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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by slowlane123 (Micro/Small Stakes)

Damn I really forgot the 2nd line of my hud
It's 3bet / fold to 3bet / squeeze

Time Link to 00:38:11

he donked small into me on the flop so I didn't expect a K in his range all too often and once he leads the flop with a flushdraw it's just way more likely that he leads turn again or c/raises or something, so I figured I'd go for a value bet.
unfortunately I timed out -.-

Time Link to 00:43:04

great german skillz

Time Link to 00:49:00

Regarding the turn call:
I figured he wouldn't cminr a FD all too often on the flop, cause usually I just see c/calls there all the time.So I'm not really worried about the flush on the turn, actually it's one of the best cards in the deck imo.
The 3 makes 33 less likely, so the only hands that beat me now are 44 (which might very well c/raise bigger) and probably AK, but he might even check that once the flush hits.
And he didn't have a fullstack so I just gave him credit for being full of shit

Time Link to 00:49:32

Thats my standard of taking notes ^^
Going to watch the note taking video

Thanks a lot for reviewing my video!

I played a lot of 200NL before (both fullring and 6max) but went on a huge downswing after trying to move up to 400NL and that screwed up my mindset and game a lot.
I was just desperately trying to somehow get back into the winning lane, but nothing helped.
So I tried Zoom and just put in tons of volume (8tabling most of the time) and just playing super straight forward ABC tight TAG style. Thats why I played only 15/11 or something.

The last days my mindset got significantly better and therefore my self-confidence, which resulted in me getting back into my old game, which is significantly looser and significantly better ^^
I think posting in the forums definitely helped me a lot with this, cause I had the opportunity to get deep into hands that I didn't play myself, which helped me to keep my head clean from seeing the nuts in every single spot ^^
And the good feedback on my posts definitely helped my self-confidence

So for the last 10 days I played a 20/16 style (which is basically what I played in the video also) and I'm currently pretty happy with my game, so it's only a matter of time that the results follow I hope

Time Link to 00:53:25

great vid and loving the series so far. Some really nice play in the vid from Poemmel.

Just one question about the AQ on table 3, Could Poemmel or Slowlane explain their thought process for raising and barreling the on that board? My initial thought was to fold as there are 2 other players in the hand. I kind of feel uncomfortable raising considering the player still left to act.

If the player in the blind wasn't in the hand I would have probably floated and folded to barrel on a brick turn. Any thoughts on that line?

Time Link to 00:13:31

I would be interested in the reason of betting with JJ on table 3 OTT? Isnt it turning our hand into a bluff? I mean, I don't see us getting value from much worse on that board?

Time Link to 00:40:35

What would be the postflop plan with the TT on table 4 if we go for a call? The way you say it, it means you are turning it into a bluff some of the time right, because only calling with the intention of hitting a set is probably EV- if we are oop? Isnt this hand hard to turn into a bluff as we won't have many outs to bluff with? Feels like hands like AQs, AJs and KQs would offer us more bluffing opportunities postflop (only if his 3 betting range is wide / polarized enough).

Time Link to 00:20:17

This QQ on table 3 seems pretty weak tight. Surprised you didn't even mention anything about it. First of all just flatting pre oop. The guy is 9/9, but it's only 57 hand sample and he's only 40bb deep. As played once we flop OESD I would be ck-r/getting it in on flop or turn, not check call flop, check fold turn.

This QQ on table 3 seems pretty weak tight. Surprised you didn't even mention anything about it. First of all just flatting pre oop. The guy is 9/9, but it's only 57 hand sample and he's only 40bb deep. As played once we flop OESD I would be ck-r/getting it in on flop or turn, not check call flop, check fold turn.

yeah, we have AQ, JJ, TT , here a lot so I like c/r.

Sorry that I didn't respond the last days... had to study for an exam today

I would be interested in the reason of betting with JJ on table 3 OTT? Isnt it turning our hand into a bluff? I mean, I don't see us getting value from much worse on that board?

After he just calls this flop I'm pretty sure he doesn't have two pairs/sets/straights in his range. Also we can discount all QQ+ from his range, cause he would have squeezed preflop.
So the only hands that beat us are flushes and QTs.
We beat the biggest part of his ranges being TPs (AT, JT, KT, T9, T8) , pair+straight draws (78,79s,68s) and 88/99.

If we check he is going to check back the part of his range that we beat a lot and gets a free shot at his equity, he might turn his 78 type of hands into a bluff and we can't really have anything that c/calls 2 streets and he obv value bets anything that beats us --> we are in a terrible spot, he has tons of options and doesn't have hard decisions, so he is not going to make mistakes all too often, which results in us losing the money a shitload of the time.

If we bet it can result in many good ways for us:
- we might get called by worse (TP with a FD for example, probably even some other TPs or 88/99 with a spade)
- we might fold out his equity share, which isn't bad in a 23bb pot either
- we have an easy fold if he raises us and he is not going to bluffraise such a board all too often (cause he would have to turn his pair hands into a bluff and I have a lot of hands that won't fold)

where it really gets interesting is if he calls turn and the river bricks

This QQ on table 3 seems pretty weak tight. Surprised you didn't even mention anything about it. First of all just flatting pre oop. The guy is 9/9, but it's only 57 hand sample and he's only 40bb deep. As played once we flop OESD I would be ck-r/getting it in on flop or turn, not check call flop, check fold turn.

not really sure about this hand.
I don't think he opens all too loose UTG, cause he showed some really nitty tendencies.
so probably his range is something like 77+,ATs+,KQs,AQo+.
he might not cbet 77-99 (or any other PP if he has that in his range) on such a board, he doesn't bet AT or AJ, he obv bets sets and AQ 100% of the time and he is very likely to cbet AK and KQ also.
doesn't sound like a spot in that I want to be check/raising and commiting my self...

Board: Kc Jd Td
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 76.820% 72.50% 04.32% 150726 8982.00 { KK, JJ-TT, AQs+, KQs, AQo+, KQo }
Hand 1: 23.180% 18.86% 04.32% 39210 8982.00 { QQ }

need a lot of fold equity there and I doubt I have all too much.

great vid and loving the series so far. Some really nice play in the vid from Poemmel.

Just one question about the AQ on table 3, Could Poemmel or Slowlane explain their thought process for raising and barreling the on that board? My initial thought was to fold as there are 2 other players in the hand. I kind of feel uncomfortable raising considering the player still left to act.

If the player in the blind wasn't in the hand I would have probably floated and folded to barrel on a brick turn. Any thoughts on that line?

Thanks

So lets look at both their ranges.

The overcaller in the BB can't have all too much, cause he would squeeze KK, AK almost always and might also squeeze TT. The only really strong hands that can continue are 22 and KTs. Other than that he has tons of 2nd pairs, gutshots, underpairs, etc. So I don't mind him being left to act all too much.

The openraiser and cbetter can obv have all sets and KT, plus some good TPs. But he can also have hands like QJ, AJ, probably even some strong Tx or QQ/JJ or he might just fire a cbet with whatever he has. We are 160bb deep, which is a very important part in this hand.

If I raise him the BB will fold everything but a set or top two, which are very few combos (given that KK and TT are discounted and he might lead 3way sometimes). He might peel once with KJ or KQ, but I think he will even fold with that a lot (which is the correct play imo).
The openraiser has a very tough spot continuing oop and 160bb deep. Even with KT he has a very tough time calling down (cause TT and 22 are a huge part of my raise/bet/shove range). He will fold all of his gutshots and underpairs now, plus with that big turn bet I get him off his TP and oesds.

Basically I get everything but a set or top two to fold which is a very tiny part of their ranges.
Additionally I have a gutshot to the nuts, which has 16% equity against KT, KK, TT and 22 plus some very nice implied odds (at least against the sets).
With my equity and a good chance of winning the pot even on a blank with a bluff on the turn I definitely think that this is a profitable spot to bluffraise.