Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by sthief09 (Micro/Small Stakes)

Time Link to 00:55:43

I like donkbetting here aswell.. But I'm wondering why you would bet half pot here 4ways?
There's so many draws out there, and multiway you're giving such a good price to chase the draws.
I would just potbet here, you almost certainly have the best hand. I would charge them more for drawing, plus they're probably not folding overpairs/draws anyway.

I like donkbetting here aswell.. But I'm wondering why you would bet half pot here 4ways?
There's so many draws out there, and multiway you're giving such a good price to chase the draws.
I would just potbet here, you almost certainly have the best hand. I would charge them more for drawing, plus they're probably not folding overpairs/draws anyway.

I think I mentioned in there that I don't know why either. Something close to pot is probably best.

It's a minor point but I think full potting it is too big. If you think about the types of hands that will call a smaller bet but fold to a pot bet, it's a lot of hands with 0 or 4 outs. I also think as far as my perceived range goes, a pot-sized bet probably makes it appear less likely that I do have a draw and more likely I have a big made hand. Maybe this is wrong. It's tough to know what and how people think. Pot-sized bets have an interesting effect on psychology, even compared to betting 95%.

Yeah I agree, I just call it pot betting, but I actually meant what you're saying. I usually bet like 2.50 there.

My update:

I've been doing pretty good in mostly every way so far.
Made all my time-poker-related goals in the first 2 weeks. Gotta admit, I had more free time than I thought I would have, so that made it a bit easier. But I feel the motivation is high, I've been watching video's, reading and posting in forums, marking hands.. Better than ever really.
One thing im struggling with is making notes on players.. This is partly lazyness on my part, and partly because there's just so many players at 25nl and 50nl (playing at Stars), that I got to the point of thinking.. Whats the use?

As far as non poker related goals I've been slacking and had some bad luck i guess.
Right at the start I busted my knee playing football, had to rest/physical therapy for 2-3 weeks.
Can finally start working on rehabilitating (might be a big word for it.. not sure how you'd call it) this week. Which means going to the gym twice a week and hometrainer twice a week aswell. Will take about 6 weeks to get fit again.

Results: Started out running far below EV, but that has evened out almost entirely.
I've now played about 24k hands, and my BR is at 905$, so i'm gonna be taking the first 100nl shot tomorrow.

Hey sthief, sorry for hijacking but I just finished watching ep.2. What sample you need to do such a player analysis? I'll be starting out today and if anybody wants to follow me throughout this series take a look at my blog ;-)
Would be cool to connect with some ppl watching this series too.just pm me

Hey sthief, sorry for hijacking but I just finished watching ep.2. What sample you need to do such a player analysis? I'll be starting out today and if anybody wants to follow me throughout this series take a look at my blog ;-)
Would be cool to connect with some ppl watching this series too.just pm me

Not hijacking at all. The nice thing about this is you're not looking at any stats so it could be as little as having 5 hands on a player and seeing if you notice anything note-worthy. In sessions when I'm not playing too many tables, I'll often start reviewing hands of players at my table. There's a lot we miss at our tables while focusing on our hands at another table.

Time Link to 00:40:03

So, w/ a hand like 99 in a multiway pot vs an initial raiser that you know is going to bet a lot, we're essentially just set mining here? Is it safe to say we're rarely going to see a flop where we can actually play 99 for value here?

So, w/ a hand like 99 in a multiway pot vs an initial raiser that you know is going to bet a lot, we're essentially just set mining here? Is it safe to say we're rarely going to see a flop where we can actually play 99 for value here?

Well, I don't think that's necessarily the case. I like to use bullets lately so I'll make some points that way:
- There is a pretty big difference between a 3-way pot and a 4-way pot, especially with those middle pocket pairs.
- The player who bets is important too. If you check, BB bets, PFR checks, and button bets, he can have a somewhat wide range, expecting the PFR always folds, the SB has to worry about you c/r or overcalling, and you, the BB, might have led out with a big draw or set/2pr. If the button had bet here, I'm less inclined to fold.
- a J83 two-tone flop is not a bad flop, but folding this flop is not the same as set-mining. This might be like a 50th percentile flop for 99.

On better flops, or if the flop checks around, or the button bets, or with fish betting or calling the flop, you can navigate to showdown with this hand. It's just that 4 ways, bets are stronger than usual and you're going to be behind more frequently, and as a result you should be playing tighter.

Time Link to 00:24:00

Sick numbers, what limits do you usually play? Fkn genius

Now I feel like I have to work on the math side of my poker game :S

Time Link to 00:45:46

He's gotta be really nitty if u wanna fold the flop ?