Episode Five
Episode Five
In Josh's next "live play" video, he tackles the $1/2, $200 max buy in game and compares and contrasts it with the $100 buy in game. Josh covers concepts such as 3 betting preflop, LAG play, dealing with increased aggression from your opponents, and taking advantage of your image.
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This Series: Memoirs of a Limidonk
"But can't I just bet the minimum?" sthief09, a former Limit Holdem' player turned No-Limit expert, teaches Entity about the mighty power that is "ALL-IN."
Comments for Episode Five
I'm still relatively new at the live play, so there were some things I want to clarify. PLEASE read these either during or after you watch the video.
11:08 - I didn't meant to say or give the impression that KTo is bad vs a 35 bb stack. It's actually a pretty good hand since it's got good high card value, and you'll feel comfortable getting all-in whenever you flop a K, T, or draw (which will frequently include an overcard or two). The reason I folded is because it's very marginal (and -EV imo) from the hijack in a typical situation, and a pretty loose shortstack on your left doesn't add value to the situation. I'd raise it in the CO for sure.
14:45 - I guess I was concentrating on talking so much that I didn't notice it go from 7k hands to 300. So I stand by what I said originally. 24 attempt to steal tells me he isn't open raising too light from anywhere, and 7k hands is plenty. 300 is sketchy though.
17:30 - I neglected to mention that you'll be able to bet-call or crai with A-high on some flops, which is a big benefit of A-high over K high.
20:00 - I got off on a bit of a tangent about the 3-betting, but basically what I'm saing is that it's ok to not 3-bet JJ and TT. Their value correlates very strongly with the amount of 3-betting you're doing yourself. If you're 3-betting a lot of weak hands, then you have to be 3-betting JJ and TT. But if you only 3-bet the goods for the most part, then I prefer calling, especially if you have a loose image and can play JJ hard on a lot of flops and get paid by worse hands.
21:10 - His 6 and 4 were outs too, but the point still stands. If you're check-calling with 6 high, usually it's a good idea to bluff somewhere.
24:00 - I don't love the way I explained about the 3-betting. I should've said that you need EITHER a hand OR a good situation, in addition to the situation being set up for you. If you have a great situation (such as tight opener, you have position, you haven't 3-bet him in awhile, and last time you 3-bet him you showed down QQ, or some combination of those), then you don't need a hand. But in an ok situation, it's better to have something of value like ATs.
28:00 - I said I'd sometimes check an ace twice. That's not true. I'd be putting him on some sort of pair on the river and bet for value. He's not that aggressive so I'd bet the turn with an ace as well.
29:20 - I was a bit flustered and didn't explain why I folded the A2s. When you're deciding to call against a steal, one important factor is how aggressive your opponent is. A lot of the value in calling A2s is being able to get to showdown cheaply with your weak hands, and getting off cheaply/getting max value when you hit an ace. An aggressive player will make these tough, so I have to tighten up. Against a mediocre and preferably weak raiser, I'll usually call the A2s.
37:42 - I missed that he posted there. I should've been tipped off by the dead SB but for whatever reason I wasn't. I'd have definitely raised the K7o if I had seen that,
42:50 - I said cards don't matter. They matter, I just meant to say I'm raising any 2.
No IPod love? :(
I haven't had much luck converting the mp4's to m4vs in iTunes (usually get sound but no video), so an .m4v would be awesome because I usually watch these on the bus.
Hi Bilbo,
Since this is a 2 tabling video the size is too big for typical IPod screens, the tests we've done with greater than 800x600 recorded video are just too tiny to be watchable on IPod's, so we only put out the m4v's for the single tabling (or powerpoint based) videos.
-DeathDonkey
Really great video, I found this especially valuable. Look forward to similar content.
But yeah, messes up my Ipod library, because I'm anal about that kind of stuff :P
hi please can you upload your pokerace hud file?
http://sthief09.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/josh-ftp-6-max-layout.pah
http://sthief09.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/josh-ps-6-max-layout.pah
Since they're just XML files you'll want to right click -> Save As, I think.
Rob
This probably isnt the right place to ask this, but I'll try anyways. First of really like the video series I play these stakes and find that this video is helping me catch a lot of spewy tendencies I tend to fall into. Thanks for the Vids. Id really like a copy of your FTP 6max Poker Ace Hud layout if thats possible my email is BJK7@comcast.net. Thank You in advance - Ben
NVM Just saw above post thx
sthief09, at around 16:00 it's so funny when you go into comparing ATS of 2 players with the same PFR. Didn't you notice that it's the same guy at both tables? :)
sthief09, at around 16:00 it's so funny when you go into comparing ATS of 2 players with the same PFR. Didn't you notice that it's the same guy at both tables? :)
Pfffffft. Details, shmetails.
Pfffffft. Details, shmetails.
What do you mean? I was just kidding, never meant to offend OP or anything. My point is simply that we should all be paying more attention to what's going on at the tables and look at a player's name too (instead of just stats) :)
What do you mean? I was just kidding, never meant to offend OP or anything. My point is simply that we should all be paying more attention to what's going on at the tables and look at a player's name too (instead of just stats) :)
Heh, I was just kidding too. :)
