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

more baluga = sexy times

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I bet I got AT LEAST half a chapter from BalugaWhale's book...and for free!

And about Joe Tall, he is such a self-promoter, lol...

this is awesome listening to baluga talking poker @ micros

Baluga-

I have a question about the 9Ts hand. After the flop given that its multiway and that flop basically has to hit part of some ones range, but we most likely have the best hand right now and we have alot of bad bad turn cards that we are just lost on. So as a standard line as leading out here as a default, how do you feel about c/r big given the stack sizes of the opponents. Its somewhat like a hand I read about played by OMGclayaiken in omaha where he flopped top set on a drawy board and checked to contol the pot and shoved over a bet bc the draws didnt get there yet and he knew he could put it in a favorite.

oneillsurfer03--

jman is playing in some super aggressive games, where he expects players to both A) be aggressive with nothing and B) value bet thinly. We have neither of these assumptmions.
C/r big also completely overreps our hand. What are you hoping to get called by? i'd rather c/c than c/r, but betting is clearly best imo.

oh and ulkis--
im sure you have the general idea of at least a few chapters. that said, there are a lot of chapters. and theres a lot of stuff i leave out in videos. the book is sickkkk

oh and ulkis--
im sure you have the general idea of at least a few chapters. that said, there are a lot of chapters. and theres a lot of stuff i leave out in videos. the book is sickkkk

I am sure of that and I wish I make a good start at 200NL 6max in order to justify buying the book...I could afford it no problem but my view has always been to keep poker separate from my other finances and to justify poker-related purchases ie they should come from my poker earnings.

But heck, even if I downswong 2009 big time it looks like I will talk myself into buying your book - no matter what format or price.

So far what I have been doing is piecing together the puzzle, your strategy posts, videos...and I think you are right on the money when it comes to 3bet pots, when to 3bet and with what etc, and 98% of the 3bet pot strategy posts in the forums say different, 3bang 65s because it is EASY to play postflop. But we need equity, right...

Anyway, I like your style and your stuff at DC and 2+2 is the nuts. Perhaps I'll get get a nice upswong and buy some coaching together with the book.

Baluga-

In the 77 hand at time 21:00, you said pocket 7's is an easy call to a 3bet hu, in position. What happens when the flop comes K,Q, or J high, and you get cbet 2/3 pot. Calling is a significant chunk of change, but just playing fit or fold to set mine doesn't seem right either.

Steve

hey steve,

well, to start its an easy call due to stack sizes. the deeper we are, the more implied odds 77 has, which is good for us.
obv for an A, K or Q to flop would not be a good thing for us. however, we need to have an idea of what types of hands our opponent is 3betting. pay careful attention to what hands villains show down in a 3bet pot. for example, if a guy is 3betting SC's and stuff, you can call a bet on a KQ8r board because he's going to c/f a ton on the turn. Or, on a J65 board, you can call a bet with 77 because villain is likely to have missed overs and shut down.

Nice vid Baluga, just one question that's been bugging me -

Why is Joe so tall and old?

first off, this is pure gold... really nice selection of hands and analysis.

question @ 40min mark you have A8s. Get CR on super dry flop and you talk about how the villain will give away his hand strength on the turn. What if on the turn he bets something like 1/4 pot?

Why is Joe so tall and old?

Tall is easy, I have 100% Lithuanian blood. My grandparents spoke fluent Lithuanian and my dad still remembers some.

Old, well, g-damn, I'm not really THAT old! But I was born in '72 and played my first hand of poker ~'78, where you alive?

first off, this is pure gold... really nice selection of hands and analysis.

Thank you. I played about 1k hands and pulled these hands out as I played specifically for this video.

question @ 40min mark you have A8s. Get CR on super dry flop and you talk about how the villain will give away his hand strength on the turn. What if on the turn he bets something like 1/4 pot?

I think if he bets 1/4, we found a good spot to turn our hand into a bluff and raise. (especially with that card that came off, as we have a ton of outs if we do get called.)