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Thanks again Pedro Fernandes for the final part.
I really learned a lot! I rarely play zoom btw because most of the time its pretty reginfested and more important:
I tend to autopilot faster - which my video confirms.
I would still be happy for a hint from anyone for other resources (courses) that take recs mainly into focus.
For sure taking a deeper look in mdademon and h2n, too for some aggregated data on recs more for studying.
I totally agree that this needs to be the top priority for studying after this review!
Cheers everyone

Its kind of board specific.
In this case its the category 2 broadways OTF and a non flushing turn.
Tbh: i expect a SB flatting range to be a lot tighter and condensed than a BB range, even from a rec.
That was the main reason for my line: i expect the PP region to fold flop even vs smaller sizings. But the continuing range interacts decently with the turn: KT JT mainly.
It feels like urgh if i get called again, because indeed he might fold some pair+draw OTR but after 2 FD bricked our FE will be also much lower in general…i get the point of 22 beeing a great unblocker, but im unsure if this is the best spot to go for it…

Good question imo
I dont really have data on SB coldcalls, bit mdademon is suggesting an overcall in XC XC XC BB vs CO from recs:

Thanks Pedro Fernandes for the 2nd part!
You pointed the right direction for sure: i really lagged studying recs within the last 2 years.
Too much focus on GTO and mda of regs!
Im definitly rewatching your vids on this topic.
I would also be thankful for any course recommendations about this topic from every one!
Awesome to have part 3 in the pipeline!
Thanks Pedro!

I agree...i see AQ/AK beeing randomly scared from a flush or 6x too often XC. Meanwhile 4betting not even close enough TT/JJ to have a target for a valuebet imo....

Hey Pedro Fernandes
Thanks for the fruitful review! I need to review my own play more often i guess.
My timing is horrible and there is even some plays i dont get tbh. in hindsight.
Like not cbetting A4s on Kt9
I should have also be giving you some more infos on my hud, because there is some important dynamics in my play in this session:

We have like 3 players with a 3betting% of 20-30% over several hundred hands, which made me deviate on my standard play:
I usually 2.5x all positions and go 4x to iso fishes/whales.
However: if i have maniacs behind i go down to 2x to not tighten up too much, because is still want to play a lot with these guys.

I also start some limping like the Q4s or ATo in SB.
I would be curious about the latter:
Would you still iso a fish with ATo in SB if BB is 3betting 26,5%?
I was in between, but getting 3bet from IP in this spot seemed like a horrible outcome for AT which was the reason for my overlimp.
Thanks a lot and im fairly happy that you review the rest as well!

The simon draper debut:
Interesting view on cbetting. I often use cbetting as an execuse to „clear out equity“.
Checking back stronger SDV to „cooler“ villain by hitting a dominated 2nd pair is a cool concept, too.

Interesting…i would have thought that if i would want to deviate from 3x it would be rather bigger than smaller due to the ante.
But you make some good points here.
I will run some sims with 2-4x and then try to find some data about that.

Hi Paul,
thanks for this nice Series. I saw you opening 2.5x from SB. I also Play on coin Poker and Spent some time on studying RFI Sizings for this structure.
However: I missed out SB specifically.
Could you give me some insight on why you raise so small? Thanks in advance.

Hey Max,

Thanks for the video. You might check out your h2n or client settings, because i play snap as well and you can/are allowed to use the hud at these tables.

I rechecked this in wizard. Solver even likes to bet much less here like block (which is 18% pot in my solution).
Makes sense somehow if we expect villain to call all Jx/Kx and simply every other underpair still cant call (theoretically).

Nice analysis…go for it next time. But i dont think we should overbet here.
Still some AK in villains range that takes this line and that i dont expect to fold.
So i would polarize my sizing around 75%
This should still be enough to target the range you pointed out to fold.

This is not a simple question at all and there is some different concepts to consider especially playing from the blinds.
So in general over all positions the betting frequency oop will drop down usually (positional disadvantage discourages thin valuebets).
So you are right in general that we bet less often and with a bigger sizing OTF.
This will be somewhat different OTT/OTR, but might be a different topic.
Frequency and sizing is usually dictated by rangeadvantge (frequency) and nutadvantage (sizing).
So SB vs BU is a bit special as we will play a kind of tight linear range vs a fairly whide BU-defends range.
So from a theorypoint we will be able to bet a lot of boards on a high frequency and small sizing.
However: the sizing you picked on this particular board is fine as BU should have more 7x/4x/56s/89s and maybe Jx as well that we lack off. So our rangeadvantage drops a bit and we will bet less often and a bigger sizing.
Last note on this: If we 3bet from the BB we usually 3B a much more polar range and thus our betting strategy will be often much more polar as well (ie lower frequency and bigger sizing).

Damn...Please don't leave RIO maaaaaaan!
Petition initiated

Tbh…cbetting most boards for 1/3 is a great exploit at lower stakes as basically every pool will be overfolding and underraising and i guess basically playing this strategy on every single board will be showing a profit.
On a theory basis there is some things to consider:
How good will villains range interact with the board (positions are fairly important for this). So how likely will villain hit a decent toppair+ or strong draw.
For your examples: on a board like 843 SB vs ep there is basically 0 2p and maybe only 88 for a set. If villain is not RFI 56s he will barely have anything on this board. So simply betting your whole range is awesome.
However: BvB this would be a whole different story.
A good example is a board like JTx SB vs BU. This is a board that i would usually not bet 100% for a small size (especially twotone) as villain will have basically all 2p/sets and tons of draws.
Which leads to my last tip: bet less and bigger (ie more polar) if you are oop.
This is esp. true for whide ranges…position is King in poker and often a decent chunk of our range has Problems realizing equity oop.
This is esp true if we face coldcallers pre

Whats your thoughts on this line?
Preflop: 3b sizing looks a bit small to me, would rather choose 3x in position.
But i dont get behind your XR…
A high boards are somewhat locked down. So we dont really gain calls by weaker hands and i dont expect stronger hands to b/f either. So KJ and KT are basically the only hands that bet/call that we beat (and we block both).
Also: villains line looks decently strong: open MP, flat 3b, bet/call flop, jam river after XX turn.
Without further info on the player i highly doubt that XC river is a winning play….

Cheers man,
have you checked out the ranges from GTO-wizard? They are constructed for 50nl
They are free btw

I guess we can go either way here OTF/OTT.
I guess im betting my whole range OTF for 1/3 due to the fact that this board neutralizes a decent chunk of villains range advantage: as you mentioned: we have an advantage in sets ands SD here....However: This is more of an exploit I guess as ppl do a poor job of protecting their checking range in this spot.
Theorywise this gets a lot closer I assume...
OTT however we need to be aware that 4bet and XC on this board looks somewhat strong (range checking as the pre flop 4better OTF makes sense).
So the equity of our hand drops kind of...BUT....I doubt that betting will be bad: How would you feel here with TT/QQ+/AKss/AQss/AJs?
These are mostly hands that are supposed to never fold theorywise (beside AK/AQ), but im pretty sure that we are able to fold out at least some of these combos (mostly AK/AQ) while we still have equity vs hands that call/shove here.
So checkback or bet/call might both be ok....But please don't Bet/fold here!
I also like the chosen sizing OTT...

This is what wizard would suggest, but as most pools dont 4bet enough, i would especially be careful with KTs/KJs and this A4/A5/AQo region.
As SCs are only 3bet on w low frequency, i guess we can also call them pure, but might cut out JTs for dominating reasons as well.

Im folding this pre tbh…
QJs suffers heavy domination problems in most positions and BU vs CO as well as so many AJ/KQ combos are part of a 4bet bluffing-range.
As played: im definetly not going for 3 streets.
Be aware that this board smashes your 3bet/call range and villain might even be checking range here.
So if we are going to bet, it needs to be super small as you did. So flop/turn is thin, but could be ok…
River jam looks way too thin to me….

Looks fine to me tbh...SQ could be a touch bigger. But given the SPR there is not too much you can do wrong OTT (beside check fold).
I guess given the board we could still be betting a merged range for a smaller sizing. We could also still XC vs his big stab, but I doubt that it makes a huge difference in EV either way here...

What i mean is, that SB is responding with a much tighter 3b-range vs a strong UTG-range. So basically yes: both ranges are stronger and more centred around pairs and strong suited hands.

I would say that positions are a key factor here. SB vs UTG is a strong range and hero is basically at the bottom of his defends-range pre.
Also not too many single clubs in an UTG defends range, so im not sure if planning on bluffing 4 clubs is that great of a plan (not sure if average NL50 reg will recognize though).
So im letting this one go and would be more tempted to call if it is SB vs LP….

Hey mate…njoyed your video.
At 52:00 you fold jam vs the jam of SB. I guess this should be a call vs QQ+/ak, right?

Hi and welcome back to the tables!
Im not quite sure if i get what you are asking about.
It would be interesting to know which stakes you are playing, because overfolding vs agression will basically be the way to beat micros and lowstakes.
So it might be natural to have stretches where you will be folding a ton postflop and simply be correct about it.
In general we shouldnt rely too much on the output of solverwork for these stakes as well (as we dont pkay vs GTO-players.
If you are unsure about the handling of GTO+ it would be nice to have some more specific infos what you think you are doing wrong.
Feel free to dm me about it.
But to shake off the rust, i would advice you to watch a lot of play and explain or HH-review videos in here.
GTO+ also offers a play vs the solution mode, so you can drill spots intensively if you set it up.
And last but not least: post HH in our forums and a lot of competent fellows in here will help you to solve this specific puzzle.

Cheers

Could also check out the dynamic range viewer (off the tables) from zenith poker to check out several ranges for each positions vs different raise sizes.
Its designed for 6max, however, it costs around 40$/month afaik :/
But for lower stakes where sizings are all over the place, its definitively a powerful tool...

Welcome back to the tables!
Making a step to RIO is probably a good starting point. I would recommend a essential subscription up in here and start watching videos on a daily bases for whatever kind of poker you like to improve on.
Might decide for a longer period if you want to focus on cash or tourney poker as there is soooooo much to learn these days.
But RIO has a huge library that you can binge throughout either way.
About your graph: the amount of hands is way to small to even grasp on your performance. Over 900-1.4k hands there is too much variance going on.
Take a closer look at stats after 50k hands maybe.
About your hand: if this is 100BB cashgame poker, i would build up a 3b or fold strategy for every position beside the BB.
The main reason is the high rake which makes nearly every hand wanting to take the pot down preflop rather than playing bigger pots (ie higher rake) postflop.
In this case you might 3b AJs pure preflop. We also avoid a lot of multiway pots like this more often that are complicated to navigate.
As played: i guess postflop is fine…we are on a heavy rangedisadvantage and so giving up river is fine (maybe folding turn already is even better; but close). Thats also the reason why we shouldnt raise this one OTF: its simply too weak vs an UTG range that opts to bet into several players.
Just keep posting hands here and you will get feedback from our nice community fairly quickly.

Cheers

Its hard to really narrow down a range that flats MP twice here pre.
So my brain instantly categorizes a fishy player (which might be true mostly but not always).
So I would add a decent chunk of randomness to his range and wouldn't give up flop already.
I guess the difference between small bet or XC is marginal, but XF looks too tight to me vs this player profile....

This looks fine overall to me.
Could make an argument for betting turn slightly bigger (we bet a bit more polar here), but im sure sizings are fairly mixed anyways here.
The Q OTR hits a lot of villains turn bluffing range.
So a decent part of his range is now nutty (JT) or has decent SDV (QT/QJ).
So we are forced to XF more here.
2 sidenotes:

check back flop and raise turn is under bluffed.
Potsizebets are also slightly under bluffed.

So XF river looks good to me.

Im also in the camp folding to the raise. But I would also not be betting the flop. Over several players the equities start to even out a bit over all parties: ie: a hand like TPTK is much weaker than playing HU.
The rule of thumb: don't bloat a pot that you are going to loose more often (which is the logical consequence of MW-pots). So the threshold for valuebets will drop drastically and this hand class will be somewhat on the edge (probably a mix I guess).
For the most part raises are also much more polar (which usually means stronger) and so TPTK will have real trouble to defend properly.
So I would be checking my whole range in this spot as a simplification.
IMO this will simplify your life a whole lot...