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Hey all, I've updated clowntable's awesome video overview with some more details, all our videos, and sorted it via various methods.

Here it is as a PDF with formatting/color.

DEUCESCRACKED VIDEO GUIDE

NLHE (No Limit Holdem)
6 max
[Beginner]

-Baby Steps - Tubasteve introduces microstakes 6max NL (25NL, 50NL)
* Basic strategies to win
* 25NL -> 50NL changes
* Pokertracker and HEM analysis and session review
* overview of the general nature of 25NL and 50NL games

-From the Ground Up - Tubasteve and n0whereman teach the ABCs of 6max NL
* preflop play
* betsizing

-Turning the Corner - sthief09 explains how to beat small stakes NLH
* self-review: preflop, position, pot control
* preflop in unraised pots, raised pots, facing 3bets, adjusting based on villains
* session review of a member, finding mistakes typically made by TAG players
* maximizing value, blind defense, 3bet pots
* PF 3betting as the 3bettor and caller
* adapting to aggro villains

-Real Life Micro NL Grinder: Unlimited Texas Holdem – WiltOnTilt takes DC member WhiteHeatSYD from beginner to expert.
* bankroll management theory, preflop hand selection, general strategy
* live sweat + hh review

-Hand Readers – hand reading and its application to small stakes play from terp and orange
*hand reading, equity distribution and balancing

-Memoirs of a Limidonk - sthief09 explains NL Holdem with a concentration on teaching people that have a Limit Holdem background.
* position, planning a hand
* the HUD
* analyzing hands, value of draws, calling 3bets, 4betting
* a coaching session with Entity
* bet sizing, handreading, isolation raising, interpreting villains' bet sizes
* 3betting, playing LAG, image, handling villains' aggression
* bluffing, how to stack people
* 4bet sizing, 2nd barrels, balancing ranges (pre and post)

-King for a Day, King for a Day Part Deux – sthief09 reviews member videos at 50nl-400nl

[Intermediate – Advanced]

-Unconventional Wisdom – Vanessa and DJ Sensei’s smash hit series explaining unconventional lines.
* Playing in 3bet pots
* Betting for information
* Valuetowning people
* Big bluffs
* Turn aggression
* Playing vs huge fish

-FreeStylin’, FreeStylin’ Part Deux – DJ Sensei plays mid-high stakes and explains his thoughts.

-Professor Plotkin – sthief09 shows us how to develop various optimal game strategies
*3-betting and 4-betting
*using PokerStove to break down hand ranges
*analyzing HEM stats

-Movin On Up – FoxwoodsFiend moves up through the stakes and explains how the fish and regs play at different levels
* 100NL -> 2kNL with a mix of live play and session review

-The Coaching Tree – Tubasteve coaches DC members as his coach, BalugaWhale, coaches him.
-full ring content in Ep 4. And 5

-Lightsabers, Lightsabers 2: Attack of the Clowns – KRANTZ plays 1k – 40kNL

-Lime-Aid, Lime-Aid 2 – whitelime plays 400NL, 600NL, 1kNL and 2kNL

-whitelime v pr1nnyraid – whitelime and KRANTZ face off in different challenges with shaky-cam, hilarious real life penalties for the loser. “Limeslicer” is Krantz’s perspective, “Stuffing the Penguin” is whitelime’s.
* Win the most money in 200 hands of 1kNL
* Win the most money in 500 hands of 2kNL
* One hour of VPIP>50 at 1kNL (win the most money)
* Coach 200NL HU for 300 hands, who coaches better?
* HU deathmatch at 5kNL (DC holecard camera shows both hands)

-Dear FoxwoodsFiend – FWF analyzes various member HHs from mid-high stakes (includes some HU and FR hands)

-Parallels – KRANTZ and FWF play 400NL, 2kNL and 5kNL and compare/contrast their different styles of 6max play

-Mathematics of NLHE - WiltOntilt explains the ins and outs of poker math
* probability, odds, variance, equity, EV
* pot odds, implied odds, fold equity, combinatorics, G-Bucks
* reverse implied odds, table position, software tools, shortcuts for calculating odds
* TUPAC methodology for estimating equity against a hand range
* hand ranges and frequencies
* bet sizing
* game theory

-GHOST – DC 6max coaches and Exec. Producers play with analysis
-micro stakes, small stakes, mid stakes, high stakes and nosebleeds
-100bb and deep stacked play

Heads Up

Pr1nnyraiding – KRANTZ and WiltOnTilt develop a basic framework for the beginner approaching HU NLHE.
* Preflop hand selection
* Basic player types
* Position, position, position
* Table selection/game rejection
* Developing a General strategy
*Playing against different player types/altering gen. strategy: Shortstacks, loose passive, weak tight, TAG, LAG, maniac

Hoodie Wars – Vanessa reviews member (and instructor) HU matches. 200NL, 400NL , 600NL and 2kNL.
*last episode = jsnipes vs DogIsHead

Spaceman in a Cowboy Hat – danzasmack plays mid stakes HUNL and is aided in some episodes by WiltOnTilt and KRANTZ. Special focus on transitioning from HULHE to HUNL.

DogIsHeadsUp – DogIsHead and Gman teach how to build a ship and sail it. A comprehensive exploration of heads up theory and practice.
*preflop play
*constructing raising and 3-betting ranges
*board textures
*c-betting and bluffing
*types of checkraising
*4-betting strategies

Movin’ On Up: HUNL – jsnipes28 and bosoxx34 move through 50nl, 100nl, 200nl, 400nl, 600nl, 1knl and 2knl (with KRANTZ) and teach how play differs at the various stakes

Remember The Railbirds - FWF and Krantz take a look back at the 60kNL match that FWF played against tie53 and comment on how and why the match was played the way it was.

DUEL – DC HU coaches play HU matches and analyze (small, mid, high and nosebleed stakes)
-special FWF 25k HU championship match video

The Adventures of Petey and Petey – Krantz and danzasmack review hands danzasmack played at mid stakes HU in this special video

Full Ring

Movin’ On Up: Full Ring NL – Nolan moves through the stakes with help from the other DC full ring coaches
-why to play full ring
-the basics
-note-taking
-multi-tabling

To Nit or not to Nit - DJ Sensei teaches FR
• mix of presentation and live play 50NL, 400NL, 2kNL

RINGSIDE– Bottomset, Nolan, GoldSeraph and Sounded Simple explain their FR game (25NL;100NL-600NL)
• * positional play, stealing, raise sizes, adjusting to players
• * playing raised pots vs the PFR in different positions
• * how shorthanded and HU play can improve your FR game

LHE (Limit Holdem)
6max

Real Life: Microlimit Grinder series- Entity (+danzasmack) coaches PygmyHero from the ground up in low stakes limit
* limits covered: 0.5/1-2/4
* blind defense and stealing, position, SB play, good PF raise spots
* turn play (with unimproved overcards)
* board texture, oponents tendencies, narrowing down hand ranges
* live play, note taking
* moving up in limits, player types
* 6 DC players with after the fact audio
*two sequel series that go further in depth (short handed play, etc)

Road to Robusto – Entity’s wildly entertaining series explains how to build a BR playing limit holdem and follows him on the “Road to Robusto”

The Price is Right - danzasmack explains lowstakes limit
* basics, early position PF play, tough spots
* late position PF play, blind stealing, thinking like a poker player
* playing from the blinds
* live play
* examining player types and how to beat them
* downswings, stats, moving up

Shouldn't Fold - danzasmack (+ Entity, Joe Tall) exlpains lowstakes limit (continuation of The Price is Right)
* limits covered: 1/2-2/6
* Chuck talks about the big differences you'll see from the .5/1 games to the 2/4 games. Difference in villain aggression, the # of HU pots vs. multiway pots, frequency of strong players, and how that is going to effect our postflop strategies
* live play with commentary
* theory discussion

Relentless Assault - DeathDonkey explains midstakes limit

Minbet Madness - DeathDonkey coaches FWF in limit holdem (limit Holdem for the NL player)
* stakes covered: 10/20, 15/30 (analysis of the blind structure included), 30/60
* solid PF play
* typical NL player's leaks in LHE
* live play with discussion, recorded video with commentary from the player and coach
* hand reading, hand ranges, player types
* different skills needed fro midstakes and highstakes

My Danish Luckbox - Oink details a LAGTAG style for midstakes limit holdem
* limits covered: 5/10, 10/20, 15/30, 20/40
* LAGTAG preflop decisions and villains' reactions
* Dealing with aggression, blind structures (2/3 structure)
* preflop adjustments for higher blinds and lower rake
* taking advantage of TAGs, isolating fish, stealing buttons and blinds

Piggyback – miniseries in which Oink plays midstakes

Come Here Often – Entity and danzasmack teach mid-stakes LHE with emphasis on playing against regulars.

Five’s a Crowd – DeathDonkey and mike L. attack high stakes LHE
-hand ranges
-theoretical positional changes based on board texture
-preflop balancing
-free showdown raises, river calls
-image considerations
-4-handed play

GHOST – DC’s 6max LHE coaches play their games with analysis (micro – midstakes)

Heads Up

Mano a Mule - DeathDonkey explains the fundamentals of HU Limit (mix of slides and live play)
- limits covered: 2/4-10/20
* general discussion, PF hand ranges, Pokerstove
* playing against loose passives and LAGs
* game selection
* playing against hyper LAGs and maniacs (live play vs FTP red pro)
* dealing with tough opponents

Pistolas de Justicia - Danzasmack explains midstakes HU limit

DUEL – DeathDonkey vs. Joe Tall
-Chris and Joe play 5/10 HU with the DC hole card camera showing both hands

Full Ring

LAGs on a Leash - DeathDonkey and Danzasmack teach low limit FR holdem and focus on solid play
* 1/2 typical oponent types, live play (from two tabling to four tabling)
* 2/4 and the differences to 1/2, live play
* general FR concepts and theory
* 5/10, discussion of live full ring games, WSOP tournament limit hold'em, adjusting to higher stakes opposition

PLO (Pot Limit Omaha)
6max

2x6 - Vanessa and whitelime teach low and midstakes PLO (Vanessa coaches whitelime)
* preflop hand selection, position, playing for the nuts
* HH reviews, PF aggresion, hand reading
* 100PLO vs 200PLO

Mad Potters - DJ Sensei and riverboatking teach mid- and highstakes PLO
* Exploiting villains' mistakes
* Equity calculations
* Big pots/big stacks/deep stacked play
* differences between capped and regular games
* heads up play

Ms. PLO – PLO WSOP bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst’s detailed approach to mid-stakes PLO
* preflop hand selection, position, playing for the nuts
* playing AAxx (PF and post)

PLOw through the MidStakes – Michaelsc moves from 100PL to 600PL and teaches how to adjust to players at the various stakes in this 4 episode miniseries.
-cap PLO
-3-betting in position
-deep stacked moves
-personal image

PLO Profiling – gergery talks about note-taking and reads in PLO.

GHOST – DC’s 6max PLO Instructors play and analyze micro, small, mid and high stakes PLO.

Heads Up

DUEL – Heads up PLO matches
-Vanessa, riverboatking, michaelsc

MIXED GAMES
From a Donk to a Stud - Joe Tall puts the ORSE in HORSE and teaches you the non holdem limit games
* Powerpoint style explanations of Stud Hi, O8, Stud 8, Razz
* Coaching of inexperienced player danzasmack in Stud Hi
* Joe coaches Danzasmack at Omaha/8 with a combination of slides, hand replays from Danzasmack's Omaha session, and analysis with the help of an equity calculator
* Joe coaches Danzasmack at Stud 8 and Razz

All Mixed Up - Joe Tall and danzasmack play O,R,S,E short handed and FR and comment on their play
- live play continuation of "From a Donk to a Stud"
-10/20, 30/60 FR Omaha8

Saddle Up – HORSE from Joe Tall
-game transition, hand ranges, hand values
-tracking live/dead cards
-common traps
-equity calculator use
-PT data review
-member submitted HH review

TOURNAMENTS/SNG
Last Man Standing - AMT explains how to explain single and multi table SNGs in this comprehensive series
* The early stage
* The [early] middle stage
-variance, downswings
-when and why to shove/defending against the shove
-increasing blinds
-using tools to help your play

PUSH - AMT plays Sit and Gos
* differences between FTP on Stars SnG structures
* play and analysis

OTHER
Triple the Gold - DeathDonkey teaches DJ Sensei how to play Triple Draw
-snow spots, bluff spots
-what to do on the river when everyone drew
-when to break hands
-2/4 - 30/60

Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde – danzasmack plays LHE and O8 with his analysis for 30 min. Then Joe Tall analyzes the same segment for the next 30 min with his take on Chuck’s play

MENTOR – watch a DeucesCracked coaching session – see a DC instructor coach his student!

Late Night Coaching with Joe Tall - Joe invites different coaches of all sorts of games and they review hands with a student/discuss various topics related to coaching
-No Limit Holdem: WiltOnTilt, DJ Sensei, tubasteve, bosoxx34, Nolan, DOGISHEAD and more
-Limit Holdem: danzasmack, DeathDonkey

The Home Game - DC coaches play together with multi-way audio. Trash talk, sick beats and wacky banter. The DeucesCracked hole-card camera is used so you can see all the hands. Hilariously entertaining.

Tool Time - Various DC folk teach you how to make your life easier using different tools
* RSS feeds
* PostgresSQL (database used for poker tracking)
* HEM hand imports
* HUD layouts and options
* AHK scripts
* Excel for poker math
* DC search function
* HEM HUD

Joe the Pro – watch JOE THE PRO and learn about his life as a poker pro. Comedy series.

The Vault – a vault of old DeucesCracked videos from before the merger with Krantz and 3-bet.net

Thanks for this

Cheers for doing this.

Love the .pdf. Beats copying Clowntable's post into Notepad like I've been doing. Thanks for this.

The list is missing one of the best series of them all, Triple the Gold:
* The most informative guide to the game currently available anywhere
* Starts from the beginning, explaining rules and basic concepts of play
* Live play beginning at smaller limits and working the way up to the high midstakes
* Lots of hand commentaries as well as analysis of common situations that arise

The list is missing one of the best series of them all, Triple the Gold:
* The most informative guide to the game currently available anywhere
* Starts from the beginning, explaining rules and basic concepts of play
* Live play beginning at smaller limits and working the way up to the high midstakes
* Lots of hand commentaries as well as analysis of common situations that arise

Fixed, imo, sorry for missing that one!

Fixed, imo, sorry for missing that one!

The video guide pdf link is dead.

The video guide pdf link is dead.

This is a bug with our site links, you can see the full link if you look carefully is not dead but it cuts off the last part of it and makes that part plain text: http://static.deucescracked.com.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/DC_Video_Guide_-_12-13-2008.pdf

This is a bug with our site links, you can see the full link if you look carefully is not dead but it cuts off the last part of it and makes that part plain text: http://static.deucescracked.com.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/DC_Video_Guide_-_12-13-2008.pdf

Ahhh I see well thanks

nice to have a pdf file

GREAT!! When the next update will be released?

GREAT!! When the next update will be released?

Still waiting to give away a white hoodie.

Here's an update. Not much detail on this season's series, but still. Just notices I didn't include the Blackboard and IWearGoggles vids, am I missing anything else? Mods, if you like, PM me for openoffice file.


NLHE

[Beginner]

- What Would Joe Tall Do? - Ongoing interactive series evolving around a series of hand quizzes posted on the forums. The videos provide in-depth discussion of the solutions by Joe Tall and varying guests (so far including WiltOnTilt, Vanessa Selbst, Whitelime, KRANTZ, sthief09, DJ Sensei, jk3a)

- The +Evolution of a Poker Player - sthief09 talks of the math and mentality behind playing micro-stakes no-limit. Certainly valuable to non-NL players as well.
*how to learn poker
*bankroll management
*using software
*table and seat selection
*preflop play
*basic poker math
*playing the flop (and beyond)
*how to improve your game away from the table

- Tubasteve and his Baritones – Miniseries featuring session reviews and group discussion between Tubasteve and two of his students.

[Intermediate – Advanced]

- The Coaching Tree S2 – The tree keeps on growing as BalugaWhale and tubasteve are joined by Kai, Jean-Michel, Steve Cesaro and various DC members. FR content in episodes 3 and 5.

- Omakase NLHE - DC member Hielko gets coached by various coaches. In the final episode Hielko incorporates his new insights into a live play video.
DJ Sensei: hand review
WiltOnTilt: sweat session
sthief09: video review
KRANTZ: sweat session
Vanessa Selbst: hand history review
Whitelime: sweat session
FoxwoodsFiend: sweat session

- Remix – Vanessa Selbst and DJ Sensei return to the format of Unconventional Wisdom. Topics covered include:
*Aggressive checking
*3-bet and 4-bet pots
*Back-raising
*Playing OOP
*Making those big folds
*River bluffing and/or river overbetting
*Inducing bluffs
*Relative hand strength
*Misc. topics w/o a title (but they're teaching them anyway)

- Duck Soup – DC members submit hand histories of mid-high stakes 6max NLHE and discuss them with Vanessa Selbst.


Heads Up

- pr1nnyraiding S2 – In another sequel to a 2008 series, KRANTZ and WiltOnTilt explain how to beat mid-stakes HUNL. Powerpoint presentations, live play and session review.
*Aggression
*Hand selection
*Donk betting and how to deal with it
*Check-raising and how to deal with it
*Opponent types
*Game flow and adapting

- Gmandatory – Gman takes on different DC Executive Producers who have to play according to certain restrictions designed to mimic player types.

Full Ring

- New Kid on the Block – Introductory mini-series on micro stakes FR. Nolan and Bottomset coaching the new kid.

Tournaments

- Real Life: Micro SNG Grinder – vandweller teaches DC member veloblank the ins and outs of micro stakes SNG play. Featuring guest appearances by Bones.

LHE

[Beginner]

- Passing the Torch – Building on the success of the Microlimit Grinder series, PygmyHero takes a struggling microlimit LHE student, AdriennesRevenge, and attempts to duplicate the success he's had in the past year. Various guest appearances.

[Intermediate – Advanced]

- Omakase LHE – DC member sushiglutton gets coached by various minbet experts. In the final episode sushiglutton reviews what he has learned. Episodes marked by an asterisk* contain valuable information for non-limidonks, too!
DeathDonkey: hand history review
mike L.: shorthanded video review
BigBadBabar*: note taking.
Joe Tall*: playing your A-game, hand review.
OnTheRail15: heads up limit
Entity: hand history review and lots more
Danzasmack: hand history review

- Five's A Crowd S2 – DeathDonkey and mike L. return to discuss 3-handed and 4-handed mid-high stakes LHE. This time around they review sessions played by DC coach OnTheRail15, as well as DC members fnupple, Nfinity and Vucats. Rather surprisingly, our two experts seem to agree with each other most of the time!

Heads Up

- THUG LIFE: Micro Limit Baller – Danzasmack teaches DC member Hypnotic what it takes to crush micro limit HULHE. Theoretical discussion, match reviews, live sessions, and more. Guest star appearance by DeathDonkey in the season finale.
*limped pots
*using Poker Stove
*classifying opponent types
*using Hold'em Manager

PLO

- PLO – Collaborative series by Deucescracked and bluefirepoker.com, in which DC's Whitelime is being mentored by BFP's Phil Galfond (aka Jman28 akd OMGClayAiken). Part 6max, part HU.

- PLO Dojo – The members of the Secret HQ PLO team led by DJ Sensei come together and discuss hand histories and videos of micro to mid-stakes PLO.

Here's an update. Not much detail on this season's series, but still. Just notices I didn't include the Blackboard and IWearGoggles vids, am I missing anything else? Mods, if you like, PM me for openoffice file.

Total awesomeness! There are a few SnG/MTT and Mentor/Ghost videos (my Stud Hi and Stud8 vid w/DD for sure) missing from the Sunday and last sweeps week schedule, I believe. But this is good!

nup, attach the file to an email and ship it to support@deucescracked.com with your name, your shirt size, and shipping address and weather you would like a pull over (black or white?) or zip up hoodie!

Nice work, and thanks!

Here's an update for two current LHE series that I am enjoying:

LHE
6 Max

Kung Fu LHE
DeathDonkey and Danzasmack compete over eight weeks to see who is more profitable. Each plays a mid-stakes (10/20, 15/30) session then compares results to see who can win more at mid-stakes 6 Max LHE. Live play with
commentary.

Full Ring
The Peanut Collector

Big Bad Barbar explores small stakes full ring limit holdem to help players shake the rust off their games to get prepared for the 2009 WSOP side games. Unique word intro (BBB does own powerpoint!) and explains his lag/tag style. Guest appearance by Pygmyhero. Explains how to exploit today's full ring games, especially for those playing 6 Max online and looking to transition to live FR.
Focuses on
* positional play
* attacking dead money
*stealing blind relentlessly
*value betting
*live tells and how useful they are

Fred