Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by BalugaWhale (Micro/Small Stakes)

Looking forward to watching it. It's French game, nl100 .fr = nl25 international

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What would you do with the queens on the bottom left 160bb deep?

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hmm do you pick up at this QQ hand next time ? I was hoping yoo should talk about it in this video.

I also wonder how to submit videos ? Seems like a good thing to do right now since you guys can't play

I also wonder how to submit videos ? Seems like a good thing to do right now since you guys can't play

Andrew made an announcement for submissions but I think he has everything now.

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really like the poker to chess analogy. .

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we still win the turn the times he has bluffs with equity, but when we consider his whole range, we also lose more money the times he has value and bet calls. Obv figuring out what's the highest EV line would be a math problem, but do you have a simple way of thinking about whether calling turn or raising turn is better while at the tables playing?

What would you do with the queens on the bottom left 160bb deep?

shove. the guy plays 27+ percent of hands and is aggressive, we're not folding QQ

Andrew

we still win the turn the times he has bluffs with equity, but when we consider his whole range, we also lose more money the times he has value and bet calls. Obv figuring out what's the highest EV line would be a math problem, but do you have a simple way of thinking about whether calling turn or raising turn is better while at the tables playing?

how aggro is the guy? more aggro, lean towards call, less aggro, lean towards raise.
how deep are we? deeper = raise, less deep = call
how strong is our hand? stronger = call, weaker = raise

just stuff to think about

Andrew

Incredibly soft games.

Is it possible to get a french VPN?

you dont need a french vpn your allowed to create an account there even if your not from france

you dont need a french vpn your allowed to create an account there even if your not from france

it depends on the website, you can play on pokerstar, eurosportbet (ongame), winamax. Games are soft but the rake is very very high with the tax and the rakeback is really really low.

QJo in the Hijack: I fold because there is 2 good regulars to my left. They have been 3betting me a fair amount and i tought their 3bet frequency would be high enought that I would not be able to play a pot IP with the fishes in the blinds often enought.

KK hand vs bad player playing 90% of hands: I def misplayed this hand. I didn' t pay attention to who I was playing against. I just tought "the guy cold call a 3bet IP, he must have the classic JJ+/AQs+ range". This is def wrong thinking. I think cbetting and checking are kinda close. The thing with cbetting is that I feel unconfortable when he calls me and I don't really know how to handle the turn and river play. (but I am sure that i can get a LOT of value betting this flop, getting called by any two.) I am wondering how many streets of betting I can handle with a hand like this. As played when he bets POT turn, I don't feel confortable calling once (and very often twice, facing a river bet).
Can we ever consider cbetting the flop, c/c turn , and check-folding river ?

AJ in the Sb vs Reg in the BB (not discussed by Andrew): The guy has been aggro with his 3betting. And I wonder if it is a good spot to 4bet/fold. or is it bad to turn AJ into a bluff and i should 4bet/call instead ?

K4s vs HJ limper: Should def Isoraise.

J8s vs CO fish open: should def call at least. I wonder if 3betting is better than flat calling. I think I have good implied odds vs him. And i can play IP and play well post-flop.

QQ vs 4bet from Aggro guy: What do you think of his 4bet size ? It looks like Value (not very bluffy). What do we expect to be willing to stake off that deep ?

Looking forward to watching it. It's French game, nl100 .fr = nl25 international

It's a € table NL 100€ = NL 142$

maybe he means skill level ;-)

QJo in the Hijack: I fold because there is 2 good regulars to my left. They have been 3betting me a fair amount and i tought their 3bet frequency would be high enought that I would not be able to play a pot IP with the fishes in the blinds often enought.

KK hand vs bad player playing 90% of hands: I def misplayed this hand. I didn' t pay attention to who I was playing against. I just tought "the guy cold call a 3bet IP, he must have the classic JJ+/AQs+ range". This is def wrong thinking. I think cbetting and checking are kinda close. The thing with cbetting is that I feel unconfortable when he calls me and I don't really know how to handle the turn and river play. (but I am sure that i can get a LOT of value betting this flop, getting called by any two.) I am wondering how many streets of betting I can handle with a hand like this. As played when he bets POT turn, I don't feel confortable calling once (and very often twice, facing a river bet).
Can we ever consider cbetting the flop, c/c turn , and check-folding river ?

AJ in the Sb vs Reg in the BB (not discussed by Andrew): The guy has been aggro with his 3betting. And I wonder if it is a good spot to 4bet/fold. or is it bad to turn AJ into a bluff and i should 4bet/call instead ?

K4s vs HJ limper: Should def Isoraise.

J8s vs CO fish open: should def call at least. I wonder if 3betting is better than flat calling. I think I have good implied odds vs him. And i can play IP and play well post-flop.

QQ vs 4bet from Aggro guy: What do you think of his 4bet size ? It looks like Value (not very bluffy). What do we expect to be willing to stake off that deep ?

qj- so 4bet?
KK- vs a passive guy, bet flop-- c/f turn is good, vs an aggro guy i dont mind bet flop, c/c turn, c/c riv. never c/c vs passive guys, though.
AJ-- its alright to 4bet bluff but probably better to call OOP vs a weak range that you dominate. vs really aggro you can 4bet-call.
QQ-- its true that his size doesn't look too bluffy, but i've been fooled by sizes before and I'll be fooled again. so, if there's a % chance he's folding/doing something silly with TT, gotta ship. as we get deeper, the more I want to put in a small reraise to get called by worse.

Andrew

Ok. Thanks for clearing all that.

I add a question for you. This morning I was 3betting a Reg like a monkey and he finally decided to 4bet from CO vs my BB 3Bet. I 5bet shoved AQo and he called with 99. Is that dynamic good or bas for 3betting/5betting small pairs (22-99) ?

Ok. Thanks for clearing all that.

I add a question for you. This morning I was 3betting a Reg like a monkey and he finally decided to 4bet from CO vs my BB 3Bet. I 5bet shoved AQo and he called with 99. Is that dynamic good or bas for 3betting/5betting small pairs (22-99) ?

A) I'd probably flat the 4bet with AQ and be more inclined to shove things like Axs, T9s, etc without seeing him call with 99.

B) Once he gets it in w 99, you probably don't have a ton of FE with your 5-bet shoves anymore (so 3-bet/5-betting small pairs isn't as good), BUT its also much harder for him to 4bet against you (he wants to have some kind of good hand), so... keep 3betting

Andrew

A) I'd probably flat the 4bet with AQ and be more inclined to shove things like Axs, T9s, etc without seeing him call with 99.

Do u mean flatting OOP without knowing he would stack off 99 ? What's our plan post-flop ?

I was def shoving for value here. I tought my equity would be very good vs his 5bet calling range.

B) Once he gets it in w 99, you probably don't have a ton of FE with your 5-bet shoves anymore (so 3-bet/5-betting small pairs isn't as good), BUT its also much harder for him to 4bet against you (he wants to have some kind of good hand), so... keep 3betting Smile

Andrew

Is that mean we stop 3betting small pairs and start 3betting way more polarised ?

Do u mean flatting OOP without knowing he would stack off 99 ? What's our plan post-flop ?

I was def shoving for value here. I tought my equity would be very good vs his 5bet calling range.



Is that mean we stop 3betting small pairs and start 3betting way more polarised ?

Yes, not folding.

if you thought you had good value vs his 5bet calling range then obv shove, i was under the impression he never gets it in w/ AT

Seems like a good plan, though you could also 3-bet/fold small pairs too (probably better to flat, though).

Andrew

Fellow oregonian here so cool your from portland. I'm down in southern oregon so only games in little casinos and home games live. I was a reg at 50 NL online and have a tagish style and pretty aggressive 3b etc. Players I'm playing live are super weak passive, bad, and limp almost everything including pocket pairs and such. They also are never folding top pair and rarely have a full stack. When they raise it is usually a much tighter range than online. Are you still 3betting wide with these types of opponents? On the button with JTs vs a late position open, or small pocket pairs out of the blinds. How does the fact they are calling stations, weak passive players who usually have a half stack affect our style of play. Is this the old 3bet and cbet and fold if raised type of strategy. I just don't think I've seen anyone 3bet light in live poker yet ( where I play). I know this is really general but just not sure how to attack this live play yet.

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1.Are we planning to fire both turn and river with AK on 466J, if we are checked to on the turn?

2.What about the times when an aggressive opponent is firing the turn and we decide its better to call down. What do we do on different river cards when the villain does in fact check to us?

Hi baluga,

What is your plan with JJ+, AQ+ on the AK hand @ 22minutes?

I think its best to flat QQ+ AQ+ on a 3bet (fold JJ becaus it's to weak) because you say, you think you will get a ton of value out of weaker combo's like QJ,KJ. So if you want to 4bet/call them, they will fold a lot of this hands.

You just want to start 4bet/calling them with all that hands if you get a 4bet dynamic, what kristy said?

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LOL this episode went from HH review to a therapy session for Kristy's live woes! Entertaining nonetheless.

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Throw in the fact that villain didn't raise pre and we can futher reduce his ace holdings.

Hi baluga,

What is your plan with JJ+, AQ+ on the AK hand @ 22minutes?

I think its best to flat QQ+ AQ+ on a 3bet (fold JJ becaus it's to weak) because you say, you think you will get a ton of value out of weaker combo's like QJ,KJ. So if you want to 4bet/call them, they will fold a lot of this hands.

You just want to start 4bet/calling them with all that hands if you get a 4bet dynamic, what kristy said?

Folding JJ is never appropriate-- if the guy is SO nitty that we're always behind, we are getting odds to stack him in general (assuming 100bb+ stacks)

4-betting is better if they make mistakes (shoving AT, etc.)

Andrew