Capitano's avatar

Capitano

17 points

About the same JTcc hand:
-I agree with Ugur, I feel like you have to make an awkward (&expolitable) fold there (still feel like your pretty well protected; villain should be raising this flop very rarely cause of your clear range advantage)
-I think that the diamond turn pretty much never helps our range. If he checked back the 5d ott, us shoving river feels like a spew to me, since we're perceived to (and probably should) rip all diamond combos otf.

March 2, 2015 | 7:16 p.m.

215+R @ 4:40 isn't 22 a shove unless co is really tight?

Feb. 27, 2015 | 10:56 a.m.

very good content! i'd still like you to finish your other series ;)

Feb. 3, 2015 | 5:48 p.m.

super great stuff all together Sam!

Jan. 28, 2015 | 5:11 p.m.

~40:20 on the top left table, you say you like cbetting therer esp with the backdoor nfd. Shouldn't we be be inclined to check back just because of the backdoor nfd since there are more turn-cards we can happily continue on if apathy decides to lead? I'm not saying we should always check back there with the backdoor, but at least more often then with our bare ace highs, am i wrong?

Jan. 26, 2015 | 8:23 p.m.

Great content! This stuff definitely helps alot to transfer your PLO game to MTTs...

Jan. 20, 2015 | 6:21 p.m.

great video, once again!
~29:00, middle left (the AT hand), shouldn't we be inclined to check ott, since kaju85 has way more nutted hands in his range at this point. Since we want to pot controll a decent amount of the time, i think this would be a great way to protect our checking range.

otr you say you have some bluffs in your range. can you name an example for that? just can't imagine a 3 barrel bluff to be very profitable in that spot.

Nov. 5, 2014 | 5:01 p.m.

Comment | Capitano commented on New RIO Layout

videos still don't work on chrome with me :(

Oct. 26, 2014 | 3:37 p.m.

I tried your equation with the following values (which may or may not be accurate)
fold equity: 30%
equity if called: 30% (should be correct enough if we put some flush draws in villain's r/c range?)

so my result would be an EV of +15950 

i honestly did expect negative EV according to the numbers I assumed. Did I make a bigger misstake?


Oct. 15, 2014 | 1:42 p.m.

Leading definitely the way to go otf imo, just because that's the best way to get money in against hands your an equity favourite against. 

C/r'ing somehow implies that your willing to gii otf, which you probably shouldn't be looking for, as OP already said. raise/folding is obv even worse.

May 13, 2014 | 2:44 p.m.

Honestly, I probably play it the same and don't feel to bad about it.

But, I definitely see the merits of checking back there otf, and the more I think about it, it might be a good way to strengthen our checking back range there. (Unless you wanna cbet 100% of your range, which probably isn't good.)

So my suggestion of constructing a post-flop range in that spot (which I'd like to hear some thoughts about):

bet/gii: AK+ and our strongest drawing hands

bet/fold(but barreling a lot of turns and rivers if called): weak 2pair, weak fds, bare Kd, bare A

check (but most likely continue): A with mediocre redraw/ backdoor draws (like op's holding)

check (most likely give up): esp complete misses


I obv missed some hand categories, just meant as a rough breakdown...


April 10, 2014 | 7:08 p.m.

It's not standard to barrel his specific hand. Honestly I think it's pretty bad to do so on a blank turn.

(I don't like his stab otf very much either)

Take a note!

March 27, 2014 | 4:25 p.m.

I 3bet a ton pre (>10%), but very rarely from BB vs EP opens. I'm constructing my 3betting range in the BB vs EP spot as follows (and i feel like my approach isn't too bad): my better AA hands, my best KK hands and my ds rundowns.

That way we cover all types of boards pretty well and our range doesnt hate to get 4bet pre

March 26, 2014 | 6:38 p.m.

Any stats about villain?

1. I'd suggest to flat pre: In general I defend my BB fairly wide, so putting this hand in a calling-range strengthens our defends. Additionally you got some solid deception going on. 3b'ing those AA there is obv gonna put you in a lot of though spots against a strong range equity-wise + playability-wise (like already mentioned)

2. As played: c/c'ing otf doesn't seem like a valid option to me. It's just gonna be impossible to realize our equity ever that way.

I might be way off, but I feel like against very stabby villains we could put in a +ev check/jam. my vaccum play would probably bet/fold (although...very getting such good odds...puke...)


March 25, 2014 | 12:46 p.m.

Good stuff Stefan. Keep up the good work!

March 24, 2014 | 8:11 p.m.

Yeah, leading the turn came to my mind as well and in retrospective it's probably the best play.

Anyway, don't you feel like a turn-lead folds out anything we got beat anyway? Villain's most likely not gonna fold anything better.

Jan. 28, 2014 | 6:25 p.m.

my assumptions about his cbetting range may or may not be true. but anyway i doubt he's vbetting an OP otr.

Jan. 28, 2014 | 2:05 p.m.

Hand History | Capitano posted in PLO: PLO200 3bet pot river spot
CO: $200
BN: $200
SB: $160.83
BB: $373.26
UTG: $92.58
HJ: $360.06 (Hero)
Villain seems to be a decent reg, runing 29/18 over 214 hands.
no further specific reads.
Preflop ($3.00) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt T 9 Q K
UTG folds, Hero raises to $6, CO folds, BN raises to $21, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls $15
villain's button 3bet is on the larger side. (20% out of 20 hands)
Flop ($45.00) Q 5 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BN checks
he cbets 54% so far. i'd still assume that all op and most queens are in his cbetting range. as well as any decent str8 draw.
Turn ($45.00) Q 5 7 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BN bets $32, Hero calls $32
fairly standard imo.
River ($109.00) Q 5 7 8 3 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BN bets $61.59
i don't see alot of hands that villain can credibly rep here.
raising seems like a bad idea, cause i feel like i'm beating most of his hands i'm folding out.
calling too spewy?

thoughts on every street appreciated. Thanks!

Jan. 25, 2014 | 12:23 p.m.

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm pretty much convinced that open shoving is the best play (at least in a vacuum). my assumption c/c>shove was most likely results oriented.

i actually did check and he shoved with TQQKds which was pretty much the best result i could hope for. i took a note ;)

Jan. 24, 2014 | 9:59 p.m.

i feel like shoving accomplishes basically one thing: folding out villain's broadway hands which should have poor equity against my actual hand anyway. 

in addition i thought that villain might stab this flop too wide, cause it should hit his range harder then mine.

Jan. 24, 2014 | 4:07 p.m.

hmm rio hand converter probably misses out on antes. or am i doin something wrong?


Jan. 24, 2014 | 4:03 p.m.

Hand History | Capitano posted in PLO: PLO50 deep/ante AA flop spot 250bb
HJ: $125
CO: $226.86
BN: $101.34
SB: $126 (Hero)
BB: $126.75
villain's a regular, playin 33/24 over 186 hands.
4bet%=40% (sample->10)

him being aggressive pre and having a wide 4betting range are pretty much the only reads so far.
Preflop ($0.75) (5 Players)
Hero was dealt 5 A 3 A
HJ raises to $1.12, CO folds, BN folds, Hero raises to $4.36, BB folds, HJ raises to $14.08, Hero raises to $43.24, HJ calls $29.16
everything fairly standard, especcially against that villain imo. but i'd probably play the same against a tighter perceived range.
Flop ($92.71) 8 6 7 (2 Players)
i think: c/c>shove>c/f, i'd like to hear some thoughts, thanks!

Jan. 24, 2014 | 10:27 a.m.

Tbh i think this is pretty much the best turn you could hope for to take another stab.

Jan. 23, 2014 | 7:40 p.m.

Load more
Runitonce.com uses cookies to give you the best experience. Learn more about our Cookie Policy