Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by DJ Sensei (Mid Stakes)

great as usual

I have enjoyed all of the videos of yours that I have watched and this one is no exception.

Regarding the final hand, I don't see how you can ever repop this river (which you agreed on), and I also don't think that there is a lot wrong with his turn slow play either. It's tough for a large portion of pair + straight draw hands to continue on this turn - 98, J9, Q9 etc. type hands all have problems continuing when the turn pairs the board, and a lot of flush draws have to give up also facing action when one of the most obvious 2 card full houses is out there (JT). A hand like T9 or 99 is going to stack off regardless, so it really comes down to collecting value from only a small portion of top pair + draw hands in your range, namely QJ or KJ, or the case ten in your range that also has a draw anyway (other than AT). I think he increased his value by a pretty fair amount by checking and letting a 9, 8, 7, Q, K or heart come on the river and collect at least a bet, or possibly a raise, from almost the entire portion of your range that hits that river.

Neat hand though, and I also really liked the first hand with KQ. Keep up the good videos!

hey dj sensei, great series so far!!

On the 2nd hand with AK, now if you had AQ here instead on the button, would you be making the same lines as you did with AK by flatting pf and calling all 3 streets? or is 3bet pf or folding a better line with AQ? if you 3bet pf and opponent calls, are you cbetting the flop on the 882 board?

thanks dj sensei!!

great vid as usual. lol at villain in AA hand who checks back the nizzles on the turn.

regarding the last hand I can see your arguments for not shipping the river, but it probably depends on opponent imo. Against a lot of good players I think you're right that b/c'ing is best, but against some call stations that aren't going to fold the nut flush or even some straights I probably ship as well. This might be a mistake so I'm probably going to think about this some more, but man it is hard to expect him to ever show up full on that river.

5/10 play next vid plz!

About Villain in AA hand he is 100k winner on the year so it just shows that even big winners can make mistakes.

About Villain in AA hand he is 100k winner on the year so it just shows that even big winners can make mistakes.

Pretty sure the 88 hand shows that too

hey dj sensei, great series so far!!

On the 2nd hand with AK, now if you had AQ here instead on the button, would you be making the same lines as you did with AK by flatting pf and calling all 3 streets? or is 3bet pf or folding a better line with AQ? if you 3bet pf and opponent calls, are you cbetting the flop on the 882 board?

thanks dj sensei!!

Well I'm definitely not 3betting AQ if I'm not 3betting AK. I'd either call or fold depending on how loose he's opening in EP. Postflop would probably play out the same.

Go DJ Go DJ

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26.135% 8c7c
16.501% Ac3c
57.364% 6d6h

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Great Series! Why does the VILLIANS check on your 88 hand here differ from YOUR check w/ the KTs @ min34. It seams that both of you used the check to set-up a big river bet, but it sounded like his play was incorrect? Thanks for the insite.

Yeah, I suck at this game.

Great Series! Why does the VILLIANS check on your 88 hand here differ from YOUR check w/ the KTs @ min34. It seams that both of you used the check to set-up a big river bet, but it sounded like his play was incorrect? Thanks for the insite.

Those were two very different situations imo. In the KT hand, there was a lot more action on the flop to indicate a high chance of getting stacks in, while in the 88 hand that was not the case. In the KT hand the pot was much bigger already than that in the 88 hand, again making it more likely to get stacks in. I was out of position and he was in position, and the board texture was quite different as well.

Great video. I love this series.

Also, on the 8c7c hand, when you said started talking about a common mistake that people tend to make, it occurred to me how interesting that was. Everyone makes videos to show you how to play well, but I think it is also important to work from the other direction and specifically point out errors to avoid post-flop.

Maybe a complete series? "Here's how you are screwing up", by DJ Sensei.

About Villain in AA hand he is 100k winner on the year so it just shows that even big winners can make mistakes.

What would you do if 44 Villain bets Turn? How big a bet would you call? Assuming you call 1/2 Pot Turn bet, how big a River bet would you call, if any?