The_End - $400 NL Leak Finder Part 1

[The_End]

Hey! I wanted to let you know I will answer all your questions asap.

But a bunch of my accounts got hacked and also am in graduation stage of my study so I have not found the time yet.

-Denny

[TheStudent]

Sorry to hear. Good luck with that and looking forward to ur answers about the vids

[The_End]

Originally Posted by TheStudent

6:43 table 3

What do you think about the call pre flop? I think vs 3x it's better to fold or 3bet, and if u call, it should be because u can exploit something, like a weak range and he cbets too much or something like that, so u can attack him on certain boards. Because of that, when I call here pre flop, I am looking to donkbet certain flops or c/r, and this would also be one of them because I have the Ac and an overcard. Because this board is likely to go chk chk, I prob would donkbet here if I called pre, and continue on clubs, jacks, and aces. What do you think about that? (lol and now u start talking about a c/r, but still, what do you think about donkbetting compared to the c/r?)

I think call pre is fine. Obviously it depends on the BTN opening range, but as long as you play well post I think A9o is just strong enough to flat. I think donkbetting is an option, although in a vacuum I prefer a c/r because ppl cbet too much and this is such an easy board to put pressure on the opponent, since we can rep a lot of different valuehands (especially on certain turn/river runouts).

11:24 table 1

What do you think about calling pre? Do you think this is a good spot to 3bet?

I'd prefer a call pre usually. 3betting too wide against a mr OOP can get you into trouble sometimes. That being said, I think it's a good hand to mix it up with, and naturally it gets better if your image is better.

17:24 table 4

What do you think about 3betting here? What would be a reason to 3bet ATo here and what would be a reason to 3bet 8Ts?

I think it is okay, but I always find ATo a weird hand to 3bet. It often gets me into spots postflop where I don't know if I can still valuebet or not. (Or I bet flop, chk turn and not sure if I can call river). Reason for 3betting would mainly be to hope you get a fold with a blocker (ATo) or otherwise play a pot in position (and I think 8Ts is still easier to play)

23:35 table 2

I understand that u should 2barrel to let him fold pairs below Ax a lot, but isn't it combowise easier to have an ace or set compared to a pair? Like if he calls pre flop with 88+, AQo+, AJs+ but 4bets KK,AA, he has a total of 63 combos, where 27 combos are 88-KK, and 27 combos are AQo+, AJs+. Keeping in mind that he will fold some % of the time on flop with 88-QQ, I don't think u have enough FE on the turn to continue bluffing, unless u think he always calls 88-QQ on flop and folds on every turn because in that case he will fold 50% of the time which is enough.

Combonator Output combonator.com
Board: Ah 7d 4c
Vs Hero Cards: 7c 9c

Combinations in complete range: 54 [Hero Eq: 21.87%]

Grouped: 54 combos, 100.0% [Hero Eq: 21.87%]
Ungrouped: 0 combos, 0.0% [Hero Eq: 0.0%]

Group 1: 27 combos, 50.0% (50.0% total) [Hero Eq: 21.80%]
Group 2: 27 combos, 50.0% (50.0% total) [Hero Eq: 21.95%]

Group 1: Manual selection

QQ-88

Group 2: Manual selection

AJs+, AQo+

(Hands are listed above, not combinations. Use the 'copy' button to copy the combos to clipboard)

What do you think about this?

My gut says his range will be more heavily weighted towards non-strong ace hands, but I could be wrong. If the range you constructed is his true range, obviously continuing is not great..

24:36 table 1

Would u ever jam here with a small pocket pair? I often struggle with this, since I think in a vacuum it can be +ev, but I don't like it because it will be so hard to balance. On the other hand, once he starts 3bet/calling 88, I can adjust and 4betjam 99+.

I did a calculation on this a very long time ago, when people used slightly larger 3bet sizes, and I think something around a 15% 3bet range makes a 4bet jam unexploitable (so balance doesn't really matter). However, given nowadays sizing etc., I probably prefer 4bet/calling to a jam, since I have seen people shove A5s type of hands.

49:00 table 2

So you would fold 33 but call 55 because he has 3 outs less?


Good video!

In general, yes. I do think 3 extra outs over 2 streets matters. Our opponent is in a spot where he will always realize is equity, and an extra 12-13% is a lot. Maybe calling with 33 is also okay, but I am not so comfortable with it (and given my tendency to call down I think it does say something)..

Sorry it took so long! Will do the other questions over the weekend

[TheStudent]

You mention you find ATo a weird hand to 3bet, do you also think that if you are OOP? Just played a hand again where I did 3bet Ato OOP vs btn open, cbet Axx, turn blank, I c/c, river blank, I c/f. Since I felt a bit confused, thought I would ask u.

[The_End]

Yes I think especially OOP, for spots similar the hand you played. You don't really want to fold (since he could put you on middling pair and turn things into bluffs, or potentially even valueshove worse) but you don't really want to call either (since he might only have better). Also you're not comfortable betting 3 streets.

To prevent this confusion I rather fold or call AT against most. Sometimes I'll still 3bet BTN/BB if the button defends smaller suited aces or 4bets a bit too much. In position you have some maneouvrability postflop although I think flatting is still better usually since you keep dominated hands in