Joao Leao
1 points
CO: $24.65 (Hero)
BN: $20.72
SB: $13.67
BB: $25.77
UTG: $18.85
UTG raises to $0.85, HJ folds, Hero calls $0.85, BN folds, SB folds, BB folds
April 28, 2014 | 4:53 p.m.
Hi. How do you get 38% equity vs UTG? I'm a PPT newbie but I ran a sim (for practice) with the range you indicated:
Ac As 8c 3s -- 29.98%
KK:hh, QQ:hh, 6543, 7643, 5432, JJ, 55, 22 -- 70.02%
Am I missing something? Is the range you used wider than this?
*Edit:
If we include J5 and J2 our equity jumps to 33.64%
April 16, 2014 | 2:57 p.m.
As an Essential member mostly interested in PLO, I miss Sam Lang’s videos. Any new content anytime soon?
Feb. 25, 2014 | 4:08 p.m.
I use PT4 on a Mac. It works fine and I'm very happy with it but... unfortunately the HUD doesn't work only for Zoom tables. PT4 developers say this has to do with Apple's privacy policy and that it's not on their hands to fix this issue before Apple does something about it.
Jan. 23, 2014 | 4:33 p.m.
Interesting. I forced myself to fold because people are constantly showing down the hands they're representing in these kind of spots at PL10. I might have called in a regular table for reads/metagame purposes. Thanks.
Oct. 30, 2013 | 5:09 p.m.
Thanks. The reason I bet small is because I don't see much that he can call me with.
You say he can have 2pair; since I block the Aces also, he might have weak 2pair (T8, T3) that won't call a big bet. As for sets, people at this stakes will typically jam them on the Flop or Turn. But I agree that TT and 33 might call a bigger bet.
So his range looked to me mostly as some missed draws that will fold and some weak hands that might call a 1/2 pot bet.
Oct. 30, 2013 | 5:05 p.m.
SB: $4.40
BB: $9.01
UTG: $21.13 (Hero)
HJ: $18.82
CO: $5.74
Hero raises to $0.35, HJ folds, CO folds, BN calls $0.35, SB folds, BB folds
Oct. 30, 2013 | 4:07 p.m.
Thanks for your insight. I know I can 4bet (and will most of the time) but I'd really like to hear some comments on post-flop play.
Oct. 24, 2013 | 11:55 a.m.
BB: $10.63
UTG: $10
HJ: $15.44 (Hero)
CO: $9.84
BN: $17.58
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.35, CO folds, BN folds, SB raises to $1.15, BB folds, Hero calls $0.80
Stats: 23/14; 3Bet 3.73 (2.79 from SB); CB F in 3Bet+ 68; AF 4.8 (F, T, R: 4.38, 3.8, 17.5).
Villain's 3Bet% and my notes on him suggest that his range should consist on high pairs, mostly AAxx, some strong KKxx with connecting double-suited cards. I had the impression that he doesn't 3Bet rundowns much, even the higher ones (I could only confirm this after the hand, so maybe's not too relevant). Because he's OOP I expect the tighter range.
Sometimes I'll 4Bet (we can get roughly 1/3 of the effective stack in).
With position and not-so-great AA I chose to flat.
Folding seems weak. Raising will probably fold out only worse hands. What do you think?
If I call, the pot will be $11 on the River with $5.78 behind.
I was still convinced that I had the best hand most of the time (except when villain has a Q, of course).
At the same time I thought that the T brought some backdoor straight draws and that a lot of River cards could put me in a difficult spot. Moreover I thought that I still had some fold equity and we don't mind that villain gives up some equity he might have. So I raised for value / protection.
Is this reasonable or am I turning my hand into a bluff?
If we call Turn how would you play Rivers knowing that a lot of cards would put a straight or a flush on the board?
Thanks for your help.
Oct. 23, 2013 | 12:30 p.m.
SB: $10
BB: $10.28
UTG: $10.09
HJ: $46.14
CO: $16.20
UTG folds, HJ calls $0.10, CO calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.50, SB folds, BB calls $0.40, HJ calls $0.40, CO calls $0.40
Oct. 18, 2013 | 7:09 p.m.
SB: $11.67
BB: $6.45
UTG: $9.10
HJ: $14.23
CO: $9.52
UTG calls $0.10, HJ folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.45, SB raises to $0.90, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $0.45
He's playing 24/13 over 300 hands (only 44 in this session). 3bet = 2%.
Strange small 3bet from SB.
Again I get a little confused with the min-raise. I have a hard time playing these 2-pair hands. I thought I didn't really want to get it in against hands like K + overs + FD and that I could wait for a safe turn with better equity.
Maybe I was tired, I don't know. What do you think? (villain's range looked very drawy to me)
Sept. 13, 2013 | 5:26 p.m.
Thanks for your help. I suspected this just couldn't be good advice. Interestingly, LeakTracker suggests folding much more in NLH, where I guess range strength changes less between pre-flop and post-flop...
June 18, 2013 | 11:59 a.m.
Hi
I just installed PokerTracker 4. As you might know there's a new feature called LeakTracker that analyzes player's statistics and determines if the each value is within a range of values considered good.
Most of my statistics were considered "good" but there's three that are way off: Fold to Flop Bet, Fold to Turn Bet and Fold to River Bet. Note that Fold to Flop Cbet is considered "good" as all aspects of my Pre-Flop game.
Now I was really surprised how these suggested value ranges looked like: all three in the range of 10-20%. (I mean folding 10-20%)
What do you think of this?
In the games I play (PLO10) I can't imagine how could I call so much Post-Flop provided that my Pre-Fop game seems ok (as LeakTracker confirms). Isn't PLO a post-flop game? Are we suppose to hit 80%+ of flops or don't but call anyway? :)
June 17, 2013 | 11:46 p.m.
BB: $9.10 (Hero)
HJ: $9.64
CO: $12.53
BN: $10.50
HJ raises to $0.40, CO calls $0.40, BN folds, SB folds, Hero calls $0.30
June 12, 2013 | 2:38 p.m.
Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate the thorough analysis.
Results:
Villain shows unsuited but very connected AA -- AcAdKsJs -- and we get it in with 41% equity.
June 12, 2013 | 2:24 p.m.
I don't think that's the proper way to calculate PF equity. What we need to know is the percentage of flops that will be favorable to us, and that's a bit more complicated. Bugs's "PLO from scratch" shows you how to do this.
Of course I know this spot is marginal, that's why I posted it. The question is how marginal. I see some surprising opinions in this forum and I just wanted to know what would you do. Sometimes we know what we should do but, as Hwang wrote in one of his books, "we all have fishy thoughts". :)
June 11, 2013 | 10:23 p.m.
OTF it's actually 10 clean outs: 4 aces, 4 eights and 2 nines. But yeah, I said the draw was weak, just not so weak :)
June 11, 2013 | 5:52 p.m.
HJ: $7.99
CO: $10.02
BN: $20.74 (Hero)
SB: $11.70
BB: $10
VP$IP/PFR 52/10; FCbet 40 (2/5); TCbet 100 (1/1)
UTG raises to $0.20, HJ calls $0.20, CO folds, Hero calls $0.20, SB folds, BB calls $0.10
I chose to call because I'm the button and the min-raise (should we let this bet-size influence our decision?).
June 11, 2013 | 4:16 p.m.
SB: $4.81
BB: $6.97
UTG: $9.26
HJ: $10.68
CO: $11.06 (Hero)
UTG calls $0.10, HJ folds, Hero raises to $0.45, BN folds, SB folds, BB raises to $1.50, UTG folds, Hero calls $1.05
Stack-size is also usually indicative that he's not a regular.
I thought there was a good chance he had AAxx.
The fact that I have an A in my hand made me feel this was a close decision. I'd rather have a K or Q when he has AA.
With the two suits, broadway potential and position, I decided to call.
Is this ok?
Then again, another broadway card in my hand (instead of the A) would increase my equity when opponent has AA, but hey, I think I have to go with it.
Thanks in advance.
June 11, 2013 | 3:41 p.m.
SB: $9.90 (Hero)
BB: $10.68
HJ: $8.80
CO: $14.80
HJ folds, CO raises to $0.35, BN calls $0.35, Hero calls $0.30, BB calls $0.25
Maybe leading wasn't the best choice. But once I'm in this spot, do I commit?
If my calculations are correct I need around 37,5% equity.
My draw looks strong but I can be against better flush draws.
I ran some simulations and I was surprised to know that I fare much better against top set or 2pair (AJ**, A9**) than against top pair w the nut flush draw:
30.26% vs Ah*h** 69.74%
43.63% vs AA** 56.37%
52.83% vs AJ** 47.17%
May 7, 2013 | 12:21 p.m.
BN: $23 (Hero)
SB: $8.46
BB: $16.96
UTG: $10.62
HJ: $11.91
UTG raises to $0.30, HJ folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $1.05, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $0.75
Fairly tight for this level, but it could be because of the small sample. No other reads.
My image should look TAGish. 23/15 (just 108 hands) and that's only the second hand I 3bet.
So, villain probably puts me on AAxx.
Villain has 50% check-raise Flop stat (3 out of 6), which seems high, but I'm asking your opinion independent of reads.
SPR is 4.25. We're "blocking" top and middle set and some of the outs a wrap could have will give us a dominating draw or straight. In the heat of the battle it seemed the percentage play.
Thanks in advance.
what about non-zoom on whatever room (stars are cool obv.) on official video request thread I wasn't the only whiner against endless zoom vids :)
+1 on this.
Lately, most of the Essential videos are Zoom. I was glad to see that Tom's last video was non-Zoom but I still think that it should be more balanced between the two formats.
June 18, 2014 | 11:37 a.m.