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

I really love BW vids and respect him a ton

But, i would really like him to put some hours and put out a winning good sample size graph, nickname at PTR (Since his FTP is losing one form last ~2 years, and i don`t know if he plays eurosites under others or smth), because it seems to me he is not playing/winning at current MSNL+ games at all
No offence, again i just wanna be watching quality concent from DC from ppl who actually crush the game

Like addition of newmanni was awesome - i can check out his PTR and see that he is actually winning in TODAYS current games, yea he might not have perfect oral/coaching skills yet, but you can see he is crushing the games

omg the PTR and result oriented guys are back... Forget about whether or not he is crushing in today game (especially from someone who is just back into the online scene) and focus on improving your game by what Andy is preaching in his vids. Btw please dont hijack this thread where its supposed to be a place to discuss about this video. If you wanna polemic about this, please post in this thread.

is it just me or is the audio really fucked up in this video?

Time Link to 00:38:52

Why not 4bet the AT here? You say he's only 3bet you twice, but this is the depolarized guy, and he's actually 3bet you 4 times. He did it with the KQ, then when you had QQ, when you had AK, and now. He seems like his 3bet range v your steal is close to if not actually a bad aggressive's 3bet range.

Time Link to 00:49:23

Table 2, this guy's raising pretty much every button, and he raised 86o he showed down. Is T9o too thin to call? As much as he's raising, you should be defending pretty wide, no?

Time Link to 00:16:13

Hey Baluga, what do you think about c/shoving AA here on T1. Isn´t this is the kind of board, where you´re giving up a lot with your air, because it´s pretty coordinated and hits villain´s range for calling a 3bet fairly well. + if you do check, villain is very likely to take a stab with most of his range. So I think checking your whole range here and c/shoving good draws and overpairs is a good way to be balanced in this spot.

Time Link to 00:15:11

You chose to bet consistently here with AA by making it 26 instead of 32 (you bet 26 last time he saw you 3b/cbet) Do you have a reason for doing that against this random possible-reg for such a small sample size? I'd just bet 32 in the hope that he reads the bigger bet as weak/not wanting a float etc. to maximise value.

omg the PTR and result oriented guys are back...

Seriously. This wasn't some sort of random hate and tarnishing of balugawhale's name. No need to be so condescending.

Time Link to 00:05:15

You say its a bad spot to sqz as a bluff here with Q8 when fish opens and 'tag' player calls , just the other day i had a DC caoch tell the very opposite. His thoughts were this is a good oppurtunity to bluff cas the tag rarely has a very strong hand here. In fact all he can see is money signs when this spot appears.
When the tag is the pfr and the fish calls we can just widen our value range. Perhaps you would consider K9 to be for value in this spot but its interesting how you view the bluffing spot different.

Maybe hes wrong and im paying for bad advice ? or maybe your wrong we are watching a video of a respected player giving bad advice ?

I see it as tho , like most thinks in poker , it depends. Maybe im the one whose wrong.

what is up lately with all the insecurity about the coaches? All i see is complaints about stupid PTR stats and things like "maybe i am paying for bad advice, or maybe i watch a respected player giving bad advice"

it's all so negative. It's like 'hey dude, you suck..... but I only mean that as a form of feedback'

that's not feedback, that's just complaining.

what is up lately with all the insecurity about the coaches? All i see is complaints about stupid PTR stats and things like "maybe i am paying for bad advice, or maybe i watch a respected player giving bad advice"

it's all so negative. It's like 'hey dude, you suck..... but I only mean that as a form of feedback'

that's not feedback, that's just complaining.

At no point was the guy who brought up PTR here being negative, or stepping over some sort of line about what he can express concern about. He simply expressed some concern that he hadn't seen any results from balugawhale lately, which is completely reasonable for someone who is paying to learn about poker.

This thread is way derailed right now, and I hate to be throwing fuel on the fire. But I sympathize with the guy who mentioned PTR, and quite frankly I think people are being very unfair with him. He DID NOT do what so many have done before him, and start a complete flame war which could never lead to anything constructive. He expressed some concern, and although I wouldn't agree with everything he said, he certainly doesn't deserve such negative feedback.

what is up lately with all the insecurity about the coaches? All i see is complaints about stupid PTR stats and things like "maybe i am paying for bad advice, or maybe i watch a respected player giving bad advice"

it's all so negative. It's like 'hey dude, you suck..... but I only mean that as a form of feedback'

that's not feedback, that's just complaining.

holy cow I just woke up and there's a lot of stuff here, give me a minute and I'll deal with as much of this stuff as possible!

Andrew

I don't know the dude, and don't care about him.

I think its pretty weird that the last couple of weeks the coaches have been doubted a lot because of a website like PTR and to me it brings a negative vibe

its never good. Either balugawhale tells he had a rough year and people think he is making up excuses or he doesn't respond and he has become a losing player in the eyes of PTR fans

to me PTR is heaven for result oriented people, and i dislike the site a lot but hey, do as you please

just my 2 cents

You say its a bad spot to sqz as a bluff here with Q8 when fish opens and 'tag' player calls , just the other day i had a DC caoch tell the very opposite. His thoughts were this is a good oppurtunity to bluff cas the tag rarely has a very strong hand here. In fact all he can see is money signs when this spot appears.
When the tag is the pfr and the fish calls we can just widen our value range. Perhaps you would consider K9 to be for value in this spot but its interesting how you view the bluffing spot different.

Maybe hes wrong and im paying for bad advice ? or maybe your wrong we are watching a video of a respected player giving bad advice ?

I see it as tho , like most thinks in poker , it depends. Maybe im the one whose wrong.

I agree that the reg will probably have a worse hand than us, but my concerns are twofold-- 1) the fish playing "perfectly" by calling us with a super wide range that happens to do quite well against Q8o, and 2) the reg playing "perfectly" by calling in position with a wide range (again, that does pretty well against Q8o). I'm envisioning a lot of pots where we get two calls and check-fold.

Andrew

Great intro. I also like to see the HUD in your vids and some live plays.

Table 4, Why Cbetting this wet board? I mean all the TP, 2nd pair, FD ans SD are calling and he is very likely to have a piece of this board.

its a good bluff against people who largely have small pairs in their calling range from the blinds, not a great bluff against others, I agree that this could've been a check back (and maybe should've!)

Andrew

You chose to bet consistently here with AA by making it 26 instead of 32 (you bet 26 last time he saw you 3b/cbet) Do you have a reason for doing that against this random possible-reg for such a small sample size? I'd just bet 32 in the hope that he reads the bigger bet as weak/not wanting a float etc. to maximise value.

meh, my equity is great either way, that's more what inclines me to keep it small.

Andrew