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

Time Link to 00:11:09

sorry,i know u said no questions about this vid but i just want to ask 2 questions.
do u think against this specific villain,his C/S range otf variates if we bet 1/3 pot , 1/2 pot?
yea i can see merits in checking back and i am probably doing it with a proper frequency but whats our plan on turn/river if they are overcards?

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Time Link to 00:06:25

are you talking about bet/folding 2/3 pot on the river or the turn here?

move to Canada?

Hey Krantz! Real honor to be able to send you a hand, huge fan of yours for awhile now. Would love your thoughts on this one!

I sat villain at 1/2. He was chilling at a few tables up to 3/6 or 5/10. Homeboy and I have been going at it for about 40 hands or so. I started off by donking right off the bat for small amounts in single raised pots. I donk 3-bet bluffed him in which my initial donk was for 1/3rd pot, and then min re-popped him on an ace high board, he mucked and based upon the hands after I felt like it tilted him a bit. I also limp re-raised the button just for weirdness sake once or twice since it was the first 40 hands and I wanted him to think that I am a mongoloid. I am already up on him 111 bucks and I think he is getting frustrated already, but it could just be his natural timing and pace.

Can't get this HH to work in the converter for some god forsaken reason. This happened on Cake.

I have 311.00 and the villain covers.

Pre-Flop

Hero is the $2 BB with AJ

Villain raises 6, I call.

Flop (12.00) 25 8

Hero bets (4.00)

Villain raises (15.00)

Hero 3-bets (57.00)

Villain insta ships.

What do you think of the hand? I'm not sure it's terribly interesting so excuse me if this is just super lame. Are you cool with just flatting AJs at least some of the time? I typically reraise, of course, but once in awhile I don't, is that okay? I wasn't sure if lead 3 betting this flop is that great of a line with this hand, and I'm not sure if I like my 3-bet sizing.



Anyhow, I call it off and villain flips over T 3 and I stack him.

sorry,i know u said no questions about this vid but i just want to ask 2 questions.
do u think against this specific villain,his C/S range otf variates if we bet 1/3 pot , 1/2 pot?
yea i can see merits in checking back and i am probably doing it with a proper frequency but whats our plan on turn/river if they are overcards?

i do think it varies if you bet 1/3 or 1/4 pot vs 1/2 pot. against the smaller bet sizes he's risking more to win less if he shoves, and it's cheaper and more reasonable to peel and see/hope you give up later. if we check back and he bets an overcard i would just fold

are you talking about bet/folding 2/3 pot on the river or the turn here?

Q9 hand? on the river

move to Canada?

too Canadian

Hey Krantz! Real honor to be able to send you a hand, huge fan of yours for awhile now. Would love your thoughts on this one!

I sat villain at 1/2. He was chilling at a few tables up to 3/6 or 5/10. Homeboy and I have been going at it for about 40 hands or so. I started off by donking right off the bat for small amounts in single raised pots. I donk 3-bet bluffed him in which my initial donk was for 1/3rd pot, and then min re-popped him on an ace high board, he mucked and based upon the hands after I felt like it tilted him a bit. I also limp re-raised the button just for weirdness sake once or twice since it was the first 40 hands and I wanted him to think that I am a mongoloid. I am already up on him 111 bucks and I think he is getting frustrated already, but it could just be his natural timing and pace.

Can't get this HH to work in the converter for some god forsaken reason. This happened on Cake.

I have 311.00 and the villain covers.

Pre-Flop

Hero is the $2 BB with AJ

Villain raises 6, I call.

Flop (12.00) 25 8

Hero bets (4.00)

Villain raises (15.00)

Hero 3-bets (57.00)

Villain insta ships.

What do you think of the hand? I'm not sure it's terribly interesting so excuse me if this is just super lame. Are you cool with just flatting AJs at least some of the time? I typically reraise, of course, but once in awhile I don't, is that okay? I wasn't sure if lead 3 betting this flop is that great of a line with this hand, and I'm not sure if I like my 3-bet sizing.



Anyhow, I call it off and villain flips over T 3 and I stack him.

preflop is fine sometimes, there's no reason you have to always reraise AJ suited and there can be good conditions to flat it. can't really tell you if you should have reraised it here, though -- i don't know much about how he plays with initiative in single raised pots vs without the initiative in reraised pots, or how often he folds to 3-bets, or how often he 4-bets.

reraising the flop is fine but you need a reason to do it. if you think he's bluffing with his first raise then reraising is only effective if you think he'll shove over the top with a range of hands that contains total air. if not, then the reraise just folds out all his bluffs and he only continues with a strong range (against which you are not crushing). if you call you can still draw to a pair or a flush, induce further bluffs and still get action from his strong hands while keeping the pot size under control. so you have to weigh those two options against each other and against how you think your opponent would play all his hands here (flush draws, straight draws,overpairs, top pair, middle/bottom pair, total bluffs). without a read i would just call the flop raise, with a read or better knowledge of the donk betting dynamic you've got going on i could see 3-betting the flop being a better line.

re: your 3-bet sizing, i would try to keep it consistent with the size you were making it when you were bluffing.

Thanks Krantz!!!!

Time Link to 00:10:28

If he had an ace with the king / queen / jack / ten of diamonds are you shoving flop or just calling? what if you call down, the river is a non diamond and villain shoves do you call with TPTK or TPGK? if you call flop and he shoves OTT do you call with a medium / big diamond and top pair?

If he had an ace with the king / queen / jack / ten of diamonds are you shoving flop or just calling? what if you call down, the river is a non diamond and villain shoves do you call with TPTK or TPGK? if you call flop and he shoves OTT do you call with a medium / big diamond and top pair?

just calling flop, for same reasoning. but with those hands we are in a much stronger position. i may fold TPTK/TPGK on the river if he shoves after i've c/ced the turn, depending on pot odds. if i'm only getting 2:1 i think i'd fold, reasoning that he should be expecting me to call and that if he were bluffing, he'd shut down after the turn.

if he shoves the turn and i have a medium or big diamond, again would depend on pot odds, if i don't have any great reads and I'm getting a decent price I'd probably call most top pair + big diamonds and fold anything worse. if i think for any reason folding the lower parts of my value range would be exploitable here (by this opponent) then i might call wider.

Krantz,
Please forgive me for the format I lost the hand history somehow.
This is a $2.20 heads up sit n go.
Hero's stack is 2221 to start the hand
Villain's stack is 734 to start the hand.
Villain is a pretty big station but can also be bluffy.

This is a limped pot with blinds at 15/30 and the pot is 60.
Hero has 82o
Flop 28Tcc hero checks (going for a check raise) villain checks back.
Turn is the Jh (second heart on the board) hero bets 40 and gets min raised to 80. I ended up putting villain all in expecting him to call with any Jack, Tx of clubs, various draws and also the hands that beat me. This calling range I gave him is based on how loose he was calling in other spots. Do you think it is a mistake to shove here? should I flat and then c/call the river? One thing that led me to shove is that I am not risk adverse against him so if I am wrong I still have chips.

I try not to be results oriented but villain ended up having 79 for the nut strait and while I am a favorite over his perceived calling range I am wondering if flatting and c/calling the river is a better play?

Krantz,
Please forgive me for the format I lost the hand history somehow.
This is a $2.20 heads up sit n go.
Hero's stack is 2221 to start the hand
Villain's stack is 734 to start the hand.
Villain is a pretty big station but can also be bluffy.

This is a limped pot with blinds at 15/30 and the pot is 60.
Hero has 82o
Flop 28Tcc hero checks (going for a check raise) villain checks back.
Turn is the Jh (second heart on the board) hero bets 40 and gets min raised to 80. I ended up putting villain all in expecting him to call with any Jack, Tx of clubs, various draws and also the hands that beat me. This calling range I gave him is based on how loose he was calling in other spots. Do you think it is a mistake to shove here? should I flat and then c/call the river? One thing that led me to shove is that I am not risk adverse against him so if I am wrong I still have chips.

I try not to be results oriented but villain ended up having 79 for the nut strait and while I am a favorite over his perceived calling range I am wondering if flatting and c/calling the river is a better play?

yeah, flatting is a better play. think about what he's minraising you with and how wide that range is, and whether more worse hands than better ones will call your all-in

Question about deep stacked play,
Is 3-betting bad when you are deep outside of value hands? I was watching the durrrr challenge and they talked about this. Is it because, when you are oop at least, with the deeper stacks the guy IP can win the pot more often?

Is it because With 100bb stacks when you 3-bet the stack to pot ratio is lower making hands easier to play and negating the positional advantage but with deep stacks you can 3-bet and still have a high stack to pot ratio so it favors the guy IP a lot more?

Question about deep stacked play,
Is 3-betting bad when you are deep outside of value hands? I was watching the durrrr challenge and they talked about this. Is it because, when you are oop at least, with the deeper stacks the guy IP can win the pot more often?

Is it because With 100bb stacks when you 3-bet the stack to pot ratio is lower making hands easier to play and negating the positional advantage but with deep stacks you can 3-bet and still have a high stack to pot ratio so it favors the guy IP a lot more?

in general, yes. but there are situations when you have a huge advantage over your opponent (maybe he calls too many 3-bets but folds too much postflop, or has an incredibly exploitable bluffing tendency in 3b pots) and can profit more by 3-betting more widely. everything is opponent dependent, you want to try to think about what the most profitable strategy is against that particular opponent. keep in mind more profitable could = higher variance... and if you find yourself prone to tilt or making bad decisions in those situations you should probably keep to the tighter/more conservative strategy (or experiment at lower stakes)

Hey krantz, can you do a DC short on transitioning from 6max NL to HU NL?

I've played 6max and 9max tournaments and SNGs for basically my entire 7 year poker career (and I have done very well with that) so just transitioning to cash games is enough of a mindset shift, but still I'd really like to learn HU because of the value I feel it provides to your game in general. So what I'm asking is if you could make a short video with advice/recommendations for someone like me as I try to transition,... for example key differences, stuff I should watch out for / be observant of, changes I will need to make in not only my game but my mindset and attitude, etc. Some of it is obvious, sure, but I'd love to hear what you think.

I do watch your videos actively (in the sense that I pause intermittently and question myself), and all of that is really great for hearing (and comparing) your thought process in specific situations, but I definitely don't have anywhere near the fundamental understanding and feel for HUNL as I do for NL tournament poker. Essentially I'm trying to find ways to accelerate the "calibration" process (as in, other than just playing hands) so that I can quicker become a HUNL player and not have moments where I just throw my hands in the air and say "well f*** I don't know what to do now".

So what I'm suggesting I'd like to hear is not technique but rather broader discussion.... but you can go anywhere with it if you choose to do a video on it; its just an idea. I'm sure a lot of 6max players out there are at least curious about getting into HU, the problem is that its just a vastly different world and it can be a bit uneasy to step into.

Hey krantz, can you do a DC short on transitioning from 6max NL to HU NL?

I've played 6max and 9max tournaments and SNGs for basically my entire 7 year poker career (and I have done very well with that) so just transitioning to cash games is enough of a mindset shift, but still I'd really like to learn HU because of the value I feel it provides to your game in general. So what I'm asking is if you could make a short video with advice/recommendations for someone like me as I try to transition,... for example key differences, stuff I should watch out for / be observant of, changes I will need to make in not only my game but my mindset and attitude, etc. Some of it is obvious, sure, but I'd love to hear what you think.

I do watch your videos actively (in the sense that I pause intermittently and question myself), and all of that is really great for hearing (and comparing) your thought process in specific situations, but I definitely don't have anywhere near the fundamental understanding and feel for HUNL as I do for NL tournament poker. Essentially I'm trying to find ways to accelerate the "calibration" process (as in, other than just playing hands) so that I can quicker become a HUNL player and not have moments where I just throw my hands in the air and say "well f*** I don't know what to do now".

So what I'm suggesting I'd like to hear is not technique but rather broader discussion.... but you can go anywhere with it if you choose to do a video on it; its just an idea. I'm sure a lot of 6max players out there are at least curious about getting into HU, the problem is that its just a vastly different world and it can be a bit uneasy to step into.

I'll keep the idea in mind (it's a good one, and my memory is blanking if we have anything like that currently in the video library) but don't have any plans to do a new short soon. But if you come up with some questions and post them here I'm happy to provide my thoughts and get a discussion going (or you could post in the HU forum and link here, that's prob a better place to get the talking happening)!