Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by BigBadBabar (Micro/Small Stakes)

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upper left table: carbon .5/1

upper right: carbon 1/2 bad beat jackpot

lower left: carbon .25/.50

lower right: cake 1/2

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I`ve watched almost all of your limit holdem videos and always pick up some good things from them. In general though, would you say you iso if you were planning to open the hand from that position anyways? I know your table image influenced your decision here which makes sense too.

Also, I play a lot of 1/2 and whenever I`m playing can`t help but think that everytime I barrel flop, barrel turn, check river, they bet every single time regardless. Maybe I just never want to believe they have something but I find myself in that spot a ton. Then I start looking at what draws they could have missed and try to talk myself into a call. I just find it is like an autobet as soon as I check though, like it`s engrained in the fish mantra. Like there`s a code they follow, with such moves as the double donk, and delayed river raise. Am I crazy?

I`ve watched almost all of your limit holdem videos and always pick up some good things from them. In general though, would you say you iso if you were planning to open the hand from that position anyways? I know your table image influenced your decision here which makes sense too.

Also, I play a lot of 1/2 and whenever I`m playing can`t help but think that everytime I barrel flop, barrel turn, check river, they bet every single time regardless. Maybe I just never want to believe they have something but I find myself in that spot a ton. Then I start looking at what draws they could have missed and try to talk myself into a call. I just find it is like an autobet as soon as I check though, like it`s engrained in the fish mantra. Like there`s a code they follow, with such moves as the double donk, and delayed river raise. Am I crazy?

Yeah, I'd say that my general plan for isoraising is to raise almost everything I would have openraised with in that same situation. I think taking the bottom couple percent off of your opening ranges (when isoing) is good. It also depends on what position you're in, and what kind of players are left to act behind you. But those things affect your opening range as well.

You're definitely right that a lot of players are induceable, ie will bet when checked to. Upon re-watching this video I'm a little unhappy with myself that I didn't call in a couple of these spots where I may have induced a river bet from my opponents, since in general my plan when facing new/unknown opponents is to try and gain some information on them that I can use in the future. Seeing what kind of hands they bet on the river there (pair that missed value, missed draw with no showdown value, ace high bluffcatcher that probably shouldn't be betting) will give me useful info for figuring out their ranges on earlier streets in future hands vs them.

I think in general if I know I'm going to be playing vs players again in the future (like I'm going to become a reg at a certain stake/site/casino) then I'll take lines that are more showdown-bound for a while to figure out what people are up to. If I just had to play a hand once, in a vacuum, vs someone that I'm unlikely to see again (as is the case in these videos) then I'm more likely to make an exploitable play such as folding in one of these spots.

As far as common lines you see from poor players, you probably also see the checkcall checkraise all the time with strong made hands, or the flop bet3bet with overcards, or the free card raise with a draw heads up, etc

Good point about dropping the bottom of your range when isoing, I really like that. One thing that came up a lot in your last series was the passive players not raising when they improved on the turn. I guess versus these players a check/fold river line is even more of a no brainer. This is where my note taking has to improve. I find 4 tables is great for note taking, beyond that it gets too busy.

I know stats are overrated, but do you find your turn cbet is lower than most people. I have a turn cbet of around 65%, and when looking at winning players that is much lower than theirs. At these limits though flop cbets get absolutely no respect, and turn cbets only slightly more. For me lately it seems I cbet flop, check turn, and then they autobet as soon as they see me check the turn. Sometimes checking the turn with a gutter or overs does allow me to improve and get in a river raise but it seems like I`m giving a lot of pots away too.

Looking forward to the rest of the video!

Good point about dropping the bottom of your range when isoing, I really like that. One thing that came up a lot in your last series was the passive players not raising when they improved on the turn. I guess versus these players a check/fold river line is even more of a no brainer. This is where my note taking has to improve. I find 4 tables is great for note taking, beyond that it gets too busy.

I know stats are overrated, but do you find your turn cbet is lower than most people. I have a turn cbet of around 65%, and when looking at winning players that is much lower than theirs. At these limits though flop cbets get absolutely no respect, and turn cbets only slightly more. For me lately it seems I cbet flop, check turn, and then they autobet as soon as they see me check the turn. Sometimes checking the turn with a gutter or overs does allow me to improve and get in a river raise but it seems like I`m giving a lot of pots away too.

Looking forward to the rest of the video!

i just loaded up all my hands for last 2.5 years in HEM. over big samples my 6m turn cbet is 76% and in fr it's 73%. in hu it's 70%. it's not a stat i ever looked up/at before so i wouldn't put too much stock in it as being super important. i don't know what an average tag/lagtag/winning player would have there, and i imagine it would depend somewhat on one's overall strategy (and would affect their aggression numbers, showdown stats, etc)