Long video imo. Some great hands in here though. I can't believe people folded to some of these bets.

Haven't watched it yet, but the good old "bluff with bottom of your range" worked for once? ;-)

No, just some spots where I fire twice when the turn cards hits every peeling range...and villain folds.

I love those moments.

good video.

I liked your term "poker rant", keep that in.

I enjoy your rantings the most. You sure jammed a lot of info into this vid.
I will revisit it, as its difficult to absorb it all in once thru.

danzasmack,
in this video you commented that many players do ok at $0.50/1 and $1/2 6 max but can't beat $2/4. It so happens I am one of those players. What do you think is the reason for this, is the average player at $2/4 that much better than the average player at $1/2, or are there other reasons?

Chuck,

In minute 53 you are faced with a 15:1 call with 3 outs to the ace on the flop. You comment that you need 18:1 here, but I'm thinking you only need 15:1 here. I think this is an easy call, can you comment?

Hey Danza,

After lengthy discussions on episode 3, I find that nothing is bugging me in this one, that is to say, I didn't see plays that looked 'spewy' to me. Now, that may be because I actually spent so much time on ep3, and sort of have absorbed some of those plays. Or it could be that you didn't get in spots as marginal as in ep3. I mean, I didn't see you steal with 24s in SB or raise UTG with J9o. Hell, you even mucked Q9o in this one! (You did raise QTo though, but then again, why not. I raise QTs there, so it's not something that shocks me, like seeing J9o. Of course I know it depends on the table, but it's not something that would occur to me after sitting at a table for 30minutes: hey J9o UTG, let's raise it! I mindlessly muck it. And I sortta understand now that mucking J9o mindlessly is not good poker.).

I hear you saying you crushed these stakes, which is nice. I wonder, what do you think is an achievable WR at 2/4 or 3/6 for a player like you, and what would it be for a less aggro player, say a 26/18/2.5. (If this can be answered at all).

Thanks for a good vid!

Peesocake

I have a question. At 14 min mark BB called a raise by UTG + 1 and flop came J32. And you commented that BB should c/r with A2o.

I can understand c/r A2o here, as you should be ahead and often have villain reversed dominated. But would you do it with K2 or weaker 2s?

We'd fold them all preflop but I think if you do defend a hand with a 2 in it you should be c/r'ing this flop and betting for value the whole way.

I didn't see you steal with 24s in SB or raise UTG with J9o. Hell, you even mucked Q9o in this one! (You did raise QTo though, but then again, why not. I raise QTs there, so it's not something that shocks me, like seeing J9o. Of course I know it depends on the table, but it's not something that would occur to me after sitting at a table for 30minutes: hey J9o UTG, let's raise it! I mindlessly muck it. And I sortta understand now that mucking J9o mindlessly is not good poker.).

You touched on it but I can't stress enough how important it is in poker to not look @ the action but rather the circumstances surrounding the action. I could easily describe game scenarios where folding 24s in the SB is STRICTlY -EV, same with raising j9o. I mean, hypothetically a game exists where not raising every hand in every position is strictly -EV.

@ 2/4, if the BB is only defending 50% of hands, you have to raise 100%. You break even putting in $3 to win $3. Then you have whatever sliver of equity that you have. In that scenario, folding is flat out wrong.

Also, the big thing is developing an image. Once someone sees you open 24s once, they see it in your hand for the rest of the session.

Now, you're wondering why I take these actions 30 minutes into a session.

Well first off, of course, I'm not scared to make some mistakes in a vid that put me in a tricky spot. But 2nd, and I stress this a TON in my vids, is that you really can get a great feel for what a player is going to do with XY when you see how he plays YZ. It just comes with experience. A guy who c/r's a flush draw but just c/c's top pair? Think of how that mind works. Then of course you take it to the next level and blah blah blah.

All those times I talk about the free info from watching a guy c/c, c/c, c/f a board like A5722. That tells you SO MUCH!