yo guys, I try not to put too much stock into vid ratings, but if you are rating a video 1-4 (anything less than 5), take the time to make a comment about what you didnt LOVE, or what could be done better, this is the only way the coaches are going to be able to work towards giving you 5 star videos all the time!

You get my "5 Star-AWESOME" rating for this. I was about to rate it 4 Stars (as I said, I'm tough!) based on the fact that it's quite an ordinary video, BUT then I reconsidered because you are basing this on your "Fundamentals" videos, and the video follows those nicely. Explanations are good, as in all your videos I have seen. I also like the fact that it is a two-tabling video and your commentary kept pace.

Here are my questions...

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@5:50

10/20 blinds

Hero: J4o BB, limped pot.

Flop: J85 rainbow.

You check.

This is a situation that arises frequently.

Can you explain why you didn't bet out at this flop? Your hand of course is either way ahead or way behind. You don't want to get raised and I guess you are going for two streets of value here?

The only bad thing is that your hand could be vulnerable to an overcard, but you are not so concerned with that?

How does opponent type affect your decision?

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@14:45

15/30

Hero has 97o, makes a 2x raise and is called.

Flop: JdJc3d

Villain check calls.

Turn(checked)/River: QdAh

You bet 240 into a 280 here.

Couldn't this bet be smaller, maybe 200 here and accomplish the same thing? I mean, 40 chips is not much difference, but will you get any additional folds for the extra 40 chips?

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@17:20

15/30 Villain has 1045 chips

Hero checks K7o in a limped pot

Flop: 8s7c2c

You lead 45 and Villain raises to 120

You call "…just because of the strength of our hand; very strong MP. A competent player will bluff-raise this flop a decent amount."

Turn: 8d

Hero checks, Villain bets 90, Hero raises to 270, Villain shoves

Of course, you will call the shove if you are checkraising here.  I would have a difficult enough time calling the raise on the flop, but I can understand that. But there are so many bad cards that can come on the turn that I don't feel I will know where I stand. What turn cards are you folding here? I mean, 90 chips is quite weak, but what if he bet 1/2 pot or even more?

Are you ever just calling a 90 chip bet here on various turn cards (Can you give some examples?)? Or is that just asking him to bet big on the river?

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@35:15

15/30

Hero has 745 chips.

Hero raises KdQd, Villain calls.

Flop: 3d4s7d

Your comment is, "

this is a "similar hand to earlier; a little bit better because the board isn't paired."

The earlier board (exact situation otherwise) was 2d2s7d.

Isn't the paired board MORE favorable to you? Even a loose fish is not so likely to have a 2 in their range.

Though you are never doing badly, and even ahead of most other hands, aren't you most happy on either of these flops if the opponent simply folds? If they are bluff-shoving air, obviously either board is fine, but wouldn't you be happier calling a shove on the paired board? Hands such as 76o will have more equity on the non-paired board.

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Thanks for another great video!

Ok, so, without going back through the vid (time reasons), i'll try to answer these hands as best I can, considering you gave a great description and provided me with alot of information about them:

@5:50

I dont think my hand should be that vulnerable, because most people will raise most of their range that includes overcards here. I dont mind a lead at all on this flop, as there are a reasonable # of draws or weaker pairs your opponent could have, but I also dont mind ck flop / bet turn / bet river

@14:45

Couldn't agree more, especially vs an opponent who isnt going to read this smaller size as weakness and potentially turn his hand into a bluff here, I think smaller would be totally fine. HOWEVER, dont get too much into this habit, because people tend to constantly try to do this, save chips bluffing, extra extra v-betting, and your hand ranges become incredibly transparent on turn/river streets due to your sizing

@17:20

Interesting spot, really hard for me to elaborate w/o re-watching the video, but given the board i'd assume if I am calling the flop raise then i'd fold to like... 9 / T / most clubs higher than a 6 assuming I dont have Kc  if he makes a decent bet, and prolly call most if he bets real small, but then folding most rivers in that case, even though its exploitable most people dont exploit it that much, and will shut down alot of rivers

@35:15

Again, hard w/o knowing exactly what im talking about... if im referring to that its a better board to cbet, i'd only say that if our opponent was pretty LAG-y and capable of c/r light on boards, at the time I made this vid people were doing this a ton on paired boards, it was just 'the thing to do'.

If I was talking about calling a shove, I dunno, I dont really agree with myself in that case, although our hand is prolly better on 2 2 7, I think people bluff-shove it MUCH less often (for some reason) than 3 4 7, where 5x / 6x / 89 type hands, etc. get jammed alot

The situation was: QcKc PF, he minraised and you 3bet, he called.  

Flop: 2c7c2d and you lead 210 and he pushes all in.  You say that we're ahead of most hands so it's definitely a spot we want to get our stack in.  The only thing is i'm having trouble seeing which hands we're ahead of? 

The poker odds calculator puts us at 49/51 losing with the paired board against a 7x, and 51/49 winning if the 2nd 2 was a 6 or something.  Even if he's only got a pocket pair or an Ax we're still only at 53%.  

Since it's a call here to an all-in I'm confused.  Is 53% the kind of win percentage we want to get our stacks in on?  (I'm a beginner so forgive my ignorance.)