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

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2nd! Why is it that these donkey villains don't do that bad with their illogical play?

Good video, it's up there with bosoxx's for sure. HU is what I watch when I've had enough is enough of FR for a coupla days.

Very solid video, I like how you explain together with viliians stats and how to exploit them. Hope to see more!

13:30 you said you didn't think villain was a good enuf player to double barrel bluff (turn & river) on a QTTxx board. The board is fairly dry [and you turned a small pair] so what factors/stats do you look for to categorize a player as "bluffy"?

I look for someone who is: (1) very aggro post flop; (2) will bet flop & turn w/ A hi; (3) will check flop, but bet turn & river w/ BP; (4) very hi AF on river. Plus how long (how many hands or how often do you have to see 1/2/3/4) before this is a solid read?

I hate the 4 bet with K6 against a tight, passive player who has not been 3 betting a lot. Everything about it seems bad, including the size, as its very small and looks like a cheap rebluff. Also at around 31:00 you say he is peeling the flop pretty light, with his over card and gutshot. He actually has a double gutter and I don't think the peel is light at all.

I didnt like checking behind with the A3s half way into the video where you let him get to showdown with A10o, apart from that very good and look forward to watching more.

13:30 you said you didn't think villain was a good enuf player to double barrel bluff (turn & river) on a QTTxx board. The board is fairly dry [and you turned a small pair] so what factors/stats do you look for to categorize a player as "bluffy"?

In general, looser overall players like to bluff more. So when I'm playing a guy who is tight on the button and pretty tight out of position (with the exception of 3betting light in this case) I don't expect him to be too bluffy. High aggression stats would also help me figure out that he might be bluffy.

I look for someone who is: (1) very aggro post flop; (2) will bet flop & turn w/ A hi; (3) will check flop, but bet turn & river w/ BP; (4) very hi AF on river. Plus how long (how many hands or how often do you have to see 1/2/3/4) before this is a solid read?

(1) is the most important in my opinion. I think the most important factor is to figure out how good of a hand reader he is and what level he is on. For example, when I check back the flop and call the turn bet in this hand, I have A-high 90+% of the time. Is he good enough to know this? If so, will he take it one step further and try to bluff me off A-high? Would if even bet the turn if he knows I have A-high and won't fold? It's all about figuring out what level he is on and being one step ahead. In this case, I think he may have realized I was weak but just wasn't the type to move me off weak hands. He was more concerned with playing the strength of his hands and not mine.

I hate the 4 bet with K6 against a tight, passive player who has not been 3 betting a lot. Everything about it seems bad, including the size, as its very small and looks like a cheap rebluff. Also at around 31:00 you say he is peeling the flop pretty light, with his over card and gutshot. He actually has a double gutter and I don't think the peel is light at all.

Can you remind me where in the video this was? Next time I'll try to get one good opponent because having three different opponents makes reviewing the video a little annoying. The 4-bet size is made so that I can rebluff without committing myself to call off the rest. I would also 4-bet a hand like AK or AA to the same size.

Yeah, you're right I didn't realize he had a double gutter. The flop peel is fine, I was just trying to make the point that you shouldn't be c-betting that flop with air often and since I don't he can't peel the flop too light. That should be the bottom of his range IMO.

Thanks for the feedback guys. There are a few spots I remember that I didn't completely explain my thoughts like I wish I would have. I'd be happy to answer any questions about any of the plays I made if you just include at what point in the video the play happened. Thanks

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Can you remind me where in the video this was?

13:27

looks fine to me.

Ok, so this vid is like 1000 levels above me, but I Just have to say my heart skipped a beat when you c/r bluffed the river with K high.

why is your hud not showing up on the video?

why is your hud not showing up on the video?

I didn't have HUD on the computer I was using at the time. I had to open the tables on another computer to get stats. It was annoying as hell to look back and forth but I will have them in my next video.

Why exactly guys like ColmsUM making videos?

ColmsUM in last 80000 hands made 8000$ hmmmm no ty.

very nice video. would def like to see more.

Why exactly guys like ColmsUM making videos?

ColmsUM in last 80000 hands made 8000$ hmmmm no ty.

LOL, follow that logic and i dont even see why youre a DC member.
maybe you should try watching the video and then see if youll make the same statement. i doubt it.

nice video, looking forward to more

Why exactly guys like ColmsUM making videos?

ColmsUM in last 80000 hands made 8000$ hmmmm no ty.

I know, I think me and whitelime should both be fired for our subpar FTP results this year!

great vid - watched it and had probably my most solid HU session ever. thanks colmsUM.

Great vid.

Couple of questions:

@35:30, you 3bet AT on the deep table and the flop comes AJ5mono, and you have none of that suit. What's the plan if your cbet gets raised?

@1:09, on the left table (now nearly 200bb deep), you call in the BB with K5s, flop comes K95r and you checkraise and say you would get it in if he 3bets. Could you expand on this? I probably wouldn't play the hand so fast this deep on such a dry board, figuring that the only worse hands that I'm going to get it in with are AK and maybe KQ (I don't think he has much 95 in his range, and even if he does raise pf with 95s that only 2 combos). If you stove your hand against a range of AA, KK, 99, 55, K9, AK, KQ you come out at 53%. Do you not think there might be a more profitable way to play the hand?

@1:10 your big river checkraise- what hand are you representing here? Or do you think that doesn't matter because your raise is so big that even if your line doesn't make much sense to him it's still pretty tough for him to call? Would you ever take this line for value?

Couple of questions:

@35:30, you 3bet AT on the deep table and the flop comes AJ5mono, and you have none of that suit. What's the plan if your cbet gets raised?

I was really worried about that situation to be honest. It would have put me in a really bad spot and I even considered checking because of this. In that spot, it really varies against different player types and I don't think you should c-bet that flop unless you know how to react to a flop raise. In this case, I thought he was too tight to bluff raise that flop much and if he did raise at the very worse he would have the K-high FD. With that said, I think bet/folding isn't that bad.

@1:09, on the left table (now nearly 200bb deep), you call in the BB with K5s, flop comes K95r and you checkraise and say you would get it in if he 3bets. Could you expand on this? I probably wouldn't play the hand so fast this deep on such a dry board, figuring that the only worse hands that I'm going to get it in with are AK and maybe KQ (I don't think he has much 95 in his range, and even if he does raise pf with 95s that only 2 combos). If you stove your hand against a range of AA, KK, 99, 55, K9, AK, KQ you come out at 53%. Do you not think there might be a more profitable way to play the hand?

I agree that when I get it in on the flop my equity isn't wonderful which is why I'm not thrilled when he 3bets the flop. Still I think it's the best way to play the hand because of the times he cbets and calls the raise with with a bare King and then I get paid off on a turn and (not always) a river bet. To take it one step further, I'm hoping he will realize (or think) I check/raise bluff this dry flop a decent percentage of time and maybe he will float with me some hands he shouldn't. None of this even takes into consideration the times he cbets mid-pair and calls the check-raise.

@1:10 your big river checkraise- what hand are you representing here? Or do you think that doesn't matter because your raise is so big that even if your line doesn't make much sense to him it's still pretty tough for him to call? Would you ever take this line for value?

I'm really not representing much at all. There are maybe one or two hands I could represent but I wasn't concerned with this at the time. My read on this villain was that he wasn't a strong hand reader and mostly just played the strength of his hand rather than considering the true strength of my range. With that said, I needed to make the bet a size that would scare off his bare Ace. I would never take this line for value against this opponent for the same reasons that I did this as a bluff. Against a good hand reader, I would do this a lot for value because he realizes I can't have a hand very often and it really really looks like I'm trying to make him fold. Once again, it's all about figuring out what level your opponent is on and being one step ahead.