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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by inavacuum (Micro/Small Stakes)

Quick note that in either this video or the next I think I found that I spoke over Kevin a few times and I'd like to apologise for that - because that's not how I roll. Secondly, if any of my current students have seen any of these hands, get in touch so that we can cover some extra content.

Hey ! What have we here. Ahh another Yin & Yang, been waiting for awhile...

OMG OMG OMG can't wait to watch.

Kinda funny was actually thinking about PM'ing you Tim to ask when you were gonna make a new vid/series.

Btw have you considered making an Eurotrip 2.0 or something, now that there are prolly more players after BF?

Glad you were looking forward to it.

Btw have you considered making an Eurotrip 2.0 or something, now that there are prolly more players after BF?

Discussions are on-going.

Great Monday morning surprise from DC.

Will there be many more in the coming weeks or is this just until the new season starts?

Hey inavacuum, just downloaded Hope to see more.

Cheers!

There will be a few more.

Time Link to 00:12:21

I have a question about this spot. It seems to me that you are potentially wasting your showdown value here by raising. Your main argument for raising so far seems to be that you can represent a wide raising range, which is true, but you can represent that range when you have air in your hand aswell. Your hand is a potential bluffcatcher so its important to analyze your calling option.

The main argument against calling was afaik that he is gonna barrel alot and its hard to calldown because his range is so wide. So you are just hoping he slows down and you can pick up the pot. But if you think he is gonna barrel alot isn't it a better line to call and raise later on, or to call and call again? It just kinda feels like you are taking the easy option out of the hand by raising, but not the most +EV one from the perspective of your entire range on the flop. Once you start raising medium hands you are going to have to fold alot of air type hands or have a very high raise %.

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Time Link to 00:39:37

It seems like your cbet is to big in this spot, I would make it like 6. Its only 1bb but still pretty important.

Also later on in the hand, what do you think about checking back the turn because some people dont give you credit for betting a K there but will give you credit if you bet the river after he checks again. Also its a great spot if he bets the river on a blank and you can raise him cause he just never has a hand in that spot unless he rivered random trips or 2p. I'm just saying against some people you might be able to rep a K better if you check the turn back.

It seems like your cbet is to big in this spot, I would make it like 6. Its only 1bb but still pretty important.

cbet size is fine. No problem with going smaller, especially if you tend to put less in total overall.

I'm just saying against some people you might be able to rep a K better if you check the turn back.

I agree. Against some people you might.

Awesome, now I have a reason to procrastinate

I have a question about this spot. It seems to me that you are potentially wasting your showdown value here by raising. Your main argument for raising so far seems to be that you can represent a wide raising range, which is true, but you can represent that range when you have air in your hand aswell. Your hand is a potential bluffcatcher so its important to analyze your calling option.

The main argument against calling was afaik that he is gonna barrel alot and its hard to calldown because his range is so wide. So you are just hoping he slows down and you can pick up the pot. But if you think he is gonna barrel alot isn't it a better line to call and raise later on, or to call and call again? It just kinda feels like you are taking the easy option out of the hand by raising, but not the most +EV one from the perspective of your entire range on the flop.

I prefer to not have a polarised range, at least to begin with. I don't have a problem with someone polarising their range and only raising with bluffs, but that is in theory at lot easier to counter. Of course I would adjust once someone thinks my range is extremely light. I think calling planning to call when the board gets wetter would be extremely bad and we actually get more value by raising, not less.

Once you start raising medium hands you are going to have to fold alot of air type hands or have a very high raise %.

A high raise % would be ideal.

As a continuation of the above, I feel it's important to stress that you don't have to always take line X. If I'm raising the flop in question as in the hand in the video, it's because I think it's the most profitable line at that time. I may well call vs someone who thinks differently or who knows more/less about what I might do.

Time Link to 00:13:40

Great video.
You mentioned here that you c/r here with the same hand sometimes, what if you get called ? do you continue or give up on what cards? My guess is that if we get called here after we c/r , he has a draw or a J mostly, we can barrel on non-Spade, Non-8 or Non- A. Is it ok here to just give up after we got called ?
If you have AJ on this 4s5sJ flop and a reg C/R you, do you call ? or 4bet ? or just fold?
Thank you , This video made my day

Great video.
You mentioned here that you c/r here with the same hand sometimes, what if you get called ? do you continue or give up on what cards? My guess is that if we get called here after we c/r , he has a draw or a J mostly, we can barrel on non-Spade, Non-8 or Non- A. Is it ok here to just give up after we got called ?
If you have AJ on this 4s5sJ flop and a reg C/R you, do you call ? or 4bet ? or just fold?
Thank you , This video made my day

Really depends on the villain what I do if a CR is called. If I think I can rep a draw successfully I'll just play my hand like a draw and bet the turn most of the time. I probably wouldn't CR the flop if I didn't think villain was able to put me a range of made hands and draws. As for what villain may have if he calls the CR, it's possible he has a draw but it's not likely to be an especially good one if he's not wanting to push his equity on the flop, more likely it's some kind of TP that can fold if a draw we can rep does come in.

As for when our AJ gets CR'd, again it depends on villain. He would have to be pretty spewy for us to stack off, but it's good with the right reads. If you think villain will play face-up then calling is fine. If villain is going to not slow down, and will turn hands into bluffs, and will have better hands and draws, it might be better to fold - and if this villain is CRing a lot then it might be better to not even cbet the flop.

Hey Tim, very nice video.
U said that if u were the original raiser in the 56 s hand u would c/r that hand sometimes on that flop .Would u ever consider a bet/3bet line (again assuming we are against an aggressive reg)?Why yes/no ,or why u prefer taking a c/r line.Tnx

Hey Tim, very nice video.
U said that if u were the original raiser in the 56 s hand u would c/r that hand sometimes on that flop .Would u ever consider a bet/3bet line (again assuming we are against an aggressive reg)?Why yes/no ,or why u prefer taking a c/r line.Tnx

Bet/3betting can often just be wasting your equity, but I can see it being fine if you have some strong reads on how often villain raises the flop with a certain range and doesn't continue. Would rather just do this with strong(er) draws.

Hey Tim,
Just spent the last few hours watching, thinking about and rewatching your video. It was a great video and there was loads of information. I had a few questions about a couple of the hands.

1. In the first hand with 5h6h, if the board bricks turn and river do you still make a bluff on the river? Are you more likely to do this if one of the cards is an offsuit K as this will make him less likely to call with AJ and QQ knowing that he now loses to Kxs?

2. In the same hand, apart from sets, 2 pair and big draws, what is a good range to raise the flop with? Do you do this with a hand as strong as AJ or a hand as weak as 7h8h or 22?

3. At the 19min mark where you have AhKs, do you think this villian ever leads the turn with a hand like 99-JJ thinking that he has a decent shot at having the best hand, he probably has some outs if he doesn't have the best hand and it prevents him from getting bluffed off the best hand? How does your plan for the hand change if he leads turn?

4. In your first hand against play2winSerbia do you ever bet/3-bet and call a shove with top pair on this dry of a board (K83r) against this sort of player without any history?

Cheers.

1. In the first hand with 5h6h, if the board bricks turn and river do you still make a bluff on the river? Are you more likely to do this if one of the cards is an offsuit K as this will make him less likely to call with AJ and QQ knowing that he now loses to Kxs?

Probably not. An offsuit K doesn't really change anything from his perspective, the only Kx we'd have would be Kx with whatever FD was out there. In short, if he's calling so we can semi-bluff, he should really like big off suit cards, not be afraid of them.

2. In the same hand, apart from sets, 2 pair and big draws, what is a good range to raise the flop with? Do you do this with a hand as strong as AJ or a hand as weak as 7h8h or 22?

8h7h would be a good hand to raise with, as long as you're going to rep spades along with what you actually have. 22 would be fine to turn into a bluff, as long as you're not just "one and done". This is assuming villain can hand read and isn't a station. Raising AJ isn't really optimal unless you have such a history that villain will not believe you, or if you have a read that he's just going to fastplay worse made hands, which is pretty unlikely. There is much less onus on you to make better hands fold at some point if you already have TPTK.

3. At the 19min mark where you have AhKs, do you think this villian ever leads the turn with a hand like 99-JJ thinking that he has a decent shot at having the best hand, he probably has some outs if he doesn't have the best hand and it prevents him from getting bluffed off the best hand? How does your plan for the hand change if he leads turn?

It would be pretty rare for villain to donk lead this turn OOR. Typically it's something I would expect a fish to do quite often with exactly that range. That's not to say it's a horrible play because it doesn't have to be. It all comes down to what you expect the 3bettor to do. If you think he would never, ever bluff the turn, leading to control the size of the bet/protect your hand can be good. I don't particularly like leading as a bluff on the turn because a lot of regs are going to enter confusion/level myself call mode. Against this particular villain I jam if he leads the turn, against someone else it could be an easy muck.

4. In your first hand against play2winSerbia do you ever bet/3-bet and call a shove with top pair on this dry of a board (K83r) against this sort of player without any history?

Yes, often. Reraising the flop small does a better job of repping air than calling.

Time Link to 00:29:06

How are you able to eliminate straights from his range on the turn?

How are you able to eliminate straights from his range on the turn?

When we just call the flop we obviously have to have a piece or a draw. If he's just turned a straight in such as small pot he's going to want to get value as well as protect against us hitting a 4straight and bet bigger. What he's doing is turning his hand face up by indicating that he wants us to fold (he bets) and telling us his hand is no good (the bet size). A lot of recreational players are guilty of sizing their bets according to their hand strength and this is one example.

Nice series.
Can't wait to watch this one.
I've learned a lot watching your videos.
Keep it up sir.

inavacuum, can you tell me, what type of font do you use in your HUD?

inavacuum, can you tell me, what type of font do you use in your HUD?

Verdana, bold, 9.

Nice series.
Can't wait to watch this one.
I've learned a lot watching your videos.
Keep it up sir.

Thank you, glad to have helped.

Time Link to 00:02:26

Not a bad win rate!! What network did you play on?

Not a bad win rate!! What network did you play on?

Long time ago, I think it was Boss mainly.