I should note that stating that I thought that I misplayed the hands doesn't mean I think the video is any less instructive than it would be otherwise. The video, apart from being shorter, is roughly the same quality as my GS videos except that I didn't have my mic with me so there's more background noise.

Agreed with your rationale about the 4:02 hand - as I state in the video.

As for 10:45, your analysis is far too simple and it would be a call against a slightly smaller bet, but not because he's only ever value betting here (he's not completely incompetent).

12:38 - you're misreading my HUD, villain is 25/18 and positionally aware, and is an okay reg despite having a couple of obvious leaks. He's probably more than capable of folding AK if we overbet jam here.

17:15 - pre is just super-standard, JTs is in most decent regs' UTG open ranges. Calling the 3bet is again standard given the size, the fact that we're deep (stack depth in particular means we should be folding very little closing the action IP here) and the fact that we think he's bad.

21:05 - do note that there's a difference between checking middle set on JT4tt in a single raised pot and checking top set on A74r in a 3bet pot BB v MP; I'd be very surprised if anyone decent thought that checking flop was terrible there (though there are arguments for betting). Also note that the HH forums here are full of ****ty advice. It surprises me that he shows up with AKs just because his flop check is awful given he only blocks one ace. I disagree that this was a terribly played hand.

25:25 - the problem is he's just never calling worse when we bet and this way we increase our EV to pot IMO.

tbh based on what you've said here I think that you're trying to over-simplify poker into a set of basic rules when in fact that's not going to beat the upper microstakes (at Stars zoom at least) in 2014. The reason I tend to pick these hands to go through in videos is because they are deviations from what SirCuddles wrote a million years ago. I think that tbh you're likely too rigid in the way you think about poker based on what you've said here (and possibly fail to understand the theoretical importance of bet sizing), but of course I could be wrong.

Also, I can see RIO Essential being excellent value but as I've stated in this thread I simply don't think DeucesCracked is a good option for anyone in 2014, especially considering that you can get RIO Essential and the more microstakes-targeted GS for the same price.

Opening JTs utg seems super standard to me, but what do i know, i fold A7o from the CO.

The only thing i'm not sure i agree with TDA about is the last hand when you didn't value bet JTs otr bc you said a large % of his range otr is made up with AK (at the time u didn't know villain was a fish). But in villain shoes i wouldn't make it to the river with AK unless it was AdKd or i tought you were bluff heavy bc we likely only have 4 outs since you can have a lot of JJ, TT in your range so our A and K outs are probably no good a lot of the time. Is wrong to assume most villains would fold most AK ott here?

DeucesCracked is really pumping out videos the last several days. They've started like four new series in the last week alone. Looks like they're responding to questions about their current place in the pecking order.

Some of you might want to give it a look...

Really good stuff. You acquitted yourself well both in the vid and here in the thread.

[QUOTE=Zombiefan;44962352]Opening JTs utg seems super standard to me, but what do i know, i fold A7o from the CO.

Yes, playing OOP is underated!

JTs utg isn't standard. With a 9%+ opening range, you are going to get 3bet a lot. What hands are you calling a 3bet OOP with?

If you or TDA have the time, it would be interesting if you could run JTs UTG in your HH's and tell us the win/loss rate.

I'm curious what you open utg.

I open 66+, ATs+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, AJo+, KQo as a default and thought this was quite nitty. lol

UTG - AJ+ , ATs+ , KQ , KTs+ , QJs , 99

I sometimes don't open KTs or KQ, but open some low suited As. Sometimes the zoom tables are hyper nitty preflop, so I open up a tad. If nobody had huds, I'd only open about 4%

I mean, I'm winning at 124 evbb/100 with JTs utg, but I've only been dealt it 297 times in that position, and this is the problem with filtering for winnings for hands by position - impossibly small sample sizes, and by the time they get anywhere decent the conditions have changed.. You should just go with how comfortable you feel with it.

[QUOTE=TheDefiniteArticle;44997430]I mean, I'm winning at 124 evbb/100 with JTs utg,QUOTE]


Thx

Hey guys, I am going to join grinderschool for 3 months and was wondering if there are any good videos that specifically apply to 5nl and 2nl. I have seen the site and it seems as if they have a full ring microstakes series however am wondering If any of it relates to 2nl and 5nl?

Would be quite nice to have a few recommended videos to start with

I've done a series recently on 5NL zoom, most of colossos' material is at 5NL or 10NL, and it honestly will help you a lot to watch some guys playing higher stakes than you normally do.

great, will get onto that when I sign up.

thanks

Do videos and coaching sites say something new that books dont? im aiming to play 25nl next month and i beat 10nl zoom so far over a 31k sample , i have read tons of books and i know a lot of theory , will videos help me somehow and if so what would be the best site for me? im aiming to learn something new that i havent read on books so far (i have almost read all books on theory except jandas and mop). I would prefer exploitative advices or advices on very hard spots rather than gto stuff even though i need to improve my gto part too because its a must on zoom

Hello
Which site has the biggest library of LIVE play 6 max cash videos - 25nl - 100nl?

I will answer when somebody (troll who is now on ignore) has been attacking me and the training video site that I work for for many months now. This is the first time that I have said anything to him about this subject after about 6 months of witnessing this continually vendetta that he seems to have. Check his post history to see for yourself. The only reason that I responded this time is because it is a blatant conflict of interest when he fully admits to working for a competing training site in this thread.

I will be honest, I did not read your entire post because frankly if you don't like me and the material that I put out that is just fine. You cannot please everyone and I don't waste my time with negativity. My time is much better spent dealing with all of the people who tell me that my material has helped them. You can feel free to NOT go to my website, the training site that I work for and not purchase any of the products that I have released. I won't cry about it, I promise. You can probably not expect another reply out of me on this subject in this thread because it is a total hijack of what is probably a useful conversation for many people. You can feel free to pm me with any of your concerns however.

Yes, to some extent (and it depends on the specific subject), books are out of date the moment they reach Amazon.
Forums contain hand histories from hands that were played 10 minutes ago. (Live) videos/streams feature hands being played right now, usually by players that are beating the game right now.

Books are great for general theories. Videos are better for showing the theory being put into practice.

Some video coaches are terrible, it has to be said. Others are great at explaining exactly why they are making a particular move against a specific player in that precise moment.

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