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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by Ansky (Mid Stakes)

saying 22-55 havent been profitable for me utg is a very simplistic way of looking at things.
having a narrower opening range will affect the profitability of ur premium hands as well.

saying 22-55 havent been profitable for me utg is a very simplistic way of looking at things.
having a narrower opening range will affect the profitability of ur premium hands as well.

still, suited aces, suited connectors and alike will be better than low pairs. Also, while there are factors like that, you very rarely want to make -ev plays.

still, suited aces, suited connectors and alike will be better than low pairs. Also, while there are factors like that, you very rarely want to make -ev plays.

Is there really ever a spot where you would wanna make a play that you're reasonably sure is -EV?

well, for example calling 1 bb on the river in a big pot with 7 high to see what a fish you play alot with shows up there. Or calling down in a slightly neg. ev spot vs a tough reg to be harder to play against. Of course, I mean really small -ev spots that can be justified. But I wanted to argue, that opening a hand preflop barely qualifies for that

could u please do 500 zoom again?!!! It's not ur fault that u have to play every hand in a vacuum at zoom 200 since the player pool is so big, and u are always playing randoms, but it definitely doesnt help when u r making vids, in terms of the quality of the content.I like the flow of live zoom vids , even if it sometimes hurts the depthness of the analysis u go into, so i believe it would be best to cut down to 3 tables maybe and do a 500 zoom vid, since the player pool is much smaller and u ll be able to go into more of an analysis since u ll have more reads as well.
Last thing , I like ur videos in general so I hope this doesnt come across too negative, as it wasnt intended to. If u dont feel comfortable doing 500 zoom again I'd still prefer a hand history review than just seeing u brush over most of the spots u encounter at zoom200.
thx gl

I know it`s probably not your M.O, but i would really like if you did some kind of a theory video for Zoom.
What do you think the most profitable style for playing is, how best to maximise the game`s dynamics, and exploit various types of opponents.
Just some general strategy, that you think could be implemented on all levels.
Don`t get me wrong i like the series so far, it`s just a thought.

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you were doing so well till you clicked call!

that line is just so nutted from fish. the fake time down, the avatar, the "no more streets to slowplay!", etc etc

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hate to keep dogging you since i love your play and thinking but the T9 hand is a pretty bad call on the flop. the c/r is great - these kinds of fish will b/c way worse, especially after minbetting, but he is dying to bloat the pot.

you're right - he probably never has a set, but he probably does have a hand he loves. i don't see his flop line as a bluff ever.

great vids Ansky. I think if you are gonna multi table Zoom, you should set up TableNinja and Bet Slider options on Stars for your own sanity. You are clicking like 3 times each time to make a pot sized bet. You should just set up your bet slider to have a 3.5BB raise so you can just click once and open. I have some nasty carpal tunnel right now and would hate to see that happen to you!

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It's funny noting the difference between stars and ipoker. Ipoker recently introduced "speed poker" and those games are a ton more splashy/wild than the regular cash games. Mind you, the highest limit is 100nl currently. I'm hoping they release 200nl+ soon.

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What's your opinion on 3betting hands like QTo in that spot? Did you do it because it's simply +EV regardless of what do we hold? Don't you think me might be dominated when he calls so it would be more advisable to 3bet something like K7s. I feel that when I do 3bet QTo, KTo etc I so often stumble into hands which dominate me.

+1 on doing zoom 500 for more history in the smaller player pool. I would also like also 1 or two hand history review episodes.

you were doing so well till you clicked call!

that line is just so nutted from fish. the fake time down, the avatar, the "no more streets to slowplay!", etc etc

Honestly, I can't blame Dani for calling. Fish play so randomly that I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up with 77 there, let alone all of the missed FDs. He might also play something like AQ like that. I might be more inclined to fold if the flop was rainbow, but seriously I think we probably are good there 33% of the time. Obviously, I do think this is Tx very, very often according with your concept of "no more streets to slowplay". Actually, since the first time I heard it from you, I use the NMSTS acronym in my notes when I get shown a nutty hand there.

Didn't notice the fake time down (and since I play 6-8 regular tables myself I would almost certainly miss it in-game) but I guess that is an argument for folding. The avatar is typical for a dumb euro fish, and I don't think it gives any info beyond the fact that he's probably pretty bad.

saying 22-55 havent been profitable for me utg is a very simplistic way of looking at things.
having a narrower opening range will affect the profitability of ur premium hands as well.

You aren't wrong, but you can still avoid opening them on the toughest of tables and open them when the table is softer, and it is doubtful it will hurt your perceived range.