Poker Video: MTT/SNG by bones (Micro/Small Stakes)

http://www.riskoriented.com/2009/10/better-than-nash-shoving-equilibriums.html

Bones, that was a dang good video. really enjoyed it. For a new player to HU SNG's would using that HUD of yours be to much at first?

Thanks jrw.

Rollo, glad you enjoyed it. You can certainly work your way into the hud by just starting with preflop stats (don't worry about 4 bet stats) and cbet stuff and just add on when you feel comfortable processing all of that info.

Here is the nash equilibrium chart as well-

http://www.holdemresources.net/hr/sngs/hune.html

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I see your logic about wanting to protect equity with the weaker hands but why not balance your 2/3 pot cbet with the top of your range?

I see your logic about wanting to protect equity with the weaker hands but why not balance your 2/3 pot cbet with the top of your range?

If you're playing someone who is good enough to where balance is a concern, you can make that adjustment. I'd consider that as an adjustment more than a default play, since the average husng player isn't going to be observant enough to notice.

If you're playing someone who is good enough to where balance is a concern, you can make that adjustment. I'd consider that as an adjustment more than a default play, since the average husng player isn't going to be observant enough to notice.

Also isn't balancing for when you will probably see someone again? There aren't enough spots in one hu sng to make balancing something you need to do and at the low and midstakes games there are so many players you probably wont run into the same guy.

Really great stuff. I especially liked the HUD setup and the flop-texture material at the end.

Regarding the HUD, I went ahead and set my HEM up the same way. I've exported the XML files. (For some reason, it wanted me to set the site, so I exported one each for Full Tilt and Stars, but not sure that matters.)

http://akqj10blog.com/share/hu-ft.xml
http://akqj10blog.com/share/hu-ps.xml

Depending on what your browser does with XML files, you may find it easiest to right click, choose Save Link As..., and then navigate to your Program Files\RVG Software\Holdem Manager\Config directory.

Hope this is helpful.

Are you not a fan of the Chubakov charts, Bones? I prefer that to Nash against bad call-happy players since the Nash numbers are contingent on a theoretical opponent's calling range.

The KS (or SC) chart is fine, but they can be a bit tight. In practice, the difference is minimal and using 1 or the other prob won't matter in the long run.

http://www2.decf.berkeley.edu/~chubukov/rankings.html

To use this chart, take the number on the far right and divide by 2. That's how many bb you can open shove if your opponent is calling exactly all hands that are better (or getting odds to call) and folding the rest.

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This board texture stuff is possibly the most valuable part of the series so far, which is saying a lot, because it's all been great.

You mention "little/no equity", which I take to be total whiffs. However, does this also include hands with marginal showdown value, say A6 or 43s on K73? My vague understanding is that we should be betting our non-showdownable hands to decrease the probability of the hand going to a showdown, and checking back our hands that could conceivably win at showdown. Please correct if necessary.

If we check back A6 on K73, are we ever calling a turn bet without improvement? All we have is a bluff catcher, but we've also played a line that will induce aggr. opps. to bluff.

The no equity stuff is basically not being able to improve vs. a decent range. A high can still make top pair plus its good a lot when no money goes into the pot. Bottom pair is good a lot plus you can still make 2 pair to improve. I wouldn't categorize them as no equity, just the bottom end of your range for marginal equity.

When deciding how to proceed, think about your opponent and texture. If he's checkraising you a ton bet/folding and bet/calling are both kinda gross, so checking back and hoping to improve/get to sd are gonna be best. With 54 on a K98 board, you can't really improve to a hand that wants to put money in the pot and it's never gonna be good at showdown, so it doesn't matter if you have to fold to a checkraise.

Of course if someone is going animal on you and checkraising an absolute ton, just go ahead and check back (or not raise it pre if you don't think your pf raise will be profitable on it's own).

Thanks, man. That reply explains a lot.

I also noticed that they talked a bit about this topic on Dogisheads UP #2 at about 1:05:00. I guess the operative idea is not to cbet if you won't know how to respond to getting C/Red.

Fortunately at the $1s and $2s where I'm practicing for the moment, no one C/Rs much.

Great series so far.

I was curious if you were still going to include some of the things that you mentioned at the end of ep 1 like "soft skills", HH review, and hopefully some live play.

Regarding soft skills: BR mgmt, game selection, sharkscope you mentioned, but can you include some stuff about variance, roi's, the ability to multitable these, and anything else that you might think of.

Thanks!