Poker Video: MTT/SNG by Luceboy (Mid Stakes)

@ 19:30 with the JJ, what would you do if villain reriases here ?
I know you say that you cant complain if you are going in ahead, but would you be calling if he shoved or waiting for a better spot?

say for example if you thought he had AK with a heart, and it relatively early in the game.

@ 19:30 with the JJ, what would you do if villain reriases here ?
I know you say that you cant complain if you are going in ahead, but would you be calling if he shoved or waiting for a better spot?

If Blipper decides to check raise shove the flop i would be slightly worried considering he's a passive player, however given that I would be getting 1.9:1 on a call, I would still have to call. I know it is still fairly early on in the tournament but those are big odds considering there are so many combinations of top pairs or hands that include the A. Granted im way behind if he has flopped a flush (or a set) but those two hands are so unlikely that i almost never consider them as possibilities. Worst case scenario for me here would be if he rocked up with two overs and a draw in which case he'd be a 55% favourite, but considering my odds i only need to be 35% to win so its an easy enough call. Blipper is a losing player for a reason, and so i would have to have seen some clear evidence (probably from a previous hand) in order for me to fold an overpair here.

nice one, cheers for the prompt reply. love these vids as I'm trying to make a go of grinding $6 6max turbos. with mixed results so far...basically breaking even which is getting a bit frustrating but better than losing
keep up the good work (love the NIN avatar )

nice one, cheers for the prompt reply. love these vids as I'm trying to make a go of grinding $6 6max turbos. with mixed results so far...basically breaking even which is getting a bit frustrating but better than losing
keep up the good work (love the NIN avatar )

The $6 turbos are actually quite hard to beat as people are generally willing to call shoves light, therefore you lose a lot of the fold equity that you'd usually have and so have to play a 'tight' turbo game which isnt ideal. I helped a friend play a few a while back and that was my experience of them anyway. You should do fine as long as your push/fold game is good (use a HUD to find out who not to shove wide into etc etc).

These charts are a good reference and are taken from an excellent book which is definitely worth a read if you havent heard of it already: Collin Moshman - Sit 'n Go Strategy. The only thing i would say about the tables is that you might want to vary the SB pushing range depending on the opponent.

http://sitngoholdempoker.com/pushing-tables-sit-n-go-s.html

If you already know all this then i apologise for being too basic and reccommend you look at Nash numbers instead lol.

I considered changing my avatar for a DC logo just because Trent Reznor broke my heart by playing a terrible set the one time i went to see him (it was his 'last' performance in Europe but all the same it was a wank setlist). He still makes good music though so maybe ill forgive him.

Yea I know what your saying, finding people limping with like 13bb then calling my all in with stuff like Q7....which obviously crushes my A7 or whatever it is lol. (they arent callign wide in the good way cuz they know im shoving light or anything, its more "im bored i have a face card, lets call" logic)
I am just in the process of setting up my HUD basically how you have yours set for these vids. I have to say normally I had a flop- C bet% and 3bet%, is it worth having these in the HUD do you think or just use the popup when I want to check these in game ?
I haven't seen those charts before although I have been using the Nash ones on holdemresources.com as a guideline combined with HUD stats an reads which have been helping my decisions considerably. Although again I seem to keep getting fish limp call shoves with junk that hits....spose its the nature of the beast playign this low stakes though isnt it...
Atleast you have seen him you lucky git NIN and Tool are two of the bands I still havent seen that are on my bucket list
and yea he is a badass musician/producer so I reckon you should

also what numbers do you use for your colour ranges (im using PT3 not HEM)

Yea I know what your saying, finding people limping with like 13bb then calling my all in with stuff like Q7....which obviously crushes my A7 or whatever it is lol. (they arent callign wide in the good way cuz they know im shoving light or anything, its more "im bored i have a face card, lets call" logic)
I am just in the process of setting up my HUD basically how you have yours set for these vids. I have to say normally I had a flop- C bet% and 3bet%, is it worth having these in the HUD do you think or just use the popup when I want to check these in game ?
I haven't seen those charts before although I have been using the Nash ones on holdemresources.com as a guideline combined with HUD stats an reads which have been helping my decisions considerably. Although again I seem to keep getting fish limp call shoves with junk that hits....spose its the nature of the beast playign this low stakes though isnt it...
Atleast you have seen him you lucky git NIN and Tool are two of the bands I still havent seen that are on my bucket list
and yea he is a badass musician/producer so I reckon you should

I used to have "fold to flop c-bet" instead of "fold to flop bet" but it wasnt actually very useful as the sample size was always tiny and i could never rely on it (because it would usually show 0 or 100). The "fold to flop bet" stat is usually pretty good at giving you an idea as to how likely they'll fold to a c-bet and its more reliable due to the sample size.

As for the 3bet%, ive never thought of using it. Having just looked, i think im going to include the "3bet% vs steal" stat in my HUD from now on. I dont think that it is an option in PT3 so i had never thought of it before. I usually go on how aggressive someone is combined with their "attempt to steal" stat to decide on how likely it is that they resteal. Im sure that this stat would be very useful for turbo regs who ive played a lot with. Good call.

I used to listen to a lot of NIN, and some Tool although ive only really listened to Lateralus which is obviously a wicked album, Parabola might be my favourite off that one.

also what numbers do you use for your colour ranges (im using PT3 not HEM)

You might have a problem finding the 3bet%vssteal that i just talked about then. I moved from PT3 to HEM and i can honestly say that its a lot better and faster. Plus it does all in adjusted EV. My HUD was identical on both (apart from changing foldtocbet to foldtoflopbet when i moved to HEM, oh and i also included a stat that tells me the number of BBs for everyone.)

Ok Top Line

Number of Hands
Number of BBs: {<10 Red} {10-16 Orange} {16+ Green}

Line 2

VPIP: {<20 Red} {20-30 O} {30+ G}
PFR: {<5 G} {5-20 O} {20+ R}
Agression Factor: {<1 G} {1-3 O} {3+R}

Line 3

Fold to Flop Bet: {<35 R} {35-50 O} {50+ G} *35% because usually youll be betting about half pot on the flop when you only need to win 1 in 3 times to show an immediate profit (35 is close enough to 33)
Fold BB to steal: {<60 R} {60-80 O} {80+ G}
Attempt to Steal: {<15G) {15-30 O} {30+ R}

For the new stat
3bet% vs Steal {<5 G} {5-14 O} {14+R}

The last three are open to interpretation but i think they're about right. I played about with ranges and SNG wiz to get colours for the new one - i was the one doing the stealing lol.

nice one mate thankyou very much.
reason i went with PT3 originally is because I'm a Mac person and wasn't clued up on VMware an all that stuff at the time..

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Al says "there is no reason to bet this whatsoever". Why is that? The flop is a very good candidate for you to be representing, as you checked in the BB. The Villain folds extremely often on the flop, and he's not so loose that it would be very likely he hit such a weak board. Furthermore, you do have two overs, so a lead out would be more of a semi bluff than a pure bluff. Considering he folds so often, I would assume that it's clearly positive EV to put out a half-pot bet here, especially given it's not very likely it hit his hand.