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

35:40 - This is why I play without my HUD from time to time.

37:50 - I have also gone back and watched "Baby steps","From the ground up" just to clear my head and get me back on track.

great video, a+++

ezmoneycompany ftw

thanks for your time, tuba

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i you too, tuba!

YAY TUBA STEVE!! best micro coach evar!

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Steve, if we had JJ+ and the hand played out the same way, are you calling the turn ship with just the overpairs?

First hand: Pretty basic and maybe unnecessary question, but what turns do you think we should be betting when we check the flop and he checks? Aces, kings, clubs..deuces?

And thanks for the video. I am also betting too often on the flop when the board is not so good to do that. Maybe now i understand to fix this leak.

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A comment on the first hand-I think what Hanno was getting at here (or how I might defend a bet here, anyway) would be that the overcards+ BDFD provides us some good barreling opportunities due to the times we gain equity on later streets vs a player who is likely to peel just once or twice with the majority of his range (med pairs). AK is really a drawing hand, and as with other drawing hands, they primarily make money by stealing. While picking up the dead money on the flop vs AQ is ok (because we can't ch/C if he stabs here with those hands) the biggest reason for a bet would be if we believe villain will let us build a pot, only to steal it later. Having about 6 or 7 outs gives us a backup plan, as we can sometimes spike the best hand vs his bluff catchers.


However, the 1 thing that makes me favor a ch/F here is the fact that his pocket pairs also have some draws on this board. 66 or 88/TT may peel 2ce more often because they have a straight draw, and JJ/QQ/JTs/QJs could improve on the turn when we pick up a draw. Because of this, 3 barrels will usually be required to knock off most regulars from their pair+draws that miss. If the board was a little less connected, I like barreling here vs this opponent, but in this exact spot, I believe Tuba is right to suggest ch/F.

Edit-Sounds like Tuba addresses this shortly after this spot nh

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For the AJ hand vs the donk bets: Don't you think it's a little contradictory to say we should call the flop to let him continue to bluff but then fold to the turn bet? I suppose if we have a read that villain takes this line with draws, and the only real draw that was on the flop with 87s, then perhaps we go with our read, but what do we do if he leads on other turn cards? Is it specifically the 10 that makes a fold (all beit a seemingly nitty one) a reasonable option here?

One thing I was thinking while watching this hand was if we know he donks with draws, why don't we try to get it in on the flop when we are so likely to be ahead? It really depends how he responds to a raise with 87s and if he has any other hands in his range that we are ahead of, however. If T8s and T9s/76s were possible and he might shove over a small 3bet, I like raising the flop bet, but we think he's only continuing with Aces up, sets, and 87s, and is folding everything we beat, we obv can't raise the flop.


When you see the results of this hand, it seems like we got exploited by his strategy due to his short stack. We are too afraid to raise the flop because his only move is a shove(which represents a stronger hand), but we consider folding to the turn bet because the money is going in no matter what if we call, but again, he has very few worse hands in his range. Seems like there has to be a better way to play this hand...

Go platoon! Here are my 2 cents that I want to add in additonal to Tubasteve's comments.

Hanno's hands

AK - I think this is a clear cbet because everything tubasteve said about the guy will peel the flop light. On the turn when you turn a FD or A,K you can jam and make him fold most of his range. Even if he doesn't fold much you still got around 30% equity vs his range and it's not that bad.

AJ - If you have the read he raises draws, its easy raise and stack off on the flop. Turn play is fine and river is a fold for sure.

AQ - same as AK earlier except now you can rep a K too so even more profitable double barrel cards on the turn.

KQ - I don't think the c/r is that bad, those are the hands I would bluff with. you got some cards you can continue on the turn. The c/r is too big you only need to raise to like 5.5 to 6 max. Tubasteve is right though, beating 25NL doesn't need to make these plays also you need to be able to play turn and river when called to make the flop c/r profitable

Steve's hands

AQ- should cbet bigger on the flop, raise the small donk bet on turn to around 9 and check behind on the river not putting any more money into the pot. You got position and deep so there's no danger in committing yourself to play for stacks or getting lost on the river. Obviously in this case he would of jammed on you on turn or river and you can easily get away. Calling the small donk bet just lets the guy block bet you with marginal hand and draws.

KT - I would check the flop because you can't get 3 streets of value and have the board crushed. This is a typical spot I go for delayed double barrel or call down, river is easy jam.

Hope this helps you guys

thanks zenben and blah234
@zenben: you put it much better than i could have!

@blah234 love your comments. interesting to see that you disagree with tuba. let's see:
AK
how much would you cbet? is the sizing ok in this spot?
you say we should shove A,K and FD. that would be a substantial overbet. but if we do this as a bluff then we're risking too much of our stack, don't we? what about any card that isn't a club, A or K? do we then ch/fold? so it's either shove or ch/fold? i don't think i ever overbet, so maybe this is something i need to incorporate.

AQ
what do you mean we can rep a K too? i don't think i follow. because we don't have a have a K we can rep it it comes on the turn?

cbet size should be standard around half pot. Yes you want to overbet jam on the turn for around 1.5x pot when you are semibluffing. You are never pure bluffing on this board when you get called unless you plan to triple barrel jam the river. Villan has tones of pair + draw or draws to call the turn as well. You should c/f any none A,K or club turn. When you are semibluffing, it's important to get the last bet in. It would be a disaster to bet around 2/3 pot on the turn and have villan shove on you with pair + draw. You want to be the one to get the last bet in to maximize fold equity. On those 2 boards where it's low and connected, at small stakes I would always overbet jam the turn for value or semibluff and never stone cold bluffing.

Reping a K means you try to tell your opponent that you got K when you don't. Since AK is the hand everyone likes to put you on when you 3 bet, they will be more likely to believe that you have K. You don't need to jam the turn when K comes because balance isnt that important at micros. At midstakes I would recommend jamming the K as a bluff sometimes as well.

thanks a lot!