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

this is the first series i've been following on DC in a while. really like the format. thumbs up!

The audio is skipping around a bit from Blah's side. Anyone else have this? In both the MP4 download and in the Flash player. Seems to only be in the beginning of the video.

The audio is skipping around a bit from Blah's side. Anyone else have this? In both the MP4 download and in the Flash player. At least half of the times he says the word 'like' in a sentence, it's skipped. So I guess that's like, sort of an improvement.

Yeah, same problem.

same :>

same

yeah im getting the skipping aswell, enjoying the series so far, see you at the tables morguath

The rest of the video was fine, really enjoyed the discussion. I like Ansky's explanations a lot, especially the thought process on the 66 hand, sb vs bb.

AA on JT9rQ: Will there ever be a reason to 3barrel this board and turn our hand into a bluff? I think given preflop action he never has AK and at most KQs (3 combos) if he's loose whereas we have 12-16 combos of AK and also KK (6 combos).

My only reservation is that a river pairing would boat him up (20-25% of rivers)

hmm upon reflecting on my own thoughts I think the flop cbet by Blah was terrible on JT9r (assuming villain is a reg but I can't remember). Should we just c/f directly or c/c once and then c/f turn?

hmm upon reflecting on my own thoughts I think the flop cbet by Blah was terrible on JT9r (assuming villain is a reg but I can't remember). Should we just c/f directly or c/c once and then c/f turn?

I think I have more than 50% equity on the flop vs a reasonable calling range. Villain shouldn't ever fold a Q or any pair with a GS.

The audio is skipping around a bit from Blah's side. Anyone else have this? In both the MP4 download and in the Flash player. Seems to only be in the beginning of the video.

We are looking into it. Try to keep the discussion on the content for the sake of the thread as we try to find a solution to this audio issue.

Thanks,
Joe

New video files uploaded.
-Rusty

I think turning aa into a bluff on the jt9q board definitely has some merit. Given his description of being loose pre i think he has ak very rarely and you have it a lot. aa seems to be near the bottom of your range on the turn and doubt he can ever call 2 more barrels with less than a straight.

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What would you do in QQ in this spot? What on pairing board rivers and not?

there's no more stars to give to the videos ? I would give 5* to this one. very good episode . haven't seen the others.

Audio is still skipping (Joe: I'm not trying to take away from the discussion, just wanted to point it out since Rusty has said new files were uploaded)

Audio is still skipping (Joe: I'm not trying to take away from the discussion, just wanted to point it out since Rusty has said new files were uploaded)

Can you give me a rough time stamp of skippage?

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Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

You are giving him 3 to 1 which is 25% but this doesn't matter, you are getting 2 to 1 on the bluff so it needs to work 33 1/3 % of the time on the flop in a vacuum assuming you have no equity when called, so obviously less than this given our equity.

Hey Blah, when you bet half pot aren't you giving him 3 to 1 odds to call, so isn't your breakeven 25% instead of 33%. Maybe I'm not seeing something here, you tell me, thanks.

What Korova said. I'm spending 1/2 the pot to win the full pot so it needs to work 1/3 of the time to breakeven (not counting the rake). Think of it as you spend 1 dollar(half pot) to win 2 dollars (the pot) + your 1 dollar back (your bet) as you can see you spend 1 to get 3 and has to work 1/3 of the time.

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Why is a jam better than a normal sized 4b if you decide to get it in pre?

I think turning aa into a bluff on the jt9q board definitely has some merit. Given his description of being loose pre i think he has ak very rarely and you have it a lot. aa seems to be near the bottom of your range on the turn and doubt he can ever call 2 more barrels with less than a straight.

Sounds like he's pretty loose though, and he can have lots of Kx combos.

What would you do in QQ in this spot? What on pairing board rivers and not?

id start by checking the turn usually, and id probably bet board pairs. id probably bet super small on non board pairs

Why is a jam better than a normal sized 4b if you decide to get it in pre?

It's not necessarily, usually when I say jam there I am also referring to 4b small/ call 5b.

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Just a point you guys didn't bring up but deserves mention is that I think he is significantly more likely to raise and build this pot on the flop with KQ, trying to stack AK/AA and almost always just flat with AQ/QJs type hands.

Just a point you guys didn't bring up but deserves mention is that I think he is significantly more likely to raise and build this pot on the flop with KQ, trying to stack AK/AA and almost always just flat with AQ/QJs type hands.

yep this is true of course.

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weird hand and good discussion.

a couple combos of 98s make some sense as part of a river bluffing range here

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he's also more likely to slowplay AXhh and KXhh, which are more combos than J-high and lower flushes

it's obviously a 'tough' fold in-game due to our absolute hand strength, but i really like how ansky framed it: if you've played 230 hands with this guy, you'll have a good idea whether he could bluff or severely overvalue a hand here enough to call

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He could have pocket sixes.

What line would you play having pocket sixes there?

i love hearing ansky's analysis. i think he's a great great teacher.

He could have pocket sixes.

What line would you play having pocket sixes there?

What line I'd take will be dependent on the villain and take whatever line that reps the most amount of weakness/bluffs to him (perceived range). common lines include c/r flop bet turn jam river or c/c c/c c/rai. I'd never consider c/c c/c then donk pot though because it's a pretty bad game plan to c/c c/c with some weak hand OOP with the intention of donking pot on certain rivers.

I feel like every time you go to say BLAH you hesitate

He could have pocket sixes.

What line would you play having pocket sixes there?

I would have c/r'd flop or turn, id say he almost never has 66.

I feel like every time you go to say BLAH you hesitate

I always forget the numbers

ansky, bitchin discussion on the turn of 66 hand. ty sir.

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lolol Fing hilarious visual description

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Soo was the conclusion to cbet/call flop and c/c turn? Or c/rAI turn? If it was to c/c, what's the gameplan on different rivers?

Soo was the conclusion to cbet/call flop and c/c turn? Or c/rAI turn? If it was to c/c, what's the gameplan on different rivers?

Game plan is the same as if you flopped the nuts. However you play the nuts you can play this hand the same way. The important thing is to play your range and not your hand when facing decent regulars.

I do agree with ansky that jamming all in on the flop is probably over doing it.