Poker Video: Limit Hold'Em by danzasmack (Mid Stakes)

Good video Chuck!

I just finished the first opponent and I want to leave some comments before I loose my thinking.

1) In general I like how your play him, a lot of good value town bets.
2) I think if he suddenly donks the turn, he has a weak pair/draw types hands a lot as you mentioned. At the same time, he isn't going to fold those hands so I think you can probably get an extra bet in when you have a hand.

6:55 You have AT on Q77T I don't see why you can't raise turn and get him to call you an extra bet with draws or pairs below Ts

18:30 T9 on Q72Q9 he donks turn, again I think we can raise the river and expect to see him calling with a worse hand.

3) at 11:00 we have 75 on 37TQ on BTN after he c/r flop and he checks turn. It's kind of close but I like to bet here because he has shown he is prone to raise as bluff sometimes, so we may get some extra value

4) 24:30 TT on A97KJ board, we 3bet from SB pf, b/c flop, and he checks the turn. I am really wary that he will make a stupid raise with a pair of 9 or something like that, I just don't want to assume he thinks very logically and I don't want to fold in a biggish pot. Still all 3 lines (c/c, b/c, b/f) seems to have some problem so I want to hear more what you think about.

Thanks!

Great questions!

2) I agree with this. His donks were rather infrequent but when he did show up with a donk it was never a strong hand. I think he onl donked 3 times though right? Draw, Draw, Bluff?

On the AT hand I agree I should have raised with my ace kicker.

Not sure on the T9 hand, because I can't fold to a 3-bet and he needs a smaller PP or 7x, which I discount a lot on that board, but I don't think raising is altogether incorrect. Certainly if I can now put Ahi in his range def raise.

3) close spot for sure.

4) I really don't like calling this river. There's no reason for him to turn a 9 into a bluff, I think this is a pure bluff more than anything. He can't expect me to fold a king or a jack here and my hand could VERY easily be an ace.

Curious what others think about that hand though.

Awesome Q4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish you guys don't watch this EP because there is so much good stuff inside.

Loving the series.

You said this was your last live play video? does this mean we're going to a classroom setting after this one?

I like a combo of both.

how do you tell the difference between your opponent doing a defensive check and simply giving up?

how do you tell the difference between your opponent doing a defensive check and simply giving up?

Actually a decent question, imo you just need to play close attention to his tendencies..

Danza, couple things off topic. Do you ever play more than one opponent HU at the time? And what are good winrates for HU lhe?

Danza, couple things off topic. Do you ever play more than one opponent HU at the time? And what are good winrates for HU lhe?

I am a Danza imposter

I tried playing 2 people at the same time, and I didn't feel that I played a good game nor do I enjoy it. It's just too quick, too many decisions and it will be very tough if your opponents are polar opposites to each other.

I don't care about my winrate anymore (although I'm sure it's decent), the point is your opponents are all different so there is not "stanrd" winrate. But DD once pointed out if you play against fish, your WR could be as high as 10BB/100. So it really comes down to opponent selection.

I feel the same way when i HU, more than 1 table is just too stressfull. And i know that game selection is what LHEHU is all about, but... What samplesize do you need to get a grasp of how youre doing?

What samplesize do you need to get a grasp of how youre doing?

If you want to get assurance from statistics, it takes tens of thousands of hands to nail down your winrate within interval of around +-3BB/100. So, in statistical terms, you could be a 4BB/100 winner in a given sample and still have a real winrate of 1BB/100. Contrary to what some people say, the winrate doesn't converge any faster in HUHU. In fact, it converges a bit slower. But if you have a typical winrate of a good player, in the order of 5+BB/100, it's very likely that you're winning in samples of 20k+ hands.

So, in other words, the only way to know how you're doing is to get better at HUHU and start recognizing more mistakes in your opponent's play. It's not always super-clear if what your opponent did is a mistake, ie. bluffing is practically never a mistake in vacuum, it's only in one's general frequency at certain boards that might make it a mistake, but it doesn't take too many hands to know whether or not you have an edge. It's just really difficult to quantify, either by just seeing the mistakes your opponent is making or by statistics.

how do you tell the difference between your opponent doing a defensive check and simply giving up?

My default is to assume it's a defensive check and then adjust from there. A good way would be to check back your bluff catchers. If he's doing at a decent frequency one way or the other don't be afraid to fire the turn a lot more often.

Danza, couple things off topic. Do you ever play more than one opponent HU at the time? And what are good winrates for HU lhe?

My typical session

I open up x number of HUHU tables. X is usually 4-6, with 1/2 being limit and 1/2 being NL.

Once my 1st opponent sits I will generally keep all other tables open, and close them as I see fit. By that I mean - I struggle playing 2 good LHE players @ once, but can do 1 LHE and 1 NLHE so if my 1st opponent is a good LHE guy I'll close out the other LHE players.

So in general I play 2 at once.

Then if I have 2 fish on the line I'll add in either a FR O8 or a 6max LHE, depending on what is going or good.

So in general 2 tables of HU and 1 of not HU. Sometimes 2 NL, sometimes 2 LHE. Game selection some days. Challenge myself others.

If you want to get assurance from statistics, it takes tens of thousands of hands to nail down your winrate within interval of around +-3BB/100. So, in statistical terms, you could be a 4BB/100 winner in a given sample and still have a real winrate of 1BB/100. Contrary to what some people say, the winrate doesn't converge any faster in HUHU. In fact, it converges a bit slower. But if you have a typical winrate of a good player, in the order of 5+BB/100, it's very likely that you're winning in samples of 20k+ hands.

And yeah between 4 and 5 bb/100 is something I think anyone can shoot for.