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Video 1 : http://www.mediafire.com/?d2zddv0lzzw
Video 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/?dmmdy4p20hl Video 3 : http://www.mediafire.com/?3x1yb99yygy A couple of notes: Videos are .wmv format ( lower quality but MUCH less in size than avi's) Commentary is weird ( my brother is sleeping in the next room and english isnt my first language). Vid 1 is straigtforward, nothing very interesting. Vid 2 is a little longer. Vid 3 is the longest with more hands and more "play". I def. didnt play very well though, made a bad decision in vid2 and 2 bad ones in vid 3. I didnt get slowrolled by xSCWx:), jk. xSCWx mailed me his HH's and i will post them once if/any discussion starts here. |
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It'd be interesting to know what stakes he normally plays and what stakes you normally play.
Thanks for upping the vids! |
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Awesome. Thanks for taking the time to do this :)
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i play mostly 110s and 220s
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In the middle of watching video 3, Ill have some comments up soon.
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Watched video 3:
-Early on with K2o I dont see why you didnt raise preflop. -A7 dont bet the turn. Consider betting the flop, nice board to double barrel. -85o no reason to limp based on how xSCWx is playing, raise or fold (raise like 90%+ of hands only fold for image). Hate the bluff raise, doesnt make much sense your not going to have a strong Jx or 9x too much here, he just not going to believe you, float would be much better. I hate the double barrel too. -K9s is a perfect spot to 3bet preflop, postflop A33s flop is just not credible against a decent player (making the assumption this is how you view xSCWx) I strongly recommend a lead here because he is almost never raising you and a c/r is too credible. After you c/raise and get called I dont know why you'd double barrel either here either, you caught the 9 you should be using it to bluff catch floats and draw. xSCWx not sure what you had here but I dont think you should have many hands that are cold calling the c/r then folding the turn. I would definitely be 3betting my flush draws BIG (to fold other FDs) mainly because I doubt he will c/raise Ax so your basically always taking the pot. In the off chance he does c/raise A5 or something pushing or committing puts him in a hell of a spot. -Q6o raise -KJo you have some serious timing tells. Also its not a tough decision at all if he raises the flop, you have the nuts. -98o I would strongly consider checking this flop for a couple reasons, one xSCWx is rarely calling with a worse hand (which also means hes c/raising this board more), against a weaker player this bet makes sense but with this draw broadwayish board your most likely going to be c/raised or called and behind. Second, the last time you checked behind xSCWx called down very light so you put yourself in a good spot in two regards. Once he c/raises I really wouldnt call without a plan (didnt seem like you had one from what you said, something like "if he checked I was going to try and take it away") A bit hard for me to comment on this one without seeing the rest of the matches but when I saw the 450 into 600 it definitely didnt feel like QJ or QT and Id expect KQ way way less (no 3bet preflop and big bet) and Kxhh wouldnt come out with that huge bet IMO (or shouldnt). Very dependent upon your read of xSCWx from the previous matches, if hes capable of c/r bluffing and double barreling this spot (I would guess he is) so I would probably push if I got myself into this spot. That said if he has a smallish c/r range and tends make bad defensive bets (say betting QJ like this) you're behind. If hes not expect to see JT for the turned OESD or some c/raised gutshot or bluff and flush draws most of the time. -K6o you call a raise OOP, very bad idea against a capable player unless you've just decided to make a move, still like the worst possible choice in hands Id rather pick like 43o or anything suited. Fold the turn because xSCWx is NOT double barreling here. -K6o again, raise preflop, seems unlikely hes double barreling this turn so Id fold, Id need a strong read to go to a call and just seems sooo unlikely a good player would bluff here. -Q9s xSCWx at like 12:30 you raise 3x the blind with 25bb effective stacks or something, you definitely want to keep the pots smaller completely unnecessary especially against a decent player. Jeffrey, your better off restealing by either pushing or making some sort of committing 3bet than calling this OOP, *grunching this one* I think the call and lead out is pretty transparent (mostly because your stack is dwindling and villain has been getting the best of you) and your very likely to get taken off it. If he doesnt raise 3x the blind I might consider calling but Id much rather c/r bluff than lead with your image. -KJo Id minraise, really nice tough fold. Pocket 99 comment confused me. -97s Given the pace of the match Id have to try and steal OOP even with your crappy image, 90 preflop. Also if you check lead out planning on double barreling non-club non J's and T's. -44 limp reraise IMO. Dont make that tiny bet on the flop make it your standard 75-90, dead give away, also strongly consider checking, villain is super likely to catch something marginal and put himself in a bad spot by leading the turn. Also watch your timing tells here. xSCWx I have no idea what your are flat calling preflop here but you should be pushing or folding instead. -K7o Id check this flop back, that flop slammed his call range. xSCWx push preflop, no idea what the hell you are doing here, just terrible on like every street. -AT vs J9 just push the J9 xSCWx. -86o timing tell. Check the flop back. xSCWx obviously terrible on the flop, at this point Im guessing you werent paying attention at all and were screwing around. **************************** Jeffrey - seems like you have a decent style against fish but you have to adapt a lot when your against a better player, almost two completely different games. Definitely more raising early, pretty much raise every hand you play only start limping against a good player (who is playing tightish OOP) if he is 3betting relentlessly. Id recommend you spend a lot more time analyzing the texture of the flop, you seem to make automatic decisions and you could easily take your game to the next level by slowing down on the flop. xSCWx-guessing you werent paying attention and being goofy on purpose so w/e. |
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I wrote a pretty in depth reply to the video and Cwar's comments. I'll hold off on it for a little to see if there is any more discussion before I post it though. I know my hands so I don't want to give anything away.
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How did you make this video? I'm dumbfounded by how high the quality is compared to how small the download is.
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Thanks for the reply cwar i really appreciate it, i just woke up so i need some time to go over ur comments. What u said about my game being good against fish is definitely true since im playing the 11s and 22s mostly and havent had to play/adjust against alot of good players.
xSCWx, i used camtasia studio, (custom production settings, wmv video). The same videos a little higher in quality though would be 100mbs as .avi's. I hope alot of other people would give their opinions before either me or xSCWx reply . |
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When he called and i hit my 9, i picked up extra outs. In your opinion i should be checking back here ? Hoping he'd bet and id shove over ? I havent taken a look at HH's but my play folds out PP from 66-KK. (meaning this is probably the sort of hand that he can call the flop raise and fold to the turn bet) Quote:
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Your read might be closer to what he probably had, (havent taken a look yet), IF other ppl dont comment/watch ill post his version after a couple of hours if he doesnt mind. Quote:
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Thanks again for taking the time to watch and comment on the videos. If u watch the 1st vid theres probably only 2 hands that i might have questions on. ( A9s in the beginning and the 78 hand). Vid 2 also ended a la vid 3 ( bad play by me ). |
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Im a little curious about your comment about not being comfortable enough to raise trashy hands from the button, not sure how that works out but just DO IT. Against someone like xSCWx who you can count on not playing tons of hands OOP your way better off opening any of those hands, limping gives away soo much info. Poker is about thinking and analyzing try and just doing things your comfortable with ESPECIALLY heads up. Sure you might lose a bit at first but as soon as it clicks you take off. You have to take risks to learn and I can tell you its definitely worth it.
To your comment about the 85o hand, yes I agree xSCWx is probably weak here but like I said a float is much better because he expects you to call most of your legitimate hands here so your not representing a hand well which is the essence of a good bluff, calling the flop and turn and betting like 2/3 pot on the river wouldnt be a bad line either if you expect him to double barrel often. K9s I dont think the stack sizes were quite deep enough where Id want to c/rai on the turn, just c/c and chk re-eval river (gonna be a tough decision if he bets but your playing a capable player so expect them). 44 hand, I want to play this hand in a limped pot and its great for limp reraise stealing, you have to understand this is a very trashy hand postflop given the stack situations its worth so much less when your not deep stacked and xSCWx has been playing too many hands too aggressively for you to expect to get to showdown in a raised pot with just a pair here. About the 98o hand, the really key factors here are whether he c/raises as a bluff and does he accidentally or on purpose turn medium strong hands into value bluffs (for example betting 450 into 600 on this turn when an overcard rolls off with QT would be severely limiting its value IMO). I assumed you thought he c/raised a wide enough range to call 2nd pair so if his range is polarized when he bets the turn (draws and bluffs as compared to 2 pair plus). |
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i laughed hard at the part where i start lagging and youre wondering if im eating pizza, i dunno what that was
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Phatjeffrey - A little after this hand you raised 78o and got check/raised on a 45K flop. You made a comment that you probably should have checked behind which I disagree with. This flop misses the vast majority of a BB's calling range which makes it perfect to cbet. A smart villain will know that it misses the vast majority if your raising range as well so it is likely you will be reraised here, but you will definitely take it down with your cbet often enough to be profitable. Quote:
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Should I have shoved this river? I was pretty tempted but I figured that his line looked either really weak or really strong, neither of which I want to be smashing the pot with. Quote:
For example, if I'm shoving, they tend to retaliate by shoving back. If I raise, they have more of a tendency to continue playing a normal game. It probably doesn't apply in this case so I agree that a shove is better in this spot. Quote:
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You know that I play more aggressive than you, so....
King 2: SCW is not a terrible player that isn't going to make plays at you. I would have liked to see a raise on the flop. I think you should raise more often preflop. I don't like the min-raise bluff. K9s. I would rather see c/c since he is laying you odds. Then donk the turn. The Q6, I like calling down, but also raise pf. I think if you know he is "taking stabs" you would do well to let him multi-barrel. 89o is going to be shove/fold on the flop. You know he is going to bet large on the turn. I wonder what you are thinking when you make a call on many of these flops. I was thinking, "please don't call with KJ." nice fold. :) K7o: I knew you were going to bet, just take the free showdown. I will look through the other replies later, I imagine there are some gems in here. |
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Very nice comments xSCWx, I actually kind of like your K5 play now altho I still think a normal c/raise is much more appropriate for what you were trying to accomplish. As for your KJo against jeffrey this is 100% a shove preflop. The 3x raise thing I agree that its good in theory to raise as much as you can against someone who is passive OOP BUT you were also dominating him postflop and the stack sizes are so small you definitely want to give yourself enough room to use your edge after the flop, I would have been minraising from 35bbs effective on down.
And jeffrey, for your overall poker mentality I want to elaborate a little more. Your "Im not comfortable with that yet" comment is a pretty dangerous way to think assuming you take poker seriously and want to move up (Im assuming you do and if you dont why not? With the skills you have you could easily make much more money). Basically I feel your giving yourself an excuse to stay in your comfort zone, you want to avoid risks and this seems like the best way. BUT let me ask you this, what is the bigger risk playing 22s all your life or shooting for the $5ks? What are you really risking by limiting your thinking and saying Im not this person I cant be aggressive? Im not saying its not good to have a good feel for your comfort zone (its an essential skill) but your giving yourself an excuse not to raise Q6o or whatever. Take that risk and all the psychological and emotional hardships you might experience if you lose for a bit at first its way less risky than not trying at all. I used to be the NITTIEST poker player alive and now, well, lets just say its been a long time since Ive been called a nit. Can you imagine if CTS or aba just decided they werent going to move up past 100nl? I mean the real risk is not realizing your potential not losing a couple hundo trying out some new stuff. |
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I'll watch this soon (probably tomorrow) and give some input if I can.
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Cwar, regarding the not comfortable part.
An opponent at the 11's will call an OOP raise with hands such as K3o-K4 etc...Raising hands such as K2 and Q6 otb hasnt been a standard of mine nor do i think experimenting with it when playing "non-thinking" players will show a profit. Eventhough games are def. tougher as u move up, some logic is behind every single move most players make. I might comfortably raise trash hands, hoping for a bb fold most of the time, and in turn folding to a 3bet, if my opponent knows better than to call with trash hands himself. (ie. K3 k4 Q7o etc..) I obviously think that i can no longer grow as a player playing low stakes, but im still trying to build a BR that can sustain "experimenting" with rational players. FWIW if i knew that i could redeposit money if i bust my BR(i.e had a job and/or an income), i wouldve probably taken more shots, played better players, worked on and thought of different angles of my game alot more. For now my best alternative would probably be continuing to post/read this forum alot so when i eventually make the move up i have an idea of what i should be doing/expecting. Thank you alot for taking the time and putting in the effort. Dave, thanks for the comments. But i think i had some value with K7o on the river, knowing that he called the minraise,flop bet and checked the turn/river. I couldve gotten a thin call from an 8 or a Tx possibly. I think its just unexpected that i ran into KJ there. I have no recollection of the minraise bluff. I think i played more aggressively in both vids 1 and 2. ( tbh, my starting hands were alot better though) |
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I don't think cwar is talking about taking shots. I think he is talking about not being afraid of failure.
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KJo he 3 bets and flops top pair the he says "if he reraises I have a tough decision to make"
Now that is ****ing classic man....i laughed so hard i think i cracked a ****ing rib. Indy |
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I guess we all cant be the best Indy.
I was def. calling/ The only 2 times hes raised me in the previous videos were with TP jack kicker, and AA for an overpair. So yes, i wouldnt have liked a push from him very much. Dave, the only failure i think im afraid of would be busting my BR and not being able to redeposit any time soon. I think its justified. Other than that i dont think im afraid of anything regarding poker. Im intelligent and willing to learn from my mistakes. |
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cwar good comments i especially agree with the 89o hand. Honestly I mostly check the flop myself, but i think its from experience alone and it was nice to see you articulate it. Overall this was a fun video to watch and both players seem to be growing in their poker games which is refreshing. I think they will both look back on this as a learning tool over time. Indy |
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Cwar,
I was a little surprised that you considered K9s perfect to 3-bet preflop. Could you elaborate a little? I usually hold out for something slightly stronger (like KTs) to 3-bet, and even that I wouldn't consider "perfect." |
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