I suppose it's interesting to see what the pros would do against the baddies I grind but even you sounded like you were falling asleep.

I'm sorry to be negative but there was nothing special to see here.  But vids like these of straight up standard play are definitely necessary.  TY for the effort of posting a new vid though! 

lol, u actually took a couple notes on an $11.50 player?  thought that was funny.

good video ryan!

Greetings,

Thank you for making this video, especially as it's low limit and on Pokerstars.  As usual, I liked your running commentary and post-play analysis.  I was trying to compare the moves that I would make with the moves you made against this very passive player.  Most of the time my actions would have pretty much mirrored your own.  However, there were a few exceptions.  And this brings me to a question.

Later in the video, the blinds were 50/100 and you found 66 in the BB.  Instead of pushing all in (that is the play I was thinking of making), you decided to bet like 500 as you said it enables him to make a bigger mistake.  You said, "Basically, if he peels we have enough in preflop that I can just stack off on any flop anyways, so I'm not really worried about it.  Just raising there instead of open shoving, enables him to make a bigger mistake because he could call, limp fold on the flop."

What I'm wondering if what other hands would you make this same play with (e.g. which pairs or two high cards).  Also, given that you're committing roughly a 1/3rd of your stack (400 out of 1230 chips remaning without the 100 chip BB)  to this raise, are there any flops you'd immediately bail out on if he called?  Thanks for making this video, especially at this this limit and at Pstars. 

REBTgenius (gave you five stars)

I think that you should be including the BB in any calculations you do, but there aren't any flops I'm folding. I would do this with hands like AX and 66 where I am fine with stacking off but don't want him to have a chance to outdraw me. He *could* call and outflop me, but with the amount dedicated preflop he doesn't have anywhere near the stack size to profitably play fit or fold on a flop. However, I think that the opponent is more important than the hand. A lot of players are capable of folding to an all-in but still tend to get attached to their hand. If you just raise big enough to dedicate them without going all in then sometimes you can get them to call then fold or call then realize how big the pot is and stack off when they wouldn't have done it preflop.

Greetings xSCWx,

Thanks for the response.  I appreciated your explanation as it just alerted me to a potential major leak in my game.  There is a potential gold mine out there with these players who like to bet and call preflop bets of like 150-400 when the blinds are 25/50 or 50/100.  I've had players tell me "you bet 100 and 125 like you think it's huge!"  These players would make this play extremely profitable as they will call with mediocre hands that they would otherwise toss.  I just watched Primo's advanced series where he talked about the Stop and Go and Go and Go concepts.  I've made plays like this without having the rich understanding your provided.  However, now I have the understanding to pick the right opponents (fit or fold types who want to see the flop) and make this play more profitable.  Also, you're right that I need to think about things more in terms of effective stack sizes and BB's.  Sometimes I try too hard to 'win each match' instead of simply making the proper +EV play.

Thank you for your response,

Jeffrey 

I rated this video 4 Stars (as noted in other instructor's comments, my ratings are tough...besides, this is a "great" rating, which is...GREAT!

It's a decent video for lower stakes players. The play is pretty standard, but recommended viewing to get a variety of instructors' perspectives.