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

there's no more stars to give to the videos ? I would give 5* to this one. very good episode . haven't seen the others.

Audio is still skipping (Joe: I'm not trying to take away from the discussion, just wanted to point it out since Rusty has said new files were uploaded)

Audio is still skipping (Joe: I'm not trying to take away from the discussion, just wanted to point it out since Rusty has said new files were uploaded)

Can you give me a rough time stamp of skippage?

Time Link to 00:42:14

Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

You are giving him 3 to 1 which is 25% but this doesn't matter, you are getting 2 to 1 on the bluff so it needs to work 33 1/3 % of the time on the flop in a vacuum assuming you have no equity when called, so obviously less than this given our equity.

Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

What Korova said. I'm spending 1/2 the pot to win the full pot so it needs to work 1/3 of the time to breakeven (not counting the rake). Think of it as you spend 1 dollar(half pot) to win 2 dollars (the pot) + your 1 dollar back (your bet) as you can see you spend 1 to get 3 and has to work 1/3 of the time.

Time Link to 00:39:24

Why is a jam better than a normal sized 4b if you decide to get it in pre?

I think turning aa into a bluff on the jt9q board definitely has some merit. Given his description of being loose pre i think he has ak very rarely and you have it a lot. aa seems to be near the bottom of your range on the turn and doubt he can ever call 2 more barrels with less than a straight.

Sounds like he's pretty loose though, and he can have lots of Kx combos.

What would you do in QQ in this spot? What on pairing board rivers and not?

id start by checking the turn usually, and id probably bet board pairs. id probably bet super small on non board pairs

Why is a jam better than a normal sized 4b if you decide to get it in pre?

It's not necessarily, usually when I say jam there I am also referring to 4b small/ call 5b.

Time Link to 00:26:19

Just a point you guys didn't bring up but deserves mention is that I think he is significantly more likely to raise and build this pot on the flop with KQ, trying to stack AK/AA and almost always just flat with AQ/QJs type hands.

Just a point you guys didn't bring up but deserves mention is that I think he is significantly more likely to raise and build this pot on the flop with KQ, trying to stack AK/AA and almost always just flat with AQ/QJs type hands.

yep this is true of course.

Time Link to 00:07:57

weird hand and good discussion.

a couple combos of 98s make some sense as part of a river bluffing range here

Time Link to 00:32:57

he's also more likely to slowplay AXhh and KXhh, which are more combos than J-high and lower flushes

it's obviously a 'tough' fold in-game due to our absolute hand strength, but i really like how ansky framed it: if you've played 230 hands with this guy, you'll have a good idea whether he could bluff or severely overvalue a hand here enough to call

Time Link to 00:09:52

He could have pocket sixes.

What line would you play having pocket sixes there?