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

Nice

It looks like it is again a series where you also get the keypoints out when you only listen to it (not watching it) - am I right with this assumption?

I LOVE YOU ANDREW PLEASE PICK ME FOR THE NEXT ONE

Where can I apply for this?

By the time I saw his request thread, only after about 45 minutes, he had too many applications... sigh.

This is perhaps the greatest concept for a series in poker video history. Makings for a great series

Time Link to 00:02:41

If we had A8o in this same situation, would we going for 5bb raise, 10bb raise or somewhere in between?Now I kinda feel like going for 6-7bb and 10bb just feels too big. Dunno if that's just because nobody really does it.

Time Link to 00:11:27

Would betting 2/3 instead of 1/2 be better thou? I know it's kind of a math question, but also I think we should start building the pot a bit more so we can win bigger pots on the turn, we have 18 cards at max that we can barrel on (39.6%(?)). So my idea is to bet 2/3 on the flop and then make it 1/2 on the turn.

edit: I know we get better odds by betting 1/2 pot on the flop where we expect the most folds to come, but making it 2/3 should not have a big impact on our flop c-bet bluff EV right? I know I should do the math, but I think I should find a spot similar to this from my database to do it.

Haven't watched yet, but I gotta say Andrew, I really admire and appreciate that you make so many videos for us, it is absolutely awesomeness.

Haven't watched yet, but I gotta say Andrew, I really admire and appreciate that you make so many videos for us, it is absolutely awesomeness.

+1, Thank you a lot Andrew.

Time Link to 00:24:12

Nitpicking here!
A 4bet size of 18bb isn't possible when we open to 3bb and get 3bet to 11bb
Just sayin'

Nitpicking here!
A 4bet size of 18bb isn't possible when we open to 3bb and get 3bet to 11bb
Just sayin'

zing, got me.

Call it 19bb then

Andrew

Andrew with regards to the KT hand, I'm just wondering about ranges. When villain shoves its really difficult for us to call with worse. So is he turning his hand into a bluff? Seems unlikely he would/could in this spot. So this would make me think he's a bad player and bad players are generally terrible at folding so how does that make double and triple barrelling a good strategy versus him if your trying to exploit his "weaker" range?

Andrew with regards to the KT hand, I'm just wondering about ranges. When villain shoves its really difficult for us to call with worse. So is he turning his hand into a bluff? Seems unlikely he would/could in this spot. So this would make me think he's a bad player and bad players are generally terrible at folding so how does that make double and triple barrelling a good strategy versus him if your trying to exploit his "weaker" range?

Pretty sure he's doing it for value. Most people aren't going to fold better hands often enough to justify bluff shoving in that spot. Most likely he's doing it because it looks bluffy and we will hero call with a Jx hand.

Time Link to 00:17:10

i know im getting in trouble in spots like these, should just click the fold button more often

round 4 i dont agree with your conclusion at all.

the first most obvious thing to point out is to even simply conclude that your opponent is bluffing by the fact that he snap folded to a 4bet is pretty silly. just take it in the example of a fish. we 3bet the fish very wide for value often, with hands that we would never stack off with pre. although our hero in this hand is likely not a fish, he could very well be viewed by the regular as someone who plays too loose to 3bets and doesnt 4bet enough.

also
depending on how you construct your ranges, how you play postflop, and how your opponent plays postflop you should be adjusting your raise sizes properly. Against a player who you think will play very aggressive and use his position to his advantage, you may want to 3bet a tighter range to a bigger size - that way you have stronger range preflop and he has less room to abuse his positional advantage postflop when you do have the weaker part of your range

video was a pretty cool idea, i always like these sorts of things - reminds me of the WWJTD series from forever ago.

would have been cooler if the person that you had on the show actually discussed and shared his thought process instead of just nodding his head and agreeing with everything you say. i feel like almost always the student-coach mentor type of videos are almost always bad because it always ends up with the non coach just keeping quiet and agreeing with everything the coach says. ansky and blah was a good example of the student defending his plays and getting the coach to explain his thought process more

if u need someone to argue with you about everything ill be happy to go on but it sounds like u got ppl lined up already