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

just what i was hoping for a live video : )

Regarding spotting rathole scum quickly, you can colour code players in HEM, click on the little star on the hud and it gives options.

good vid again, thanks, i prefer the hh review or presentation though...
full ring live play is really not that interesting.

also you might not want to sound superbored and frustrated next time you do a live vid

Regarding the AK hand when you just called. You said that you got $100 worth of value out of him because you didn't 5 bet jam. I think you're being results oriented if you missed the flop, which happens 70% of the time you'd be check folding to his c bet or turn bet which means he'll steal the pot a good majority of the time.

To color code for stack sizes just configure color ranges for "Name" or "Abb. Name".
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This will color the names in the HUD according to their stack size in big blinds at the end of the last hand.

Regarding the AK hand when you just called. You said that you got $100 worth of value out of him because you didn't 5 bet jam. I think you're being results oriented if you missed the flop, which happens 70% of the time you'd be check folding to his c bet or turn bet which means he'll steal the pot a good majority of the time.

Who says I'm folding so easily when I miss? I expect his tiny-4bet range to be heavily weighted towards nonpair hands, so on most boards I still have the best hand.

good vid again, thanks, i prefer the hh review or presentation though...
full ring live play is really not that interesting.

also you might not want to sound superbored and frustrated next time you do a live vid

Yea, this one was mainly a function of still being in Vegas and not having access to my desktop + database. I'll finish up the next 2 eps when I'm back home.

And any frustration mainly stems from the fact that these games are just so bad!

To color code for stack sizes just configure color ranges for "Name" or "Abb. Name".
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This will color the names in the HUD according to their stack size in big blinds at the end of the last hand.

Cool, thanks!

Is there a way to make the entire background of the player display change color based on stack size? I guess I'll check it out.

Who says I'm folding so easily when I miss? I expect his tiny-4bet range to be heavily weighted towards nonpair hands, so on most boards I still have the best hand.

Maybe you could describe in detail on how you're going to play this hand OOP when you miss? I'm also kinda disappointed that you let him control the pot size with a dominated ace. When you flop an ace with AK in a 4 bet pot you should be looking to get the money in especially against his line.

Maybe you could describe in detail on how you're going to play this hand OOP when you miss? I'm also kinda disappointed that you let him control the pot size with a dominated ace. When you flop an ace with AK in a 4 bet pot you should be looking to get the money in especially against his line.

It involves lots of checking and some calling.

And I'd be happy to hear a better line that would involve us getting more value from his worse hands without losing more to his better ones. I suppose I could put a little raise in on the river, but other than that I just don't see it against a presumably polarized range.

You often say how bad these games are - what games do u generally prefer when u r not doing these videos???

Atm I'm megatabling NL200 FR on Stars which is very profitable nearly all the time with like 7 regs and 2 fish guarenteed (+ a bunch of RB) at any table any time... I prolly move up to NL400 and 600 once I reached my 100 BIs (yes I know I'm a BR Nit ) but ur frustration frustates me as well... What do you think of 400 compared to 600 or even 1000??? My midterm goal is to be megatabling 400 and 600 as well but the more I see the more I doubt...

you really don't know Kelisitaan?
i mean this guy is pretty much a fullring legend
and I think he is not especially pounding on you, but on pretty much everybody ^^

20:00 - AJ, can't see an overbet here. he bets 138$ into 153.

45:15 - AQ, whats your plan if you get 4bet?

You often say how bad these games are - what games do u generally prefer when u r not doing these videos???

Atm I'm megatabling NL200 FR on Stars which is very profitable nearly all the time with like 7 regs and 2 fish guarenteed (+ a bunch of RB) at any table any time... I prolly move up to NL400 and 600 once I reached my 100 BIs (yes I know I'm a BR Nit ) but ur frustration frustates me as well... What do you think of 400 compared to 600 or even 1000??? My midterm goal is to be megatabling 400 and 600 as well but the more I see the more I doubt...

I play all kinds of games. Fullring NL is far from the top of the list normally, but it is my job to teach yall so I'm happy to do it.

I think 2/4 is quite profitable still, and really 3/6+ is certainly beatable, but I think the vast majority of players would win more hourly at 2/4 than at higher stakes.

you really don't know Kelisitaan?
i mean this guy is pretty much a fullring legend
and I think he is not especially pounding on you, but on pretty much everybody ^^

20:00 - AJ, can't see an overbet here. he bets 138$ into 153.

45:15 - AQ, whats your plan if you get 4bet?

I stopped my fulltime fullring grinding a few years ago at 10/20, so maybe it was before his time. You aren't the only person to mention to me that he's 'legendary' though, so, yea.

If I get 4bet there I'll just fold AQ as a standard until I have a reason not to. Not many players are 4betting super light in these games.

It involves lots of checking and some calling.

And I'd be happy to hear a better line that would involve us getting more value from his worse hands without losing more to his better ones.

But if you are playing on with ace high, why the panic over losing to a worse hand when you flop the nuts? I really think there's a contradiction between your willingness to call 1 or 2 streets with ace high but your unwillingness to value bet with top pair, because you have no reason to believe that Kel would be totally fit or fold with his hand.

I agree with your check to induce up the the turn. But do you not agree that, given you have no history but he presumably knows you are an aggresive player (probably knows you are a DC EP) that he wouldn't expect you necessarily to call preflop with AK, but would expect you to call with a PP/SC often? So a raise on the turn really polarises your range in his eyes, and is therefore likely to induce a bluff from a lot of hands (and indeed will get a call from any ace)?

So I think you should small raise the turn (possibly a MR), and expect to get called by a jack or better, and bluffed by a lot of other stuff.

I disagree his range is polarised by the river; in fact I think he never has air or a big hand there, giving you 6:1 on a call (not that I think it's a terrible bluff actually, because it might make you fold anything up to TT and I would mainly put you on pocket pairs; but basically I've never seen it done by a decent player without history)

Indeed, in the event that he has an ace (any ace), isn't he stacking off 100% of the time when you stick it in? So I think you are missing both bluff value and value bets.

But if you are playing on with ace high, why the panic over losing to a worse hand when you flop the nuts? I really think there's a contradiction between your willingness to call 1 or 2 streets with ace high but your unwillingness to value bet with top pair, because you have no reason to believe that Kel would be totally fit or fold with his hand.

I agree with your check to induce up the the turn. But do you not agree that, given you have no history but he presumably knows you are an aggresive player (probably knows you are a DC EP) that he wouldn't expect you necessarily to call preflop with AK, but would expect you to call with a PP/SC often? So a raise on the turn really polarises your range in his eyes, and is therefore likely to induce a bluff from a lot of hands (and indeed will get a call from any ace)?

So I think you should small raise the turn (possibly a MR), and expect to get called by a jack or better, and bluffed by a lot of other stuff.

I disagree his range is polarised by the river; in fact I think he never has air or a big hand there, giving you 6:1 on a call (not that I think it's a terrible bluff actually, because it might make you fold anything up to TT and I would mainly put you on pocket pairs; but basically I've never seen it done by a decent player without history)

Indeed, in the event that he has an ace (any ace), isn't he stacking off 100% of the time when you stick it in? So I think you are missing both bluff value and value bets.

I like a small turn raise, though I'm not sure he'll actually go too crazy against it. And I disagree that he will be playing for stacks 100% of the time with any ace, that would just be spewy.

A big part of any sub-optimum play in that hand stems solely from the fact that I was recording live real-time, and had 5 other tables to tend to as well. Like I've said many times, I don't think live play videos are very well suited to FRNL.

32:40 - We have T8dd oop on 5dJc7s. $24 to call with $864 effective stacks. Do you think he won't pay us off if we hit? Is this a fold in 6max too?

32:40 - We have T8dd oop on 5dJc7s. $24 to call with $864 effective stacks. Do you think he won't pay us off if we hit? Is this a fold in 6max too?

Well he might, but if we're just considering pure implied odds we need to win a ton of money when we get there to justify the call. 4 outs isn't very many, we're out of position, and we have no reason to believe that he has a big enough hand to really give us that much action on later streets. Not to mention the potential reverse implied odds of hitting an 8 or T and suspecting that its good (they may well be clean outs for us, but chances are he's only putting more money in the pot if they aren't)!

I'm way way way more likely to stay involved with the pot with a hand like this if I have position.

I like a small turn raise, though I'm not sure he'll actually go too crazy against it. And I disagree that he will be playing for stacks 100% of the time with any ace, that would just be spewy.

I dunno. For a start, I think the number of regs at FR 3/6 that will ever fold top pair or better in a 3 bet pot for 100bbs is actually very low. If a 4 bet pot against an aggressive opponent, reduce that number.

Secondly, given your perceived range (which contains very few aces), do you think he's checking the flop/betting small on the turn with the intention of folding to a raise? Feels suicidal against a good player. I think that without history if he takes this line with an ace, he's doing it to induce a bluff (and hence is calling off).

I agree he won't go crazy, but I think he'd put in a small 3 bet a lot, float a lot (and bet something on the river if checked to).

A big part of any sub-optimum play in that hand stems solely from the fact that I was recording live real-time, and had 5 other tables to tend to as well. Like I've said many times, I don't think live play videos are very well suited to FRNL.

That's cool, we aren't judging

Like the video I think the AK hand is misplayed from just about every conceivable vantage point but if that is the worse hand you play in a given session then your playing well in my book. Nicely done all around and I agree full ring is hard to make into an interesting video. Keep up the good work.

I think the AK hand is misplayed from just about every conceivable vantage point

At least I didn't fold!

The 1st AK hand was tilt inducing . I had to stop the vid. His(villians/reg) value betting range on the river is almost never better than AK. Given your line , your range looks really wide. It seems to me a overbet check shove on the river , given his bet size , would be a better river decision. In Villians eyes it could look like a hand you turned into a bluff and may get heroe called by him.

I really like this series, but Im not a fan of the six table view deal. Its very hard to see whats going on, youll say with this stack size , a weak player, etc, and we (i) cant see the size or the stats your refering to.

I really like this series, but Im not a fan of the six table view deal. Its very hard to see whats going on, youll say with this stack size , a weak player, etc, and we (i) cant see the size or the stats your refering to.

Yea, I'm with you on that. But some people are big fans of live play, so its nice to mix it up now and again. You'll be happy to learn that episodes 7 and 8 are replayer analysis again!