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

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Time Link to 00:11:53

Krantz, do you think a cbet and give up on these types of boards is good as a standard? I feel like if we don't know whether or not he calls our 3bets with a lot of suited connectors, then these 2broadway boards just smack his calling range so hard that betting once and giving up is burning money.

Time Link to 00:15:17

What do you think about check/raising this flop to rep like air giving up and get a bet out of overcards as well as committing ourselves vs worse 8x and some FD's before any scary turns/rivers can come and while our equity is great against pretty much anything? He might expect us to check air here a decent amount since the board is wet and he's been raising a lot of flops, so he'll likely stab with pure air, and if he doesn't he only has 4outs so free cards don't hurt us too bad. thoughts?

Time Link to 00:23:30

here you start to talk about how the better maniacally aggressive players are "playing with a strategy built upon the idea that you will respond to their aggressive actions one of two ways," but then get cut off by marco flopping the nuts. can you finish your thoughts on that?

Krantz, do you think a cbet and give up on these types of boards is good as a standard? I feel like if we don't know whether or not he calls our 3bets with a lot of suited connectors, then these 2broadway boards just smack his calling range so hard that betting once and giving up is burning money.

if we don't know what he's calling us with (preflop) then i'd be betting once with total air and giving up (when the king pairs, if the king or jack doesn't pair i'd fire again maybe 1/3 of the time at this pt in the match). if we have some equity in the hand i'd be firing again more often. why do you think the 2 broadway boards smack his calling range so hard? i think without knowing anything about his calling range, we can't have a good idea of what smackalacks his mountain

here you start to talk about how the better maniacally aggressive players are "playing with a strategy built upon the idea that you will respond to their aggressive actions one of two ways," but then get cut off by marco flopping the nuts. can you finish your thoughts on that?

i will elaborate on this in depth in the next vid

What do you think about check/raising this flop to rep like air giving up and get a bet out of overcards as well as committing ourselves vs worse 8x and some FD's before any scary turns/rivers can come and while our equity is great against pretty much anything? He might expect us to check air here a decent amount since the board is wet and he's been raising a lot of flops, so he'll likely stab with pure air, and if he doesn't he only has 4outs so free cards don't hurt us too bad. thoughts?

i think that is a sexy line

why do you think the 2 broadway boards smack his calling range so hard? i think without knowing anything about his calling range, we can't have a good idea of what smackalacks his mountain

just seems like a good default assumption that he'll be calling 3bets with broadways like KQ-KT, AJ-AT, QJ, QTs-JT, since most ppl call with those, but not everyone calls 75s and ppl rarely 4bet or fold those broadways and call with suited connectors. am i wrong?

if you double barrel'd would you usually fire 3 to get him off of a jack and like QT, or do you expect most to be folding Jx on the turn? I realize there's so many "it depends" here, but I'm just asking about it as what a good default would be before we've gathered enough info to make better decisions.

Time Link to 00:50:13

so, this wasn't that clear to me at the time, you think that his donk leads are mostly marginal made hands, and not monsters, so whenever he donk's again, we should just go bat shit crazy and make him fold those marginal hands?

so, this wasn't that clear to me at the time, you think that his donk leads are mostly marginal made hands, and not monsters, so whenever he donk's again, we should just go bat shit crazy and make him fold those marginal hands?

yep

just seems like a good default assumption that he'll be calling 3bets with broadways like KQ-KT, AJ-AT, QJ, QTs-JT, since most ppl call with those, but not everyone calls 75s and ppl rarely 4bet or fold those broadways and call with suited connectors. am i wrong?

i'd just assume an unknown at these stakes would be calling most everything playable. you're right about ppl always calling broadways and only sometimes calling the suited connectors and gappers, but i'd personally err on the more aggro side coming out of the gate without knowing how big or small the gap between 'always' and 'sometimes' is. even if it is a wasted cbet its not horribly -EV since you won't be c-betting in this spot w/ this hand as the match goes on

if you double barrel'd would you usually fire 3 to get him off of a jack and like QT, or do you expect most to be folding Jx on the turn? I realize there's so many "it depends" here, but I'm just asking about it as what a good default would be before we've gathered enough info to make better decisions.

i'd fire 3 most of the time i fire 2, i don't expect most to fold Jx on the turn

Time Link to 00:11:59

Would you ever like a c/raise OTT when the king hits on KJ3Kdd? I mean he might not expect us to check the king so I am not sure it would work but what do you think? If he was an aware opponent that was floating a lot I think it might work.

Time Link to 00:15:19

Here with J8s if we get raised on 837ss with J8 of spades so you prefer a flat call or a shove? The turn is a 5h what are we doing vs a check raise? Just flatting if we have the odds I assume?

Would you ever like a c/raise OTT when the king hits on KJ3Kdd? I mean he might not expect us to check the king so I am not sure it would work but what do you think? If he was an aware opponent that was floating a lot I think it might work.

checkraise with air? if he floats a lot that's not a bad play...

Here with J8s if we get raised on 837ss with J8 of spades so you prefer a flat call or a shove? The turn is a 5h what are we doing vs a check raise? Just flatting if we have the odds I assume?

usually flat call -- if he's bluffing he may continue on the turn. i'm not intending on folding at any point unless the opponent is very tight and doesn't bluff, in that case i'd just look to my outs and the pot odds

Time Link to 00:18:17

Think about what you're repping here ... a thinking player would usually figure out what's going on if you look at it from his perspective. Until you show him a set or 2 pair in this spot I really wouldn't bluff like this.

Time Link to 00:27:47

"You can make more money by folding."

Exactly - finally someone has said it! Really really important concept.


Actually I've heard someone else say it in an instructional video before, but maybe just once.

Time Link to 00:47:04

When you go into your timebank here in a single raised pot in position you really look like you have a strong made hand before you even raise (or at minimum its a monster draw, but people usually dont tank with those especially on this board). I know it seems like its a small detail and shouldn't be much of a tell, but a lottttt of people do this ... a lot (I think I also saw it in some of your other HU sessions in this series). On top of this you've generally been acting very quickly when weak so this is even more suspicious to me.

Just something to think about... I don't know if he would notice but I would because I'm really big on timing tells. Most of them are very situational, like you cant just say 'he acted quick so he's weak' in all cases, but with certain board textures or preflop scenarios your timing can be incredibly revealing.

The J8s 3 bet pot hand on 873ss 5s what are you doing on river cards like 6,4,2,T and K,Q,A that aren't spades if he calls the turn?