Stuffing the Penguin Season Premiere

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Stuffing the Penguin Season Premiere

From whitelime's perspective... whitelime and KRANTZ talk about what it takes to beat 5/10nl and look for ways to exploit their opponent as they race to win the most money in 200 hands. The loser of the challenge? Oh, he just gets pied in the face.

tags: whitelime pr1nnyraid penguin no limit hold'em shorthanded 5/10 mid-stakes

This Series: whitelime vs. pr1nnyraid

Clash of the titans. whitelime and KRANTZ battle each other in a series of high-stakes, daring challenges designed to explore what it takes to move beyond solid winning TAG play into the mindset of an elite No-Limit player. Immerse yourself deep within their thought processes in whitelime's half, "Stuffing the Penguin," or KRANTZ's, "Lime Slicer."

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Comments for Stuffing the Penguin Season Premiere

Kwantum
Set of Deuces
413 posts
Joined 01/08

Hey Whitelime, cool video.

One thing I would like to suggest is that you move your PAHUD stats some so that after hands, when the HUD flashes what people had at showdown, the view of the cards isn't obscured.

Posted Jan 2, 2008 12:39pm

tubasteve
Quad Deuces
1656 posts
Joined 11/07

i personally would also like to see your own stats over the session, think you could add them somewhere? (for the future of course)

Posted Jan 2, 2008 6:51pm

Messiah
Pair of Deuces
199 posts
Joined 01/08

I know whitelime is away, but when he comes back I would like to see a few more comments on the KJss hand where he flops trips at ~ 33:25 especially the turn and river.

Posted Jan 3, 2008 6:26am

TheProdigy
Deuce High
15 posts
Joined 01/08

Well done!

I really like the commentary on finding certain weak players and tells that aren't based only on stats. I use some of these but some are also things I haven't thought about.

Posted Jan 3, 2008 8:38am

FBP
Deuce High
7 posts
Joined 01/08

I agree with messiah. This KJs is the one hand where i was surprised (as in i think i disagree) by his thought process.

Flop is fine, and smart. But on the turn, against an apparently good regular, you'd expect him to shut down with bluffs on a brick like this, because he knows you have something, and you're not folding this brick. Also you can possibly expect him to pot control with medium hands, and take the freecard with flush draws. Doesn't look so good against his range.

About the river i'm fine with checking it since we check the turn (although we miss value from Ace high/weak 1 pair).
But, about the checkraise, don't you think he's going to put us on a busted flush draw (or just FOS)and talks himself into a hero call (if he has a pocket pair mostly) here since you've been so aggressive?
Or maybe i'm just rambling about the river, i was more surprised about the turn play really.

Posted Jan 3, 2008 11:01am

Messiah
Pair of Deuces
199 posts
Joined 01/08

I agree with messiah. This KJs is the one hand where i was surprised (as in i think i disagree) by his thought process.

Flop is fine, and smart. But on the turn, against an apparently good regular, you'd expect him to shut down with bluffs on a brick like this, because he knows you have something, and you're not folding this brick. Also you can possibly expect him to pot control with medium hands, and take the freecard with flush draws. Doesn't look so good against his range.

About the river i'm fine with checking it since we check the turn (although we miss value from Ace high/weak 1 pair).
But, about the checkraise, don't you think he's going to put us on a busted flush draw (or just FOS)and talks himself into a hero call (if he has a pocket pair mostly) here since you've been so aggressive?
Or maybe i'm just rambling about the river, i was more surprised about the turn play really.



I echo many of the same feelings about the turn and river, but wanted to let whitelime go more in-depth before I added my own thoughts. Cheers!

Posted Jan 3, 2008 1:18pm

Jeff W
Deuce High
18 posts
Joined 01/08

I don't like the first hand. On the turn, I think c/r AI is the play--the Ace is an ideal card for PFR to double barrel and the BD hearts hitting helps us credibly represent a semi-bluff so we can get paid off by like AK/AJ etc. from pfr.

Posted Jan 3, 2008 7:22pm

Stake Monster
Deuce High
93 posts
Joined 01/08

Awesome video and a great debut. Looking forward to lots more.

Posted Jan 4, 2008 4:20am

whitelime
Exec Producer
Pair of Deuces
136 posts
Joined 01/08

Kwantum, definitely a good suggestion. I need to add in some more relevant stats as well.

Tubasteve, I'll try to remember to stick in my own stats next time I play a session.

The KJss hand, Namco turned out to be a decent regular but with the information I had on him at the time he just seemed like a bluffy, bad lag. I expected him to have air very often and to once in a while have rivered a boat or a straight. I just never expected him to have something in between, and even less often expected him to value bet something in between. With that being said, given more stats on him, I definitely think C/R on the river is the correct play.

Jeff, the A5 hand, I agree we can represent a lot of combo draws or semi-bluffs when the backdoor flush draw comes on the turn, but the problem is I just don't think the PFR fires AK or AJ that often when he gets called in two spots. I think the line I took prevents free cards and charges draws. Overall, it's just a bad spot where it will be difficult to get paid off by worse the way the hand went down.

Posted Jan 4, 2008 10:11am

sthief09
Exec Producer
Set of Deuces
256 posts
Joined 07/07

hijack with 50 bb stack opens and you have K9s on the button. why are you less likely to call than if he had 100 bb stack? obviously position is less of an advantage for you, and your hand doesn't figure to do great hot-and-cold, but i feel like that's exactly the type of hand that goes up in value against a half-stack. any top pair will be a strong all-in hand, and it's short enough where you can play some modest draws pretty hard. and any flop raise will leverage your entire stack, which is a nice bonus

really great vid. you speak slowly and articulately and it's very easy to listen to

Posted Jan 4, 2008 12:20pm

dohdohdoh
Quad Deuces
1276 posts
Joined 12/07

I have a question about the KJ hand where the board shows trip Kings by the river.

Other guy bets the river....our man has trip Kings...why not reraise? Afraid of being outkicked or full house possibility?

Posted Jan 4, 2008 6:02pm

luciddream
Deuce High
6 posts
Joined 01/08

I have a question about the KJ hand where the board shows trip Kings by the river.

Other guy bets the river....our man has trip Kings...why not reraise? Afraid of being outkicked or full house possibility?



because he puts villains range on mostly bluffs which can't call so he figures the only hands that can call are all better hands. if he had AK or even KQ a c/r would have a lot more merit because there are now some worse K's that can call.

Posted Jan 5, 2008 4:29am

Partylurker
Deuce High
23 posts
Joined 01/08

Very nice vids from both you and Krantz. I only started playing 5/10 a while ago, and there were many points discussed and moves that I found helpful.

Posted Jan 5, 2008 5:04am

SeanC
Deuce High
2 posts
Joined 01/08

Great video.

Posted Jan 5, 2008 3:16pm

Bonzaaaj
Deuce High
1 post
Joined 01/08

v good video

Posted Jan 6, 2008 8:09pm

Scipio
Deuce High
32 posts
Joined 01/08

I don´t understand the 96s hand (minute 58).

My thought process would be :

I´m allways beat or he fires a bluffbet at any street. So our midpair doesn´t have showdownvalue.
That´s why i would play my hand as a draw and bet the flop. At the turn i don´t see worse hands calling so you decide to semibluff the turn instead the flop. Okay, his range on the turn is weaker than on the flop but we have allready shown weakness and he could call without an ace. Also we give him a chance to bet a hand like KQs on the flop or drawing out.
Where is my mistake?

Another question to the A5s hand early in the video : It is a misstake to just fold on the flop?

Posted Jan 9, 2008 12:15am

whitelime
Exec Producer
Pair of Deuces
136 posts
Joined 01/08

The 96s hand, I think our hand just is not that vulnerable. And generally against a smart player, when I check an A high board in a RR pot, I just don't expect them to bluff often. Also on the turn, there are many hands we could've played like this, so I don't think we have to be weak just because we checked the flop.

The A5s hand, it's definitely not a mistake just to fold the flop. Looking at it some more, calling might have actually been a mistake.

Posted Jan 11, 2008 2:10pm

joethepro
Pair of Deuces
216 posts
Joined 01/08

whitelime, you mentioned that in general, when you have very loose players behind you, your opening hand standards should tighten up.

do you mean only top pair hands like the one you had when you mentioned this (A9).

or does this also include speculative hands? if they are loose passive, would you still need to tighten up (like one gap suited connectors?)

Posted Jan 16, 2008 9:31am

LOL_CARDRUNNERS
Deuce High
48 posts
Joined 03/08

Great video, learned a lot. Thanks

Posted Mar 15, 2008 9:50am

benny
Deuce High
8 posts
Joined 01/08

Got me thinking about check-calling more on the flop...since i fold to much when i check the flop. Also was helpful seeing you fold the KQ hand where the board was AKx and you c/f the river since he wasn't likely enough to bluff...I would've called but folding makes sense now. Thanks!

Posted Mar 17, 2008 1:22pm

nightowl89
Deuce High
83 posts
Joined 04/08

absolutely amazing episode, imo well worth the sites fee, will defo be watching more, i learnt a hell of a lot from you commentary and agree with most moves, i'm just suprised you can get away with such a laggy style

Posted Apr 26, 2008 9:12pm

HughJazzCracka
Deuce High
6 posts
Joined 08/08

The video starts playing in fast-forward at around 32:28 and continues for the rest of the video. No sound, unwatchable after that point.

Posted Aug 25, 2008 10:34pm