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Thanks Eldora ! I can at least start here.

can u talk about open sizing in splash pots in a future video?

Amazing idea for a series. Other hands that might be interesting to see the life of: 22, ATo.

My experience with the pool is that there are many players who barrel turn after a flop xr far more than they should according to pio. Do you agree, and against such a player how would you adjust? Is 87s no bdfd potentially a fold on the flop since they wont let us get to showdown as much as they should?

Hi Patrick,

In the last hand that you Pio'd, instead of range betting 50% what if you just gave it 50% as its only size, what percentage would it cbet then?

Im trying to understand what makes a busted FD a good bluff when checked down. My understanding is this:
If we compare 75dd and 75hh as potential bluffs:

75hh has many bluff targets: hands with 7d or 5d in them.

but the equivalent hands for 75dd (those with 7h and 5h) are much less likely in villain's range.

So the general hueristic is: the more our cards are blockers to strong draws in the villain's flop and turn range, the better our hand is as a bluff. correct?

Hi Qing, Isn't it possible that the optimal size in many spots is actually between 4x and 5x? Have you tried plugging in 4.5x to the solver?

Hi Pete, I'm trying to understand your 3! sizing strategy. For example at 10:40 you seem to make it 3.6x vs the co's 2.75x open. Very roughly, what is your approach to different sizings OOP and IP?

Hi Darren, in your PIO sim, the defend range looked really wierd to me (though im more used to classic bb vs co spots, i dont think this spot should be too dissimilar). I would imagine putting in K8o ahead of 72s as a +EV, and so on. Am I badly mistaken about this?

Hi Henry, At 15:29 wondering about what your river continue range would be. Are you checking the A hi here because you have the ghost of a showdown value? You say not having a heart is a bad thing, but don't you think not having Ah unblocks a lot his turn peeling range that would have to give up now? Would you consider Ks as one of the worse rivers for you?

Looking at your sim, I noticed that you give rec 0 AK in his range, but I think many recs will have some. I think the river play might depend on this a lot. AK particular with Kh/Ah might be called more IP by villain leading to a more profitable shove for us. wdyt?

Great video....I have 2 questions.

1. UTG vs SB 3!. Is QTs a standard call? Is it because sizing is on smaller side?

2. Last hand, you didn't show us what the solver would do as OOP on this river at equilibrium vs a shove. Vs recs folding seems fine because of lack of natural bluffs, but will solver find enough bluffs to make it a call?

In the third hand, perhaps we could have a half pot betting range or even a block betting range on the river . that KQ can participate in more fully? Or does that lay us open to bluff x-raises a lot?

This is an awesome video...I even learned a new concept, "blocking your own value". It makes a lot of sense, but often do you think you use it in practice?

Disagree with those who want to start with a hand history, to me this format is a much more efficient way to learn.

Are there any boards on which you donk bet in single raised pots?

Good video, but shouldn't the ideal bet-size vs FE graph look very non-linear, that's what I remember from TMOP and Janda's stuff.

Sorry let me be more clear. 23:10 is the timestamp. You say you would bluff equity here because OOP is more likely to be sticky here. What's an example of a case where you wouldn't be primarily bluffing equity?

Hi Patrick...What do you mean by "bluffing equity"?

Overall, fantastic video. However, I have a question.

If we are assuming a villain who has such an exploitable c-bet strategy, shouldn't we be even more exploitable on the river by value betting something like 2/3rd pot with K9? In my experience, we are unlikely to get value from such villains by overbetting. Since we are node-locking an exploitable strategy on the flop but then assuming optimal play from turn onwards, it feels like we end up with a strategy which is good against practically no-one.

Re: QsQx. What if you take your second sim (node-locked unbalanced cbet), then unlock your QQ combos and re-run the sim? How much PIO uses QsQx as part of a weak capped checking range can tell you something about its role in the optimal solution.

Hi Julian, Good video in general, but there seems to be some inconsistency in your reasoning at times. E.g. in the JT2tt with OOP overbet analysis, we see that PIO is checking sets on flop a lot, so it must be a reasonable strategy. But then later on you say that checking sets on flop is suicidal ?