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

Time Link to 00:05:10

Table 5: Don't you think this c-bet is really marginal. You've almost no backdoor equity and this flop seems to hit his range pretty hard, although you may let him fold some small/medium pocket pairs and low SC.

With the info we have at time of play I think it's ok. His range is ATC, he's unlikely to exploit our very small cbet, we've no indication of his bluffing frequency (which is going to be low if he's loose/passive as suspected).

Time Link to 00:16:56

On table 1, when you flat with 99 OOP, what kind of board you would likely make plays on? Boards where you hit a GS or something? What about a T-7-6 flop?

It really depends on a whole range of variables. First we have to put villain on a most-likely range (we already have one for the 3bet pre, but this can be narrowed down based on how he's playing flop and turn) and then decide if we're trying to get to showdown or trying to make him fold. Something like T 7 6 probably doesn't require us to bluff (at the flop) but we may have the option of turning our hand into a bluff on some runouts. If I were going to start bluffing straight away it would be on something more like J T 5tt.

play $1/2 ZOOM please!

play $1/2 ZOOM please!

I may do this soon if DC are amenable.

Time Link to 00:12:12

you said its a very standard 3 bet with KJo here on table 4, in what cases are u ever 5 bet jamming over a 4 bet, e.g. if villain had a 4 bet range of maybe higher than 3 from CO? also would u 3 bet a hand like KJs or AQo as a standard here?

at 15;30 you opt to not complete SB with 45s when you are (most likely) going to be able to see a 4way flop with the table fish, butat min 21 you deceide to play 87s when he limps and BTN reg isolates. Could you explain why?

at 15;30 you opt to not complete SB with 45s when you are (most likely) going to be able to see a 4way flop with the table fish, butat min 21 you deceide to play 87s when he limps and BTN reg isolates. Could you explain why?

There are a couple of reasons. 87s just plays better than 54s. We have to draw the line somewhere for calling OOP in this spot and I think somewhere around 87s is optimal for the spot you mention, and 65s for the later spot. UTG raises and gets 2 calls, plus our call and possibly BB's. So lets say there will be an average of $38 in the pot on the flop. If UTG cbets or the first fish bets there will be aprox $63 in the pot and the fish in CO only has $105, so he's going to feel committed with a wider range than usual. We're a lot less likely to get to see later streets, have less fold equity to leverage and are going to be more reliant on just flopping huge.

you said its a very standard 3 bet with KJo here on table 4, in what cases are u ever 5 bet jamming over a 4 bet, e.g. if villain had a 4 bet range of maybe higher than 3 from CO? also would u 3 bet a hand like KJs or AQo as a standard here?

One of the main reasons this 3bet is so mandatory is because we never have the option of a call with the BB being a $40 pro shortstack. In that exact spot I probably would 3bet KJs also, along with a whole bunch of other broadways/suited broadways that can't stand a shove from the BB. You could go either way with AQ, since it's more than adequate to call the BB's shove. If that shortstack is not there/there are no super heavy squeezers in the blinds then we're going to relax that 3betting range a good amount. 4bet jamming KJ isn't something I like doing, we'd have to have a very clear idea of how much FE we have vs CO. I would do it in the right circumstance but would rather have Ax or a small pair. It's too small a sample to want to jam vs this CO. If we had a larger sample and he still had a 75% fold to 3bet, that would not be conducive to shoving KJ over a 4bet.

No general spots as of yet, will be watching it over again.
Just wanted to say your last 2 videos have been great and of the high quality i expect from DC. You explain spots very well and are clearly a very good player/ coach.

Thanks, that's great to hear.

Time Link to 00:17:19

With the nines on table 1 you say you would sometimes be looking to turn it into a bluff but not on that board. What type of boards are good for this line? Thanks in advance

I answered that in one of the earlier replies you should find it if you scroll up a bit.