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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by BalugaWhale (Mid Stakes)

at minute 46 you said something like "tuibet" or so... with the JT hand at the upper right table... what the hell is this and how come that ive never heard of it? oO any explanation or link maybe?

the word was "two-way bet", but its supposed to not exist...

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but it does

the word was "two-way bet", but its supposed to not exist...

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but it does

Can you give a good example? I always thought they were voodoo and remember a long 2+2 thread a few years ago about it without people agreeing.

Can you give a good example? I always thought they were voodoo and remember a long 2+2 thread a few years ago about it without people agreeing.

i will discuss it at some point once I feel like there is a good way to explain it/good medium for explaining it.

Andrew

very good discussion about the AK hand.
I'm in the shoving camp!
At 200NL people aren't bluffing postflop in a 4bet pot all too often from my experience as they put you on AA/KK/QQ a lot.
And I tend to hit terrible boards when doing such things ^^
I would just wait for a JT9 monotone board (obv no FD for us) or something

Time Link to 00:45:30

Isn't this an easy bet?
We basically bet for value against most Tx (against T9 we have 60%, against JT or KT we have 55%, against Ax we are only 47% dog, against QQ only 48% dog) and there are worse FDs and gutshot he might c/c us with some small percentage of the time.
And we increase the pot for the case we hit (which is pretty likely to happen till the river given our monsterdraw), so we can value bet bigger and he prolly decides to herocall cause his range is obvious or so.

Isn't this an easy bet?
We basically bet for value against most Tx (against T9 we have 60%, against JT or KT we have 55%, against Ax we are only 47% dog, against QQ only 48% dog) and there are worse FDs and gutshot he might c/c us with some small percentage of the time.
And we increase the pot for the case we hit (which is pretty likely to happen till the river given our monsterdraw), so we can value bet bigger and he prolly decides to herocall cause his range is obvious or so.

increasing the pot size for when we hit is not a reason for betting imo. we're playing no limit, we can make it whatever we want whenever want.

you say we're getting value from a range against which we are 50%, doesn't seem like the best value!

Andrew

increasing the pot size for when we hit is not a reason for betting imo. we're playing no limit, we can make it whatever we want whenever want.

you say we're getting value from a range against which we are 50%, doesn't seem like the best value!

Andrew

But surely with your position and equity and the likelihood that the villain has a weakish range means you are going to be a favourite to take down the pot on later streets? So you can get villain to put money in the pot which he will surrender pretty easily on later streets? Possibility of passive dead money no?

But surely with your position and equity and the likelihood that the villain has a weakish range means you are going to be a favourite to take down the pot on later streets? So you can get villain to put money in the pot which he will surrender pretty easily on later streets? Possibility of passive dead money no?

what youre describing is bluffing, and yes, thats why i bet

what youre describing is bluffing, and yes, thats why i bet

Cool, just didn't think it was close at all, I was surprised you considered checking. Also seems nasty to consider it bluffing when we have so much equity.

thanks for the reply!
basically I would have done the right thing for the wrong reason, but it's way better to know the right reason

hi baluga, hi all

i got a question
during your AK hand, you had 77 on the 3rd table (bottom left), time 24 min
why you are 3betting here? value(against which range)? bluff( dont you crush his co-openraising range)? what do you do if he comes a long and 4bets you?

nice discussion about the AK hand btw
nice vid also ...i enjoy it and im going forward to see the rest of the series and hopefully (if I have time) visit your seminar

hi baluga, hi all

i got a question
during your AK hand, you had 77 on the 3rd table (bottom left), time 24 min
why you are 3betting here? value(against which range)? bluff( dont you crush his co-openraising range)? what do you do if he comes a long and 4bets you?

nice discussion about the AK hand btw
nice vid also ...i enjoy it and im going forward to see the rest of the series and hopefully (if I have time) visit your seminar

77 doesn't crush any range pre equity-wise, and i'm almost certainly shipping over a 4bet.

Andrew

we got against: {22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,T9s,98s,87s,76s,ATo+,KTo+,QTo+,JTo}
scs 76s+, broadways,Axs+, 22+
52% so we are slightley ahead, if hes the guy who rather opens 75s than KJo, it becomes even more well defined

you ship, cause you think villain 4bet/fold you alot, did I got it?
how frequentley do you do this with hands kinda 77,88,99?

we got against: {22+,A2s+,KTs+,QTs+,JTs,T9s,98s,87s,76s,ATo+,KTo+,QTo+,JTo}
scs 76s+, broadways,Axs+, 22+
52% so we are slightley ahead, if hes the guy who rather opens 75s than KJo, it becomes even more well defined

you ship, cause you think villain 4bet/fold you alot, did I got it?
how frequentley do you do this with hands kinda 77,88,99?

less likely to do it with 99 than 66 but its all pretty similar. it really depends on image though. i tend to 3b a lot, though. so it works with that

Awesome video. Ive just purchased a DC sub after being with CR for a long while. So far just followed some baluga vids, and man they are freaking awesome. The thought process, and the analysis of hands is done really well.