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Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by BigBadBabar (Mid Stakes)

Time Link to 00:13:06

Could you go over your thoughts on opening QJo on the left-hand table? It seems a little loose considering the players behind.

Time Link to 00:26:11

I'm not sure if it's a good line, but I often check-back, or bet/3bet monotone boards like in that exact spot. I think it generates enough fold equity to take it down with a turn bet. I also think it gives you the chance to fire any offsuit A or K that comes up with your opponent thinking you are raising a good flush draw.

It just seems like that it's an auto check-raise from so many players with air, but can only fire once.

Thoughts?

At 00:16:20 (no link. On iPad)

You decide to call with KJ getting 17:1.
Why not raise?. I know we have little chance to pick up the pot here, but the pot is so large that I'd be inclined to raise and give DRUNKKOREAN a chance to make a decision with AK. I know we are likely behind the bettor, but cleaning our K outs is nice when the pot is so big.

Time Link to 00:06:40

Right Table: Interesting Spot on the River. I think Tony's value bet on the river is ok if he doesn't expect to get bluff raised a lot. I don't think he gets called by many worse hands, but probably makes more with a bet than a Ch/Call would make. I think AJ is probably a fold for bblt, maybe call with Qx+ (which is mostly rivered 2 pairs if he raises Qx at some point?)

Time Link to 00:12:35

I think alan comes along a lot if we raise 22 here (given your brief description so far). Obviously not ideal playing 22 OOP 3-ways. I think I'm ok with the limp.

Time Link to 00:45:23

I think I always reflex peel this flop getting 8.5 to 1. Seems like with implied odds we're getting a good enough price to peel, even if he has an ace here sometimes.

Time Link to 01:00:09

I don't think your flop & turn play is consisent. You raised the flop because you expect BBLT to fold without a piece. Once he calls, he has a piece, so I don't see what betting the turn accomplishes and we open ourselves up to a raise (although unlikely).

Also, its tough to say for sure without seeing BFB Sd stats, but I don't see him folding ace hi by the river if you raise the flop and BBLT does fold. I still understand the argument for a flop raise, get BBLT to fold his overs and hope we're up against a hand like KQ. I just feel your argument is flawed if you think you can get BFB to fold better aces hi's at some point before the river if you do get it heads up.

I'm not sure if it's a good line, but I often check-back, or bet/3bet monotone boards like in that exact spot. I think it generates enough fold equity to take it down with a turn bet. I also think it gives you the chance to fire any offsuit A or K that comes up with your opponent thinking you are raising a good flush draw.

It just seems like that it's an auto check-raise from so many players with air, but can only fire once.

Thoughts?

If your bet/3-betting this flop with a hand like A2o no fd (not sure if you were implying this in your post), I think your just going to spewing like crazy on flops like this. I think if you can find a balance with your flop 3-bet range, it could a be a good strategy. Given we have position, a simple option is to just call flop C/R's with our entire range and raise a lot of turn cards.

If your bet/3-betting this flop with a hand like A2o no fd (not sure if you were implying this in your post), I think your just going to spewing like crazy on flops like this. I think if you can find a balance with your flop 3-bet range, it could a be a good strategy. Given we have position, a simple option is to just call flop C/R's with our entire range and raise a lot of turn cards.

If I thought I could get away with it, I would do it with any two. As it stands, I lean heavily towards hands that caught a small piece and have some equity (mid-pair and fd, or overcards with no fd).

For the hand in the example, I would always check back that flop because I'm sure that I would get check raised (even by passive players) regardless of their hand strength.

Could you go over your thoughts on opening QJo on the left-hand table? It seems a little loose considering the players behind.

i think folding is fine too. there's one loose-ish guy to our left and other than that i don't see anything that really stands out, and one of the blinds is kinda bad.

I'm not sure if it's a good line, but I often check-back, or bet/3bet monotone boards like in that exact spot. I think it generates enough fold equity to take it down with a turn bet. I also think it gives you the chance to fire any offsuit A or K that comes up with your opponent thinking you are raising a good flush draw.

It just seems like that it's an auto check-raise from so many players with air, but can only fire once.

Thoughts?

well, if you already have a balanced 3bet the flop strategy, then you can do it with some hands, but i dunno about putting this kind of hand into that group. we're basically turning a weak bluffcatcher into a bluff, so it'd be spewy imo. i'm not sure i agree that your opponents are checkraise bluffing this board nearly as often as you think they are, or that if you b3b here that they would be folding anything you want them to fold on the turn (ie pairs, draws)

if you have a balanced checkback range, this could be an okay hand to do it with.

At 00:16:20 (no link. On iPad)

You decide to call with KJ getting 17:1.
Why not raise?. I know we have little chance to pick up the pot here, but the pot is so large that I'd be inclined to raise and give DRUNKKOREAN a chance to make a decision with AK. I know we are likely behind the bettor, but cleaning our K outs is nice when the pot is so big.

I don't think he'd be folding AK or similar, even for two bets, and that's only a small part of his range. also, given the pf action, it could easily get 3bet and capped behind me, and now i'm in an even yuckier spot. I think this is just a spot where I flopped pretty much toward the bottom of my range and sometimes that happens.

PS. ipad brag?

Right Table: Interesting Spot on the River. I think Tony's value bet on the river is ok if he doesn't expect to get bluff raised a lot. I don't think he gets called by many worse hands, but probably makes more with a bet than a Ch/Call would make. I think AJ is probably a fold for bblt, maybe call with Qx+ (which is mostly rivered 2 pairs if he raises Qx at some point?)

yeah i think the KK bet is fine, since he got looked up by something like AJ, heh. the game is so showdown bound these days

I think I always reflex peel this flop getting 8.5 to 1. Seems like with implied odds we're getting a good enough price to peel, even if he has an ace here sometimes.

Looking at it again, I agree, I also think he's somewhat unlikely to be donking a huge monster here, but the problem is that even against Qx I only have the gutshot. I need him to have something like 88 or air as a large part of his range . some of the time if i call the flop he will check the turn though.