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

1 tip about the tables youre using: Changing the blue around the tables into black is very easy.

Step 1 ) Make a .jpg in paint with only black as color. This image can be as small as 1 by 1 pixel.

Step 2) Go in PokerStars to --> View --> Tables Themes.. ---> Hyper Simple Them --> Background --> Enable Custom Background --> Select the image you created in Step 1.

Set Position to 'Stretch Image'.

Hit Ok.

Some really gross spots in there with river suckouts and poor play getting rewarded, but you handled it well and I enjoyed the video for sure. Lots of info in there that was gold and some of your comments were hilarious, lol. I look forward to your future videos!

Did you rewatch this before submitting? I think there were so many small to large mistakes in here that its hard to believe this is playing even your B game.
You talked so much about being aggro and running people over when your cards dont matter and then missing so many obvious spots and then choosing other spots that were really poor.
Expected more.

Did you rewatch this before submitting? I think there were so many small to large mistakes in here that its hard to believe this is playing even your B game.
You talked so much about being aggro and running people over when your cards dont matter and then missing so many obvious spots and then choosing other spots that were really poor.
Expected more.

If you had been listening, he acknowledged the mistakes he made and said what he would have done differently - it is also his first time making a video for the site and stated that he was auto piloting when talking and playing at times (it's not as easy as you think). Just because a video is submitted with some mistakes does not detract from the overall viewing quality and content if you can spot them along with the instructor and understand why they were made. It also shows that good players are not infallible at the table.

Man, it's so nice to see a video where a good player has stuff go wrong on them - makes us donks realise it happens to everyone. The Q2 v. AKs hand against Doggy was hilarious. "nh", "tx". Hahaha.

Also a very content-rich video, so I really look forward to watching it again later to make sure I took it all in.

I really liked the way you spoke about the actions you expect certain kinds of players to take postflop and how this effects how you plan the hand - this seemed a pretty original way of framing decisions and I don't think I've really heard it expressed in those exact terms before.

Can't really think of any negatives to mention. You did say that 4 tabling makes it tough to get into deep discussions about certain spots. One way to solve this is to pre-record and then review/commentate afterwards...but to be honest, I think a training site needs to do both real-time commentary vids and review-style ones. Both have their place and both have their pros and cons, so I wouldn't worry too much that you left some thoughts hanging - that's the nature of the beast. If vids were all review-style we'd really miss out on seeing the "big picture" of a session, which is so important.

Very much hope to see more from Terp at DC.

You mentioned that you like open from BTN to 3bb. Do you do it with every hand you open? Do you open AA to 3bb as well?

Very interesting to see a video of someone i regulary play against

You mentioned that you like open from BTN to 3bb. Do you do it with every hand you open? Do you open AA to 3bb as well?

varying your raise size by position, or based on the opponents in the pot or left to act is good

varying based on your cards isn't a good idea(except maybe vs the worst players that aren't observant at all)

Did you rewatch this before submitting? I think there were so many small to large mistakes in here that its hard to believe this is playing even your B game.
You talked so much about being aggro and running people over when your cards dont matter and then missing so many obvious spots and then choosing other spots that were really poor.
Expected more.

hi maco, i'm sorry the video disappointed you. i did not play my absolute best, but i tried to explain why that occurred at times and what my best would have been.

making a video while live commentating is a bit difficult but i appreciate the product a lot. viewers can be sure that my decisions are not aided by hindsight. my thought process during the hands is naked for all to see and evaluate. there are certainly other benefits as well...

may i ask what you thought i could have done differently? what would you like to see in a future video?

You mentioned that you like open from BTN to 3bb. Do you do it with every hand you open? Do you open AA to 3bb as well?

hi ratamahatta, my raise sizing is entirely dependent on factors other than my cards - number of limpers, position, stacks.

to everyone else who watched or commented, thank you, and please leave suggestions for a future video.

terp

In one of the last hands on the top right table you had KQs in the SB. You seem kinda torn between calling and 3-betting a button raise. I was wondering, what kind of player do you 3-bet here? I find myself 3 betting here almost every time, and getting in a bit of truble against loose players who havent found the fold button yet or overly aggressive players who 4bet shove almost any ace.

raise sizing based on your cards can be profitable sometimes though...i will often open to 4x preflop instead of my standard 3.5x at a table full of donks when i have a premium hand. they just arent going to exploit it. similarly when i play live, i just open to like 8xbb (esp in EP) with big hands because people are still going to see flops with garbage anyway, and i can get the money in that much easier.

I felt that only displaying VPIP, PFR, AF and total hands made it difficult for me to judge the type of player you were up against, their style and tendencies. You were basing a lot of your decisions on what you felt they were likely to do in specific situations. It seemed that you rarely looked up more stats than what was in front of you. I guess you were just going by memory of this session, maybe past sessions.
I know you said that you don't like to rely too much on PT stats, but for those of us who do (maybe because our memory is not what it should be) it might have been nice to see stats like CB, fold to CB, cold call %, bet the river, etc. Maybe you are trying to break us of our reliance on PT? I understand that many stats like "bet river" need 1000 or more hands, but "CB" and "fold to CB" can be used after a couple hundred, yes? I have to think so many of us are used to seeing those stats while playing, that it's strange not to.

I felt that only displaying VPIP, PFR, AF and total hands made it difficult for me to judge the type of player you were up against, their style and tendencies. You were basing a lot of your decisions on what you felt they were likely to do in specific situations. It seemed that you rarely looked up more stats than what was in front of you. I guess you were just going by memory of this session, maybe past sessions.
I know you said that you don't like to rely too much on PT stats, but for those of us who do (maybe because our memory is not what it should be) it might have been nice to see stats like CB, fold to CB, cold call %, bet the river, etc. Maybe you are trying to break us of our reliance on PT? I understand that many stats like "bet river" need 1000 or more hands, but "CB" and "fold to CB" can be used after a couple hundred, yes? I have to think so many of us are used to seeing those stats while playing, that it's strange not to.

Hi negtv,

I was not making a deliberate attempt to wean you off of poker tracker stats! But you do make a good point: how was I making some decisions to continuation bet and whatnot? I certainly did not have the aid of hundreds of hands, nor do I need it (and nor do you, either).

In my next video I will talk about how I made these decisions. To generally preview this discussion: I use board texture (what percentage of their range connected here?), a general recollection of someone's tendencies to play back/continue/fold (assume basic tendencies for an unknownn and use board texture) and a consideration of my image, if I think this person is considering it.

As far as future streets, I use a lot of this same information as well as my acquired experience playing with these player types and facing various lines from them on different board textures. I hope to talk about this more, so thank you for the suggestion.

terp

At 46 minutes at the bottom left you 3-bet with AQo and get called. You cbet a 335r board, but do not 2nd barrel when a K hits on the turn. You say he won't fold a medium PP, but I think you're wrong. If you bet the turn he can't beat QQ+ or AK anymore, which is what you're representing from his point of view. I find that you can usually get people to fold in 3-bet pots once they check to you twice.