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Cory and others - On the nut flush blocker hand, thoughts on how the 4th suit on the river should change the NF blocker bet sizing (and/or betting at all)? As well as if the river pairs the board what is your and the solvers suggested action for NF blocker bettor?

My thoughts are the 4th suit increases the likelihood of opponent calling with non nut flushes, so in some situations should we give up and check? We can't do that against good opponents, so that we will get paid off when we do have the NF?

Also when the river pairs the board, NF blocker betting seems out of line since usually wouldn't bet with the NF, but then checking is just giving up the pot in that spot. Do we take a 1/2 pot bet fold approach?

Am I leveling myself? Or is it okay to give up some bluff attempts on theoretically bad rivers for what we are representing when HU going into the river with the betting lead?

Thank you Paul. Flop bet sizing, 1/2 pot or 1/3rd?

1) Nice! Would like to see the continuation of this theme on playing the river with these hands. Bet size when the board pairs? What to do when the river doesn't pair the board.

2) I understand the relevance of unblocking straight draws that will continue on the flop and likely fold to the flush completing turn when bet into or x raised, but that part of the game tree goes away on the river as most opponents aren't continuing with straight draws after the flush completes, right?

Can you expand on why we would stack off/continue with bottom 2 pair + FD, but in some cases fold top 2?

ie...With top 2 we have card removal against top/middle set, with bottom 2 we unblock top pair/set and I would think are more likely to be up against top set, or at best top pair with 9 side cards to improve to a better 2 pair, plus any other improvements opponent may have (FD and or SD).

Thx!

Just call and fade a club is best here since the SPR is still pretty big. If the SPR was much shorter we'd just go with it but we can still fade some turns at this SPR.

So call flop raise and lead pot/all in on non club turn (maybe exception for board pairing), and check with the intention of folding on club turns?

AAT9 hand - As far as bet sizing on the flop. Do you see the bet size changing 3 ways vs if HU? If not, why wouldn't it change?

Thoughts on 1/2 pot 3 ways and 2/3 to 3/4 pot HU?

T7 Top 2 hand...When donking flop and getting raised (most likely to occur when facing AA with NFD) what is the plan?

The last hand top set of KK, you ended the video saying you didn't play the hand particularly well. What should you have done differently?

Hunter - Can you expand on why with the 3rd nuts to bet more often (80%) than with the 2nd nuts (70%).

Understand with the nuts, to bet less, due to inducing bluffs and going for X raise, but since we aren't check raising with 2nd or 3rd nuts (are we ever suppose to X raise with #2 or #3?), surprised that betting #3 is a higher frequency than #2.

Thanks!

Thanks Emty. That answers it!

How do you see incorporating bet sizing into the CBet %'s?

ie...Bigger bet sizing on KJ7 flushdraw vs Q73 rainbow...and how important to have 1 bet size for full range vs 2 or more bet sizes?

As the PFR in a multiway pot, say on a flop of AT6 with a flush draw, I don't see the benefit of betting small with a made hand, (set or top 2), on the turn about half the deck will bring a straight or flush possibility and either slow down the action or our opponent drew out cheaply.

Why doesn't AA or TT need protection/equity denial in that spot?

Thanks Emty!

The game was 8 handed.

My play was player dependent, and I felt he could get out of line, but also if he did have the nut flush that he wouldn't likely check the turn for fear of not getting value from me, if he did have the nut flush, to me nothing in the play of the hand to that point indicating I would bet if checked to.

I also for some reason felt he had KK with the Q blocker.

His hand was AJ of spades Q of hearts and off suit 8

I bet about 2/3rd pot, $25, and villain pretty much min XR to $62 leaving just under a pot size bet on the river.

River is brick 7 and he shoves...

Paul in the AAJ3 hand around the 6 minute mark.

In hand you checked flop, in review mentioned you prefer a bet.

On the river:

1) Do you see merit to any other size than pot? 2/3rd, 3/4?

2) Do you see the answer to #1 changing based on the betting/checking the flop?

As played, I think checking back flop on 489 with the nut flush draw is less believable to general population than betting IP as PFR with the nut flush draw.

Do you think that flop action is an important factor on what we do on the river? ie...less likely to get called on the river if betting the flop vs more likely to get called on river when we don't cbet that flop?

KK88 hand - Would be interesting to see how monker suggests playing the hand post flop, specifically bet sizing.

On the flop unblocking diamonds and QJ9, bigger sizing than 2/3rd pot?

On turn and river, any sizing besides pot?

Interesting videos...When you post your third one can you include the results of all these?

Ie 20 tourneys played, Bought in for x$, cashed in X of tourneys for a total return of x....

Thanks

So far (or maybe comment at the end) would you say you are running even, ahead, behind of expectations?

Thanks all!

IMO, it is either the flush or a missed straight draw like K-Q-J-x  or in this spot even just a hand like A-Q-J-x.

Very player dependent spot, as some players frequently check jam the flop with their nut flush draws especially out of position, others don't.

You don't often see players bet low flushes for a big bet out of position, especially with chips behind.

As described, I'd be inclined to call and expect to see naked A of diamonds so he knows you don't have the nuts with a missed straight... 

With the nut flush I would expect to see a move earlier in the hand or a smaller bet on the river, like half pot...

Sam,

Enjoying your videos...2 things.

1) The A-A-9-2 hand. I don't think it matters much equity wise whether you play it as you did, or if you flat pre. I think the big difference is going to be the variance. As played we are going to triple up ish or lose, where as flatting pre, is playing stack control...

What is preferred? I think depends on opponents, the tougher the opponents more I like the jam, against lesser opponents who regularly stack off with top 2, any set, any pair+flush draw...When we get an Ace flop or flush draw we can get our stack in being 70%+...

Against Twin Caracas you mentioned his 25% 3 bet percentage, and that you felt it was even higher vs you personally.

What do you think a solid players 3 bet % and other #'s should be, VPIP, CBET etc...(in a vacuum)

Also it looked like your cbet #'s were 23%. So just jumped out at me during the video that you mentioned how wide/loose Twin Caracas was/is, when your #'s look similar, but perhaps you were referencing how he comes after you?

Following up on that, what about against opponents who make our life tough in that manner, moving seats, or taking seats where we are in position against them, or at least a position or 2 to their right, rather than on their immediate right.

The result of this hand is a situation that I feel occurs often enough, and when it does the cost is devasting.

Getting it in drawing dead with top pair/2 pair against top set, and doing so under the premise we have top set blocker....

Just seems if we are right and we are ahead we are probably somewhere between 40-60% against a continuing range like A-Q-J-10, Q-J-10-9, Q-Q-J-9 and if opponent has air such as 6-7-8-9 and lays down, the amount of $ we pick up when opponent lays down to a flop or to turn x raise is miniscule compared to the amount we lose when way behind/drawing dead like in this case.

Regarding this hand. seems like with our check raise, anything other than opponent lay down puts us in a difficult spot come the river.

What about a turn donk bet/fold strategy? or turn donk bet, and check call unpaired rivers 8 or below. If we are ahead on the turn, a 9-10-J-Q or A would seem to make opponents likely turn calling ranges that we are ahead of, now beat us with a straight or bigger 2 pair...