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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by newmanmi (Mid Stakes)

WMV is still in production and will be released later today. Sorry for the inconvenience.
-Rusty

fantastic

Time Link to 00:16:17

Table 3: I agree that our hand is too weak to be calling here, but given his wide squeezing %, are you ever 4betting a hand like this as a bluff, given that we have blockers to KK/JJ/AK?

Time Link to 00:37:06

Table 6: If we assume that his range is weighted heavily towards made hands and draws on the flop, and he checks the turn back (which I would assume discounts his value hands), I'm confused about the purpose of the blockbet when he's going to be checking the river back with the small part of his range that does have SD value and betting (presumably) a polarized range from which we discounted big value hands. This spot feels like a c/c to me, given the way the board ran out...thoughts? (I'm probably missing something here)

Nice video.

Any chance of you doing a video on Stars???

regarding theory vids, i'd like to see a vid (or part of a vid) on blind vs blind play, both as the stealer and as the bb. i haven't ever seen a vid focusing on this topic, but i think it's pretty important for fr since it comes up a lot. i'd esp like to see some stuff on post flop play vs guys who steal a ton. i know we need to defend wide, but often i'm confused a lot post flop since most of my moves (floating, bluff raising) never seem to work.

great first episode btw, the K hi c/r pwnage was epic.

Great video!
hey guys, i'm mostly a 6max player. Can you confirm me that the biggest difference between 6max and full ring is the preflop play? are there any other differences? thanx in advance!

Time Link to 00:29:25

Haha "nutshot"

Awesome

Time Link to 00:18:02

Regarding the KQ hand; would you make plays this thin at lower stakes or do you prefer to wait for better spots? Is it more opponent dependent than stake dependent? Do you consider making less thin-value plays in juicier games?

An idea for the theory video:

I'd like to see a theory video about playing from the blinds vs regulars.

Regarding these situations:
I'm having trouble with figuring out when and what hands to 3bet vs regs from the blinds. What hands to call with, when to check/raise flops, when to lead, when to float, how to play vs aggressive barrelers from the blinds. I would love to see a theory video about that subject.

I'm trying to figure what your colour codes mean:


Yellow: reg
orange: good reg
red: very good reg
light blue: ??
blue: bad player
purple: very bad player
Green: ??

Something like this?

Time Link to 00:32:55

Table one: 87: You say: "there are some good card we can double barrel in this spot". Which cards are you planning on double barreling? ( my guess: any 5, 9, Q, K,A) And I assume you would check fold this board we had like 22-55?

live sweats for the whole series, please

Time Link to 00:05:30

is this flat with 76s on table 2 standard with 100 bb stacks effective?

WMV now posted. We apologize again for the delay.
-Rusty

I feel bad for everyone else when you appear to be psychic and flop sets all the time. Nice vid.

any chance of playing some msfr on stars for this series?

live sweats for the whole series, please

yes please

fantastic

Thankyou

Table 3: I agree that our hand is too weak to be calling here, but given his wide squeezing %, are you ever 4betting a hand like this as a bluff, given that we have blockers to KK/JJ/AK?

I would have no problem 4b bluffing here and it is something I should of mentioned (a lot going on in my head while making 6 tabling live sweat videos). His fold to 4b stat is super important in this spot.

Table 6: If we assume that his range is weighted heavily towards made hands and draws on the flop, and he checks the turn back (which I would assume discounts his value hands), I'm confused about the purpose of the blockbet when he's going to be checking the river back with the small part of his range that does have SD value and betting (presumably) a polarised range from which we discounted big value hands. This spot feels like a c/c to me, given the way the board ran out...thoughts? (I'm probably missing something here)

I probably should of thought about this more and it makes a lot of sense, my only issue is if I check here I am not confident calling a big bet and I am super unlikely to get raised when I do lead. My standard in this spot with all weak showdownable hands would probably be to check call because I think hes as you said his betting range will generally be very polarised.

Nice video.

Any chance of you doing a video on Stars???

No chance I have played 0 midstakes games on Stars ever and do not know the player pool what so ever. My lifetime of play has been at FTP.

Regarding the KQ hand; would you make plays this thin at lower stakes or do you prefer to wait for better spots? Is it more opponent dependent than stake dependent? Do you consider making less thin-value plays in juicier games?

If you have the correct read on his hand range this play is obviously fine too at lower stakes.You should always try and get in as many spots as you can with weaker opponents and sometimes they may be thinner than you like.

An idea for the theory video:

I'd like to see a theory video about playing from the blinds vs regulars.

Regarding these situations:
I'm having trouble with figuring out when and what hands to 3bet vs regs from the blinds. What hands to call with, when to check/raise flops, when to lead, when to float, how to play vs aggressive barrelers from the blinds. I would love to see a theory video about that subject.

Go back and check my previous series I talked a lot about 3betting polarised and depolarised. Also Nolans old series Twee Bets is very good to watch concerning this.

I'm trying to figure what your colour codes mean:


Yellow: reg
orange: good reg
red: very good reg
light blue: ??
blue: bad player
purple: very bad player
Green: ??

Something like this?

Something like that

Table one: 87: You say: "there are some good card we can double barrel in this spot". Which cards are you planning on double barreling? ( my guess: any 5, 9, Q, K,A) And I assume you would check fold this board we had like 22-55?

That seems about perfect, in all honesty though this flop is probably very marginal to be cbetting as he is going to be floating a lot. This would probably be a spot that if I did decide to double barrel, I would probably unload the clip and fire three given how I expect him to play some stronger hands on the flop and turn (depending what card comes).

is this flat with 76s on table 2 standard with 100 bb stacks effective?

This is probably thin but I have no issues defending a lot of good implied odds hands in this spot if I have good reads on how a player is going to play. Ideally I would like two things: A fish behind in the blinds or on the button or for it to be a low chance that we get squeezed behind. I would say every FR regular flats every low pocket pair here, in terms of that 67s is going to play similar. I would also rather flat 67s to his UTG open (probably from a tighter player) because their range is going to be stronger and easier to play against.

WMV now posted. We apologize again for the delay.
-Rusty

Ty Rusty you are the man!

I feel bad for everyone else when you appear to be psychic and flop sets all the time. Nice vid.

I would rather be good than lucky, or maybe the other way around

any chance of playing some msfr on stars for this series?

Answered above.

Go back and check my previous series I talked a lot about 3betting polarised and depolarised. Also Nolans old series Twee Bets is very good to watch concerning this.

Thank you for your response, I will certainly check those vids out too.

Awesome video.

I would really love to see more live sweat videos on dc.

all live sweats would be cool

maybe, 1-2 vids on thoery behind a) 3B pots IP/OOP, type of hands, different floats lines/semibluffing etc b) floating vs raising/chraising when better what hands/boards etc... c) barreling blanks, not only equity/scarecards, when etc.. just some random thoughts

I really wish this wasnt 6 tables...why cant people do two or four tables when Im really excited to see a video. Some people cannot digest that much going on at once..

No chance I have played 0 midstakes games on Stars ever and do not know the player pool what so ever. My lifetime of play has been at FTP.

What about playing something lower like NL200 on Stars as a "playing vs. unknowns" video that shows what early adjustments to make? Would be interessting to see what to do in the first session(s) on a new limit or site.

Time Link to 00:14:41

wouldn't it be better to c/r small with AQss? you mention the draws in his range, but they're getting abysmal odds on a call when you shove and would probably shove themselves given the chance

Very good vid imo. You talked and clicked pretty fast but still managed to say the most important points in every spot and so altho it was quite fast paced it didn't feel like you were rushing. I def have to check out your previous series for more in depth analysis

I think 4 tabling would be better.
You can talk more about interesting spots and you're not timing out ^^
This timing out stuff tilts me sooo much
Very good video nevertheless ^^

no way 4 tabling fullring is better, come on 6 is the min!

and keep ftp imo pls

Time Link to 00:33:56

Table 2:
What do you think about raising turn to get more money from UTG1 given that BU is so short and hasn't got much money behind? We force BU out but we can get whole stack from UTG1.

Liked the vid a lot, 6 tables live is good although hopefully the TN issue gets sorted. The 200nl idea vs unknowns sounds like a good Ghost video too, imo. KQ hands was funny b/c you said you were sometimes ahead of his JT-ish hands and I was all, "yah but we seldom realize our... oh..."

Time Link to 00:36:53

Table 6:
i don't really understand that river blocking bet. do you expect to get called by worse?

Edit: I would like to see some HH review videos as well.

Live sweat NL400 Rush 4 table thks

Awesome video.

I would really love to see more live sweat videos on dc.

I will do my best

all live sweats would be cool

maybe, 1-2 vids on thoery behind a) 3B pots IP/OOP, type of hands, different floats lines/semibluffing etc b) floating vs raising/chraising when better what hands/boards etc... c) barreling blanks, not only equity/scarecards, when etc.. just some random thoughts

I might try and do some theory videos later in the series if I find the time to do one, but I will certainly try and talk about these points as they come up in each of the live sweats.

I really wish this wasnt 6 tables...why cant people do two or four tables when Im really excited to see a video. Some people cannot digest that much going on at once..

Try to pause and go back through, you will find there is lots of dead air time between hands because I do a lot of folding at FR. Keep in mind I normally play 16 tables so 6 tables is very slow for me.

wouldn't it be better to c/r small with AQss? you mention the draws in his range, but they're getting abysmal odds on a call when you shove and would probably shove themselves given the chance

Probably agree, I get more value the times he has 9T etc type hands and spaz shoves over a small c/r. I lose value from some of his semi and purebluffs even if I think this a small portion of his range.

Very good vid imo. You talked and clicked pretty fast but still managed to say the most important points in every spot and so altho it was quite fast paced it didn't feel like you were rushing. I def have to check out your previous series for more in depth analysis

Thanks, I try and although I might say some things slightly wrong (it can be hard to get out what you are trying to say whilst thinking and playing etc) I try my best.

Table 2:
What do you think about raising turn to get more money from UTG1 given that BU is so short and hasn't got much money behind? We force BU out but we can get whole stack from UTG1.

Seems too thin given the board texture. If I had say.. the 8 high flush I might prefer it.

Live sweat NL400 Rush 4 table thks

Probably not going to happen but I might for a later video. I havent had much of a chance to play rush and it is not my preffered game

Time Link to 00:07:37

Hillarius, you think that chatting with the fishes is EV+?

Hillarius, you think that chatting with the fishes is EV+?

Very, fish come to lose money and I think subconsciously if you start chatting with them they are more inclined to either try and bluff you or try and catch you bluffing if you have been talking to them

Really love these sweat videos. I'm trying to improve my FR and this is pretty much perfect. Thanks.

Nice vid newmi.

A bit of run good balanced nice with some absolutely ridiculous soul reads. Great work.

Great vids, keep the live sweats coming, but no rush please. Please talk abit more about the blind vs blind and the LP vs blinds as I think this is extremely important to improve or games. (PS. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE) Good to see a fellow aussie.

no way 4 tabling fullring is better, come on 6 is the min!

and keep ftp imo pls

Sorry some of us arent as advanced nor can we follow it with so much going on and yeah its kinda tilting for me


I guess we all work at different speeds though

Very, fish come to lose money and I think subconsciously if you start chatting with them they are more inclined to either try and bluff you or try and catch you bluffing if you have been talking to them

Now that you mention it... I've actually noticed that quite a bit. I tend to get way more action from fish that recognize me at tables and who I strike a casual conversation with rather than other players who I have no correspondence with. Unfriendly fish love to try and bluff, catch me bluffing, or stack me to rub it in my face and the friendly fish just want to try and outplay me more often than others as friendly competition just like causal friends would at a live game. There is even one person that I've stacked countless times because of this and even shipped back like 5-10% via player transfer only to now have the fish sit at every one of my tables when we are both online and continues the process over and over again.... so weird.

Hi mate

Where can I get the skin you're using and what program took notes for you?

Hi mate

Where can I get the skin you're using and what program took notes for you?

+1

Very, fish come to lose money and I think subconsciously if you start chatting with them they are more inclined to either try and bluff you or try and catch you bluffing if you have been talking to them

really?

i agree chatting with fish is good for the game, but i've found it usually encourages them to think we have some kind of silent pact NOT to bluff each other, valuebet, etc. maybe this is more in live games, but that's been my impression with banter versus silence.

Its fast, but i watch the video about 4 times to get all the info.

Brilliant play, the exact opposite of "spewy"

Good to hear an aussie accent too!

How do you get your hud to split up like that?

In Hold Em Manager you can select "Use Multiple panels" in Appearance.
This gives you the possibility to make two HUD lines separate from each other.

Time Link to 00:05:31

Awesome "real time" catch on what a great turn card to bluff...

My instinct is to raise this flop and barrel all the way to get him off of - well, pretty much nearly everything he has here. I play sets the same way in an effort to get paid with this line by players who caught me bluffing before - and get folds from players who have seen me show down sets here. My imge is TAG and I think I get a lot of folds here.

Any flaws in this line of my logic?

Time Link to 00:09:06

your comments about ppl folding always remind me of this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9n_V6XDrL8

Time Link to 00:12:07

why not flat with the 88 as you say I think he is often bluffing here...wouldn't he shove on any non diamond turn?

Time Link to 00:17:36

I really like how you played this hand. I've went over it several times & was wondering if you could go over your analysis in a little more detail. Everything else in this video has been basically standard for me other than how you played this hand & I feel if I can get a better understanding, I can increase my win rate. Thank you.

- NYtoCALI

Time Link to 00:32:21

On table 2, you folded you're Ad4d to a MP open from an unknown player while on the button. What types of players would you consider calling here against & are you ever 3betting against any particular players? And against this type of unknown player, whats the lowest kicker'd suited A that you would consider calling with?

- NYtoCALI