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Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by Entity (Mid Stakes)

Time Link to 01:24:15

I love calling and betting when checked to here. Besides exploiting the (imo) overly aggressive tendencies of many regs, I think there's some really cool meta stuff that Rob touched on a bit. Basically I think it is confusing / looks stupid (maybe just unusual), which can lead opponents to play incorrectly against me in other spots. Also, I think it makes playing this sort of spot OOP really tough for villain - obviously they can't just check and hand out free cards all over the place.

I have seen a lot of players be good enough to get away when I start putting in more action on the flop or turn, but I have yet to see a really good adjustment that made me feel I'M the one being exploited when I occasionally take this line.

Andrew, just a general comment as I know this was one of your first shots at 5/10. I feel like you were expecting the game to be significantly different than 2/4 and 3/6. I could be wrong about this but it looked to me a bit like you were worried people were taking shots at you (maybe since you're new/unknown) and you decided to show down more lightly to prevent this. I wish I would have noted the time stamps now, but I know there was one or two pretty questionable ace high call downs, and at least one spot where I think you should have folded KQo on the turn when you bricked (failed to pick up your BDFD against a guy who check/raised the flop 4 handed - in other words, NOT a bluff spot).

And just to be clear, I am NOT including the KJo call down here (TT4Ax board), which I think was good. I would have usually barreled the turn A instead but as played I like your decision to call the river and get shown the fullest house.

I'm guessing here but I think you might be expecting to see a much higher level of aggression and bluffs. This is partly true, but it's important to realize that, as with most things in poker, it's VERY situational dependent. To make an extreme example, if it gets capped on the turn and river...the dude has the nuts JUST as often in 5/10 as he did in 2/4. He's not just being more aggressive because that's how these games play. On the flip side, a rather obvious spot where players certainly are amping up the aggression would be, say...the CO opening range.

Basically what I'm saying is on that KQo hand when the player with 99 x/r's he has KQ beaten and that doesn't really change whether it's 2/4 or 5/10. Make sure you don't over adjust.