Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by bosoxx34 (Mid Stakes)

hu nl vid by bosoxx !! all i can say is tytyty !!!

Actually one of the worser videos on here in terms of your own play. I think you made a lot of mistakes, and in general got owned.

Your analysis was still, somehow, quite good. But I really didn't take anything away from the video. It was mildly entertaining though.

Actually one of the worser videos on here in terms of your own play. I think you made a lot of mistakes, and in general got owned.

Your analysis was still, somehow, quite good. But I really didn't take anything away from the video. It was mildly entertaining though.

I agree I didn't play that well. I told myself to fold on the 45 hand and not to make my first 4 bet a bluff. Two major mistakes that never should've happened. If I had of avoided those 2 mistakes I would've saved myself quite a bit of money.

@ 3:30 you 3 bet KJ, flop KQ5ss and cbet 25 into into 41.5. Could you talk about when and how much to vary cbets in 3 bet pots. Would have it been better to cbet bigger on this board?

well, you did mention @ 10:10 about why to cbet small... do you ever vary it and if so why?

since this guy cbets a ton, would 3 betting less w/ QT types and SC's be better?

IMO, I like the real time as well as post game analysis so keep mixing it up. For some reason, it's nice to see you guys make some mistakes.

Nice vid!

Small question - you seem to cbet quite a large amount. You cbet $10 into $11.50 - given your high cbet frequency this seems rather high. Why not cbet ~ $8. What are the merits of cbetting larger amounts?

I play $200nl 6 max and $100nl HU and am moving up shortly to $200nl HU. At 100nl HU I tend to cbet $4.

Since you asked in the video for opinions.

Personally I love the live play videos because we get to watch a ton more hands. I also prefer hearing your thoughts as you're playing since as we play we only get that amount of time to think as well, so it's cool to hear what steps your mind goes through. Not sure I'm explaining that right.

I understand some hands require deeper analysis, but just mark them (through HEM's HUD) and review them in the replayer after the session in deeper detail.

Anyway, great vid!

P.S.: I also think vids vs regs are kind of redundant since one should never sit for long vs a reg in HU (unless he's a bad reg obv )

Love your HU videos! Thanks a ton.

When you got that deepstack, you got a bit too "cally" for my taste...but I am the same, so I can't really blame you. I often call down a lot more lightly just because I'm curious when I'm deep, not sure if that's a leak, since often I gain good info doing that...it's just costly.

@ 3:30 you 3 bet KJ, flop KQ5ss and cbet 25 into into 41.5. Could you talk about when and how much to vary cbets in 3 bet pots. Would have it been better to cbet bigger on this board?

well, you did mention @ 10:10 about why to cbet small... do you ever vary it and if so why?

since this guy cbets a ton, would 3 betting less w/ QT types and SC's be better?

IMO, I like the real time as well as post game analysis so keep mixing it up. For some reason, it's nice to see you guys make some mistakes.

Nice vid!

Thanks for the compliment. As far as c-betting in 3-bet pots go, it's something I've worked on since getting coaching from Vanessa. It allows you to 2 and 3 barrel more often and makes stack sizes less awkward when you're going for value. Plus most people play fit or fold in 3 bet pots and they'll fold regardless of the bet size, as long as it's not ridiculously small. The only time I vary it is when I play a calling station, then I make it bigger to extract as much value as soon as possible. To be honest I haven't really gone over this in HEM very much so I'm not sure what exactly is optimal, but I've had much more success with smaller cbets in 3 bet pots than with larger ones.

As far as your second point, that's an adjustment I should've made. I figureed he was going to be your typical tag where he folds to a lot of 3 bets but that wasn't the case. I should've been calling more PF and C/R bluffing mopre post flop.

Anyway, great vid!

P.S.: I also think vids vs regs are kind of redundant since one should never sit for long vs a reg in HU (unless he's a bad reg obv )

Thanks and I agree about playing regs is a bit redundant. I just wanted to do something different and I thought this guy would put me in some tough spots I wouldn't normally find myself in.

Small question - you seem to cbet quite a large amount. You cbet $10 into $11.50 - given your high cbet frequency this seems rather high. Why not cbet ~ $8. What are the merits of cbetting larger amounts?

That's a good point and something I haven't really given much thought to. When i first started playing HU I always cbet high amonts and never deviated from that. It's something I need to try because as you said with my high cbet frequency it's obviously exploitable against good players.

P.S.: I also think vids vs regs are kind of redundant since one should never sit for long vs a reg in HU (unless he's a bad reg obv )

As far as playing these types of opponents, yes, he seemed like a reg. But I feel that learning to play against Laggy/v agro hu players is important and it's a fine line between a good player and a complete spewtard. What made this villain good was his ability to vbet thin, management of game flow etc... But, it takes time to differentiate bewteen the two. My point is, I guess, that there is more to lean here than had bosox played against a loose passive type. And, imo, I want to learn how to play better against bad lags or tags as they are the ones that will put you in tough spots and also go off for big losses.

Love your HU videos! Thanks a ton.

When you got that deepstack, you got a bit too "cally" for my taste...but I am the same, so I can't really blame you. I often call down a lot more lightly just because I'm curious when I'm deep, not sure if that's a leak, since often I gain good info doing that...it's just costly.

I agree it's a leak of mine, for some reason all of a sudden suited connectors look great and you think about the implied odds. Instead of making good rationale plays I let stack sizes affect my decisions far too often.

Also I want to thank everyone here and my previous videos for pointing out my leaks. You've helped my game a ton since I've started to make videos and I appreciate it.

good video bosoxx.

In the future, do you think you could 2 table vs an opponent? I think it'll really help cut through dry time and might have some more fun meta stuff.

thanks

good video bosoxx.

In the future, do you think you could 2 table vs an opponent? I think it'll really help cut through dry time and might have some more fun meta stuff.

thanks

Yeah, I'll try 2 tabling for my next video. I wanted to avoid that before I was comfortable with 1 table, but I feel pretty good about that now so I'll give 2 a shot next.

In the AQ hand, I think a call would have been fine because you beat enough of his 4-betting range, although it's difficult to estimate -- maybe AQ, KQs, QJs, some pocket pairs and some air. You're behind AA, KK, QQ and AK. Folding is OK, but your opponent seemed to be 4-betting frequently enough to justify seeing a flop.
A question about firing two barrels:
In two hands, you fire again on the turn when the board pairs. The first hand was Jh8h on a Q9x9 board with two hearts. The second hand you held 75 on an Ad 8c 9h 8h board. Your opponent folds both times.
Isn't it usually bad to fire a second barrel when the board pairs, because your opponent is less likely to fold a pair? How do you decide when to fire again when the board pairs?
Thanks, and good video!

A question about firing two barrels:
In two hands, you fire again on the turn when the board pairs. The first hand was Jh8h on a Q9x9 board with two hearts. The second hand you held 75 on an Ad 8c 9h 8h board. Your opponent folds both times.
Isn't it usually bad to fire a second barrel when the board pairs, because your opponent is less likely to fold a pair? How do you decide when to fire again when the board pairs?
Thanks, and good video!

In most cases I agree with you that when the board pairs it's bad to fire two barrels however this guy liked to call the flop pretty light and then re-evaluate the turn. So while against most opponents there cards wouldn't be that great against this particular opponents they were good cards. This was shown in the 3 bet pot where he showed down 66 on the T727x board. While making reads based on one hand isn't especially recommended, for the sake of the video I try to make them as fast as possible.