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lol its an insult to say this should be essential video to all essential coaches.
If you compare that to someone like apotheosis who also did many essential vids... I mean thats a complete joke then no offense

one of the best vids in 2016

I d also prefer to check cause we only have 2 streets at best.
But I dont mind betting the flop but I would prefer smaller sizing

before we call K9s we should rather call A5s or so I think, anyway I think how the players at table have played the in game ranges will be a bit tighter like this
https://gyazo.com/b6a20542e1fbd01b8338c4cabe78da87

I have discounted the top hands QQ-AA (population will probably not shove it)
and some of the bottomrange as J4s,94s,53s etc) and HRC have us this callingrange
https://gyazo.com/4f942f35a0112836001910a5954b796b

Obv KQs performs in pretty much every case very good and should be a call, but its always nice to play with ranges and check the results how the population will probably play this spot and how maybe a certain player will approach it.

If you give the SB a even tighter Range lets say he folds J5s,T5s,95s,85s,64s,98o,T8o) then BB should probably fold KJs

https://gyazo.com/963a6e9b8626b31e9b0a04b140ee2f5e

Thanks Phil for this great series I ve learned alot and its always nice to see you play nlhe :)

First hand, dont you think 30% sizing is better with our overall range at this stackdepth ?

@AKcc is it common that in highstakes poker AK get 3bet small at 21bb stackdepth ?
It just looks so strong imo.. Did you wanted to make him fold better hands or thinking he is the one who spazz it out w Ax blocker ?
Is this a standard play for you to 3bet w AK being as reshove stacksize ?

u should def. implement to set node locks and setting up leadingranges for the oop range on some boards/cards so u can reach a higher accuracy in your analysis:)
glgl in the 888 liveaments, saw u on tonkaaas vlog;)

33 @min21: why is KT a better x/jam ott than 33?

Q8o @23´10: what are better bc otr than Q8o? very interesting in checking on simple postflop or pio if we have to defend these combos... i feel like Q8o is a better x/c than AA bcs we block his valuerange (J8,QT,Q9)
but yeah get ur point that ppl arent balanced enough in these spots, but idk, rly close spot anyways

Hey Sam, Congratz for the EP.

Min 8: When CO 3bet 2,5x and you had TT in the BB. Honestly I dont see any problems in this sizing. It depends more on what kind of range and stacksizes you got there.
For example if we are in the BB and wanna 3bet vs EP+1 with a polarized range of QQ+,AK and some low SC bluffs then we indeed should set up our sizing very large since we wanna increase the amount of FE with our bluffs and buuld up the pot with our nutted hand and also especially for being oop.
But CO vs Ep+1 who seems to be loose and they are kind of deepish 45bbs he should/could 3bet a linear range to punish V for being too loose and therefore going with a tiny smaller sizing then 3x ip seems good to me. Its also ok to play a linear range with 3x that deep tbh but I kinda like more 2,5x IP. I think both options are fine

If its 100bb Poker like in CG then he should indeed make it 3x-3,5x thats a sizing many very top regs using like OTB or sauce

Edit: I did think about it and repeat what you said...I agree I do like more 3x size since Villian has a bounty on us so when he can catch our bounty but we cant chase after his I like the bigger size with our range

@numisma
which hands does pio prefer to bluffcatch the river with ?
AQ non club ? AK ?

thereheis Suprised that pio wants to bet here almost always! Id be interested what kind of hands you did give IP

I dont think we should have a large betting freq on a board like this.
Villian is going to have more twopair then we do along with ATs,T9s.

I think Jason played the hand completely fine. I dont know how Ike is playing but turning TT into a semibluff where most people would rather take the little showdownV which btw doesnt really exist vs BB 3bet ranges is a really good play and puts OOP into tough spot especially with hands like AJo,TT,99,AQ,AA,AK.

I think his riversizing is pretty nice since he doesnt have that many bluffs.

I could also see one betting strategy for large sizing and some checking as a good approach tbh.
QJ would be a good mix vs BB its not like we isolate ourself only vs better hands if we bet big with this combo since V has so many worse hands Q7s-QKs,Q8o-Qko,78,43s,98,77-99 on a scarecard you gonna tend to keep on bluffing

Man, you are one of my fav coachs. Big fan
more of these pls

Hey Sam,

min12: You 3bet KK BB vs BTN smaller and you say that you dont like it because you d like to play your range w bigger sizings from the BB which makes sense to me.
Since we are in the BB and wanna peel alot and probably only 3bet polarized so using a bigger sizing is good (maximize FE w our weakest hands and build up the pot w the strongish)

However I do like the smaller sizing in the FT as the bigstack w the stacksize distribution. Given there is one shortie left BTN is not intent to defend wide against you. So he might overfold this spot especially when he opens to wide. So folding out his weakest hands for a smallish sizing is good. Also the smaller sizing allows us to 3bet wider range

ATo @min47: why do u think bet>x/c or x/jam? i feel like that board just hits villains range so well that we want to check at a very high frequency....
dont see the point in betting otf bcs we only fold out some smaller pairs which he will jam pre most likely and we block A-hi hands which we want to fold out!

I dont think it should be part of our gametree to bet out small
and therefore with a very wide range since 25-33%sizings allow us to bet almost any hand vs. a range that smashes that board hard.

But I like it more vs. shallow stacks because they dont have enough room for maneuver.

In the A6o hand where you lost a big pot vs BB
I might be too nitty in these spots but given the BTN and BB are good player and both got reshove stacks and BTN is probably very loose then shouldnt we just fold it pre ?
Again I might be too nitty here cause its good to have blocker + 5handed its okaish

Hey Sam,

congratz to your 2. in Place by the 50k highroller at EPT Barcelona. I was for you in the HU ;)

min24 wA6o
I find that call OTT pretty loose given its EP and the turn is so good for our range that we shouldnt be concerned about overfolding. We have plenty Tx like KT-T8,T7s,T6s,89,76,75s,53s,78 (and maybe AT,44 if you arent 3betshoving pre vs him) I assume 66,TT are easy 3betshoves vs lag.
So I feel like you could have folded this combo easily especially with the Ac6 nutflush/blocker you block so many of his natural bluffs.
But sure if you got that read and I feel like given your timingtell since I had so many situations like this where in theory I know I have to fold but I went with my read and I feel like thats the kind of timing (fast call when you almost had your mouse at the fold button) you probably had this feeling/read that he might just go with any twocards and try to bluff you out of Ahigh and 6x.
Well if he shows KJss then he probably is overbluffing the turn.
So nh wp!

JTo @ min28: first of all i think we want to check this turn w/ our range w/ a very high frequency bcs this card improves his range more than our range.... but i feel like when we are decide to x/jam ott we will always get looked up by Kx and when we bet turn and jam certain rivers h´ll fold a higher frequency.
so i think its a rly interesting spot here. maybe we can x/r turn smallish and give up/or jam some rivers when called on the turn, what do u think about that?

agree w/ all of the other hands and very nice to see using pio, rly enjoy watching ur vids lately, keep it up man:)

i dont get ur turn bet w/ TT, u mentionned that u wanted deny equity but i dont see any hands in his range u can accomplish that, since he isnt peeling w/ KQ or smth otf...
and very interesting probejam by buck otr, first of all he´s lacking on bluffs a very high frequency, which means he´s very valueheavy. i dont think he´s valuejaming Ax there, leaves him w/ quads even tho its unlikely combinatory wise, since he´s only reppin a few combos and TT is a ez fold otr.
but the interesting part is if u are bet range otf and hit ur A ott, i guess puke folding Ax otr is fine bcs he just doesent have bluffs in his range...
what do u think about his probejam otr? would u call Ax if u would bet it otf? it rly sucks bcs he has perceived no bluffs.

@10:27,J6s: i´m not sure if we have to defend a weak Jx there bcs i expect him to 3bjam most of his draws w/o sd-value otf. also i think that his probejam ott is kinda nice since the turn reduces our valuecombos drastically and we will check back this turn w/ a very high frequency.
tbh i was very suprised w/ the combo he showed up with:D

I love this vid, thanks Daniel ! It made me think about my flopranges in these spots.

I just have one question on the flop sizing. Well, it was suprising to me that we only bet around half the time with our range/nut advantage.
But what if we choose to set up 1/3 sizing on the flop ? Do you think we can/should bet then wider ? Would Pio like to bet in high freq here ?
I am curious now :)

If we remove the top of our range we certainly cant shove the bottom-range any longer. So not sure how much inpact that has on AQo-AJo but I think with the 2 shorter stacks he should probably fold. The bigger the gap between them the more he should fold.

It makes sense to bet your sizing OTR for roughly 35%pot but would you also bluff like that ?
I think vs. better opponents this looks strong given pre+postflop action. Not sure how a weak player perceives this, he might just call even more because of the odds he is getting.

min23:
Dont you think we should bet AI anyway even we theoretically we rarely have bluffs but it doesnt matter from exploitative standpoint since we never want to bluff with that tiny sizing and want to bet bigger with out big hands. I mean people dont like to fold tp in mtts!
V gonna show up with tp alot and if they show us AK such a strong Tp hand then our sizing is def not max.
Also OTT I d bet a bit bigger bec one of these guys has most probably a draw if not both and they will call inelastic so 55%pot will gain more ev imo

Beside of that I think this video is very good I like it
thanks :)

33 @ 23:37: i think that ur riverbluff isnt consistent w/ ur turnsizing...
i highly doubt that u would bet some KT-KQdd combos which u floated otf with that turnsizing u chose.
also he isnt folding any of his AK combos to our turnsizing and he will bc all of these combos otr.
i´d just check river and hope to be sometimes good vs. some a highs which peeled vs. our turnsizing.
i´m very interested in checking on pio if 33 are a check or bet ott, feels very close to me!

good video, I like this format :)

Min 22:45:
AQ 3bet very large sizing with the argument to not making him play back.
Dont we wanna 3bet here more linear given BTN should be pretty wide and we are in the SB ?
I feel like its a good exploitative sizing but dont makes alot of sense with this strongish hand.

thanks for the video Sauce. I hope there will be a part 2.

Very good vid like always :)

min 45: ibotown is 3betting the shorty funplayer and gets reshoved by imdanuts.
You said he has easy call w a hand lets say AJo cause he only needs roughly about 30% equity.
but what if imdanuts is 4betting here very tight lets say TT+,AQ which is probably the tendencie for most player that deep in a Warm Up MTT. Vs that range we only have 28% so he could find a fold and especially to protect his very good stack.
I mean obv its a call vs someone who thinks we gonna 3bet the funplayer "INGA953" quite alot but the funplayer was pretty nitty...
So for me its not a spot where I expect ibotown to have a wide 4betreshoving-range tbh. I am not sure what I would do with a hand like 66,77,ATo in ibotowns shoes because INGA953 played quite weird and nitty. I wouldnt even 3bet 66-88 here so I assume people behind him would not react very loose in this spot, especially not in such a deep tournement.

I would rather call with AJs or KQs both have more equity and I think "ibotown" perceived the spot the same

What do you think mate ?