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

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lolz

2.5/5 lhe... so awesome

@entity

you say "I didn't think carman was capable of 3B'ing QJs which is pretty bad."

I don't see why that move is pretty bad. Cold calling 2B w/ QJs in a multi way pot in position can't be that bad and 3B'ing every once in a while to vary your play can't be terrible. have i totally lost my mind or something?

Just wondering why you said it was pretty bad. maybe slightly -EV but i was thinking far from pretty bad.

akvsaq,

time stamp?

@entity

you say "I didn't think carman was capable of 3B'ing QJs which is pretty bad."

I don't see why that move is pretty bad. Cold calling 2B w/ QJs in a multi way pot in position can't be that bad and 3B'ing every once in a while to vary your play can't be terrible. have i totally lost my mind or something?

Just wondering why you said it was pretty bad. maybe slightly -EV but i was thinking far from pretty bad.

Hey akvsaq,

If you can get a time stamp for this one I'll try to take a look at it soon. I've got a crazy busy week ahead of me but as soon as things slow down I'll get to responding if you can let me know when the hand occurs.

Rob

"I didn't think carman was capable of 3B'ing QJs which is pretty bad."
It's around 52:45.

Good work guys! Mike, this must be a rare 5/10 game no? It seemed really soft. I think I could have beat that table, for instance.

Interesting discussion on the KQ hand. I have never ever tried to intentionally blow someone of top pair. I kind of agree with Mike though on his read of the weird BTN. Sure he won a hand with 83 vs both AA and KK (pretty cool), but he only made an aggro move after he turned trips on the turn. With TP he XC. My feeling is his range is too strong. On the other hand he can make a spastic move.

Would it be awful for CO to play JJ like this? When pygmy donks the flop it may be a FD and since the pot is so big he really wants a hand like Qx to fold. What it really be stupid of him to raise the flop with JJ? (hmmm ok I admit, I would have. I'm a product of Ed Millers big pot style). And facing no resistance he of course will bet the turn too.

I feel though that mike was kind of correct here too that CO may have been too passive for this.

Ha ha this is a bit of sushi rambling. Anyway great video!!!

"I didn't think carman was capable of 3B'ing QJs which is pretty bad."
It's around 52:45.

You have a 22/13 who opened UTG, two bad players in the blinds, and a 56/18 who coldcalled. Your hand is dominated a reasonable portion of the time by UTG's range but by coldcalling preflop you keep the initiative on the EP player allowing a better chance of trapping bets and don't force yourself into a 3 or 4-way bloated pot with a dominated hand. Coldcalling there is a lot better than 3-betting IMO -- 3-betting doesn't really do much for increasing your chances of winning the pot, your hand doesn't do well against UTG (who still has 2.5BB left after raising so it's not like he has $10 left), and you are going to have to win at showdown pretty frequently with the possibility of blandy and bustmyrockets both being in. Coldcalling and hoping for 5-way action is a lot better than 3-betting to get 3 (or 4) way.

Rob

Hi guys,

awesome video. Especially enjoyed the discussion about the KQ hand. Your chances of having the best hand are astronomically slim, YOU KNOW IT, and you are leaning towards check-3betting!?!? I don't have a clue whether this would be a profitable move, but independently of that question it made two things very clear to me (these may or not may be obvious to all of you out there, but I just want to empahsize them anyways):

1.) This is a sick, sick game with an incredible degree of complexity, especially in multiway pots, allowing for a lot of creativity and individuality, contrary to what most NL players seem to believe.

2.) You, Rob, have an incredible talent for making life miserable for everybody else at the table, which is one of the most awesome qualities a poker player could possibly possess.

Keep up the great work!

fnupple

Awesome vid guys

Good work guys! Mike, this must be a rare 5/10 game no? It seemed really soft. I think I could have beat that table, for instance.

You know what sushi, I don't think this table was so abnormal. First of all, I game select pretty hard core (no reason not to when you're only going to play one table). And if I can't find what I'm looking for I have NO problem simply not playing. It's not as if I decide I'll play poker, find the best table (even if it's only so-so), and then get some hands in. I pick my spots pretty carefully.

I think that will emerge as a contrast between Rob's videos and mine. We'll both deal with regulars, but he'll often have 4-5 of them at a time, whereas I'll just get into occasional confrontations with the 1-3 at my table.

Anyway, even amongst the good tables I'm choosing this was possibly extra good. But I don't think that should obscure the more important point, which is that as I continue to play more different limits I grow increasingly convinced that there are fish at every level. As usual it's just a matter of finding them and sitting on their left.

One other point I'll make is that I feel like I'm becoming more aware of a different type of bad player. We're all very accustomed to the LP fish and the maniac fish. But I'm increasingly finding guys with TAG stats (PF at least, but sometimes even stuff like AF and SD too) who just play terrible.

Let me repeat - really really bad. I've found enough of them, and seen them lose prodigiously over a large enough hand sample that I'm convinced they're not all just running bad. The weird thing is since they spew they can actually lose at substantially faster rates than normal LP fish.

One other point I'll make is that I feel like I'm becoming more aware of a different type of bad player. We're all very accustomed to the LP fish and the maniac fish. But I'm increasingly finding guys with TAG stats (PF at least, but sometimes even stuff like AF and SD too) who just play terrible.

Let me repeat - really really bad. I've found enough of them, and seen them lose prodigiously over a large enough hand sample that I'm convinced they're not all just running bad. The weird thing is since they spew they can actually lose at substantially faster rates than normal LP fish.

Very interesting. I think this is the kind of stuff u miss when you are multi-tabling. Allthough I occasionaly see some bad plays. As soon as I reach my BR goal for 2/4 I will start playing one table for a while me thinks.