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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by KRANTZ (High Stakes)

[quote][quote]I was in a sub. Now DC is draining the water from the ocean.

I think this series is going to be awesome .[/quote]

Of course it is. Badugi here I come.

Just because great HU information is put out doesn't mean you can't profit. It's still up to the player to study and integrate the information better than his opponents, and to apply it better when it counts - at the table. Further, like Haseeb said in Dog is Heads Up, they can teach you as best they can, but at the end of the day it's up to you to put in the work to build your own ship (or these days to build your own ship destroyer).

Also many ppl interpret the logic behind these lessons incorrectly and end up playing very exploitably or spewy

Saying poker of any kind is dead because of the information available now is stupid. Look at chess. You can find everything analysed to the upteenth degree and get tonnes of training and coaching. You still have to be able to sit across from somebody and be able to use that information better than they do.

http://plusevpoker.com/default.xml

Be sure to right click/save as or if you click the link, save it as xml.

Also be careful when you import it because it will overwrite your "default" configuration (it's my default). So if you have a default config you want to keep, be sure to export it first so you have a back up.

Would you want to upload your 6 Max HUD? Old computer crashed so I have to redo my HUD's on a new computer...

hey kgbmiked, here's my 6max hud. i think its a good start but it could use some work though so feel free to modify it as you see fit. I've been meaning to go back over it and look for some additional stats to use or revamp the popup window (i'm not sure how to do it yet).

http://plusevpoker.com/sixmax.xml

hey kgbmiked, here's my 6max hud. i think its a good start but it could use some work though so feel free to modify it as you see fit. I've been meaning to go back over it and look for some additional stats to use or revamp the popup window (i'm not sure how to do it yet).

http://plusevpoker.com/sixmax.xml

Thanks a lot, let me know if you need help with figuring the popup out, I'd be glad to show you.

Time Link to 00:32:24

I have a question about your 3bet defense ranges. I noticed (the one for normal open anyway) that your 3bet value range is 10% and your 3bet bluff range is 5%. Did you make this 2 to 1 on purpose? And if so why? And do you also balance your calling range in some way or does it matter? What I mean by that is do you want your 3bet bluff : 3bet value : call to be 5 : 10 : 20 as it roughly is here or would it be okay if it was 5 : 10 : 15 or 25? I hope that made sense.

Having the 3bet range be 2:1 value:bluff is good as a starting spot but vs each opponent you should look for ways to better shift it either to be more value heavy (thinner value) or bluff heavy depending on how much he is defending.

Similar for the 3Bet defense range where we flex our strategy based on his. These examples are just a default starting point

Great vid guys, Airman is a better example than woodman imo

Time Link to 00:07:47

Besides showdown at buffalo ridge what other buffalo series did you do wilt?

Would you say that, generally, the more passive your opponent the more hands you can play out of the bb?

Besides showdown at buffalo ridge what other buffalo series did you do wilt?

where the buffalo roam

Would you say that, generally, the more passive your opponent the more hands you can play out of the bb?

yes definitely, if you can realize your equity more often, then it makes sense to play more hands

kgbmiked, here you go:

Hand Charts:
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/3bet.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/3x-defend.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/minr-defend.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/open-exp.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/open-noob.png

Sexy MS-Paint Floating Bar graphs
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/3bet-graph.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/checkraise.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/steal.png
http://www.plusevpoker.com/prinny3/vpip in bb.png

These links no longer work. Do you have another link, or did anyone save them and can repost?

Time Link to 00:29:41

With respect to the minraise strategy ......... yes our opponent might be profiting immediately from the open preflop (if we fold more than 50%), but thats just preflop and I don't think its a big concern. The reason I want to point this out is because I think too many people these days get caught up in a particular play 'exploiting' them without considering how things play out in the whole hand or even the whole session. For example let's say we check our database and see that we fold to small check raises too often and our opponent's are "immediately" profiting from that.... when most people see that, they get really uncomfortable and think "how do I stop him from making money off me, I'm leaking". Well the thing is, there's more to it than that... your check raise might make a small profit against me, but when I do call that check raise from you I'm making a lot of money because you play poorly after that point... so the net result is that I'm winning. In fact you can build a profitable strategy around making a slightly -EV play because it causes your opponents to adjust poorly. For example playing really loose poker can make weaker players get out of line and make very stupid bluffs against you.... its not that your loose style is unexploitable, in fact it is quite exploitable, its just that your opponents are not adjusting well to it (which is what matters).

That said, obviously you want to defend wider to a minraise, but my philosophy is always to think of the bigger picture, much of which is postflop (or sometimes metagame for longer HU matches).