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

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.

Not sure what you mean by this, I gave my thought process when I selected my answers.

Not sure what you mean by this, I gave my thought process when I selected my answers.

and the majority of answers were correct

and the majority of answers were correct

He Jedi mind tricked me into choosing a wrong answer on the question where the choices included a check/raise or a donk bet. My first thought was that c/r was far superior.

Really great job guys. This is a very cool video concept and I'm looking forward to the next one.

Awesome video, great idea for a series!
One advice Andrew, send your participants the slides with questions a second before you start recording the video. Then you wouldn’t be forced to go back to reread the questions, because the participants could read them on their own screen. I think this would make it easier for them to concentrate. It’s pretty hard to remember the given situation while going through the possible answers, when you have to explain your thought process live while not being able to see the question and answers at the same time.

@Round 8:
I don’t know if answer C has to be correct. This relies on how tight villains calling range is in the BB. I see quite some regulars, who only call with a very strong range in the BB, when somebody raises 3bb on the BTN. About 10% at best (and 3bet about 15%). This could very well mean these guys flat stronger broadways like AQ, KQ, KJ, AJ, some PPs and some SCs (And I have seen quite some players playing it exactly this way). So seeing him holding K10 in a 3bet pot doesn’t tell us that much, I think. I would agree with your conclusion, when for example we have seen AJ/KQ and A10/K10, because then we can be pretty sure villain can’t have very strong hands in a single raised pot, when the flop brings one or two face cards. On top of that I think it’s a much safer guess to conclude that someone, who is 3betting KQ and AJ 3bets K10, than to deduce, someone, who 3bets K10 also 3bets better broadways. Be that as it may, the concept of how villiains 3betting range affects his calling range in the blinds is very often overlooked and I like your thought process and the idea behind it.


@petzerglin:
Obviously all these situations imply that hero is some kind of regular, who is playing at least reasonable vs. 3bets oop, meaning he is not calling 3bets oop very often at all.
I also think SCS did a pretty good job in giving his thought process considering it probably was his first time to star in a poker quiz in front of a broad audience.

your opponent is bluffing by the fact that he snap folded to a 4bet is pretty silly

villain in this example didn't even ponder if it should be a shove or not, if calling has any merit or not. That indicates an "easy" choice -- and it was easy because it was an easy fold. If it's an easy fold, then it wasn't for value by derivation, and was a bluff. Since he 3bet & snap folded, you can then look to his bet size and see that he's pricing his IP bluffs incorrectly since a smaller size would have produced the same result.

And SCS, I liked your line of reasoning... you actually have reasoning, which may not be true of everyone that will appear in the series. I think donking that texture is not the worst choice in the world... and really the scenarios are far less about the ACTION and more about the THOUGHT... which is why this is lining up to be one of the all-time great series.

lol thinking of these questions is hard!! But I'm glad you guys like it so far. I think episode 2 should be pretty good too

Andrew

He Jedi mind tricked me into choosing a wrong answer on the question where the choices included a check/raise or a donk bet. My first thought was that c/r was far superior.

Thanks for giving future contestants a scapegoat when the questions are too hard!

Would you like to phone a friend?

this video doesnt work for me at all. Screen is all messed up and green??? frustrating.

Time Link to 00:47:30

Hey Andrew,

if MP bets and the fish folds, would you also consider x/raising when you play against this player everyday?

1.) I think you could get big trouble, if you x/raise your strong hands and strong draws on this type of board OOP, because your x/call line will become very weak (hands like J9s,T9s,7d5d etc.), which are to weak to x/rai, but also can not stand the heat if the reg is barreling through.

2.) In Order to balance this you have to x/rai also your Draws, which will hardly make a big profit, assuming his strong betting range. He will probably fold a hand like KhQh, QhJh, but I think you will get called in close to 100% of the cases and will have a flip.

I think x/calling also a hand like a set, could have some merits, because you protect your weak hands and give your opponent the chance to make bigger mistakes on later streets.

What do you think?

Best wishes
Diddy

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hi, great video concept
i agree with B and C but, what would you raise turn?
you can't raise more for value since he has more bluff
you can raise more for bluff but what will you raise bluff that you can fold (since he often has equity he may shoves
thanks

hi, great video concept
i agree with B and C but, what would you raise turn?
you can't raise more for value since he has more bluff
you can raise more for bluff but what will you raise bluff that you can fold (since he often has equity he may shoves
thanks

In 3-bet pots, i may shove turns with both bluffs and relatively weak made hands. In raised pots, if i think he'll shove equity over top then i'll raise my whole value range, if not then I'll just raise bluffs.

Andrew

Hey Andrew,

if MP bets and the fish folds, would you also consider x/raising when you play against this player everyday?

1.) I think you could get big trouble, if you x/raise your strong hands and strong draws on this type of board OOP, because your x/call line will become very weak (hands like J9s,T9s,7d5d etc.), which are to weak to x/rai, but also can not stand the heat if the reg is barreling through.

2.) In Order to balance this you have to x/rai also your Draws, which will hardly make a big profit, assuming his strong betting range. He will probably fold a hand like KhQh, QhJh, but I think you will get called in close to 100% of the cases and will have a flip.

I think x/calling also a hand like a set, could have some merits, because you protect your weak hands and give your opponent the chance to make bigger mistakes on later streets.

What do you think?

Best wishes
Diddy

If i thought he would fold KK or something, then ofc c/c is better. However, I don't think he'll fold either a big draw or an overpair, and that's most likely what he has. I probably wouldn't c/c very often there in general (unless he folds KK so i c/c the nuts, or he's super bluffy so i'd go c/c c/c c/r). So I'm not worried about balance.
He won't fold KhQh, and even so, that's not a flip against a set. A set is way ahead.

Andrew

In 3-bet pots, i may shove turns with both bluffs and relatively weak made hands. In raised pots, if i think he'll shove equity over top then i'll raise my whole value range, if not then I'll just raise bluffs.

Andrew

thanks, very clear as usual