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I follow a lot of poker YT stuff and will take a look for sure!

In the mean time I purchased both GTO+ and Solver+. I think GTO+ is very counterintuitive, but haven't used it a lot to be fair.

Solver+ I'm fiddling with a lot and like it a lot as well. Also using the Postflop+ app by the same developer and this is also a nice one to play around with in a lost hour when all you have is your phone.

As always: my gratitude is huge. I’ll get my hands on some ranges as well and input them in Flopzilla for easy access. I guess altering the standard opening and/or 3bet ranges to for instance suit cold call situations, takes some experience. Probably take out some of the best and some of the worst hands. I’ll play around with this more and more in the near future for sure!

Finally took the time to properly study this. I have purchased Flopzilla a while ago and it seems I can do the same stuff as with Pokerranger (which is pretty expensive). I will dive into my Pockertracker and put in some boards and hands!

One thing I was still wondering though: where did you get the 12% BTN call range from? I understand it's an estimate and also depends on player type, but would like the estimates I put it to be as close as possible.

Awesome guys helps a lot. Will study this more this weekend. Have a great weekend yourselves!

Ah yes! Great, thanks!

HawksWin would still very much appreciate the image in a better quality :)

In any case: doing more with Equilab and Flopzilla was on the top of my poker TO DO list!

Wow thanks a lot as well for your time and effort Hawks! Could you link the screenshot or post in another way? I cannot read it properly right now, when I try to zoom in I can’t read it at all ;)

Thanks a lot Raoul.

I find that the rangebet is called more than not, but it might be a small sample size. I’ll try to dig something up in Pockertracker maybe. But my feeling is that people peel flop A LOT. This is 2NL ;)

For the rest of your post: awesome. Position is key, also for range bets and selective betting. I’ll hope to incorporate this soon in my game!

I can explain it a bit now myself, after some more episodes :)

Common spots to (range) check:
- SB vs BB on low, wet flops
- OOP against a HJ/CO/BU cold caller on non-high card boards
- OOP as the PF 3bettor on middle, wet flops

Do these seem OK? Do you have any other spots?

It is also said in this episode, that we never range check in position. Does this mean that you always range bet IP on boards like the screenshot above, or does it mean you still selectively range bet IP?

Don't we want to bet big (75% pot) on this board OTF? Barrel turn?

Thanks HawksWin, very helpful. I like the abbreviations, that I for the most part not thought of myself, and also the times something happened. Thanks again.

I have about 8 or 10 colors to chose from. Will take another look at how to divide and order them.

Very, very much appreciated HawksWin ! Although the pictures are a bit small to see, I understand clearly what you are explaining. Also, this is the first time I understand where the range bet theory is coming from! Thanks again <3

Hi RaoulFlush, could you elaborate a bit on why Ac is calling off here? I would think that Ac means less missed flush draws that villain is barreling with?

Yes, I've finished up FTGU for the first time and I could add A LOT of tools to my toolbox. Will watch again soon ;)

Hi! I'm a cash player from the lowest stakes, the cracks of hell: 2NL :)

Completely understand now. Considering the board I too would have thought it is a board to selectively bet. I was thrown off because of the comment that Mark would check his range here.

Thank you for your patience ;)

This really helps a lot Shaun, thanks. I'll keep studying and playing and see if I can get the hang of this.

There is still one thing that bugs me in this particular hand. If this board warrants a range check, why are we betting 3/4 pot here, which is considered an OK play in the video? Because when we range check all hands that miss but bet all good hands, that would defeat the entire range bet purpose, right?

Hi Shaun,

Thank you for your time and elaborate answer.

I'm a beginning, struggling player, playing 2NL and new to range based thinking and solvers. So please excuse my ignorance but I'm still confused. Let me try to explain and elaborate a bit on how I understand this spot at this time.

• The JJ hand from the video is a classic BTN vs BB spot
• Pete asks Mark what he would do in this spot with his range. Maybe 'what to do with your range' is not the same as a 'range bet/check' but Mark answers that he would 'range check' this
• Both statements confuse me. As I thought I learned from the FTGU course, a range bet is a c-bet with your entire range, that you do often and small (1/3 of the pot), on boards where Hero (BTN) retains an advantage like high and/or dry boards. When you decide to do something with your range on a board, this isn't always a bet? This can also be a check?
• The 4d6c7d doesn't seem like a board to range bet on, because it is neither high or dry. Therefor it is, I thought, a board to selectively bet on. Polarized, value bets and bluffs, at about 3/4 pot. As I understand you correctly though, this is not a thing on this board. In the video the bet is 3/4 pot and is agreed that this is OK
• Now that I type all this, I think that most of my confusion comes from the debate about checking in this spot. I would think to always bet this overpair, but I guess I'm wrong?

At this point I'm trying to grasp this, watching this part of the video over and over and reading your elaborate answer, but I don't succeed to understand it.

Do I need a solver to understand these spots and to learn the game properly? Can you recommend a good tutorial or video explaining some more about solvers?

Nice write up and some consistent numbers. Looking at the 38 hands I immediately noticed you were in bad shape most of the time and that opponents don't get way out of line apparently. What stakes is this?

Thanks a lot as well HawksWin. I'm going to think about this for sure. I'll collect all this info and when I'm at the sizing section of 'From the ground up', all pieces will come together, I'm sure.

Thanks Trinity, that are some great guidelines! Together with all the other info I’m sure I’ll make more correct decisions.

Great, I've send you a request

Cool, I now see that 'From the ground up' also has video dedicated to bet sizing! Awesome!

Hi Polyneikos

Well I like your stats and wished I could play the volume you play! :) But I can't keep up when I play 4 tables and even 2 tables is sometimes difficult. I don't put in many hours yet, I'm studying a lot.

I can only play at GGPoker from my country (the only site that has some volume). I believe it's the worst site rake-wise, but there are no other options. There's is a lot of fish, but also regs.

I've been playing for 2 months now I guess. I've started out fantastic and discovered it was luck mostly. Now I'm struggling for a couple of sessions in a row, a few thousand hands, and trying to plug my leaks.

Lets keep in touch!