18:00 (You hold KQo on sb. You make a standard raise 3bb, and he instantly 3bets you. You just won pot for 42bb vs him, so he is pretty mad and does this, because he is obviously on tilt.I really don't know why you folded, but I really don't know what to do in that kind of a situation. It's good to just get it in, considering that he may be bluffing and villain still has fold equity, + you beat large % of the hands flipping? I just want to know what is profitable to do in that kind of a situation in the longrun. I think call or shove is the best decision, but I want to hear your opinion.)18:30 (You're bb with A9o, he raises 4bb and you call, flop comes QJ3 rainbow and you check. I don't think that's really bad, since you don't have position, but I think that it may be good to cbet that flop 3/4 of the pot. I'm just interested in longrun +EV so please tell me your opinion on that. Turn is K and he bets 40 in a pot of 200, that seems really week and you will probably be good with A high most of the time in my opinion, and you still have outs to make a straight.)19:40 (You're sb with QQ, you raise standard 3bb and he call. Flop comes Q36 (two clubs). He checks and you make a cbet of 3/4 pot, which I think is fine, he then minraises you to 160 and you call which is fine. Pot is 560 now and he bets 120, then you raise him to 380 and he instant fold. I mean your hand is so strong, that you should definetely let him bluff on the river again. You can still make fullhouse and in my opinion he doesn't even have flush draw. I think that he thinks that you have a flushdraw and he wants to take the pot if you fail to make a flush. I might be wrong, but I think you should definetely just call the turn and let him bluff the river for max. value.)25:30 ( You're bb, villain makes raise of standrad 3bb and you 3 bet him, which is good. Then he times down for a while and he 4 bet shoves and you fold. I really like that fold, obviously AJo is pretty strong hand HU, but he can do it with pocket pairs, AK,AQ,KQ,.. which will dominate your hand large % of the time. So thumbs up for folding this! 27:00 (You get AA on sb and you make a 3bb raise and he folds! Rigged? <3)27:50 (You got QJo on bb, opponent makes standard raise 3bb and you call. Flop comes 588 rainbow and you check. I don't think that's terrible since you don't have the position, but peronally I think that it would be better to cbet that kind of a dry flop, since you probably have pretty tight image to him. Ok, he check behind and turn comes 10d and now you make a cbet 3/4 of the pot which is fine as played and he over raises you and you fold, which I think is good. I just want to know why did you check that kind of a dry flop? Only because you don't have position over him?29:15 (Again you hold J10o on a bb, he calls and you check. It's not bad, but you could reraise him since he doesn't limp much. Ok flop comes A56 rainbow and you check again. I mean do you always check when you don't hit and you aren't in a position or? Please explain. 29:45 ( You're sb with K2o and you just call, I don't think that's bad, but since he's pretty agressive you could start putting some agression on him, and also K2o is pretty strong hand HU. And as you can see he's putting much pressure on you when you're limping, so I would probably just call with some good hands like KQ,.. So that you can trap him.32:00 ( You're bb with A4s, opponent min raises and you call, flop comes JJ2 rainbow and you check again, I'm sure that this is perfect board to cbet on? Why don't you cbet? Ok so now he cbets and you call. I mean he's pretty agressive for the whole match and you litteraly know that he's going cbet on that kind of a flop after you check, so it would be much much better that you cbet. What's your thinking process behind that? Ok, so turn is A and you check, I don't think that's too bad, but I would definetely bet, just because I think we're good in that spot pretty large % of the time. River is 8 and you check which I think is not good, because I assume that he doesn't have anything and will just check behind, since he's not maniac. But you might get value with small bet with K high,2,8..) 33:55 ( I love your shove after he minraises.That's because you represent image of very tight & good player and he can't really call that, unless he got really strong hand which he would probably raise 3bb not only minraise, from what I've seen so far from him.)34:30 ( I love that you called KQo, unfortunately you didn't hit, but I also like that you finally cbet flop of A27 (two hearts).35:30 ( I love how you played that hand) especially when you only limped pocket pair of 4 and you said if he raises I'm shoving.Also I would raise 77+ pocket pairs and I would call 22-66.36:00 ( You're bb with A5o, he calls and you check, I don't think that's terrible, but I would raise, just because I think that any kind of A is very strong HU. Ok flop comes Q64 (two spades), you check and he cbet half of the pot. Again I think you should definetely cbet this flop, and then you flop which I think is decent as played.36:30 ( You limp with J4o on sb, he check and flop comes AK4 (two clubs), you cbet 3/4 of the flop and he raises you to 250, it's very unlikely that he got A or K, since he didn't raise preflop and that's perfect for him to bluff at, because he knows that you don't have A or K either, since you just called. I think that shoving there is pretty good move. Opinions?37:20 ( Well played)38:00 ( well played)38:50 ( well played, unfortunately he got aces)39:30 ( I wouldn't go all in with J2o, but he did terrible call and rivered, so I've come to conclusion that this is rigged. :PYou played pretty solid in that particular game, too tight in my opinion, but you've played pretty good.Overall I think that video is golden. Especially fundamental concepts!I hope you will be able to understand it, since I'm European.Please pick atleast one question and try to answer it, I will really appreciate it!! Thank you!P.S. I just been told that Primo is not on this site anymore, lol!
Primo still has a few more videos to do for the site, but you are correct he is no longer with us.I'm out of town currently, but I can go back and answer your questions for you. I'll see what I can do right now though:1800 - based on what you're telling me above, in that specific situation a shove sounds to be best. That doesn't mean you should shove KQ vs a 3bet by default (you'll probably be making a less than best decision quite often). But I do see people tilt like crazy after losing large pots, and I open my own shoving and calling range quite significantly. It's not something I'm alone in doing either. I've had the discussion with quite a few high stakes pros, particularly when one had a regular tilting so bad that a middling K7 type open shove at 20bb was profitable for the value (yes, you read that correct).1830 - If 4x is his standard raise size, a lead is at least possibly OK. If it is not, I really dislike a lead, as most 4x ranges I face (or at least most often) end up being a higher proportionate of high card type broadway hands, and on this board leading into a range that hits the flop often, without any value (and with some marginal showdown in fact, so we don't have garbage) would be counter productive. So that one will depend on villain's standard open range. As for the turn, I can't comment certainly by any stretch, but given that you need to win the pot around 17% of the time or so and you have 4 outs you can be relatively certain you're good when you hit, and 3 outs that really often get you in trouble (if you hit an ace the ten is there for a straight, a lot of legit 2 pair hands are made and if he's actually weak you really risk him not putting any more chips into the pot... whereas you often have to put something more into the pot with the ace). So even if you consider yourself to have 6 clean outs here, everything else equal, that means you win 12% of the time. Now, add in high card win % and you probably get to the right pot odds, but I certainly can see situations where it would be incorrect to play forward (putting more chips in the pot with the ace high is often not ideal, chances he bluffs and you can't call, no value to be had aside from bluff value with your A hi, etc.). There are a lot of things going against you and not too many positives there, so while a call might be appropriate more often than not, against some opponents and for some players, you'll be best to fold there.1940 - Effective stack sizes are huge here, as the following "Pot is 560 now and he bets 120" can often mean (at deeper stacks) that you should probably raise your opponent nearly all of the time (exceptions occur when you know a ton about their range and it's very very bluffy and aggro on the river, but gives up more easily vs resistance). If Primo is shorter here, and facing somebody that is likely to bluff here a ton, I agree with your statement. The less those things are true, the more I think raising is ideal. The bet is just so weak, if the stack sizes are near full stacks and there are plenty of legitimate hands that will call, you need to get value. As for application of this specific hand, I would say to really try not to slowplay often. It is correct to slowplay sometimes, but if you're not up against an aggro or large bettor, you're far more likely to make a mistake by slowplaying than by trying to pump the pot. Remember, we often play relatively unknowns and loose opponents. It's much more correct situation to situation to build a pot with your large hands than to trap or slowplay. That doesn't mean a slowplay wasn't best in this spot, it just means that value is often the answer to "what do I do with the nuts" type questions, keep that in mind.2530 - This one needs more information to comment on. While it's not foolproof or always correct, I generally won't 3bet AJ early if I'm not calling a shove with it (yes it can be best to 3bet fold it, especially vs a loose passive). Folding strong hands at the low stakes without a specific reason can be bad too, so just make sure you understand why you're making a laydown with strong hands to ensure you don't end up making bad laydowns.2700+ Keep in mind when advocating donk leads that the average low stakes opponent is 1) loose 2) doesn't pay much attention to our image (weak players fold over and over and wait for a hand, loose players call and call hoping to hit the next card) basically just their own hands and emotions and we are both OOP and we have a weak hand.Again, it's not going to mean bluff leading is bad, but certainly against the average player on a dry board, donk leading weak hands is going to build huge pots with minimal fold equity and minimal equity, an easy way to loose a ton of medium and large pots.2945 - Stack sizes! Donk leading weak hands and limping strong hands can be correct, but I really stress that there is often a better player, and in situations where these plays are correct stack sizes and opponent tendencies are at the very start of your reasoning for making these plays."I mean he's pretty agressive for the whole match and you litteraly know that he's going cbet on that kind of a flop after you check, so it would be much much better that you cbet. What's your thinking process behind that? Ok, so turn is A and you check, I don't think that's too bad, but I would definetely bet, just because I think we're good in that spot pretty large % of the time."This is one I can be more certain of.- If your opponent bets almost all the time you check to him and- Your opponent has a range weaker than your hand,the conclusion is to allow him to bluff so you can pick up all that value from his weaker hands.Now this can only not be correct if your opponent raises your lead with a wide range of hands. But this isn't likely to be something that is true, so why lead the flop for value when we can check and allow him to put in the same amount of chips, just with a weaker and wider range of hands?Turn makes sense vs an aggro, aggros bluff high cards without thinking much. Against weak players they clean up, but against a good player like Primo, a player that can turn passive when the situation calls for it (on a good bluff card with a strong hand), they get destroyed.River lead might make some sense here. I'd have to see it to know for sure, but when you give an aggro a chance to bluff a good bluff card and he checks, it's often a sign of some sort of equity. Whether it's more likely to be draw equity or weak showdown value (weak pairs, high cards) would depend on the exactly board texture and opponent. Have to run, but hopefully that's a good start for you. Good questions and comments, these are exactly the types of things people can do to improve.
Thank you for your explanation and your time, definetely gonna help me improve, because I have ton of leaks obviously.Will do that kind of comments from now on for nearly every video I think. ;) GL and thank you again for making me some things very clearly!