also it looks like something like QcJx (42% equity) is where you can start calling with hands that contain a club, and something like KJ (41% equity) is where you can start calling with clubless hands

Excellent Video guys.. my favorite of the series thus far.. I've been debating on whether to play these players or not at lower stakes (1-2 - 2-4).. I generally game select a ton and avoid the TAG regs, even if I think I might have a slight edge on some I'm just giving up too much when there is still a large enough player pool to go after (plus less variance playing loose/passive fish)..

I was wondering, will this stunt my growth as a poker player in the long run when I'm looking to move up? I fear that, okay, I can beat fish/loose passives, and money is most important at this stage for a Small Stakes player.. but moving forward I might have defeciencies playing higher where most people are decent tags (I think) and the player pool gets smaller.. should I play some of these guys now for the sake of learning how to beat better players (and plugging leaks in my own game which may not be evident against fish) or is the opportunity cost too high?

I'm very interested to hear pro's advice because I'm often playing the loose passive guys but try to not fight against good regukars even if I might have a small edge, and I was wondering tooif it was better for me to play them now or not.

One of the things i disagree with in this series is your reccomended tightness PF.....Krantz says several times "well i play this but y'all probably shouldn't".....It's like a "do as I say and not as i do" approach which i believe is totally wrong, ESPECIALLY at the lower limits (i usually play 1-2)...It seems like many of the players at 1-2 are playing that solid preflop game and they know how to react to it when i play that style. When i play super aggro preflop (58/50) they have no clue how to adjust and most donks at lower limits will adjust by playing horribly postflop.

I appreciate that Krantz and WOT are are far superior players but i think this is negated by the fact that you guys play higher stakes and better opponents. Anyway, i think laggtard preflop (within reason) is by far the most profitable way to go at these smailler stakes and was curious what you guys thought?

I love this series a lot. I assume an upcoming episode will discuss deep-stacked HUHU, amirite?

Not in this series. I'm going to do a more advanced series at mid stakes later this year, and I'll get into that stuff then.

I am very interested with the 88 hand aswell.

I play very poorly in 3bet aswell, and often call/stack off when Im way behind and do stupid stuff like the AT hand villain hand in the KK hand so I feel unstanding more 3bet hands is critical to help me get better.

Given the range parlay slow gave us this looks like a fold (though I would have been calling all day long before he gave us the pokerstove calc).
Can you give us some more info as to what his range was and whether parlay slow is correct?

Just for some feedback. I think your series is great, and I have really found this series help me find holes in my oppoenents and has helped me found my holes in my own game.
Your idea that a lot of TAGs think the same is correct. I think this way (though Im not a 2+2er) and your quote that a lot of TAG make a fwe hopeless big bluffs without really thinking about the metagame is definitely true.
One of the biggest leaks I think I have is I know people's exact range yet I still make that treple barrel bluff believing they fold when I just 4bet them light/ repetively kept bullying them.
Anyways thats enough of the rabbling Just very enlightened I have managed to find a hole in my game, just now need to fix it.

Very Insightful. 5/5

krantz,
when you lead the turn on the 8d6d hand on K6JJ board, what is your plan if he calls your bet ($20 on $30)?
do you just check/fold the river? do you lead again? if you lead, what cards?
in this case you were turning 86s into a bluff (I can be wrong), but he still may peel your turn bet with something like AT or QT and check back the river. besides bluffing/valuebetting JX, what other hands do you bet the turn/river for value? remember that you flatcalled preflop which makes it VERY unlikely that you are betting KQ or AK for value.. so basically you have a Jack, 6's or nothing.

I would either give up or bet huge on the river depending on how tight my image was and how smart my opponent was. The smarter he is and the tighter my image, the better it is to follow through.

It doesn't matter if I only bet Jx for value there if I never bluff and my opponent knows that, which is why a bluff now and then makes sense.