Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by Ansky (High Stakes)

Finally posted
thx

liking the series thanks Ansky!

one suggestion is playing 4 tables instead of 6. ive always found 6 tables of 6m too much for a live play instructional video.

with 4 tables -

- we can see the action better, fonts are bigger, etc
- we notice the metagame and specific villains more, follow the action way better
- there's more time for you to explain each spot thoroughly instead of racing to keep up with the action, talk about new things that happen, get back to what we were talking about 5 minutes ago etc.


also can you explain your thought process a little on this , ive heard a few times in this series you say 'im betting here because theres no other way im winning the pot'. for example the 22 hand in this video where you bet when checked to after flatting pre. i think in an earlier vid you also stated that you often cbet boards where you have very little equity, because there is no other way to win the pot. this seems like lazy/bad reasoning to me, like one of those bad reasons for betting donks use (such as betting for info, betting to take it down, betting for protection etc). perhaps you can explain further what you mean as Im sure your thought process is more sophisticated than I am presenting it

Please use the time stamp if you are going to refer to a hand.

Regarding what you are saying, I think you are misunderstanding what I am saying. I am not saying "because my hand is so bad, I have to bet to win the pot." If that were the case, in a multi way pot on AKQ with a fd I'd bet my 67s every time, or something like that.

I am saying that for situations in which I am likely to be cbetting with my whole range, I should make sure that I am including the more vulnerable showdown hands in my cbetting range, while sometimes checking the less vulnerable ones. ie, I 3b and the flop comes 775. It is less imperative that I bet AK than 22. I am pretty certain that a cbet with 22 is profitable, but if I check, I can basically do nothing but check fold, therefore betting is "the only way" I can win the pot.

thanks i get what youre saying now

I personally really like the 6-table format but I think you should avoid the fast tables for videos... It's really tilting to watch you time-out!

I personally really like the 6-table format but I think you should avoid the fast tables for videos... It's really tilting to watch you time-out!

yeah you are right.

Time Link to 00:05:35

Hi Dani, Table 4 you 3-bet A3s in the sb vs. the button open. Do you not feel it doesn't play well enough against a wide range for a call? Are you 3-betting because you don't like calling in the sb? Would you flat call in the BB vs. the Button open?

-Thanks.

Time Link to 00:08:18

Hi Dani, Table 1 you mentioned you don't mind flatting 22 vs. the co open on the button. I've never heard of or seen anyone fold a baby pocket pair vs. an open in position. Are you implying that it may be sometimes ok to fold a smaller pair vs. an open even in position?

-thanks

Hi Dani, Table 1 you mentioned you don't mind flatting 22 vs. the co open on the button. I've never heard of or seen anyone fold a baby pocket pair vs. an open in position. Are you implying that it may be sometimes ok to fold a smaller pair vs. an open even in position?

-thanks

pretty sure folding small pockets in position is standard nowadays.. you have to fold so many flops to a cbet and vs a reasonably tight range you're just screwed.

Great content so far, as usual.

However, I can't see your mouse pointer!?

Could this be a Camtasia setting or something? I think it's hard to follow where you focus your attention sometimes without seeing the mouse pointer.
One time in the video you actually say something like "the reason is right where my mouse is" and well, we can't see where your mouse is
So if you could fix this, that would be great.

Hope to see more video series from you!

Time Link to 00:04:41

really, really good advice - the fact that someone's range is super loose is good reason TO bluff him, not to AVOID bluffing him

obv, if we see him call down the whole way with ace high on a terrible board we revise this, but as a default we should be bluffing. figure out what sorts of hands do fish like to peel flop w - naked overcards? 3straight undercards? etc. the cards that are blanks v regs won't be v fish, and sometimes board pairs great cards to bluff since they peel so many unpaired cards that their range on the turn will be really, really weak.

Don't want to complain b/c you're content is typically solid, but found the videos much stronger with 4 tables vs. the expanded 6 tabling, plus much easier to follow (visually and conceptually). Any chance you could move back to the 4-on-screen videos, referring to hands on other tables only when relevant/interesting? Overall I find your videos solid.

Hi Dani, Table 4 you 3-bet A3s in the sb vs. the button open. Do you not feel it doesn't play well enough against a wide range for a call? Are you 3-betting because you don't like calling in the sb? Would you flat call in the BB vs. the Button open?

-Thanks.

I think it plays reasonably vs a calling range. I don't like calling much, and I think it is sometimes good enough to 3b/5b.

Hi Dani, Table 1 you mentioned you don't mind flatting 22 vs. the co open on the button. I've never heard of or seen anyone fold a baby pocket pair vs. an open in position. Are you implying that it may be sometimes ok to fold a smaller pair vs. an open even in position?

-thanks

Depends on some stuff, but think about it this way: When you don't flop a set, you will almost always have the worst possible hand you can possibly have in that situation. That kinda sucks doesn't it?

Great content so far, as usual.

However, I can't see your mouse pointer!?

Could this be a Camtasia setting or something? I think it's hard to follow where you focus your attention sometimes without seeing the mouse pointer.
One time in the video you actually say something like "the reason is right where my mouse is" and well, we can't see where your mouse is
So if you could fix this, that would be great.

Hope to see more video series from you!

hmmm I can bring this up with the bosses. Has this been happening in other videos as well for you?

pretty sure folding small pockets in position is standard nowadays.. you have to fold so many flops to a cbet and vs a reasonably tight range you're just screwed.

Yeah, I've never considered that before. I'm going to respond to Ansky's post with my thoughts.

Depends on some stuff, but think about it this way: When you don't flop a set, you will almost always have the worst possible hand you can possibly have in that situation. That kinda sucks doesn't it?

Yeah, absolutely Dani, w/out a set we have the worst equity and shit bluffing equity Post Flop.

You said it depends on stuff, here's the stuff I think it depends on and if you want you can enlighten me :-)

1. If villiain is a fish, I'd call in position.
2. If I had been 3-betting or bluffing villain post flop a lot, or if he perceives me as coming after him. I'd flat as he may give me some more action if I hit my set.
3. If villain raises UTG or UTG + 1 we may have more implied odds??? This one I'm not sure.

-Thanks.

I think it plays reasonably vs a calling range. I don't like calling much, and I think it is sometimes good enough to 3b/5b.

I play micro up to 50nl, so I doubt the 3b/5b thing is a good idea for me as guys are not 4-bet bluffing bunches.

"I don't like calling much"...may I ask why? I think you can bluff catch with an A vs. a wide open range and you can also bluff raise with some draws/gutters etc....is it just because of certain way you structure your pre-flop game?

-Thanks.

pretty sure folding small pockets in position is standard nowadays.. you have to fold so many flops to a cbet and vs a reasonably tight range you're just screwed.

There was a thread a week or two ago about this same thing. It was interesting how it was pretty split on what's better/standard.

pretty sure folding small pockets in position is standard nowadays..

Okay, now if we are folding 22 ip, then what pockets are we calling with? Something like 77-JJ or 77-TT normally? And if the raise gets a caller in front of us, should we be more inclined to call also? Usually I'm more inclined to call with 22-66 if it is multi way in spots where if it were HU I would be more inclined to fold, is this good logic? Like if someone raises EP/MP if it gets folded around to me in the sb I would often fold 22-66, but if someone else calls, I often call(less so if they are less than 100bb deep). Is this correct though? And vs a button or cutoff opener who has a high fold to 3 bet I sometimes 3 bet small pockets from the blinds. Just wondering what Ansky or others think about these kinds of spots, like what are good spots to call small pockets or fold them or re raise them, and what are your cutoffs when you construct ranges? Like if you fold 22 in the small blind vs a late position steal, are you calling 77? I know it depends on villain etc, just looking for general concepts.

I think with 77-88 you have to call any wide opening range because you have SD value. IMO it's possible that you can fold those (77-88) vs. a NIT opening UTG if they won't pay off if you hit a set, that's oop, in position I don't know how much changes. And for sure you'd call going Multi-Way.

Okay, now if we are folding 22 ip, then what pockets are we calling with? Something like 77-JJ or 77-TT normally? And if the raise gets a caller in front of us, should we be more inclined to call also? Usually I'm more inclined to call with 22-66 if it is multi way in spots where if it were HU I would be more inclined to fold, is this good logic? Like if someone raises EP/MP if it gets folded around to me in the sb I would often fold 22-66, but if someone else calls, I often call(less so if they are less than 100bb deep). Is this correct though? And vs a button or cutoff opener who has a high fold to 3 bet I sometimes 3 bet small pockets from the blinds. Just wondering what Ansky or others think about these kinds of spots, like what are good spots to call small pockets or fold them or re raise them, and what are your cutoffs when you construct ranges? Like if you fold 22 in the small blind vs a late position steal, are you calling 77? I know it depends on villain etc, just looking for general concepts.

Yeah, absolutely Dani, w/out a set we have the worst equity and shit bluffing equity Post Flop.

You said it depends on stuff, here's the stuff I think it depends on and if you want you can enlighten me :-)

1. If villiain is a fish, I'd call in position.
2. If I had been 3-betting or bluffing villain post flop a lot, or if he perceives me as coming after him. I'd flat as he may give me some more action if I hit my set.
3. If villain raises UTG or UTG + 1 we may have more implied odds??? This one I'm not sure.

-Thanks.

Stack size, everything ou mentioned, and just general tendencies. If the guy cbets a lot you should be less likely to call, then again you might just have way more opportunities to bluff.

yeah against guys who are monkey barrelers or overdefend their cbets, you can call preflop with the plan of only continuing with a set and still do pretty well. these players will fight so hard to win the pot once they raised that you have implied odds against their whole range

Ok, thanks Dani and Terp

1+ to goldserap first comet

yeah against guys who are monkey barrelers or overdefend their cbets, you can call preflop with the plan of only continuing with a set and still do pretty well. these players will fight so hard to win the pot once they raised that you have implied odds against their whole range

Unless I'm mistaken, Small PPs were generally the bottom of your raise cbet range as well, considering most villains respond to a raise cbet with a 3bet instead of a call (and even if they respond with a call, you can use your position to double your chances of hitting your sets compared to check/raising) you generally depolarize your raise cbet range to hands that can call a 3bet and air - which PPs qualify as - in places where your over cards and back door flush draws are good to float.

Time Link to 00:13:46

so this particular villain should just call twice and jam any river you check in a 3b pot?
do you play this hand differently v a good 22/19?

Time Link to 00:23:48

really? seems way too loose at an average table

Unless I'm mistaken, Small PPs were generally the bottom of your raise cbet range as well, considering most villains respond to a raise cbet with a 3bet instead of a call (and even if they respond with a call, you can use your position to double your chances of hitting your sets compared to check/raising) you generally depolarize your raise cbet range to hands that can call a 3bet and air - which PPs qualify as - in places where your over cards and back door flush draws are good to float.

not sure i follow what you are saying. i am talking about raising when we do hit a set. the fact that these opponents 3bet often after cbetting is very good for us and gives us a sort of implied odds, provided we make sure to simply fold often when we miss.

not sure i follow what you are saying. i am talking about raising when we do hit a set. the fact that these opponents 3bet often after cbetting is very good for us and gives us a sort of implied odds, provided we make sure to simply fold often when we miss.

I understood, however given we're in position, our raise cbet range should be polarized in position and his cbet range should be depolarized OOP there's no reason not to turn Small PPs into bluffs post-flop when we have twice the redraw value vs a call and we're forcing more equity to fold. For instance, say your calling range is AQ, AJs, KQs, JJ-22 vs UTG on a board of T72ssx, AQ, AJs, KQs can all float that board and 99-88 have reasonble showdown value, so that only leaves the bluff raise cbet range to 66-22 when you think about it.

Time Link to 00:25:31

Do you 3 bet 5 bet this against aggro 100bb reg as well or would you just call? I kinda like 3 bet and calling a 4bet if you are 100bb against aggro reg and just calling against regs that are deeper unless there is a crazy dynamic or he is just opening too much then I will adapt 3betting him often and then 3betting this for value of course.

Time Link to 00:28:42

I would shove that AJ against an aggro shortstack I think(about 25:00). The good ones 3 bet a lot also 3 betting quite a lot of Ax and with the right dynamic they sometimes call off Ax and KQ type hands as well and they probably also have quite a lot of pairs in their range. I also dont like calling AQ because it will put you into some different spots. Sure you could shove most boards with overcards but they are a lot of middle connected boards and these shorties always c bet a ton !


Also you are saying that cbetting 75 percent is not a big deal? I think it is!

Okay, now if we are folding 22 ip, then what pockets are we calling with? Something like 77-JJ or 77-TT normally? And if the raise gets a caller in front of us, should we be more inclined to call also? Usually I'm more inclined to call with 22-66 if it is multi way in spots where if it were HU I would be more inclined to fold, is this good logic? Like if someone raises EP/MP if it gets folded around to me in the sb I would often fold 22-66, but if someone else calls, I often call(less so if they are less than 100bb deep). Is this correct though? And vs a button or cutoff opener who has a high fold to 3 bet I sometimes 3 bet small pockets from the blinds. Just wondering what Ansky or others think about these kinds of spots, like what are good spots to call small pockets or fold them or re raise them, and what are your cutoffs when you construct ranges? Like if you fold 22 in the small blind vs a late position steal, are you calling 77? I know it depends on villain etc, just looking for general concepts.

I think most of what you said is true. And I think every pp gets noticeably better than the one lower than it. I'd definitely never fold 77 to a single raise, but I'd start considering it around 66, and frequently do it with 55.

really? seems way too loose at an average table

I don't think so, seems close though.

Do you 3 bet 5 bet this against aggro 100bb reg as well or would you just call? I kinda like 3 bet and calling a 4bet if you are 100bb against aggro reg and just calling against regs that are deeper unless there is a crazy dynamic or he is just opening too much then I will adapt 3betting him often and then 3betting this for value of course.

With the a9o? I was 3b/folding.

I would shove that AJ against an aggro shortstack I think(about 25:00). The good ones 3 bet a lot also 3 betting quite a lot of Ax and with the right dynamic they sometimes call off Ax and KQ type hands as well and they probably also have quite a lot of pairs in their range. I also dont like calling AQ because it will put you into some different spots. Sure you could shove most boards with overcards but they are a lot of middle connected boards and these shorties always c bet a ton !


Also you are saying that cbetting 75 percent is not a big deal? I think it is!

I think it's high but not outrageous.

My cb% is lower than 70% fwiw

Dani, can you please upload your HUD or post a link to where you downloaded it from?

I understood, however given we're in position, our raise cbet range should be polarized in position and his cbet range should be depolarized OOP there's no reason not to turn Small PPs into bluffs post-flop when we have twice the redraw value vs a call and we're forcing more equity to fold. For instance, say your calling range is AQ, AJs, KQs, JJ-22 vs UTG on a board of T72ssx, AQ, AJs, KQs can all float that board and 99-88 have reasonble showdown value, so that only leaves the bluff raise cbet range to 66-22 when you think about it.

against a guy who auto3bets the flop often, we shouldn't have a bluffraising range as a default. that was the presumption under which i was working. if he b/c or b/f often enough, we can start raise/folding hands like QJ, A9s, etc.

Dani, can you please upload your HUD or post a link to where you downloaded it from?

http://forums.holdemmanager.com/share-your-hud-configurations/4166-nl6max-layout-optimization.html

http://forums.holdemmanager.com/share-your-hud-configurations/4166-nl6max-layout-optimization.html

Thanks a lot!

Time Link to 00:15:43

Do u think the call with 99 on the KTx board is standart?
Did u have any reads what range he is raising UTG?