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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by sthief09 (Micro/Small Stakes)

53s - I actually really like how I played this hand. Except maybe pre. I think his betting range is wide. I think a lot of pps are folded OTT. If he checks behind with 99s or whatever it's not a big deal. We have outs and we always have the chance to bluff the river. If he checks back it might be a good spot to over bet the river. Make it look like we missed a c/jam. Or we could check call river too, 'cos it's still pretty unlikely he is going to be value betting thinly.

In this hand he had 96s. In hindsight it's probably easier to say this, but I guess his range is going to be wider, my 3bet was probably on the small side, a point Josh made.

66- Villain had A9o

65s - AQs

watch EP 8 please

That'll just mean my 3bet is very unbalanced here? Logically, I'm not sure I'm going to be 3betting anything here? Since game flow dictates he is going to bet the turn with a high frequency.

you should be as unbalanced as possible to increase your profitability. generally speaking, the more unbalanced your opponent is, the more you should be. you also need to know how he is to make the most profitable adjustments.

against a guy this bad, you should be pushing the limits with exploitive play.

It’s always surprising with what kind of hands nits show up some times. Although in the 35s hand, we can’t be sure, he is a nit, because of the small sample size. Now that we now that he calls 3bets with a very wide range the turn is even more of a bet than before. You hand is simply too vulnerable to play check/call. True, it worked out perfectly this time. But the next time you hit the flush and lose your stack or the river goes check/check, when he hits a 6 or a 9 or a Q falls and you lose to 9h and start to cry. ;-)
Sure, we could overbet the river and might be able to fold out a hand like 99, but I rather take my chances on the turn with a $3,50-4 bet, which probably is nearly as effective as a river donk overbet. And you still can check/call the river, when everything misses and he ships.

66 – as the board ran out it didn’t matter, whether you would’ve checked the turn or not. He would’ve folded to a third bet. But: If you checkraise the turn he folds A9 and you take the chance away that he is going to hit two pair or trips on the river with a hand that is already drawing dead.

I’m going to watch episode 8 now!
Oh, and btw before I wrote this reply I played for 20minutes to check out the new features of the site I play on and won two stacks by doing so. 9 more to go ;-)

you should be as unbalanced as possible to increase your profitability. generally speaking, the more unbalanced your opponent is, the more you should be. you also need to know how he is to make the most profitable adjustments.

against a guy this bad, you should be pushing the limits with exploitive play.

That makes sense.

But then surely if I c/jam turn, I am also exploiting him, and will win more.