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99% of law school students are douchebags. 1% i can chill with. (currently taking break from law school-1 yr to go)

I'd like to hope I'm in the 2nd category. Especially given that I gave up law for poker after graduating. Good luck on that last year if you decide to go back

Sorry for the mini thread hijack.

Couple of questions.

First, do you and whitelime have separate beds or do you just do one king-size, Bert and Ernie-style? If the second, which one of you is Bert and which is Ernie?

Second, what is your biggest obstacle at the table mentally? I'm not talking about dealing with aggression or anything like that, but more of the intangible stuff like tilt, fatigue, dealing with beats, etc.

Thanks man.

I'm Bert.

Biggest obstacle at the table mentally speaking is tolerating all the retards.

Krantz, i'm 3betting and getting 4bet a lot. Sometimes I actually (wow) have a hand when i 3bet and they 4bet bluff 56ss, i shove KK and they call.

My question is, how do you know when to 5bet bluff ai or make some shove with AT or something. In your video you say you've lost a ton of money 5bet bluffing...should we stay away from doing this, or is there big metagame we're missing here...

stay awayyyyyyyyy!

Krantz, i'm 3betting and getting 4bet a lot. Sometimes I actually (wow) have a hand when i 3bet and they 4bet bluff 56ss, i shove KK and they call.

My question is, how do you know when to 5bet bluff ai or make some shove with AT or something. In your video you say you've lost a ton of money 5bet bluffing...should we stay away from doing this, or is there big metagame we're missing here...

stay awayyyyyyyyy!

to go one step further, one of the benefits of getting caught 5-bet bluffing is that in the future, that player won't ever dare bluff you because you look batshit crazy

I noticed you never mentioned cold calling to 3-bet. Is this an option both in and out of position or is this a 4-bet or fold spot. And if you do cold call and get a 9 high board, is it standard to get it all in?

When i 3-bet i use the same sizing as you but my 4-bet is slightly larger(30-33%).

When you saw Namco 3-bet to 140 and call whitelime's 4-bet in position with AQo for 160 more you seemed to be implying that he was calling lightly. If I invest 140 preflop in position and face a reraise of only 160 more I might be tempted to call with worse hands. Is this a mistake? I understand that this bet sizing allows you to 4-bet bluff often and get action with your big pairs but it seems to me that if oop you will be getting called more often than getting folds. What is the game plan on the flop if oop and getting called (assuming AQo). What type of boards will you c-bet and what is size of c-bet. What type of boards will you check fold?

Thanks

It's not a mistake if you can outplay him postflop - but keep in mind that's usually really tough because the pot is super huge and it will be very difficult to do so. So don't tempt yourself to call just because it's a small reraise without thinking about his range and how you will proceed postflop.

With AQ OOP in a 4-bet pot it's completely player dependent - I think the most useful advice I can give you on c-betting is to take certain board textures (dry ones, like 752, wet ones, like 9TJ two-tone) and play around with ranges in pokerstove and look at your equity when called. Then think about how your opponent will react to your bet (and bet size) with different parts of his range (or your check) and act accordingly.

Hope that helps.

Ak is a pretty standard all in preflop on 5/10+. But i can't help but second guess myself when i run into aces. Should I just brush it off as running bad or are there spots where ak is foldable preflop?(assuming 100bb stack)For example i raise ak utg to 35 and get 3-bet to 125 by the big blind, I 4-bet 290 and he shoves. I call every time except vs the tightest of players but seem to run into aa or kk pretty often these days. The big blind isn't gonna 3-bet a utg raiser often and when he shoves I can only be vs jj+ or ak none of which ak is a favorite against. Im thinking of cc the 3-bet and getting it in if i hit the flop. Is this a better play or do you think 4 betting and calling shove is better?

Thanks

Ak is a pretty standard all in preflop on 5/10+. But i can't help but second guess myself when i run into aces. Should I just brush it off as running bad or are there spots where ak is foldable preflop?(assuming 100bb stack)For example i raise ak utg to 35 and get 3-bet to 125 by the big blind, I 4-bet 290 and he shoves. I call every time except vs the tightest of players but seem to run into aa or kk pretty often these days. The big blind isn't gonna 3-bet a utg raiser often and when he shoves I can only be vs jj+ or ak none of which ak is a favorite against. Im thinking of cc the 3-bet and getting it in if i hit the flop. Is this a better play or do you think 4 betting and calling shove is better?

Thanks

4-betting is usually better the way the games run these days... just make sure you're correctly gauging the range your opponents are 3-betting you with.

I just signed up for some coaching information and put you down as a the requested coach. How many students do you take on at any given time? Whats the longest you have coached someone? Success stories? Failure stories? You talked about being a good coach earlier, and how excited you were to meet with tommy and expand your teaching skill/knowledge, but I was wondering what you think makes a good student?

KRANTZ, where we can get you PAHUD profile?

Krantz, how do you adjust your 3betting range against someone who plays 40-60bb stacks. I know you like to relentlessly pound ip with 3b, but do you still do this against these guys? Or do you tighten up and only wait for a good hand to 3bet...

any chance we'll get to see you in a future episode of high stakes poker? would you be interested?

any chance we'll get to see you in a future episode of high stakes poker? would you be interested?

maybe to both.

i'm in san francisco right now doing coaching with Tommy Angelo - will get to all the unanswered posts as soon as ive got some down time!

also, i'm not sure if you'd be interested, but i have this fun mockumentary series i do about the life of a professional internet poker player and it's been pretty popular in the poker forums, if you'd ever like to do a fun cameo, it'd be really hilarious. it'd be pretty good publicity for deuces cracked too. the first vid in the series has close to 25k views (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9hgQBGsfs)

if you're too busy, that's cool and i could mention this site anyway if you think it would help at all.

also, i'm not sure if you'd be interested, but i have this fun mockumentary series i do about the life of a professional internet poker player and it's been pretty popular in the poker forums, if you'd ever like to do a fun cameo, it'd be really hilarious. it'd be pretty good publicity for deuces cracked too. the first vid in the series has close to 25k views (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9hgQBGsfs)

if you're too busy, that's cool and i could mention this site anyway if you think it would help at all.

OMG, Joe, is that really you?

Your series is great!

yup, that skinny asian dude is me haha

Hi.

1)What do you think about highest player level for coaching? I mean, if
there any sence for very good player NL5k or higher to coach medium NL5k player or good NL2k players, because of competition?

2)I lately moved from 1k to 2k, and definetly have some problems with best players at this buyin. Could you recommended a couple avaliable coaches for me? I was asking you and cts about month ago, and you both was beasy, and i don't now about others .
Ty.

I just signed up for some coaching information and put you down as a the requested coach. How many students do you take on at any given time? Whats the longest you have coached someone? Success stories? Failure stories? You talked about being a good coach earlier, and how excited you were to meet with tommy and expand your teaching skill/knowledge, but I was wondering what you think makes a good student?

The number of students I take on at once varies and usually just depends on what kinds of other things I've got on my plate at the moment. For instance, I haven't been coaching at all over the past few months since I was working on creating DeucesCracked.

I've coached a few people for over one year, but at this point those guys are more like poker buddies and less like students. Nearly everyone I've coached for a decent period of time has improved significantly and some tremendously. I'm not comfortable saying who my most successful students have been unless they've talked about my coaching for themselves, but some of them are very well known in online poker.

As for failure stories - a few, definitely! Not everyone meshes well with me and not everyone is a good candidate for coaching - on that note, what makes a good student? Someone who is always asking good questions and actively works on their game outside of scheduled sessions and in conjunction with the coach. Work ethic and commitment to improving is huge.

After working with Tommy and spending some time thinking about this on my own, in the future I'm only going to be offering my own coaching as a program - either for shorthanded or heads up - and it will have an organized structure and finite end date. Once I design it and work with a few guinea pigs :-) I'll start taking on new students again.

KRANTZ, where we can get you PAHUD profile?

Stay tuned on this, should be up somewhere soon and I'll make it known how to get it.

also, i'm not sure if you'd be interested, but i have this fun mockumentary series i do about the life of a professional internet poker player and it's been pretty popular in the poker forums, if you'd ever like to do a fun cameo, it'd be really hilarious. it'd be pretty good publicity for deuces cracked too. the first vid in the series has close to 25k views (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9hgQBGsfs)

if you're too busy, that's cool and i could mention this site anyway if you think it would help at all.

i'm pretty busy but if you're ever in new york, let me know (or vegas during the WSOP, i'll be living there then)

we would LOVE any plug for DeucesCracked though - that would be fantastic and much appreciated!

ps first episode is hilarious

Hi.

1)What do you think about highest player level for coaching? I mean, if
there any sence for very good player NL5k or higher to coach medium NL5k player or good NL2k players, because of competition?

2)I lately moved from 1k to 2k, and definetly have some problems with best players at this buyin. Could you recommended a couple avaliable coaches for me? I was asking you and cts about month ago, and you both was beasy, and i don't now about others .
Ty.

Not sure what you mean by 1 - I usually would never coach a player I play against, though.

2- whitelime or FoxwoodsFiend, definitely.

What can i do against FPS?

What can i do against FPS?

Keep a picture of a manatee taped to the top of your computer. When you feel yourself about to pull something fancy, look at the manatee and ask him - "Mr Manatee, do you think this crazy float will work?"

For awhile, it won't answer you. Then one day, it will, and Mr. Manatee will help you get over your FPS.

It worked for me.

Krantz,

1. We need DC apparel. I want to see a take on the DC comics logo on the back of the shirt with a DC design similar to Superman on the front Hats as well. Use green and black.

2. I think it's great that you said use the force and take down the HUD. Coincidentally I had said the same thing to a few of my friends a couple of days previous, making a similar Star Wars reference about Han Solo and Luke Skywalker shooting down Tie-Fighters.

3. If given the opportunity to go back to when you were moving up from 1-2, knowing what you know now, what would you change about your game and personal habits regarding poker.

4. I'm a writer as well, we should yap about story ideas.

Krantz,

1. We need DC apparel. I want to see a take on the DC comics logo on the back of the shirt with a DC design similar to Superman on the front Hats as well. Use green and black.

2. I think it's great that you said use the force and take down the HUD. Coincidentally I had said the same thing to a few of my friends a couple of days previous, making a similar Star Wars reference about Han Solo and Luke Skywalker shooting down Tie-Fighters.

3. If given the opportunity to go back to when you were moving up from 1-2, knowing what you know now, what would you change about your game and personal habits regarding poker.

4. I'm a writer as well, we should yap about story ideas.

Apparel is in the works - I like the Superman idea and I'll run it by my shirt designer and see if she can make it fly. Literally?

I wouldn't change anything about any of my development. You need to stumble, feel pain, be bedfellows with tilt... all that. Lose a ton of money. Get all-in bad a lot. As TA likes to say, it's all practice. You can't get into the big show without all the little stuff giving you perspective along the way.

Maybe I would have found 2+2 earlier, if I HAD to change something. I'd also learn to not play drunk or tired a lot sooner than I did.

Superman t-shirts == Overused! Veto Veto!