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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by inavacuum (Mid Stakes)

Time Link to 00:05:10

Table 5: Don't you think this c-bet is really marginal. You've almost no backdoor equity and this flop seems to hit his range pretty hard, although you may let him fold some small/medium pocket pairs and low SC.

With the info we have at time of play I think it's ok. His range is ATC, he's unlikely to exploit our very small cbet, we've no indication of his bluffing frequency (which is going to be low if he's loose/passive as suspected).

Time Link to 00:16:56

On table 1, when you flat with 99 OOP, what kind of board you would likely make plays on? Boards where you hit a GS or something? What about a T-7-6 flop?

It really depends on a whole range of variables. First we have to put villain on a most-likely range (we already have one for the 3bet pre, but this can be narrowed down based on how he's playing flop and turn) and then decide if we're trying to get to showdown or trying to make him fold. Something like T 7 6 probably doesn't require us to bluff (at the flop) but we may have the option of turning our hand into a bluff on some runouts. If I were going to start bluffing straight away it would be on something more like J T 5tt.

play $1/2 ZOOM please!

play $1/2 ZOOM please!

I may do this soon if DC are amenable.

Time Link to 00:12:12

you said its a very standard 3 bet with KJo here on table 4, in what cases are u ever 5 bet jamming over a 4 bet, e.g. if villain had a 4 bet range of maybe higher than 3 from CO? also would u 3 bet a hand like KJs or AQo as a standard here?

at 15;30 you opt to not complete SB with 45s when you are (most likely) going to be able to see a 4way flop with the table fish, butat min 21 you deceide to play 87s when he limps and BTN reg isolates. Could you explain why?

at 15;30 you opt to not complete SB with 45s when you are (most likely) going to be able to see a 4way flop with the table fish, butat min 21 you deceide to play 87s when he limps and BTN reg isolates. Could you explain why?

There are a couple of reasons. 87s just plays better than 54s. We have to draw the line somewhere for calling OOP in this spot and I think somewhere around 87s is optimal for the spot you mention, and 65s for the later spot. UTG raises and gets 2 calls, plus our call and possibly BB's. So lets say there will be an average of $38 in the pot on the flop. If UTG cbets or the first fish bets there will be aprox $63 in the pot and the fish in CO only has $105, so he's going to feel committed with a wider range than usual. We're a lot less likely to get to see later streets, have less fold equity to leverage and are going to be more reliant on just flopping huge.

you said its a very standard 3 bet with KJo here on table 4, in what cases are u ever 5 bet jamming over a 4 bet, e.g. if villain had a 4 bet range of maybe higher than 3 from CO? also would u 3 bet a hand like KJs or AQo as a standard here?

One of the main reasons this 3bet is so mandatory is because we never have the option of a call with the BB being a $40 pro shortstack. In that exact spot I probably would 3bet KJs also, along with a whole bunch of other broadways/suited broadways that can't stand a shove from the BB. You could go either way with AQ, since it's more than adequate to call the BB's shove. If that shortstack is not there/there are no super heavy squeezers in the blinds then we're going to relax that 3betting range a good amount. 4bet jamming KJ isn't something I like doing, we'd have to have a very clear idea of how much FE we have vs CO. I would do it in the right circumstance but would rather have Ax or a small pair. It's too small a sample to want to jam vs this CO. If we had a larger sample and he still had a 75% fold to 3bet, that would not be conducive to shoving KJ over a 4bet.

No general spots as of yet, will be watching it over again.
Just wanted to say your last 2 videos have been great and of the high quality i expect from DC. You explain spots very well and are clearly a very good player/ coach.

Thanks, that's great to hear.

Time Link to 00:17:19

With the nines on table 1 you say you would sometimes be looking to turn it into a bluff but not on that board. What type of boards are good for this line? Thanks in advance

I answered that in one of the earlier replies you should find it if you scroll up a bit.

Time Link to 00:07:41

Table 4 - Just to be clear, your plan was to call if villain shoved, correct?

Table 4 - Just to be clear, your plan was to call if villain shoved, correct?

Yes. I don't think I would ever 3bet a pair vs a shortstack if I wasn't calling a shove.

I really liked the video. Probably the best I've seen in a while on here.

Time Link to 00:50:40

Worst hero call ever? lol

Worst hero call ever? lol

Hard to say. From what I'd seen I thought it was very unlikely to be a bluff, but perhaps he's played vs him more or just somehow came to a different conclusion logically. But I think it's probably a mistake on his part.

Time Link to 00:28:02

not that i play alot of 6 max at all but im enjoying watching your vids...the K-Qhh hand do you think the EV of c/r the flop is better than the EV of calling with the intention of betting the river if the turn checks through both as a bluff when u miss and for thin value when you make a pair or pure value when you make your straight or flush?

was just thinking that your value range for c/r that flop is kinda narrow (A-10,3-3) and also there might be a decent chance of villain playing straight fowardly on the A high board and not barreling letting you kinda delayed steal the pot on the river?

I might sometimes play this spot differently vs a full stacked reg. The fact that he's only got 50bbs makes me want to just fastplay more often. There's actually a spot in the next video where I don't CR a similar spot for some of the reasons you have presented. In this one, I think some rando 50bb TAG is almost always going to bet that flop with most of his range. We're in a pretty gross spot vs his remaining stack if he does decide to cbet the turn.

Time Link to 00:40:49

the J-J hand on the Q-Q-7-7-X board...villain bets 3 streets you call 2 and fold the river.

Do you think there would be any merit in villain checking Q-x on the river? i was just thinking if he did check the river and hero checked back J-J and lost to A-A or K-K that kinda sucks for hero, so some % of the time hero will be jamming worse as a bluff or value betting a 7...granted hero doesnt have much 7-x here and he doesnt have aton of hands other than A high / 8-8 >J-J maybe...but he just cant really call with worse like u say.

just wondered what your thoughts are regarding that?

I might sometimes play this spot differently vs a full stacked reg. The fact that he's only got 50bbs makes me want to just fastplay more often. There's actually a spot in the next video where I don't CR a similar spot for some of the reasons you have presented. In this one, I think some rando 50bb TAG is almost always going to bet that flop with most of his range. We're in a pretty gross spot vs his remaining stack if he does decide to cbet the turn.

Ahh good point, hadnt noticed the stack size of that guy...yea that makes sense..thanx.

I think if the PFR is going to check at any point it should be the turn. He has plenty of give-up hands in his range for doing that. When he actually bets the turn, which he shouldn't do with much air/draws, then BTN should be very suspicious if he doesn't bet the river. I think BTN can have plenty of 7x and Qx, that's not really an issue.

yea i get ya..thanx

never folding KJo sb vs btn. thats so bad imo.

Time Link to 00:02:31

Btm right 88, would it be weak to just c/f the flop there ?
I feel with no heart on that board its gonna get really hard to get to showdown if hes a bit barreling.
First no hearts need to come, second when its a T+ turn card and he bets then when you c/c he prob sill has allot of equity.

Whats your plan here for the hand c/c flop c/f bad turns ? I might be inclined to c/f flop when hes aggressive but i think thats weak...

Time Link to 00:03:13

Top left 99, could you tell me a bit more why the turn is still a bet.
What do you think is his range, are you not afraid you valuetown your self too much when he has Tx+ ?
Ah i guess hes a fish so then he also has some 56,34 random KQ stuff etc i see.
How would this be different if it was some std regular ?

Time Link to 00:04:28

Top left KQs, Interesting vs the half stack.
What do you think about donkbetting this flop ?
Your too shallow to go for c/r i agree i think that would be a option when 100bb deep. But i think when you donk obv there allot of good turns you can barrel on, clubs T, K,Q. Yea hes tight but you have a small sample and hes in the CO so hes gonna miss that board allot too J74r or at least has a weak underpair that will fold flop or turn when you barrel.

Btm right 88, would it be weak to just c/f the flop there ?
I feel with no heart on that board its gonna get really hard to get to showdown if hes a bit barreling.
First no hearts need to come, second when its a T+ turn card and he bets then when you c/c he prob sill has allot of equity.

Whats your plan here for the hand c/c flop c/f bad turns ? I might be inclined to c/f flop when hes aggressive but i think thats weak...

It wouldn't be the worst thing ever or anything, but I don't think you can fold vs a BTN range that's going to have plenty of worse for value and plenty of give-ups.

Top left 99, could you tell me a bit more why the turn is still a bet.
What do you think is his range, are you not afraid you valuetown your self too much when he has Tx+ ?
Ah i guess hes a fish so then he also has some 56,34 random KQ stuff etc i see.
How would this be different if it was some std regular ?

It wouldn't be that different vs a reg, except that I would be bluffing some rivers. Take into account our position and how many combos of sets and Tx he can have compared to all possible FDs, 66, 77, 88. He's not going to bluff raise that turn with a FD, but he might check if we check which is a disaster for us when most of his FDs will have overs as well has the FD.

Top left KQs, Interesting vs the half stack.
What do you think about donkbetting this flop ?
Your too shallow to go for c/r i agree i think that would be a option when 100bb deep. But i think when you donk obv there allot of good turns you can barrel on, clubs T, K,Q. Yea hes tight but you have a small sample and hes in the CO so hes gonna miss that board allot too J74r or at least has a weak underpair that will fold flop or turn when you barrel.

It depends how often he's going to auto-raise our donk - it does look pretty bluffy to donk there, but that might not matter. When we have a tiny CC/CR range It wouldn't be a bad spot to test him.