aejones - Rail Heaven

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In this video Aaron sits with nearly seven figures across 4 tables of $100,000 NL on Full Tilt and takes part in both heads up and short handed play. Aaron discusses adjusting to the stakes, stack sizes and individual players. As always, he focuses on fundamentals, which are important even at the highest stakes online.
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uistbhoy niiiiice

edit: the games are running just now, get yo self in there! ;)
Shipit90 SWEET!
bigvb i once saw aejones standing outside by a car, he was wearing jeans and a blue and red t-shirt and looked very good and well cleaned. it was the best day if my life.
robbyd86 omg omg omg
dougiedan678 sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet !!!
ADZ122 Leggo = #1 coaching site
don caballero "OMGClayAiken is distinctly the second best player at these tables" priceless
ShovingStation thoroughly enjoyed

nh
desire video was tight !

you're 4 tabling PA HU as i am writing this so that's pretty awesome, best of luck with that.

a general question : you played a little tighter than you usually do, avoiding some close opening spots and i guess variance in general, where as when you're playing something like 2/4 to 10/20 you're always in there involved in every pot that's even remotely close and being aggro as fuck. how much does this have to do with you just taking a shot and thus logically trying to avoid the marginal spots a little and the players being tougher (for example folding A7o vs jman's BB but you would "always" open it vs a perceived regular at 5/10, even though i am sure jman is a lot better player than a random 5-10 reg, even the 5-10 reg will be capable of making your life tough and making your open -EV i would guess) rather than just making the best poker play ? I guess I kind of confused myself here as well but hope you can comment on it a little.

Also 2 other hands that came to mind where the AQ that you flatted vs martonas OOP, i think deepish and it came T94 2tone with your bdfd (Q vs A bdfd i guess not that important but still some) and you just c/f - kind of brings me back to my previous point of you being tighter and avoiding those kind of spots, because i was just watching and going like "alright now we get to see a c/r" and then you just fold.

And the 98o where you defend vs martonas 3-bet and just fold on QT8 2tone, i agree that all of your options suck but it still looks a lot like a call to me - i mean if you do defend it with like 90bb i can't imagine folding this flop (i know this isn't a great excuse but you have to be looking to do something other than try to flop megagin when you defend hands like these).

i felt like in general in this video you stayed on the side of non-splashyness and just not getting involved when it came to having the chance of spew it off, maybe it was just a case of you taking certain aggro lines some % of the time and just deciding not do them in these particular cases, but this is something that i've been having trouble with i guess as well (im just always looking to take the aggro line and stick it in somehow rather than pass the opportunity) so it would be great if you could comment on the frequencies and shit like that a little.

thanks and hoping to see more of this for sure
Xorkrik Note: Your tableselection suck. :D
Maximus13 Great Vid! Way to Crush!
Kesky ''...I don't know if Pat.. Patrick Antonius, the sexiest man in the world likes to 4bet light...''
ReSpOnSe this was the best video I have ever seen
joos even before i watch this, i know this video is going to be epic. No one else besides gus tv makes nose bleed vids
stevens0606 omgmorepls
Flawless ummm epic?
88keyz I guess now my one month subscription will be renewed..
beamishbabe MORE MORE MORE!!!!

How much % of this money is yours? big jump from 25/50! You dont find that playing for such high stakes affects some of your decisions?
horse2102 nice to see a vid at those stakes. esp after railing some of that action.
unfortunately you dont talk about the opponent on your right and your gameplan vs him.
he seemed to be the reason for the game running. but he also kinda crushed it...

your 68s hand (not on this vid) where you fire 3bullets in a 3bp vs him and he looks you up kinda light wouldve been interesting
Sc000t siiiiiiiick
Borg7 You're the man, aejones. PPLLEASSE upload another one of these. :)
I'm still in the 7-day trial but I will definatly subscribe because of these kind of videos.
Gorgi24 this is so sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

On the hand against galfond where you open the BTN with 88s you say tou would "normally" bet the turn. Board was like J254r. In your normal games, would you be planning to bet call 8s? If he had fire a second bullet would you have folded the turn? How often do you think you should 2 barrel this board on his shoes with complete air?
Sc000t Is this the first 500/1000 video offered by a training site? At least, first non cap 500/1000?
sidey
Is this the first 500/1000 video offered by a training site? At least, first non cap 500/1000?


almost, galfond beat him by about 3 weeks.

very good vid though, solid analysis as always.
Paced if omg is #2 in these games who is #1?
Probability
if omg is #2 in these games who is #1?


aejones?
Paced
aejones?


Possibly but I dont think he is that big headed.
Nute
Possibly but I dont think he is that big headed.


lol
desire
Possibly but I dont think he is that big headed.


you are almost there

2 more interesting hands that i found after going over it the 2nd time

JT on J94ddTd8x when you flatted pre and it goes chk chk on flop, you bet durrr calls on the turn and you c/f riv. it seems like a typical spot for you to be c/giving up a 100% of the time ? how to stay balanced here so that he can't just always take it away from us, even though he will often have like Qx with a diamond or QT etc all those hands, surely he will also often have like random pairs with a diamond that turn itself into a bluff, and imo often enough that we should be protecting our checking range there on the river by maybe checking Qx to him or something like that ?

88 in 3b pot vs jman, just wanted to make sure - if you bet turn you are bet/calling it right ? or would it be acceptable vs certain types of players to bet/fold it ?

also after thinking about the 98 hand more where you folded flop in 3b pot IP on QT8 2tone, think it's like decently standard because of how often he will have a piece and usually one that isn't looking to fold and you'll be in a ton of awkward turn/river spots.
desire also, what are your thoughts on 3-betting bigger IP (and even bigger OOP) as the stacks increase, in order to be able to bet bet shove and not having to make any gross overbets or pot it at some point during the hand. so say making it from 3bb to 11bb IP with 200bb effective stacks to set up nice sizes for postflop rather than make it 9 or 10 and having to near pot it postflop in order to get the $ in by river. (and potting will be pretty fucking gross on certain dry board textures)

or is it OK to like leave weird sizes behind and not even get all of the $ in ? i certainly feel dirty at times when i see that a small increase in betsizes on earlier streets would have helped me get it in, but now i am left with like 30bb extra but sticking that in would be too big/awkward.

sorry for flooding the thread, but i really feel you are the best person to answer my questions
aejones

a general question : you played a little tighter than you usually do, avoiding some close opening spots and i guess variance in general, where as when you're playing something like 2/4 to 10/20 you're always in there involved in every pot that's even remotely close and being aggro as fuck. how much does this have to do with you just taking a shot and thus logically trying to avoid the marginal spots a little and the players being tougher (for example folding A7o vs jman's BB but you would "always" open it vs a perceived regular at 5/10, even though i am sure jman is a lot better player than a random 5-10 reg, even the 5-10 reg will be capable of making your life tough and making your open -EV i would guess) rather than just making the best poker play ? I guess I kind of confused myself here as well but hope you can comment on it a little.


There are times I might pass up a spot I think is very close between +/- EV because I think it'll be high variance, or that I'm so unsure of the EV (my opening range in the sb vs OMGClayAiken) that I'm just going to take the route that is less unknown (I know its okay to open AA in the sb vs his big!)


Also 2 other hands that came to mind where the AQ that you flatted vs martonas OOP, i think deepish and it came T94 2tone with your bdfd (Q vs A bdfd i guess not that important but still some) and you just c/f - kind of brings me back to my previous point of you being tighter and avoiding those kind of spots, because i was just watching and going like "alright now we get to see a c/r" and then you just fold.


I shouldn't have CF that fast, when we played HU I thought he floated me once when I CR'd him, and I thought he was capable of barreling, so I just got a little unsure of how often I should be bloating the pot OOP vs him. Monsters under the bed.

And the 98o where you defend vs martonas 3-bet and just fold on QT8 2tone, i agree that all of your options suck but it still looks a lot like a call to me - i mean if you do defend it with like 90bb i can't imagine folding this flop (i know this isn't a great excuse but you have to be looking to do something other than try to flop megagin when you defend hands like these).


I just have no idea, I was not necessarily pleased with my play.

i felt like in general in this video you stayed on the side of non-splashyness and just not getting involved when it came to having the chance of spew it off, maybe it was just a case of you taking certain aggro lines some % of the time and just deciding not do them in these particular cases, but this is something that i've been having trouble with i guess as well (im just always looking to take the aggro line and stick it in somehow rather than pass the opportunity) so it would be great if you could comment on the frequencies and shit like that a little.


I think I commented on this a little earlier, I wish there was more to say, unfortunately there isn't. I was sometimes pleased with my play and sometimes not. I think my frequencies in this video and at these stakes in general are a little erratic, but I still have less than 5k hands lifetime of 500-1k.
aejones
this is so sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

On the hand against galfond where you open the BTN with 88s you say tou would "normally" bet the turn. Board was like J254r. In your normal games, would you be planning to bet call 8s? If he had fire a second bullet would you have folded the turn? How often do you think you should 2 barrel this board on his shoes with complete air?


There is very little complete air in his range. Most of it has Ax, some pair, some SD. He had one of the few hands that was complete air. I would normally bet-call the 8s because I don't think anyone CRs (and shouldn't) TT or 99 there and because most jacks bet the turn.
aejones

JT on J94ddTd8x when you flatted pre and it goes chk chk on flop, you bet durrr calls on the turn and you c/f riv. it seems like a typical spot for you to be c/giving up a 100% of the time ? how to stay balanced here so that he can't just always take it away from us, even though he will often have like Qx with a diamond or QT etc all those hands, surely he will also often have like random pairs with a diamond that turn itself into a bluff, and imo often enough that we should be protecting our checking range there on the river by maybe checking Qx to him or something like that ?


It'd be a good spot to check a flush, given he's betting all straights and turning some weak pairs into bluff. Even if I'm check folding a lot I'm not that worried about it.

88 in 3b pot vs jman, just wanted to make sure - if you bet turn you are bet/calling it right ? or would it be acceptable vs certain types of players to bet/fold it ?


Bet calling, but stacks are weird for it.
IcarusJam 4 tabling antonius at the nosebleeds? can has? one time?
Paced Dear Mr Jones

Who, in your opinion is the best opponent at NLH nosebleed steaks?

ty sir

Love

Paced.
jungleman this video was actually pretty boring
CANEBABY1985 when you flat AA, you comment that leading the Qxx monotone baord is bad. Can you explain why you think that? With durr as the short in between you guys, I expect martonas to check back alot there which makes me lead this hand 100% when I flat it and miss the backshove pf.
desire
when you flat AA, you comment that leading the Qxx monotone baord is bad. Can you explain why you think that? With durr as the short in between you guys, I expect martonas to check back alot there which makes me lead this hand 100% when I flat it and miss the backshove pf.


ya i think i had the same question and thought that the answer would be (although i don't remember the stacks exactly anymore) that they are a little too deep vs martonas to get it in happily, and c/c makes the hand easier to play rather than leading and going face up on 4flushing turns/rivers and being forced to check/guess

interested in aarons view for sure
aejones Our hand just isn't good enough to be part of our nut-range when we lead, and martonas had (bluff?) raised me a few times on the flop I think.
stockton
Dear Mr Jones

Who, in your opinion is the best opponent at NLH nosebleed steaks?

ty sir

Love

Paced.


probably the guy who has taken down 8+ million at 500/1k. durrrr.
donkey_k1ng It may be true that you're the best player in that lineup but only when you don't care about the money. It seemed like it affected your play and made you less confident.
critikal wow
mentirabr what u do if durrrr shoved on that 4 diamonds board?
thanks
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