Facing a river DONK SHOVE?!?!

[@jacemandt]

You said that if you always fold with a Q here, that it's an exploitable fold. But is it really exploitable if your opponents have no way of knowing you have a Q. As far as they know (assuming it's not a hand that shows up in a video like this), you could be giving up on a hand you were trying to get through as a bluff.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

You are right that your opponent's won't know what your bluffcatching strategy looks like on a hand by hand basis. The issue is if you fold all Qx, it likely means that overall, you aren't calling that much, and if you take a similar position in other hands, it will show up in your aggregate defending frequencies, which your opponent's can see. Think about it - if you play against someone and they are folding hand after hand after hand, eventually you are going to think they are weak and you will start overbluffing him - even if you don't know what specific hands he has been folding with. So, although no human can replicate a GTO strategy, the way most "balance" their range and try to lessen their exploitability, is by, in each hand, choosing the best combos to allocate to various buckets (i.e. call, value bet, bluff, etc.). If you do this for individual hands with decent efficiency, what tends to end up happening is that your overall frequencies will look balanced in the aggregate (even if you make mistakes here and there when choosing the "right" combos).

[@Simon-nv5zj]

I mean the quote 'just fold when people overbet for their tournament life' is definitely something everyone should adhere to.

[@Gos1234567]

Yes this is a good strategy no matter how many blockers to value and unblockers to bluffs you have!

[@neilminagh375]

Ben is a beast in all fairness. Just goes to show you the value of all his hard work off the table 💪

[@sixdroid]

sure.no variance for him.the variance lol

[@easyway_Fubar]

absolute quality! Really enjoying GTOx and learning alot, good job

[@daikusan55]

Nice video. Ben is definitely next level. Cool watching him think through a tough spot.

[@ncannavino11]

Very complicated hand. Very instructional. Thanks

[@jasonisfamous6544]

Sven calls recommended me this channel he is such a crusher im amazed this channel is so small. I think hes the best on twitch rn tbh.

[@itslonginus]

Suggestion: Can you leave a freeze frame of the board/hand history we're reviewing during the discussion/review?

[@sneakerworldromania32]

if you cant memorize a single board then..i don't think you get anything from this kind of vids anyway..:)) no offense

[@isaiah5217]

@@sneakerworldromania32 maybe he's coming back to the video after a break. Maybe he's interested for other reasons. But in general, maybe stop being a dikkk

[@camilotm]

I got one question:wouldn't the fact that we have a lot of combos of trips+ following the same line reduce the need of bluffcatching the river allin? .If we think in terms of mdf or something close to it (which I think ,solver tends to do in most spots on the river) ,I think we would be VERY WELL protected and we would only need to bluffcatch with only a few combos that are not trips+.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Sure, the more stronger hands you have to defend with (ie. you use the same line with 9x), the less you need to defend with bluffcatchers, and in reality, even if your frequencies are slightly off, your human opponents will have a hard time exploiting you. It's all about how precise you want to be. If you are playing lower stakes, you don't really need a lot of precision, but at the higher levels it becomes more relevant.

[@camilotm]

@@FindingEquilibrium got it!,thanks so much for the answer.

[@harbingerofepiphany3155]

Not to belittle the advanced analysis but at first glance of the Hand it is rather obvious there are a significant amount of draws that whiffed here in comparison! Also it is fairly safe for someone to assume we are on an over pair at this point so naturally may feel obligated to to use the only Option available and depending on a few miscellaneous details it's a possible snap.

[@philivy3725]

Too complicated for my level right now, will have to come back in 5 years !!!

[@shadowmaniac78]

I'm confused around the 13-14 minute mark. Solver shows to call with hands like A3 but earlier it was shown that OOP likes to bluff with the 54s and so forth. Aren't we blocking OOP main bluffs?

[@NoLongerGrilling]

A3 type hands that don’t include a diamond. OOP bluffs are all low diamonds.

[@clementodenknirps7161]

54s is a full house

[@shadowmaniac78]

@@clementodenknirps7161 oups meant to type 64

[@BG1435q]

What hourly would you charge to coach me? I'd like to be a GTO bot.

[@ramondolz7796]

Is rta a real problem? You could make a video

[@switters8679]

He made a video 5 months before you made this ignorant comment. Try the search bar human garbage. With this level of idiocy it is just in your best interest to stop.

[@4321i]

Ben is the great :)

[@edwardhalmarack7122]

Missed flushdraw jam

[@pudelinocacalat2951]

Special kind or guy = average tournament donk

[@dorwoo99]

It was a call imo.

[@jasonisfamous6544]

can someone tell me why lex is the biggest poker streamer? im not trying to hate but his winnings that i could find didnt dictate anywhere near his popularity level? is he just really good looking cause then i'd get it?

[@krisphung88]

Why and how do you make such quality content for free

[@NoLongerGrilling]

Why are u complaining? Also, this stuff isn’t that advance for decent+ regs.

[@OsefKincaid]

Why not? Even if you're selfish it's probably okay, if someone isn't very good they're likely to apply some of the advice badly.

[@xImSaf]

Lex veldese

[@isaiah5217]

Lex velDeezNuts

[@bebzon8941]

any chess fans? this guy sounds like chessexplained :D