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

You know what bothers me about this video and alot of other videos these days? It's the same shit over and over again.

This is a 3/6 video, you can assume that everyone watching the video knows why to raise bigger or smaller preflop, there is really no need to go over it again and again.

I mean, stuff like that is being said in pretty much EVERY video these days, I wouldn't mind it being said in a 50NL or a 100NL video but cmon guys, its almost 2010.

Sorry if I offended any of you guys by saying this but I have been thinking this for months now and well... someone had to say it

Other then that it'll probably be a good video as usual, keep up the good work !

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+a mirrion

i agree.

as always it's a little difficult to sweat a player as good as whitelime and come up with a lot of spots where he screws up (or does something that's not easily justified).

This is why, in the last two videos, I've tried to add some specific things/rants/whatever to ensure some new content. There is going to inevitably be some filler in a true sweat though, which is why sweating isn't necessarily the best format for good players to use. That said, there is still a lot of good content here imo and there will continue to be throughout the series.

Thanks for watching,
Andrew

You know what bothers me about this video and alot of other videos these days? It's the same shit over and over again.

This is a 3/6 video, you can assume that everyone watching the video knows why to raise bigger or smaller preflop, there is really no need to go over it again and again.

I mean, stuff like that is being said in pretty much EVERY video these days, I wouldn't mind it being said in a 50NL or a 100NL video but cmon guys, its almost 2010.

Sorry if I offended any of you guys by saying this but I have been thinking this for months now and well... someone had to say it

Other then that it'll probably be a good video as usual, keep up the good work !

I agree that the stuff you mentioned should be basic to a lot of us at this point. But the thing I like about hearing it again and again is that I believe these small adjustments make a huge difference in your WR. The players that forget the small stuff far too often are the ones that usually struggle the most. And as far as I'm concerned, hearing about the small stuff over and over again, can only keep it fresh in my head. Which in turn = more $. In the end, we don't really make $ being the most super duper poker players all the time. We make $ because other players consistently make small mistakes and obv large ones. The more this stuff is beaten into our minds the better off we are.

Would it be possible to have the full length video available to download? While the highlights and good spots that are explained here are *great*, it would also be an interesting perspective to see an entire session to get an idea of the general flow of the game as well as the general flow of how one tackles a table.

I love the subliminal picture at about 38m in Andrew! It looked like the cover of your book, although i cannot be bothered to go back :-)

First time i have watched this vid, or any Mid stakes vids at all. Awesome listening to how you think through the hands it really is amazing. Also love emils c/rai all in on the 4 club river.

I think you were overadjusting to the player rachagammon in your analyses. I think a large reason for why he called the 4b with 63s was the fact that Emil 4bet really small and he was getting like 3.75:1.

I think you were overadjusting to the player rachagammon in your analyses. I think a large reason for why he called the 4b with 63s was the fact that Emil 4bet really small and he was getting like 3.75:1.

I don't think that changes much. He's throwing away good money after bad as he isn't getting the correct odds regardless.

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With the QQ hand, on the flop I prefere leading small like Whitelime did as it allows the villain to spew shove an even wider part of their range. I have overcards/backdoor,he might fold.....

Regarding the 63s vs QQ hand. When there is a superstar playing 42/35 running the table. He 3/4bets and squeezes more than a vulcano. How exactly are we suposed to playing against him?

With Emil and the crazy guy on the left table.
With the QQ isnt the raise size to small? I know its the nuts vs this fella but min raising OOP is surly asking for trouble?
I can see the logic as im sure he was leaving some dort of fold equity for the madman but in reality its pretty obv Emil has a monster imo.

Anyway, enjoying the series. It would be good to see it at 2/4 or even 1/2 not sure why every week you play deep 3/6.
It would be good to see how the adjustments are made in the lower level games.....Baluga would spew obv ;-)

I would assume that everyone knows that not eating well and lack of exercise are detrimental to health, yet, there are many who either don't get it or are deaf.

Maybe repetition is not so bad and assumption is quite possibly the mother of all fuck ups.

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what do you think is best option if our cbet gets raised on this board texture. Can we really just bet/fold?

With Emil and the crazy guy on the left table.
With the QQ isnt the raise size to small? I know its the nuts vs this fella but min raising OOP is surly asking for trouble?
I can see the logic as im sure he was leaving some dort of fold equity for the madman but in reality its pretty obv Emil has a monster imo.

Baluga says in the video that Emil is leaving himself room to fold if NextWorldChamp shoves over the top (which he'd only do with AA or sometimes KK I guess).

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Hey Andrew, NxtWrldChamp here. Thanks for the shoutout

Let me defend myself a little bit here because i really dont think the play is as bad as you think it is. Rachagammons range is obviously extremely wide as weve seen before in this spot where she is squeezing. I would probably say her squeezing percentage in this spot is like 13% possibly even more.

I'm gonna go ahead and say that racha is then cbetting this board like 100% of the time given past experience. Now im risking like 1098 to win the 507 in the pot. When im called i would say i have roughly about 28% against a pretty loose calling range that represents appox. 7% of hands.

Now using a fold equity calculator i need her to fold 44% of the time given my equity and whatnot. And if she is squeezing 13% of hands and only calling me with 7% of them that means shes folding 46% of the time so i make like $15 with the play, with quite a bit of variance to go along with it. This is also assuming shes pretty much never folding any piece of the board. Also if you add KTs or KTo to her calling range(bc lol i have a double gutter and an overcard!) then my equity skyrockets and it makes the play even more profitable.

I realize it wasnt a great play but I certainly wouldnt say its terrible. Slightly -ev at worst and decently +ev in the best scenarios. See ya at the tables.

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You mentioned that you would either check/fold or value bet river, but is check/calling really that bad? A King would often bet the turn, and when you check again on the river why can't villain be value betting JJ or TT, or turning ace high into a bluff or just be straight up delayed floating (i.e, float flop with air, checkback turn, and bluff river if hero checks river showing even more weakness).

BW,

Seems like Emil often cbets ~90% of pot on coordinated boards, I usually cbet much less in the 2/3 to 3/4 pot range, which do you prefer?

Also, on the last hand where Emil flops a set w/33 and shoves the river, I think the pot is too big too shove. The villain only has like 240 behind and the pot is over 700 I think, so most clubs will call and Emil is getting over 3:1 so I think calling is better than shoving.

All - we are looking for two (2!) lucky volunteers who have been watching Parallels 2. Next season (starts Monday, November 9), we'll be continuing the series but with a different approach --- Emil and Andrew will be coaching instead of playing. Each volunteer will appear in 3 videos (one coached by Andrew, one by Emil, and one by both at the same time).

First two subscribers to post in this thread will get the spots.

gogogogo!

I'm in!

BW,

Seems like Emil often cbets ~90% of pot on coordinated boards, I usually cbet much less in the 2/3 to 3/4 pot range, which do you prefer?

Also, on the last hand where Emil flops a set w/33 and shoves the river, I think the pot is too big too shove. The villain only has like 240 behind and the pot is over 700 I think, so most clubs will call and Emil is getting over 3:1 so I think calling is better than shoving.

Even though he's getting such great odds, My line is really strong and has a lot of Ac in it. I think most good players will call for the right reasons here and not just because they are curious and getting good odds.

what do you think is best option if our cbet gets raised on this board texture. Can we really just bet/fold?

I'd call and probably make him fire at least one more barrel before I'm folding. Against nits you can just bet-fold.

All - we are looking for two (2!) lucky volunteers who have been watching Parallels 2. Next season (starts Monday, November 9), we'll be continuing the series but with a different approach --- Emil and Andrew will be coaching instead of playing. Each volunteer will appear in 3 videos (one coached by Andrew, one by Emil, and one by both at the same time).

First two subscribers to post in this thread will get the spots.

gogogogo!

Too late? Me!

chrisbroholm and supsis got the job!

F**k

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Wow you guys are insanely good at poker. I love this series, and enjoy the non stop action!
Thank you very much to both of you.