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

Boom !

ON the second day of xmas my true love sent to me one Dogisheadsup and a bosoxx in a snipes tree !

DOGISHEAD is DOG's BOLLOCKS!

tytyty - was lookin forward !!

Haven't seen it yet, but it can't be less than awesome...

This looks like the sickest video on thought process I have ever ever seen.

Edit: 'I RAISE YOUR LIFE'

Hey guys,

I hope you all enjoy this. This is obviously the first shot I've had at doing this sort of a presentation, so please be as critical as possible in your comments. I am extremely anxious as to how well this does, so the more comments the better. Please let me know what you think.

DOGISHEAD

Sick. 5*

Takes me back to my pirating days. A video not on playing, but learning. Well done!

Wow, pretty sick first vid, jesus, anyway, can't think of anything at all to criticise really, excellent introductury theory video, can't wait for the rest of the series, just want to commend you on being a pretty cool teacher man, and inspiring me to look long and hard and at my dilapidated shit ship. Think I fell victim to a lot of what you spoke of, being a passive observer etc really is a nice wake up call and hope I'll be one of the many whose poker game you help shift, godspeed man.

That was such a good vid i wish you guys released one everyday. I reckon you could teach a 2 year old to play. Cool intro to 5 star vid!

edit: the QJ hand against the mainic if we feel we have the best hand lots should we not raise the river because we have so little left?

That was such a good vid i wish you guys released one everyday. I reckon you could teach a 2 year old to play. Cool intro to 5 star vid!

edit: the QJ hand against the mainic if we feel we have the best hand lots should we not raise the river because we have so little left?

do you think we wil get called by worse?

the way you explained handranges and listen how your oppenents tell you what they have, so good.. six stars...

That was such a good vid i wish you guys released one everyday. I reckon you could teach a 2 year old to play. Cool intro to 5 star vid!

edit: the QJ hand against the mainic if we feel we have the best hand lots should we not raise the river because we have so little left?

Thanks a lot for the positive feedback.

In regards to the QJ question, we definitely shouldn't be shoving the river over, for a couple of reasons.

1) Note that if we shove the river, our hand is QQ44A, so our kicker doesn't play. If he has another queen that he's betting this way, we split.
2) If he has an A or KK or a 4, then we end up losing our last $9, which is a significant loss.
3) If we have the best hand, I would say that probably 98% of the time, he will fold. So when we are check/shoving the river and he has 88 or KJ, he'll fold to our shove and the pot we win will be the exact same size as the pot we'd win by just calling.
4) We get no information as to what hand he was bluffing with (or value-bluffing with) if he shove and he folds.

So, basically we're risking an extra $9 for when we are behind, and we will be behind sometimes (not enough to fold, but Ax and 4x is still in his range), and we lose information if he ends up folding.

very good video IMO. really enjoyed your presentation style. will be interested to see how this series develops. keep up the good work.

Great Video - I think this is going to be one of the best series I have ever watched.

Also I think the focus on how to think is a great idea, too often we watch a live video and copy the instructor without really knowing why we do it.

sicksick dling

Wow.....Great Video. I didnt think DC could top the Coaching Tree, but you guys nailed it.

Awesome video! Great for six max and full ring players also.

Wow, great video. I don't want to wait until next week, more videos now please!

OMFG OMFG OMFG, thank you DC, thank you DogIsHead, thank you internetpokers thanks everyone, really really really much

In the QJ hand vs Always Calling, do you think there is merit to a Rapotoresque tiny/head explosion bet on the river (~$2-$3) to get calls from all of his worse hands that got to the river (I think that a pot sized bet vs this player archetype is usually bad on this river)? If the river comes a K, I assume you would be full potting the river for value correct.

(SHIP) it.

Thank You.

Awesome!

This video will be to DC, what the Jman video is to CR.

Except we get another one every week!

In other words, congrats for absolutely nailing it on your first theory video. Can't wait for more.

sigh

This is the nuts. Really.

For the next 7 weeks, Wednesdays are gonna be the nuts.

I hope you all enjoy this. This is obviously the first shot I've had at doing this sort of a presentation, so please be as critical as possible in your comments. I am extremely anxious as to how well this does, so the more comments the better. Please let me know what you think.

Wow, just wow. Having seen the video, I've gotta say you guys blew my mind. This was one of the best poker videos I've ever watched, and to think that there's gonna be more makes me really excited! You're a truly excellent teacher; the way you presented and explained the concepts was flawless.

I really have just one question, concerning the 99 hand that Gman took us through. When we saw the river, my inclination was to check back because the only worse hand I could see us getting called by was an 8. Gman reasoned that we could get called by a 5 or even Ace high, but wouldn't even small stakes fish mostly fold those hands to a third bet? Should we really go for three streets of value with 2nd pair vs. this type of player?

very good vid

Hey guys,

I hope you all enjoy this. This is obviously the first shot I've had at doing this sort of a presentation, so please be as critical as possible in your comments. I am extremely anxious as to how well this does, so the more comments the better. Please let me know what you think.

DOGISHEAD

Nicely made, good commentary, but from you this is a waste of time, I want the top of your range, let others deal with the basic stuff.

There are just too many moving up series out there.

I think range flow chart is too black&white. What ppl often dont realise is that for ex on the turn he will like check KQ 50%, and bet it 50%. Thus having less combo's of KQ in either ranges.
But good visualization anyhow.

And a very very good video on poker learning in general
Looking forward to your next theory video

ship it

Could someone explain to a HU n00b the range flow-chart in question?

So hero has Jd7d, villain raises, hero reraises and villain calls with 22+, A2s+, 54s-KQs, 86s-KJs, T7s-KTs and further raises JJ+,AQs+, AQo+.

What kind of an opponent does this? Calls a 3bet with 54s but not with KQo? Is this realistic?

So we start narrowing down the range on further streets and action? If so, suddenly on the flop the chart shows AT, which never was included strangely (?) earlier. Neither was QT, KT.

Am I missing something here?

Simple answer - 86s-KJs was supposed to be 86o-KJo. With regards to the QT/KT, they're in T7s-KTs and 86s-KJs. He did leave out ATo, but it's near perfect otherwise.

It seems like you're looking at this as a platform for learning someone HU range, but that's not the intent of the range flow chart. It's just to give you that particular opponents range (thus the reason for the play), and a framework for learning how to read hands/narrow down ranges.

Just watched this and it's the BOMB.

Could someone explain to a HU n00b the range flow-chart in question?

So hero has Jd7d, villain raises, hero reraises and villain calls with 22+, A2s+, 54s-KQs, 86s-KJs, T7s-KTs and further raises JJ+,AQs+, AQo+.

What kind of an opponent does this? Calls a 3bet with 54s but not with KQo? Is this realistic?

So we start narrowing down the range on further streets and action? If so, suddenly on the flop the chart shows AT, which never was included strangely (?) earlier. Neither was QT, KT.

Am I missing something here?

Yeah, sorry about that, I knew there was going to be something wrong with my flowchart. It took a really long time to make it because I kept making mistakes and finding crappy software, but all of those hands should've indeed been in that range. Chances are, if something's confusing, it's because I omitted it and I made a mistake. I wasn't trying to make a 100% perfect range analysis of this hand, just something that would let you guys see what is meant in the idea.

And yeah, marigoLd is correct in that there is some dilution of ranges because sometimes he'll check AT on the flop and sometimes he'll bet it, but for simplicity it's much easier to present this way and doesn't really affect the intended value of the model I think.

can you tell the name of the villain at 600hu?

wow supersick vid

i wish i could just watch the whole series right now

thanks for this poker lesson its absolute genius.

i think i needed something like this a long time ago, Ive been hanging on to my little raft without a paddle and swimming up s#1t creek for a while now and i don't mine to admit that most of the time its down to my own ignorants But thats why am here i want to learn and become a good builder and make myself a great big ship .

Loved all the video from start to finish your explanations about language,thought and reasoning was brilliant, i think this was defiantly me and not really understanding it.
Ive only just realized that i had no schema and was on autopilot tired,bored etc etc while everyone else is thinking about hand ranges,pot control,value betting, am thinking what can swim faster a horse or a dog!!! . so today i learn t not to autopilot, and become a better poker player and build a better poker schema.


cant wait for more of this thanks dogishead and gman ........ brilliant stuff

Awesome, awesome vid.
Even if this series would be the only one on 2s cracked for the next 8 weeks I would keep my subscription.

im making all my students watch this video at til the actual HU content starts. excellent stuff that has already improved my play and my coaching for that matter.

LEGEN - wait for it, and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant because the second half of this word is - DARY!

This video should be required viewing for every coach at DC.

Best poker instruction video I've seen, bar none.

Great Job!

Phenomenal.

IMO one of the best videos I have ever watched.

world class video!

This video was LEGIT.

world class video!

This was just very impressive

Loved the concise explanation of poker theory. I imagine this is how a philosophy prof would teach poker. Definitely refreshing.

I want to give another 5* but I could not. Sigh.

oh wow. I never expected that.

it's pretty obvious you put a lot of work into this series - looks like amazing work -

- Wax

Request for next season's Series:

"The Shipyard" by DogIsHead and Balugawhale.

"The Dog and the Whale discuss Poker"

Could be audio only...

This is a serious request.

Awesome video!

Wait till you guys see the video of me playing him HU. Its a soul crushing he put on me. Quite embarrassing!

Hey guys,

So as you can see, most of the content in this video is based on abstract and theoretical concepts, and obviously DIH does an amazing job in articulating his thoughts. Most of the work I will do in the theory videos of this series will be in the form of applying these concepts to hand examples and other, more concrete mediums. You didn't see too much of me this week because we wanted to lay a solid base for future videos, thus there weren't too many spots for me to supplement the theory w/ concrete information. Next week I'll be using pokerstove to construct PF ranges and get into a detailed analysis of different board textures and how to use them to your advantage against different player types.

Glad to see everyone is really enjoying this first video (even though DIH deserves most of the credit for this baby), and hopefully you all enjoy future episodes just as much.

-Gman

In the QJ hand vs Always Calling, do you think there is merit to a Rapotoresque tiny/head explosion bet on the river (~$2-$3) to get calls from all of his worse hands that got to the river (I think that a pot sized bet vs this player archetype is usually bad on this river)? If the river comes a K, I assume you would be full potting the river for value correct.

For sure, I agree that making a small bet has merit here and may be the best play against a weak player like this.

If the river comes a king, yes I would make a more standard value bet, because at that point we can expect him to call w/ worse a higher percentage of the time, including Ax.

Wow, just wow. Having seen the video, I've gotta say you guys blew my mind. This was one of the best poker videos I've ever watched, and to think that there's gonna be more makes me really excited! You're a truly excellent teacher; the way you presented and explained the concepts was flawless.

I really have just one question, concerning the 99 hand that Gman took us through. When we saw the river, my inclination was to check back because the only worse hand I could see us getting called by was an 8. Gman reasoned that we could get called by a 5 or even Ace high, but wouldn't even small stakes fish mostly fold those hands to a third bet? Should we really go for three streets of value with 2nd pair vs. this type of player?

I would argue that against a stronger player, checking back is best without a specific timing tell or gameflow consideration to indicate otherwise as there is a better chance he is likely to fold a hand weaker than ours to a third barrel. But at 50NL, players are so suspicious that I think you do get called by worse more than 1/2 the time, although admittedly I purposely made our hand 99 so that the decision was extremely close. Also note that on the turn he waited awhile before checking, which led us to believe that his range was weighted toward hands that really didn't want us to bet the turn, making 8x and 5x significantly more likely than Jx.

WOW! WOW! Great stuff!

6 stars

6 stars

And yeah, marigoLd is correct in that there is some dilution of ranges because sometimes he'll check AT on the flop and sometimes he'll bet it, but for simplicity it's much easier to present this way and doesn't really affect the intended value of the model I think.

I know my comment will be somewhat irrelevant to this particular discussion, but I think it might be worth noting that sometimes you do need to "retrofit" hands into player's range based on the later action. Meaning that you can't always be stuck on what you think your opponent's preflop range is if the action suddenly suggests something completely different.

I know that wasn't the intention with AT example he gave, but anyhow.

Poker Schema - what...wat?
"Your poker schema is how you think poker works" +
"All of your rational poker thinking is dependant on your poker schema" =>
All of your rational poker thinking is dependant on how you think poker works
ORLY

p.s.: Are you a philosophy or sociology major?

Great Vid. Keep up the swearing as it makes it better

For one, it's quite evident that you spent a lot of time on this and believe me when I say it didnt go unnoticed and that it was very fruitfull indeed.
Second, I'm very much looking forward to this series because it seems that your goal is to teach the 'why's' of everything instead of only the actions themselves.

Don't just give me the fish that you've caught from your ship of knowledge, help me build one too so that I may learn to fish myself. Tonto 13:169

after viewing i have to admit its a very very good video - when the rest of the series keeps up with this quality - DIH has to get a series EVERY season !!1

Im glad i joined Deucescracked.

dudes!

this is the far best educational video i have ever seen, i love dc videos but this series roxx. you have great understanding how to communicate with people, and you have great educational skills as well. btw, have u ever learnt something like teaching?

anyways keep on making those episodes!

DogIsHead and Gman 4 prez! shipitshipit

Ah such standard pokerintheface ramblings, I love it!

Definitely a very good first video and I am looking forward to this series alot!

Thank-you very much for taking the time to do prepare this video so well.

enjoyed it very much

one thing that has me bothered is the name dog is head...please explain your name so i can get past that and focus on the important stuff

5 star vid

SHIP SHIP

enjoyed it very much

one thing that has me bothered is the name dog is head...please explain your name so i can get past that and focus on the important stuff

5 star vid

Look for his late night coaching video, he explains the name there. And it's one of the top 10 videos all-time, imo.

Wow, I'm amazed at all of the positive feedback! Thanks everyone for your generous comments, I was really worried that this video wouldn't go over so well because it was so abstract. If you guys like this, then I hope that future episodes won't disappoint.

To answer a couple of the more amusing questions - I am a philosophy undergrad at the University of Texas at Austin. No, I've never "learned teaching," the ideas for this series kind of emerged from my experience with coaching different sorts of players from varying skill levels. In the theory videos I tried to think about if I had to speak to any new student, what would be the most valuable information that I could impart them with, and I felt that at the beginning temperament and knowing oneself is one of the most important parts of having a good framework upon which to build one's game.

As for where my name comes from, as Mogwai pointed out, I explain it briefly in the episode of Joe Tall's Late Night Coaching that I co-starred in. You can check it out here.

Also, the opponent at 600NL will probably be I Win Flips a.k.a. Tcorbin, but that's not 100% positive.

Thanks all for the wonderful comments, hopefully the enthusiasm keeps up!

Sickness!!! WHy wasn't college like this?

Being intellectually stimulated by an skilled poker player is one of my deep fetishes ;-). 60 stars!

Even though this is an NLHU video, players of any game/stakes can get a lot from this video about poker thinking in general. Even if your game is full ring limit, you should give this a watch.

p.s.: Are you a philosophy or sociology major?

Ha, I was thinking the exact same thing when DOG started talking about poker schemas.

Fantastic video! Also in particular this video is very fun to watch and i was never got bored even for a sec.

WI am a philosophy undergrad at the University of Texas at Austin.

Wooo Austin TX! My brother (I'm from Sweden) studied there, great city!

Also, really good video, I really like your (both!) way of teaching.

Request for next season's Series:

"The Shipyard" by DogIsHead and Balugawhale.

"The Dog and the Whale discuss Poker"

" NO-ONE FUCKING CALLS WITH J-HIGH!"

Could be audio only...

This is a serious request.

Awesome video!

FYP

For you DOG fans - enjoy the classic post:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/54/poker-beats-brags-variance/how-i-rigged-full-tilt-stole-12k-stevesbets-234551/

.........this is alarmingly good. WOW

...wow. i'm actually thankful that most people will probably take very little out of your non-strategic theories.

im making all my students watch this video at til the actual HU content starts. excellent stuff that has already improved my play and my coaching for that matter.

I think this should be the first video anyone here watches. It applies to anything you're trying to get better in. There's a book I read called 'Mastery' by George Leonard that really helped me in really tons of stuff I was getting frustrated in at one time. To me it applied to everything from poker to golf to tennis to basketball to video games. I feel like I don't have very much natural talent in any of the things I like doing, but when I get into something I'm super competitive even if I don't spend much time practicing (golf and tennis).

The stuff in the book seems obvious so don't expect a magic bullet, but it still really helped me. I've been reluctant to post it on 2+2 because I think it could be the catalyst some people need to start dominating poker. DC has already helped me so much I feel bad not posting it, especially because I think it goes well with the ship building analogy at the end where dogishead was talking about building a ship plank by plank. You can download the book here as a pdf if you make an account, but it's free and fast: http://www.scribd.com/doc/257928/-Mastery-by-George-Leonard

I don't play HU, but watched the first half hour of this video and it is POETRY - very helpful to thinking about my 6M game.

I don't play HU either but I found this to be one of the most interesting and helpful videos I've watched on DC.

need a 200nl villain? also great vid by the way u are very articulate and this is super well done i can only imagine how awesome it would be if i were just now trying to learn hu

This is one of the single best videos I have ever watched content and production wise.

Just amazing video!!!
10 stars

-Millman

Sick Sick Video Dogishead...

srsly.. this video is so dope..looking forward to next weeks series

Great work man. Looking forward to seeing where you sail that ship. That range flow chart is a fantastic tool to use.

PS I like Garret's voice

Great Video

Great work man. Looking forward to seeing where you sail that ship. That range flow chart is a fantastic tool to use.

PS I like Garret's voice

LOL. Yours is pretty money too bro!

Hey Dog. Great start to the series. I liked the way you described betting and checking as the language opponents use to tell you the structure of their game. I also enjoyed and eagerly listened to your approach regarding how to think about and build a poker framework or ship.

Looking forward to the rest of the series and thumbs up to Gman too!!!

my first HU video - loved it
keep up the good work

If this was a course in college i'd actually attend. Brilliant!

cant really say alot about it apart from exellent.
looking forward to the next one.
keep up the good work guys.

best.

vid.

evar!!!

I hear you are/were giving free lessons if you missed class. Does the offer still stand ? Obviously you've been putting your spare time to good use.

One of the most enlightening pieces of instruction I've ever come across in any medium. Like the others before me I'm hoping that you're going be the compass to a new level of playing and thinking - no pressure !!!

sigh

haha qft

very nice video

Great video, definitely gonna be tuning in every week.

I've got a question about tableselection though, it's unclear to me how you do this (got zero experience with this). I would just think like ok let's open some tables and wait for the fish to join, cause I don't think fish sit alone at tables waiting for action right. So is it just about quitting tough opponents and putting yourself on wait lists when 2 fish are playing each other?

Pot management is probably a better term for you are trying to say. When people hear "pot control" they get all scared and check TP behind.

Hey guys,

I hope you all enjoy this. This is obviously the first shot I've had at doing this sort of a presentation, so please be as critical as possible in your comments. I am extremely anxious as to how well this does, so the more comments the better. Please let me know what you think.

DOGISHEAD

As a teacher myself (not poker) I'd say, that you don't have any problems in presentation or teaching whatsoever. Wonderful content!

it's a great introduction (for any series really) and you summarize a bunch of key concepts very well

looking forward to seeing you dig deep into huhu content in later episodes

also, A+ for the funnies

also, I hope you get into bet sizing in later vids

5 stars easy

I hear you are/were giving free lessons if you missed class. Does the offer still stand ? Obviously you've been putting your spare time to good use.

One of the most enlightening pieces of instruction I've ever come across in any medium. Like the others before me I'm hoping that you're going be the compass to a new level of playing and thinking - no pressure !!!

Thanks a lot.

As far as the free lessons, I offered that this summer and in reality it didn't really end up motivating me much at all, lol. So I dropped it and am unlikely to do something like that again since it doesn't really work.

Great video, definitely gonna be tuning in every week.

I've got a question about tableselection though, it's unclear to me how you do this (got zero experience with this). I would just think like ok let's open some tables and wait for the fish to join, cause I don't think fish sit alone at tables waiting for action right. So is it just about quitting tough opponents and putting yourself on wait lists when 2 fish are playing each other?

Yeah, essentially game selection / table selection just means that when a good regular sits with you that you sit out with him when you're not in the frame of mind to be playing a tough match, and that when you seek out tables you seek out tables with weaker players rather than stronger ones. At higher stakes, fish are never really sitting alone (or if they are, they'll be alone too briefly for you to catch them yourself) but at lower stakes there are plenty of weaker players who are sitting on their own. So just keep your eyes peeled, and try to keep a mental list of who the good players are.

great first video!

i like the mix of theory backed up by (sort of) real poker examples. Ofc not all the stuff is new, but you to make an effort to explain it most comprehensably.

i also like the reference to mental schemas etc, u a cognitive psychologist?

DIH -

Great video, and I think the approach you emphasize is really what makes it so great. I look forward to the series. This is the first video I have seen that I felt really challenged me.

I have a question regarding how we play versus a Loose Passive player. You say play tight versus them, but that goes completely against everything I have learned in 6-max. In 6-max we are isolating them w/ a wide range of hands because we know they will gladly call / worse hands. Why does that not apply to HU? If they're still willing to call w/ worse hands, why aren't we raising a wide range versus them?

Its possible you meant to play tight versus them when _they_ open raise, which ldo makes sense. If this is the scenario, ignore what I wrote before. But, if this is the scenario, why should we play tight versus a maniac when they open? They're opening range I expect will be very wide, so calling with a wider range outselves can't be too bad. I imagine we'll get in some marginal spots versus them if we play this way. Does the increased variance not make it worth it to play more pots versus them?

Im a HU newbie, so forgive me If my thinking is way off.

I have a question regarding how we play versus a Loose Passive player. You say play tight versus them, but that goes completely against everything I have learned in 6-max. In 6-max we are isolating them w/ a wide range of hands because we know they will gladly call / worse hands. Why does that not apply to HU? If they're still willing to call w/ worse hands, why aren't we raising a wide range versus them?

Its possible you meant to play tight versus them when _they_ open raise, which ldo makes sense. If this is the scenario, ignore what I wrote before. But, if this is the scenario, why should we play tight versus a maniac when they open? They're opening range I expect will be very wide, so calling with a wider range outselves can't be too bad. I imagine we'll get in some marginal spots versus them if we play this way. Does the increased variance not make it worth it to play more pots versus them?

Im a HU newbie, so forgive me If my thinking is way off.

No, you make a good point which we actually clarify in more detail in episode 3 - there's a difference between how one adjusts in position and out of position in heads up, and a lot of factors go into strategizing in preflop play, so like I said these tenets are a gross oversimplification. But on the most basic level, all it's really saying is that if somebody is playing a lot of hands, if you play a tighter range than them then they'll inherently be losing money. It's not necessarily saying you should be playing tighter than your default strategy - just that you should be playing tighter than they are. In a way, it's saying to be closer to the equilibrium of preflop play than they are, not necessarily that you should be tighter than the equilibrium of preflop play, if that makes sense.

Also, no I am not a cognitive psychologist, LOL. I have yet to get my bachelor's in philosophy, so I have not studied cognitive psychology.

You made it clear as day. Thanks for the response.

I want to cry, this is so good. Cant wait to see the rest. The bar is layed, if you follow this standard all the way, i think you will bring me a long way. OMG OMG OMG TYTYTYTY

simply the best video i have ever watched about poker

Excellent. Just excellent.

[x] came

well played

you are so scary smart
sick, just sick

I have a question concerning the last HH Gman analized : is the river bet really standard ?

I mean usually low stakes player like to slowplay and be passive when they flop something out of position, so the opponent is likely to have a jack in that spot. Contrary to what Gman says I don't think many players will go to showdown with A high in that spot, the board is extremely connected and it's unlikely we're 3 barrels bluffing. Of course we can get value from 8x but aren't we value cutting oursleves more often in that spot ?

On the other hand, we don't bluff the opponent off many better hands (almost none of them except TT).

So I don't really see how that bet can be standard without a read on our opponent.

outstanding

Wow. This video was exactly what I needed to refine my thought process. I'm having some difficulty with the small stakes so I believe this was a step in the right direction. It was clear, concise, and the metaphors were not too bad.

I have a question concerning the last HH Gman analized : is the river bet really standard ?

I mean usually low stakes player like to slowplay and be passive when they flop something out of position, so the opponent is likely to have a jack in that spot. Contrary to what Gman says I don't think many players will go to showdown with A high in that spot, the board is extremely connected and it's unlikely we're 3 barrels bluffing. Of course we can get value from 8x but aren't we value cutting oursleves more often in that spot ?

On the other hand, we don't bluff the opponent off many better hands (almost none of them except TT).

So I don't really see how that bet can be standard without a read on our opponent.

Please check out the earlier comments. I responded to a similar question like this already. And FWIW I wanted to make our hand slightly stronger here too in the example so there wouldn't be as much debate, but DIH convinced me otherwise

Hey guys,

I hope you all enjoy this. This is obviously the first shot I've had at doing this sort of a presentation, so please be as critical as possible in your comments. I am extremely anxious as to how well this does, so the more comments the better. Please let me know what you think.

DOGISHEAD

You speak very quickly. So I would wish to have subtitles sometimes.

The presentation is good. One sees that the teacher has invested a good amount of efford to produce it.

For the informational part of the video I am devided in two coloums. The one is: At a lot of spots the informational benefit is great. The other is: In a few spots I felt like sitting in a just time-consuming marketing-meeting with a lot of the usual marketing-blahblah or in your case psychological-blahblah.

Please forgive me but you wanted criticism. Good ones and bad ones too -- I hope.

Overall this first video of the series is good enough that I want to see more. 4 stars as I hope I will see better ones which deserve my 5 stars for one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. On a scale from 0 to 10 it would be a 8.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/26/psychology/build-your-own-ship-360331

So good it inspired a Thread

Hello guys,

this is my first video that i saw here on deucecracked. The presentation was great!

thanks, my all time favorite poker video!

the final analogy about the automatic pilot becoming the ship,
is the final step of mastery in any arts. i don't know if you talk about it later in the series, but the 4 steps are known as:

1.unconscious incompetence: (you don't know you're a bad player)
2.conscious incompetence: (you know you're bad and you try to improve)
3.conscious competence: (you know how to play well, but you still struggle doing it).
4.unconscious competence: (you don't have to think anymore, you simply play well. you go with the flow, you're in the zone)

Ahhhh I finally understand where "SHIP IT" comes from

Oh btw awesome video, this is the kinda stuff I was looking for when I signed up with deucescracked. Watching the other vids of this series asap!

very good video. Content was great

Wow, just wow. EXCELLENT video. Informative, fun, and thought provoking. Really really good.

I just have one question. At one point, Dog, you mention that at these stakes you should be less inclined to Cbet a dry board and more inclined to Cbet a coordinated board. Shouldn't it be the opposite? Seems that it's much easier for anyone, especially loose bad players to hit something on a coordinated board or try drawing to something so will call too often when you miss. Seems like it would be easier for them to give up when you Cbet a dry board since it's harder for them to catch a piece or draw. Mind clarifying?

Great work man. Looking forward to seeing where you sail that ship. That range flow chart is a fantastic tool to use.

PS I like Garret's voice

d'oh

Best fking theory(presentation?) video ever !!! Awesome ! omg omg

Just signed up for DC today and this is the first video I watched. Just wanted to comment on it; great video! The way you communicate your thought process is just amazing.
Now excuse me while I go and hammer some planks, cause I am building a ship!

Is he seriously 19 (nineteen) ? Are you kidding me?

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Does the audio cut out here for anyone else? It returns pretty quickly but just wondering.

EDIT: Btw, this is possibly the best poker vid I've ever seen.

Man... just adding my voice to the chorus above but I think that's the best poker vid I've watched anywhere ever. THANKS!!

This is a mindblowing video. I was looking for more series that DIH made. But I couldn't find it.

So I wonder is he still active on this site?

I played some HU SnG's about a year ago and played that pretty good. So I have some sort of an understanding about betting patterns and psychology and boardtexture. And this series makes me very exciting to start HU cashgames starting at 50NL. But what I wanna know is what is a proper BR management to play it? Whenever I saw it I started to play it right away with $600 roll. And I am two and a half BI up right now. Could you please add a proper BR management troughout the limits?

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what would the stack sizes have to be for you to 3bet to $5 instead of $4.50?
are you 3betting so small because he's a weak opponent?

yes it does cut out here

This is a mindblowing video. I was looking for more series that DIH made. But I couldn't find it.

So I wonder is he still active on this site?

I played some HU SnG's about a year ago and played that pretty good. So I have some sort of an understanding about betting patterns and psychology and boardtexture. And this series makes me very exciting to start HU cashgames starting at 50NL. But what I wanna know is what is a proper BR management to play it? Whenever I saw it I started to play it right away with $600 roll. And I am two and a half BI up right now. Could you please add a proper BR management troughout the limits?

Dogishead is with cardrunners now I think (hope DC doesn't mind me posting this), screename INTERNET POKERS aka Haseeb Qureshi.

Anyway, 600 is definitely not enough for NL50 HU even if you have a good edge. I wouldn't play it with less than 1000, and then only if you are willing to move down as soon as you lose 3-4 buyins. 1500-2000 would be reasonable I think.

This video is kinda good

Man alive, this is without question the greatest video I've ever watched on this site.

Awesome!

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part1

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Great video. I think it is a must see video for every poker player and not HU only.
What our plan and thought process if OP leads Q river?

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Ive had a problem with autopiloting in poker and its obviously -EV But i used to play high intensity sport to a high level and looking back i definately played better while on autopilot exactly as u defined it not completely sure why and its not really relevant but was just wondering if u were using the tennis analagy from experience or not

also excellent video but if the series continues like this please delete it after ive watched it all before u make poker completely unprofitable

Just watched the first episode, very enjoyable and informative. Love the instructional style and analogies/metaphors. Thanks!

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I don' t understand why u would like to check the flop? Against a calling station, why don't u build a pot up by cbetting and also betting the turn? Am I missing something here?

Who the Fuck is this guy? DogIsHead is a Fucking Genius !!! Sorry for my language but thats the only way I can express my amazement at the ..... elegance of how he teaches. This stuff goes way beyond poker. His style cuts through all the bullshit and gets straight to the essence of learning... anything. You could apply this to being an entrepreneur, Sports, working at a seemingly "dead end" job. Anything. In any case, I'm glad I joined and I hope to meet this guy in person some day.

is your avatar a play on god is dead? if so thats awesome haha

Who the Fuck is this guy? DogIsHead is a Fucking Genius !!! Sorry for my language but thats the only way I can express my amazement at the ..... elegance of how he teaches. This stuff goes way beyond poker. His style cuts through all the bullshit and gets straight to the essence of learning... anything. You could apply this to being an entrepreneur, Sports, working at a seemingly "dead end" job. Anything. In any case, I'm glad I joined and I hope to meet this guy in person some day.

PS, that's Haseeb Qureshi... AKA "INTERNETPOKERS"

So there's a solid reason why this is one of the best videos out there to this day.

This video is just completely fantastic. Thank you so much!

Just watched this, really looking forward to watching the rest of the series. Thanks to the makers.

Just watched this first episode, a lot of mates said really good things about you. And always had in the back of my mind "I really should learn HU" it feels pretty awesome but never gotten to it.

Really awesome vod, I didn't have that high expectation before I started, had postponed it, but I was plesantly surprised, loved the way it was set up and a lot of good content and concepts. Loved it all.

I took notes all through the vod, and at one place I stumbled, I'm not 100% if I understood you properly.

You said: C-bet less on boards with more dry texture, c-bet more on boards with less dry texture. I had to rewind 10 times and I'm still confused.

It's "smart" to c-bet less on dry textures? and it's smarter to C-bet on wet boards? Sry if it's stupid question.

All the best, Marius Aglen <3

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I just have one question. At one point, Dog, you mention that at these stakes you should be less inclined to Cbet a dry board and more inclined to Cbet a coordinated board. Shouldn't it be the opposite? Seems that it's much easier for anyone, especially loose bad players to hit something on a coordinated board or try drawing to something so will call too often when you miss. Seems like it would be easier for them to give up when you Cbet a dry board since it's harder for them to catch a piece or draw. Mind clarifying?

-trankuility

You said: C-bet less on boards with more dry texture, c-bet more on boards with less dry texture. I had to rewind 10 times and I'm still confused.

It's "smart" to c-bet less on dry textures? and it's smarter to C-bet on wet boards? Sry if it's stupid question.

-Drizzt28

i had the same question as these two guys, and i timestamped it. for the love of god, can someone please answer this ?????????????

Dogishead is with cardrunners now I think

-TianYuan

ok so can another dc coach, perhaps gman, answer this ?????

really cool vid, looking forward to the next in the series!

Gr8 vid, very well explained the theory concept but m still finding it hard to think in terms of ranges,

gman is awesome too... thx guys

Best video ever.... He will be sorely missed....shame he is out of the poker world....

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I love this series so far!

First part is all neuro linguistic programming. I like it. Also one of the biggest problems in my game. I hear a lot of coatches talk but never seem to build me a full framework. Nice vid!

Hey guys, just wondering if this info is still relevant to today's games. I know some of the older 6M vids are probably to be avoided since play has changed so much, and was not sure if it was also the case for older HU vids such as these. Thanks!

If you haven't watched this video, then you need to NOW. It's one of the best on the site. The information contained will always be relevant.

Yep. Even for non- heads up players.

Thanks guys!