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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by jk3a (Micro/Small Stakes)

This. Sounds. Awesome.

Really looking forward to this, downloading now

Interesting concept(s) for a series and really interesting discussion. I especially liked the general stuff you talked about at the beginning. It motivated me to try get some volume too. Maybe a little offtopic question, but do you have some recommendations about playing/studying ratio? Is there an "optimal" or is it just a matter of experience and you just have to figure it out yourself?

Suggestion about the quiz: Wouldn't it be better to send the answers some other way, so people could not see the other answers? Not sure how it would work though and if it's such a big deal..great to have something to think about nevertheless.

the intro! Sick job dude who does the animation stuff!

the intro! Sick job dude who does the animation stuff!

Btw anyone know who does those animations?

I'm guessing we're supposed to pm the answers to jk3a?

Btw anyone know who does those animations?

I design and Ryan Taggart of Wild Moon Productions (out of Seattle) animates. He is the nuts.

* “In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.”

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This. Sounds. Awesome.

Amen.

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Please consider this a Cliffs-notes (yet undoubtedly still tl;dr) version of a post (read: tome) that I've been meaning to write for, well, ever, about why DC is, well, simply awesome.

[Also please forgive the various typos, etc., that emerge in this post as I must write it on the Worst Laptop Ever which lacks, well, every possible spellchecker/external doc app, and which seems to enjoy moving the cursor capriciously when I am mid-thought.]

So, herewith, a few bullet-points, penned in a suboptimal and unnecessarily confusing order...

1) {Wherein I expound on teacher-student relations}

I wholeheartedly agree with (my interpretation of) Berbatron’s sentiment. This does sound awesome. The tenor, flow, tone, direction and rhythm of the conversation b/w Tecmo & jk3a exemplify a near-perfect simpatico between teacher and student. (More hereon later)

2) {Wherein I consider requisite qualities of a ‘good’ student}

I have significant experience in working as both a strategist and a pedagogical consultant – please infer nothing either ad- nor pro-hominem w/r/t my statements save for contextual understanding – but Tecmo is to be applauded for his candor (ditto you, for many, well, one specific, different reason, FenderJag), self-reflection, and acuity of judgment. Jk3a doubtless was integral behind-the-scenes in educing said candor, &c., and on that regard see (1).

3) {Wherein I pontificate on theory & praxis}*

I am certain that I am not alone among “casual” DC-members in noting Tecmo’s ubiquity in DC’s threads and fora. To learn (for me this was news) that he remains a novitiate in the poker arts was first surprising and then, oddly, obvious. The “theory-praxis gap” (scare-quotes for students/clients & those others versed in modern Socratics) ranks high among the toughest problems in education. (I, incidentally, have also worked as a flight instructor, wherein said gap often manifests itself with… we’ll say…alarming consequences.)

Tecmo’s deep study of the game shows itself clearly. His meta-analysis of how he goes wrong is singular. Similarly, Jk3a seems to {ahem} “always already” understand his student’s gap and immediately provides practical guidance (i.e., “For you, volume is crucial.”) when that is the deficit…

4) {Wherein I briefly synopsize and consequently stop spending time I could be doing, you know, real work…}

I could never sufficiently applaud jk3a, Tecmo, and DC for their work in establishing the environment and prerequisites that enable this encounter; this rapport; this tremendously promising video series.

And finally, as I alluded above, this series is not alone in prompting this quick response, but, to confidently judge by one video alone, it appeared as a prototype of what Good Teaching really is… rare to find anywhere, astounding to find on a poker site.

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Again, sorry for typos &c., but particularly sorry for the tl;dr-itude and overall wonkiness. Just know that it could have been much worse – I could easily have spent this time drafting a memo with ::gasp:: footnotes and references.

I thank in advance the small percentage of you with whom this resonates, and thank the rest of you for your indulgence.

-HC

Quiz Answer:

I think the major factor pulling me towards the call button is the bet sizing (the fact that he doesn't set up stacks). However we have no idea weather he is competent enough to plan his bet sizing and I dont think that we can assume too much from them. If we give him a semi wide c/r range on the flop: TT,55,AQs,Ad8d,Ad7d,KJs,QTs+,J9s,AQo,KJo,QJo - we aren't getting the odds to call the river. I would probably muck.

Interesting hand at the end.

Although the sample size is small, his 3 bet percentage is 7, so I think we can discount QQQ and 101010. 555 is definitely in his range. He could have KJ in his hand, but a lot of people would 3 bet that out of the blinds. He does call a lot out of the blinds and could have j9dd. It is possible somewhat, that he has KK or AA, but doubt if he does, but it is possible. He could also have q10hh or A9dd or Q9dd or 89dd . These are the hands that beat us.

Hands we beat that he could play like this and bet like this - QJdd, 89dd, 78dd, A8dd, A6dd, A4dd, A3dd, A2dd - That is not many hands and we do not even know if he continues the turn and river on all of the semi-bluffs -

Another odd thing is the bet sizing. Why didn't he bet bigger on turn to set up a river shove? People who are bluffing should have this mind shouldn't they? If someone is a relative thinking player and bluffing, then they would set up stacks for a river shove.

It is a small sample, but he has a 2 barrel percentage of 0. This could mean nothing, but it also tells us that he is not in love with following through during this small sample.

I am pretty sure this is a fold - Nice hand

for the quizzes:

I'll accept answers via PM or in the forum. If someone gives very similar answers and I feel someone is being plagiarized, I'll just have to give credit to the first one. It will likely not be uncommon for more the one person to WIN each week.

Interesting concept(s) for a series and really interesting discussion. I especially liked the general stuff you talked about at the beginning. It motivated me to try get some volume too. Maybe a little offtopic question, but do you have some recommendations about playing/studying ratio? Is there an "optimal" or is it just a matter of experience and you just have to figure it out yourself?

Suggestion about the quiz: Wouldn't it be better to send the answers some other way, so people could not see the other answers? Not sure how it would work though and if it's such a big deal..great to have something to think about nevertheless.

I'd say play 3 hours, review 1 hour. This should not include watching videos.

Hey, nice video !
I'll get right to the question:
His flop range is probably quite wide considering his big VPIP/PFR gap. His C/R is low though so I wont include stuff like JTs:
TT, 55, AdTd, Ad9d, Ad8d, QdJd, QTs, JdTd, T9dd, 9d8d, 8d7d, KJo

On the turn, he would probably bet bigger with sets and QT on such a wet board. The turn improves a lot of his range to a medium strength hand though, so he might be trying to get to the river cheap. He might also have turned the straight and is now trying to keep tecmo in the pot:
ATdd, A9dd, QJdd(probably bets bigger), JTdd, T9dd, 98dd, 87dd(probably bets bigger), KJo

The river improves quite a lot of that range, although the 9 makes those hands less likely at the same time.
Hands like ATdd that we beat would probably bet even smaller for a cheap showdown. (If he wasn't the type of guy who would do this, we can exclude those hands after the turn bet anyways).

That only leaves us with QJ and a range that totally crushes us. Him having a Q being just as unlikely as him having a 9 I really can't see a call here.

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Great video guy

On the flop here you ask why did Tom call with nines , i would of played the hand the same and my reasoning would be the same as Toms but i would like to ask why and when would we raise here ?

Also it wasnt to clear to me which was best , betting or checking on the turn ? sounded like a check seems slightly better but its so close it may not matter and as always it depends ?