Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by KRANTZ (High Stakes)

yes 6max from krantz

I definitely don't have a case of the Mondays anymore.

You are very good Mr Krantz. You ran pretty terrible but a lot of interesting spots. Really looking forward for the next lightsabers

Krantz, if you'd watched Crablar's video you'd known a lot more about NOMED...;-)

Nice Vid! When you say I rarely bluff in these spots holding the As, what spots do you mean? Cbetting after a 4b IP?

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, can't wait to watch it tonight.

wow lol i just cracked up during the intro auto 5 stars and ive seen 45 secs

you're tilting yourself trying to win every pot?
i think you're right about underestimating your opponents also.. - except the tourney donk.

cool sheeeeat tho.. i really like watching videos on this site. the whole interface and layout is so nice..

4 star vid as i'm results oriented

wow lol i just cracked up during the intro auto 5 stars and ive seen 45 secs

ditto that my brother

"this guy won a donkament, so hes probably a pretty good spot"


LMAO

about halfway through the vid you stack off with a10 thinking the opener is betting light...were u trying to pick up the pot there, or expecting a call with worse?

also, with the 52c hand, do you think it would have been a decent play to push after he insta-minraise your $200 raise? it seems like he's putting you on complete air, so i suppose you have some fold equity.

thought the aj v kk was pretty transparent on both sides after he insta(mebe you missed it while berating the aceflop)checked back the flop and then took that line. he was utg and called a squeeze and had been folding a lot to your three bets in general (tho i forget if most of those were after or before this hand) so i'd think he has a big ace before a ten when he shoves the river, with maybe airfloat/turn-hand-into-bluff second, but he hadn't been that active so there isn't much reason to think he's bluffing unless you just felt your line looked so weak he was taking advantage of you. which is possible but you kinda screwed yourself by taking that weaker line trying to maximize value with kk on acehigh flop instead of like betting the flop and being done with the hand w/out any more reads which kinda sucks, or just check, check/calling and potcontrolling which, meh, but may be better than building a pot where you can't reasonably imagine getting much value from worse hands unless he bluffs and you make a difficult call, or he just doesn't believe you and makes an ambitious call with lower pp's on an ace high board. my 02 /runonramble. <3 DC

I'm calling LucasArts and you guys are getting sued!

Looking forward to watching this series - the rest of Season 2 can wait!

nice.

I like

God i love you KRANTZ . Very good vid.

about halfway through the vid you stack off with a10 thinking the opener is betting light...were u trying to pick up the pot there, or expecting a call with worse?

also, with the 52c hand, do you think it would have been a decent play to push after he insta-minraise your $200 raise? it seems like he's putting you on complete air, so i suppose you have some fold equity.

Def just trying to find a fold and set up some aggressive meta.

Re: 25c - I get a lot of extra information when I get to see his turn action and I also get to represent a stronger hand. I don't mind shipping it in if I have some outs but with 5 high I'd rather play it safe (even though it gives him possible room to bluff the turn, however unlikely that might be).

You da man Krantz, very entertaining video with lots of action...fun to watch


Love the intro 5 starzzzzzz for that alone!

I definitely don't have a case of the Mondays anymore.

QFT. Great way to start off the week

Finally, someone ran bad. I'll stop complaining now It's just that extracting value is not my main problem, but I have some calling ststion tendencies. So it's good to see some good players stacking off to determine what is appropriate to felt and what's not. Video's of people running bad give a better insight into this than someone runing hot.

Nice series so far. Does this portend a season four series on Jedi mind control (inducing tilt, inducing in chat, using tells)?

I noticed that you re-raised very library in position against the "win flips" guy. Suited 2 gaps and a lot of weak suited stuff but then you suddenly just cold-called with A2s in position. Was this because you didn't have the button or was it because you already had 3B him a lot or is it just that you don't like to 3B AXs?

Is this something that I should use every time I have position on a solid regular, just pound on him until he starts making mistakes?

Also the question that nobody seem to have a good answer to:

How do you know when your opponent is getting feed up and will start playing back at you? How do you know when you should step on the breaks? How do you change your game specifically?
[Have watched a lot of videos and in most cases you never see enough hands to get a good grasp on what they change when they start playing 'tight/solid'. Some fundamental theory on what you change in your game specifically when a opponent is starting to play back would be nice]

I noticed that you re-raised very library in position against the "win flips" guy. Suited 2 gaps and a lot of weak suited stuff but then you suddenly just cold-called with A2s in position. Was this because you didn't have the button or was it because you already had 3B him a lot or is it just that you don't like to 3B AXs?

Is this something that I should use every time I have position on a solid regular, just pound on him until he starts making mistakes?

Also the question that nobody seem to have a good answer to:

How do you know when your opponent is getting feed up and will start playing back at you? How do you know when you should step on the breaks? How do you change your game specifically?
[Have watched a lot of videos and in most cases you never see enough hands to get a good grasp on what they change when they start playing 'tight/solid'. Some fundamental theory on what you change in your game specifically when a opponent is starting to play back would be nice]

yes, go into more depth about your library re-raising pls

I noticed that you re-raised very library in position against the "win flips" guy. Suited 2 gaps and a lot of weak suited stuff but then you suddenly just cold-called with A2s in position. Was this because you didn't have the button or was it because you already had 3B him a lot or is it just that you don't like to 3B AXs?

Is this something that I should use every time I have position on a solid regular, just pound on him until he starts making mistakes?

Also the question that nobody seem to have a good answer to:

How do you know when your opponent is getting feed up and will start playing back at you? How do you know when you should step on the breaks? How do you change your game specifically?
[Have watched a lot of videos and in most cases you never see enough hands to get a good grasp on what they change when they start playing 'tight/solid'. Some fundamental theory on what you change in your game specifically when a opponent is starting to play back would be nice]

I called A2s because I felt like he would start to get fed up with me and I wanted to play that hand in position postflop where if I make TP and play it aggressively, I can get him to potentially stack off or rebluff me with his non-TP holdings. I also don't risk getting blown off the hand preflop, and of course I can make the nut flush (rather than, say, a 9 high flush with something like 96s) which is definitely more valuable against an aggro TAG opening in late position.

To the second part of your question - almost impossible to answer without experience. I can make some general assumptions - because my rring frequency is high and he knows who I am, he will be aware that I am reraising him light and adjust one of four ways - getting it in lighter preflop, bluff me preflop, tighten up preflop, or loosen up preflop and call OOP hoping to hit something or hoping to c/r bluff me postflop. Against the more aggro counter-strategies, you're going to want to tighten up, so sometimes it makes sense to attack them before they attack you and invoke these counter-adjustments on your own terms. If an opponent changes his strategy to counter moves that you're making, but you've already anticipated that change and have made your own adjustments, then you are going to win more money in spots that didn't exist before.

The key is anticipating everything, and that's really only going to come with experience, as far as I can tell.

i think this has high rating sjust because its krantz and i love krantz, but whitelime seemed to be way better at teaching while playing even though it was quiet at times during his new video.
seems like with krantz videos everyone just wants action and comedy which i do as well

How do you know which kind of opponent you are up against? And if he is the more aggressive kind that starts 4B bluff/call light and getting it in light on good boards, how much tighter do you start to play.

Do you only 3B the best hands like TT+/AQ+ and is prepared to get your stack in with JJ+/AQ+?

Or do you still add in some light 3B to keep the aggressive image or is it something I don't really need to consider?

What kind of difference does it make if my solid opponent is playing 5 tables or 9+ tables? Or should I always presume that my opponent is paying enough attention to my aggressive plays? TAG/LAG?

Once again I got the 'standardized' answer "you just need to put in a lot of hands". I have played poker for the last 5 years, been living on it for the last 3 years but have been stuck at $200NL forever. So I don't think it is experience that is missing but some fundamental theory.

Let's use a simile:
In the old days when you were making sales the sales-teacher would say "after you have made a lot of sales you will get a 'feel' for when it is time to close the deal".
Nowadays people know what it takes to close a deal and you can get an exact plan/theory on how to build up the sale and how you will 'know' when it is time to close the deal.

So I'm convinced that you are aware at some level when you know when a person is starting to get feed up and I'm also convinced that you know how he will react, but I guess it is still hard to put your finger at it

How do you know which kind of opponent you are up against? And if he is the more aggressive kind that starts 4B bluff/call light and getting it in light on good boards, how much tighter do you start to play.

Do you only 3B the best hands like TT+/AQ+ and is prepared to get your stack in with JJ+/AQ+?

Or do you still add in some light 3B to keep the aggressive image or is it something I don't really need to consider?

What kind of difference does it make if my solid opponent is playing 5 tables or 9+ tables? Or should I always presume that my opponent is paying enough attention to my aggressive plays? TAG/LAG?

Tighten up and don't be bashful about shoving your stack in with TT+/AQ+. Make notes on what your opponents are 3-betting and 4-betting you with and getting AI preflop with. Then draw conclusions from those notes.

You don't need to continue 3-betting light as players likely have reads on your stats after awhile from PT and if they don't, they probably have notes (mental or otherwise) about what you showed up at showdown and think you're always rring light now (when in fact you have tighten up significantly).

If your solid opponent is playing 1-3 tables your aggression is likely going to make a much bigger difference than it will if he is playing 5 tables or more, when he is likely just on auto-pilot.

Thanks you for all the good answers, it all make sense just nice to hear a really good player say what I have been thinking

I love you Krantz (in a totally non-gay way ofc), and I really love your vids; but how can you berate and laugh at guy(s?) that 4-betpush against your 3bets in some of your videos, and then 4betpush yourself a few vids later (the AT vs AK hand)? You really didn't comment on it neither more than referring to the famous CTS blog post. Maybe I missed something, but I really really just don't get it.
Later on in the vid you 4bet extremely small instead with the Power Aces.

I love you Krantz (in a totally non-gay way ofc), and I really love your vids; but how can you berate and laugh at guy(s?) that 4-betpush against your 3bets in some of your videos, and then 4betpush yourself a few vids later (the AT vs AK hand)? You really didn't comment on it neither more than referring to the famous CTS blog post. Maybe I missed something, but I really really just don't get it.
Later on in the vid you 4bet extremely small instead with the Power Aces.

i might have a double standard! odds are it's a combination of me being a jackass :-/ and... well it's probably just me being a jackass.

but if you want me to go into more detail on why the 4-bet shove can be +EV, let me know and i will.

I don't know, I'm pretty sure every single poker player in the history of the game has berated people for making moves that they may have made in the others position. Pretty we've all yelled at the screen because someone made a move that won them the pot.

Standard.

I guess CTS covered it, the main reason I ask is just if you changed your mind about the 4bet size for some particular reason, or if it was just a result of you "being a jackass" If you have a particular reason though, yes, I'd love to hear it.

I knew before watching the vid that at some point you were going to 4bet shove, so it just kinda made me laugh seing you do it while hearing your "wow he made that atrocious 4bet again", or whatever it was, in the back of my head.


Malefiicus: Of course, that goes without saying, I just don't make instructional vidoes on a paysite

You mention that the HoldEM Manager 3bet and fold to 3bet stats are so useful its almost like cheating.

Please explain this more. Thanks

A couple of my favorite lessons from the video

"..I would never try to bluff a tournament player off a king"

and
"...shipping it in with five high when I have no reads and no idea what that bet means is probably a bad play"

Gold

Thanks KRANTZ great vid. I loved your constant pounding in position and was also impressed by THEMASTER not taking any of your s**t, he seemed to have adjusted well.

BoOm

Thanks KRANTZ great vid. I loved your constant pounding in position and was also impressed by THEMASTER not taking any of your s**t, he seemed to have adjusted well.

BoOm

One quick edit. I know you said he was a trny donkey, I just never seen him lose too many pots.

( I did watch the vid and type this after a few jars though )

Sorry to spam the forum (i'm a idiot) but there is no edit button and I had to say I take back what I said about THEMASTER after watching the first 25 mins of episode 2.

You mention that the HoldEM Manager 3bet and fold to 3bet stats are so useful its almost like cheating.

Please explain this more. Thanks

HEM is amazing software and I believe we have some Tool Time videos that show how to use it. It has a built-in HUD that basically gives you every stat you could possibly think of on your opponent. I should be using it in later episodes this season.

i think this has high rating sjust because its krantz and i love krantz, but whitelime seemed to be way better at teaching while playing even though it was quiet at times during his new video.
seems like with krantz videos everyone just wants action and comedy which i do as well

1st vid ive watched on this site, and it was pretty excellent. got to disagree w/ the above. whitelime's vids must be amazing if they top krantz. ive watched lots of vids on other sites, and immediately i think this has got to be up there w/ some of the best ive seen. good thorough, clear explanations.

At 19:08 on the right table where you check-raise the turn with a 5524 board and TheMasterJ33 3bets to 1100, am I the only one who noticed that he left his stack at $1337? C'MON! That shit's leet.

great video jay, two minor questions:


You insta-muck 56s UTG to a three bet from the SB, kinda surprised you didn't at least consider calling since you had position and SB's range is probably real strong.

When you 4-bet shoved that AT hand...are you ever balancing that by sometimes 4-bet shoving JJ+ and like AK? Seems kinda transparent that you are shoving to make it crystal clear he has no FE, something you wouldn't normally do with some of these other hands