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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by Ansky (High Stakes)

Mostly technical mistakes, simply just "i played this incorrect because of xyz" I was a little nervous for about 20 minutes then I didn't really think about the money I just played poker.

I wasnt referring to the money - but rather is playing continuously in these games important. Do you think that the gap in skill grows because the games play differently to 25/50 or 50/100 and these guys by playing each other more often are getting technically better?

AA hand:
- What about a turn c/r ?
- Is he expecting you to barrel light on that turn ? And was he calling flops light in 3bet pots on such a board ?
- What hands would you possible c/c on that river (if any..) ?

Thanks a lot, good video!

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would you fold bottom pair on a two tone board without a bdfd significantly more often than raising and turning it into a bluff?
Isn't having bottom pair in a spot where you can't stand a turn barrel a good spot for you to balance your flop raise bluffing range?

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I think vs a player like durrrr folding is better than calling, but shoving is probably better than folding here.
He pretty much always has a thin value bet in this instance. He's alot less likely to have TJ because presumably he would be Cbetting alot of air on this board, however YOU can have TJ as well as 33, 22 and you have a blocker to his A2 should he have it.

I wasnt referring to the money - but rather is playing continuously in these games important. Do you think that the gap in skill grows because the games play differently to 25/50 or 50/100 and these guys by playing each other more often are getting technically better?

No and for this reason I think that Jungleman is favored in the Durrr challenge. Durrr playing really high stakes heads up NL games every now and then is not better "practice" than jungleman playing 10/20 - 50/1 HU for the last 2 years.

AA hand:
- What about a turn c/r ?
- Is he expecting you to barrel light on that turn ? And was he calling flops light in 3bet pots on such a board ?
- What hands would you possible c/c on that river (if any..) ?

Thanks a lot, good video!

C/r is not a bad idea at all especially given how many terrible rivers there are, and how beneficial it would be to get most of the money in now.

Yes, and yes.

AA wouldnt be a terrible hand to c/c with, but maaaaybe something a little stronger would be better.

would you fold bottom pair on a two tone board without a bdfd significantly more often than raising and turning it into a bluff?
Isn't having bottom pair in a spot where you can't stand a turn barrel a good spot for you to balance your flop raise bluffing range?

Yes, you are correct.

I think vs a player like durrrr folding is better than calling, but shoving is probably better than folding here.
He pretty much always has a thin value bet in this instance. He's alot less likely to have TJ because presumably he would be Cbetting alot of air on this board, however YOU can have TJ as well as 33, 22 and you have a blocker to his A2 should he have it.

I think shoving would be disastrous here. First of all, a decent % of his value raising range on the river is stuff that is NEVER folding (KK,JT), and then it's a question whether or not he'd even fold a hand like KQ, which he might not because I am representing such a narrow value range.

Thanks for the responses Ansky.

Good work as usual.

I don't think I'd c/r an ace very often, the only real merit to that would be if it induced floats/bluffs from Tom.

I can probably have AJ here sometimes flatting preflop. Vs someone not 4b that often you are right, I would frequently just 3b, but AJ is a pretty good hand to sometimes flat with.

What leads you to flat a hand like AJo sometimes?
Allows you to have a stronger CRing range for value on the flop?
I mean you can CR TPTK often?
Or is it the fact that tom is a barrel monkey and you want to have some stronger hands to call down with?

Great responses , really interesting video. I love the format as it really shows your thought process

Just wanted to say that I don't give a shit if this video is of hands from two years ago, I think it's still very relevant. You elucidate your thought process very well and you express very clearly what your mistakes are and how not to make them, I think that's very valuable. For the most part the spots in this video are standard and are great learning tools for anyone trying to get into HU imo. You're a very good teacher.

I'm pretty sure today's HU $0.5/1 regs are way way better than these guys two years ago.

I'm pretty sure today's HU $0.5/1 regs are way way better than these guys two years ago.

Well you are definitely wrong, and if you'd like I'll play a .5/1 reg and promise to 4b really big, donk hands with no equity sometimes, and occasionally represent no hand when bluffing.

What leads you to flat a hand like AJo sometimes?
Allows you to have a stronger CRing range for value on the flop?
I mean you can CR TPTK often?
Or is it the fact that tom is a barrel monkey and you want to have some stronger hands to call down with?

All of those, and also the fact that it is a very hard hand to play if you get 4b.