Hey Josh,

Interesting video. I'll have to watch it a few times for it to really dig in. Any chance you can post your card on your blog?

Cheers,

I noticed that in the bad column you remove A7s-A6s and A3s-A2s and therefore still open with A5s and A4s from the HJ. Can't see the point there.

And since this is aimed at small-stakes, I think the difference between raising limpers and openraising might be worth talking about at least a little bit.

yeah, the wheel cards add a little value in NL. The kicker/other pair difference between A7s and A2s is significant enough that I'd typically prefer the A7s, but A7s to A5s is close enough that the straight potential, along with the big draw potential, makes it a little bette rin my mind.

you mean in bet sizing, or how frequently? I mentioned that in the good situation/bad situation parts. poor playing limpers are a reason to open your raising range up, while tight limpers are a reason to tighten up.

Great video, really looking forward to the rest of the series. Could you post the starting hand chart. Thanks.

just put up the chart at www.sthief09.com

you mean in bet sizing, or how frequently? I mentioned that in the good situation/bad situation parts. poor playing limpers are a reason to open your raising range up, while tight limpers are a reason to tighten up.

Frequency. I'm more of a limit player and it's somewhat strange, that every book about limit holdem tells you exactly what to do against 1,2 or 3 limpers, while in NL no one seems to care about them at all.

there are a few reasons for this. #1 is clearly that in LHE, if there are 2 limpers to you on the button and you raise, you're all but guaranteed 4 way pot. raising 54s on the button there is just pushing a negative edge that position can't make up for, whereas in NLHE not only does the button have more value, but you have a pretty decent chance of taking down a significant amount of dead money. that leads to another reason, which is that LHE is a showdown game. in that situation with the 2 limpers, and you raise, I'd guess there's going to be a showdown at least 50% of the time. I haven't played LHE in awhile, but that's a 7.25 SB pot even if the blinds fold, and that seems big enough that people go showdown monkey with A high or bottom pair. so if you're raising that 54s, the hand's value is going to run closely with it's crappy equity. in NLHE, with so many fewer showdowns, playability and position trump pot equity, and you push your edge by raising 64s or whatever. that 64s is also offering some great implied odds to higher cards of your suit, so it's best to be raising to clean up the flush draw (not to mention all the weak hands that dominate 64s), or just folding. limp-calling is just a gross spot for anyone to play in. throw in the potential to pick up dead money and 30+ vpip limpers are not a reason to tighten up. loose limpers are a reason to loosen up your raising range, while tight limpers are reason to tighten it.

I rambled and I don't know where to squeeze this in, but our big goal at a 6-max table is to play pots in position with bad players, preferably with initative. I can't think of a more efficient way of accomplishing this than raising limpers.

Good stuff. I, too, hope some of the future focus of this series (or,an upcoming series) focuses on 3-bet pots. Huge issue for me as I move up in limits.

Looking forward to the next episode.

Good stuff. I, too, hope some of the future focus of this series (or,an upcoming series) focuses on 3-bet pots. Huge issue for me as I move up in limits.

Looking forward to the next episode.

episode 6 is entirely devoted to 3-bet pots

Top answers - really cleared things up for me.

Thanks a lot

The video stops for me around min 9, (flash).

Nvm was my pc

Hey there. Watched this episode and I'm really astonished how much basics I just didn't know or how applied it in a total different way.
I have some questions which im not sure how to handle.

1. You say that a good situation is, when you can isolate a bad player. Further we don't want to play OOP. I always struggle with that, because on the one hand i often find myself playing against fishes, but unfortunatelly out of position. So is this a good situation, or a bad one (because they are very loose and call a lot, so that im mostly playing oop; nevertheless they are fishes i want to play against...)
So do you have a rule of thumb or some guidelines how much i should loosen up my range. Or shouldn't i do this at all, even when im possibly up against a loose fish (or more..)
btw: generally: if i have some good situation "factors" and some "bad situation", how do i know if i should loosen/tighten up? According to good s. factors i should loosen, according to the bad s. factors i should tighten up. What is more important. Any general rules for that? What has to be considered?

2. You said that you should call with bigger pockets and AK when you get 3bettet by a tight player. Let's say he 3bets us w/ AA-JJ, AK (which is tight xD); why should i call with AK? Show should this ever be +EV? My AK is totally stroke by his range???

Phew, i hope i can get some good answers from you. I'm looking forward to that.
Thx!

neither the online nor the mp4 version seems to have sound

The video cuts off at the 18 minute mark. Does this happen to anyone else?