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

"Oh, he got there? Didn't even notice."

I think this kind of mentality can help my game more than anything.

just watched this and had almost the same reaction. This dude is pure Zen...

Time Link to 00:27:37

I would have betted on the turn as well pretty small for thin Value/Protection, but a little bit bigger, so that he will make at least a small mistake with a FD for example -> 40% of the potsize would be here probably my bet b/c i think that then also every draw + also every weaker hand will call most of the time....

Time Link to 00:31:43

tbh this 2ndBarell seems to be not +ev b/c I think that Q improves his flopcallrange (KJ, J9, T9, JT,89, KQ, KT....).
With the history between you and him I would have the feeling and hence i would assume that he will not often fold a weak pair+str8draw vs. a 2ndBarell on the turn.
So there are imo too less hands which will fold here.

I would have betted on the turn as well pretty small for thin Value/Protection, but a little bit bigger, so that he will make at least a small mistake with a FD for example -> 40% of the potsize would be here probably my bet b/c i think that then also every draw + also every weaker hand will call most of the time....

If I'm targeting FDs in his range I should be betting like 75% pot as he's not folding. I was targeting his pure air with my bet, and then $2 is lots better than 40%. His check felt like air giving up, so I went for value vs air.

tbh this 2ndBarell seems to be not +ev b/c I think that Q improves his flopcallrange (KJ, J9, T9, JT,89, KQ, KT....).
With the history between you and him I would have the feeling and hence i would assume that he will not often fold a weak pair+str8draw vs. a 2ndBarell on the turn.
So there are imo too less hands which will fold here.

I know his turn calling range will be wide, which is why I'll shove lots of rivers. The K was just a horrible one to do it on as it gives him 2 pair or a straight often. I'm less afraid of his Ax becuase he's ~100 vpip which means each pair is equally likely while a 40 vpip fish would have Ax atleast 50% of the time on the turn. Betting is also good to not let him pot or something, so I get to realize my equity more often.

I know his turn calling range will be wide, which is why I'll shove lots of rivers. The K was just a horrible one to do it on as it gives him 2 pair or a straight often. I'm less afraid of his Ax becuase he's ~100 vpip which means each pair is equally likely while a 40 vpip fish would have Ax atleast 50% of the time on the turn. Betting is also good to not let him pot or something, so I get to realize my equity more often.

ah ok, when your plan was here to 3Barell on most rivers, then it is of course a good spot to do so b/c as you said,
his turncallrange is pretty weak so that he will not have often a strong hand on most rivers - just did not know that this was your plan^^

All I can say is Thank you for continuing to make videos. GC vids are at the top of the list for quality out of pretty much any coach any where, and this one was the most entertaining of the bunch due to the villains.

I was upset when the 5 counterfeited the river and I was only watching. Maybe I need to revisit the 8 fold path?

Time Link to 00:32:38

Hehe - this you have rly deserved

Time Link to 00:40:44

on the bottom right it seemed that the overbet was part of the reason for your call. If villain had bet a more standard amount like around 30 would that have changed this to a fold because that would go along more with the idea of a tpgk type hand?

on the bottom right it seemed that the overbet was part of the reason for your call. If villain had bet a more standard amount like around 30 would that have changed this to a fold because that would go along more with the idea of a tpgk type hand?

I look like I have a bluffcatcher and all draws missed, so he's probably not expecting me to fold to a normal bet. So when he bets the river I'm generally never bluffcatching and would probably fold QJ, maybe KJ. But when he insta jams it just doesn't add up and I have a fairly easy call with anything that beats a bluff.

Time Link to 00:11:44

On the bottom left when you raised with pocket 55's, after raising preflop, why did you check it down? Not a good flop to cbet? What about on the checked turn? Thank you

On the bottom left when you raised with pocket 55's, after raising preflop, why did you check it down? Not a good flop to cbet? What about on the checked turn? Thank you

Yeah the flop is not the greatest for cbetting. It'd likely be +EV to cbet, but that would be sloppy thinking. Checking is +EV too (open folding is neutral EV so checking is always +EV in any spot). In order to cbet, it has to be more +EV than checking, which isn't the case here I think.

If I cbet I'll likely 2 barrel a lot of overcards so I can get value/protection from draws and maybe bluff out 8x or so at the same time. With some better reads this might be better, but readless I prefer a check.

On the turn I could have bet for protection as he seemed to be done with the hand, but on the turn air has less equity against me than on the flop, and if I check it down I get to see what he calls me with from the SB, and get a read on his bluffing tendencies (or pot control/valuebetting tendencies if he actually has 9x).

Time Link to 00:39:05

Though the fish has a weaker Stacksize, I like here for sure the isosqz b/c he is not the initial openraiser -> If the opener would fold and the 40BB-Fish would just jam it, it would not suck b/c he would have 3betted often his toprange pre himself and so it would be often a "gamblejam" with a range against which your AJo perform very good.

But what would be preflop your line if the 40BB-Fish would have benn the opener and the coldcaller would be a TAG? -> Overcall?

Time Link to 00:43:26

In addition to your good explanations here, he also would not stab on the turn in a decent Frequency an Ace-high on there turn, but would have tried to check it down -> this makes the already clear call, even more easy.

Time Link to 00:44:59

like your idea here - it would be very interesting on the turn when the opener would have checked back and the fish would stab the turn.
B/c of your gained read that the fish has often air in his checkingrange n the flop, and mostly only madehands when he is donking,
would you consider a potential remove vs. a turnstab of the fish?

If not,
would it be maybe better to Semibluffdonk the flop if you would have the read that the fish would often stab the turn, when the Flop goes ch/ch?