Episode Three

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Episode Three

In his third installment of "To Nit or not to Nit," Dan takes on the competition at 2/4 NL full ring to discuss some of the differences in the play at that level.

tags: dj sensei dan morris full ring nlhe $400nl no limit $400 4-tabling

This Series: To Nit or not to Nit

DJ Sensei teaches you everything you need to know about full ring play in a 4 episode mini-series. Follow Dan from micro stakes all the way up through 2000NL.

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Comments for Episode Three

Joni
Deuce High
5 posts
Joined 01/08

Thanks, nice to see full ring videos too.

Just one question; Why are you skipping NL100 and NL200 levels? I think the play at those levels is a little bit different than at NL50 or NL400 so it would be nice to see at least one video at NL100 or NL200.

Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:32pm

DJ Sensei
Exec Producer
Quad Deuces
1146 posts
Joined 10/07

I may well make videos for the in-between levels later, but for now I kinda just wanted to do a brief overview of ssnl, msnl, and hsnl fullring.

Also, I haven't played any of these levels (aside from 10/20) in a long time so I may not even be well qualified to make a video specifically for nl100 or nl200. I don't know if I could really nail the best way to play if I don't know the games that well.

Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:44pm

PJHutch
Deuce High
17 posts
Joined 03/08

Another awesome video Dan. Taking furious notes like usual. I can happily say before this I have rarely played FR but ever since watching I have been able to get up a few buy-ins and tighten up my game. It has also helped me on my MTT strat too.

Thanks man and look forward to the next one.

Posted Mar 17, 2008 5:49pm

Ulkis
Set of Deuces
392 posts
Joined 10/07

Nice video again, thanks.

I am still trying to make up my mind if there was more 3-betting from position preflop versus 50NL but what was similar was that as soon as you stop firing and check, you get a bet back. BUT, it is couraging to see how our hero had to deal with those situations most of the time - by folding. I vote it is still to nit at this level.

It looked very similar to 50NL at FTP.

Posted Mar 17, 2008 6:52pm

improva
Deuces Full
639 posts
Joined 02/08

To me it seemed a little too ABC and passive - but what do I know I almost never play fullring. Maybe you did mention it, but how did you table select?

Posted Mar 18, 2008 2:49pm

DJ Sensei
Exec Producer
Quad Deuces
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Joined 10/07

I didn't table select for the episode, I just loaded up the first 4 tables I could get on. I would not recommend that yall do that when playing, though.

As for ABC and passive, well, its probably a combination of me running bad and fullring being a more ABC and passive kind of game.

Posted Mar 18, 2008 4:11pm

jpinkc
Deuce High
2 posts
Joined 03/08

DJ

How would you compare the various online levels you're playing to live games? For example, does .25-.50 play similar to a typical 1-2 live or more like a 2-5? What about 2-4 online? How does that compare live?

Posted Mar 20, 2008 1:35pm

DJ Sensei
Exec Producer
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DJ

How would you compare the various online levels you're playing to live games? For example, does .25-.50 play similar to a typical 1-2 live or more like a 2-5? What about 2-4 online? How does that compare live?



Tough to say specifically. I'd say low stakes live nl games (1-2 usually) probably plays as badly/softly as the lowest stakes online games (micro stakes like .05/.10 or .10/.25). 2-5 or 5-5 nl live probably is closest to maybe 50nl or 100nl online. 5-10 nl live is probably comparable to 400nl when its tough and 100nl when its not. 10-20 and up its harder to say, because generally they are played with uncapped buyins and deep stacks, which naturally lend themselves to a very different style and quality of play. They'll still usually be softer than their online counterparts, but you'll also find more live pros in them who are pretty good at doing what they do (even if they'd get owned online)

Also, a 5-10 game can be very soft or pretty tough depending on where its played: for instance, the bellagio 5-10 is probably super soft compared to the wynn 5-10, because the bellagio offers higher stakes games all the time (that the best players will be playing at), while at the wynn, 5-10 is often the biggest game and thus has the toughest players (who don't want to make the treacherous journey all the way over to the bellagio, lol).

Posted Mar 20, 2008 8:35pm

AI333
Deuce High
2 posts
Joined 03/08

Is the Ipod version of episode 3 available? I found the ipod version of 1, 2 and 4 but not 3.

Posted Mar 25, 2008 6:12pm

Entity
Founder
Quad Deuces
2856 posts
Joined 11/06

Is the Ipod version of episode 3 available? I found the ipod version of 1, 2 and 4 but not 3.



We don't provide ipod versions of the videos that are more than 1-table as they are too small to see well on smaller screens.

Rob

Posted Mar 25, 2008 6:28pm

consuellas_revenge
Deuce High
18 posts
Joined 06/08

I'm really enjoying this series, your commentary is concise and clear.
I love your tone of voice on the AK<AQ hand. "For a second there I was worried my hand would hold up," classic

Posted Jun 29, 2008 8:15pm