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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by jk3a (Micro/Small Stakes)

Just on volume.
I really hope Tom takes it carefully.
You should not squeeze volume in at bad times.
As a self-declared - monkey tilter - more volume can lead to bad consequnces.
Make sure you are still fresh of mind and body when you play Tom.
No volume for volume sake.

Sorry if that is counter to your advice jk3a.

Would have been really helpful to know this BEFORE last night. Thanks for telling me now Digger. Jerk.

jk I'm trying to guard against playing when tired and such, but I also have to get in volume when I can. Those two are currently battling and I'm still trying to find the sweet spot. Luckily I stopped before I did any serious damage to my roll last night.

Another good video, I've got some questions (and one answer but it went by PM) - I mainly used offsuit broadway to fill my IP 3betting range since I don't like to call with them and they are top of my folding range. You advocate calling with them in the video.
A part from keeping the fish in and strengthen my bluff catching rage vs barrel happy opponents on Kxx/Qxx boards I can't really think of the reasons why would I want to flat with them so can you elaborate on the topic - why do you want to have them in the calling range, and how would you play them post flop vs different openers if you miss?

So I hope I get 2 for one deal - I gave you 1 answer and posted a two part question

Quiz answer: Villain´s preflop-raising-range is pretty wide obviously, same goes for his flop-cbet (90% cbet). When Hero calls the flop the turn is a really bad barreling card for Villain which makes his turn-check not that big of a deal - neither with made hands nor with air. When Hero checked the turn behind and Villain checked the river again I think he actually mostly has a hand with some showdown value, like some pocket pair and occasionally a slowplayed monster. AK is no good anymore after Hero called the flop.

Against his monster-range we get it in on the river no matter what we do.

So we have to maximize our value against his mediocre part of his range. Say, we bet $15 and expect to get called in 100% from middle pairs. So a shove has to be called roughly 20% to show the same profit. As the flop was completely dry and AQ/KQ/JJ/TT-type hands is Hero´s most likely range there´s essentially no way for me that Villain (if he´s somewhat decent) ever calls a shove on the river even close to 20%, so my preferred bet size is something real small, like $15-$18, which might even induce some spazzy bluff-shove a non-zero percentage of his air-type hands.

Time Link to 00:16:35

AQs, what are you doing when he 4bets there? Are you shipping? Seems a bit light vs an unknown MP


Same quesetion for the 3bet with AJo vs BtN open at 15:48 , I've been kind of 3bet 'semibluffing' these kind of hands, so basically 3betting for value because I expect to get called a lot in btn vs blinds situations. Is this correct, or should you always 5bet ship here once you decide to 3bet for value?

AQs, what are you doing when he 4bets there? Are you shipping? Seems a bit light vs an unknown MP


Same quesetion for the 3bet with AJo vs BtN open at 15:48 , I've been kind of 3bet 'semibluffing' these kind of hands, so basically 3betting for value because I expect to get called a lot in btn vs blinds situations. Is this correct, or should you always 5bet ship here once you decide to 3bet for value?

With AJo, I'm 3b because I expect to get called by worse or take the pot down a large enough % of the time to make it profitable. Barring reads, I'm folding to a 4b.

ah ok kinda what I was talking about, but what about the AQs, same thing?

people have been telling me that calling might be better there, but I'm not sure anymore what is right now lol

I used to call these hands as a default OOP, later I started 3betting them with the same reasoning as you have, and now I started flatting again. Kinda confused.

ah ok kinda what I was talking about, but what about the AQs, same thing?

people have been telling me that calling might be better there, but I'm not sure anymore what is right now lol

I used to call these hands as a default OOP, later I started 3betting them with the same reasoning as you have, and now I started flatting again. Kinda confused.

As jk has said, your ability to play postflop will dictate your play preflop. If you struggle OOP w/out initiative, then it's likely better to 3b or fold. If you are wise in the ways of the OOP force, then calling can be better because it keeps his range wide, as well as your perceived range. A lot of this is villain dependent as well. Do you have a read that he cbets too much? That's an argument for calling. It's a bunch of things that you have to take into consideration.

ah ok, yeah I tend to get in trouble a lot in 3bet pots OOP so I've switched to only 3betting light in position for now or only when I know for sure he will fold a lot. But I'm still calling because I don't mind playing OOP with lets say AJo that much.

Quiz:

Preflop: 77+, AT+, A5s-A7s(ie some suited Ace stuff), KJs+, QcJc, 89s

Given the 3bet stat and VPIP/PFR, even v. an UTG raise, villain's 3betting more than just nut hands. With tecmo's stats (I don't see any 13/13 shaggy's talking about, I see 24/20), his UTG range has a fair amount of hands that will fold to a 3bet.

Flop: 77+, ATs, AJ+, A5s, A6s(ie some suited Ace stuff), KQ, QcJc, 89s

He cbets 90%. I tossed ATo, A7s, KJs and kept my SC representative. Very dry board so he probably figures to pick it up a lot vs. what looks like a mid pair or Ace-big. He could be discounting AQ from our range since one flopped. Based on his bet size, if he's not bluffing he's looking for value from a smaller pair than his own.

Turn: 77+, AQ, ~A5s, KQ, QcJc

He barrels any bluffs he wants to continue with, so he's got a value hand or gave up. He's got to partially at least discount the big Aces from tecmo's hands, but again, he barrels if he's trying to fold those out. So he has some value to showdown. A5s probably isn't in his range much, but it reps the Ace rag that caught a piece, so discounted but there. If he has a PP, he's showdown bound if he can help it, hoping it's bigger than tecmo's. Tecmo has shown an interest in the pot, so if villain's got a set of 9s, TP or JJ, TT, he's happy to induce a smaller PP or spazz from AK.

River: 77+, AQ, ~A5s, KQ, QcJc

Nothing happened on the turn, so same range. 7s and 8s are giving up probably even to a half pot bet. 9s full is obv. stacking off. AQ is calling almost always, and KQ calls a fair amount. QcJc calls some, let's say 50%. So we've got 3 combos of AQ, 3 for KQ, one half for QcJc, 3 combos of 99, one half for A5s, and 6 JJ and 6 TT. So 10 combos that will pay, say $36. Let's say half the JJ bluff catch, so another 3 combos for $36. That leaves half the JJ, TT, and half the 88 that will call, say $24 to bluff catch. Assuming all of the hands that call $35 would also call $24 (obv.), and 99 stacks no matter what, and AQ may spazz shove, and he might have exactly As5s that stacks, I say:

Bet $22-24

Quiz answer:

Since we're UTG, villain's 3bet range is probably narrower and weighted towards value. Let's arbitrarily say it is 88+, AJ+, KQ, and all cbet the flop.

If we jam, we get $77 from three combos of 99, twelve combos of overpairs, four combos of AQ and four combos of KQ. Actually, the combo numbers are immaterial, as all of this will checkraise a smaller river bet anyway. Jamming is clearly suboptimal.

I like betting about 35 here. Less looks like thin value.

With tecmo's stats (I don't see any 13/13 shaggy's talking about, I see 24/20),

Look at the actual stats on the table he is playing the hand at, not the replayer.

Look at the actual stats on the table he is playing the hand at, not the replayer.

Ah, thanks.


I also noticed I left out AA and KK in my river combo counting, which changes my answer. Dammit.

Another good video, I've got some questions (and one answer but it went by PM) - I mainly used offsuit broadway to fill my IP 3betting range since I don't like to call with them and they are top of my folding range. You advocate calling with them in the video.
A part from keeping the fish in and strengthen my bluff catching rage vs barrel happy opponents on Kxx/Qxx boards I can't really think of the reasons why would I want to flat with them so can you elaborate on the topic - why do you want to have them in the calling range, and how would you play them post flop vs different openers if you miss?

So I hope I get 2 for one deal - I gave you 1 answer and posted a two part question

which specific hands are you talking about?

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Tecmo has the K of diamonds, so that hand is not possible.

I really enjoy the ability of jk3a to explain things simply in spot where I am not sure what to do