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

Interesting you say there's no big difference between 2/4 and 3/6. I found the exact opposite. At 2/4 half the regs are 1/2 2/4 regs while at 3/6 half the regs play 5/10 too. The ones that don't play 5/10 are the better 2/4 regs. At 3/6 all the mediocre 2/4 regs are filtered out. So for only a 1.5x stake increase you get a huge bump in skill. Going from 6/10 to 5/10 on the other hand is a very small skill jump because lots of fishes like playing 5/10 instead of 3/6 because it's a prettier number. There are more 5/10 games running than 3/6 games in general which allows for some better table selecting. I find the average 5/10 table I'm on to be about as hard as the average 3/6 table I'm on. So you might as well jump straight to 5/10 from 2/4 since you get roughly the same skill level opponents only the jump in $ is bigger so can make more money.

mmmm i'd say he's trying to lure you into 5/10 games, except you're freaking ansky

Interesting you say there's no big difference between 2/4 and 3/6. I found the exact opposite. At 2/4 half the regs are 1/2 2/4 regs while at 3/6 half the regs play 5/10 too. The ones that don't play 5/10 are the better 2/4 regs. At 3/6 all the mediocre 2/4 regs are filtered out. So for only a 1.5x stake increase you get a huge bump in skill. Going from 6/10 to 5/10 on the other hand is a very small skill jump because lots of fishes like playing 5/10 instead of 3/6 because it's a prettier number. There are more 5/10 games running than 3/6 games in general which allows for some better table selecting. I find the average 5/10 table I'm on to be about as hard as the average 3/6 table I'm on. So you might as well jump straight to 5/10 from 2/4 since you get roughly the same skill level opponents only the jump in $ is bigger so can make more money.

You might be right overall, I am just observing what I have seen recently. Seems like every game is the same, random collection of 5 mediocre to good regs, and 1 fish.

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Upper Left Table.
thats a pretty dry board and i think villain cbets here like 100%, why not call?
overcards, which villain might barrel, will improve our equity or give us a pair and he might CF some lower cards.

Upper Left Table.
thats a pretty dry board and i think villain cbets here like 100%, why not call?
overcards, which villain might barrel, will improve our equity or give us a pair and he might CF some lower cards.

I don't disagree too much, then again I am basically calling 100% if I am calling QJ here w/ no bdfd.

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Hi Dani, table 3 you checked back Q8s on Q99 after you opened in co and SB flatted you.

Are you doing this because,
-"Way ahead Way Behind" since you don't think you'll get 3 street of value?
-possibly the backdoor hearts is making you want to check

Are you doing this with TT and JJ in this type of spot, or do you de-polarize your c-betting range?

-Thx.

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Great video as always.

With the KT on table 2, could you please explain your reasons for calling his bet on the turn? It's 3way so I would think that his range for leading out doesn't contain a lot of air and you only have 4 clean outs.

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I realize that it's hard to represent AK, AQ, AJ, AT etc. but I still don't see how this isn't profitable to bluff this river. I think there are a lot of random Ax hands that would've taken a stab on the flop, shut down on the turn, then value bet the river. How would you play A2-A7s? Probably the exact same way.

If you're looking at it from his point of view, even if he has a hand like T9ss, it's very hard to come up with many hand combinations that he has beat. The only thing bluffs you can theoretically have here are some random K6s type hands (which I'm sure you're folding a good majority of the time in the first place) and the few combinations of pocket pairs.

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Hey ansky you seem to call a decent amount of 3 bets IPO. You called a 3 bet w/ 9Ts here. I personally probably 4 bet more than call 3 bets 100bb deep. What is your general strategy to calling 3 bets IPO 100bb deep?(Obvioulsy its going to be dependent on the villian)

Hi Dani, table 3 you checked back Q8s on Q99 after you opened in co and SB flatted you.

Are you doing this because,
-"Way ahead Way Behind" since you don't think you'll get 3 street of value?
-possibly the backdoor hearts is making you want to check

Are you doing this with TT and JJ in this type of spot, or do you de-polarize your c-betting range?

-Thx.

While with TT and JJ it can become a problematic spot if it comes brick, brick, and he bets both times, it is usually an easy call if you have Q8s.

It's important for a number of reasons to have Qx here in addition to TT, JJ, and random give ups.

Hey ansky you seem to call a decent amount of 3 bets IPO. You called a 3 bet w/ 9Ts here. I personally probably 4 bet more than call 3 bets 100bb deep. What is your general strategy to calling 3 bets IPO 100bb deep?(Obvioulsy its going to be dependent on the villian)

Well... Just think about how difficult opponents who play lots of pots vs you in position are to play against.

The problem with 4b too much IP is that you have an inherent advantage which you are giving up, both because you lessen the chance of a flop happening, and just because you prefer to have a deeper stack to pot ratio (to a point).

Great video as always.

With the KT on table 2, could you please explain your reasons for calling his bet on the turn? It's 3way so I would think that his range for leading out doesn't contain a lot of air and you only have 4 clean outs.

You're not wrong, and it's certainly not a call necessarily. I figured I had a good shot of winning the pot on the river if he checked though, as there aren't really THAT many bluffs he can put me on if he checks the river.

I realize that it's hard to represent AK, AQ, AJ, AT etc. but I still don't see how this isn't profitable to bluff this river. I think there are a lot of random Ax hands that would've taken a stab on the flop, shut down on the turn, then value bet the river. How would you play A2-A7s? Probably the exact same way.

If you're looking at it from his point of view, even if he has a hand like T9ss, it's very hard to come up with many hand combinations that he has beat. The only thing bluffs you can theoretically have here are some random K6s type hands (which I'm sure you're folding a good majority of the time in the first place) and the few combinations of pocket pairs.

Pretty thin range of Ax that I can have, especially because he expects me to also always bet the A8 A9. I felt like he was probably a pretty good reg at the time, and I think he'd realize how few hands I can ever be valuebetting.

While with TT and JJ it can become a problematic spot if it comes brick, brick, and he bets both times, it is usually an easy call if you have Q8s.

It's important for a number of reasons to have Qx here in addition to TT, JJ, and random give ups.

Ok thank you.