Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by DosXX (Mid Stakes)

Is it possible to use a 4color deck in future videos? It's so much easier to read.

Time Link to 00:07:51

You are opening QJs UTG (Table 1), but at the same time folding 55 in MP (Table 2)?

You are opening QJs UTG (Table 1), but at the same time folding 55 in MP (Table 2)?

yeah no way i fold 55 ever. i think dosXX just missed it due to talking and 4 tabling all at the same time.

You are opening QJs UTG (Table 1), but at the same time folding 55 in MP (Table 2)?

Yes, just kinda missed it. It's an especially standard open with the tight BB.

Time Link to 00:05:38

I have recently started to play more full limit and have pissed away a lot of money going for check raises. The problem is that it seems many of these players do have MUBS and don't V bet correctly.

I like a donk on this river. I think some players will fold to the Cr anyway. Sometimes you may even get to b/3b.

I don't hate the CR attempt. I like it a lot more if a card lower than the ten hit.

Time Link to 00:04:46

this is a spot with Khigh (table 1) on the river where i am confused on how much we should be calling. if they limper is fairly unknown don't you feel that there is enough Jx Qx random busted draws in his range that calling a brick river such as the 8c is worth it at 6-1. Also the whole its low stakes fullring arguemnt is a fine justification for folding imo. But would you call here at your stakes any % of the time?

Time Link to 00:00:42

table 3: 73/10 open limps in EP. i would have never thought to isolate raise with 33 here in the SB. is this a standard play that i need to be making? or is completing also acceptable?

ok. so, a few seconds later you explained that 33 would be the lowest pair you'd isolate with. as for non paired hands, what types of hands are you looking to isolate with OOP? i assume you prefer high card hands like A8o or K9o rather than suited connectors like 65s. is this correct?

Time Link to 00:03:30

Table 1: KTs on BTN vs. EP open and MP cold-call. i would have put no thought into overcalling here, so i appreciate the explanation on why not to. how good of a hand would you need to overcall here? i assume pocket 22 you would call? how about ATs? KJs? also, would you be more inclined to overcall with a hand like 98s because your pair outs aren't dominated as much as with KTs, or is that just too weak?

this is a spot with Khigh (table 1) on the river where i am confused on how much we should be calling. if they limper is fairly unknown don't you feel that there is enough Jx Qx random busted draws in his range that calling a brick river such as the 8c is worth it at 6-1. Also the whole its low stakes fullring arguemnt is a fine justification for folding imo. But would you call here at your stakes any % of the time?

I don't think I would ever call here with king high. The board was A62 w/ 2 hearts and he c/called flop. It takes a special villain to have JT or QT or a worse king high. Even the king highs he peels will be 'bluffing' with the best hand against me. I just don't see how he has any of the Qx or Jx or busted draws you mentioned. Everything that wasn't already there on the flop got there by the river.

table 3: 73/10 open limps in EP. i would have never thought to isolate raise with 33 here in the SB. is this a standard play that i need to be making? or is completing also acceptable?

ok. so, a few seconds later you explained that 33 would be the lowest pair you'd isolate with. as for non paired hands, what types of hands are you looking to isolate with OOP? i assume you prefer high card hands like A8o or K9o rather than suited connectors like 65s. is this correct?

I think it's fairly standard. Even if our equity isn't great, we want to be getting into HU pots with players who play bad, in position, with possible dead money from the blinds. I think you are fairly correct about the range to isolate, it would pretty much be my button opening range w/ subtracting the lowest card hands (76, 97, etc), and yes, I would prefer A2 over a hand like 65s, since we will often bet flop, bet turn, check river or some combination of taking a free showdown.

Table 1: KTs on BTN vs. EP open and MP cold-call. i would have put no thought into overcalling here, so i appreciate the explanation on why not to. how good of a hand would you need to overcall here? i assume pocket 22 you would call? how about ATs? KJs? also, would you be more inclined to overcall with a hand like 98s because your pair outs aren't dominated as much as with KTs, or is that just too weak?

I would overcall here with stronger hands I couldn't 3bet, KQs, AJs, ATs, stuff like that, it's not a very wide range. While 98s does gain some equity and playability by being not dominated as often, I think I would still prefer the KTs/QTs/QJs hands, since they gain so much when they hit a pair and it's good as opposed to 98s hitting a pair and its still behind.

In general, I will start cold calling a wide range when there are 2 coldcallers. With 1 coldcaller, my range is still quite tight. Of course, if 1 or both players play spewy/bad postflop, I would open my range up preflop as well. I'm also considering the chances that players behind me come into the pot as well (with the more likely the more hands I play). Finally, I would not have a coldcalling range very often with small pairs and 1 coldcaller, unless I knew there was a very high % of times players coming in behind me. I'm almost always playing 3bet or fold with pairs in that spot. Like I said though, change the 1 coldcaller to 2 and my range expands quite a bit.

Is it possible to use a 4color deck in future videos? It's so much easier to read.

Sure thing, thanks for the tip.

I don't think I would ever call here with king high. The board was A62 w/ 2 hearts and he c/called flop. It takes a special villain to have JT or QT or a worse king high. Even the king highs he peels will be 'bluffing' with the best hand against me. I just don't see how he has any of the Qx or Jx or busted draws you mentioned. Everything that wasn't already there on the flop got there by the river.

yeah i ran my own calculation in stove and saw that he would need to be playing almost every suited heart and diamond combo like this to the river in order to make calling right. Most of the weaker diamond combos i imagine he would toss on the flop anyway. By default i think folding is right until we know more , there just isn't enough equity to justify a call.

Time Link to 00:13:54

first of all, thanks for your responses to my previous posts!

Table 3: 88 on A23r flop, 5r turn... my "go to" line in these spots is to bet the turn, check back the river. i do this line A LOT with 2nd/3rd pair type hands.. or with UI overcards (ie. AK on a 952Qx board)... maybe too much.

my thinking is that i want one more bet to go in, but im not happy if two bets go in.. so, unless im up against a very aggro player who might c/r bluff me on the turn and/or bluff the river if i check turn... i think im better off getting the bet in on the turn while stuff like KT, 86, etc.. can still call a bet. maybe that is better for the lower stakes that i play where players are more passive and cally in general? what do you think?

my point is that i would have bet the turn here, expecting to get called by 2x, 3x, 5x, 6x, and a bunch of UI overs to the 5... and i would have folded to a c/r or river donk, and would have checked back river UI. not sure that's solid, but that's what i almost always do in spots like this.

Time Link to 00:52:59

My default here is to raise. I ran a quick stove to check our equity and its came in at around 19.5% 5-handed, so somewhere in the 18-21% range I would estimate. Given that raising can allow us to sometimes buy the button, get some dead money in the pot when blinds fold, and probably most importantly, take a free card when we miss and everyone checks to us, I think I still prefer raising even if we don't have a clear equity edge. We also play better than most if not all players in the pot post flop, which will pad our equity some.

Time Link to 00:30:14

I think I still like an iso here w A8o. The UTG player looks loose enough that A8o should have a reasonable equity edge, that coupled with our fold equity when he's just going to be Ch/Folding a lot of flops seems like the benefits outweigh the times the SB 3-bets us. Also, if the SB does have a very wide 3-bet range here, A8o isn't in terrible shape anyways.

My default here is to raise. I ran a quick stove to check our equity and its came in at around 19.5% 5-handed, so somewhere in the 18-21% range I would estimate. Given that raising can allow us to sometimes buy the button, get some dead money in the pot when blinds fold, and probably most importantly, take a free card when we miss and everyone checks to us, I think I still prefer raising even if we don't have a clear equity edge. We also play better than most if not all players in the pot post flop, which will pad our equity some.

It's fine to raise if you can play well postflop, i.e. don't c-bet unless we hit the flop and be willing to give up on our hand when we get action. Unfortunately, I don't recommend doing that to a lot of players because they inflate the pot without much of an equity edge (your stove proves that) and then can't adjust properly postflop. That's why I prefer limping. Give me a suited hand or a pair (something that can hit the flop hard) and it's much better, even if our equity is similar with ATo.

I think I still like an iso here w A8o. The UTG player looks loose enough that A8o should have a reasonable equity edge, that coupled with our fold equity when he's just going to be Ch/Folding a lot of flops seems like the benefits outweigh the times the SB 3-bets us. Also, if the SB does have a very wide 3-bet range here, A8o isn't in terrible shape anyways.

I think that his open limping range is hands that want to play, but dont want to raise. Our equity isn't great against those hands and one of the things I mentioned in the vid is the presence of the SB being laggy sways my decision a decent amount here. If both blinds are nits I raise.