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PokerGnome,

AA vs AKs hand: well played.

A6s raising UTG 5x open + caller: Why are you raising here? Do you really expect your flopped middle pair to hold up against his near pot sized c-bet? What do you put villain on?

I agree that his showdown is very bad, but isn't that just being results oriented? I can understand if you had specific reads on him being a very bad player, but if he was an unknown at your table, then I'm afraid I'd have to say you played it poorly.

Fold preflop.

Normally im either raising this pre or folding, but this guy was spewing chips everywhere, raising every hand and not folding, calling bets with no pair no draw. i knew if i hit i would be good. I would have preferred to have iso him with a better hand, but i thought it would be ok

Regarding the 'Robusto Tagging Form' for the 'Real Life: Micro No Limit Grinder' series:

Have you guys put any tags in the 'Content Tag' section?

I'm thinking we should tag 'DC Members' due to 'WhiteHeatSYD' being the main focus of this series. What do You think?

Also, I'd also like to get confirmation that we're ONLY putting in timestamp's for the situations described under 'Timestamp notices'? I mean, we shouldn't note a 3-bet or 4-bet situation if we see one, right?

The thing is, that I've got very few timestamps, since the 'Timestamp notices' situations simply doesn't occur that often in my videos.

I'd like to get some feedback/thoughts on this.

Thanks.

Hey guys what's up? As with all things I've been leaving this to the last minute but I'm up before work to get started on one of the videos. Will report back when I'm done for both.

I'll double check the form but I thought there was a 3 bet option

guys i got bad news. some of my accounts have been hacked! by some dick i know. so if i have missed the date fore the vids i am sorry.

um.. what was my vids again?

Just tried to send you an email but it bounced back. DAMN NIGERIANS AND THEIR ACCOUNT HACKING WAYS

Video Assignments below

Soliders Video 1 Video 2
Collin Raise 8 1
thedude 7 8
thomics 5 7
thelynchmob1 6 5
Niklius 2 3
isacsen 4 2
Ichi24 3 4
Pokergnome 1 6

thanks man. i changed my email to Luke.Fennelll@gmail.com so send me some stuff there.

funny thing is i knew who the hacker is and he USED to be a friend of mine. once my account got hacked! boom insta not my friend anymore.

anyway. i'm not sure if i will be able to get to it. but i will do my best. i will look at it tomorrow. might be a few days late sorry for that

I made a 2 tabling 10NL 6max video of me playing at Party.

I don't know if any of you are free to do a review, but it would be awesome to get some feedback. Maybe we can get this going and take turns?

Anyway, here's the link:

http://membervideos.deucescracked.com/isacsen/3292/23MAR2010_PokerGnomePlatoon_isacsen_10NL_6MAX_2TBL_PartyPoker.avi

I didn't add any audio to this.

Hi Isac

I have only watched the first half and here are my comments. Not sure if they have merit but thats the point i guess

2:38 – steal with 49o, either raise more or fold. As played you should cbet here, QJ should hit your raising range so you will get folds very often
5:43 – don’t forget to take notes. Wibble raised into BB with junk and barrelled close to pot twice. The BB called with TPWK for 2 streets and then checked river.
7:50 – vs the short stack with A2o, he bought in short, and limped. I think you can raise here, it will make it easier to take down the pot on later streets. After he calls the turn bet, im not sure if I would fire again without any reads.
12:25 – 910offsuit, if only you knew
13.09 – A9s, I like the call in pos, although im not sure if you had a plan for the flop besides fit or fold. 10,2,4 rainbow is very dry, you could try to raise or float the flop. I think a lot of guys give up after 1 barrel.
13:30 – KK vs shorty. He min raised you. I think you may want to shove here pre flop or a smallish 4 bet to make it easier for him to stack off. I think he would call a shove with anything he is going to go broke with post flop.
15:01 K8s I like the raise vs the SB. Did you consider checking the flop since you hit it so hard? When you do bet, I think you can go for full pot here. He is half stacked lets make it easy for him to spaz out with a draw
16:00 – Pocket 10’s. Nice play, did you know he would raise your limp? What are you doing if he comes over the top of your limp/reraise? I think I would just raise here most times, just incase he checks through and now we are OOP with a difficult hand if the flop comes A,K hight
19:07 –k8o SB vs BB, riase this, keep the pressure on them
20:22 -54s MP, what is your cutoff for suited connectors? This table is pretty tight, could be worth a raise just to mix it up
22.:43 A5o, the table is down to 5 handed so technically your in the cutoff, if you would raise this from the btn, you can do it here too
24:20 – A6s, I think you can call the 20c here, your getting 3:1 vs two full stacks
25:19 AA, vs this villain I think you could cold call here, he is playing loose and cbetting every flop. Try a call and donk/check raise on the flop.
28:09 – Kqo, you only raise to 4x when your stealing, nothing wrong with limping here sometimes. Vs a shorty, try a min raise, most times they are going with their hands or they aren’t. Not sure if I like the shove for 30bb, he either has us crushed or we are flipping. Pick a better hand
31:44 –Aqo, you hit TPTK, and he half pots, try to get your stack in now vs him. Raise.

Thanks for making the video, ill try to get one up over the weekend

Cheers

Hi everyone,

Hi, I'm Sonny (shadowplat) and just wanted to say sorry for the late intros. I was actually moved to this group recently and just finished up with my midterms.
A little bit about myself:
I'm 27 and live in NYC. Currently playing 5NL and haven't been at the tables too much this past month due to school/work. I'm not sure what else to say, but I noticed that you guys have assignments already. If you guys want to give me to something to tackle, i can do that. If not, i noticed that isacsen put up a video, so i can give some feedback on it. And also, do you guys still want a video of my play?
Once again, i'm sorry for coming aboard so late, but i will do my best to catch up with everything and everyone in the group.

Sonny

Hey isacsen,

Here are my notes so far. I've watched up to the half way point. Please be critical of my notes as I am no expert. Let me know what you think.

One thing i've noticed is that the tables you were on were full of tag-ish players. I think you can table select to find fishier players. But it's not a bad idea to play against regulars/tougher opponents to get better.

2:40 - 49o - don't see a reason to open 49o. Look likes u have 2 tag-ish players in the blinds and when called, you must expect them to fold quite alot to play 49o. As played, i like giving up on the flop. Much of his calling range hits that board.
13:20 - A9s - what's the reason on why you decided to call stareak's 3bet? A9s is not doing so well on against the range of a 19/15 with a 3bet of 5. Also, i noticed you folded on a dry T24r flop. If you're folding there, what kind of flop are you looking to hit with A9s?
13.23 - KK -fishy player on your left min-3bets you and you decided to just call. I personally would like more value preflop against this player, and basically most players. i would probably 4bet to around 1.25. As played, I like the flop and turn play. Give him rope to hang himself
15:08 - K8s - flop bet could be bigger? I can see alot worse hands and draws calling you. You bet .40 into .76. .55 would be my choice.
15:48 - TT - i would raise normal and not open complete against the BB, who is an unknown. As played, when you limp 3bet, you're not gonna get much to call you thats worse. Think about it, when you see you an unknown limp reraise, what do you put them on usually?
27:10 - 66 - you opened to 3x here. I've seen you open UTG for 4x. Why the change? I like opening UTG for 4x because it makes people pay more to play against you when they have position on you. And by raising 3x with 66, doesn't that encourage more callers and it sucks to play OOP with 66. What happens when the flop comes 2 overcards?
28:00 KQo - I think you should min raise here against a shorty, rather than 4xing.
30:10 - AKs (left table) - You bet 1.5 into 2.05. What if you had completely missed the flop? If you can bet smaller, your bluffs are now going to be a lot cheaper. Betting 1.15 here would get the job done if you had missed the flop completely. But with this current flop, I'm sure you're OK with him folding. Also, if you want to get money in, you can still get stacks in by the river if you had bet less.
32:00 AQo - i like the flop call. When he checks on the turn, you can be a lot smaller to induce him to spaz out. I think you can bet like half pot.

I'll try to get through the rest of the video later today. Need to head out for now.

Sonny

Here's the second half notes:

41:25 - KQs - whats your reason for 3betting this hand? if it's for value, i think that KQs against this 24/23 guy's range is rather thin. you're flipping against a PP, and you can easily be dominated. If you're raising this hand to take it down or build image, why not choose a different hand, like K8s or 85s? if you do this with KQs, your cards might as well be 72o. I think i would just call and see a flop. KQs plays very well postflop.
45:35 - Q8s - I'm not sure what is best here. I personally would much Q8s against a shortstack. As played, i guess i would call the flop bet as well. Once he checks on the turn, I don't think you should bet. you bet 1.10 into 1.76, what if he jams on you? your 3rd pair with no diamond has very little equity against what he's going to shove with. Once he calls your bet on the turn, you are WAY behind. Especially when he leads AI on the river. microstakes = never pay off when fishy players get aggressive. I'm still learning how to not do that myself =P
46:30 - 77 - I like the PF and flop calls. flop is fairly dry. Turn is a check, as you did so. As for the river, did you bet thinking that he might call you with a 6 or a 5? If so, i don't mind the bet. I mention this because i think you're good here at showdown. If he had a T and rivered you, I don't think he would fold, so you would be value-owning yourself.
49:32 - TT - I like the call pre and don't mind folding on the flop
57:00 - KQs - same idea as the 66s earlier. I think you should be raising bigger here because you're UTG

One thing i noticed is that you like to flex your opening size based on card strength. This could be a betting tell for you. You want to generally flex your opening size based on position rather than card strength. You generally want to open for more UTG because you want to charge people for playing in position against you. And vice versa, you want to open for less on the button because you want to encourage to people to play against you when they are OOP.

I don't know if this has been helpful. Hopefully I haven't been too critical/negative. Let me know if something doesn't make sense or you just disagree. Sometimes I'm not even sure if I make sense to myself =)
Good Luck

Sonny

Thanks alot for your comments, PokerGnome and shadowplat.

I'll see if I can compare your comments to my own notes, sometime tomorrow.

Who's up for the next video?

.. and welcome, shadowplat.

This never works

Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 608233
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $27.18
SB: $31.01
Hero (BB): $38.19
UTG: $111.93
MP: $8.95
CO: $26.71

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with A K
4 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero raises to $1, SB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.00) 8 Q A (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.75, SB raises to $2, Hero calls $1.25

Turn: ($6.00) 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, SB calls $2

River: ($10.00) 6 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $13.75, SB raises to $26.01 all in, Hero calls $12.26

Final Pot: $62.02
SB shows 9 T (a straight, Ten high)
Hero shows A K (a flush, Ace high)
Hero wins $59.02
(Rake: $3.00)

I like your 4x PF raise to SB's completion (I'm doing this with a very WIDE range until SB tells me not to.)

What do you put SB on when he chk-raises you flop c-bet? Is he an unknown or do you have some history?

His turn chk-call seems very kinda drawish, so I would certainly be concerned about him overshowing your 3rd barrel (if it wasn't for your nut hand).

Why don't you bet more on Flop or Turn?

'This never works'? Are you referring to SB trying to suck out on river?

I like your 4x PF raise to SB's completion (I'm doing this with a very WIDE range until SB tells me not to.)

What do you put SB on when he chk-raises you flop c-bet? Is he an unknown or do you have some history?

His turn chk-call seems very kinda drawish, so I would certainly be concerned about him overshowing your 3rd barrel (if it wasn't for your nut hand).

Why don't you bet more on Flop or Turn?

'This never works'? Are you referring to SB trying to suck out on river?

This has a lot to do with in game reads i had on him, i had been punishing him in pos for a while and i had seen him spaz out.

From what i remember he had a very high fold to cbet, maybe i could have gotten $1 but i wanted him to call or do something.

His c/r doesnt bother me that much because anything that beats me would have raised pre, except Q8. The turn bet was small to induce him to try and c/rai again.

the river i just wanted to follow up with my weird/weak looking line.

Although trying too hard to be "non standard" costs me way too much and i realise now only works against people who are paying some attention