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

Time Link to 00:29:25

lol, learned ur alexg lesson the hard way

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Thanks Andrew, Enjoyed this video very much. Take care.

Time Link to 00:30:11

you open QJo utg, what is your utg opening range? do you normally fold QJo and just raise because of the fish in the BB?

on the river, there is a four card straight and you c/f. why dont you overbet bluff to get him off splits?

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you are in the SB and the SB who is a huge fish 2.5x. How can you fold 97o there? you have position and a huge skill advantage.

Wow this AK discussion is very interesting and made my head hurt.

Hey Baluga,

Interestion situation when you are calling a 4bet with AKo OOP vs button. You definitely make some good points about him making sometimes bad decisions postflop.

A.)But you dont consider the fact that our range is superstrong, every reg knows that. (Because a good reg knows that another good reg dont call 4bet OOP, because its not profitable. So your opponten a) wont bluff that often if he misses, and b ) if he hits he will easily check behind on the flop, hoping that his hand improves.

B.) And: If he has like QQ/JJ, he will fold if the board is Axx, Kxx, but not his AA/KK, two pairs, AQ.

C.) If we are up against, say TT-AA, and the flop is 9xx, Txx, or something (he has overpair or set), then we have much less equity when the money goes in (assuming that we never fold postflop on 9xx, Txx, Jxx, Qxx etc), relative to preflop equity. For example we are preflop flipping with TT (50/50), when the most money goes in, but when he has an overpair on the flop (or a set), our moneys goes in bad....... I prefer to have 50/50 situation preflop for stacks with some dead money, instead of like having 15% equity when the money goes in on a flop. I have the feeling that the situations where villain is making a poorly timed cbet never will compensate the times that we throw in money in the pot against an overpair/set.

Why are you so convinced that you are right here?

A) in my experience, they expect so often that we will be shoving AK and not flatting that they remain aggressive on A/K hi flops. . clearly a good reg might adjust and stop c-betting (but this is something I discuss, and you should just start shoving again if they do).

B) Again, not really in my experience. People just get confused and end up calling it off anyway.

C) If we're flipping with TT and he flops a set, its pretty much the same situation.

I'm so convincined I'm right... well, i'm covnvinced youre wrong because:
1) people make mistakes when they get confused
2) this line is theoretically correct against hands like Ax/Kx (which make up a lot of people's bluffing ranges). it's probably better to ship vs people who are 4b things like 67s.
3) if you're going to get it in anyway, you might as well give your opponent a chance to make mistakes postflop rather than play perfectly pre.

Again, when you ship your AK, your dream situation is pretty much that you get the other guy to fold? Can't see how that could usually be right.

Controversy!
Andrew

C) If we're flipping with TT and he flops a set, its pretty much the same situation.
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No its not! When we get in in preflop, we have 50% equity against TT, but when we get on the flop (with like 70bb behind) and if he hits a set - assuming we are never folding- or we get in in on a 9xx flop, a lot of money is going in while we have 0% equity. Thats a big big mistake . The fact that he is flopping a set either way doesnt matter here.

Another thing: I've seen people 4bet/calling AJ/AQ in this spot (being villain on the button)

No its not! When we get in in preflop, we have 50% equity against TT, but when we get on the flop (with like 70bb behind) and if he hits a set - assuming we are never folding- or we get in in on a 9xx flop, a lot of money is going in while we have 0% equity. Thats a big big mistake . The fact that he is flopping a set either way doesnt matter here.

Another thing: I've seen people 4bet/calling AJ/AQ in this spot (being villain on the button)

I think you're missing my point. If both players (TT and AK) are going to get it all in either preflop or postflop then it doesn't really matter what the flop looks like. If i'm not folding, and hes not folding, and he flops a set, thats just good for him.

Andrew