Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by Gman (Mid Stakes)

I think you'll find it's Celtic who are shite.

/hijack.

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do you think checking turn to show weaknesss and to let him bluff his floats or even turn his medium pps into a bluff has any merit in the spot?

Review of hand histories in this format is very very useful. Thank you to Tony for a well considered selection of hands. Gman, I think you pitched the level of analysis just right for your intended audience (on the basis that my level of understanding is a decent approximation of average for this level) ie not too deep or too superficial.

More like this please.

Hypoxia

do you think checking turn to show weaknesss and to let him bluff his floats or even turn his medium pps into a bluff has any merit in the spot?

My take on this is yes it has merit, but only if you have a pretty clear read that he is floating a tonne. To expect him to turn medium pps into a bluff would require an even more specific read. Against this player I had the opposite read - I didn't expect him to be floating almost ever here and I'd expect him to try and take showdown with a pocket pair. Again I think it would take some fairly unusual circumstances for the turn not to be a bet.

do you think checking turn to show weaknesss and to let him bluff his floats or even turn his medium pps into a bluff has any merit in the spot?

As I mentioned, if we suspect he floated on this texture or was going to turn a made hand into a bluff or incorrectly bet it for whatever reason, both of which are unlikely from most reasonable opponents, then yes checking would be best.

that hand with 45o on AJ2r, should that be raised preflop against a guy who flats 60% of raises and check calls 90% of flops?

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what do you think of blockbetting like $40-$50?

Awesome video again Gman!

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Seems like this would be an absolutely awesome spot to bet turn to induce a c/r.

that hand with 45o on AJ2r, should that be raised preflop against a guy who flats 60% of raises and check calls 90% of flops?

Yeah good point, we talked in the first episode about how vs this player I like to tighten up preflop to make my life easier. Obviously another viable counter strategy is betting the turn with a higher frequency although this spot was not ideal.

what do you think of blockbetting like $40-$50?

The reason I don't like doing this is because when they raise I end up levelling myself into calling too often thinking the small bet size has induced a bluff raise. If you don't have that issue with introducing another variable then I guess good if you think he will call a lot more often with his 1 pair hands.

what do you think of blockbetting like $40-$50?

Unless your opponent plays uberpredictably, not really a fan of this or block betting in general. But this is mostly a function of me rarely playing players who are uberpredictable.

Awesome video again Gman!

tyvm

Seems like this would be an absolutely awesome spot to bet turn to induce a c/r.

I'm lost. Are you talking about betting 3rd pair no kicker to induce a turn c/r on that texture? If so, that is beyond spewy.

I think you'll find it's Celtic who are shite.

/hijack.

Confirmed 2-1 to the mighty gers with half a team missing

The first hand you talked about was Q2 of spades on a 872, you had a flushdraw: you said the best play on the turn if you bet/call the flop would be to call again - i have a question bout that: by ch/r the flop opponent represents a narrow value range, thout any dynamic of course, 9combos of sets + 3 combos of 87 and probably some amount of good 8x - not sure how much though; so id think the best play on the turn is to shove (not on every card obv., but on the blanks kinda) whether you have Q2 of spades, 66, or you take the same line on the flop with nines and the turn is a K - youre often ahead and villain probably is not gonna fire 3rd barrel so you just give him up his pot-equity