PrimordialAA Archive Video 06 - Heads Up SNG From Scratch (Intermediate Version) Part 2 of 2

Hallo Primo,

first of all, thx for that nice vid. I have got a question.

1.) Could u please explain "hands that play well postflop", is there any other criteria than the chance to flop TP with at least a good kicker?

MFG Dikane

Yea of course, for instance a hand like T9s plays great post flop, because you can flop alot of straight draws, flush draws, strong middle pairs or medium strength top pairs, AND whenever you flop you dont get TOO tied down to your hand, like on a 9 high board if your getting 4bet shoved you know your probably beat. However a hand like K2o plays terrible post flop, because there are NO straight draws, NO flush draws, and only one top pair you can flop, and anytime you receive alot of action where you have top pair 2 kicker, you will never really be very comfortable with it post-flop. 

So vs an aggressive opponent, someone who will put alot of pressure on you post flop, it's MUCH better to play hands that play well post, because you want easy decisions once the flop comes down, with a hand like T9s you know exactly how to continue when almost any board comes down, however a hand like K2o you'll almost never be able to continue with, HOWEVER, a hand like K2o increases alot in value if your opponent is passive and will let you get to showdown easily, because then, your K high is going to win quite often if the pot just get's checked down, and your opponent wont bluff you off of the hand very often. Hope that helped! let me know if you have any more questions,

            -Primo

Excellent response, very clear and thorough, actually fills a little hole possibly for me too, would never play K2o but might play K8o more aggressive than the 9Ts

Excellent

+1

Thank U very much!!!

of course guys, always ask questions, or question the concepts we give out in the videos, it's one of the best ways of learning, and how I personally learn the best in most cases :), so don't ever hesitate!

Watched the whole series and just wanted to say you explained everything very well and there's so much to take from it.  Any plans on making more vids on beating low stakes 6/11 turbo's?  TY

Thanks alot Jamie, i'm really glad you learned alot from it and I always appreciate the feedback. I may make some more videos on conquering low stakes in the future, but for now im trying to focus on the $55-110 level to fill a gap here, but i'll return to low stakes vids shortly

these "start from scatch" vids are great.....im really thinking more when playing .......such as paying attention to players bet sizes more......

Greetings Primo,

This video will be really helpful as I find myself encountering this type of player quite frequently on Pokerstars.  If I can get them into the later rounds, I found I have a huge advantage-largely due to watching your videos.  I really enjoyed your analysis of basic end game play and how to adapt based on your villain.  The nuances of how to play Ax depending on the value of 'x' was really interesting and should add more depth to my end game.

Thank you,

Jeffrey

thanks alot guys for the great comments, i'm really glad the videos helped out! As always, feel free to ask any questions, i'll try my best to answer them as well as I can, and help you guys improve your game as much as possible :).

             -Primo

The hand you played in the video at 25:30 time stamp.... The Ah7s on Q463 with 3 hearts, you sayd is no point in reraising, I think there may be some value in reraise shove there as a semibluff with equity, The pot is 500 after he min-bets, and he could have a lot of hands he can do that with, wining imediately means a lot as you put 1000 to win 500 , I don't know the percentage he have to fold to show an imediate profit, but combined with your equity vs his calling range you still may show a profit here.
What do you think about it?

i don't know the video so i obviously can't talk about the specifics of that hand, but i can imagine that with that amount of equity (and on that board the hand is a quite a bit good enough as it is) the ev of calling a minbet is MUCH higher than that of a semibluff-jam.

but i'm only guessing and trying to wrap my head around the situation

hey guys, Im thinking about the hand in a vaccum here because I dont remember the specific hand, but there are two reasons I would have said what I did:

The first is,although I think he could be bluffing here sometimes, I think he is a ridiculous station that is not going to fold very often, even if he just holds like 45 or 65 or something for a pair + draw, or a pair + heart, which makes up for a very large % of hands, I mean pure-bluffs cant be thatttt big a % of his range.

The second would be, if I just didnt think he was making this play with air, so even though his bet doesnt really scream strength, I think he has a piece and probably isnt folding.

So this, combined with the fact that I probably have a huge edge on this person, so I dont necessarily want to take a smallEV edge here with a massive chip-risk, and can sitll probably extract value most of the time when I hit my A/5/heart on river, which def. still shows a positive expectation by flatting, is what would lead me to choose to flat over jamming.

Again, I didnt go back to watch the video, and vs some I can definently see jamming as a viable play, but when you have an opponent you feel you have a very big edge over, I just dont think we always need to take spots like this. Hope that helps, and let me know if you have any more questions,

            -Primo