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Poker Video: MTT/SNG by YugiohPro (Mid Stakes)

Time Link to 00:05:04

this looks more spew than anything...
your giving suited aces way too much credit in this spot... A5s is better than A6s here
not a fan... i feel we get snap called way more often than we get a fold.

this looks more spew than anything...
your giving suited aces way too much credit in this spot... A5s is better than A6s here
not a fan... i feel we get snap called way more often than we get a fold.

I disagree. I feel like we pick up this pot a ton. In terms of game flow i think its a really good spot because you have opened last 3 and therefore should get more respect from a good player with a 4B jam here. Also squeezer knows that SB is prolly calling lighter than he normally would based on losing the last pot to op and with the bubble coming into consideration i would guess an agressive player would squeeze over 50 percent here. I think we take this uncontested 8 of 10 times.

Time Link to 00:19:09

This could be a leak i have. The top right in the past in a spot like that (with his stack) I would usually 4 bet my whole range I want to continue with because I think a flat looks stronger to good players. I dont think i competent player would stack off with AQ on a Qxx board when his 3 bet gets cold called and he gets resistance otf. I feel like a flat only really rep nut hands not including AK so i guess mabey TT but forsure JJ plus. Is it not going to be really simple for our oponents to play perfectly against us when we flat? ( hope i frased everything right, really hard to express what im thinking on paper lol )

Time Link to 00:20:31

wow lol

Time Link to 00:58:49

top left fold AQ suited?

Again fantastic vid! If you ever want to do i mentor series hit me up

What hope is there when almost every player youre up against has a shark icon or silver star when searched on sharkscope.

What hope is there when almost every player youre up against has a shark icon or silver star when searched on sharkscope.

Dont fold as much

this looks more spew than anything...
your giving suited aces way too much credit in this spot... A5s is better than A6s here
not a fan... i feel we get snap called way more often than we get a fold.

Disagree with this. We can find break even frequencies: http://www.fpppro.com/fold-equity-calculator.php and it's actually close to optimal to shove a6s unless it's a nit. Also both hands have nearly identical equities. A5s is better in spots if we plan on getting flatted due to straight possibilities, yes.

jaimestaples

For 19:09, I do agree it's really close. I think small 4b is by far the worst option though. Flatting at least gives us a range of something like TT-AA/AK. Small 4b only gives us the nuts. It's way better to just shove the 25bb or so though since that will get looked up a lot and look natural.

So I reasoned in the vid he couldn't be dumb enough to have KK-AA and probably had something like TT-99/AK that wanted extra FE. Not sure.

The AQs is interesting and I'm a bit upset I was so focused on the right I didn't talk about it. The player who raised is very loose-passive so we suffer huge reverse implied odds. Deeper it's a fist pump call and even with 1700 it could be a pretty nitty fold. I don't like the idea of investing 120 and missing most flops, or having the limper reshove or something. Close but nitty and I could have been on autopilot due to focus on other tournaments.

Thanks for the comments jaime, hope this helps. Will definitely consider starting a mentor series for a few committed DC tournament players .

great suff thanks. btw in the first spot i meant 4bet jam cus we cant 4b fold really but i should prolly start to flat sometimes against specific opponents. thanks again

i Just though of something that could be really usefull if you could go over it in a future vid i know i would get a lot out of it. I find myself hardly ever flatting 3b's. I know a lot of people talk about how easy it is to exploit someone who only 4b's or folds but i have a difficult time finding good spots. The only time i like to flat (exept for sometimes in first few levels) is if i have a nut type hand and no 3or4 bet history with a villain then i will usually just flat and raise a lot of flops. Is it important to stay balanced in these spots etc. etc. etc. thanks

Time Link to 00:33:51

I dont really understand the last part of this.. The fact that no-one 3b/folds with 23-32bbs stacks?

great suff thanks. btw in the first spot i meant 4bet jam cus we cant 4b fold really but i should prolly start to flat sometimes against specific opponents. thanks again

Would definitely recommend just 4b jamming your entire range, yes. Sorry for the confusion though. I meant flatting was good compared to small 4b'ing. But both are pretty terrible compared to just jamming!

Will definitely considering doing a DC shorts on dealing with habitual 3 bets in MTTs!

I dont really understand the last part of this.. The fact that no-one 3b/folds with 23-32bbs stacks?

Yeah. If players don't like reshoving 24bb and don't ever 3b/fold that size, you can just open ATC in a lot of spots because they are going to be reshoving too tight of a range and not defending often enough. A lot of low to intermediate stakes tournament players don't defend enough and prefer push/fold preflop.

Time Link to 00:55:50

JJYYKK,

you are an excellent thinker of the game. A lot of clarification in your tournament videos about so many concepts and variables which were fuzzy . Thank you - will definitely help my game.

Really good stuff. Are your slides available anywhere?

Nope but I can definitely put them together sometime from my e-mail account for you guys. Maybe I'll do that every 5 slides or something.