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

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So a lead can not be a strong hand? If your opponent thinks you only bet/3bet draws, should you not bet/3bet strong made hands?

Your opponent doesn't think that. That's why you dont have to make that adjustment. I like this line because most people will not figure it out. I didnt say the line is bad. It is just polarized but that's ok cause people who raise donkbets here very likely will not know that. And if you donk a lot of weakish hands and GSs than leading with a strong hand makes sense, sure. Or if your opponent floats your donkbets a lot and then bets overcards on the turn cause he puts you on a weak small pair, but these are all adjustments. This is an unknown. You don't know if he floats you or puts you on 67s. So the standard is to check here with a set imo.

Time Link to 00:25:50

why fold AQ pf IP when he is 3bet happy? aren't we ahead of his range?

why fold AQ pf IP when he is 3bet happy? aren't we ahead of his range?

eduardoaki he said "four bet", not "fold it" - you might have misheard it?

Time Link to 00:34:35 - I think a C/R is always better here, on a 3 diamonds turn, obviously check fold, however thats such a small part of the turn cards that can come that it makes the example seem better than it truely is. If you c/r and get called you can always bet any club, Ace, 2, 7, on the turn as well.

At the same time I like this line IF you know he will raise donks with marginal TP / 2 overcard type hands, however, how do you balance this? Always donking sets too? Surely against these regs they will come to know that you are always donk/stacking off with draws/sets and adjust - by simply not raising donk bets at all, or only with hands that have you crushed.

adjust - by simply not raising donk bets at all, or only with hands that have you crushed.

I would absolutely love it a reg made that adjustment against me.

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Don't you think leading is better, though because we let him raise us and keep raising turn + river and get cards to improve while we rep a weak range? On this flop, if we 4-bet, he'd probably give us credit for the monster but if we lead/call and c/c turn, we can get potentially more value. What do you think?

Don't you think leading is better, though because we let him raise us and keep raising turn + river and get cards to improve while we rep a weak range? On this flop, if we 4-bet, he'd probably give us credit for the monster but if we lead/call and c/c turn, we can get potentially more value. What do you think?

The whole point is that with gameflow this particular villain won't give us credit for a monster. Vs other people with different gameflow you could play the hand a number of different ways.

Where the hell are you finding these players with such ridiculous and predictably aggressive tendencies? Basically my point is that I think these examples are super contrived.

Where the hell are you finding these players with such ridiculous and predictably aggressive tendencies? Basically my point is that I think these examples are super contrived.

On the sites I play on and the sites my students play on. If you would like a list, please do ask. Thank you for your feedback.

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Yup, I've had doubts about a play I've made before against a aggro monkey in a similar situation with AQs:

(all fullstacks)CO opened to 3bb, a pretty tight reg with a very high fold to 3bet, so I didn't change my hand into a bluff and called expecting to get squeezed, the SB monkey plays a squeeze, however he plays it to 17bb, so it rather makes the cold call unprofitable, so I decided to backraise-shove my AQs with 100bb against 24bb already in the pot.

One of the best videos ever. I found the hand analysis and thought process that went into some of the decisions extremely helpful - that A9 hand was just sick - you are a witch!

Just about to download some more of your videos. If not already covered would love to see you do a video on the theory / thought process of hand reading.

Oddsoneout

Hi Inavacuum
with 44. What makes you suspect that his gameplan does "does not include continuing beyond his flop raise."?


What if the position were reversed?
Lets say you open from CO and he calls in BB, and he check-raises. Do you now flat?

and once you flat whats your plan - let says he bets out pot on A,K,J turn? what if he bets out pot on anything else lower - does it change much? are you still flatting?

In one hand I played an agro TAG villain raised me on a QQx board and then potted an A turn. I initially flatted the flop raise, but folded the turn. But we were 300BB deep... so our interpretation of this move might change based on stacks?

If he's a fish and he raises you while he's in position - do you 3B again? what if the fish is OOP?

I've once raised a fish in a situation exactly like this and he got it in with 55..

Hi Inavacuum
with 44. What makes you suspect that his gameplan does "does not include continuing beyond his flop raise."?

I say this specifically because of the ultra taggy nature of villain. Raising dry flops is something he does because it often works and he has a rudimentary understanding of why it works (villain always cbets, villain only has something 1/3 of the time). He hasn't planned out what to do if he gets reraised because invariably villain either folds or calls.

What if the position were reversed?
Lets say you open from CO and he calls in BB, and he check-raises. Do you now flat?

I don't flat with 44 because it's so easy for our hand to become dominated. I would be much more likely to flat with overs/other backdoor equity.

and once you flat whats your plan - let says he bets out pot on A,K,J turn? what if he bets out pot on anything else lower - does it change much? are you still flatting?

I very much doubt he's leading out for pot any turn. If he is, it's not particularly likely to be a bluff (if we assume we're still talking about the ultra taggy villain).

In one hand I played an agro TAG villain raised me on a QQx board and then potted an A turn. I initially flatted the flop raise, but folded the turn. But we were 300BB deep... so our interpretation of this move might change based on stacks?

The stack sizes most definitely influenced his play ("oh, we're deep, I better shovel in as much money as I can as quick as I can!")

If he's a fish and he raises you while he's in position - do you 3B again? what if the fish is OOP?

It really depends on what type of fish and what I know up to that point about their game. I could fold, reraise or call for a wide number of different reasons.

Firstable - great vid!
But I have a lot of questions : )


http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=707

How do you play AQ/TT/88 here?

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=888

I think that he doesn’t except from us anything(especially not folding Ahigh), he probably looks at cards, at board and then he smash the random button. Maybe he is a type of player who is drawing with Ahigh(or FD or gs or runner runner trips) to the river and bluff when missed.
I don’t want to say that ch/c is bad, I want to say that I think his range is stronger than u said and contains a lot of Ax.

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=1103

How do you play here QQ, TT-JJ, AK,AQ ? How position change it ? (let’s assume this is MP vs CO and we are OTB)
What is the good callingrange & 4bet/c range fot Referent (or even 4b/f?) preflop?
How do you play if he bets this mentioned 8$ ?
How gertjan66 should play here? cbet/c or cbet/f?

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=1403

What if we have here AQ, QJs,JJ,TT,air on the flop?

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=1795

You said that checking range here on river looks weak and the top of it is a weak king. In fact I see really often that regulars check here strong kings or even 9x. So should we shove in this kind of spot if we are in position or not?

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=2132

What if he shoves? We need ~27% EQ so we can call here:
Board: 9c 3c 4s
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 30.849% 30.37% 00.48% 21648 341.00 { 6h5h }
Hand 1: 69.151% 68.67% 00.48% 48950 341.00 { 99+, 44-33, AcKc, AcQc, AcJc, AcTc, A9s, Ac8c, Ac7c, Ac6c, Ac5c, Ac4c, Ac2c, KcQc, KcJc, KcTc, QcJc, QcTc, JcTc, 8c7c, 7c6c, 6c5c, 43s, A9o }
But what if we were 130-140bb deep? Then we can’t so what line u prefer then?
How to play here TT,98s,77?

http://www.deucescracked.com/videos/3321-Inavacuum-Yin-and-Yang-Part-1?seek=3276

I disagree with that he will not pay us on the river when the flush comes (if we call). Imo people don’t believe in backdoor flushes.
I have also a question about our perceived range on turn. From my experience most of nl50 regulars are not raising TP here, so they also don’t perceive it in other ranges. Then, for him 9Q = AQ in this spot and he can calldown us lighter. Am I leveling ? : D
Last question about this spot. If we are repping sets/str8 and mentioned TP then what if the clubs comes? Then this is the similar spot to the A9o so should we make a small depolarized bet ?

How do you play AQ/TT/88 here?

I would play TT and 88 the same way vs this particular villain. AQ I probably just CC/decide.

How do you play here QQ, TT-JJ, AK,AQ ? How position change it ? (let’s assume this is MP vs CO and we are OTB)
What is the good callingrange & 4bet/c range fot Referent (or even 4b/f?) preflop?
How do you play if he bets this mentioned 8$ ?
How gertjan66 should play here? cbet/c or cbet/f?

I am much more likely to raise TT-QQ because of the inherent vulnerability of those hands. They also fall much more into my perceived cold calling range, so I try and avoid cold calling them if viable.

Position doesn't really change the dynamic much at all, except for making the hand easier to play postflop.

Referent can call with any pair. I don't see much value in him slowplaying a huge pair. He has to have a very clear idea of my cold call/folding range for a 4bet bluff to be good. It may be ok for him to 4bet KQ+ if he's comfortable putting me on a range and happy with the idea that the person in my position may call the 4bet.

If BTN bets $8 I can't fault a jam anyway, but I would probably call to allow the Referent the biggest opportunity to make a mistake and to rep weak showdown value. I'd be a lot more likely to shove regardless of bet sizing if it was Referent betting and not BTN.

gertjan66 played it fine.

What if we have here AQ, QJs,JJ,TT,air on the flop?

I'm not sure I show up with TT-QQ in this spot often at all. AQ and QJ is a CC/decide.

You said that checking range here on river looks weak and the top of it is a weak king. In fact I see really often that regulars check here strong kings or even 9x. So should we shove in this kind of spot if we are in position or not?

Shoving would be fine as long as you're not repping a ton of bluffs. Villain plays in a way that specifically places many floats in his range on the river which means he's a lot more likely to be bluffing than some rando reg with a clean image.

What if he shoves? We need ~27% EQ so we can call here

I don't believe he shoves 9x and random 43s, I'm not sure 43s is even in his range to begin with.

I would not lead in 9x myself unless he never cbets, same for 77. TT I may lead, but I do plan to stack off with it for 100bbs if I do, so I must have some other read that allows for this.

I disagree with that he will not pay us on the river when the flush comes (if we call). Imo people don’t believe in backdoor flushes.
I have also a question about our perceived range on turn. From my experience most of nl50 regulars are not raising TP here, so they also don’t perceive it in other ranges. Then, for him 9Q = AQ in this spot and he can calldown us lighter. Am I leveling ? : D
Last question about this spot. If we are repping sets/str8 and mentioned TP then what if the clubs comes? Then this is the similar spot to the A9o so should we make a small depolarized bet ?

I think if you assume someone's range can't be that tight in that spot and you call down Qx you'll just see a set and A3 the vast majority of the time. If you have specific reads, that is different.

The board is a little too dry for a depolarised bet to be effective unless you are extremely sure in how your opponent plays his showdown value. Even if the board were wetter, you'd want to know your opponent can turn down attractive pot odds.