With the K4s hand in the CO. The EV is 0.11 my understanding is that over 100 hands, that would be 0.11 x100= 11bb/100 hands. (And 0.01 Ev being 1bb/100 hands). Not to be sniffed at.
I just got my first top ten in an online poker tournament. Placed 10th exactly. 742 players. Was down to final two tables, I got knocked out right before final table; literally last to go before tables merge (9 man tables). My pocket queens got cracked by A5o, when an ace hit the river. Even if that didn't happen, I was very close to being felted already, so I'm extremely happy with the top ten, and I hope I can do so moving forward. Top 50 is pretty easy, but it's a lot of risk, work, luck, and exploits to gain enough chips as you get closer to the final table; and the blinds become like 50k+ chips each. Keep in mind, we all start with 2,000 chips and 10/20 (sb/bb) and within two hours we're at over 50k chips bb.
Thanks, and congrats on finishing 10th, even though it's super frustrating to go out like that and just before the final table. Sounds like those tourneys play with a very fast structure, which is not ideal for good players. And yes, improving and getting good results consistently takes a lot of work, patience and a good mindset. Keep working and studying!
@@LivePokerGuide about two hours from tournament start to finish; playing on 'global poker'. It allows me to play legally without having to drive a few hours to the casino.
great tips! I always wondered about calling ranges (for positions other than the big blind) - is it a fair assumption to say that the raise first in ranges on a given position = the calling ranges for that position? Or should we use another heuristic?
Thanks, good question. I will answer it in more detail in my Ask Me Anything live stream on 15th July, but here is the short version: no, absolutely not. The calling ranges follow the so-called gap theory. It means that your calling range must be stronger than your raising range in that position. This means that you always call tighter than you would have raised in that position.
Did you know that using hands with zero or even negative EV in your GTO portfolio actually raises the EV of your most profitable hands and vice versa? You can't simply exclude hands that aren't valuable to beat GTO:-)
Thanks, yes, you are absolutely right! And I'm not saying that you should just not bother about those hands. What I said/meant was 1) if you forget which exact hands to raise, it is not a disaster because they are 0 EV anyway. And 2) it is about frequencies rather than the exact hands. If you always raise 33 in a certain spot but you always fold 76s, then that is fine overall. Both have 0 EV and both mean that your most profitable hands become more profitable by opening them sometimes.
-Does villain 3b enough? -does villain overfold vs cbets? -does villain x/r flops enough? - does villain apply enough pressure when we miss bets? All that changes your preflop EV's. Playing static ranges is wasting potential. There are no hacks, your brain has to be working hard
Thanks! You are absolutely right. These are all totally relevant questions that you should ask yourself in every pot. However, they are all exploitative ones. And in order to exploit someone, you need to know what the baseline strategy is. Therefore, I do think that it is important to memorize opening charts, but I would not follow them blindly. And hack in this case only means that there is a simple way of memorizing the chart rather than having to memorize every single hand.
It's more like one in a million ..quote so you're telling me theirs a chance yeah!! You just need to flop trips and wait for a c bet bet I did it thrice today not good poker but like Doyle Brunson said in his great book play the rush!!
I had to laugh at your very first example. ‘There are 3 categories of hands I like to open here; pocket pairs, offsuit hands, and suited hands.’ So…all of them? 😂
Haha, sounds funny when you put it like that. What I meant is that there are 3 different types of hands that I open: pairs, suited hands, unsuited hands. And for each of them I am looking at the bottom one to raise. Hope that makes sense.
Very good question, thanks, but I wouldn't do it justice to reply here in a couple of sentences. I will answer it in depth in my next Ask Me Anything Live Stream on August 12th. Watch out for it.
The hack is that you don’t have to memorise the whole thing, but you can use a shortcut with the offsuit 9s and suited 6s on the button, then 10s and 7s, then Jacks and 8s in the hijack, etc.
With the K4s hand in the CO. The EV is 0.11 my understanding is that over 100 hands, that would be 0.11 x100= 11bb/100 hands. (And 0.01 Ev being 1bb/100 hands). Not to be sniffed at.
Agreed
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Thank you so much! That is such a nice comment to receive. I really appreciate this :)
I just got my first top ten in an online poker tournament. Placed 10th exactly. 742 players.
Was down to final two tables, I got knocked out right before final table; literally last to go before tables merge (9 man tables).
My pocket queens got cracked by A5o, when an ace hit the river. Even if that didn't happen, I was very close to being felted already, so I'm extremely happy with the top ten, and I hope I can do so moving forward. Top 50 is pretty easy, but it's a lot of risk, work, luck, and exploits to gain enough chips as you get closer to the final table; and the blinds become like 50k+ chips each. Keep in mind, we all start with 2,000 chips and 10/20 (sb/bb) and within two hours we're at over 50k chips bb.
Thanks, and congrats on finishing 10th, even though it's super frustrating to go out like that and just before the final table.
Sounds like those tourneys play with a very fast structure, which is not ideal for good players. And yes, improving and getting good results consistently takes a lot of work, patience and a good mindset. Keep working and studying!
@@LivePokerGuide about two hours from tournament start to finish; playing on 'global poker'. It allows me to play legally without having to drive a few hours to the casino.
Thanks for the helpful tips!
You're very welcome!
great tips! I always wondered about calling ranges (for positions other than the big blind) - is it a fair assumption to say that the raise first in ranges on a given position = the calling ranges for that position? Or should we use another heuristic?
Thanks, good question. I will answer it in more detail in my Ask Me Anything live stream on 15th July, but here is the short version: no, absolutely not. The calling ranges follow the so-called gap theory. It means that your calling range must be stronger than your raising range in that position. This means that you always call tighter than you would have raised in that position.
Very valuable video, thank you for the tips
Thanks, glad you found it useful!
Did you know that using hands with zero or even negative EV in your GTO portfolio actually raises the EV of your most profitable hands and vice versa? You can't simply exclude hands that aren't valuable to beat GTO:-)
Thanks, yes, you are absolutely right! And I'm not saying that you should just not bother about those hands. What I said/meant was 1) if you forget which exact hands to raise, it is not a disaster because they are 0 EV anyway.
And 2) it is about frequencies rather than the exact hands. If you always raise 33 in a certain spot but you always fold 76s, then that is fine overall. Both have 0 EV and both mean that your most profitable hands become more profitable by opening them sometimes.
That’s exploitation. And yes it’s relevant in soft games
-Does villain 3b enough?
-does villain overfold vs cbets?
-does villain x/r flops enough?
- does villain apply enough pressure when we miss bets?
All that changes your preflop EV's.
Playing static ranges is wasting potential.
There are no hacks, your brain has to be working hard
Thanks! You are absolutely right. These are all totally relevant questions that you should ask yourself in every pot.
However, they are all exploitative ones. And in order to exploit someone, you need to know what the baseline strategy is. Therefore, I do think that it is important to memorize opening charts, but I would not follow them blindly.
And hack in this case only means that there is a simple way of memorizing the chart rather than having to memorize every single hand.
It's more like one in a million ..quote so you're telling me theirs a chance yeah!! You just need to flop trips and wait for a c bet bet I did it thrice today not good poker but like Doyle Brunson said in his great book play the rush!!
I had to laugh at your very first example. ‘There are 3 categories of hands I like to open here; pocket pairs, offsuit hands, and suited hands.’
So…all of them? 😂
Haha, sounds funny when you put it like that. What I meant is that there are 3 different types of hands that I open: pairs, suited hands, unsuited hands. And for each of them I am looking at the bottom one to raise. Hope that makes sense.
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Where is the “hack”?
The exact hack starts at 3:35 minutes.
How do we adjust to loose cash games where the standard raise is 6x to 7x
Very good question, thanks, but I wouldn't do it justice to reply here in a couple of sentences. I will answer it in depth in my next Ask Me Anything Live Stream on August 12th. Watch out for it.
...and what was the easy hack??
The hack is that you don’t have to memorise the whole thing, but you can use a shortcut with the offsuit 9s and suited 6s on the button, then 10s and 7s, then Jacks and 8s in the hijack, etc.
8-5 suited opening… Soooo you say there is a chance 😂 (sorry)
This video is exactly for you! 😉