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

I play in these games alot and TASSOSPAOK is a solid reg. Its a sample size thing as to why his stats are like they are.

Is the aspect ratio going to be fixed for this video? It's stretched out and is super hard to watch, for me at least.

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How did you get the note screen bigger when it is popping up? My note screen is much smaller, even when I adjust the size and save.

cool series idea.

How did you get FT cards?

Looking forward to this series, sounds like there will be a lot of value in it for us micro players

Is the aspect ratio going to be fixed for this video? It's stretched out and is super hard to watch, for me at least.

hmm that is odd. I wonder if it's because the original format was unusual. I'll look into this and at the minimum I'll do my best to make sure it won't happen again.

Is the aspect ratio going to be fixed for this video? It's stretched out and is super hard to watch, for me at least.

Sorry I didn't notice this pre-release. While I don't know if Sthief09 can fix this one, I gave him some tips to avoid it in the future. Sorry.
-Rusty

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u say u think it is better to check if he bets what do we do?

Is the aspect ratio going to be fixed for this video? It's stretched out and is super hard to watch, for me at least.

I just checked. If you download the files, they are the correct resolution.

You start off the video by saying that you DonkBet more than most players.I too use the DB ALOT.at 10 & 25 nl I find that most players will auto raise a DB,especially when HU as the PFR. For this reason I donk all my big draws and big hands(sdfd,sets,two pair). More often than not I'm immediately raised and find myself playing for stacks.
Interested in your take on the matter,as well as anyone else's.Thank you

You start off the video by saying that you DonkBet more than most players.I too use the DB ALOT.at 10 & 25 nl I find that most players will auto raise a DB,especially when HU as the PFR. For this reason I donk all my big draws and big hands(sdfd,sets,two pair). More often than not I'm immediately raised and find myself playing for stacks.
Interested in your take on the matter,as well as anyone else's.Thank you

Something you'll hear me do throughout this series is defer to someone's reads on a given player pool. It is incredible how if you move from site to site without even changing stakes, in addition to moving from stakes to stakes, the player pools all have different tendencies. If your experience is that your donkbets get raised very often, then clearly donking weak draws is probably not a great play. On the other hand you can really exploit them by betting out hands like TPGK to induce a raise. You can also try throwing in 3-bet bluffs if you feel that they are raising with air. It's a great exercise to think about counter-strategies to the common tendencies in your player pool.

Sorry I didn't notice this pre-release. While I don't know if Sthief09 can fix this one, I gave him some tips to avoid it in the future. Sorry.
-Rusty

Not Sthief09's fault at all, our flash rendering had the wrong aspect ratio in the back end. I have fixed it and all should be well.
-Rusty

u say u think it is better to check if he bets what do we do?

T9? I like a small bet best. I actually think it makes sense with something like AK as well. It may get raised but I don't see it happening that often. If I check, I'm folding to anything half pot or bigger. I like small bet > check/fold > big bet.

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In the bottom left I would just call instead of 3 betting. I think that 9 10 suited plays well after the flop and the initial raise is coming from UTG. Also you are reopening the action with 2 players who could possibly 4 bet and take you off the hand.

In 6 max what kind of ranges do you often see from UTG? They are going to be weaker than full ring but not too loose.

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I think that the king, queen of hearts is similar to the 9, 10 of diamonds because there is an UTG raiser, a caller and you have a pretty good hand to see a flop with. You aren't closing the action but I don't see you taking down the pot with this bet and you would be oop with a swelled pot and potentially just king high.

What kind of hands would be profitable 3 betting here? I think the range would be quite tight like big pairs and ace king + ace queen suited (probably call with ace, queen off). I would definitely like some other opinions though as I think I can improve on my 3 betting and my range is too tight.

I think that the king, queen of hearts is similar to the 9, 10 of diamonds because there is an UTG raiser, a caller and you have a pretty good hand to see a flop with. You aren't closing the action but I don't see you taking down the pot with this bet and you would be oop with a swelled pot and potentially just king high.

What kind of hands would be profitable 3 betting here? I think the range would be quite tight like big pairs and ace king + ace queen suited (probably call with ace, queen off). I would definitely like some other opinions though as I think I can improve on my 3 betting and my range is too tight.

regarding your first post, UTG range will probably be roughly the same as someone's MP range FR.

I agree with not squeezing in these 2 spots and I think I said as much in the video.

If you think you're too tight, start 3-betting some of the stronger hands you'd otherwise fold or are borderline profitable to call... maybe A2s, K8s, 97s.

At the 35:40 , with the QJo on K69tt, if we raise and get called on which turn cards to we continue ?

At the 35:40 , with the QJo on K69tt, if we raise and get called on which turn cards to we continue ?

if we raise, we are mostly counting on flop fold equity and pot equity (3 outs to the nuts, 1 out to a strong hand, 6 outs to a hand with showdown value). it's possible that we don't have to bluff very often for that to be a successful bluff-raise, but...

I think villain would usually 3-bet sets, 2 pair, and big combo draws maybe including the nut flush draw. I can't rule them out but I think many people 3-bet those. I think he would usually call Kx, 9x, QQ-TT, and weaker draws like naked flush draws and 87s.

keeping that range in mind, I think an Ace is the one truly bad card for villain's range. if the turn is a heart and he calls a bet, I think we should be bluffing many rivers. hands like Kx, or JJ with a heart will make stubborn turn calls. since it's blind-vs.-blind I would likely give up on heart turns. I don't see many other possibilities for profitable bluffs. so overall, I would bet any ace, bet a T obviously, then probably try to get to showdown on a Q or J. since it is blind-vs.-blind I'm not looking to make any crazy turn and river bluffs.

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Hope you're still responding to questions in this thread.

You say you like to check back A2 in this spot against players who realize you can't hit this board every time. You say you think Ax will probably call you on the flop anyway. This seams kinda weird to me. I expect most players to just c/f Ax here, because it isn't the greatest board for our range, but we're betting anyway.
Another reason for checking back that you mention is that we have some showdown value and we can just check it down. Don't you think we'll see a lot of better aces when it gets checked down here? I expect a lot of players to bet the turn with their hands without showdown value after we check the flop, so when they check the turn I think a large part of their range is Ax.

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You say you expect to get barreled a lot on this board. Could you describe his range for betting the turn a bit more in detail? Especially wondering about hands like 8T, 57, TJ, QJ, 6x, Ahx.

Hope you're still responding to questions in this thread.

You say you like to check back A2 in this spot against players who realize you can't hit this board every time. You say you think Ax will probably call you on the flop anyway. This seams kinda weird to me. I expect most players to just c/f Ax here, because it isn't the greatest board for our range, but we're betting anyway.
Another reason for checking back that you mention is that we have some showdown value and we can just check it down. Don't you think we'll see a lot of better aces when it gets checked down here? I expect a lot of players to bet the turn with their hands without showdown value after we check the flop, so when they check the turn I think a large part of their range is Ax.

SB/BTN I would expect more aces that called preflop to call the flop. A9,AT,AJ are almost certainly not folding and that just leaves A8s and not even sure he calls smaller suited aces than that. so when we bet A2, better hands call, worse hands fold or check-raise. the reason for betting is to fire away on some nice turn cards. definitely not against that, like I said. but it's also a hand that is just a bluff in our c-bet range but would provide some equity/showdown value in our check range. so that's why I think it's not a bad hand to check. we might even call down with A-high on some board run-outs.

definitely true that he might bet worse and check better. I'd definitely expect to see a lot of AJ type stuff, though K high isn't impossible either. I would still rather bet AK and check A2.

You say you expect to get barreled a lot on this board. Could you describe his range for betting the turn a bit more in detail? Especially wondering about hands like 8T, 57, TJ, QJ, 6x, Ahx.

biggest issue I have with peeling is that I think he's not betting air often on the flop. closest thing to airis naked Ah, two clubs (most of which have A-high, gutter, or pair), or a gutter like T8/75 like you mentioned. if he's not betting air that often, that means he usually has enough equity to 2-barrel.

as for specifically what he'd bet on the turn, depends on the turn. he should probably bet anything on an A turn. T8 and 75 might not bet because they're so weak. maybe QT, QJ, JT, especially if they turn a heart draw. all his flush draws and OESD probably bet the turn. 6x might bet the turn. maybe not. then add on all his Kx+. his QQ, JJ, TT, 9x might check call.

I don't have a problem with folding the flop. some people give way too much action in a spot like this so no need to bluff-raise vs. those types.