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

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Time Link to 00:33:53

On what board would you not donkbet into the probably bad player and regular?

On what board would you not donkbet into the probably bad player and regular?

Really, any board is a viable option, but I'm way more likely to do it on lower, drier boards since its less likely that someone has a good piece.

Time Link to 00:52:31

Wouldnt it be way more suspecious is you check and re-raise after its folded to you?
Wouldnt it be way more normal if its folded to you and you posted, you raise?

Time Link to 00:33:42

The hand where you donk QT on the low board 3-way:

If you get called by the fish, what's your plan for later streets? How about if the fish folds and the reg calls?

Really, any board is a viable option, but I'm way more likely to do it on lower, drier boards since its less likely that someone has a good piece.

because of the wide ranges of the regular and bad player?

great episode btw

Great series so far.

Question on hand #2 where you call with Th8h and flop a gutshot draw. Earlier in the series playing NL400, you flop a set in position against a raiser and raise the flop on a K-6-4 board. And you say you need to raise gutshots as well as sets in this spot to balance and get action on your sets. What factors made you decide to not raise this gutshot on this flop?

the JJ hand:
what if the river is a total blank / an A and villain ships the rest of his stack in?

hi are you going to make a live play video soon ?

Time Link to 00:12:28

not really sure why you'd rather have AK or AQ than AJ here...is this guy really limp/calling that often with AK/AQ himself? seems like we should play them all the same way. that said i dont think checking back is nec. bad with any of those hands.

not really sure why you'd rather have AK or AQ than AJ here...is this guy really limp/calling that often with AK/AQ himself? seems like we should play them all the same way. that said i dont think checking back is nec. bad with any of those hands.

well, i dont expect to see those hands often after a limpcall, but thats exactly what happened this time, soooo yea. its a possibility.

If nothing else its a matter of balancing my range, since i'll be betting flop with some aces (the best ones, which I may get 3 streets of value from) and checking back with others.

Wouldnt it be way more suspecious is you check and re-raise after its folded to you?
Wouldnt it be way more normal if its folded to you and you posted, you raise?

yes and yes.

the point is, in many cases a suspicious line that "can't be a big hand" = they stick lots of money in pot with a crappy hand.

The hand where you donk QT on the low board 3-way:

If you get called by the fish, what's your plan for later streets? How about if the fish folds and the reg calls?

Probably unlikely to go too crazy with it if either calls unless I spike one of my overcards. I'm more likely to barrel the fish on scarecards probably, because he'll float flop with a wider range than the regular. But still not so wide that I'm very likely to bluff more without a good reason.

Great series so far.

Question on hand #2 where you call with Th8h and flop a gutshot draw. Earlier in the series playing NL400, you flop a set in position against a raiser and raise the flop on a K-6-4 board. And you say you need to raise gutshots as well as sets in this spot to balance and get action on your sets. What factors made you decide to not raise this gutshot on this flop?

Pretty sure the K64 was a rainbow board, which makes a big difference imo. If I were to raise the two-tone board I'd represent a range of big made hands, draws, and bluffs. Naturally, most of that range is bluffs of some sort, and he'll give me action with everything good. It will be difficult and expensive to get him to fold on later streets.

If I flat, I represent more modest made hands and draws, and all of those hands that will fold to a raise are probably gonna end up folding either on the turn or river to my bet, plus I have more room to work with in case of scarecards and such things.

the JJ hand:
what if the river is a total blank / an A and villain ships the rest of his stack in?

Probably stack off on a blank and fold on an A, or something like that.

hi are you going to make a live play video soon ?

soon enough

Time Link to 00:58:18

So, is it a fair statement that if you had simply folded your small blind and big blind every time, you would have tripled your money and win-rate for this sample?

So, is it a fair statement that if you had simply folded your small blind and big blind every time, you would have tripled your money and win-rate for this sample?

No. The cost of posting the blinds is included, which is why its more or less impossible to have a positive winrate in the blinds. Over this sample, I lost almost exactly as much in the SB as I posted, and about half of what I posted in the BB.

Time Link to 00:32:41

Are you thinking here that your villain is considering the "gap concept" and tightening up his perception of your range?

Are you thinking here that your villain is considering the "gap concept" and tightening up his perception of your range?

I don't think the gap concept necessarily applies here. To the best of my knowledge, the gap concept only applies to calling preflop raises and being sure that your hand is better than your opponent's range. But I guess a similar thing is in play on the flop. His perception of my range should be pretty tight and strong when I bet out the flop, so he should simply fold everything that isn't a solid overpair+.