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dude: fslexcduck; something like: physlexic-duck not felix-duck

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edit: works now

looks good, thanks!

Excellent commentary Gman.

However i can't help but feel that these rules are something of a distraction, and that it would be more interesting to simply see you playing against each-other. possibly separate videos from each of you would be an option.

Hey Garret,

thanks for all the kind words about my play! I really did have a lot of fun playing this and I wish I had more time because once I figured out how to play more optimally, the match was over!

I had a few general comments - I think the rules actually influenced my play more than you think. I fired a looooot fewer double barrels than I normally would, because I had to bluff the river and you seemed to not like to fold that much (that was my impression anyways), so I didn't want to bluff the pot and set myself up for an expensive -EV play. I wish I could have checked more flops to fully balance for the strategy of not 2nd barreling too much, but unfortunately the rules didn't allow me to do that.

I think not playing buttons has more of an effect than you think - you wind up 3betting way less, if really at all, and it just creates a much different dynamic than we're necessarily used to. I don't know who it's better for necessarily in general, but personally, I love defending light 3bettors in position, and I didn't get a chance to do it that much.

Finally, the idea about flatting all of my hands out of position - I think you did a great job of explaining some of the reasons, but I wanted to expound a little bit. Basically, I didn't stop because I was afraid you wouldn't call necessarily. I just thought that a) it would be super easy to realize I only showed up with strong hands after 3 betting and I wouldn't get paid off, b) it would make my calling OOP range very unbalanced b/c instead of all medium strength hands I would only have low and medium strength hands (and once again I thought it would be fairly easy to pick up on this), and c) I didn't want to bloat the pot OOP because of the rule where I had to bluff the river... so if I 3bet with KQ and the flop came A34r, I had to cbet and bet the river, which means I was committing my entire stack in a situation in which you are really rarely going to fold. There is an argument that you might get leveled the first time and make a big fold since "I shouldn't be bluffing," but even if that were the case (which I doubt and still think that line would be hugely -EV), if you figured out it was a rule, I would really really be screwed.

Anyway, great analysis. You definitely definitely outleveled me in many spots and I'm really looking forward to playing again.

<3
Duck (Pronounced "fyslexic duck" ;-) )

Hey Garret,

thanks for all the kind words about my play! I really did have a lot of fun playing this and I wish I had more time because once I figured out how to play more optimally, the match was over!

I had a few general comments - I think the rules actually influenced my play more than you think. I fired a looooot fewer double barrels than I normally would, because I had to bluff the river and you seemed to not like to fold that much (that was my impression anyways), so I didn't want to bluff the pot and set myself up for an expensive -EV play. I wish I could have checked more flops to fully balance for the strategy of not 2nd barreling too much, but unfortunately the rules didn't allow me to do that.

I think not playing buttons has more of an effect than you think - you wind up 3betting way less, if really at all, and it just creates a much different dynamic than we're necessarily used to. I don't know who it's better for necessarily in general, but personally, I love defending light 3bettors in position, and I didn't get a chance to do it that much.

Finally, the idea about flatting all of my hands out of position - I think you did a great job of explaining some of the reasons, but I wanted to expound a little bit. Basically, I didn't stop because I was afraid you wouldn't call necessarily. I just thought that a) it would be super easy to realize I only showed up with strong hands after 3 betting and I wouldn't get paid off, b) it would make my calling OOP range very unbalanced b/c instead of all medium strength hands I would only have low and medium strength hands (and once again I thought it would be fairly easy to pick up on this), and c) I didn't want to bloat the pot OOP because of the rule where I had to bluff the river... so if I 3bet with KQ and the flop came A34r, I had to cbet and bet the river, which means I was committing my entire stack in a situation in which you are really rarely going to fold. There is an argument that you might get leveled the first time and make a big fold since "I shouldn't be bluffing," but even if that were the case (which I doubt and still think that line would be hugely -EV), if you figured out it was a rule, I would really really be screwed.

Anyway, great analysis. You definitely definitely outleveled me in many spots and I'm really looking forward to playing again.

<3
Duck (Pronounced "fyslexic duck" ;-) )

Not much to add, agree w/ all of this. I really appreciate you taking the time to consider all of this before/during the match. It made my life much more difficult, thus making for a more interesting video.