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

Hey GC, I wanted to ask about that 109s spot in the bottom right. As you are explaining your play in the bottom-center table and mentioning thatt "FastEddie" plays very loose and aggressive, you flatted 109s in the SB with FastEddie in the BB. Knowing that FastEddie is capable of squeezing fairly light in his spot, do you think it would be a good spot to 3bet the button raiser so that you can block a light squeeze attempt from the lag player next to you? It's a tricky spot for me when I want to play a suited connector in a certain spot but I have a very aggressive player to my left.

No, that'd be over adjusting. Vs small button raises you want to be flatting more and 3betting less, and SCs are the perfect hand for that. For every time I fold to his squeeze I'll also have stronger hands in my range that won't, and I'll backraise some bluffs too. It's also fairly easy for him to cold 4b bluff me if I 3b, so it's not even a complete solution to just start 3betting everything.

6:43 table 5

What do you think about folding pre flop since FastEddie is likely to squeeze and u will have to fold? Don't like 3betting because of your playability when he calls, so normally only 3bet 22-88 when my plan is to 5bet when I suspect to get 4bet light.

11:40 table 3

Why do you 3bet?

6:43 table 5

What do you think about folding pre flop since FastEddie is likely to squeeze and u will have to fold? Don't like 3betting because of your playability when he calls, so normally only 3bet 22-88 when my plan is to 5bet when I suspect to get 4bet light.

11:40 table 3

Why do you 3bet?

Table 5: Think about what you just said, as it's conflicting with itself. If he's likely to squeeze, I don't have to fold. If I have to fold, he's not likely to squeeze. I have a really easy jam here if BB squeezes and he's aggro, which it looks like. Folding preflop with pairs is bad imo even though I know it's "popular" today to do so.

Table 3: This can go both ways. This video was made too long ago to remember my thought process or reads at the time. It kind of depends on how you construct your ranges. If you 3b 99 you can 3b bluff more often too from a theoretical point of view. I now think calling is better as it's important to have overpairs in your range for checkraising certain board textures.

''I have a really easy jam here if BB squeezes and he's aggro, which it looks like.''

Sorry Bart but I still don't get this. Lets say your flattingrange looks like 22-99 and some broadways that are strong enough to call like KQ and KJs. How do you ever want to balance with ur jams? I mean, I understand a 5betjam with a pp can be good because there is so much dead money, but I don't get how a 4betshove works in this case, since it is quite obv in this case what u have and there is not a lot of dead money. I mean, he can just call u with ATo right? Or is your plan after you see him squeeze/call with 99 for example to call 99+ and jam over a squeeze?

Same when u open co and active btn 3bets. Did see in an old vid from sugar nut that u can jam 88 and I understand in a vacuum it's +ev, but I just don't get how u want to balance it since it seems so easy to exploit by just 3bet/calling 88+ for example.

So many videos out there for the past year or so just seem to so mundane and not worth the time watching.

Grindcore's content is by far the best ones and re-watchable where as other ones you just say to yourself why did I spend the last hr on this? Hope Grindcore can do a series from NL400 and up.

A question that gets ask a million times but Grindcore, please list your top 5 videos of all time. The ones you really got a lot out of and learned something. Thanks in advance.

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