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Poker Video: MTT/SNG by Skitz0Frenik (Micro/Small Stakes)

Time Link to 00:30:39

Skitz is totally on the money with what he says. With 5BB here you really have to be looking to shove fairly wide considering once you drop below that 5BB stack you really lose any fold equity you may have had. My range here would pretty much the same, although i'd add in any middle suited cards like J7s, or hands that are connected like 89o. Depending on the players i may also push hands like J5s

Time Link to 00:36:34

If we limp and SB shoves to isolate the BB....are we folding most of the time...depending on his tendencies and his range, but if an unknown would u be folding?

About 11 mins in, Rigged has 99 in CO and Utg+1 at 7 handed table limps, and after suggesting an isoraise you say that your only commited vs the sb who has almost 13bb, if we 4x it, and the 17x btn stack shoved, thered be 1.5x from the blinds, 4 from us, and 17 from the villain, so 22.5bb in the middle and wed have to call 13, are we really not going to call getting something like 1.75-1 for nines at a 7 handed table?

Oh and the 47 min53s bvb shove is unexploitable shove for 10bb heads up even without the antes, so theres no need to drop it even if he is good enough to call you wide enough, unless you thought you had a decent edge where you could fold it. (Unexploitable that is if your only shoving/folding )

Perfectly good spot to shove. He has to call over 30% to make this bad. I'd consider not shoving a mistake.

I agree. Stacks aren't too deep at all, BB has 10bbs. You can't raise fold vs 10bbs, one because you'll be getting pretty good odds which is obviously standard but two, no matter what HUD numbers you're looking at, a reg will come over the top with something like 33 but probably fold to the shove. You're picking up 15% of bb's stack with a shove here, I really do hate a raise-fold. I like a limp too though. My preference is the limp.

If we limp and SB shoves to isolate the BB....are we folding most of the time...depending on his tendencies and his range, but if an unknown would u be folding?

Correct.

About 11 mins in, Rigged has 99 in CO and Utg+1 at 7 handed table limps, and after suggesting an isoraise you say that your only commited vs the sb who has almost 13bb, if we 4x it, and the 17x btn stack shoved, thered be 1.5x from the blinds, 4 from us, and 17 from the villain, so 22.5bb in the middle and wed have to call 13, are we really not going to call getting something like 1.75-1 for nines at a 7 handed table?

Depends on the players, but vs. most opponents I am actually folding vs. the 17bb stacks. Reasons being 1) it's for over half our stack
2) their range is very, very tight in that spot almost always, meaning our 99 is well behind it

Oh and the 47 min53s bvb shove is unexploitable shove for 10bb heads up even without the antes, so theres no need to drop it even if he is good enough to call you wide enough, unless you thought you had a decent edge where you could fold it. (Unexploitable that is if your only shoving/folding )

Yeah one thing we noticed throughout the series is RIGGED is definitely too tight with HU shoving ranges, although I think he caught on to that pretty quickly

Time Link to 00:30:15

If you were abyrvalg would you be playing extremely tight here with the big stack to your left? or would you still be trying to take advantage of the bubble by for example pushing wider then normal when the two short stacks are in the blinds?

Few other things I like to consider if I have time. (4 or less tables)

1. What is the speed of the table? I am going to push allot wider with 2 min levels vs 10 min levels.

2. What is my skill equity advantage? If everyone on the table is a 15/12 I will push that all day. If there are a few of 28/3s or 54/35s, I will tighten up. Sharkscope HUD can help with this if not against the TOS of the site you are playing on.

3. BB vs Steal Stat of villian They need to add a BB vs SB steal stat in HM.

4. I am less likely to push this if I have been loosing for a few games or otherwise on tilt. If I get snap called by J8 when I am already on tilt, I will loose my shit.

If you were abyrvalg would you be playing extremely tight here with the big stack to your left? or would you still be trying to take advantage of the bubble by for example pushing wider then normal when the two short stacks are in the blinds?

I would be playing very tight. In most cases I am just walking the BB and staying out his way. We don't have any justification to take risks at this point, as our stack is totally healthy and the only one who can hurt us is to our left.

Time Link to 00:13:39

At this spot you say he should shove and I do agree. But help me on this one... a few hours ago I was playing a small stakes 27 players SNG. On the bubble (200/400 ante 25) I shoved A7s UTG and got called by the BB with AKo. I got my double-up by hitting a 7 on the river. Now with 5k chips I got a walk on the BB and then raised on the SB (no limps) with AJ, he folded. Now the blinds are at 300/600, ante 50, and I got KQo on the BT. I have 6k chips, the SB has 5,5k and the BB has 3,5k. Should I shove here?! My image at this point is the one of a very agressive player. I thought for awhile and shoved anyway... The SB called me with ATo and it was the end for me.

Cheers

What stakes is this?

Cheers

I thought this was a little painful to watch only because of the player being taught seems indifferent and the first few hands were cringe-worthy. Sorry if that sounds a bit tough, just my honest opinion.

However, I am new to poker (2 months) and just starting to grind micro SnGs to build my bankroll and pay for a coach and I really like this coach's style and would love to learn from him. He speaks well and is confident, asks great questions and probably could take my game to another level.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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