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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by blah234 (Mid Stakes)

Time Link to 00:28:20

Hi Blah, on table one you 3-bet KQo vs. UTG, he was 22/22, This looks like you are 3-betting as a bluff, is that correct? If you had AQo would you call in this same spot? Or would you muck it or 3-bet it as a bluff because he's utg...

Time Link to 00:29:28

Hi Blah, Table 3 You Open AKs and Megabet 3-bet you out of the blinds, he looks pretty tight. Don't you think just flatting the 3-bet with AKs is better vs. this tighter player? Or did you 4-bet because this is a function of the stakes you are playing...at Micro I'd rarely 4-bet a player with those tighter stats.

Hi Blah, on table one you 3-bet KQo vs. UTG, he was 22/22, This looks like you are 3-betting as a bluff, is that correct? If you had AQo would you call in this same spot? Or would you muck it or 3-bet it as a bluff because he's utg...

There's really no such thing as bluff or value really, just EV. I think it's higher EV to 3 bet than call because I will have decent equity vs his calling range and take it down alot of times.Off suit broadways miss the flop about 75% of the times so we'd have to make a move postflop quiet often as well to be +EV. If villain's UTG range is too tight to 3 bet then it's also too tight to play back postflop.

Hi Blah, Table 3 You Open AKs and Megabet 3-bet you out of the blinds, he looks pretty tight. Don't you think just flatting the 3-bet with AKs is better vs. this tighter player? Or did you 4-bet because this is a function of the stakes you are playing...at Micro I'd rarely 4-bet a player with those tighter stats.

I played with that villain alot and he has around 10% 3 bet from the blinds vs late position and will jam AQ so I think 4bet/call AK has higher EV than just flatting. Stats are not accurate representation of how villain will play vs you. They are just an average on how they play so stats on someone who knows how to adjust their ranges is not very useful.

Time Link to 00:23:57

I've found that even fish with high fold to cbets don't like to fold these low dry boards with 2 overs.

Time Link to 01:09:01

This hand I don't think we rep any bluffs if we donk out on the river when turn goes check check. Unless villain expects us to float OOP with lots air, which is probably a bad idea to have air heavy range OOP vs aggro villain. So when the flush got there we rep no bluffs when we lead => we should check river with our entire value range everything from Qx to nuts. When villain checks turn on a good bluff card (over card and draw completing) he's repping pot controlled hand and not air. So the river bet is a value bet from the top of his pot control turn range. I think 99 is no good vs that range but we should consider raising the river bet to turn into a bluff some % of the times since vllain's perceived range is capped.

Time Link to 00:59:32

Isn't it better to just isolate bigger when fish are just going to call pre and ch/f the flop a lot?

I like to 3 bet my offsuit broadways vs tighter and unknown ranges instead of flatting them because those hands miss the flop too often. Vs unknown villain it's hard to construct playing back ranges with too much air so i rather take it down preflop and good thing with hands like KQo, AQo etc is that they do have decent equity vs almost any calling range. I'm not really worried about domination since we both only flop same pair 1/8 times and I am not guaranteed to stack off whenever I have TP. The other 7/8 of the times thought, being IP or facing fit or fold players, I can make villain incorrectly fold the hand that has mine dominated more often than not.

Time Link to 01:10:42

Would it be good to often just check our Qx on the river against better villains then to let them value own themselves?

i dont have any ideas on how u guys should continue with the series, im just happy u are back and im sure whatever u decide to do it will be great!

Time Link to 00:07:34

A3s bottom right:

What is this guy's fold to 3bet stat here (46?)? If so, how are you constructing your 3 betting range against him?

Would it be good to often just check our Qx on the river against better villains then to let them value own themselves?

I've put my thoughts down on this in a previous post. I'd like to see FWF's response on this.

A3s bottom right:

What is this guy's fold to 3bet stat here (46?)? If so, how are you constructing your 3 betting range against him?

A range of hands with decent equity vs his range for continuing since we can't make a profit on his folding frequency so we need some pot equity. Doesn't really have to be a range of hands way ahead of his calling range because he does fold some times to compensate for the times we have equity disadvantage.

I've put my thoughts down on this in a previous post. I'd like to see FWF's response on this.

It just seems like unless we are often floating OOP, it doesn't make a lot of sense to bet Qx or better because it allows him to play perfectly against us. I could be wrong though.