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

I"m curious about this as well.

the pot size isn't the single determinant of our raise size. stack sizes, player types, etc etc etc. If I was value raising against two fish, maybe pot is good (Bigger is better obv).

But in a squeeze spot, we don't gain anything from the extra money we put in. its pretty basic leverage, trying to find the smallest size that accomplishes what we want.

Andrew

You say here that with our QQ we have to fold once we bet and he raises. However, earlier, you say we can bet small/call if he turns a hand like 88 into a bluff.

If we bet 75/fold and bet 50/call, where is the threshold for folding vs. calling.

Also, how often are regs raising a river like this as a bluff w/ a marginal hand that has no value vs. our represented range after we bet and at what stakes to players start pulling moves like this in a well thought-out way?

i dont think you should call when you bet 50, im saying you need to be aware of how that might change things more towards a call. I think its still a fold both ways in general.
because....
regs are basically rarely if ever turning a made hand into a bluff here. I don't see this move done at all until 5/10 by anyone who's a winner (sometimes bad aggro losing players try it out at lower stakes), and i don't see it really done well until maybe 10/20 or higher. probably 5/10 there are some.

Andrew

Cool, thanks for the replies, Baluga!

As a fellow female player, this was such a great series to watch. I was really able to relate to things that Kristy articulated about her game and her emotional state throughout her progression of moving through levels. I think there are definitely differences in how we women approach the game, but it's not something that can be specifically address in one video. So it was nice to see those differences addressed indirectly throughout the natural progression of her game. Not forced, extracted and overly simplified.

Rock on ladies!

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Kill the grandma yo...

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Is A9 about the only hand that call and we beat here?

amazing series. i mean i feel like this has helped my game a ton!

Great Series... I learned a ton/ I really hope you're doing a Season 2

First complete series I reviewed as a new DC member.

I've already seen large change in my game and a big upswing in my BB per 100 since watching, studying and applying what I've learned to my game.

There were some things in the video that really made some pieces come together in my game play. Typically I've read so much strategy, that the 'show me' is just never there (or just ineffective) in the written word. Seeing Kristy run into so many typical situations and the thought processes to navigate the situation are well explained by Baluga, this is gold.

Excellent series. Thanks again.
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More please

Why is the video just a green laser show for me? It's like that for a lot of videos on this site, but not all though

Baluga, you're awesome dude!

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BW says ..."The problem with big cards is that there are not that many of them"... and then his train of thought gets interrupted when he sees the action on the right table...

Does anyone know where he was going with this comment?

I think I understand the argument up to that point, which goes, if villian is 3 betting an unpolarized range from the blind, then either 4bet polarized or tighten up your three bet calling range so you are ahead of him when you call.

Why is the video just a green laser show for me? It's like that for a lot of videos on this site, but not all though

LSD??

You have to wear 3D glasses for those videos

BW says ..."The problem with big cards is that there are not that many of them"... and then his train of thought gets interrupted when he sees the action on the right table...

Does anyone know where he was going with this comment?

I think I understand the argument up to that point, which goes, if villian is 3 betting an unpolarized range from the blind, then either 4bet polarized or tighten up your three bet calling range so you are ahead of him when you call.

if you are only 3-betting big cards, you can't 3bet that often, because its hard to get dealt big cards.
So, if someones 3betting depolarized/strong, we can play tightly because their 3bet stat is probably pretty low.

Andrew