Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by bosoxx34 (Micro/Small Stakes)

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Hey guys any feedback is appreciated, I was very nervous making the first video and my thoughts were jumbled at times. Also, there were a couple times in the video where I misspoke and didn't catch myself. Hope everyone enjoys it and have any questions, go ahead and post them.

Mike

Im loving that new intro you guys have. Nice vid.

-- JC

Very helpful. Nice job.

omg i watched RSHustla lose 150k at 50/100 plo on crazy monkey tilt lol

Also are you accepting students if so send me a PM

Very good video. You articulated well enough; meaning, if you goofed, it didn't distract me from what you were saying, so don't sweat it. Your strategy suggestions for this level are great and making the distinction of what less experienced players should be concentrating on v. what Krantz and Wot demonstrate is very helpful. Sure it would be great to run over 1/2 regs like they do, but... I look forward to some more HU vids from you at this level. TY

Also are you accepting students if so send me a PM

Ben,

Mike is available for coaching, I believe. Check out the coaching page and apply here:

http://www.deucescracked.com/coaching

-JT

I really enjoyed this vid, well done Bosoxx. Had been looking forward to a HU 50NL vid and this was a great primer for the games. I've probably put in 15k hands at this level since the pr1nnyraiding series and everything bsoxx mentioned applies well from my experience.

Good commentary on adjusting to passive play that you encounter at this limit. You played a solid, straightforward game that isn't going to run over opponents but will return a steady profit with less variance than other styles. Seems like you'd make a great coach for someone at these limits too. Again, good start to your production.

wow. i can't believe you said you don't know anything about jack bauer. let me tell you a few things i know about jack bauer (i got it from http://www.jackbauerisgod.com/)

The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.

Jack Bauer killed so many terrorists that at one point, the #5 CIA Most Wanted fugitive was an 18-year-old teenager in Malaysia who downloaded the movie Dodgeball.

Some people see the glass as half full. Others see it as half empty. Jack Bauer see the glass as a deadly weapon.

Once, someone tried to tell Jack Bauer a "knock knock" joke. Jack Bauer found out who was there, who they worked for, and where the goddamned bomb was.

somehow you managed to stack jack bauer though. you are quite the poker player

Nice video. I especially liked the 78 (?) hand on the 855 board with K turn. Nice reads against some of the donkey plays, like the guy who you thought would slow play a J on the JJ5 board or whatever it was.

My only disagreement was one of the last hands you reviewed where you had KJ on J87 board and then an A turned. I would check behind on the turn and call any non-huge river bet. We know Jack is a decent player, and if he is good then some percentage of the time he will bluff all-in on that turn with a draw knowing that the ace is a scare card. At least if we check the turn, we can call river with good showdown value and see what he called with on the flop. I don't think he floats with just ace high there too often. I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of combo draw that he semi-bluffed with.

My only disagreement was one of the last hands you reviewed where you had KJ on J87 board and then an A turned. I would check behind on the turn and call any non-huge river bet. We know Jack is a decent player, and if he is good then some percentage of the time he will bluff all-in on that turn with a draw knowing that the ace is a scare card. At least if we check the turn, we can call river with good showdown value and see what he called with on the flop. I don't think he floats with just ace high there too often. I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of combo draw that he semi-bluffed with.

I agree there is some merit to using that line and it was one I debating using and do use often and more frequently than bet/folding that turn. Haven't watched over the video yet but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some hesitation in my voice while I was deciding which line to take.

Very helpful video.

Very good video so far. I have a question about the 76o hand, early in the video. You raised it from the button, villain called. The board came T65 rainbow, he checked and you bet. I am having trouble in these spots deciding wheter to cbet or not. Can you explain why you did it a bit more? You just said 'standard cbet'. There aren't too many worse hands that will call, right? Isn't it a good spot to control the pot size and incude a bluff? Or does he call enough with worse or are you doing it for balancing reasons or to avoid tricky turn spots?

Also you said after you doubled up and the guy leaved that you normally would start another table becauase fish don't like to play against big stacks. I doubt that is true. I think the fish might see it as an opportunity to win a lot of money, where good regulars would avoid an alone sitting big stack.

The reason I bet 76 on the T65 rainbow board is to get value out of A high, a five, gut shots. Also, I like to see how the villain is reacting to my cbets to know how often I can actually throw a bet out there. After some history we obviously need change our c-betting ranges and go from there.

As far as leaving the table, it's just a matter of personal preference. It's something jsnipes recommended when we first started and I've always done it.

Hope this helps, if I wasn't clear let me know

Mike, in regards to your comment about BR management. I'd like to add that this is very player dependant. I used the 50 BI rule for a long time, but seemed to struggle w/ tilt. For the past 3 months, I've used 100 bi's. I know this sounds excessive, but for someone like me, it has really helped w/ my tilt. So, if you (anyone) is prone to tilt and can be too affected by small swings, then I'd recommend a bigger BR.

Hey Bosoxx,

the KJ hand with the Turn A.

I think a checkbehind is better here for potcontroll since jackbauer showed this move on the K turn when u had 87 with the middlepaire 88s.
I think hes capable to donk the river, so u get value from bluffs/semibluffs and u see a showdown with a nice showdown value hand.

Yeah I agree, I didn't play the hand well. I basically turned it into a bluff and it's a line I rarely take. You make a good point about the mid-pair hand, definitely the wrong time for it.

I guess it's too late to post questions, but anyway.
You were CBetting in some spots that seem to me as perfect for checking back (AK on 244 followed by second barrel, 55 on 268 or like this).
Why are you doing this?
Villain isn't calling with worst or folding better, so it seems like a spot to reduce CBet frequency from 100%

Hey sorry mrgrek just saw this. Basically the answer can be summed up by the state of the games a few years ago. At these levels I wouldn't have been too worried about being c/r bluffed too often or any other slightly advanced plays. As a result, you could be much more aggressive without your opponent making the obvious adjustments.