improvement in my game.

Hand 5, AsKsJ4 on QJ8sss shows there's much nuance in options after the flop, especially on a board where all kinds of hands are possible. At each street, it seems that there instances where a similar hand group is divided up to take on different approaches/betsizes as well. I would really appreciate it if you can take more hands, in future videos, down the game tree with Monker/Vision like in Hand 5. It would definitely highlights lots of refined concepts in why choose a size for value or what bluff combos to construct.

Thanks again!

Thanks for this really amazing series.
A couple questions on the AKJ7 on JJT87 board at 36:00:
1. What prompted the assumption be made that villain will shove TT here for value? Is this a population tendency seen on Stars 50PLO? I'm playing 10 or 25 stakes on much softer sites and it seems that the population would most likely value/block small on the river w TT, the blanket rationale being they wouldn't assume the hero is capable of folding J8 and most times J7, and betting small could even value bare trips or straights. Would TT be potted as a bluff here?
2. Even that we open fairly wide in CO, by Cbetting 3way then calling CR on flop, our range should be very strong and we have a lot of nut JT-A/K/Q, unafraid of turns and rivers and thus calling off, some J8s, and trips J-A/K/Q (at least two of them) ranges that have redraw, since we called 2/3 on turn. This is probably the whole of our range besides some TTs. Then shipping river in villain's shoes would be a huge mistake as it forces Jx to fold? We've already made the assumption that villain is almost never bluffing here.
3. How does unblocking Q9 here affect our decision to make a hero call, if at all?