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

Time Link to 00:13:37

You fold A8o in the CO. I mostly play 6max myself but is this really outside of your CO range opening range? or are you folding just because of the short stack nature of both blinds? Both blinds seem tight.

you always have your chat turned off?

You fold A8o in the CO. I mostly play 6max myself but is this really outside of your CO range opening range? or are you folding just because of the short stack nature of both blinds? Both blinds seem tight.

I will often fold A8o in the CO. I feel that you get flatted by too many better aces, 3bet too often (its not a very good hand to call a 3bet or 4bet bluff), or just get flatted and dont flop a board where you bet 2 streets if even one. If the button and blinds seem very tight I will raise it though.

Stack size also plays into it, as it always does. I think we have to have tighter ranges when we dont have the stack depth to do much bluffing postflop, or to 4bet light.

you always have your chat turned off?

yeah I use minimode so I can't even see chat usually. the only time I will look at it is to say something after a hand, or if something happens with a reg where I expect they might say something.

do you guys like the live play format, any suggestions for the 2nd half of the series? I have a plan but I am definitely flexible.

I think the live play is great but the last member video review was awesome. I often think I learn more when coaches review imperfect play.

what stakes do you play ocd? i will probably be doing at least one more member review of hh's or a video

Mostly 10nl with some occasional 25nl when I'm feeling frisky.

With regards to the A8o hand in the CO I think the number 1 factor is how often they fold preflop.

I think the live play is great but the last member video review was awesome. I often think I learn more when coaches review imperfect play.

I think in general it's easier to point out mistakes than to repeatedly see standard stuff. Mistakes will stand out more and become more memorable + usually a justification needs to be made that will lead to greater discussion and depth of understanding.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you playing, Goldseraph? Is it 100nl?

BTW...w/ regard to A8o question...where I play in 6max, I think that raising w A8o in that spot against those with their respective VPIP will yield a profit on the whole in regards to stealing blinds.

Like I said, I don't really play FR but what are your thoughts? Is that a leak to have a range that wide without taking in account stake size(I know, I know). Its more a thought of the level of resistance of 10NL which I have been stuck at for some time.

If you don't mind me asking, what are you playing, Goldseraph? Is it 100nl?

I usually play 100-200nl. Occasionally jump in something higher if there are good games and I've been doing well. Occasionally grind 50nl when the BBJ on merge is dead or the 100/200 games are really bad.

BTW...w/ regard to A8o question...where I play in 6max, I think that raising w A8o in that spot against those with their respective VPIP will yield a profit on the whole in regards to stealing blinds.

Like I said, I don't really play FR but what are your thoughts? Is that a leak to have a range that wide without taking in account stake size(I know, I know). Its more a thought of the level of resistance of 10NL which I have been stuck at for some time.

I think you should definitely take into account all relevant factors when raising A8o in the cutoff, because I don't think it is a 'standard' play like raising AQ or AJo there which you would do basically regardless of the 3 players in front of you and their stack sizes or tendencies. I would want a good combination of fold equity and playability versus resistance. Having someone who 3bet/5bets aggressively in the blinds would be bad because we can not call a 3bet with A8o, and we will often get jammed on so 4betting is also not very good. And if he flats the 4bet which is becoming more common, A8o plays pretty terribly. You basically have to have a lot of fold equity, plus players who when they don't fold are often flatting hands you dominate, or just playing ridiculously face up postflop.

Anyone who would like to submit a video or some interesting hands for review from 25NL, please let me know. It seems like you guys enjoy the videos where DC members are analyzed but I only had two people interested for the 10nl video.

Anyone who would like to submit a video or some interesting hands for review from 25NL, please let me know. It seems like you guys enjoy the videos where DC members are analyzed but I only had two people interested for the 10nl video.

Is this offer still good? I can record a video. I really want my play reviewed.

Time Link to 00:01:51

I would call here because I think we have good enough implied odds. I think the PFR will stack off with overpairs a lot.. the two guys on your right are fishy.. and if you call, the BTN is fishy and will probably call.. and I don't think the BB 3bets a 6% range with so many players in the pot.. If the BTN doesn't call, we will have position through out the hand.. and that will help because we will know how we want to play if we hit a FD.. like flat to keep in other weaker FDs (unless the cbet is too large / too much aggression ahead of us then we can fold).. or if the PFR cbets, we jam with FD + 1 over possibly.. or FD + pair.. lots of possibilities.

Time Link to 00:34:52

On table 1 do you ever think this is a call? I was thinking his range seemed really polarized to a Jx hand or missed flushes but its hard for him to have Jx here that called the flop unless it was J10 or QJdd or AJdd I would think he would raise turn with QJ though. He seemed fishy so I would assume he isnt capable of thin value betting this river. I just thought there were so few combos of hands he could value bet here that it could be a profitable call?
What do you think?

On table 1 do you ever think this is a call? I was thinking his range seemed really polarized to a Jx hand or missed flushes but its hard for him to have Jx here that called the flop unless it was J10 or QJdd or AJdd I would think he would raise turn with QJ though. He seemed fishy so I would assume he isnt capable of thin value betting this river. I just thought there were so few combos of hands he could value bet here that it could be a profitable call?
What do you think?

I think he has enough straights and two pairs he shoves there that I should fold. I am blocking missed flush draws also and have a pure bluff catcher. and yea he just has a straight a TON.

Good video. My questions are very basic. I just started my study and serious learning after being a loser for year’s haha. When you are color coding a guy for multi-tabling how are you exploiting this player? What are multi-tabling player’s tendencies?

Another thing I would appreciate you expanding on a little bit. You talk about when you have premium hands like AA and KK with fish behind you want them to call your raises or three bets. This makes sense however their range is so wide it is hard to put them on anything then hard to get away from the big hand. I think I would rather a tight player call because they will probably be stronger and can get paid value betting. This probably seems very basic thinking.

Time Link to 00:33:11

Curious about some of your thought process behind your squeeze sizing, I was watching close because i'm unsure of my own. In similar situations excluding your hand strength, at 31:20 you squeezed KTs for around 1.5x pot, and on table 3 in this hand you squeezed AKo for 2x pot. Is the higher squeeze only because of your increased hand strength? And if so how often should we be balancing this at 25nl? Or do you like to use a random size here for any squeezing hand between a 1.5x-2x pot range? Thanks.

Curious about some of your thought process behind your squeeze sizing, I was watching close because i'm unsure of my own. In similar situations excluding your hand strength, at 31:20 you squeezed KTs for around 1.5x pot, and on table 3 in this hand you squeezed AKo for 2x pot. Is the higher squeeze only because of your increased hand strength? And if so how often should we be balancing this at 25nl? Or do you like to use a random size here for any squeezing hand between a 1.5x-2x pot range? Thanks.

Cool thanks...in my much lesser opinion than your's it seems, obviously we want to squeeze higher when we have a better hand, but these days at 25nl in the US we are going to get very exploited if we keep our sizing based purely on hand strength, no?

So to me, watching was no help with my sizing if I felt I'd be getting exploited by anyone looking at my sizing, which they do at 25nl. This isn't our older brother's 25nl anymore, I was holding my own there pre BF with truly lol skill.

Cool thanks...in my much lesser opinion than your's it seems, obviously we want to squeeze higher when we have a better hand, but these days at 25nl in the US we are going to get very exploited if we keep our sizing based purely on hand strength, no?

So to me, watching was no help with my sizing if I felt I'd be getting exploited by anyone looking at my sizing, which they do at 25nl. This isn't our older brother's 25nl anymore, I was holding my own there pre BF with truly lol skill.

I think at 25nl, SOME players might exploit a sizing imbalance in your squeeze size, but obviously not as likely as at higher stakes. If you're alone in a pot with fish, feel free to size unbalanced to exploit them the best.

If you're playing day in and day out with regs I would keep the same sizing. I think the risks far outweigh the benefits.