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Two months. Two million. No problem. That's Team Israel's goal for the summer in Vegas. Watch Jay help hit it. This ongoing series is an in-depth look at his life during the shooting of whitelime, flawless_victory, Ansky and KRANTZ's forthcoming reality TV show (filming in Vegas this summer and airing on G4 in late August). Jay will play and analyze hands he's actually playing while on television, using an aggressive bankroll management strategy to climb from 5/10 and 10/20 back to the nosebleeds. Can he make it? We have faith. They don't call him pr1nnyraid for nothin'.
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Ansky plays six tables of high stakes NL and provides commentary on his play throughout. Stakes ranging from 5/10 to 40/80 provide a lot of NL action this episode.
Posted 10 months ago
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Entity
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Hey guys,

The WMV is producing right now, but I wanted to make sure we got this up as soon as possible, so here you go!
Rob
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chrisbroholm
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Decent video, but would prefer 4 tables :-)
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Antny
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Hi Dany,
you bet vs the missed cbet IP with KTs on 662 2-tone. In your last video you gave the advice that it is better to not take a stab IP at dry boards even if you don't have "any" showndown-value because villain would bet his air and therefore most likely goes for a bluffinduce/potcontroll.
Last video was a 3betpot though. You had KQs on a J26 r and checked back flop after flatting a 3bet.
Why did you bet/What did you think he had?
edit: Just watched it again and realized I overlooked your reasoning. You said he would expect you to float a lot and therefore will c/f enough so that betting becomes profitable.
So, I guess the difference is that you are not expected to float as much in 3betpots?.
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drsmooth
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These past two videos have been some of the best I've ever watched, thank you. I really enjoyed the theoretical tangents, have you ever considered doing anything like the Bluefire 'philosophy' videos? I haven't seen them myself but heard about them on the Phil Galfond podcast and I imagine they are similar to these dense theoretical tangents.
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MPHansen
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No comments really, just wanted to say your first few vids have been awesome. I like the 6 tabling format.
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NoWayFolding
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Yeah I think 6 tavbling you get a ton more spots. Really like the 6 tabling format.
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Ansky
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I just think its more about the board texture and the opponent, I think prah was more likely to c/f there w/ air than the other situation.
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downbytheriver
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hey man
was just wondering at 14:00ish on top right why you decided to pass on a double or river barrel opportunity. I think a leak of mine is recognizing which boards i should and shouldn't be double barreling on. And when i should shut down and give up on the hand after the flop completely.
thanks alot!
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downbytheriver
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oh ya , great vid too!
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Ansky
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i def should have triple barreled that board.
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peten2toms
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Good video though I am not a fan of the live commentary while 6 tabling. I was blown away by the two videos you did with AE that were pause and record. I don't mind 6 tables but I much prefer you add the commentary after so you can take your time and thoroughly explain yourself without the interruption of thinking through a hand while talking about one that has happened.
Thanks for the videos!
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gsolis31
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Ansky-
great vid once again, nothing specific to comment on for now, definitely need to rewatch but just want to say i'm pretty sure I can appreciate your vids so much more after watching 2M2MM and seeing you guys do your thing.
much better than just hearing a random high stakes player tell me think this, think that. much more to relate to. thanks again.
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Joe Tall
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Please Watch This Video, and leave a time link!
That will be much easier for the coaches to find the hand and answer your questions, thanks.
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Caporegime
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No recorded vids please..the commentary is way better live because you get his whole thought process and see how he reacts to situations. A feel based impulsive commentary is way better than a boring strategy vid where people pause and take 10min to talk about one hand.
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benny1978
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Hi Dany,
I often get critasised for calling to much in 3 bet pots OOP. I realise its wrong to do it with small pairs as you have poor equity etc.
But what about the hands like KQs+, 88- JJ. Is it best to call and take a flop OOP with these hands rather than 4bet folding?
I know if were happy to get it in then come over the top and hopefully be good.
But then were turning decent hands into bluffs if we are folding to a 5bet.
Can you explain whats best to do in these typical situations as if a nit 3 bets you and an aggro reg does it.....does this differ in your decision making?
Sry if that was ramberling and makes no sense!
P.S - Great to see you making vids for dueces cracked. Legendry skills.
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halvadron
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just posting positive feedback. good vid
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Ansky
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I'd never value-4b and fold to a 5b... so if i had hands i wasnt sure what id want to do vs a 5b i'd likely just flat with them.
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AlCapown3d
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Against some players that 3bet with a high frequency, call 4bets with a high frequency and 5bet with a low frequency value 4bet/folding hands like JJ,TT,AQ can actually make sense even though it feels really dumb to do so.
A bonus is when such a hand goes to showdown, they think you 4bet/call with a wider value range than you´d actually do and therefore won´t 5bet bluff you anyway.
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consuellas_revenge
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Sweet baby Jesus these games play aggressive preflop!
Ok, continuing....
I like it a lot so far, btw.
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consuellas_revenge
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Great point about patting yourself on the back in that spot, which I usually do. I am so eager to justify my actions that I never stopped to think the information gained in that spot could be telling me (and probably is) that I had it all backwards.
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Eagle314
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very nice vid
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TheChosenOne
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Interesting thoughts on determining whether you would be correct in calling based on the hand he showed down.
Do you think you were necessarily wrong here based on the fact that he didn't bluff? It could be that villain is still bluffing at a high enough frequency with the exact same holding but that he bases his action on his mood. I mean he thought about it, I think it could have gone either way.
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Ansky
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I agree, I wasn't saying I thought it should be thought about one way or the other, just that I was contemplating both sides of the coin. Like I said though, I tend to think that if you think your opponent is going to be bluffing river enough with his air hands, and he checks an air hand, you typically were making a mistake.
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Bruut99
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Also love 6 tables
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Dead-Inside
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I laughed when I heard you talk about that because that's exactly what I say to myself. "Yeah, uh... yeah I'm gonna call him if he bets I think. Hope he doesn't though", and then he checks air. And I'm like "... well at least I didn't make a bad call this time."
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seek42
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i think theres a pretty strong argument for him check-calling twice with a flush draw and then bluffing on the river when he misses. or making some kind of weird block bet with 9x cc or something. i dont think he would play a set this way just because if was trapping flop and turn he would surely trap the river. since nothing makes sense id click call. the worst that happens is u get info on how he plays Tx or something.
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ploloser237
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I wasnt real sure why u would be so unsure to 4 bet ak off against someone u know to be a lag regular?
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jjiggster
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Hi Dani,
Big fan of your vids since the pokersavvy days. Just wanted to comment on the J7 suited hand that you played from the small blind. Can a argument be made for betting on the turn? It's true that he can't strictly put you on what you have based on your action on the flop, but once you check the turn you essentially turn your hand face up and give him a good chance to barrel you on the turn and river on most scare cards.
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