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

If there are no fish at the table, what is the lowest pair you'd typically open from UTG? What about UTG+1? Thanks Grindcore - great video once again.

I've never heard it put quite the way you put it - which does beg the question, what would be the bottom PP you'd want to open with UTG with no fish at the table? Obviously it's going to depend on table dynamics and such, but in a spot like this where you're relying on picking up equity to barrel, I'd be curious to see your thoughts. I have to second the question here Bart.
Thanks!

''Nine isn't a good card to barrel'' what cards would you barrel and how much would you bet?

btw i think i asked you something like this last week but barreling is what i suck at most haha.

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Set of tens hand. He didn't bet the turn with his top set. Does it tell us something about the villain? Any adjustments can be made?

Maybe try to convert the video into .rmvb (Real Media) format ? Quality remains almost the same and the size of the file goes down. Give it a try, use a Real Video Converter.

Almost the same still means decrease. Filesize is normally never the problem, just this one time due to rare circumstances.

If there are no fish at the table, what is the lowest pair you'd typically open from UTG? What about UTG+1? Thanks Grindcore - great video once again.

I probably fold 22-55 from UTG with only regs at the table. I'll always open all pairs from MP.

''Nine isn't a good card to barrel'' what cards would you barrel and how much would you bet?

Again your timestamp is off by an hour. What exactly are you doing? If you're not actively doing something to cause it, please manually remove the hour from the timestamp before you post as I can't do it anymore after you've posted so I have to click on the timeline to find the hand which is a bit inaccurate and the flash player has some playback issues with this too (often simply doesn't play when I click on the timeline, have to pause/unpause).

Put your opponent on a range. Pretend you're him with his tendencies etc, and ask yourself what you'd do if your opponent fired a 2nd barrel on that card. If you have trouble doing this at the tables, do it in session reviews or something. Here I had him on FDs Kx and 88+, sometimes 22-66 or AQ AJ or so. That range didn't seem to be folding much on the turn.

Again your timestamp is off by an hour. What exactly are you doing? If you're not actively doing something to cause it, please manually remove the hour from the timestamp

i did try to do that but it wouldn't let me type i often have to cancel several times before it will let me even type in the box and never lets me backspace if i make a mistake sorry i guess.

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Would you consider bluffing the river if get called by jballer88?

i did try to do that but it wouldn't let me type i often have to cancel several times before it will let me even type in the box and never lets me backspace if i make a mistake sorry i guess.

Here's what it should look like when you click pause and then click the comment from timeline button:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7527/timestamp.png

Anything different? If it looks the same but it randomly adds 1 hour and won't let you type in the timestamp field, create a thread about it in the forums to get it fixed.

Would you consider bluffing the river if get called by jballer88?

No, when I c/r turn I look like I have a hand that's gonna shove river, so most regs will either fold turn or call twice.

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As the OOP aggressor here, what's the worst hand you are going for a value 3rd barrel? What's the worst hand you check call?

If you had a 9 here and is checked to on this river what amount are you value bet/folding to shove on the river with?

As the OOP aggressor here, what's the worst hand you are going for a value 3rd barrel? What's the worst hand you check call?

Probably the straight. You should not check call. This is a very big and very common leak. When you bet you can get called by bluffcatchers and his monsters that beat you (or shoved on by them). When you check you only face a bet from the monsters and the bluffcatchers will check back. In general if you're considering a valuebet and end up not making it, you should c/f and not c/c. If you're gonna c/c you might as well bet and get the value from his bluffcatchers too instead of only his strong hands. The only reason to c/c would be thinking villain can turn pairs into bluffs, or can have busted draws that he'll bluff. People generally don't turn made hands into bluffs until you reach midstakes, and even then the average regular probably doesn't do it often enough, and there are no draws that missed on this particular board.

If you had a 9 here and is checked to on this river what amount are you value bet/folding to shove on the river with?

I checked back a straigh in the video. No way I'm vbetting a 9

Probably the straight. You should not check call. This is a very big and very common leak. When you bet you can get called by bluffcatchers and his monsters that beat you (or shoved on by them). When you check you only face a bet from the monsters and the bluffcatchers will check back. In general if you're considering a valuebet and end up not making it, you should c/f and not c/c. If you're gonna c/c you might as well bet and get the value from his bluffcatchers too instead of only his strong hands. The only reason to c/c would be thinking villain can turn pairs into bluffs, or can have busted draws that he'll bluff. People generally don't turn made hands into bluffs until you reach midstakes, and even then the average regular probably doesn't do it often enough, and there are no draws that missed on this particular board.



I checked back a straigh in the video. No way I'm vbetting a 9

Great and timely reply, it is very much appreciated. Good work on the series so far. Those check/fold spots come up pretty often and I think would make an interesting DC short. Even though you're already explaining it pretty well here.

Great and timely reply, it is very much appreciated. Good work on the series so far. Those check/fold spots come up pretty often and I think would make an interesting DC short. Even though you're already explaining it pretty well here.

It's a very common concept that has been touched upon in a lot of videos. Doesn't need it's own short imo.

Doesn't need it's own short imo.

What about a short on donk betting?

Keep up the good work on this series. I appreciate that you hold yourself to such a high standard when making a video. Sorry to hear about the technical difficulties on this one, but it was still very good.