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Looking forward to part 2!

Really loving these videos! Thanks for the great work

This kind of content is very cool to see and quite helpful. Looking at applying theory/PIO to a live or otherwise softer environment is something that I think would be nice to see more of in the future. Great vid!

Really digging the concise theory/pio vids- keep them coming! To me it's some of the most useful content.

Another great video- I particularly liked seeing the exploits you made especially against some of the weaker players. Great work as always!

Just read your other post too- thanks for the follow up!

Very interesting video. I'd be really interested to see how the outputs possibly change on the turn lead when you add in different sizings for bets and raises. Would you mind posting some of the findings here if you run the sim again with those adjustments? Thanks!

Great video, very concise in exploring the topic along with a lot of examples. I feel like I got a lot of good and easily-digestible information from it. The node locking examples were particularly interesting to analyze. Thanks!

Very interesting video! I haven't looked into or come across the 2.15x (or so) check raise very often, but it's something that apparently can be a very useful tool to have in some situations like in this series of videos. I'm not 100% sure on how to fully implement something like it yet, but I'll definitely be investigating further, especially with how we play later streets and at different stack sizes.

Very interesting series! Looking at responding vs incorrect cbet sizes (like you mentioned in the video) would be interesting, as well as looking at spots where people commonly cbet too much (or perhaps too much for the sizing they chose).

Great video, I like the video format of post-play commentary + breaking down a hand or two using software. Your approach to applying PIO solver work to real-world situations where play can be far from optimal is very insightful and helpful. Looking forward to the next part!

Ah that makes sense, cheers!

Hi Tyler, another great video!

I had a question about your bet size on table 4 around 10:15 - you mention that this is a spot where you'll auto-bet your whole range because the board favors you and it's often a spot where players will under defend, yet you use a rather large 3/4 sizing. Isn't it normally common to use a smaller sizing in these instances where you're betting very often and expecting lots of folds? I'm guessing the ev of a big size vs a small size isn't too different in this spot but I was just curious at your thought process.

Thanks!

Enjoying the vids, James. You strike a good balance of moving through the hands at a decent pace, yet bringing up lots of concepts and things to discuss for each spot- looking forward to the next part!

I enjoyed format- having the calcs/sims up was good for moving through and explaining lots of spots effectively while backing them up with the mathematics and theory. Looking forward the final part!

Great video Tyler, I liked this format a bit better than the commentate-while-playing format- being able to pause the (faster) footage to talk more in depth about spots as well as reflect about what you were thinking at the time vs what you think now is really informative. Looking forward to the next part!

You've mentioned that you're using a bigger preflop 3betting size (at least in this series) because it has shown to be a better sizing. I'm wondering what specifically is leading you to use this 5x sizing vs a 2.5x open - is it in response to people defending very widely vs 3bets? To force a narrower defending range/have more fold equity preflop? Thanks, great series!

Great video - listening to you break down a lot of the close spots and pointing out mistakes in both your play as well as your opponents' is really helpful for getting me to realize everything I need to be considering and analyzing during a hand. Thanks!

Cool video! I found it helpful finding out just how different chops favored different players in different situations, and I agree that knowing more in depth about how different chops assign different values to the stacks will allow someone to more profitably approach the deal making process, if not just from a standpoint of having more confidence. I really liked the practical tips for deal making as well, like starting from the chip chop numbers as a big stack and coming from a point of "conceding" money to perhaps get more money than if you started with ICM and asking for more. I'm interested to see if anyone else has some practical deal making tips as well.

I'd been hoping you'd make some Ignition videos! Seeing your approach to these anonymous and higher rake games gave me some interesting things to think about that I'd not considered before, and I'd personally like to see more videos like this to further see how you adapt to these kinds of games and players, especially with some of the exploits you talked about employing. It's very interesting to see the discrepancies in strategy between this and (for instance) 500nlz.

I found the video quite helpful, and it would be cool to see future videos like this were we can look at practical applications of perhaps more complex concepts to use "in the moment" when we are playing (since we can't pull out an icm calculator while we're at a FT in a live tournament, and there are too many spots to memorize like you mentioned, etc). It's things like this that will really help me make better decisions when I'm playing that I wouldn't have been able to figure out on my own, and helps better my approach to certain situations involving icm. Thanks for the vid!

Great video! I loved the breakdown with different tools especially when looking at being faced with non-standard play from recs.

Speaking of which:
With the 97cc hand around 22:00- wouldn't there be some merit to raising flop to get value from a lot of gutshots and flush draws? These min-leads often seem to me like a draw or weak pair trying to see if they can get a cheap turn, and once the BB doesn't raise we will often have the best hand, no? Even if we are up against some sort of weak king, we are pushing a huge amount of equity so it doesn't seem like a bad idea to raise for value/protection?

Thanks!

Great video, I really liked this type of structure of talking through the play while it happens, but then breaking down some of the math in odds oracle, the razz hands were really interesting to look at with some of the concepts you brought up with steals, reseals, breaking down different ranges, possible mistakes players made, etc. Definitely some quality content!

The KJo call at 14:15 - you seem to brush it off as a very easy call (given you're near the top of your range) but this is a spot vs a recreational player that I'm normally sitting on the river vs a recreational player and wondering what they're bluffing/betting with, especially since you mention near the beginning that he isn't opening super wide (thus no 3bet pre), so there aren't a ton of Jx and 7x hands which would be the obvious bluffs, and he can have quite a few two pair, set, flush, and straight combos (depending on if he's the kind of player who would bet a hand like K9o on the flop just because he has a pair, not sure if he's this kind of recreational player). I know this is a spot where you have to call with SOME hands especially vs regs, but vs some kinds of recreational players who probably aren't finding enough bluffs do you find it a spot where perhaps you can "overfold" to this kind of a river bet and stick to calling more KT/K9/K8/AT and flush type hands that block more of his two pair and set value bets? (Obviously not since you ended up calling, but I'm just wondering more on your thought process here on the river, maybe vs a slightly different kind of recreational player who wouldn't valuebet QQ?) Thanks!

Fold with the huge min cash for sure. I think you can fold as strong as something like 99 or even TT to an EP open here.

pay jumps? UTG has 2BB and is about to be in the big blind, this should tighten you up alot at most FTs in this spot - you should be very unwilling to get it in with the only guy that has you covered.

Gotta call here I think. Your opponent should be super wide here with payout structure - who knows if he actually is though. - I came up with something like this that might be slightly TOO loose (but I think it's near correct) https://gyazo.com/0a7dc2a0b7a5d387eb85c8670d554c34

tank min raise, call off short stacks fold to CO/BB jams if you can't tank call into the money.

fold pre to the UTG Open/MP call IMO