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Great video Adam, thank you! How did you identify the winningest players for the Sharkscope analysis? How many players are in the group?

Yeah I wondered the same thing here. Equities run really close (according to GTOW 200bb ranges) and HJ has a nut advantage.

20:33 Looking at this spot now, would you ever play some non-AI 4-bets here? I think the strategy might change if you allow for small 4-bets in HRC.

30:41 I understand your arguments for folding ATo here, but I feel like you might be over-estimating how much Ax you block given UTG is mainly suited heavy and they don't bet them at full frequency on the turn. Tx no draw seem like the first folds here (like T7s), but if you're folding AT I think you're overfolding. At equilibrium you'd have to hit almost 70% of hands here versus this sizing so we can fold 2x, and weak draws like 97 or 87, plus the worst Tx. Anything more than that seems like overfolding. IP can still bluff K8s, lots of Ax that we don't block and then 66-99, trying to make some of our Tx indifferent. What do you think?

Hey Chris, can you make a video on how you're using PIO to look at preflop spots like the 4bet with K6s that dougyknowsbest mentioned?

It's very marginal so interested to hear if Sam thinks it's a call.

12:06 Can you give your reasoning why this spot is close and a tough decision with the QJs? I don't think it's even a ChipEV call, so has to be a really bad ICM call, surely?

You mentioned that a solver would recommend you flatting AA UTG vs UTG+1 before talking about what to do versus this kind of specific opponent. Which solver in particular can run this kind of analysis?

Thanks for the reply Sam. Do you have a number of say 0.1bb or 0.05bb or 0.5bb even that you use as a threshold then? My guess is that when you have 6bbs you should push a small edge, but a much larger one when you have say 25bb - is that right? So for example, it shows a hand as having 0.03bb at 6bbs you should shove, but if a hand has 0.03bb at 25bb it's probably not a shove.

53:23 when you said that we're realising a third of a big blind, I've always been confused by the edges produced in HRC. 0.31bb is the same as 31bb/100 right? And if you're winning that much in a cash game you're crushing, so in a tournament what is considered a great edge threshold? And should the edge change based on number of big blinds you have, i.e. shorter stack smaller edge, bigger stack bigger edge?

Super video, thanks Dylan. JJ hand at 20:35 it seems PIO prefers a mix of calls and folds rather than 'pretty much always folding' as you put it. How does this change your thought process in this spot moving forward?

Great video Sam, thank you! Would you be able to discuss the bet sizes that you chose, especially for OOP x/r of 2.2x and 3x? Did you have a preference to one sizing before this video? (Your x/r seemed quite small on the whole). How has PIO affected your thoughts on optimal sizing in these spots? Does it depend on board texture, ranges etc?

Great video! Is there any chance you could do a node-locking video in the future or point me towards another video that shows how to do it to develop exploitative strategies?

Hi Chris, thanks for this response - you're right that I didn't get the sarcasm at all so I appreciate you coming on and explaining. Keep up the good work. As I said, love your videos!

"Clearly you're somewhat unfamiliar with the internet. Here's how it works:"

What even is this???

I just praised you and you respond with this petty, insular and patronizing response! I really don't understand.

A lot of people in poker focus solely on results and I believe that it it should be more about your ability to teach when it comes to making training videos. Just in case you missed it the first time, here's what I said:

"...I believe he is probably the best teacher and explainer on the site."

and

"I think he's class, a great coach and his videos are probably the best on the site."

I really don't see the value in tournament players posting their results over small sample sizes. Not to single Apotheosis out here since I believe he is probably the best teacher and explainer on the site, but his sample shows an obvious flaw. If his ROI is 37% then over the 1,442 games at an average field size of 803 he could have results anywhere between losing $60,506 and winning $394,875.

I think he's class, a great coach and his videos are probably the best on the site. If he had lost $60k last year, I personally wouldn't think he was any worse and yet results seem to be the key definer of ability these days. I'm sure Chris knows that giving his results over such a small sample is a little disingenuous given that I'm fairly confident he has a solid understanding of variance, but at least it gives RIO subscribers the blinkered view that his results reflect his obvious ability.

Around 11 minutes you choose to 3b small instead of just jamming. In terms of ICM considerations, wouldn't a jam be better since you're actually losing money versus a QQ+,AK range and "only" (not sure if it's a lot, but given it's a $1k buy-in?) making $107.58 versus JJ+,AK?

I did the following calculations using http://www.icmpoker.com/icmcalculator/ and then a pad and a normal calculator. If anyone could see if they agree with the calculations that would be lovely.

Versus JJ+,AK

Fold = 825,552 chips and $16,110.67

Shove and lose = 268,788 chips and $9,781.08 (60.22%) = 161,864.13 chips and $5,890.17

Shove and win = 2,169,074 chips and $25,963.56 (39.78%) = 862,857.6 chips and $10,328.08

Shove = 1,024,721.73 chips and $16,218.25

Net ($) EV of shove = $107.58

Versus QQ+,AK

Fold = 825,552 chips and $16,110.67

Shove and lose = 268,788 chips and $9,781.08 (61.17%) = 164,417.6 chips and $5,983.09

Shove and win = 2,169,074 chips and $25,963.56 (38.83%) = 842,251.43 chips and $10,081.65

Shove = 1,006,669 chips and $16,064.74

Net ($) EV of a shove = -$45.93

Yeah I wanted to know this too since the ranges should change based on the different stack sizes, right? I would imagine that for ease Chris wanted to keep things simple (and efficient too) by just running the same ranges.

Heads-up - not sure if you realise, but HRC has a paste function so you don't have to type out the stack sizes and blinds yourself (and miss antes) - you can copy and paste straight from HM2 into HRC. Hope this helps.

Is there any reason why you chose to move from HRC to PPT when analysing the final hand (ATs BTN vs SB)? ICM is surely going to have a massive impact on your calling range and you shouldn't be analysing the spot in terms of how well it does versus his shoving range in terms of hot and cold equity, right?

Thanks for the response. Do you run sims in HRC to work this out or is this something you just know instinctively? Shoving KTs UTG there is really profitable so I'm wondering how you work out that raising is better than shoving?

@39.56 you talk about the suited broadways that you don't want to jam - can you talk more about why you don't want to jam them? I think they're pretty profitable jams.

Hi Luc, great video! Can you talk more about why you think betting 1/2 pot with TT on the 952dd board at 24:12 will allow you to get stacks in by the river? I think you'll end up having to size up your bets on the turn and especially the river to get all in so I'm wondering if we could work out a consistent bet size on all three streets in this spot:

Final pot if all in = Starting Pot * R^3

( 51,104 / 4,140 ) ^ 1/3 = 2.311

Starting Pot Size + (2)(Bet Size) = (2.311)(Starting Pot Size)

(2)(Bet Size) = (1.311)(SPS)

Bet Size = 1.311/2 = 0.6555 or roughly 2/3 pot, so we should go around 2,714 on the flop instead.

What are your thoughts?

At 46mins, is there any reason why just flatting with AKo versus the 1.8bb and BTN flat is bad?

I'm a little bit confused by the AQo analysis at around 8mins as it seems like you actually spent time analysing the BB's AQo hand (and range) rather than yours and the x/r range you looked at was actually your range if the BB leads the turn. Did I get this wrong?

37:26 Any value in passing up on a +$EV call here to keep the shortie in and therefore allow you to apply a load of pressure to the other players at the table?

23:14 Can you talk about what stack sizes you 3b linear if you're going for a more polarized range at 30bb? You see a lot of other pros 3b hands like KJo, ATo in these spots, so very interested to hear your reasons for 3b a hand like A5s hand there.

22:17 AKo, you lose 3k chips, but don't talk about the hand... any thoughts?

3:10 38% equity is what the BTN needs, not the original raiser who actually only needs 29.7%. Come on Sam, you're better than this! Your point still makes sense though given that you want him to fold more often versus the bigger sizing.

11:40 Can you analyse the 3-bet jam with 55 a bit more? For example, what range do you think he's isolating the limper? Is he going much wider than his stats suggest? Versus roughly 20% HRC suggests 55 is a marginal fold, so definitely keen to hear your thoughts.

I think the discussion was good, although it would have been better to realise that you were in the HJ Luc, rather than focusing on the CO ranges the whole time.