52:04 Table 4

Josh,

you are putting villain on quads and quads alone here??? Don't misunderstand me here, I'm snapfolding this aswell but mostly because there are a lot of boats in his range aswell with 8x or 66+ which have me beat. I'm also not convinced that 1/4 Stack donkeyfish will raise pp's 100% of the time pre.

Wow, I had stopped the video to make this reply and just a few seconds later villain shows the 3, so I guess your read was spot on, but anyway: Do you think he takes this line with a 3 only?

I like how detailed you are in analyzing the situations. You remind me of CTS and how he pours on all the different lines based on slightly different circumstances. I sure get alot of useful advice for my whole $30 a month. You make good videos sir and I can tell that you are committed to making a quality product.

This series gets better and better. Loads of interesting situations again, top notch explanation.

Josh, I have a question about preflop raise sizing. You mentioned that on a site without a bet pot button like PokerStars, you'd probably open 4x from UTG/MP and 3x from CO/BTN. The idea to be able to call more light three bets IP because many players will make their three bet in relation to the size of your raise, and to make our blind steals cheaper.

My question is, if it's US doing the three betting, should we just raise to a 'normal' three bet size to prevent them from benefiting from this? For example if someone opens for 2x or 3x from the button and I want to three bet from the blinds, should I just make it 12 or 13bb like I would if they opened to 3.5x?

I think this is your best video by far. Screw you for not picking me for the series :(. At around 48 minutes, you mention that 35s is bad because you have no high card value with a fish in the blinds. Do you also advocate folding 65s or 89s? They basically will usually flop 2nd or 3rd pair too. Just wanted a little more clarification on that one.

I have all the emails saved for everyone who emailed me, and if I do this again you'll have first priority. I wouldn't be surprised if I wind up doing this type of thing again. I'm really enjoying it.

against a loose range that can actually be a big difference. first off, when you're shorter, hot-and-cold equity is going to matter a lot more. when you're 4 buyins deep, you're almost never getting all the money in, so having a hand capable of making a strong hand trumps having good equity. 43s can make a disguised wheel, giving it some added value, vs. a hand like KJo that's almost always going to have to play for pot control. when when you're short, like in a tournament, you're getting all-in more often, so the value of the hand is going to run a lot closer to its actual equity.

also, against a loose range, which is going to include small sc's, A-rag, maybe even complete trash, 2nd pair is going to be a pretty strong hand, especially with some backdoor draws. 98s will often flop middle pair, while the 53s is going to flop 3rd pair more often than not. and 98s is a lot more likely to flop some extra outs with a draw than 53s. if you flop a flush draw on a Q72 flop and you get it in for 20 or 30 bb, the 98s will often have some pair outs, since hands like A7 or 76 won't hesitate to stack off that short w a flush draw on board.

vs. top 40% of hands:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 60.614% 59.55% 01.06% 1974074848 35286172.00 { 44+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J7s+, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, A3o+, K7o+, Q8o+, J8o+, T9o }
Hand 1: 39.386% 38.32% 01.06% 1270373352 35286172.00 { 98s }

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 63.800% 63.27% 00.53% 2236075172 18739514.00 { 44+, A2s+, K2s+, Q4s+, J7s+, T7s+, 97s+, 87s, A3o+, K7o+, Q8o+, J8o+, T9o }
Hand 1: 36.200% 35.67% 00.53% 1260641256 18739514.00 { 53s }

Josh,

Thanks very much for your detailed reply.

I like the advice to three bet oop to approx. (pot+1bb), it makes perfect sense. I always felt a bit odd making such a large overbet previously, since the risk didn't seem worth the reward.

I'm interested in the effect of larger stacks on three betting in general. It seems intuitive that we should probably three bet light OOP less often when the stacks are deep (say 200bb+), since our opponent is more likely to call thinking they have better implied odds? Am I on the right track here?

But what about three betting light IP (say vs. CO from the BTN)? Presumably we should be widening our three betting range the deepr the stacks and play more suited connector type hands to take advantage of our position? I'm just kind of working on the assumption that position becomes more valuable as the stacks get deeper?

Thanks for your help.