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

Is it the last episode already?
Hope a next season comes! learned a ton. gonna watch this one asap

Time Link to 00:30:01

So can we assume that he plays polarized now? I guess that K9s is the top of his folding range and he fights back at our steals/isolation raises by polarizing. And if he indeed is polarizing i guess we should back down at our stealing and depolarize our 3betting range against him?

Great series guys.

GL Kristy keep crushing those fish!!

Time Link to 00:09:55

Great vids Baluga...

Can you explain your bet size concern and decisions? utg $10,cutoff $10 BB $2...she is OOP so pot size raise would normally be about $42; Kristy bets $38.

Thanks

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Don't end!

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Don't end!

+1

Great series. I felt a bit confused at one point of the series about 3betting and stuff, but as the series progressed..no problem.

Good luck to Kristy! Will you keep hanging out/blogging at DC?

NO!!!. Say it's not over. This series has been one of the best I've watched so far. It's on par with the coaching tree as far as some great lessons and really helping with my game. Kristy was a great student for a series like this. She asked some great questions and you can tell he really puts a lot of time and thought into the game. Good luck moving up. I hope you guys have a plan you season 2. Make it happen Beluga!

Time Link to 00:51:56

If the river was not a spade is this a bet fol now over a check fold? Or if the river is wasn't a spade is check calling better because maybe he will bet his missed draws?

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Re. the Deuces in the SB v BU open-I recall a number of DC vids advocating a fold in this spot, and while I see the merits of 3betting, I can't really agree that the correct order of options in the amount of +ev is Raising>calling>folding. Wouldn't it be Raising>folding>calling? When we call, we are often looking at -ev since we will often get squeezed, will miss the flop often and ch/F and when we hit, we don't have the implied odds to make up for all the times we have to fold after putting money in the pot.

Folding avoids these problems, but also aextinguishes any opportunity for +ev, so I would think it would the 2nd best option.

Thank you for the series!

Sick series, baluga is pretty much the sickest when it comes to videos so I've been really enjoying the whole series. Learned something new with every video. Hope you two make a season 2.
And of course I hope Kristy crushes ssnl + ships bracelet

Re. the Deuces in the SB v BU open-I recall a number of DC vids advocating a fold in this spot, and while I see the merits of 3betting, I can't really agree that the correct order of options in the amount of +ev is Raising>calling>folding. Wouldn't it be Raising>folding>calling? When we call, we are often looking at -ev since we will often get squeezed, will miss the flop often and ch/F and when we hit, we don't have the implied odds to make up for all the times we have to fold after putting money in the pot.

Folding avoids these problems, but also aextinguishes any opportunity for +ev, so I would think it would the 2nd best option.

my thought is this:

1) getting squeezed isn't quite as bad because we have a hand we can resqueeze with (against a light 3better of course, NOT to be done vs a non-light squeezer, BUT if he doesn't squeeze light we dont have to worry about him squeezing now do we!)

2) if somebody thinks we never bluff, then yeah, we should probably not call preflop with 22, but if they do think we bluff, then our implied odds will still be good. Think about it-- when we flop a set and play back, our range is usually nuts-or-air. So, if he thinks we bluff, he'll never fold anything. Hence we get good implied odds even from the other guys marginal hands.

Like I said though, they're close, and I think folding is closest to best when: A) guy plays well against 3bets; B) light squeezer on our left, C) we don't have good implied odds cause our image is that we play like a rock, etc.

Andrew

If the river was not a spade is this a bet fol now over a check fold? Or if the river is wasn't a spade is check calling better because maybe he will bet his missed draws?

Bet/fold, to call the turn and have a 9 splash on the river, most of his draws picked up a pair somewhere along the way.

Andrew