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

Outstanding! This is what I hoped for when I signed up. It's fun to watch you guys play, BUT this format is far far better for learning how to play well. Please keep it up. Take your time, explain in depth what you are thinking, rules of thumb, and what the exceptions might be. The play, why it works, when it works, and when it does not work, what kind of games, and the expected variance. Thanks again!

Great first video. Flow was very good too, everytime I was thinking something it was addressed as the next comment or topic.

Cold 4bets are incredibly profitable at these stakes and its a move not a lot of people use. Hopefully it takes some time before people catch on!

I know this series is about new moves to add in but I would like to see you quickly address the persons stats on every hand for future videos. A quick comment whether theyre meowchow, loose, nitty, whatever just to help get in the mindset of what you were seeing at the table at the time.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Thanks for your feedback, guys. Dan and I had a ton of fun making this and the next 7 episodes are gonna be pretty sweet, so good to hear you're liking what you see.

geez wish i could run that good.

jk jk, but seriously guys this rocks - i loved the way you did it of only showing interesting hands and expanding on each hand much more than conventional sweat videos. gave me a ton of things to think about in an area of my game which needed alot of work.

looking forward to future eps.

Sensei & Duck,

Great video. The commentary is phenomenal. I am going to have to watch this one two or three times just to remember everything Duck is saying.

If I may, one suggestion for this format of teaching... I love it, it's a nice change from just sweating someone playing 2-4 tables of a certain limit. But I think you could enhance it even more if when the video is paused or you're summarizing an overall concept to throw up a few PowerPoint type bullets on the screen if the hand has already been played back. Might help to reinforce points for those of us that are more visual learners. Overall though, incredible vid.

Thanks,

/kwantum

Oh shi--, I loved it.

This is the greatest vid ever made concerning 3bet pots.

Thanks guise.

Sensei & Duck,

Great video. The commentary is phenomenal. I am going to have to watch this one two or three times just to remember everything Duck is saying.

If I may, one suggestion for this format of teaching... I love it, it's a nice change from just sweating someone playing 2-4 tables of a certain limit. But I think you could enhance it even more if when the video is paused or you're summarizing an overall concept to throw up a few PowerPoint type bullets on the screen if the hand has already been played back. Might help to reinforce points for those of us that are more visual learners. Overall though, incredible vid.

Thanks,

/kwantum

Yea we could probably drop in some powerpoints during the less-active portions of video when we're just running our mouths (and you'll notice that we have a habit of doing just that, lol). Something to address for the next season, I reckon. I think these will still be the best videos produced on the topic at hand though, even if they require a little bit of patience.

-Dan

Obviously all of the 3-bet scenarios are so helpful as everyone has mentioned, but I'd like to also comment on one segment that Duck talked about that honestly felt like the poker gods just opened the heavens to me.

In the pocket 10's hand you give such a great explanation regarding villain's hand range, villain's perception of your hand range, and where your hand fits in his perceived range. Every MSNL has heard this concept in one form or another, but it's never clicked for me quite like this. Definitely the next area I'm going to be working on (now that I have 3-bet pots covered). Can't wait until next week.

Thanks,
JrJordan

I think these will still be the best videos produced on the topic at hand though, even if they require a little bit of patience.

Agreed, and I will take them in any way, shape, or form you guys end up deciding on. I plan to have my 2nd viewing tonight, I may jot down a few notes. If I do, I'll post them on the forums to summarize so people can have them while watching or reviewing concepts of the video.

Pure awesomeness IMO! I remember watching this kind of videos made by ActionJack (the one from Ladbrokes) 3-4 years ago. He made couple of videos dedicated to specific scenarios like playing pocket pairs, playing suited connectors, bluffing and so on. Now after I joined CR and other coaching sites I wanted to see this kind of videos but no one ever made them. I would love to see more of them. Also I would love to see this kind of videos dedicated to some more basic concepts as well.

Edit: also: love Vanessa's voice!

Probably the best poker video I've ever watched.

First off: Very nice video with excellent commentary.

Some general questions:
Is it possible to show the pa-hud statts in the next video's?
Are there going to be hands in the future vids where you make a correct move but hit the top of someones range or it goes wrong? (It's easy to think that you can now take away every 3bet pot with position if you watch it happen 7 times in a row ).

Some questions about the actual hands:
The 78cc hand (starts 21:35). You saythat you should do it with AA/KK and they'll call with worse hands more often.. but doesn't that mean they'll also call you more often than you want when you (semi)bluff on those boards because they put you on a semibluff? Mostly because you'll be (semi)bluffing more often because it's harder to make hands .
What would be your calling range vs a shove when you are the villain in this spot? If AKo is not in that range would you Cbet AK on that board (again if you were in the villains spot).

the 47dd hand on 38:40
Once he checks to you on the flop you decide to make a very small bet on the flop of less then 1/2 pot. What is your action if you get called and the turn blanks out and he checks to you again, would you double barrel (to push him off a possible AK he did call the flop getting somewhat decent odds).
And if the turn comes like the Ace of hearts or the King of hearts.. would you consider 'double barreling' if checked to? (I can go on about what your river action would be but that would become a little to long ).

I had some more questions but they were mostly about how you would handle the spots you put your opponents in. (for example in the blindbattle where you donk into him with KQ on the Kxx board, what is your default line if someone would do that to you and you're sitting with the AQ in position?)


Anywayz, Great video and looking forward to the next one

This video was really really bad for my game.
Because vanessa is my coach, and i don't want her to tell the good stuff to anyone else.

So yeah obviously it was some really incredible stuff.

It really is unconventional wisdom too.

P.S: I do love this format, where you only focus on the interesting spots and what's the thinking process.

this series is gonna be a big hit. good job both of you. the last hand example is super interesting and i have a feeling i'm going to learn a lot from these vids

got a question though. what do you think are the merits of jamming the AQ on 664 vs floating/playing for implied odds? if you spike a pair, that figures to be a great bluff card for your opponent, and calling doesn't completely forfeit your ability to push AK off the hand later.