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

stayed up til 5 am refreshing DC

what do you eat for breakfast jay?

why do i keep watching coaching vids?

Really happy with the amount of content from the site

Went to DC for my fix and DC delivered once more. <3

Really liked the tag approach, but do you really think you should decide before you sit down how to play? Isn't it better to figure out your strategy after a couple of orbits? That said I think TAG WAS the right way to play left table and maybe more LAG on right. theres a diffence between playing lag and playing lag + spewing a lot yes?

One more Q, so its ok to 3bet AK for value in BB vs BTN and fold to 4bet figuring he just insnt bluffing often enough and vs his calling range youre cooked (as you say, love that term btw ?
what about with 100bb?

Really enjoy this series and maybe im the only one, but didnt mind at all that it was another at 5/10.

very pleasing to the eyes and ears.

can you post the recipe of the magic cookies please?

what do you eat for breakfast jay?

pieces of sh*t like us

ok i hope there was something extra special in those brownies. avatars moving?

what do you eat for breakfast jay?

usually eggs if i wake up in time!

Really liked the tag approach, but do you really think you should decide before you sit down how to play? Isn't it better to figure out your strategy after a couple of orbits? That said I think TAG WAS the right way to play left table and maybe more LAG on right. theres a diffence between playing lag and playing lag + spewing a lot yes?

One more Q, so its ok to 3bet AK for value in BB vs BTN and fold to 4bet figuring he just insnt bluffing often enough and vs his calling range youre cooked (as you say, love that term btw ?
what about with 100bb?

Really enjoy this series and maybe im the only one, but didnt mind at all that it was another at 5/10.

On the first part of your question, no, not really, so long as you're making your adjustments. If I felt that I could run over a few players then I would ratchet up the aggression preflop, and I didn't feel that way at all so I stuck with what I started with. If there were tables to play one style at on one and a different one on the other, I'd actually say it's the opposite of what you think - I want to be really loose preflop and play as many pots possible in position on Luke on the left.

Re: AK and 3-betting, for 100bb you can't fold it anymore - there is just too much monkeying around going on. All I'm trying to say is that yes, if you're deeper and this guy has never shown you a 4-bet bluff and you've seen him only call JJ and QQ and AK to a 3-bet in position, then you could be looking at only KK/AA and should think about folding.

Excellent video as usual. I have a general question regarding these stakes: I read in several forums that high/mid stakes NL is dying; a lot less action above 10/20, and even 5/10, everybody switching to PLO etc etc. What do you think about it?

On the first part of your question, no, not really, so long as you're making your adjustments. If I felt that I could run over a few players then I would ratchet up the aggression preflop, and I didn't feel that way at all so I stuck with what I started with.

i agree that the TAG style was the best approach for the video. it seems like you have been getting played back at a lot this series due to your lag image; and assuming people you haven't played with much still know of the great pr1nny they will peg you as ultra-LAG no matter what your pf stats look like. any time you squeeze for value, people will think you're bluffing, when you raise CO/BU, you'll get 3b a lot anyway, etc. so considering the super-lag approach hasn't been working too well, (as you say, you've been a loser at FTP 5/10, not that i even play 5/10 so my judgement may be way off) then tightening up and exploiting your aggressive meta seems like a good plan for at least your next 10-20k hands at similar limits.

Excellent video as usual. I have a general question regarding these stakes: I read in several forums that high/mid stakes NL is dying; a lot less action above 10/20, and even 5/10, everybody switching to PLO etc etc. What do you think about it?

It's a disturbing trend, yes. You can find games above 10/20 but it takes more work these days. Poker is exploding internationally, though, so I think we're looking at the worst of it, hopefully.

question: He's talking about all these guys like this guy is a 43/22 and this other guy is a 19/14. Could someone explain what that means?

It's a disturbing trend, yes. You can find games above 10/20 but it takes more work these days. Poker is exploding internationally, though, so I think we're looking at the worst of it, hopefully.

What would you advise somebody who is lets say a 2/4-3/6 regular. Focus on moving up to 5/10-10/20 and really learn to beat the regs there, grind out (play a lot of tables) at the lower limit or learn other forms of poker (especially PLO nowadays).

Thanks for answering the questions!

question: He's talking about all these guys like this guy is a 43/22 and this other guy is a 19/14. Could someone explain what that means?

He means 43 VPIP and 22 Preflop Raise, standard stats one has at the table HUD (I guess so, should be weird if the figures mean sth else )

Edit: VPIP = Voluntary put money into pot %

dude, you're a natural at making these vids, A+

I've got an unrelating specific question, I hope that's allright

I recently played a 6max game (50NL) where a guy 2 seats to my left loved to flat call preflop raises, both ip as from the blinds, and then call 100% of my cbets, often donking the turn when I checked behind on the flop, 100% donking the flop if I checked to him, sometimes calling my cbet and then donk the turn

he never raised me on any street though

I didn't know how to adjust, other than nitting up preflop

obv I started calling him down light, but almost always he had at least some piece of the board, he had for example donked out turn and river hu with a pair of 3's on a K95hh 2x Jx board from the sb vs my pre flop open after I had cbet the flop

I never made big hands v him and just didn't know how to properly adjust

thoughts on how to exploit such a player?

Trying to download from London right now and only getting 11kb/s. Something isn't right and there's nothing wrong with my line... Could you guys check this out please?

Trying to download from London right now and only getting 11kb/s. Something isn't right and there's nothing wrong with my line... Could you guys check this out please?

I'm currently downloading from london at 60KB/s, which feels about right for this time of day...Earlier in the day (say 4pm UK time) it;s not unusual to hit 500KB/s

The internet is a fickle beast. Maybe stop the download and try again in 10 minutes? Or just wait and see I guess

Trying to download from London right now and only getting 11kb/s. Something isn't right and there's nothing wrong with my line... Could you guys check this out please?

I just sent you a PM but there's nothing going on with the server -- ssta has it right that it's pretty typical at times when there is high internet usage (**NOT** specific to our site, just high usage in general) that will result in high latency times to our server which unfortunately causes slowdowns.

Rob

sigh, where the hell is emil he's awesome

if you guys are looking for 10/20 % 25/50 games just look at iPoker, ongame & prima. there's bunch of action there and those are the networks americans can play at afaik. just 'cause there isn't any games going on at full tilt doesn't mean there isn't somewhere else. if i've understood correctly omaha used to dominate in europe, but these days nlhe is definitely the most popular game

I recently played a 6max game (50NL) where a guy 2 seats to my left loved to flat call preflop raises, both ip as from the blinds, and then call 100% of my cbets, often donking the turn when I checked behind on the flop, 100% donking the flop if I checked to him, sometimes calling my cbet and then donk the turn

A few adjustments you should make, I'd think. Tighten up a bit and when you're raising, see if he calls bigger betsizes preflop. Make it 5BB rather than 3.5BB. This guys sounds a lot like a live player type of donk and a lot of those guys will call no matter what preflop, not thinking of relevant things like stack size relative to size of bet, etc. If you're raising a bit more preflop you can more easily build a big pot. Additionally, depending on what you flop and the board texture, it sounds like you can look to get tricky a bit more, firing the flop and checkraising the turn (stack-a-donk line) etc.

The big way you're going to exploit that sort of player is by building big pots with him when you have a decent piece and not trying to bluff him off his stack or call him down super light -- he really sounds like a textbook loose passive, betting when checked to, calling a ton, and being a classical "pair bettor" who bets because he has a piece. If you catch him bluffing you can change the read but as is it just sounds like you shouldn't be looking to get involved with him with too-marginal pieces postflop and be patient, not trying to rush it.

Just MHO of course.

Rob

thanks for the response, solid advice imo!

good post by rob, but just want to further point out the biggest leak in your strategy gring000h seems to be c-betting him with nothing. just wait til you hit a pair, bet/bet/bet, ????, profit.

Wow, very good video!
Some more of this kind and the Cardrunner Pro´s could be pissed off

Whats the link for your blog?

holy christ!
90.7 MB download in 23s.

Hey Krantz

Liked the vid. I'm looking forward to further discussion of 3betting. I noticed early on you folded 69h to a 3b IP over 300bb deep. Am I correct in saying that you should be calling this vs every range? It seems against a tight range (let's say QQ+ and AK only) you should be always folding ~100bb deep but calling when deep for the implieds. Against a wider range it seems we should be calling to put the heat on them when they're OOP and obv cooler them when they actually have the goods. Obviously the analysis is incomplete without how well we know/can manipulate their postflop tendencies but can you give some general thoughts?

Also, you mentioned you thought Gus was maniacal for shipping it in with 99 vs your first 3bet in your HU match. This doesn't seem too awful to me vs a Krantz 3bet unless you were considerably deep.

Looking forward to the rest of the series!

Also, you mentioned you thought Gus was maniacal for shipping it in with 99 vs your first 3bet in your HU match. This doesn't seem too awful to me vs a Krantz 3bet unless you were considerably deep.

Meant 4bet but it won't let me edit

the tourney was mad deep, 250bb starting stacks

Lol at Whitelime owning Ivey..

Lol at Whitelime owning Ivey..

not really if not for a fortunate situation of getting all in with both hitting top pair ivey grinds out the win i think it was like 6.5 to 3.5k at that point

When you are checking behind with QKs (Khi) and the Ace hits the river...

Is this not a bet 100% of the time given that you look like you have showdown value and this is more often that not with Ace hi?

Yes he may have called you but in a vacuum it certainly looked an EV+ bet.

not really if not for a fortunate situation of getting all in with both hitting top pair ivey grinds out the win i think it was like 6.5 to 3.5k at that point

That was what I meant. But apparently krantz and him thinks he is a fish.

That was what I meant. But apparently krantz and him thinks he is a fish.

Well they've had pretty good luck vs. Ivey in cash games, which is what they were referring to. It's not like you're going to find too many bona fide fish in $25kHU buyin tourneys, so you're going to be happy taking an edge wherever you can get it.

Rob

Well they've had pretty good luck vs. Ivey in cash games, which is what they were referring to. It's not like you're going to find too many bona fide fish in $25kHU buyin tourneys, so you're going to be happy taking an edge wherever you can get it.

Rob

HU-NLHE is Ivy's worse game, imo.

I would like to know if you have some recommendations on "default" four bet bluffing hands against lag / tag / etc. Basically, what are the best hands to four bet bluff with...Suited aces, ace jack king queen, suited connectors?
Thanks

HU-NLHE is Ivy's worse game, imo.

nah, he's much worse at 6-handed, and i'm sure he's actually probably one of the best at live shorthanded and HU games. he's also very tough online HU (even if he's better at mixed games), but i'd say emil has a pretty good edge on him.

nah, he's much worse at 6-handed, and i'm sure he's actually probably one of the best at live shorthanded and HU games. he's also very tough online HU (even if he's better at mixed games), but i'd say emil has a pretty good edge on him.

Well, it isnt any of the limit-mix games, was what I was trying to say. He plays great Stud-games and aint bad at O8 and LHE.

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