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

Why do you open to pot on the button? It's obviously easier to just click once on the bar and make it 3x (which is my sizing on the button/co) so it looks like you really prefer potting it. Why's that ?

harry,
Because that's what I think. I'm not sure which players you're talking about, but I'm just saying what I think. If you think that I'm a fish, then don't watch my videos.

invict,
See my responses about the swearing earlier. I'm sorry that it bothers you. I'm listening to this feedback, and I'll try to tone it down. I won't stop completely unless a lot more people complain.

Sugar,
NP. I was sitting in an airport .

MC, MPH, g_marshy, bigjimmy,
I was actually expecting people to be pissed at me for doing something other than rewind. Glad you liked this.

The current plan is to do one more sweat vid this season and then two more rewind vids. I think I can still change that if I want, though, and I appreciate the feedback/suggestions.

ThePureNuts,
Glad you like my vids.

I guess I could export my HUD setup, but it's basically just the default HM HUD. All I did was added a couple stats that I like (I think F3,F3B,F2,and 2B). All of the crazy popups and shit are just the default popups for mouseovers in HM because Roy Gonclaves is the man. Also, my HUD kinda sucks and I've been planning on changing it for a while--it fits really awkwardly no the table cause I don't use panels and I haven't bothered to color code it.

I'll upload it somewhere if you really want, but you're prob better off spending the 10 mins to make your own.

blump,
Glad you liked the vid. You played pretty well from what I saw... prob just wanna start opening more preflop and 3-betting more.

I can't find this AA hand in the vid. Got a timestamp?

Nice fold with the A5cc.

shack,
I think I talk a little bit about this in the vid. I try to open bigger when I think I'm getting called a lot and smaller when I think my opponents are really like to 3-bet or fold. So in the vid I open to 3x OTB a few times when the people behind me are pretty TAG. I prob open to 3.5x a few times when I shouldn't just cause I forget and I'm used to opening 3.5x from UTG/HJ/CO.

Time Link to 00:40:05

I can't find this AA hand in the vid. Got a timestamp?

Noah, this is the AA hand where you called my play "terrible"

Time Link to 00:36:58

Noah wanted this hand to get to showdown to get more reads on Stackthefelt. I looked up the hand and I had QThh. Would anyone continue here? If so, what type of plan would they have? Thanks.

Noah, this is the AA hand where you called my play "terrible"

Ok.. I see. Preflop is debatable, not a big deal. Flop and turn are completely standard.

I really really hate the river bet, though. On the river, you're risking 188 to win 230, so you need to win the pot at least 45% of the time that someone has a hand that beats you. There's no way that's happening considering that crab has 9 combos of KJ max (and prob doesn't always open it preflop, so more like 5 combos) and 12 combos of KQ that almost always get to the river this way and probably check the river about 60% of the time. Then there's the occasional flush in crab's range. Ashen has two pair more often, but he also has a straight a lot. He's also some random fish, so there's the risk that he calls with two pair which obv makes this play totally suck.

Noah wanted this hand to get to showdown to get more reads on Stackthefelt. I looked up the hand and I had QThh. Would anyone continue here? If so, what type of plan would they have? Thanks.

I like the fold. You only have implied odds on your 2 T outs, and even those outs are sketchy. You rarely have the best hand now, when you do your opponent always has a ton of outs, and you can't call a triple barrel.

He's also some random fish, so there's the risk that he calls with two pair which obv makes this play totally suck.

Yeah, I think this is the biggest reason why the bluff isn't correct. Against different opponents and with my image, I think the play has merit.

I like the fold. You only have implied odds on your 2 T outs, and even those outs are sketchy. You rarely have the best hand now, when you do your opponent always has a ton of outs, and you can't call a triple barrel.

Cool, just making sure.

ThePureNuts,
Glad you like my vids.

I guess I could export my HUD setup, but it's basically just the default HM HUD. All I did was added a couple stats that I like (I think F3,F3B,F2,and 2B). All of the crazy popups and shit are just the default popups for mouseovers in HM because Roy Gonclaves is the man. Also, my HUD kinda sucks and I've been planning on changing it for a while--it fits really awkwardly no the table cause I don't use panels and I haven't bothered to color code it.

I'll upload it somewhere if you really want, but you're prob better off spending the 10 mins to make your own.

Yea I actually watched the Tool Time series about HEM HUD and I am starting to tailor my own HUD now. Fold to 3b is a stat I amazingly never used (just used PFR/ VPIP / game flow) for 3b requirments. So watching your vids makes me realise what a tard I am, thanks for that. Also your sick river CR spots are working a treat.

Cheers

See my responses about the swearing earlier. I'm sorry that it bothers you. I'm listening to this feedback, and I'll try to tone it down. I won't stop completely unless a lot more people complain.

Why - out of a principle?

(Just kidding, I dont mind really one way or another, just thought it was a bit out of place because you sounded calm and collected and not tilted)

Pure,
Now you have me going through Tool Time. Pretty awesome stuff.

Ulkis,
Because it would probably take me like 10 tries to talk poker for an hour straight without cursing. I'm not tilted at all in this vid or in any vid I've made for DC or Savvy--I just curse a lot.

There are also some people who commented on my last video saying that they liked the cursing.

"Oh, he 4 bet me. Good for him"

I lol'd.

Time Link to 00:16:13

You comment that villains cbet on with QJ op AJ9 monotone is bad and he should check behind; I'm not so sure if it really matters that much. Your range consists of draws, better made hands, and worse hands:

If he bets:

1. Worse hands fold, and this isn't bad since a lot of worse hands have a very low flush draw that's actually given you a lot of equity against his specific hand, but you can't continue because he also has a lot of hands in his range that dominate a weak draw.
2. Better hands raise or call. Against the raising hands he's probably drawing near dead so folding is good, and against the calling hands he probably has 3-4 outs or so.
3. Draws might bluff him out the pot; also not a big disaster since most draws have at least 40% equity, and often more (and there are also not that much draws; you are not going to play K9o or something like that oop (I assume).

So what happends here is that he bets, you fold frequently (I would say around 70%) and he wins the pot while you give up your equity share (20~25% on average?). Sure; he doesn't induce a bluff on the turn (and/or) river, but he also doesn't lose more than one bet when behind and he doesn't get bluffed out of the pot on bad turn/rivers.

oz,
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Hielko,
You're acting like inducing a bluff on the turn or river isn't a big deal. It's a huge deal.

You're also overestimating how often I have a flush draw here. The hands that I fold to a flop bet prob have a flush draw about 15% of the time (very roughly).

You're also not seeing what goes on when I do have one of those FDs that I'd fold to a bet. On 20%ish of turns, I hit a flush and he loses the pot. On like 5% of turns, I hit something other than a flush and he loses the pot plus one bet. On the remaining 75% of turns, he probably gets a bet out of me something like 70% of the the time, with about 75% equity going into the river. See how that works out?

Yeah, I see your point. One thing doesn't really add up though;

If you would indeed be continuing with only Ax, Jxc, sets, OESD, Kcx and maybe Qcx he probably should cbet the flop with any 2 since you would be folding 75-80% of your range, and you assume he should know this since you think he should check back QJ. But if he did indeed figure out that he should check back QJ doesn't that imply that he also figured out that he should bet air on the flop like always, so that would imply that he should only check back when he wants you to bluff.