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

You should make an entire series that goes page by page with the book like a series. That would be awesome for people that are not huge fans of reading but prefer watching vids. I would definitely be willing to pay money for that .

^ would take years to complete and the game will change in that time frame......

^ would take years to complete and the game will change in that time frame......

I dont think it would take years and the games changing would not make the material in Easy game irrelevant. I would love to see some theory vids from andrew.

Andrew loved your book and learned a lot from it. Hope to see some more theory content from you in the future.

How relevant is the old easy game 1 book today (not part 2). For someone returning to poker and playing the lowest stakes, do you think it's worth getting the 3rd edition yet?

Also I would put a link to your new book site in your DC coach description. I went looking for your book a few days ago and when the site that was linked there didn't work, and because google wasn't being very helpful, I gave up.

How can I buy your book off you directly? Amazon UK only has a kindle version at £60

How can I buy your book off you directly? Amazon UK only has a kindle version at £60

Hi Karmabobby,

If the link on my website, http://balugawhale.com doesn't work, send me an email at teambalugawhale@gmail.com and we'll get it sorted

Andrew

How relevant is the old easy game 1 book today (not part 2). For someone returning to poker and playing the lowest stakes, do you think it's worth getting the 3rd edition yet?

Also I would put a link to your new book site in your DC coach description. I went looking for your book a few days ago and when the site that was linked there didn't work, and because google wasn't being very helpful, I gave up.

I'd say that it's very relevant.

Here's something I learned when I was writing EG3:

Some of the theory I wrote 2+ years ago is still 100% true. Most likely, if it's survived 2 years, it will survive forever (so mastering that stuff is fundamentally critical). Other stuff is more tied to game dynamics (what is going on right now?). So, that stuff is helpful for the games as they're played today. In this sense, I think EG3 is a pretty useful combination of the theory that's the bedrock of nlhe thinking as well as strategies that will be useful to know and understand in the current game dynamic.

Andrew

Hi Karmabobby,

If the link on my website, http://balugawhale.com doesn't work, send me an email at teambalugawhale@gmail.com and we'll get it sorted

Andrew

Cheers, it seems to be working. I will have to wait until my next bursary payment comes through. Thanks Baluga

Great video. Quick point of clarification though. When you were describing the war situation, you said the opponent has two options: to give up or not to fold. You said if he doesn't fold, he essentially wins because he is in position, but you said this defines a bad overly aggressive player.

But later in the video, you said a good LAG player is one who plays with a shortstacker's premise: which is deciding never to fold.

So does deciding never to fold define a good LAG or a bad one?

Great video. Quick point of clarification though. When you were describing the war situation, you said the opponent has two options: to give up or not to fold. You said if he doesn't fold, he essentially wins because he is in position, but you said this defines a bad overly aggressive player.

But later in the video, you said a good LAG player is one who plays with a shortstacker's premise: which is deciding never to fold.

So does deciding never to fold define a good LAG or a bad one?

A bad LAG doesn't fold against somebody who *does* fold (i.e. people who are waiting for hands)

A good LAG doesn't fold against somebody who *doesn't* fold (i.e. people who are trying to gamble).

How *laggy* you should be is always relative; at a certain point, if your opponent is a LAG who *never* folds, you should start playing a little more tightly preflop and valuing the hands you choose to play more highly.

Hope that answers your q,

Andrew

G'day Andrew,

Will your ebook work using iBooks on my Ipad?

Cheers

G'day Andrew,

Will your ebook work using iBooks on my Ipad?

Cheers

Yep, the ebook is in both PDF and EPUB so it should work on your ipad (you may have to download a PDF reader if the epub doesn't work; these are free in the app store)

I don't believe it will work directly through ibooks, though ( i looked into this and Apple can be very difficult about getting work into the ibook store)

Thanks,
Andrew

Thank you Andrew. I have just downloaded the EPUB version and it appears to work perfectly with iBooks.

Great video.

At micro stakes, are there still players types you would want to go to war with?

Great video.

At micro stakes, are there still players types you would want to go to war with?

not really; the only people aggressive enough to justify it are usually bad-aggressive and *won't fold* no matter what, so we ought to just tighten up a little bit against them.

Andrew

Sorry just one more question.

I have been watching Terps series on balancing. Similar question really. Is a lot of that relevant at a stakes where at the table 1 or 2 are familiar.

Eg. We get to the river. We are bluffing 1/4 of the time and value betting 3/4. Assuming he's only calling or folding.

In this instance we are bluffing. He calls. The villain makes the decision to call us lightly on the river from now on. So the times when we are value betting we will make money.

However, we are unlikely to get in another situation like this.

Because our encounters with certain players are so few, it makes it difficult for us to exploit them and them to exploit us. So does it make more sense to play simpler poker?

I hope some of this makes sense.

Sorry just one more question.

I have been watching Terps series on balancing. Similar question really. Is a lot of that relevant at a stakes where at the table 1 or 2 are familiar.

Eg. We get to the river. We are bluffing 1/4 of the time and value betting 3/4. Assuming he's only calling or folding.

In this instance we are bluffing. He calls. The villain makes the decision to call us lightly on the river from now on. So the times when we are value betting we will make money.

However, we are unlikely to get in another situation like this.

Because our encounters with certain players are so few, it makes it difficult for us to exploit them and them to exploit us. So does it make more sense to play simpler poker?

I hope some of this makes sense.

Balance is a defensive "technique". You cannot exploit without being unbalanced yourself. Balance is something you do when you don't know how to beat your opponent, to minimize any possible edge he might have on you. If you're better than your opponent, don't balance, but exploit. A bluff is either +EV or not. If you're bluffing in a spot where villain is calling too much just to balance out your value range you're making a big mistake. Just like not bluffing because you don't have enough value hands in your range in a spot where villain is gonna fold too much is a big mistake.

heya baluga great vid,

Can you explain the 33 example a bit more?at around 3:30 you said that if we have a set on a 378s board with a aggresive reg opens, fish calls in late position and we are in BB and call this is a great spot for a donkbet due to the positions. So a aggresive reg doesnt cbet a 783s board a lot if a fish is in the blind. Do you think that if the board is like Q73s or J83 to go for a checkraise or a donk?

greets

Dutchsmoke

heya baluga great vid,

Can you explain the 33 example a bit more?at around 3:30 you said that if we have a set on a 378s board with a aggresive reg opens, fish calls in late position and we are in BB and call this is a great spot for a donkbet due to the positions. So a aggresive reg doesnt cbet a 783s board a lot if a fish is in the blind. Do you think that if the board is like Q73s or J83 to go for a checkraise or a donk?

greets

Dutchsmoke

the more aggro the reg, the better it is to check the flop. the less aggro the reg, the better it is to bet.

the more aggro the fish, the better to check. the less aggro the fish, the better to bet.

hope that helps,

Andrew