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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by NoahSD (High Stakes)

nuts,
ty. Glad you liked it.

jim,
Glad you don't think I looked like an idiot. I like my line, just think it looks kinda stupid in retrospect realizing that villain is a massive donkey.

FWIW, I do think he was probably calling the river raise with a straight, but who knows.. the guy's a donkey.

Time Link to 00:42:04

Are there any value hands in this spot you would bet this small with, or is it just the fact that villain is not the best player out there and probably doesn't do any handreading or something?

Are there any value hands in this spot you would bet this small with, or is it just the fact that villain is not the best player out there and probably doesn't do any handreading or something?

I'm not balanced in this particular spot. But there are similar spots where I take this sizing and I'm always strong and others where my range is fairly balanced. I think it'd be pretty much impossible for my opponents to realize when I'm doing which.

jim,
Glad you don't think I looked like an idiot. I like my line, just think it looks kinda stupid in retrospect realizing that villain is a massive donkey.

FWIW, I do think he was probably calling the river raise with a straight, but who knows.. the guy's a donkey.

I agree with Jim. Even if he's really bad he might not call with a straight which as you mentioned is really surprising that he even show up with that. Looks pretty good, no beration here (real word?).

Noah please replace the seat position ID with the opponents actual screenames...player/reg based reads are encouraged and very helpful to other fellow regulars

Time Link to 00:06:18

Hey Noah,

I think that given your assumption that villain is going to cbet ATC here almost always, that a check/call is a line that is a lot better than a lead. Now you risk getting raised by better hands while air is just going to fold a lot. If you check the air will bet, you call and you can perfectly rep Ax on later streets and win from his air. At the same time you keep a lot of money behind if you do hit and he managed to flop a monster.

24o,
Sweet! 2 votes for me not being an idiot .

cory,
I don't really think my vids should be about how specific players play. You've got other motives anyway .

Hielko,
I think a raise is really rare in this spot, so it's almost insignificant. I don't think it's a good thing that he bets really lightly here just because of how often that leads to me giving him an extra bet when he has Ax/a strong hand that decides to slowplay turn/a hand that rivers something and the action goes c/c flop, turn check/check, river I bet he calls and because of the risk that he two barrels air or air that picks up a draw or something.

I guess another way to say that is that being OOP sucks.

Time Link to 00:09:33

You say, villain can't have a really strong hand here. Why that? I mean, two hands before villain has checked and you also gave him the occasional slowplayed very strong hand. Couldn't this guy just play the same way? I mean, it's not the likeliest thing in both cases, but a balanced range should have monsters in here, imo, so does I overlook something?

Eis,
Did you link the wrong hand or something? I'm confused.