Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by RapidEvolution (Micro/Small Stakes)

Time Link to 00:03:07

In retrospect, I don't like how I played the hand on the right. Villain's folding to 3b 50% in our sample, which suggests that he'll be calling OOP to setmine a decent amount and we can get dead money on the flop. Also, with overs, a backdoor nfd, and a gutter, this flop should be a peel. One of the things about making vids is that some good opportunities will get passed up. In the future, I'll record the audio afterwards so I can just focus on the play.

Time Link to 00:05:06

Right table: I think betting and checking here are about the same, tbh. Overs and backdoors (plus our FE) would make this an ideal spot to bet if the board weren't so coordinated. If we had KsQd as opposed to AsQd, I think it's push the decision to a bet. If we had AQdd.KQdd, it'd be a clear beat imo. I also apologize for having half of the hand replayer in the window at times)

Time Link to 00:11:24

Right table: It's worth mentioning (imo) that our bet size on this board if we're opting to cbet into two opponents can be fairly small. On boards like AKx, AAx etc, I find that 1/3 pot bets work almost as well as 3/4 pot bets.

Time Link to 00:14:19

Right table (AGAIN!): Pretty standard pre, but at the time, I'm fairly certain that I thought it was the PFR who cbet, not the coldcaller. This makes things a lot different as the PFR's range for c/overcalling is much much tighter than his range for just cbetting.

Time Link to 00:21:32

Right table (lol): peeling here is also an option. Part of why we'd be calling a hand like 77-99 in the blinds is that it has some inherent value vs his stealing range. Peeling 1-2 should be dependent on cbet % and board texture. With two overcards, it's about even imo. Villain's ATS is fairly low, but if we give them a range of PPs/Bways,


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1,146,420 games 0.031 secs 36,981,290 games/sec

Board: Jd Qs 5c
Dead:

equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 30.393% 30.13% 00.26% 345462 2970.00 { 77 }
Hand 1: 69.607% 69.35% 00.26% 795018 2970.00 { 22+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo }

Time Link to 00:23:17

Left Table (for once!) With 97s I'd be 3betting here a good % of the time and the same with 98o. I think that 97o is just shy of the "value-jank" range I'd use to 3b bluff.

Time Link to 00:25:12

Left table: This isn't a spot that comes up often, so any feedback is welcome. If we change the unknown to a reg, I probably just get in preflop because I don't expect to get a ton of value postflop from them...but vs an unknown (especially with position on him AND relative position on the small squeezer) I prefer a flat.

Time Link to 00:27:49

My small blind steal SUCCESS % is what I mean to say here...not my sb steal %. Big difference, imo. lol

last ~10 minutes of vids in flash isn't working for me?

in several places you say he looks passive - can you please explain what/why you think a player is passive? thanks

Time Link to 00:52:13

When you flat a small pair to a tight button open, where does your value come from? Is it from c/r-ing a lot of low, dry flops or does it predominantly come from playing to hit sets with only occasional bluffs and semi-bluffs thrown in for balance/deception? Also, If tight button opener has less than 100bbs, is it a fold?

last ~10 minutes of vids in flash isn't working for me?

in several places you say he looks passive - can you please explain what/why you think a player is passive? thanks

Passive play can show itself in a few ways.

1) Low aggression frequency: A low AFq means that a player is checking and calling more often than raising and betting out.

2) High went to sd %: If a player is going to showdown a lot, it means that they're not betting their value hands often enough and they're not getting weak (and sometimes better) hands to fold often enough.

3) Large gap between the VPIP and PFR: A lack of preflop aggression doesn't always signify a lack of postflop aggression, but it tends to be a good indicator.

Looking at all three of these indicators together can help a ton when you have medium strength holdings against a player's aggressive play and you should be less likely to call light/play back at players liek this simply because their ranges for being aggressive are unbalanced and too "nut-heavy"

When you flat a small pair to a tight button open, where does your value come from? Is it from c/r-ing a lot of low, dry flops or does it predominantly come from playing to hit sets with only occasional bluffs and semi-bluffs thrown in for balance/deception? Also, If tight button opener has less than 100bbs, is it a fold?

In the past (for me) it's been mainly to setmine. A tight player is going to have a strong preflop range and is likely to pay us off if we hit a set. Lately, I've been introducing a higher frequency of plays like this where we semi-bluff a low board both for balance, and because villains like this tend to play fairly straightforward and push (or call and calldown) their KK+ and fold AK/AQs and against a range of say...TT+/AQ+, there are more overs than PPs. Add in the times we hit and the increase in % that we get paid off when we do have a set and I think the play is +EV. If he's less than 100bb, I think we have to focus more on setmining since the lower SPR will reduce our FE against the smaller overpairs.

Time Link to 00:54:47

Right table: HUD isn't showing properly and BTN is running 7/6 with like a 2% 3b (hence the fold)

Wtf fold w AdTd on the river getting 4:1 when he makes a blocking bet 20 into 60? Surely 20% of the time he's making a blocking bet with QQ / KK.

Wtf fold w AdTd on the river getting 4:1 when he makes a blocking bet 20 into 60? Surely 20% of the time he's making a blocking bet with QQ / KK.

a) This is FR
b) this is rush
c) He's playing very tight preflop and squeezed a tight players open
d) He check-OVERcalled on AAx. When CO bets out, it's plausible that he just has air, but seeing a bet and a call on the flop, a nit isn't going overcall OOP.
e) He's betting into two players who've shown interest in an AAx board. Hands like Ax and fullhouses are well within reason for either of our ranges and yet he bets out. This is AQ+ betting for thin value vs worse A's an overwhleming majority of the time. I'd think the right opponent could shove in my spot and fold out AK if villain has it, but my image isn't quite that nitty.

this vid is very tilting

I think it is mistake to fold AT in that situation.
I think it is close decision and I think calling is not super profitable.
It appears you have discounted the action all in the one direction....imo

His 3betting value range - is likely AQ+ JJ+.

Your likely perceived range to flat PF then overcall is AQ maybe AJs,ATs KQs KJs some 87s - but mainly PPs that dont 3bet PF TT-55(44)

Flop: At least some of the time we should expect villian to c-bet AK AQ. I dont think he would fold JJ+ to one bet from CO even as an overcall. I think it does remove all non Ax 3bet/bluffs from 3bettors range as we should expect them to c-bet.

Turn: gets checked thru - 3bettor should and prolly would discount Ax further from both of your ranges.

River: I think that you are right in saying its a thin value bet. Now the thing is I dont think he can c/c with KK - I think he prolly should c/f KK to most bet sizes or bet-fold - but tdoes he bet thinly for value with it? I mean there are not many Ax in both of your ranges once you check thru the flop and its a 3bet pot with 2 Aces on board. I think some of the time he would.

So 4 combos AK 4 Combos AQ - he prolly only ever thinly v-bets QQ or KK.
And not always - so some discount on 12 combos.
But he might c-bet AK certainly and AQ some of the time on flop - so some discount on those combos.
So say he take this line half the time with AK,AQ thats 4 combos - then he only needs to be thinly v-betting river or bluffing 1 of 4 times for us to be good.

This leaves aside if he has a 3bet bluff range - how much of that has worse Ax that might take this line - i.e. combos of hands of worse Ax betting for value. - it is a squueeze in rush - where he could expect alot of folds from pretty wide/weak ranges.


Final thought is its unlikely that if we do call its a huge mistake given the odds - but say we fold and he is heavily biased to Ax in his 3bet bluff sq range and/or he is capable of taking this line for thin value all the time with KK,QQ then its a much larger mistake folding in such a large pot.

The thing that makes it close - is that its a MW protected pot.

The thing that makes it close - is that its a MW protected pot.

I agree and if this is a HU spot, I call and just shrug if he has a better A, but he's leading into two players...one who led the flop when checked to, and another who called the flop bet with the PFR live behind.

If we assume that the flop check was from a hand like KK/QQ intending to call, then he's bluff-catching from smaller PPs and total air. If that's the case, then leading the river makes no sense.

However, he could well check the flop with a strong ace, see a bet and a call and opt to trap. The turn checks through and now he's valuebetting since it's likely he'll get at least one call. Either I or the flop leader is going to have an A here. If we give him credit for occasionally having a worse A here, then we should also assume he can have boats and bet those. (referring to A5, A9, A6)

Passive play can show itself in a few ways.

1) Low aggression frequency: A low AFq means that a player is checking and calling more often than raising and betting out.

2) High went to sd %: If a player is going to showdown a lot, it means that they're not betting their value hands often enough and they're not getting weak (and sometimes better) hands to fold often enough.

3) Large gap between the VPIP and PFR: A lack of preflop aggression doesn't always signify a lack of postflop aggression, but it tends to be a good indicator.

Looking at all three of these indicators together can help a ton when you have medium strength holdings against a player's aggressive play and you should be less likely to call light/play back at players liek this simply because their ranges for being aggressive are unbalanced and too "nut-heavy"

yeah i knew it was a HUD based thing - so how low does AFq for you to consider someone passive in FRNLH?

yeah i knew it was a HUD based thing - so how low does AFq for you to consider someone passive in FRNLH?

In my HUD, I have "passive" as an aggression % under 30. However, if someone were playing 75% of their hands, then we'd have to make an adjustment (the higher a player's VPIP, the lower we'd expect their "optimal" Agg% to be since they're going to have weaker holdings overall)

I agree and if this is a HU spot, I call and just shrug if he has a better A, but he's leading into two players...one who led the flop when checked to, and another who called the flop bet with the PFR live behind.

If we assume that the flop check was from a hand like KK/QQ intending to call, then he's bluff-catching from smaller PPs and total air. If that's the case, then leading the river makes no sense.

However, he could well check the flop with a strong ace, see a bet and a call and opt to trap. The turn checks through and now he's valuebetting since it's likely he'll get at least one call. Either I or the flop leader is going to have an A here. If we give him credit for occasionally having a worse A here, then we should also assume he can have boats and bet those. (referring to A5, A9, A6)

Yes but the combinatorical distribution of adding in every Ace whilst it shows more boats in his range - it will have far more worse hands and far more hands that are betting thinly for value. Given the starting point is 20% to begin with that has to incline us towards calling....

Yes but the combinatorical distribution of adding in every Ace whilst it shows more boats in his range - it will have far more worse hands and far more hands that are betting thinly for value. Given the starting point is 20% to begin with that has to incline us towards calling....

Assuming that he bets all of them with equal frequency, yes. It's an incredibly close spot, given the opponents, and I don't hate a call here by any stretch...and against different opponents, positions etc I think calling would be pretty easy.

If its close on the river - what do you think about the merits of betting the turn?

If its close on the river - what do you think about the merits of betting the turn?

I honestly think that the flop action is pretty ill and subsequently makes any aggressive move on anyone's part look exceptionally strong. If the PFR leads out after c/cing the flop, it's gross and I'd just let it go. If CO sees two calls on this board and fires again, it's really hard for him to have a bluff and if I fire, I'm overrepping my hand. A turn bet would get value from CO if he happened to be betting a worse A or air that turned a heart draw but that seems pretty unlikely. Also, PFR will have seen two different players bet out, so I'll assume he's going to only be calling with better Ax hands at this point (and I suppose the other A's that he misclicked preflop)

May I ask what your winrate is over what sample at 100NL Rush/200NL Rush?

May I ask what your winrate is over what sample at 100NL Rush/200NL Rush?

Sure

I've got about 200k+ hands at 100NL+ rush winning overall at about 3bb/100. I made some changes in my schedule (to play better hours) and have been getting some coaching of my own this month. Last 60k hands have been 5bb/100 pretty evenly split between 100 and 200 with a little bit of 400.

Just watching the video, I was shocked about the AT fold as It looked like a blocking bet with QQ or KK.

But your right, I will call down in that spot and those guys with those 11/7 stats never show up with worse it seems like.

Anyways enjoyed the video, are you going do more full ring? if so a deep stacked one would be cool.

Sure

I've got about 200k+ hands at 100NL+ rush winning overall at about 3bb/100. I made some changes in my schedule (to play better hours) and have been getting some coaching of my own this month. Last 60k hands have been 5bb/100 pretty evenly split between 100 and 200 with a little bit of 400.

Ok, well done, and that is big blinds, right? Im at about the exactly same winrates myself, but I do feel that I can pay more attention to other stuff than my hand and pos when raising..

Just watching the video, I was shocked about the AT fold as It looked like a blocking bet with QQ or KK.

But your right, I will call down in that spot and those guys with those 11/7 stats never show up with worse it seems like.

Anyways enjoyed the video, are you going do more full ring? if so a deep stacked one would be cool.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I probably will do more FR in the near future, but I think the demand for rush content is pretty significant so I might do some more rush stuff at 100 and 200, before getting to deep tables.

While considering that he's 11/7 is a significant part of this decision to fold, I also think looking at the hand's entirety (especially looking at how the flop and river lines affect each other) it becomes a clearer fold than if we're just sitting at the table playing.

Ok, well done, and that is big blinds, right? Im at about the exactly same winrates myself, but I do feel that I can pay more attention to other stuff than my hand and pos when raising..

If you feel that I don't do enough to discuss things like how often the blinds fold, how often players in position will potentially squeeze or 3bet (or be aggressive postflop), stack depth, or how the presence and position of fish affects my decisions in each hand, perhaps I'd do something with either one table of rush, or non-rush related at all, since going over all of these things (especially preflop dynamics) when they change in every hand will get tedious, at best.

Also, (and maybe it's unintentional) but the tone of this post is pretty offensive in that it sounds a lot like "Oh I have the same WR as you and think about more than you do, so why should I watch this?" If that's your take on the video, you're entitled to your opinion, but it'd be more constructive to just disagree with something specific. Thanks.

If you feel that I don't do enough to discuss things like how often the blinds fold, how often players in position will potentially squeeze or 3bet (or be aggressive postflop), stack depth, or how the presence and position of fish affects my decisions in each hand, perhaps I'd do something with either one table of rush, or non-rush related at all, since going over all of these things (especially preflop dynamics) when they change in every hand will get tedious, at best.

Also, (and maybe it's unintentional) but the tone of this post is pretty offensive in that it sounds a lot like "Oh I have the same WR as you and think about more than you do, so why should I watch this?" If that's your take on the video, you're entitled to your opinion, but it'd be more constructive to just disagree with something specific. Thanks.

It was not my intention AT ALL to come off as a douche here, I'm really sorry!

My point was that I am admiring how much you actually pay attention to stacksizes, player stats etc, and that this is something I def will incorporate more in my game.

I haven't watched a video in a while, but this one really showed me some aspects of my game that I can truly work on (like the stuff I mention above).

I play solely rush, and maybe a one table session, with particular focus on these things and how much it can affect your winrate, would be awesome!

Again, sorry for the "tone" of my last post, I really enjoyed this video! (Did I just turn into a suck-up?!?!)

Haha, reading my post again, I do understand that it can be easily misinterpreted..

I should have written: "..., but I do feel that I should pay more attention to other stuff than my hand and posision, like you obviously do! It would also be interesting to look into how much this can affect a player's winrate"

Haha, reading my post again, I do understand that it can be easily misinterpreted..

I should have written: "..., but I do feel that I should pay more attention to other stuff than my hand and posision, like you obviously do! It would also be interesting to look into how much this can affect a player's winrate"

A 1-tabling 200NL rush vid focusing on marking players and taking notes sounds like it'd be fun. Cutting down and focusing on note-taking (I'm still fairly new to 200NL rush) is always good to do when moving up or changing sites, imo.

I apologize if I came off as too defensive in my last post. I've dealt with a few negative posts in the past, and frankly it's a bit disappointing to work on recording a video, watching it, and replying to comments to get berated.

On a better note, I think paying close attention to table dynamic (which is admittedly tougher in rush), locating bad players, and adjusting accordingly sets you up to play in highly profitable spots. Adjustments can include

a) Opening a wider range when you've got a bad player in the blinds
b) Isolating/3betting a bad player with a wide value range
c) Tightening your stealing range/sizing smaller vs regs who 3b or fold often
d) Tightening your stealing range/sizing larger vs bad players or players who flat pre and c/f flop unimproved.

I also just watched newmanmi's video (which I definitely recommend) and he's excellent about explicitly detailing the adjustments he's making to different player types.

A 1-tabling 200NL rush vid focusing on marking players and taking notes sounds like it'd be fun. Cutting down and focusing on note-taking (I'm still fairly new to 200NL rush) is always good to do when moving up or changing sites, imo.

I apologize if I came off as too defensive in my last post. I've dealt with a few negative posts in the past, and frankly it's a bit disappointing to work on recording a video, watching it, and replying to comments to get berated.

On a better note, I think paying close attention to table dynamic (which is admittedly tougher in rush), locating bad players, and adjusting accordingly sets you up to play in highly profitable spots. Adjustments can include

a) Opening a wider range when you've got a bad player in the blinds
b) Isolating/3betting a bad player with a wide value range
c) Tightening your stealing range/sizing smaller vs regs who 3b or fold often
d) Tightening your stealing range/sizing larger vs bad players or players who flat pre and c/f flop unimproved.

I also just watched newmanmi's video (which I definitely recommend) and he's excellent about explicitly detailing the adjustments he's making to different player types.

Hey, I def understood how my last post could come off as a berate, so you were entitled to respond as you did

I just watched his video myself, he is pretty awesome at explaining..

When it comes to note taking, I do feel that I have good routines.. It is also important that one understands the notes, and that they give the right amount of info with short wording.
I often write mine in the format:

calls K9s, call bet bet bet K92sAs2 sb/BB (AKo)

I guess the call bet bet bet part could be shortened pretty much, but I normally:
- Just write the entire board once
- Write his posision / MINE POSISION
- Write my hand in paranthese, in case he writes notes or remembers me
I especially like the last two points...

I should def pay more attention to a)-d), cause I tend to go into robot-mode.. Maybe playing quicker can increase the hourly, but in the long run I guess it's more +EV and more satisfying to increase the winrate. Agreed?

+1 for a 200NL rush video with one table.

Usually, I'll do something like

"Flat K2o bbvUTG CD3 on dry k-hi board, no raise on riv'd 2pair" Having shorthand for yourself works wonders. Not sure where I "borrowed" these from but they help

CD(L): called down (light)
SO(L): stack off light
x: check
c: call
d: donk

etc... I think increasing the hourly is good for building a roll, but once that's established, then the focus should really be on improving. Not only does this up the long term WR (which we'll never know), but we'll just feel better about playing, reduce our variance, and hopefully have more fun playing! After all, it's a game

Usually, I'll do something like

"Flat K2o bbvUTG CD3 on dry k-hi board, no raise on riv'd 2pair" Having shorthand for yourself works wonders. Not sure where I "borrowed" these from but they help

CD(L): called down (light)
SO(L): stack off light
x: check
c: call
d: donk

etc... I think increasing the hourly is good for building a roll, but once that's established, then the focus should really be on improving. Not only does this up the long term WR (which we'll never know), but we'll just feel better about playing, reduce our variance, and hopefully have more fun playing! After all, it's a game

Thank for the tips..

And +a mirrion on "...,and hopefully have more fun playing! After all, it's a game "!!

Rapid can be a grumpy old man sometimes.

Time Link to 00:07:57

Is the TT fold to the 3bet a misclick?

Edit:
Nevermind, didn't notice he's a shorty.

Don't know where the time link went.

Time Link to 00:11:37

What does "bs" mean in your note?

Also, your HUD placement is really confusing. Racetrack makes it really easy to place each HUD right below a player's pod and to the left/right for the two players at the top.

Yeah figured it out by listening to the next few seconds of commentary.

bs = bottom set

What does "bs" mean in your note?

Also, your HUD placement is really confusing. Racetrack makes it really easy to place each HUD right below a player's pod and to the left/right for the two players at the top.

I think I was having issues with the bottom right player's stats getting in the way of my betting slider and moved everything around to prevent that.

a) This is FR
b) this is rush
c) He's playing very tight preflop and squeezed a tight players open
d) He check-OVERcalled on AAx. When CO bets out, it's plausible that he just has air, but seeing a bet and a call on the flop, a nit isn't going overcall OOP.
e) He's betting into two players who've shown interest in an AAx board. Hands like Ax and fullhouses are well within reason for either of our ranges and yet he bets out. This is AQ+ betting for thin value vs worse A's an overwhleming majority of the time. I'd think the right opponent could shove in my spot and fold out AK if villain has it, but my image isn't quite that nitty.

I know the AT hand was talked about quite a bit and was a while ago but figured I would voice my thoughts.

I think it was a great fold that I don't think that I make. I think that after seeing the action again it should be pretty easy fold in that spot as sick as that sounds.

No worse hands are ever betting there. No one especially a NIT makes a river blocking bet with KK/QQ on that board with a flop bet and call. They either check call a small bet but usually fold depending on who bets etc. My initial reaction when Villain lead out was oh this is an easy fold if initial raiser calls, but when he folded I was like crap, he always has it here but with me closing the action and getting such a good price I have to call. I feel this is where very good players are able to fold where average players call.

Why do you have auto-muck disabled? Not like you can show off bluffs all that often..

I usually have auto-much turned on...I honestly have no idea why it's off in this video...especially in rush. lol