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Originally Posted by DalTXColtsFan
I'm 99% sure that every player in this video either doesn't know how to play preflop or knows how to play preflop but isn't taking the game seriously. Over half the hands are straddled. The straddles are getting cold-called in 3 to 5 places including the blinds, often by trash hands like A7o, K8o, 42s, 62s.
Even when the hands aren't total trash like 33, 97s, ATo, KJo et al, as discussed in the previous post I just can't see how coldcalling any of these first in or even second in when you're not on the button is ever correct. I saw a straddler wake up with QQ UTG, get 3 colcdcallers, a 3-bet from the button, a cold-call of 2 from the BB and then he just called the 3-bet. I can't imagine that's ever correct almost regardless of the table conditions.
I've heard multiple players say that you can get away with being too loose preflop if you can play well postflop. So far the postflop play doesn't seem nearly as atrocious as the preflop play but I've seen a few what appear to me as clear mistakes (I'll post a few later). And even if that's true, coldcalling a straddle from UTG+2 with 42s has GOT to be taking it too far.
So my question for this post is, is there any chance at all that these people are better preflop than I'm giving them credit for and they've come up with new reasons to play those trash hands that are somehow profitable? I'm 99% sure the answer is HELL NO but I'm open to being told I"m wrong.