Mirza 6 tables $200 NL in real time on Starts and talks about different game plans. He also discusses not overreacting to the aggression of a particular regular but always trying to adopt the correct counter strategy by pre-adjusting and trying to be one step ahead.
13:10 you second barrel ~halfpot with air. When you take that betsizing, isn't it obvious that you're trying to get Villain to fold his floats/weak hands? Because if you had Ax you probably would bet a tad bigger because there's more value in it and he probably isn't folding more often if you do that.
Obviously if you're balancing this betsize, then it doesn't matter, but even then I think this betsize is more often than not exactly this kind of hand, and you didn't mention balancing in the video so I'm guessing there's not really a lot of balancing involved in this specific situation.
13:10 you second barrel ~halfpot with air. When you take that betsizing, isn't it obvious that you're trying to get Villain to fold his floats/weak hands? Because if you had Ax you probably would bet a tad bigger because there's more value in it and he probably isn't folding more often if you do that.
Obviously if you're balancing this betsize, then it doesn't matter, but even then I think this betsize is more often than not exactly this kind of hand, and you didn't mention balancing in the video so I'm guessing there's not really a lot of balancing involved in this specific situation.
Hey good point.But the main reason is this guy was pretty much an unknown or at least i didnt remember playing with him alot prior to this session.We definitely didnt have any extensive history.I try to adopt very exploitable strategies in these spots vs total unknwns at nl100 200 or lower.That being said from a balance perspective this certainly isnt the best sizing and I would never use it for value or as a bluff vs a more recurrent opponent.
12,10 ~ Table 2 you open AJs UTG, fish calls inte the BB. Flop comes 23Tr, you cbet, villain call. Turn is an 8 and you bet again. What hands are you targeting when u bet here? And what is your plan for the river? This is a spot where if I checked back for example, I would be calling a river bet. Because I don't expect villain to be vbeting light, and he can have a bunch of worse A high or just random floats on the flop. Although since we are UTG his range is probably gonna be stronger and not including as much air. But generally this is my plan if I check back vs a fish in this spot, its not to fold river. Do you agree with this?
17,40 ~ Table 4 you open AJ on the CO, BTN calls. Flop comes Q95r and you elect to cbet. This is a spot where I usually c/f given that villains range connects with this board aloth, although when I am cbeting I do it when some hand that have at least decent EQ. With I guess AJ has. But on this boardtexture, I guess when u are cbeting, you are barreling 3 streets on alot of runouts? Is there any runouts you wouldn't 3barrel?
12,10 ~ Table 2 you open AJs UTG, fish calls inte the BB. Flop comes 23Tr, you cbet, villain call. Turn is an 8 and you bet again. What hands are you targeting when u bet here? And what is your plan for the river? This is a spot where if I checked back for example, I would be calling a river bet. Because I don't expect villain to be vbeting light, and he can have a bunch of worse A high or just random floats on the flop. Although since we are UTG his range is probably gonna be stronger and not including as much air. But generally this is my plan if I check back vs a fish in this spot, its not to fold river. Do you agree with this?
It's kinda like a mix of value betting and making him fold worse on some good rivers like j plus.
Ur plan to cbet check and call is ok in this situation.Weaker players float dry boards very light with any backdoor fds and dtraight draws and usually any overs and ace highs, so ur plan in picking off a bluff is gonna be an ok one overall.
17,40 ~ Table 4 you open AJ on the CO, BTN calls. Flop comes Q95r and you elect to cbet. This is a spot where I usually c/f given that villains range connects with this board aloth, although when I am cbeting I do it when some hand that have at least decent EQ. With I guess AJ has. But on this boardtexture, I guess when u are cbeting, you are barreling 3 streets on alot of runouts? Is there any runouts you wouldn't 3barrel?
The more the turn connects with his flop calling range , the more I'm gonna be likely to 3barrel.This might sound counter intuative at first but on 2nd thought , u realize that the wider his river range is , the more fold equity u have.So cards like 10 8 7 6 j K are cards that he s likely to call turns on alot , but will fold to a river bet.
