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Luke,
Really enjoyed this new format. Nice to hear your thoughts/commentary before the action as well as checking the sims after the hand. Very informative.

Thanks Luke.

Luke,
At around 40:30 you discuss raising top two and bottom set on AJ8 board and how a lot of players will just call to allow villain to bluff it off. Is the raise more prevalent on ace high board like this because villain shuts down more on turn on ace high boards when called? Seems like if opponent is going to "bluff it off" less on ace high dry boards, then I would guess we make more by targeting the top of their range when we have 2 pair+? What do you think the reasoning is for this?

Thanks Luke.

Luke,
In the AQs vs AKo hand at ~26:00 when the AQs bets turn is this with the intention of barreling lots of rivers to fold out the AK that continues? Do any of the pocket pairs between 7's and 9's fold on river to bets? Looks like we fold out some of the worse ace highs and king high hands on the turn. Curious what your thoughts are on why AQs is a bet on turn.

Thanks Luke.

Frankie,
Really nice video. Lots of good information.
Thanks.

Jan,
Great video. I like the topic as well as the exercises to achieve or move towards being more patient. I utilize the third method of putting yourself into situations where you will become impatient and then deal with it. This seems to work the best for me because it feels like I am reprogramming my behavior, whether it is patience or anything else, putting yourself into those situations and approaching them differently than you have in the past seems to work very well.
Thank Jan.

Rapha,
Always like seeing these types of mental game videos. Nice video with lots of helpful advice.
Thanks.

Callum,
Enjoyed watching you play and comment on some of the more interesting spots. Great job as always.
Thanks Callum.

Callum,
The hand you played at 34:00 the KQo on 9dAsAc you bet 20% call then 2d turn you check give up. Curious what type of hands you prefer to bluff turn with, hands that block trips or hands that pick-up equity on turn? What hands would you use to block trips/continues, maybe QJ? What is the value threshold for barreling as I assume you are not barreling off many combos on this board much.

Thanks Callum.

Alex,
I don't play a lot of tourneys, but I enjoy seeing this kind of content as I may get back into playing more tourneys in the near future. Lots of good information/analysis. Nice video.

Thanks Alex.

Mathias,
Nice video and great way to study.
Thanks.

Max,
Nice video. Some interesting spots and analysis.
Thanks Max.

Simon,
Great video and thanks for the responses to my questions. Look forward to the next one.

Paul,
Nice video. Do you think that most players that over range bet flops in a mindless way will also under defend to the check raise line? I think a lot of hands that are continues to the check raise are not necessarily intuitive to most players, so you see a fair amount of overfolding.

Thanks Paul.

Simon,
On the second hand you reviewed at ~57:00, you show that there is a big equity shift on 8 turn but it doesn't result in a lead. Is this because hero is supposed to check raise most of their 8x on flop resulting in hero having less 8x on turn? If hero check calls more 8x on flop I would imagine they would have more leads in this spot. I think this would also result in less raises by villain when hero does lead turn. What are your thoughts on this?

Thanks Simon.

Simon,
On the first hand you reviewed at 45:00, does the equity on river shift back to villain due to the check back on turn by hero which removes a chunk of their value region? You mention that sb bets a lot of their air region on turn, so they arrive on river with more showdown value than bb. I think the 3 is pretty neutral as both players could have a 3 here when turn checks through. As you stated in video, this is an interesting situation.

Thanks Simon.

Alexandra,
The A3s hand at 32:00 where hero gets 4 bet to a larger size by sb, verses rec players this hand for me would tend towards fold at these stack depths. Not sure how much worse is 4 betting by recs and seems unclear how we realize equity in spots where we don't flop flush draws or top pair. If raise was smaller, it would be more enticing. What stack depth do you think this becomes pure continue?

Thanks.

Nice video. I haven't played a PLO tourney in a while, so it was nice to see this kind of content.

Thanks Tyler,
Enjoyed the video.

Tyler,
The hand at ~29:00 when you have QTo on board of TcJd6s turn 8c river Td facing a bet from villain you choose to just call, does this hand not raise in this spot at some frequency? If no, what is the value raising threshold? Also, what would your best bluff candidates be in this spot? Is it better to block some of villains Tx or to block straights/boats?

Thanks Tyler.

Sam,
Great video as always.
Thanks Sam.

Linc,
Very nice video. I enjoyed the format of this one as it is similar to how I study.
Nice job.

Simon,
Always enjoy seeing different methods of study and hearing other players philosophy on playing the game. Nice video.

Thanks

Nuno,
Nice video. Would like to have had access to more of the hole cards but there were some interesting spots and analysis along the way.

Thanks.

Dhruv,
Nice video on deep stacked PLO. I noticed some of the hands villains showed up with in 3 bet or 4 bet pots did not have all 4 cards working together (danglers), either not suited or not connected in some way. When you are deep stacked, it seems like you would not want to have only 3 cards working for you. How much does this matter when deep and what stack depth does this begin to be a big mistake?

Thanks.

thejericho2,
The AQo hand at ~32:00 on Kd9d9hJhJs board, solver approves an all-in raise on river, which I would not have thought of, and I am curious what villain folds to the raise that hero is not beating? Does villain fold straights here? AA and AK would probably fold here, but most of value for this size probably doesn't fold. Clearly this is solver approved and a line I would not have thought to take (nice find by hero). Would like to get your thoughts on this.

Thanks.

thejericho2,
At ~13:00, the JTdd on 9hJs5c going for xr, I personally prefer to have the bdfd in these spots if I am not getting 3 bet very much mainly for the additional equity I can pick up on turn when behind especially when deeper stacked. That said, I am not sure I would raise any Jack in this spot other than maybe AJ? I would rather dominate their Jx and unblock some continues like QT, KT, and KQ. Curious if you agree with this and what your thoughts are.

Thanks.

Max,
On the QJo hand at ~16:00 Wizard shows that QJo is a mix between call and fold and Q5 or Q6 is a call. Is this mostly due to blocking some of the bluffing range like JT or is there some other reasoning for this?

Thanks Max.

Max,
How much of a difference does it make in terms of our continue when villain raises to a smaller size, say 4x instead of 5x. Let's say BTN vs BB check raise. If our opponents under check raise or maybe under bluff (possibly a combination of both), do we treat both sizes the same or very similar?

Thanks Max.

Francesco,
Great video. Enjoy the topic as well as the use of node locking to illustrate some of your points.

Thanks Francesco.

Paul,
Thought that the last hand where you had TT with a spade on AsKs3s turn 3c river 9s facing check raise on flop check check turn and check raise on river is interesting. Seems as though strategy on river could be off by quite a bit if villain is checking more hands on turn and river than equilibrium. Villain arrives on river after checking with more strong hands than they are supposed to which would have hero betting less I suppose. You mentioned in the video that the ranges on river are different due to villain deviating on turn and river (which makes this spot a guessing game in real time), I am just curious how much you think this changes hero betting range on river. I would imagine some of the hands you thought you would not bet on river turn out to be check backs when node locked for the deviations you think villain is making here. What are your thoughts?

Thanks Paul.