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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by RapidEvolution (Micro/Small Stakes)

Time Link to 00:03:07

In retrospect, I don't like how I played the hand on the right. Villain's folding to 3b 50% in our sample, which suggests that he'll be calling OOP to setmine a decent amount and we can get dead money on the flop. Also, with overs, a backdoor nfd, and a gutter, this flop should be a peel. One of the things about making vids is that some good opportunities will get passed up. In the future, I'll record the audio afterwards so I can just focus on the play.

Time Link to 00:05:06

Right table: I think betting and checking here are about the same, tbh. Overs and backdoors (plus our FE) would make this an ideal spot to bet if the board weren't so coordinated. If we had KsQd as opposed to AsQd, I think it's push the decision to a bet. If we had AQdd.KQdd, it'd be a clear beat imo. I also apologize for having half of the hand replayer in the window at times)

Time Link to 00:11:24

Right table: It's worth mentioning (imo) that our bet size on this board if we're opting to cbet into two opponents can be fairly small. On boards like AKx, AAx etc, I find that 1/3 pot bets work almost as well as 3/4 pot bets.

Time Link to 00:14:19

Right table (AGAIN!): Pretty standard pre, but at the time, I'm fairly certain that I thought it was the PFR who cbet, not the coldcaller. This makes things a lot different as the PFR's range for c/overcalling is much much tighter than his range for just cbetting.

Time Link to 00:21:32

Right table (lol): peeling here is also an option. Part of why we'd be calling a hand like 77-99 in the blinds is that it has some inherent value vs his stealing range. Peeling 1-2 should be dependent on cbet % and board texture. With two overcards, it's about even imo. Villain's ATS is fairly low, but if we give them a range of PPs/Bways,


Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

1,146,420 games 0.031 secs 36,981,290 games/sec

Board: Jd Qs 5c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 30.393% 30.13% 00.26% 345462 2970.00 { 77 }
Hand 1: 69.607% 69.35% 00.26% 795018 2970.00 { 22+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo }

Time Link to 00:23:17

Left Table (for once!) With 97s I'd be 3betting here a good % of the time and the same with 98o. I think that 97o is just shy of the "value-jank" range I'd use to 3b bluff.

Time Link to 00:25:12

Left table: This isn't a spot that comes up often, so any feedback is welcome. If we change the unknown to a reg, I probably just get in preflop because I don't expect to get a ton of value postflop from them...but vs an unknown (especially with position on him AND relative position on the small squeezer) I prefer a flat.

Time Link to 00:27:49

My small blind steal SUCCESS % is what I mean to say here...not my sb steal %. Big difference, imo. lol

last ~10 minutes of vids in flash isn't working for me?

in several places you say he looks passive - can you please explain what/why you think a player is passive? thanks

Time Link to 00:52:13

When you flat a small pair to a tight button open, where does your value come from? Is it from c/r-ing a lot of low, dry flops or does it predominantly come from playing to hit sets with only occasional bluffs and semi-bluffs thrown in for balance/deception? Also, If tight button opener has less than 100bbs, is it a fold?

last ~10 minutes of vids in flash isn't working for me?

in several places you say he looks passive - can you please explain what/why you think a player is passive? thanks

Passive play can show itself in a few ways.

1) Low aggression frequency: A low AFq means that a player is checking and calling more often than raising and betting out.

2) High went to sd %: If a player is going to showdown a lot, it means that they're not betting their value hands often enough and they're not getting weak (and sometimes better) hands to fold often enough.

3) Large gap between the VPIP and PFR: A lack of preflop aggression doesn't always signify a lack of postflop aggression, but it tends to be a good indicator.

Looking at all three of these indicators together can help a ton when you have medium strength holdings against a player's aggressive play and you should be less likely to call light/play back at players liek this simply because their ranges for being aggressive are unbalanced and too "nut-heavy"

When you flat a small pair to a tight button open, where does your value come from? Is it from c/r-ing a lot of low, dry flops or does it predominantly come from playing to hit sets with only occasional bluffs and semi-bluffs thrown in for balance/deception? Also, If tight button opener has less than 100bbs, is it a fold?

In the past (for me) it's been mainly to setmine. A tight player is going to have a strong preflop range and is likely to pay us off if we hit a set. Lately, I've been introducing a higher frequency of plays like this where we semi-bluff a low board both for balance, and because villains like this tend to play fairly straightforward and push (or call and calldown) their KK+ and fold AK/AQs and against a range of say...TT+/AQ+, there are more overs than PPs. Add in the times we hit and the increase in % that we get paid off when we do have a set and I think the play is +EV. If he's less than 100bb, I think we have to focus more on setmining since the lower SPR will reduce our FE against the smaller overpairs.

Time Link to 00:54:47

Right table: HUD isn't showing properly and BTN is running 7/6 with like a 2% 3b (hence the fold)

Wtf fold w AdTd on the river getting 4:1 when he makes a blocking bet 20 into 60? Surely 20% of the time he's making a blocking bet with QQ / KK.