WHATSMYNAMEHUH

That's currently my cbet strat when OOP, but I've seen many good HS regs uses a high freq cbet strat w/ small sizing even OOP, which only means a profitable strat

edit: not that a mixed cbet strat is not profitable, but i'm guessing since most of them uses a simplified cbet strat, it only means it's the better strat

ok that makes sense ; )

as always, thanks for listening to us mere mortals ; )

my only dilemma is when there's already a cold caller vs an openraise and I have to decide whether to overcall or squeeze esp w/ hands that are not QQ+ AK...what's your thoughts about this?

hey stop, we already lost Francesco Lacriola here in the essential sub, please don't let psek go away too, jk jk ; ) i agree, psek's content is elite quality

Do you play a linear 3b/f strat from HJ CO BU and SB (at least by default) or do you have a cold calling range?

What stakes you play?

uNL

thanks for the feedback Jeff_, appreciate it very much

it's very good to know that I'm defending correct ; )

ok thanks for the feedback guys ; )

So if you keep your fold v 4bet around 50% you will be good vs most sizes

yeah I think I got that concept down already and thanks for verifying it ; )

the only thing I want to know now is how wide should my linear 3b range be from different position? obv it's going to be tighter vs UTG/HJ opens and looser vs CO/BU opens...any idea what's the optimal %age?

In my polarized 3b range, I continue ~45% vs 4b w/c means I fold ~55% of my range since it is the villain's RFE when he 4b.

So in constructing my linear 3b range, I should also use villain's 4betting RFE to determine my continuing and folding %age right?

How do you deal (mentally) having a breakeven/losing session after grinding all day? Does it affect your confidence or your motivation to grind next day?

Patrick Sekinger do you check your results after every session or you don't care at all?

can' wait ; )

a nl100z or nl200z or even nl50z

he hates zoom....he self-restricted playing zoom

and 99.99% of live videos here are zoom anyway so it's good that psek is giving us reg tables esp for me who prefers reg over zoom tables ; )

you might want to check ALL the theory videos from Francesco Lacriola (the best theory coach for essential subs imo) esp the Pure vs Mixed Strategies video as he covers on that video when to use small bet sizing for full range cbets and when to use larger cbet sizing for more polarized ranges, and trust me, you'll learn/benefit more from live videos like this one once you understand the theory behind the bet sizings

hope it helps and gl ; )

imo, 4 tables of zoom is too much as it's hard to follow all the actions but can't blame you maximizing your EV esp when you're running hot on all tables ; )

2 tables + 1 replayer is the sweet spot imo

I'll take this into consideration, if it is something that others would also be interested in seeing

hehe of course

I suspect you mean for all positions rather than just SB where it is more common?

Yeah esp from the HJ, CO, and BU position where we're not closing the pf action and we're likely to get squeezed by players left to act if we call vs the open raise. I mean you don't really have to do it for each position bc as long as we understand the thought process behind it, then we can surely just apply the concept(s) to other positions as well.

Can you make your next video or series of videos be about how to construct a linear 3b/f range? I don't mean you spoon feed us with a chart (bc I don't think it's very helpful at all), but maybe you could explain/show to us the factors you considered when you constructed your own range.

EDIT c'mon essential subs, heart this comment if y'all also interested ; )

When you tag a player as a rec, what preflop adjustments do you make from your default strategy e.g. your light & value 3b freq, cold calling range, etc?

Thanks for all the feedback guys

I now learned that it's not about which strat is higher EV but rather it's about simplifying our strat.

I think I get this concept now guys of pushing equity even OOP.

So, this works best in BB vs SB spot where BB has a very wide range that is forced to defend vs our 33% cbet and is easy to put a lot of pressure on turn with an overbet with our more polarized range. But in UTG vs HJ spot for example where the IP caller has much tighter range, even when we have an equity advantage, 33% cbet is not best since villain can defend this very easily, so we'd rather use a polarized cbet strat with bigger bet sizing to put pressure on his good hands on flop right away.

This also applies in SBvsBU spot for example where we have 3b linear range and BU has wide calling range.

32:15 regarding pushing equity through full range cbets with small sizing when we have equity advantage, I understand it's most effective in BUvsBB and SBvsBB spot where the BB has so many weak holdings that will have to defend vs 33% bet sizing so it's easier to put pressure on the turn with an overbet with our now more polarized range.

But what about when we still have an equity advantage but now against a much more tighter IP calling range like UTGvsHJ spot for example, would you agree that full range cbet is not effective anymore as villain's range does not contain that much many weak holdings and we're better off using a more polarized cbet strat with bigger sizing right on the flop?

20:45 table 2 with AQo on A63r flop as the pf 3bettor BB vs BU, with a 33% cbet size I'm assuming you're betting your whole range here right? If so, is being OOP doesn't warrant a polarized cbet strat?

Am I understanding it right that we should go for full range cbets when:

• We're IP as the pfr, e.g. BU vs BB, and have an equity advantage
• We're the pfr SB vs BB on good boards even though we're OOP because villain will have wide pf calling range, but not vs tight IP calling range e.g. UTG vs HJ

Also, what about in 3b pot where we have equity advantage but OOP e.g. we 3b from SB vs BU on A62r flop or in 4b pot e.g. we open/4b A4s CO vs BU on A62r flop. Clearly we have the equity advantage on both hands but we're OOP, are we going to use full range cbets, pure check, or mixed?

What are the reasons why 2/3 bet sizing + check is preferred on 962r flop and 1/3 bet sizing for our whole range on QT5tt flop?