Just to clarify, J432A is called a jack-perfect, and any J6 or better would probably be called smooth. 5-6 is basically the breaking point for smoothness, and arguing about the smoothness of any hand 9 or worse is pretty pointless. It also compounds the lower you get, i.e. a 76 is certainly not very smooth, etc. Another term used less commonly is straight, which is the worst hand possible, like a straight-8 is an 87654. Hope I could help a little.

It was recently brought up to me by DC-coach, Parlay Slow that the hand at 18m our hero has:

(48) AJQ

and villain has (xx) 8JK

Now, Parlay Slow has brought up that if our opponent has 32 in the hole he is a slight favorite:

Giving our hero an optimal range how the hand has played out:

dead cards: 79TJ
Hand Pot equity
(8-7-)AJQ 49.87%
328JK 50.13%


Here is the actual hand of the hero vs our opponents 32
dead cards: 79TJ
Hand Pot equity
84AJQ 49.10%
328JK 50.90%

Now here is a ranged-hand for hero and opponent:
dead cards: 79TJ
Hand Pot equity
(6-7-)AJQ 51.20%
(7-6-)8JK 48.80%


So, indeed our opponent can be coin flipping in this situation and this is closer than I assumed in the video. But the problem is that our opponent has a 'pinned' range due to having an 8 as a door card. This allows us to play against him well and he has 3-BB streets to get to show down vs a 3rd street raiser w/an Ace door, compounding his reverse implied odd situation. This pot was HU on 3rd, so it is not that big. Granted it is closer than I alluded to in the video, but certainly the point of having an 8-door card was empathized.

Great series. Really really GREAT!
Also really looking forward to watch Saddle up next now.. And next series you get mixed games going, I'm hopefully up to speed and will be able to get in question and suggestions.

Mixed games are great out there, and I recommend it to everyone.