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

Finno-Ugric actually, but very close. Nice vid.

nice vid

more is better - longer or many short - both are good as i can pause the vid anytime

1)~24:30 you ck/fold 89 with top pair in a limped pot - just wondering why

2)elsewhere i thought you said your standard open was 3x and in this vid it was 4x - is this related to the stakes? what would you recommend for 100NLH

thanks - keep the FR coming!

nice vid

more is better - longer or many short - both are good as i can pause the vid anytime

1)~24:30 you ck/fold 89 with top pair in a limped pot - just wondering why

2)elsewhere i thought you said your standard open was 3x and in this vid it was 4x - is this related to the stakes? what would you recommend for 100NLH

thanks - keep the FR coming!

at 3/6+ i employ a 3bb pfr. i just think the games play tighter and thus its better to open more pots for a smaller raise as your more likely to see heads up pots. it's certainly a debatable practice.

without looking at the hand, i probably check/fold because im out of position and unlikely to turn a card that looks good for my hand. this is simply playing the power of position and giving my opponent credit for being able to outplay me due to position. "don't go broke in limp pots" basically.

Another good video from you, i hope that you get a series when the next season of series start. And plz dont join the heads up vids theres already lots of it on this site and its tough to get good fullring vids anywhere so for me these are gold.

In my other post I forgot to give feedback about your video in general. I really think this was a good video. You're speaking in a clear way and you always try to find interesting things to talk about. There was close to no downtime in your video. Good job.

Onto the hands...

Ok, I agree on the T9s hand. There is value in raising as long as villain's most likely reaction to our bet is to call or fold, which is the case.

About the other hand:

Well, this is certainly a debatable hand. In my opinion, given that he flats after the other player has already folded, his hand range isn't necessarily as tight as it would be if the other player were still involved.

Yes, but tigther than if it had been a heads up pot.

And on a sidenote, you commented that Xwave instacalled your bet. This is not a tell, since Tiemlong took a very long time to take a decision. Xwave already had in mind what he would do.

XWave could conceivably float me with a decent pocket pair or even A high knowing that the board is dry and in turn can not hit much of my range very strongly.

We're raising UTG and we make a strong $20 bet in a $24 pot. Like you said in your video, Xwave is going to give you some respect here. A solid regular knows that you are betting your entire range on this flop. However, I doubt this is the case for Xwave. He is probably putting you on a big pair or AK here. Therefore I think he's almost never floating you here w/ just A high, and occasionally having an underpair or 97s (probably always continuing w/ 97s here, but I think he's mucking it a decent amount preflop). To me it seems like his range here is heavily weighted towards a good king or a set. And I doubt it's +EV to try to get him off it.

Because of this when we hit a card on the turn that improves our hand I think we have to bet again both to protect our hand and to get more money in the pot in the event he does have KQ or such and we improve on the river.

I don't really see the need for protecting our hand. Most weaker hands other than 97s only have 2 outs vs our pair of Jacks. And yes, he could blow you off your hand if you check to him if he has 97s, but I think he's checking all of his weaker hands behind for pot control.

And I doubt c/f is weak if my assumption about his flop calling range is right. We simply have little FE so a bet here would be -EV, even though we picked up a few possible outs. Possible, because we could be reverse dominated or crushed even.

But then, I could be wrong . Would also be interesting if others have something to say about this

Chosen one, thank you very much for the feedback.

In regards to the AJ hand, I suspect you're right and I did indeed get overaggressive and make a mistake. Against players who I have more history with I can give them more credit for floating me, but in this spot I have no reason for the villain to view me as anything but a multi tabling random, and I should just give up.

It's good to take the aggressive road but it is clearly an overplay of my hand in this spot. Hopefully those watching the video read this comments and understand that I did indeed go too far with my reasoning and make a mistake.

-Nolan.

Great vid thanks. I like the length, perfect. Very clear commentary. I like the insights and comments on the regular players and what to expect from that type of player. More FR please.

Would you comment on the KTo hand you isolate with at 53:44 and then on the same table 1min later you find yourself on teh button with KTo and chose not call a LP raise with it. I don't have a specific question but it just seems a bit odd to me and I would like you to expand on this thought process.

Would you comment on the KTo hand you isolate with at 53:44 and then on the same table 1min later you find yourself on teh button with KTo and chose not call a LP raise with it. I don't have a specific question but it just seems a bit odd to me and I would like you to expand on this thought process.

Being the aggressor + position >> than just position. KTo is a bad 3b hand and I don't want to play a hand that is often dominated is the basic ABC of it.

Being the aggressor + position >> than just position. KTo is a bad 3b hand and I don't want to play a hand that is often dominated is the basic ABC of it.

We aren't the aggressor + position though. We are just the agressor. Are you saying in a limped pot KT is more valuable being the aggressor OOP than it is in position as the non-agressor?

more or less.

Thanks for another awesome FR vid, very clear commentary and 6 tables seems to be perfect. For your question about video length I would say that make them as long as you can, I wouldnt mind even a 2.5 hour vid... Seriously though, I'd say anything from 45 mins to 90 mins is fine. I dont think any real fullringer will quit watching in the middle of the vid, no matter how long it is, as there is never enough FR-content for us.

Oh, also pls make a NL100 vid in the future if possible

It's a good video but its WAAAAAY too short. You can't get anything from this to improve your game.

I love your video's Nolan!

Please please please enable PokerStars auto-rebuy (they have that now, right?) or get an AHK to do this for you.

Nice video.

You bet and raise a lot of turns in spots where I tend to be way more passive. This seems to work out for you when they fold (surprisingly often) but when they call, we do seem to be crushed. (for example the A6 v TT hand, and the AJ hand near the end) Do you find that the profit made by getting them to fold makes up for the times when villain calls with a better hand ? It just seems that by double barreling marginal spots, we are turning our hands into bluffs.

The hand reviews are good at the end, but it would be so much better if you used the hand replayer.