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

Time Link to 00:11:53

fyi i have my volume at max and the audio is really quiet. if there's a way for you guys to turn up the volume for the whole vid it would probably be a good idea.

during all my coaching sessions with BBB as well as a few of his latest vids the volume goes from completely normal to almost silent. I brought it up while we were on skype on night and he confirmed it's not his mouth placement.

Huge problem imo 10:50 great example.

it's weird. i recorded these 2 vids (7 and 8) back to back, same settings, no changes, etc.

were you channeling your inner NPR host?

were you channeling your inner NPR host?

i don't know what to say. the microphone jack ninja'd its way 25% out of the socket? i mean really.

during all my coaching sessions with BBB as well as a few of his latest vids the volume goes from completely normal to almost silent. I brought it up while we were on skype on night and he confirmed it's not his mouth placement.

Huge problem imo 10:50 great example.

I will take a look but often times raising the volume means more static that I cannot isolate and remove.
-Rusty

any comments about hands? heh

Time Link to 00:07:24

I think the river is really close here. I disagree with you a bit about whether or not Tx will call - I think it's a spot where Tx should probably fold but most people call anyway. Maybe it's not even that bad for them to call since the pot is big and your line looks goofy to them.

The counter argument is as you point out - a player who is bad and passive (as villain likely is given his PF cold call of 2.5 bets) could very easily play an ace this way.

You seemed hesitant to b/f but I think it's a pretty easy fold if we get raised. Remember the guy is passive - if we want to argue he can play Ax this way then I really doubt he bluffs Qx, Jx, or turns Tx into a bluff on this river.

So given all that I tend to think we should bet here.

That said, I didn't do a Stove and I suspect that we could 'prove' either side to be correct (either by increasing his Ax combos or upping the frequency with which he calls with Tx, 88, etc.).

Time Link to 00:00:15

I feel like we need to continue here. Even though you're 'only' getting 6:1 I think that's good enough given that we're closing the action, have good IO (good relative position, 2 streets to come, both with larger bets), and relatively little RIO (rainbow board, not connected, we hold non-dominated cards).

Actually I think there's a case to be made for leading here in part to preserve our equity and essentially make sure we see the turn. I don't have a strong preference about leading or checking, but I do think now that the action has gone so well for us (after checking) we should call.

Time Link to 00:27:58

Edited: nm - you caught it a few second later.

spotify capped PF. There's $117 in the pot: $120 minus $3 rake. That's 12 small bets / 3 players = 4 bets apiece.

I guess technically it's possible that the BB cold capped, but that's unlikely given that he checked the flop.

I think the river is really close here. I disagree with you a bit about whether or not Tx will call - I think it's a spot where Tx should probably fold but most people call anyway. Maybe it's not even that bad for them to call since the pot is big and your line looks goofy to them.

The counter argument is as you point out - a player who is bad and passive (as villain likely is given his PF cold call of 2.5 bets) could very easily play an ace this way.

You seemed hesitant to b/f but I think it's a pretty easy fold if we get raised. Remember the guy is passive - if we want to argue he can play Ax this way then I really doubt he bluffs Qx, Jx, or turns Tx into a bluff on this river.

So given all that I tend to think we should bet here.

That said, I didn't do a Stove and I suspect that we could 'prove' either side to be correct (either by increasing his Ax combos or upping the frequency with which he calls with Tx, 88, etc.).

yeah, you make a good point that Tx may be more likely to call since i took what may appear to a bad-ish player as a "weird" line. i would be shocked to get raised but i think you're right that it would just be some lolmonster and i could bet/fold pretty confidently. i don't think he's raising me on the river with say just Ax. if i had a bigger sample size on him and could see that he was a higher wtsd kind of guy, say 36 or 38 or 40 (high high for fullring) then i think i like a bet even more. if he's some sort of weird like 22/9 guy who has like a wtsd of 32 then i don't like a bet. i agree with you also that we could probably massage stove re: pf ranges and get roughly whatever conclusion we want.

I feel like we need to continue here. Even though you're 'only' getting 6:1 I think that's good enough given that we're closing the action, have good IO (good relative position, 2 streets to come, both with larger bets), and relatively little RIO (rainbow board, not connected, we hold non-dominated cards).

Actually I think there's a case to be made for leading here in part to preserve our equity and essentially make sure we see the turn. I don't have a strong preference about leading or checking, but I do think now that the action has gone so well for us (after checking) we should call.

all i see are dudes coming after my peanuts!

Edited: nm - you caught it a few second later.

spotify capped PF. There's $117 in the pot: $120 minus $3 rake. That's 12 small bets / 3 players = 4 bets apiece.

I guess technically it's possible that the BB cold capped, but that's unlikely given that he checked the flop.

yes, there's about 2 minutes here of me sounding like a moron and rewinding the action over and over

I feel like we need to continue here. Even though you're 'only' getting 6:1 I think that's good enough given that we're closing the action, have good IO (good relative position, 2 streets to come, both with larger bets), and relatively little RIO (rainbow board, not connected, we hold non-dominated cards).

Actually I think there's a case to be made for leading here in part to preserve our equity and essentially make sure we see the turn. I don't have a strong preference about leading or checking, but I do think now that the action has gone so well for us (after checking) we should call.

The time stamp messed up - try this one.