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

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Yeah everybody knows but many players still make these common mistakes. I just hope they are fixable . Thanks!!

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Confused as to why you raised a shortstack preflop w/ QTos OOP when he has a high VPIP and is likely to see a flop- putting you in a rough spot for the rest of his stack.

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I also wondered why you would be afraid of 67 getting there when you only have 2 hands against a guy... you assume part of his calling range is a gutshot? I think you should be much more afraid of anything else, and I mean literally anything. But if you can explain why specifically you pegged his range as 67... I'd love to hear it.

I also wondered why you would be afraid of 67 getting there when you only have 2 hands against a guy... you assume part of his calling range is a gutshot? I think you should be much more afraid of anything else, and I mean literally anything. But if you can explain why specifically you pegged his range as 67... I'd love to hear it.

Hello, thanks for the comments. What I meant is that if he raised my turn bet I would fold because a number of hands are beating me there including 67, better 2 pairs, and sets, and my equity is not even great against hands I am ahead of that want to get the money in.

And yes, I do think he would often call the flop with a gutshot, especially if he has the flush draw with it. I don't understand why you'd be more afraid of ANYTHING than him having 6. Especially if he is a loose fish (quite likely at 10nl), that is perfectly within his range for calling preflop and flop, and then raising my turn barrel.

Confused as to why you raised a shortstack preflop w/ QTos OOP when he has a high VPIP and is likely to see a flop- putting you in a rough spot for the rest of his stack.

I may not have noticed the stack size of the limper. since he has only 30 bbs it might be better to just check out of the BB there. I definitely wouldn't mind raising him if he had even 50bbs, because he seems soooo loose and fishy and passive he will be easy to exploit, and QT will dominate a fair number of hands in his limp-calling range.

wow great responses, I look forward to the rest of your series Currently trying to beat 10nl and not really feeling comfortable- although I'm on stars and you were on merge.

Great video. I'm currently thinking of playing some cash alongside the SNG's I play now.

Complete noob cash question.

Why should you auto top up when your money dips below $10? I would guess that is so you can get the highest amount of money when you hit a good hand but wasn't sure as I rarely play cash.

Also what multi table software do you use? I usually only play 4 tables at the moment (sometimes 6) as I am playing on a 15" laptop monitor.

Great video. I'm currently thinking of playing some cash alongside the SNG's I play now.

Complete noob cash question.

Why should you auto top up when your money dips below $10? I would guess that is so you can get the highest amount of money when you hit a good hand but wasn't sure as I rarely play cash.

Also what multi table software do you use? I usually only play 4 tables at the moment (sometimes 6) as I am playing on a 15" laptop monitor.

You should always top up in NL cash imo for several reasons.
1 - You want to be as deep as possible with the inferior players at the table. If a fish suddenly wins big and has a 300 bb stack, you don't want to be sitting there with 50 bb's. Your EV at the table increases the deeper you are with bad players so you want to put yourself in that spot.
2 - You want to get used to having a roughly 100bb stack most of the time, this makes your decisions more practiced and you are used to certain bet sizes. When you get short stacked you should be altering your bet sizes significantly.
3 - You want to practice playing deep as often as possible, this will make you better in the long run. Higher stakes and juicy live games often run pretty deep stacked so you'll want to be practiced.

as for multitabling - on merge I use a script called MergeKeys, you can google to find the download, it's free. I use holdem manager for HUD etc.

Great response thanks!

I'm curious do you balance your range multiway to get value from sets? I also noticed you fold small pairs in the blinds to late position opens, but I wonder if it would be profitable to call this 2 ways vs a tight early position open or even calling suited connectors? but maybe it could also be a leak when repeated thousands of times.
I just find it really difficult to build pots unless you play really LAG and theoretically playing 40/30 is impossible with the rake and people may be a little looser postflop when you are that loose but it seems if you are really tight then you may get more action postflop because people
may think they have more fold equity against you

I'm curious do you balance your range multiway to get value from sets? I also noticed you fold small pairs in the blinds to late position opens, but I wonder if it would be profitable to call this 2 ways vs a tight early position open or even calling suited connectors? but maybe it could also be a leak when repeated thousands of times.
I just find it really difficult to build pots unless you play really LAG and theoretically playing 40/30 is impossible with the rake and people may be a little looser postflop when you are that loose but it seems if you are really tight then you may get more action postflop because people
may think they have more fold equity against you

Hi, sorry I didn't respond to this earlier. I feel that cold calling in general has to have a good justification, and that cold calling weak pp's, suited connectors etc is definitely much better if the pot is multiway. This is especially true when you're unlikely to get 3bet squeezed by someone who is left to act behind your call. I agree that playing 40/30 profitably is near impossible in FR, in order to get action just steal blinds more aggressively, 3bet light more often in good spots, try bluffing a bit more often postflop when you have some equity, etc.

Hey gold. This is just a general question. I play on Stars myself. Do you feel that the average skill of the players on Merge is better, worse, or not much different to that on Stars? I guess another way to put it would be do you find the games to be easier/juicier?

Hey gold. This is just a general question. I play on Stars myself. Do you feel that the average skill of the players on Merge is better, worse, or not much different to that on Stars? I guess another way to put it would be do you find the games to be easier/juicier?

I can't really speak to the skill level of Stars players, I haven't played there since late 2010. I've heard that the 200 and up full ring games are pretty dry though. I would guess that Merge and Revolution are softer than Stars for the most part.

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Well,

I know this videos it's kind of old, but im starting at playing/studying full ring and decided to start with this one.

One question: WTSD and W$SD isn't good stats? I used them to see if i can keep betting or just fit or fold, depending on the stats of the villain.

For example: If i get a villain with high WTSD: 60 and W$SD:30, i know that if i made a hand i can make simultaneous cbet's instead of making some kind of facing play. And also know that is the kind of villain that you shouldn't try to steal, 2barrel the streets.

Is this kind of line correct?