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

you're definately a decent player, but i doubt that you are good enough to make an educational video above 1/2 but this will be entertaining.. seeing where you are now after the series

edit: forget it, just the first hand 99% of regs with 1million hands at 2/4 3/6 dont think that far. gj

you're definately a decent player, but i doubt that you are good enough to make an educational video above 1/2 but this will be entertaining..

lay off the drugs, mate

Hielko, turn on the bet sizes.

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why did you show?

edit: forget it, just the first hand 99% of regs with 1million hands at 2/4 3/6 dont think that far. gj

Glad that you're willing to change your opinion .

Hielko, turn on the bet sizes.

Sorry about that, played this on a fresh Windows installation.

why did you show?

I didn't; Holdem Manager just always says this for your own hands.

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A2s:

Why isnt this a good spot to bet the Turn? I think It`s hard for him to continue with a weak pair and it`s difficult to flat oop with a strong made hand here. This could lead to a profitabel third barrel.

Also: You say he is likely to bluff a busted draw here. Does that mean you want to call a riverbet? I would say he should valuebet 55+ here, because a draw is a big part of his range and you will herocall.

Edit: I don`t understand why you think about betting the River. After the Turncheck your range is capped to less than any TP. You would be trying to represent a very thin valuebet, can that be good?
And wouldnt that be a good spot for him to bluffraise you?

good video sir, wish bet amounts were displayed and would probably prefer a live play vid though. you are very solid though.

A2s:

Why isnt this a good spot to bet the Turn? I think It`s hard for him to continue with a weak pair and it`s difficult to flat oop with a strong made hand here. This could lead to a profitabel third barrel.

Also: You say he is likely to bluff a busted draw here. Does that mean you want to call a riverbet? I would say he should valuebet 55+ here, because a draw is a big part of his range and you will herocall.

Edit: I don`t understand why you think about betting the River. After the Turncheck your range is capped to less than any TP. You would be trying to represent a very thin valuebet, can that be good?
And wouldnt that be a good spot for him to bluffraise you?

Good questions, and I think betting the turn with the intention of betting a decent amount of rivers could be good. But it's probably pretty marginal, because TP is going to be a decent part of his range, and I don't think he's going to be inclinded to fold that.

I don't think he should valuebet 55+ here, because I really don't have that many worse hands that can bluff catch. Lets say I would always call with A2,K2s and 33 I still have a lot more Tx combo's because I raise KT,AT,QT,T9,T8 and some suited T's with a worse kicker on the button.

And betting the river as a bluff; as you can see I have a reasonable range for betting there for value, so I certainly should be able to put some bluffs in that range to get him to fold small-mid pairs. And I'm also not that worried about creating a good spot for him to bluff raise me, because what value hand is he repping when he is check/raising here for value? As you said yourself; we would expect him to fast play strong hands on the flop very often. And as long as he isn't going to check/raise TP here for value - something I certainly wouldn't expect - I think we should always bet/call this river when we vbet thin. His valuerange for raising us here is almost non existent, while he has a ton of marginal made hands in his range that could be turned in a bluff.

geat video. would like to see more live commentating in the future.

Nice vid

Your accent reps a Dutch nationality

I liked the video, and your DC avatar has a nice ass.

i like it, although not a lot of spots.

i don't think it would be better to do this live, because now you can pause the video which is good for explanation, A game, and also if the session is shite you can easily record a new video without the effort of commentating.

also, playing against fish is indeed where ppl make the most money, but playing against regulars is where people loose the most money. I think playing against regulars is more interesting.

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I understand that overbets from fish are usually for value, but given that the board came running Jacks, what could he possibly be overbetting for value with? You are putting him on exactly 44, 66, or maybe Jxcc? The bet seems super suspicious and I'd be tempted to look him up.

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obv lead 1/3 pot to snap a raise lol

also, do u ever bother balancing this line v fish (double barreling ak unimproved) or only v regs.

I understand that overbets from fish are usually for value, but given that the board came running Jacks, what could he possibly be overbetting for value with? You are putting him on exactly 44, 66, or maybe Jxcc? The bet seems super suspicious and I'd be tempted to look him up.

I know his possible valuebetting range is small, but the average fish is in my experience almost never overbetting as a bluff. So unless I see that he is doing spazzy aggro stuff, or I see him doing this with a high frequency; I give him credit.