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

Can you play some sessions at Pokerstars Grindcore please?

I played almost exclusively on FTP for a couple years, took a break from poker, came back and played there for a couple months and decided to give Stars another shot recently. Based on the ~15k hands I've played there so far I'd say they're are a bit fewer fish but the regulars generally easier to relentlessly exploit. In short Grindcore's videos are perfect for you. Don't worry about what software he is using.

Grindcore, is 4 tabling your standard? You make and act on some great reads.

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Hey Grindcore, really like your videos, always full of great information and advice that helps improve my game. On the top right table with the OESD straight draw, what's your plan on the turn if he calls you? Are we barreling here on flush cards and bricks alike? Thanks

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On the top right table are you shoving with the JJ if villain 4bets you?

At around 27:45 you called an utg (2 sit outs so essentially CO) raise in SB w AKo on the top right table.

You check/call down QT9 A and check with the intention of CRAI J.

I think you will be missing a ton of value against the typical 50nl player since I think hes range consist heavily of 2 pair combos, sets and FD w a pair and 50nl players will almost always check back the river with all the 2 pair combos, Fd + 1 pair (they will check the river hoping that their 1pair is good although it almost never is imo) and almost always sets given the way the board ran out. Ppl at 50nl is just not very good at valuebetting river and if the choise is between thin valuebet and potcontrol they will almost always go for the potcontrol.

So I think donkbetting is a lot better.

great video again, but it would be great to see you play against better regs and I'd also like a video review instead of live play.
there are so many interesting hands you don't really comment on enough imo, or you just play them while taking notes and don't say anything about it.
and it would be nice to get deeper into your thought process, which is not possible while live play.

00:31:02 on 01/25/11:
table one, PokerStud_01 didnt doubel barrel, he called rodtonoius on turn, so his range for the riverbet might still be the same. But arent you afraid of rodtonious might be overcalling here with better hands? and what about QJ?

00:31:02 on 01/25/11:
table one, PokerStud_01 didnt doubel barrel, he called rodtonoius on turn, so his range for the riverbet might still be the same. But arent you afraid of rodtonious might be overcalling here with better hands? and what about QJ?

Edit: Should have watched the video till the end before posting.

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What would you be your play if he called your c/r on TOP LEFT?

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Though this looks for me like a spot where you should in general keep your range wide and to get Value from hands like TT-KK.
B/c you would cbet here usually your entire airrange, you keep your range here obv. wide by betting -> I just think that you will get here much easier 1 street of value from 2ndpairs than later in the hand after checked back such a flop.

Top left
The board is super dry and we can get probably one street of value. Don't you think that checking back might be better to let him catch something?

Depends. The less protection your hand needs the better that usually becomes, but it might also become more obvious what you have on boards where hands don't need much protection. If you want to go for 3 streets it's also important that you can represent bluffs, and that villain is not check-calling stronger hands to let you both bluff and valuebet worse. It should also depend a lot on if villain can take the bet check bet line as a bluff. There is no standard way to always play in these spots, as these spots are all unique. Yet the vast majority of regs do the same thing every time.

At microstakes I expect regs to be more straight forward so when he checks it's more likely that I'm good and also less likely that he'll b/x/b as a bluff. They'll also be more likely to pay 3 streets with a hand like QJ than at higher stakes. So I went for it. But I think it's pretty close. If you check to let him catch up, also think of hands that he could make. On this board the most likely hands that will put in more money on the river are Ax hitting, AJ/AT hitting their kicker, sets spiking or straights. JJ TT probably c/c river too, but they might c/c turn anyawy. I think folding out his air is better than letting him catch something with air but it's pretty close. And it's a pretty good guideline for microstakes to always go for value if a spot is close because of the spazz factor.

Can you play some sessions at Pokerstars Grindcore please?

Why? The only difference in how it plays is the absence of the pot button.

I definetely like your turnplay with this shown 73o-hand.
But what would be your plan on the river, should the fishy Villain call only?
Bomb it on any Non-spaded River unless maybe a Q (J?) to make something like Qx (Jx) with a FD to fold, which would be imo imo a huge part of his weak B/Call-range on the turn? - maybe even slightly overbet?

Hmm... I'll probably give up when draws hit and slight overbet on bricks. Maybe even bet very close to full pot. Weak bets calling a raise usually means they're scared they're beat, so any sizeable riverbet will take it down, but there's always a risk that he's betting small because he's afraid you fold or something as fish are unpredictable, so if you have a reasonable option that doesn't risk as much money it might be better.

So if we slowplay 44 here on the top left, what would be your plan on a blank turn?
do we call again or do we raise the turn now?

what about a K, Q or A on the turn and he bets into us?

Usually call again so he can fire the 3rd too, and flat river too as it's hard to get called by worse. TT and JJ get closer depending on the board.

you are saying you want to play super loose, why don't you play A6o on the button first in?
isn't that a super standard open?

Obviously that was just me being distracted