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

2hr30min? really?

2hr30min? really?

What are you on about? You checked to see if you are even logged in and are not seeing the preview video at '2 mins 30 seconds' or something?

I liked it alot.

2hr30min? really?

No, not really.

in this vid you 3-bet a bunch of KJo and QJs type of hands, is this a function of the boredom you spoke of at the end of the vid, or do you think it is more profitable to 3-bet them instead of calling?

these are the type of hands you won’t continue with when 4-bet and if you’re called, they’re likely to be dominated, giving you some reverse implied odds

whereas when you call, you’ll keep the hands in you’ve got dominated yourself, play some post flop poker and get a chance to outplay your weaker opponents

to keep the aggressive image you could 3-bet the more trashy hands instead, like lower suited connectors which you can more easily fold to resistance and flop big with as well

curious as to what your thoughts are on this!

Emil

You said on the KJs hand where you 3bet a guy at BTN and u hit TP that u were betting
big so that you could shove on turn - what worse hands are calling u?

AT around 10:40, you stated that you wanted to bet small on the river (343A3) because he might have played a PP terribly. I think it is a bad way to play a PP this way because the range that you would check behind on the flop includes a lot of aces and he is going to get called by a better hand. If he checks, you might try to rep the ace and bet. Could you explain why you thought it was a terrible play if he had like 66 or a lone 4? I would just like to know if I'm thinking along the same lines as an elite player. You usually just say that "x is a horrible play," but you never really explain why. Most of us know why it is a bad play, but it would be nice if our thought process was backed by a very good player.

Hey whitelime,

You really play well but you just don't talk enough. Like could you just pick up a topic and talk about it through all the video when nothing major happens. Say tiltcontrol/how to move up/adjusting/which stakes are really difficult/etc.

I mean you really really sound bored.

If I watch krantz or foxwoodsfiends, that's what we want. nonstop talking and getting it in our heads.

Don't get me wrong your videos are still good because I pick up something for sure but this is just the perfect example that knowledge doesn't make you a good teacher if you are not able to explain stuff.

in this vid you 3-bet a bunch of KJo and QJs type of hands, is this a function of the boredom you spoke of at the end of the vid, or do you think it is more profitable to 3-bet them instead of calling?
I always fold KJo to any kind of raise pf unless I'm in the BB vs. a late stealer. I guess this might be my limit background showing up. Is it profitable to call a raise OTB with this kind of hand? I like your videos and you talk at a pace and amount that satisfactory to me.

seems a bit short imo

i just wanted to say your my hero, great video

dead silence time was sped up I think, so the vid was a lot shorter than normal I think. To the people still saying speak more, wait until Whitelime has had a chance to talk more, I'm pretty sure these vids were recorded before the series release (no auto-top-up) so give him a chance.

FWIW I thought the sped up play when there was no chat worked well and I was happily able to watch the whole vid. Thanks.

I thought the criticisms were somewhat justified for the first video and maybe the second one as well. I thought this video was excellent.

I thought the criticisms were somewhat justified for the first video and maybe the second one as well. I thought this video was excellent.

i agree. this video was great.

At 29:00 do you call with 55 and folds to a cbet. What's your plan when you call with 55 there, just for set value? check-raise some flops(why don't you check raise on that flop)? check-call?

in this vid you 3-bet a bunch of KJo and QJs type of hands, is this a function of the boredom you spoke of at the end of the vid, or do you think it is more profitable to 3-bet them instead of calling?

these are the type of hands you won’t continue with when 4-bet and if you’re called, they’re likely to be dominated, giving you some reverse implied odds

whereas when you call, you’ll keep the hands in you’ve got dominated yourself, play some post flop poker and get a chance to outplay your weaker opponents

to keep the aggressive image you could 3-bet the more trashy hands instead, like lower suited connectors which you can more easily fold to resistance and flop big with as well

curious as to what your thoughts are on this!

I'm not whitelime obviously but I think AK is gonna be 4bet like sooooooo often that if you flop a pair with KJ it's probably good quite a lot of the time, and I guess it helps that you don't have just AK when you bet K hi boards.

At least this is my reasoning for why you would 3bet KJ, I do it sometimes but it's not a hand I love to do it with.

WL,

When you 3bet A9 against Sb's C/R on a dry board what do you assign for villains calling range? I think a reasonable range is Jx/sets/air/oesd.

Then he checks the turn, which he will probably do with all his range so we can't gather a ton of information from that, we check behind which we will do with a very polarized range. Basically our turn check is either a bluff or a monster.

Then villains river play is very weird, he LEADS into you after calling a 3bet and knowing your range is polarized. So basically unless he is super good, his river leading range is like AJ/Air/full houses. He is never leading with weak jacks and honestly, probably not even AJ. Because what worse hand calls? That's why I think the river is a call because if he's decent, it's much more likely he floated your flop 3bet with air, then that he lead into you on a dry board with a monster or some strong jack, and then decides to value bet it on the river against a very polarized range.

The video was well done IMO. The increased speed playback worked great to help bypass the low action time.

at 24:20 you check/raise 44 on 5cQd7c because you say it s a good board to do it on. Could you elaborate on that and good situations in general to check/raise bluff with 2outs or less?

Hey guys,

Tons of specific questions. I'm a bit busy right now but I will respond to them ASAP!

- Emil

WL,

When you 3bet A9 against Sb's C/R on a dry board what do you assign for villains calling range? I think a reasonable range is Jx/sets/air/oesd.

Then he checks the turn, which he will probably do with all his range so we can't gather a ton of information from that, we check behind which we will do with a very polarized range. Basically our turn check is either a bluff or a monster.

Then villains river play is very weird, he LEADS into you after calling a 3bet and knowing your range is polarized. So basically unless he is super good, his river leading range is like AJ/Air/full houses. He is never leading with weak jacks and honestly, probably not even AJ. Because what worse hand calls? That's why I think the river is a call because if he's decent, it's much more likely he floated your flop 3bet with air, then that he lead into you on a dry board with a monster or some strong jack, and then decides to value bet it on the river against a very polarized range.

I just don't understand why floated the C/R with Ace high wouldn't be better. You are ahead of any weird gutshot + Ace bluff and most air. I mean are you really going to B3B top pair here, wouldn't it be better to just play it like you have a hand like QJ/KJ etc etc?

A lot better with the new editing but still the video's had a lot of dead time where nothing is happening at all. [I fast played through half the video]

You commented on a hand where a opponent just called with 99 when a player lead into him on the 872ss flop three way. You said that he should raise this lead why? Is it for protection/information or is it for value?

I guess it was for value when the opponent was just half stacked, would you still think a raise would be the best line if the opponent was full stacked? Would you then fold if he would 4B AI?

BTW - Why don't you just record 5 new videos to replace these 'dry/dead' videos?

bump

bump

imo

i really like your videos

the dead air doesnt disturb me too much and i like your explanations (and i love your deprecative comments about some players )

greets

whitelime please answer our questions !

4 years later, still very helpful !