Kerith

Hi Emty, thank you for this video. I have a slightly OT question: How do you play 6 tables on GG at the same time? I am capped at 4 tables.

Problem is persisting almost three months later. Am I the only one with that problem?

I am generally interested in a study group but I don't understand why telegram would be the platform of choice.

In my opinion your problems start with your way too large cbet.

Thanks for your answer, I am sorry that I could not reply earlier.
Like I wrote, at this point I can raise it about $2 more (he has $6.37 at the start of the hand and put in $4.23 so far). I am confused by your math. How did you arrive at the 30%? I need ~33% for a call to not be a losing play (with I assume it not to be) but I also have the option to put in those $2. However if I do so and I get called by worse hands less than 50% of the time, just calling is better.

I think I do not have a river check raising range here. My reasoning is that people generally don't bet rivers often enough. During the hand I thought about how I can KQ here and how I would play that and came to the conclusion that without a read I would always want to lead my straights here.

I am also still learning to run those simulations. For example on the flop if I assume he has a 5% 3-betting range and pots aces with a flush draw, two pairs and sets then his range should be (AAcc,(TT,QQ,22),(TQ,T2,Q2)):5%, right? Against that we have 45.5% equity!

My speculation on him potting QQ/TT on the turn is just based on past experience.

For my understanding: How different / how similar do you think our hand is to a similar hand that has a T instead of an 8 here? Are they both good picks to check/call or would you consider one to be significantly better as a hand that gets it in OTF?

Thanks for your insight, guys! Would it change your play if the river was a 4h instead of the Kh (so that QJ does not improve)?

He had A9, something I did not consider at the time. Good call by you to include it in your analysis!

Just to quickly wrap this hand up I think the consent is to call which I agree with and which is what I did do in the hand. I don't think the other options should be dismissed instantly but you would probably need a much better read on V to take either of them.

@texasflood2: Thanks, I do like your analysis.

In general I have gone away from bluffing with the nutflush blocker too much lately since I got called a lot (even by non-flush hands) from passive players. It makes total sense to do it but if people are not willing to fold we should just bluff them less, right?

On the river I think he just has so many potential bluffs and so few value hands (since he probably only bets high flushes for value) that, combined with his weird sizing, I think he is just trying to get me off a hand often enough to profitable call. If the flop had less straight draws I would probably agree with you guys and fold though.

Thanks for you replies, guys. Do you think he will pot any flush? Or is it more that you think he will only pot the King high and maybe the Queen high flush but never (rarely) bluff?

Thanks for your replies everyone!

@Disharmonist, miami002: You don't think there is a good chance he will BF 99 and 77? The hand converter does not show it (maybe there is an option I did not see?) but after his bet there is still >80bb effective left in his stack.

@plolernerguy: What worse hand are you looking to get called by?

@sorcloud: The meaning is that LPs don't usually bluff, esp. without any prompt, that's why they are LPs.

Any PLO content would be nice right now. There has been one Essential PLO video this month. :(

Great video, thank you Steve!
One question about the AA on monotone connected flop hand: Does the calculation by PJ factor in the rake? Because if it doesn't the rake will take away any small profit you can make there.

That is an interesting question and I am curious how other people handle this spot. So far I have been checking everything except A9* and 97* (which I bet for value) and a few bluffs that have outs against hands like KK9* and QQ9* although tbh vs 3 players I might very well only bet for value.

I am curious, how would you go about getting the likelyhood of trips+ here in PPT?

Thank you for your reply. What is your plan on blank (esp. 8-Q) turns? I would think check calling again and check folding the river unimproved, right? I feel like Villain can value bet us freely when they have a better hand but if we improve it is hard to get more money into the pot. What do you think?