Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by NLFool (Micro/Small Stakes)

Its the all new FR Thursdays.

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First. Love the topic.

I just wanted to mention next time I do a video like this where I'm stealing all the time I will have to cut it down to 4 tables. It seems I'm always involved in a hand in some form and some of the times I stole I don't even think it was noticed because I was talking about an intersting hand that was occuring at the same time.

I like the concept, this way FR might actually be interesting

I think it will be more interesting if you can post a video of where you get involved in more tough spots. You flopped the nuts in this video left and right. =)

I just wanted to ask you about your opening raise size. I fully agree that when your stealing 96%, then opening small from CO and BTN is the best option. But I was wondering why you opened 2.5x from every position? Your not opening that wide from every position so I think it just gives players a chance to call and see a flop IP against you. If I was playing where I stole that much I would make it like 3.5x from early and middle positions to discourage people from calling IP except CO and BTN where I would make it 2.5x since thats where my range would b the widest and the most likely of getting 3bet with the widest ranges. I also think you lose some value from hands where they call with hands like PP's trying to flop a set vs the top of your range but won't put in any more money if they miss. They would call a 4x raise so you win pretty much the minimum when they miss and lose the max when they hit. Just curious what your thoughts are on this?

Love the topic ! Can´t wait to see more videos from you.

But please do the same again @stars with a bunch of regs who start to play back. At least @NL50 many regulars started 3bet/shoving 88 or AJ with my steal% being like 60% over a large sample. I also have a hard time to find a good 4bet range against thoose light 3betters..

I think it will be more interesting if you can post a video of where you get involved in more tough spots. You flopped the nuts in this video left and right. =)

Fool, NL Fool.....license to steal....license to flop the nuts

I just wanted to ask you about your opening raise size. I fully agree that when your stealing 96%, then opening small from CO and BTN is the best option. But I was wondering why you opened 2.5x from every position? Your not opening that wide from every position so I think it just gives players a chance to call and see a flop IP against you. If I was playing where I stole that much I would make it like 3.5x from early and middle positions to discourage people from calling IP except CO and BTN where I would make it 2.5x since thats where my range would b the widest and the most likely of getting 3bet with the widest ranges. I also think you lose some value from hands where they call with hands like PP's trying to flop a set vs the top of your range but won't put in any more money if they miss. They would call a 4x raise so you win pretty much the minimum when they miss and lose the max when they hit. Just curious what your thoughts are on this?

A couple of my thoughts on this.

When facing a raise preflop,Most players look at their hand strength and decide if their hand is good enough to play or not. They don't look at their 78s or 44 and say to themselves "this was a 2.5x open so I'm going to play it but because it was a 3.5x open now I'm folding it" so opening to 3.5x vs 2.5x in early really doesn't discourage anything. IF you wanted to compare opening 2.5x to maybe 5x or 6x it would be a much different story.

I'm not overly concerned about being out of position vs. most players, I'm very comfortable playing out of position with or without initiative and I feel I have a very significant postflop edge against most of the players at these stakes, so if a player want to call with a weaker hand range in general because I'm opening to 2.5x instead of 4, I'm fine with this. If I feel there is a couple of good players at the table who can make postflop play difficult for me, I'm more likely to not play the hand then adjust my raise sizing.

The reason my raise sizing is consistant in all positions except for when I am opening from the SB is because if I have a postflop skill advantage vs. my opponents I can exploit that skill advantage by having a smaller pot in general.

At higher stakes(400-1k) where the skill level of the player pool is better in general and there is a lot more 3 betting going on in late position or blind wars I do min raise from the button and cutoff a lot.

I think it will be more interesting if you can post a video of where you get involved in more tough spots. You flopped the nuts in this video left and right. =)

Yea I did flop a lot of "nuts" in this video, and I never really got into any tough spots, however I still think there is a lot to be learned from those situations.



For example I feel I butchered the 88 hand on the flop and turn where I flopped a boat on the flop and I explained why in the video.

I also feel that the other 88 hand where I turned a boat on the turn the bet sizing on the river and why I bet so large is worth noting.

Even when I flopped "the nuts" I feel there is still a lot of interesting postflop lines that i took in this video.

Love the topic ! Can´t wait to see more videos from you.

But please do the same again @stars with a bunch of regs who start to play back. At least @NL50 many regulars started 3bet/shoving 88 or AJ with my steal% being like 60% over a large sample. I also have a hard time to find a good 4bet range against thoose light 3betters..

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed how litle I was getting played back at when I stole in this video. I either stole and they folded or I stole and then they check folded to a flop cbet.

It just goes to show how profitable opening up your game and stealing can be.

Very nice video! Do you have screenshots of your HUD color coding?

@JohnTheBad: You can very profitable 4bet light @50NL on Stars. Many Regs just 3bet light without much thoughts but obv don't have the guts to 5bet shove with K3s.

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doesn't this raise sizing somewhat overrep your hand as like QQ? i feel like when i reraise in this spot i'm only running into sets. as far as the fold equity argument i somewhat agree but just seems like this player might not quite have an airball or JJ type shove in him here, i think his shove is only flush draws and sets which against that shoving range seems like your way behind.

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i know this guy 4 bets a ton, which obv most is bluffs. but is it safe to assume a vast majority of those 4bet bluffs or light 4bets come in more late position situations? should we really be assuming hes 4betting light from utg? this also seems like a spot where your imagine can be taken into account. given how laggy/crazy your playing i agree that personally you can be getting AK in here becuz he will be 4bet bluffing you in this spot a ton. but someone that is playing more like a 16/12 with a 3-4% 3bet, will he ever really be 4betting that player type light from utg?