Poker Video: Pot-Limit Omaha by MagicNinja (Mid Stakes)

interesting vid, even though stars is just really slooooow and boooring compared to full tilt ... I think making video while playing on Full Tilt is way more entertaining + informative

a question about the hand you comented between papa ruk and broseph (around min45): you talked a lot about the flop and turn play from both oponents,but isnt it also noteworthy that none of them bet the river for value? I see very litle reason for broseph to not bet the river - only if he has a read on papa ruk that he could play QJxx/J7xx this way - if not we can assume that broseph doesnt valuebet thinly.


the hand vs marcieq in min49: I dont agree that flatting is better then 3betting here because we have a premium hand that is able to flop smooth EQ and a lot of playbility vs a wide stealing range. I know that you dont have the stats that his oponents have on him due lack of samplesize( I have him running on 32/24 with 15% 3bet and 50% BU-open), but you already saw him 3betting a couple of times and therefore assume that he will play very loose aggressive IP. This would lead you in very profitable postflop situations when he calls you with hands that you actually dominate like a 9764 or JT75 etc where you get it in crushing his draw.


I dont want to offend you but I really disagree with a lot of your plays. I just can't see how bet/calling a PS bet with a doublegutter OOP on a two tone board can ever be profitable - as well the hand in min52 vs papa ruk where you c/c , c/f with bottom pair + OESD. you're just saying that you want to call the flop and gonna see what happens, but this means nothing else then "I hope to spike my 8outer (with some tainted outs that makes you put in a lot of money with the 2nd best hand) against the odds and give up if I dont hit. " c/c marginal hands oop cant ever be a good plan and the oponents will read your hand as exactly what it is and always continue to barrel.
I guess that you got a litle bored during the video and hoped for some action and interesting turnspots, but I think you should rather open a more tables instead of forcing the action.

interesting vid, even though stars is just really slooooow and boooring compared to full tilt ... I think making video while playing on Full Tilt is way more entertaining + informative

I disagree. Watching him get in spots vs tough Stars regs is way better than being faster or being entertaining.

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a question about the hand you comented between papa ruk and broseph (around min45): you talked a lot about the flop and turn play from both oponents,but isnt it also noteworthy that none of them bet the river for value? I see very litle reason for broseph to not bet the river

agree. i don't think a river bet makes a tonne of value but i would have bet there.

the hand vs marcieq in min49: I dont agree that flatting is better then 3betting here because we have a premium hand that is able to flop smooth EQ and a lot of playbility vs a wide stealing range...

yea rr here is def standard, don't really know why i called except to try to communicate that you should be really basing your preflop aggression, esp oop, on how aggressive the late position opener plays and shouldn't just auto pilot. your read of the player based on his 3 betting is also astute gw.

I dont want to offend you but I really disagree with a lot of your plays. \

no probs. i agree that cc oop is in general a weak plan, i check called 20 into 26. i do disagree that he will always fire the turn, and also that i only have an 8 outer (i suspect 2 pair will often be good). also on turns like for example a queen, ten, or ace, the hand is going to play out differently, as it would on a club turn. i agree that betting the flop is correct though.

i couldn't find the double gutter oop situation, if you could time link in the future so everyone else can find the hands you're mentioning that would be awesome.

agree that this session was a little slow compared to ftp, i've recorded the next one on ftp already and i personally notice the difference as well. maybe on stars i'll use more of a review process in the future although i don't really like commentating on hands after they've happened because it underestimates the importance of game flow (rather than teaching how to autopilot) but it is probably a better format for this site, especially when playing with a large amount of the same players.

Hey,

Love your videos. I had a question about your note taking. I always try to make notes in the hud from HEM but thist always seems to tilt me cause i have to retype things 4 times. Is hem + stars impossible for note taking? And is this the same reason you make your notes in stars instead of hem?

Hey MagicNinja,

Your videos are great. The flop c/c with JTT8 on J95 looks really bad tough. You will get zero action from AA if the turn is Q or any and he will not forget to bet AA on a 2 turn. Also your draws are not to the nuts, you give, for example, 2 free cards by c/c to AKT3. I agree tough you can find some clean folds on some rivers.

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I thought having two HE hands was bad. Is AQ56ds a more playable hand, would you still 3 bet this if this was AQ78ds? I am just wondering if one is more playable than the other or if this was just a loose play based on a read.

I thought having two HE hands was bad. Is AQ56ds a more playable hand, would you still 3 bet this if this was AQ78ds? I am just wondering if one is more playable than the other or if this was just a loose play based on a read.

well i think 78s is a better hand in holdem than 56s but thats debatable i guess.

aq78 ds is much better. aq56 ds as the sb v bu is still a standard 3 bet vs someone opening like 45%+ on the button esp if they're not very tough. you can just look up the hand using the 'rank' tool in propokertools.com and you'll see its a pretty strong hand.