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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by blah234 (Micro/Small Stakes)

Time Link to 00:04:21

How can villain exploit us if we always call?

Time Link to 00:23:14

Just because a line is +EV as a value line does not make it -EV as a bluff. The EV of a bet depends on how often villain calls and how much equity we have when we get called. I understand why the simplification might seem logical but in fact it is more often wrong than correct.

How can villain exploit us if we always call?

He only value bets the river with a range that's ahead of our static calling range and not too thin. He can even have some bluffs in his range as long as it's -EV for us to call he's exploiting us.

Just because a line is +EV as a value line does not make it -EV as a bluff. The EV of a bet depends on how often villain calls and how much equity we have when we get called. I understand why the simplification might seem logical but in fact it is more often wrong than correct.

Thanks for pointing this out and see how people will get confused here.

I never meant to say if a line is +EV for value then it must be -EV as a bluff. The idea is generally when a line is good for value means villain is likely to view it as bluffy so they call more. Then there is generally a different line that will be better as a bluff. We should try to find the best line for value and for bluffs vs individual villains who take standard lines and play their hands in a vacuum.

This is again some generalization and may not always be true but I try to keep it simple for now .

Can you show some examples of your notes for players?

Can you show some examples of your notes for players?

I will show loads of examples starting next week during the live play part as I will be developing reads and taking notes.

One of the best videos I have ever seen. I really like to make reads and use them and this video helped me even more in this process. This episode would be a pretty good continuation of Grindcore's series. Good job Nan !

Excellent episode. Thank you.
What i am noticing is that i have been doing some of the things you describe instictively - however, this is without the reference frame you have described - so i have been unable to describe in words (to myself) fully what i am doing. (edit - i meant to say come up with a concrete range)
I imagine this is natural for most players - to paraphrase Tommy A. - "Every Poker player plays the same - exactly how he pleases".
This raises the question of how effective theory is in changing your own poker style.
For me personally, the process of absorption has been slow, but continous.
Maybe it is because i dont do much math, range estimtes etc etc when reviewing hands - when i ever do this of course.

This series has already changed the way I play and made me more profitable. I can't wait to see the example play which I think will really bring it all together.

Any chance of a quick 5 minutes on the HEM Range Tool? (in future vid)
Cant find any info on waht all the colours mean - i dont find it inuitivr at all.

Time Link to 00:04:20

How can this be exploitable by folding on river if villain doesnt see our cards? I don t have a standard line its obv opponent dependent and how he percieves my range etc.etc. I will also use gameflow a bit. I do however find myself calling more rivers vs players that are capable of valuebetting thin here (A7)(K7) that also gets screwed though when he has 9s-Qs so its really not a slam dunk play either way imo. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Time Link to 00:12:22

You say not to bluff in that spot, but shouldnt it be dont bluff in that spot or fire more barels given how wide he is floating us? Maybe Im nit picking but Im just curious. Cause I sorta randomize between both of those if I have a villian with these tendencies.I mostly use gameflow to determine whether I barrel... check when image is bad barrel when image is pretty good. Any thoughts on this? Please let me know if my thought process is flawed in anyway. TY sir.... BTW I love this series!

Time Link to 00:48:59

Just WOW! I love this video and will be rewatching at least 2 more times. I wanna thank you again for all of your hard work you put into this series and let you know this video alone is easily in my top 3 videos of all time. And I have been watching poker vids for over 4 years. Congrats and please keep making quality videos like these!!! Lastly you can disregard part of my last post in regards of villians floating us, you did a great job explaining that later in the video. Sorry I just dont know how to post a comment without commenting from the time line. If someone can tell me how It woul dbe greatly appreciated... I know im a noob lool. Sorry for this long winded post guys. I just love BLAH!

You say not to bluff in that spot, but shouldnt it be dont bluff in that spot or fire more barels given how wide he is floating us? Maybe Im nit picking but Im just curious. Cause I sorta randomize between both of those if I have a villian with these tendencies.I mostly use gameflow to determine whether I barrel... check when image is bad barrel when image is pretty good. Any thoughts on this? Please let me know if my thought process is flawed in anyway. TY sir.... BTW I love this series!

this is flawed because villain may not be aware of your image and his image of you can be different than what you think. You want to play based on how villain thinks not how you think.