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If a 2 is such a good card to bluff and bluff-catch with, I guess I’d better add a whole lot more 2s into my pre-flop opening/calling range. Then I can do lots more profitable bluffing/bluff-catching. That’s totally how it works, right?
As you probably know, it doesn't work that way. Even if 2x is good to call with on the river, it's also more vulnerable to getting outdrawn on earlier streets, and more or less worthless when we don't hit a pair :)
You are looking at the wrong solver solution. Stefan raised 6.5x OTT (300 to 1900$+ or close to 100% pot) not 50% like it says in the sim. Also Stefan didn't bet 85% OTR Stefan shipped over 1.5x pot. What are we really looking at here? Q2s is a massive losing call vs these sizing's OTR.
Good catch! Agreed that Q2 is a losing call in theory. You can see at 3:15 that when BTN ships for 2x pot, Q2 is a pure fold and we even fold some trips. The actual hand would probably play similarly.
In the explanation for why a 2 is a good card to bluff carch with in the beginning of the video, giraffe seem to want to differentiate unblocking logical bluffs and holding a card like a 2, while saying things like "it weights our opponents mire towards bluffs." Is this not the same thing as "unblocking our opponents' logical bluffs?" Using the example where the solver is calling with Q7 and lower at some frequency, and folding Q8+, the whole argument was that the opponent should be bluffing more with middling cards like T8 and K9. So, couldn't you say we are "unblocking his bluffs?" Im confused as to why these are different things. I think the insights later in the video are more valuable -- that being that it is okay to bluff with a hand like Q2 100% of the time profitably since we have few enough dueces in our range.
Hey I like your videos and I wanted to know if you could make a video about about GTO and how to implement it into live cash post flop play. I’ve been playing live cash for 9 years and I’m just starting to get into GTO. I have an understanding of board textures and range advantages from certain positions. I often utilize a linear 3betting strategy as I hardly face 4 bets at my stakes. I’ve also been implementing range bets 1/3 or 1/4 pot bets on static flops with most of my range, usually sizing up big on the turn/river or sometimes over bets as well as balancing checks with strong and weak hands. I practice gto pre flop range opening strategies and sizings and I try my best to balance my values to bluffs but will deviate some times depending on if certain opponents are under or overbluffing. What I really want is to get a better understanding of MDF (though it seems this is not needed at my current stakes as players are very fishy and I earn most from value hands) and also how to really benefit from implementing GTO strategies into my post flop playing. I currently play 1/2 in Texas where our max buy ins are $500. I want to prepare myself for the move up to 2/5 here as the 2/5 games here are uncapped match the stack and are notoriously known to be tougher than typical 2/5s. Thanks!
So, the point of the video is summarised at 5:22. But, I still don't understand the idea even when you show the toy game. I also don't get it when you say scarcity is king when it comes to bluffing. I need a more intuitive explanation. Anyway, I'm still gonna try to understand it. Tell me if my understanding is correct. 2x hands are scarce, so the opponent doesn't expect them in our bluff range, so they can't adjust their strategy to account for our 2x hand bluffs. Is this what 6:31 is saying?
It's not so much about our opponent not expecting us to bluff with 2x, but rather 2x not making up a big percentage of our bluffing range. So even if we bluff 2x all the time, our opponent will generally still be quite inclined to call bluffcatchers that contain a 2 (such as top pair with 2 kicker). Thus we have an equilibrium where 2x is good to bluff for the aggressor, and still good to defend for the caller. Whereas if you bluff with higher combos that are more abundant (eg Kx), at some point your opponent can start to adjust by folding his bluffcatchers that contain a K (eg top pair with K kicker). And at that point, Kx would no longer make a good bluff, since it blocks more folds than calls.
If our bluffing range is more weighted towards 76, villain doesn't really want to call with 66/77. He blocks a big chunk of our bluffs, which makes our range more weighted towards value. 44/55 on the other hand doesn't interfere with our 76o bluffs--so when villain holds 44/55 it's more likely that we are bluffing.
Basically, 2x blocks very few bluffs because 2x bluffing hands are almost always suited (meaning there are only 4 of each), whereas high card bluffs can be suited or unsuited so there can be up to 16 of each. You definitely would rather block 4 bluffing combos than 16. To further confuse the issue, all of this goes out the window if villain is UTG nine-handed (because most of his unpaired offsuit hands contain Q or J, and he will have few to zero below Jx). Feel free to debunk me if I am wrong! 😀
To put it simply, low cards are good to bluffcatch with because they don't interfere with our opponent's bluffs. And this in turn makes low cards good to bluff with as well (since they block villain's preferred calls).
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Lengthy discussion about why the 2 makes this top pair more valuable than you might think
Opponent has trips
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10:05 'Putting 2 & 2 together...' that was my favorite!
Thank you for explaining poker strategy so clearly!
Extremely surprising to see scarce cards > unblocking missed draws. Great stuff.
If a 2 is such a good card to bluff and bluff-catch with, I guess I’d better add a whole lot more 2s into my pre-flop opening/calling range. Then I can do lots more profitable bluffing/bluff-catching. That’s totally how it works, right?
As you probably know, it doesn't work that way. Even if 2x is good to call with on the river, it's also more vulnerable to getting outdrawn on earlier streets, and more or less worthless when we don't hit a pair :)
There were a few things that I was lost at, for example why blugging QJo was bad. I couldn't understand the explanation.
"Putting two and two together, this makes 22..." No matter what follows, this statement is true.
You are looking at the wrong solver solution. Stefan raised 6.5x OTT (300 to 1900$+ or close to 100% pot) not 50% like it says in the sim. Also Stefan didn't bet 85% OTR Stefan shipped over 1.5x pot. What are we really looking at here? Q2s is a massive losing call vs these sizing's OTR.
Good catch! Agreed that Q2 is a losing call in theory. You can see at 3:15 that when BTN ships for 2x pot, Q2 is a pure fold and we even fold some trips. The actual hand would probably play similarly.
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I have a question for you personally. How frequently do you mix checks on the flop to balance your checking range?
I'm not too concerned about balance, usually I try to imbalance my checking range in a way that takes advantage of my opponent's mistakes.
so are they bluffing river while blocking the opponent's folding range like T8o?
1:38 btw AT is call too sometimes with that blocker) it can be better to look at q9 against q2 )) but nice video keep it up plz
nice, next time it will be cool a video on some multistreet toy game to compare the difference with single street toy
Linus losing the hand after making an awful river call is a perfect ending to this video.
if u think linus made an awful river call, then u missed the point of the whole video?
@@20pointer Go watch the video again and look at the sim parameters.
What makes you think it isn't an exploit against stefan who may have a tendency to overbluff?
In the explanation for why a 2 is a good card to bluff carch with in the beginning of the video, giraffe seem to want to differentiate unblocking logical bluffs and holding a card like a 2, while saying things like "it weights our opponents mire towards bluffs."
Is this not the same thing as "unblocking our opponents' logical bluffs?"
Using the example where the solver is calling with Q7 and lower at some frequency, and folding Q8+, the whole argument was that the opponent should be bluffing more with middling cards like T8 and K9.
So, couldn't you say we are "unblocking his bluffs?" Im confused as to why these are different things.
I think the insights later in the video are more valuable -- that being that it is okay to bluff with a hand like Q2 100% of the time profitably since we have few enough dueces in our range.
Yup, Q2 makes a nice call because it unblocks BTN’s bluffs. I explain why at the 1:00 mark.
Wait, Stefan won the hand. Is this also tied to the scarcity concept?
Yup - the scarcity of 2x makes it a better bluff
Nice video and well explained!
Hey I like your videos and I wanted to know if you could make a video about about GTO and how to implement it into live cash post flop play.
I’ve been playing live cash for 9 years and I’m just starting to get into GTO. I have an understanding of board textures and range advantages from certain positions. I often utilize a linear 3betting strategy as I hardly face 4 bets at my stakes. I’ve also been implementing range bets 1/3 or 1/4 pot bets on static flops with most of my range, usually sizing up big on the turn/river or sometimes over bets as well as balancing checks with strong and weak hands. I practice gto pre flop range opening strategies and sizings and I try my best to balance my values to bluffs but will deviate some times depending on if certain opponents are under or overbluffing. What I really want is to get a better understanding of MDF (though it seems this is not needed at my current stakes as players are very fishy and I earn most from value hands) and also how to really benefit from implementing GTO strategies into my post flop playing.
I currently play 1/2 in Texas where our max buy ins are $500. I want to prepare myself for the move up to 2/5 here as the 2/5 games here are uncapped match the stack and are notoriously known to be tougher than typical 2/5s. Thanks!
Hey Dan, it sounds like this video is what you're looking for: ruclips.net/video/8MMJifwnkII/видео.html
So, the point of the video is summarised at 5:22. But, I still don't understand the idea even when you show the toy game. I also don't get it when you say scarcity is king when it comes to bluffing. I need a more intuitive explanation.
Anyway, I'm still gonna try to understand it. Tell me if my understanding is correct. 2x hands are scarce, so the opponent doesn't expect them in our bluff range, so they can't adjust their strategy to account for our 2x hand bluffs. Is this what 6:31 is saying?
It's not so much about our opponent not expecting us to bluff with 2x, but rather 2x not making up a big percentage of our bluffing range. So even if we bluff 2x all the time, our opponent will generally still be quite inclined to call bluffcatchers that contain a 2 (such as top pair with 2 kicker). Thus we have an equilibrium where 2x is good to bluff for the aggressor, and still good to defend for the caller.
Whereas if you bluff with higher combos that are more abundant (eg Kx), at some point your opponent can start to adjust by folding his bluffcatchers that contain a K (eg top pair with K kicker). And at that point, Kx would no longer make a good bluff, since it blocks more folds than calls.
still don't understand why we have to make him good call with 44/55 while bluffing a little more frequently 76o than 45s :/
If our bluffing range is more weighted towards 76, villain doesn't really want to call with 66/77. He blocks a big chunk of our bluffs, which makes our range more weighted towards value. 44/55 on the other hand doesn't interfere with our 76o bluffs--so when villain holds 44/55 it's more likely that we are bluffing.
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nice so much value in 1 video
Great video QY
okay，scarcity is the king then.
This was amazing
It's quite difficult to fully understand...and that's why i am a fish 😅😅😅
The good news is that blockers aren’t that important in the bigger scheme of things :)
@@PokerGiraffeI see! maybe blockers are more important on a basketball court than the poker table :D
i dont understand this at all :(
Basically, 2x blocks very few bluffs because 2x bluffing hands are almost always suited (meaning there are only 4 of each), whereas high card bluffs can be suited or unsuited so there can be up to 16 of each. You definitely would rather block 4 bluffing combos than 16. To further confuse the issue, all of this goes out the window if villain is UTG nine-handed (because most of his unpaired offsuit hands contain Q or J, and he will have few to zero below Jx). Feel free to debunk me if I am wrong! 😀
To put it simply, low cards are good to bluffcatch with because they don't interfere with our opponent's bluffs. And this in turn makes low cards good to bluff with as well (since they block villain's preferred calls).
You know those whales and calling stations who are paying off with bottom and middle pair all the time? Apparently they had it right the whole time
what the hell is this guy even talking about ?
very in-depth video ❤
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