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

Time Link to 00:32:32

If he doesn't cbet, how he would react to a turn and river bet? You could bet turn and river there with all your range.

At about 16:22 you check some guys pre-flop stats, trying to argue that playing back at him is bad because he's so tight. But you look at his PFR stat. I think you are better off looking at his raise 1st stat, which tells you how often he decides to raise when it's folded to him pre-flop.

I think this player actually opens a fairly wide range, but because he 3-bets so rarely his PFR stat is going to be deceptively low. I also think he is a prime target for 3-betting a lot, and very polarized, as his (likely) player type just doesn't defend very much to 3-bets.

Time Link to 00:32:50

If we were oop with the nines, would change you option of not cbeting?

Time Link to 00:20:48

Even though this guy's nitty, he's opening OTB. It seems like he adds a lot of hands that dominate you but won't call a 3bet like KJ, QJ, AT, KTs.

On the AQs hand, where you decide to call a 3-bet OOP, can you expand on why you decide to check/shove the turn?

On the AQs hand, where you decide to call a 3-bet OOP, can you expand on why you decide to check/shove the turn?

In my opinion, villain is not likely to ship the river as a bluff, after being called twice on a Ahi, semi dry board.

On the other hand he can have hands like QJ, J9, or random stuff that have equity against us which will be freerolling on the river.

after losing 10 buyins at my regular stake, i was browsing DC and watched your 3 bet special video.

to practice the many marginal, high variance spots that your video described, i moved down to where the buyin was 1/4 of my old stake, and made over 40 buyins in 1 week, with a winrate of 12bb/100 hands over 35k hand sample with exactly 6 players seated at the table.

if people are giving u flak about playing oop they are wrong, it is a great way to get money in good when u have something like KQ oop to a 4 bet, etc.

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Time Link to 00:31:15

I don't know that it's true he's going to play perfectly v a 3bet. Maybe a stakes thing, but I think 9s, Ts, Js, AQs are going to agonize at the least, and call a fair amount.

Time Link to 00:36:27

In this kind of situation, are you ever, and if so when/how, bluff raising to to steal it? Based on what the squeezer's range looks like, he check/gives up a lot. Assuming the original raiser is aware that it's a good squeeze spot, how often do you think he stabs or thin value bets something you can blow off the hand? I realize it's a pretty uncommon spot, but I'm just curious what if any circumstances you bluff because you rep really strong when you do raise a flop.

If he doesn't cbet, how he would react to a turn and river bet? You could bet turn and river there with all your range.

well, if my whole range is ahead of him, he should fold, and if my whole range is behind him, he should call down, and if i dont bet my whole range, he should fold, etc etc

At about 16:22 you check some guys pre-flop stats, trying to argue that playing back at him is bad because he's so tight. But you look at his PFR stat. I think you are better off looking at his raise 1st stat, which tells you how often he decides to raise when it's folded to him pre-flop.

I think this player actually opens a fairly wide range, but because he 3-bets so rarely his PFR stat is going to be deceptively low. I also think he is a prime target for 3-betting a lot, and very polarized, as his (likely) player type just doesn't defend very much to 3-bets.

this is probably fair and valid

On the AQs hand, where you decide to call a 3-bet OOP, can you expand on why you decide to check/shove the turn?

was thinking about this a lot after, actually.
the board doesn't run off great for a c/ship (there's not a ton of draws and stuff he can 2 barrel). So, if I don't c/r, my options on turn are to either donk (dont like), c/f (kinda like but is totally contrary to my preflop reasoning), or c/c (again, fine, but i think he never bluffs riv after I do it).

an interesting/tough spot, to be sure.

Andrew

I don't know that it's true he's going to play perfectly v a 3bet. Maybe a stakes thing, but I think 9s, Ts, Js, AQs are going to agonize at the least, and call a fair amount.

again, this is fair.
my q isnt whether or not I can get value, though, its whether or not I can get better value by calling.

a close call. with a read i'll easily swing one way or the other.

Andrew

In this kind of situation, are you ever, and if so when/how, bluff raising to to steal it? Based on what the squeezer's range looks like, he check/gives up a lot. Assuming the original raiser is aware that it's a good squeeze spot, how often do you think he stabs or thin value bets something you can blow off the hand? I realize it's a pretty uncommon spot, but I'm just curious what if any circumstances you bluff because you rep really strong when you do raise a flop.

it would probably be better to bluff 4bet pre.
im not sure how light the caller is flatting, but i imagine he has a ton of combos that v-bet flop and a ton of combos that check back, making him pretty polarized, etc.
idk, flop is one opportunity, but my gut feeling is that pre is a better one.

i think that hand was probably a misplay

Andrew