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Poker Video: No Limit Hold'Em by KRANTZ (High Stakes)

was waiting for this!

Sweeet so lookin frwrd to this

This is awesome.

So nice I can ask all question I want (about poker)

At some point you say "this player is a very good player"

What exactly makes somebody a good poker player?

lol the AK hand at 30:00 is gold. JRock0205 is baller.

sweet, looking forward to watching this

I got a question about stealing, I saw you folding a lot of Axo type of hands in the CO when you could have made a steal,
why is that?

LOL awesome premise, so so sick! Watching now

Do you think you will make your target $2million?

Is it $2million between you all, or individually (lol gotta be together right?)?

Can you post the full episodes of the G4 series on DC, because g4 isnt available in UK and europe as far as I know?

Do you think 30BI's is the right BR strategy for moving up and taking shots?

Does your power ranger avatar give you any special powers?

Krantz I want your hud layout!

Krantz I want your hud layout!

level? it was rubbish.

What is the G4 series?

What is the G4 series?

didn't he have a 15 minute monologue on it?

level? it was rubbish.

no it's not, this is a hu layout, not a 6max layout

So nice I can ask all question I want (about poker)

At some point you say "this player is a very good player"

What exactly makes somebody a good poker player?

Wins lots of money, has been for awhile, doesn't get out of line often, very tough to play against. Some mix of all that.

I got a question about stealing, I saw you folding a lot of Axo type of hands in the CO when you could have made a steal,
why is that?

Playing tight, maybe too tight, but trying to get a feel for 3-betting tendencies at those tables. In tough games I wouldn't be always opening there either.

Do you think you will make your target $2million?

Is it $2million between you all, or individually (lol gotta be together right?)?

Can you post the full episodes of the G4 series on DC, because g4 isnt available in UK and europe as far as I know?

Do you think 30BI's is the right BR strategy for moving up and taking shots?

Does your power ranger avatar give you any special powers?

The $2mm is cumulative, so between us all. I could make $100k and if everyone else makes $1.9mm we still hit it. I'd say that we're going to be dogs to hit it but we're going to try hard.

Can't post the episodes on DC, they'll prob be available online on iTunes and g4tv.com, though.

As far as BR strategy, I don't think there's any "right" strategy. These days I'd say the more buyins you have the better, but as long as you're comfortable with moving down quickly you can be as aggressive as you want. I'm going to need to be playing 25/50+ fairly quickly to have any shot at this goal so I'm trying to be really aggro in that regard.

Wins lots of money, has been for awhile, doesn't get out of line often, very tough to play against. Some mix of all that.

what makes somebody tough to play against?
and what do you consider going out of line?

good video but just make a 6 max hud. Its not hard to have 2 huds on HM. That hud was tilting me when you cant even see the table

What is the G4 series?

http://www.dangerlion.com/?p=393

Can you post the full episodes of the G4 series on DC, because g4 isnt available in UK and europe as far as I know?

+1

LOL denkendorf is maybe half an hour away from me
maybe I should go and visit SouthGermany xD

still laughing at the 30:00 AKo hand, oh my god : DD

Epic image you must have to get people to open-ragequit when the river is dealt..

what makes somebody tough to play against?
and what do you consider going out of line?

3-betting a lot when they're in position is probably the number one toughest thing to deal with by far in 6max NL.

still laughing at the 30:00 AKo hand, oh my god : DD

Epic image you must have to get people to open-ragequit when the river is dealt..

What is even better was that Jay is talking about the tough state of the games, etc, and then that happens...
http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/13-Videos/topics/21680-2-Months-2-Million-Episod?page=1&per_page=60#?seek=1792

Are you guys including any live play results in the 2 million quest? Also it's pretty easy to get stuck 60-70k in tournament buyins even for very good players. That can be pretty crippling if you're trying to steadily run up a roll for nosebleeds.

How much control do you have in the editing process? I cringed thinking about how a non-poker player would handle the portrayal of piece sharing and playing online in the same room.

Are you guys including any live play results in the 2 million quest? Also it's pretty easy to get stuck 60-70k in tournament buyins even for very good players. That can be pretty crippling if you're trying to steadily run up a roll for nosebleeds.

How much control do you have in the editing process? I cringed thinking about how a non-poker player would handle the portrayal of piece sharing and playing online in the same room.

Yah we are including live play results, but not going to be counting tournament BIs in the same BR with regards to moving up online.

As far as editing, we realize we have a built in responsibility to the online poker community and will put our best feet forward. The production team is v smart and I've known them for a long time.

Are all the videos going to be done by you or are we finally going to hear from Flawless Victory?

Are all the videos going to be done by you or are we finally going to hear from Flawless Victory?

They'll all be done by me but if we're lucky maybe I can get him to guest comment :-)

+1

krantz already answered this momentum

Does your power ranger avatar give you any special powers?

I believe you are referring to Wilt.

Sounds cool, thx Krantz.

Time Link to 00:26:40

hahaha, apparently you can fold AK sometimes at 25nl. those 2% 3-bettors always have the goods amirite micro-nlers?

This series could be seriously good news for those of you playing mid stakes NL. An influx of video-game playing college kids (I guess I fall into that category too )into the games = profit.

any news on that other show you mentioned a while ago 'House of Cards'?

any news on that other show you mentioned a while ago 'House of Cards'?

that is this, it was renamed

hi

im trying to get to the nosebleed too, how many were you grinding when you managed to move up from 5/10 to 10/20 then to 25/50 in april?

What was the basic rule? 20 bi to take a shot then if you lose then if you lose 5bi at the new limit you move down (Ie 10bi at the previous) ?

Im asking because im a 400 and 600 nl grinder and managed to move up to 2K but like you im back to square one and i feel so depressed about it. I feel im stuck so much money and i must grind and grind and grind.

Also, im primary a hu player and nowadays game are fucked up, nobody is playing, everyone is waiting for the fish, and there are nearly no fish.

Is that why you stopped playing hu too? Because i think your goal to be back to nosenbleed without depositing money would be way faster doing HU.

By the way, are you planning to coach some students this summer? I was planning to ask you for coaching in the beginning of may but now since my downswing i cant afford you anymore but in july it should be all good.

Anyway, good luck at your goals, i really enjoy your videos

Sweet video. Sooooo excited for the g4 series!

Regarding that hand where we peel a c/r on QQ8dd flop with 6h6d, isn't this a really shitty spot to peel? I mean, it seems like there are a ton of hands he can have for value (i.e. QT, QJ, KQ, AQ, 88) and even if he has a FD or random overs or something, our equity really sucks. Could you explain what your thought process was when you decided to call? Maybe it has something to do with you expecting him to very rarely two barrel when he has air?

I always enjoy ur vids Krantz, thanks for doing this.

This is awesome!

ahhhhhhhh!

Does your power ranger avatar give you any special powers?

When all the DC Rangers get together, they combine to form Patrick Antonius.

Jay, around 40:30, you call and UTG open in the BB with A2s. Flop is 535r. Opponent cbets and you check/raise, which he calls. Turn is an 8 and it is check/folded.

What cards would be strong candidates to barrel on the Turn? a club or 4? An A or K? What about if the opponent's range for floating is something like AQ/AK/AJ + PP's? Does that make a K or Q better to barrel?

I guess I'm really just asking you to talk a little bit about your thoughts on how to proceed on different Turn cards and if/when you are ever 3rd barreling. It seems like simply continuing with strong hands and check/folding air on many cards would be easy for the opponent to float a super dry flop and steal vs a check and never pay off a big bet (if he was aware of it). It seems super +EV for him to float with something like AQ on that flop if you'll barrel an Ace, check/fold air to blanks, and only continue on apparent blanks with strong hands. So how can this be balanced without spewing?

lol i dont know if its lack of sleep but damn this hand made me laugh

bah my timeline is missing! ooooh well 109 suited hand towards the end!

krantz,

sick video. I've been watching your 6max and heads up play and I've found that it's so similar to durr. i was wondering what you thought of durr's play and what kind of relationship do u have with him? friends? hated enemies?

Thanks

I wish I was at the level where I could get quads and not pee in excitement

hit me up and i'll help ya get the hem set up so it defaults to the 6max layout i sent you instead of the hu layout so you can actually see whats going on

Geez krantz you sure you have enough stats on that hud man ? ^^

Sick sick sick, i love this idea!

You can set up HEM to show the 6max HUD at 6max tables and the HU HUD at HU tables.

The AK hand where UTG nit 4b-folded, there was a poster which probably caused him to spazz figuring he could steal with his tight image.

The AK hand where UTG nit 4b-folded, there was a poster which probably caused him to spazz figuring he could steal with his tight image.

That was my thinking yes. I expected him to 3-bet a little lighter because of the poster. Probably should have bet the turn in the AQ hand but I hated the Jd turn because I didn't think Krantz would call another bet with an 8 or 66-77 or something. And because it's the 8d he can't call the turn with 8x with 1 diamond. Doesn't matter though, should have just protected my hand and hope to get called by 66-AA with 1 diamond.

And because it's the 8d he can't call the turn with 8x with 1 diamond.

Hmm, that came out wrong. What I meant was he doesn't have an offsuit 8 with a diamond that he's raising UTG.

You said they are really smart at G4, any chance that they will webstream the show as well. I dunno how networks operate and what sort of add revenue they get from different media but they could make some extra $$$ by making the show available to European viewers (if they get per viewer add revenues etc).

Hi KRANTZ! I have a question with regards to the spot 33:09. You have AQo in BB, BU raises 60 1st in, SB 3bets 220 and u 4bet 600. My first question is pretty simple: Would u call a shove? (Iam pretty sure YES, rigth?) What do you think about just calling the 3bet because u have position on the SB and the BU will probably fold (not for sure but probably). Then u could get value bye weaker hands which would fold OOP to ur 4bet because u are not deep. Can u plz explain the advantages of 4betting for value there in comparation to my argument of just coldcalling? THX!!!!

hi

im trying to get to the nosebleed too, how many were you grinding when you managed to move up from 5/10 to 10/20 then to 25/50 in april?

What was the basic rule? 20 bi to take a shot then if you lose then if you lose 5bi at the new limit you move down (Ie 10bi at the previous) ?

Im asking because im a 400 and 600 nl grinder and managed to move up to 2K but like you im back to square one and i feel so depressed about it. I feel im stuck so much money and i must grind and grind and grind.

Also, im primary a hu player and nowadays game are fucked up, nobody is playing, everyone is waiting for the fish, and there are nearly no fish.

Is that why you stopped playing hu too? Because i think your goal to be back to nosenbleed without depositing money would be way faster doing HU.

By the way, are you planning to coach some students this summer? I was planning to ask you for coaching in the beginning of may but now since my downswing i cant afford you anymore but in july it should be all good.

Anyway, good luck at your goals, i really enjoy your videos

I won't be coaching this summer, am going to have my hands full playing to try to hit this goal. :-) I'm also going to be playing a TON of HU, considering that's my specialty I'd expect a lot of my winnings (hopefully) are going to come from it.

I wouldn't be concerned about trying to get to the nosebleeds when you're playing 400 or 600 NL. Getting up there is definitely a nice goal to aim for for your career but it's also a lifestyle choice (the swings can be mind-crushing) and it takes a long time to get there financially. Because of the goal, I'm going to be taking a really aggro, high variance route whereas if I were looking at moving up in the sense that over the next 2 years, I want to be playing nosebleeds on my own action again by the end of that stretch, I'd be playing like 100k hands at each limit and move up severely overrolled for each level.

Read Elements of Poker. That's neither here nor there but it is awesome and a must read for the budding professional player.

Regarding that hand where we peel a c/r on QQ8dd flop with 6h6d, isn't this a really shitty spot to peel? I mean, it seems like there are a ton of hands he can have for value (i.e. QT, QJ, KQ, AQ, 88) and even if he has a FD or random overs or something, our equity really sucks. Could you explain what your thought process was when you decided to call? Maybe it has something to do with you expecting him to very rarely two barrel when he has air?

I always enjoy ur vids Krantz, thanks for doing this.

Yah, I basically just expect him to c/r and give up. As play progresses and I start to see that he's more aggro, I would probably check the flop or fold to his checkraise in that spot.

When all the DC Rangers get together, they combine to form Patrick Antonius.

Jay, around 40:30, you call and UTG open in the BB with A2s. Flop is 535r. Opponent cbets and you check/raise, which he calls. Turn is an 8 and it is check/folded.

What cards would be strong candidates to barrel on the Turn? a club or 4? An A or K? What about if the opponent's range for floating is something like AQ/AK/AJ + PP's? Does that make a K or Q better to barrel?

I guess I'm really just asking you to talk a little bit about your thoughts on how to proceed on different Turn cards and if/when you are ever 3rd barreling. It seems like simply continuing with strong hands and check/folding air on many cards would be easy for the opponent to float a super dry flop and steal vs a check and never pay off a big bet (if he was aware of it). It seems super +EV for him to float with something like AQ on that flop if you'll barrel an Ace, check/fold air to blanks, and only continue on apparent blanks with strong hands. So how can this be balanced without spewing?

I'm definitely betting a 4 and an ace. Sometimes it's alright to just checkraise and give up and then adjust your gameplan here, since some people will just not float your checkraise.

Let's talk balancing for a second. The way to balance here is to either call the flop instead of c/r, and call with all sorts of hands (both strong and weak) so you get to the turn and river OOP with a stronger range than your opponent thinks (which dials back to preflop - maybe we should only be playing stronger hands in the BB), OR to c/r more hands like 88 so we punish our opponent for floating with air.

krantz,

sick video. I've been watching your 6max and heads up play and I've found that it's so similar to durr. i was wondering what you thought of durr's play and what kind of relationship do u have with him? friends? hated enemies?

Thanks

He is a sick human being. Definitely friends. Have been friendly rivals at various points. I used to get the better of him a lot. He has just made so much money from poker that it's sort of awe-inspiring to think about. And he's tough as hell to play against. The last Rail Heaven session I played like 4 months ago I was 500k deep and he was on my left and covered, not fun. :-)

That was my thinking yes. I expected him to 3-bet a little lighter because of the poster. Probably should have bet the turn in the AQ hand but I hated the Jd turn because I didn't think Krantz would call another bet with an 8 or 66-77 or something. And because it's the 8d he can't call the turn with 8x with 1 diamond. Doesn't matter though, should have just protected my hand and hope to get called by 66-AA with 1 diamond.

I am a monkey, you should definitely bet there!

You said they are really smart at G4, any chance that they will webstream the show as well. I dunno how networks operate and what sort of add revenue they get from different media but they could make some extra $$$ by making the show available to European viewers (if they get per viewer add revenues etc).

I would be very surprised if it wasn't available on iTunes right away. No clue what their overseas distribution plans are, but I bet they have some.

Hi KRANTZ! I have a question with regards to the spot 33:09. You have AQo in BB, BU raises 60 1st in, SB 3bets 220 and u 4bet 600. My first question is pretty simple: Would u call a shove? (Iam pretty sure YES, rigth?) What do you think about just calling the 3bet because u have position on the SB and the BU will probably fold (not for sure but probably). Then u could get value bye weaker hands which would fold OOP to ur 4bet because u are not deep. Can u plz explain the advantages of 4betting for value there in comparation to my argument of just coldcalling? THX!!!!

I would call the shove and hate it considering that there are people at 10/20 who will 5-bet bluff here (cough FWF cough) but also because there are people who will jam any pocket pair and against a wider range we have too much money in to fold.

Cold calling isn't any good, I'd rather fold - you're sandwiched in the middle and don't have a very good hand - also, your hand is going to be pretty face up.

I would call the shove and hate it considering that there are people at 10/20 who will 5-bet bluff here (cough FWF cough) but also because there are people who will jam any pocket pair and against a wider range we have too much money in to fold.

Cold calling isn't any good, I'd rather fold - you're sandwiched in the middle and don't have a very good hand - also, your hand is going to be pretty face up.

I play an occasional micro NL game and watched this first episode, which is great. I was surprised at this reply a bit, but that will surely be my lack of experience if anything else. I though it would be an auto-fold against most opponents considering AQo would do very bad against most hands that shove here. Is it because I am 'used to' micro nl games of am I way off in any case?

speirs, no NL expert myself but that's why KRANTZ said he'd hate calling it off, but pot odds yo!

I'm confused. The House of Cards stuff you guys filmed was just filming the pilot that isn't being aired, and you're going to actually film the series proper this summer?

Also, do the PLO vid you're thinking about please.

I'm confused. The House of Cards stuff you guys filmed was just filming the pilot that isn't being aired, and you're going to actually film the series proper this summer?

Also, do the PLO vid you're thinking about please.

yep

I just signed up on your site. I was referred by Wiltontilt a.k.a. (Aaron) when I was playing on Absolute Poker under an alias SN. I read that you and your team are attempting to make 2 million in 2 months.

Krantz, if you guys make the 2 million in two months I will wear a Cinderella costume and dance around like a fairy in front of Disneyland.

Just an extra incentive to add some humility to your success.

Hef4prez

I just signed up on your site. I was referred by Wiltontilt a.k.a. (Aaron) when I was playing on Absolute Poker under an alias SN. I read that you and your team are attempting to make 2 million in 2 months.

Krantz, if you guys make the 2 million in two months I will wear a Cinderella costume and dance around like a fairy in front of Disneyland.

Just an extra incentive to add some humility to your success.

Hef4prez

I live 20 miles from Disneyland. I will be there to film it.

I live 20 miles from Disneyland. I will be there to film it.

And we will be here to watch.

cc turn and donkleave river, interesting line, gotta try that sometimes.

Are your cards normally this good?

nice

Look how disorderly his hud is, god what a slob.

lol I remember this show. Entertaining but not that much poker content. More like Battle of the Nerds.