LLinusLLove v TonyG | GTO v Maniac

Analysis of two hands played at the Triton high roller cash game in Montenegro.
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[@kvnd7331]

From this hand we can conclude tony G plays perfect GTO

[@dmtc6913]

but like a set

[@vivelagauche3564]

LLinus is goooooone

[@Mary-xc1ev]

@@vivelagauche3564 gooooone, goooooone

[@JeffBoski]

The most important lesson in this video is... Don't blame the dealer

[@_antwonTT6]

Rightfully so.

[@michael2305]

Just tell him to wash his hands if he gives you shitty cards.

[@xelorkrosmo4066]

We should also notice that Tony G is not playing his money as he probably plays with the money he scammed with COINPOKER... They still owe me 30k$, ill say politely: FUCK!!

[@johnsingleton2407]

he was biggest winner in the session and told yana lets go shopping

[@nealu8169]

Lmao

[@Harbz]

GTO vs GTFO

[@LucasdeMaria1]

Best comment

[@glovozagreb6594]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG !!! YOU MADE ME HIGH!

[@exchef7555]

LMAO

[@fatjamescorden1597]

69 likes

[@ZygimantasA]

HAHAHHA :D

[@CharlieCarrel]

I would love to do a joint hand analysis with you 😁 Great content as always

[@clipped2]

I could watch one of these videos every day for the rest of my life. Then when I get to heaven (or hell), I will know exactly when to check raise the almighty.

[@joshuapatrick682]

Tony has been milking that maniac image for 10-15 years now. He’s not a maniac and when he bombs he generally has something good, whether good draw or good made hand. I would challenge anyone to find a hand tony has played in the last 5-10 years where he’s just blasting off like Viffer.

[@Gos1234567]

Yea he never bets too big with his bluffs either,I haven’t seen him do some of the check raise bluffs that pio would recommend.I think he’s quite tame compared to GTO

[@kkkkdidikddd9033]

Haha funny comment.. best players blast off very often.. If u not blastin off time to time u doing it wrong

[@DrunkOfficeTea]

You just watched him bet 100k with a 10 high flush on a paired board, what exactly do you consider blasting off if that's not it? Did you not watch the Triton series, there's multiple hands were he loses his shit and that's just the Montenegro game. Looking back over the years there's lots of spots he tilts hard and talks himself into some pretty terrible calls or just goes off hoping to bully people out of pots. He's a pretty bad player, definitely agro, he's just rich that's all.

[@KKSuited]

​@@DrunkOfficeTea he's rich because of poker though, so pretty invalid. If you judge him in a vacuum based off the streams you remember him in, I'm sure you could judge him harshly. Tony G has been playing winning poker for a long time at nosebleed stakes.

[@reppingl]

@@KKSuited he’s not rich because of poker, he’s made many millions from his businesses

[@praveenchandrajoshi4286]

No body has the heart and commitment like Tony g to play hands without seeing it... Amazing tony. You sucked the new kid into your territory.

[@sxyy2559]

Donkey or Mike postle range 😂😂😂😂😂

[@shanejett3550]

In would love some Mike Postle analysis. I have watch a fair bit of his crazy poker play. Would love some more insight.

[@theejayzeeable]

@@shanejett3550 Postle's approach is also GTO - Get Through Observation. As in, get chips through observation of his phone to see what his opponents' cards are.

[@shanejett3550]

@@theejayzeeable: very original. It's disappointing there is really very little analysis RE his GTO D!€K look phone reads & crazy play.

[@jonnyhatter35]

this channel is great. it's really helped me better understand game theory in general.

[@pedromeleiro5613]

Trueteller and jungleman are also playing on this cash game, this is some serious action.

[@eldojacob5070]

Linus loved tony j's company It was fun watching these two!!

[@KamratKamala]

Best poker coaching videos online. Period!

[@wellingtonmontanholi]

Very good analysis man! Keep it up with these videos! hug

[@furdiebant]

Thoroughly recommend the full series on triton's page

[@Mat-oh3xe]

If you go back and watch Tony G on the earlier TV poker you may notice that a lot of his plays look like GTO plays at a time where solvers wear not around.

[@Alex-Bunin]

We are all waiting for the Tony G vs Mikita hand from ep. 6 here ;)

[@zachhughes8546]

Linus, Trueteller, Ike, and Jungle all in the same game. This may be the toughest recorded live game ever

[@undergroundpost]

yet tony g crushed...

[@kraftlawrence1914]

Actually Fish2013 is at that table as well

[@andro99991]

Don't think so. People like Ivey or Adelstain are much better live cash game players than these. Online, of course, is a different story.

[@zachhughes8546]

@@andro99991 well that's a stupid take

[@michaeletzkorn]

@@zachhughes8546 not that stupid. Adelstein and Ivey are both good at extracting live tells and that gives you more of an edge than any theory-based strategy in a live game.

[@dankahan4796]

I find the "blueprint" very instructive. But I remain unsure how to include appropriate mix of bluffs in macro & meso levels, and more generally how to think about polarizing range within this framework. Perhaps it will become clear as you continue to use the framework to inform your analyses. Thanks for sharing knowledge!

[@greg7788]

Great analysis and well presented. Subscribed!

[@brucewayne5221]

Man bro, you put up the best vids on poker out there. I expand so much with each one. I’m like Lucy at 10% right now .. I can feel my hair growing! Thanks a milli bro, keep up the good work 💪

[@andrewsheffield5294]

There’s a really good hand between Tony G and Linus in the most recent episode where Tony has KJ and Linus has T9hh- please could you review this one

[@On3Thought]

Linus tries to play exploitatively against tony with 109 then fails miserably.

[@Grandremone]

Yeah Linus no soul robot player gets owned there real good

[@gigglesinside]

@@On3Thought T9, only fish write 10 instead of T 🐟

[@jamesdack7638]

@@gigglesinside crushing all the high rollers because you write T,9, what a sicko you must be there John.

[@gigglesinside]

@@jamesdack7638 Cheers man, yeah I do pretty well :) Hopefully you get out of the micros soon.

[@bigbiyyy]

Youre lit this is massively productive content

[@michael14561]

I know Linus is really good and has studied a lot but he really plays close to perfect GTO even live

[@raduandreicosmin]

TonyG is probably the most entertaining poker player to watch

[@conormccormack7841]

No way, Hellmuth by far

[@zainsyed9811]

Great content! Cheers. At 4:30 you mentioned a video explaining your hand analysis system. Do you have a link to that? Cheers

[@goldynchyld8106]

I prefer Doug Polk's approach of spending 5 minutes in analyzing a standard pre-flop situation to your very efficient 5 second GTO approved approach. Very high quality video, good job

[@srki22]

I have one suggestion. When you look at what is the UTG range for raising I think that it is better to look at MTT solution than pokermaster, because pokermaster assumes that you raise 3.5x which is awfull because there are antes so 2.5x like it is in MTT (and what TonyG is using) is much better. Yes, it is not a straddle solution but there is no much difference from UTG perspective. Also TonyG is LAG so he raises more frequently thant 3.5x range suggests.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Yeah - I am not sure how close the GTO straddle ranges are to how people play in real life but it's hard to know what adjustments to make. It seems like the straddle range is similar to MTT ranges but with 1/2 the effective stack so I may use that range for the next one.

[@bruwar]

Very interesting hand in episode 6 (minute 32:00). Linus (vs. Haxton) flops an ace high fd on a low board; cbets 1/3 pot and checks on a favorable turn for his range (which was surprising to me). I would be very interested in seeing the solver input on that.

[@prototypejack671]

6:40 best part

[@ferperez32]

Excelente video! Tu contenido es nivel Top a nivel mundial. Excelente trabajo

[@Shevchennko4258]

1:48 WTF IS THAT EYE MOVEMENT

[@cperalez]

great job on the analysis!

[@GokuPoker]

great video as always!

[@ewallt]

On the monotone board, should a small flush raise to protect against higher one card flush draws?

[@KKSuited]

If thats not a yes then IDK what else would be. I'm always targeting weaker made hands like top-top or two pair and trying to push out draws and folding to large bets on the river, where well disguised bigger flushes will show themselves. If I sometimes overfold a small flush to a set that overestimated itself, that's usually better than calling it all off to a well played big flush.

[@ewallt]

@@KKSuited This is 2 years ago, so I can’t remember anything. Heck, just remembering yesterday is tough. But thanks for the response! It gave me a chance to rewatch this video. It’s a pleasure to watch videos this well done. The point about AJ in the first hand betting having nothing to do about the hand, but only the range, was very interesting.

[@PokerMikeLuzzi]

And one day Linus too won't be the best anymore, there will always be someone who will come along and be better... Such is evolution.

[@TheEpicChronicles]

Tony obviously doesn't play gto but I've seen the different episodes of this cash game and he's pretty good in chatting and confusing people in order to bluff or to get the max value. He's a very skilled live player but not a GTO one for sure.

[@nikolaydanshin8149]

Great vid as usual, thanks!

[@EricLabrador]

I laughed out loud at the donkey mike postle range

[@fourlokouva]

thank you sir for this informative piosolver analysis

[@heyjas0n]

You are my favorite poker channel.

[@MrAdamMcFarlan]

@Finding Equilibrium Great videos. Try to balance the outro/intro volume at lower levels similar to the rest of the video. The only bad thing in your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@trentwalker9094]

your videos are great thank you!!!

[@MalteNick]

hey :) Is there anywhere we can get a copy of your system? Great video by the way! Love your stuff!

[@GabrielGuebo]

it's on description: PioSolver

[@ddfsefa]

Thank you so much for these content. I have been playing poker for a while but I would like to increase the understanding of the game. What would you suggest that I do? Would it be a good idea to buy one of the solvers and run simulations and try to understand why certain play is optimal? Or do you have any other suggestions?

[@CrankSick]

In hand 2, you said that the turn card was better for Llinus range, but skipped over what the solver would do in his shoes. Is the check automatic despite it being a better card for him?

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Mainly calling (95%+), but if you nodelock to make Tony G more aggressive with flush draws the amount of raising will increase.

[@garygwin1741]

Study and Study, weight the small if not totally insignificant factors together, just to be able to play 1 form of poker. I play all of them well.

[@geraltofrivia2570]

how much $ did you make from all those many variants of poker combined?

[@jdsteel61]

this is a great video, cheers

[@vader6203]

Excellent work

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

The G stands for "good at cards"

[@clubstar2000]

Nice content...love your videos

[@clot8446]

Hey, Big fan watch all your videos from the beginning. Don’t comment often as I’m generally Always behind the theory that GTO offers and you explain very well. In that first hand, you discuss Linus’s decision to bet on the turn which is what pio does with 95% of its range and mention that the exploitative route to check here does not differ in EV from the GTO route to bet on this turn. However it seems to me that an opponent like Tony G has all the random two pairs on this board but has way more pair+straight draws and junk one pair hands that Linus can’t extract value from on the turn ( Because the king favors his range ) but could on the river by calling a bet which tony could fire on various scary rivers such as one liners to a straight or paired low card as well as going for some thin value when checked to as he has AQ Or AJ or maybe low Suited aces that didnt connect but had a backdoor flush draw on the flop, ( Although tony had the AoH he doesnt block these combos), so Tony could be inclined to go for a call there. On the long run, I think being unbalanced against certain player types may result in a larger EV difference compared to straight GTO.

[@samronalds7799]

incredible video

[@BigJoJoJoJo]

what? I thought the neck pulse check is the most GTO read you can make

[@BD85Sky]

Jungle man sounds like he’s drinking even when he’s drinking

[@mjudah6848]

Bruh love how tony g is called a donkey even though he is so successful

[@domsonshuneson6754]

Yeah everyone at that table deserves to be there

[@BERENCEV]

Haxton gonna hate folding K2suited from SB vs of that loose Tony G-ear range, Isaac would have flopped nuts!

[@felixh7980]

great video! what is the name of the ong at the end?

[@janus11]

There is a interesting hand in the 2nd ep where badziakouski has A10 and Tan Xuan has JJ. Could you review this one?

[@moonbull3137]

I don't think I'll ever understand GTO. These solvers might as well be in Chinese. Maybe if someone explained it like they would to a 5 year old lo

[@aishan6224]

funny how tony G think llinus has AK when hes the less likely at the table to show AK after a 3bet. tony doesnt ajust at all

[@rahulrangwani2760]

See we all can see that one of these two is pure genius and an indestructible GTO machine but there is no need to call Linus a maniac!?!

[@aarongoleman4592]

This is the style of play Phil is always denouncing. It’s taking away the human element. Tony is always getting the maximum value out of every hand due to his image and speech play.

[@MK-13337]

Tony is the fish on thag table 😅

[@andro99991]

@@MK-13337 Yeah right, that is probably why he tripled his stack at the end. :)

[@MK-13337]

@@andro99991 Variance is the reason. The fish gotta win sometimes otherwise they stop playing.

[@KKSuited]

​@@MK-13337 variance doesn't explain why he's been playing nosebleeds for 15-20 years and consistently winning lmao. Tony is a monster in live games, a legit end boss. Is his play perfect? No, but no one else's is either, and his ability to read and influence other "better" players decisions for his benefit is pretty top notch. Basically you can be better but he can drag you to down to fight on his level and he excels at the mind games.

[@On3Thought]

Wider Range = Smaller Bluffing Range, nice.

[@struds6778]

'Rightly scold the dealer..' hahahaha

[@BERENCEV]

I love Nikita Bodyakovskiy’s English, it’s almost as good as his $20M career earnings in live mtt’s.

[@abeljames4702]

Wow I remember when poker used to he fun

[@jwrIII]

Lovely breakdown my friend, more GTO v exploitative from informed perspective pls thx

[@albertod3882]

14:45 - adderall effects

[@irakliorjonikidze3556]

Great content 👍

[@BigBadVVolf22]

I have a feeling someone isn’t a big tony g fan

[@7betJesus]

what’s up with the short bus chips?

[@JL-fj3it]

Why such good video have so few viewers

[@eldojacob5070]

Ohh Jeff boski watches my man's video ♥️

[@Franciumflourine]

There's something funny about tony sitting a bunch of gto bots

[@cizixap129]

does anyone know the name of this dealer?

[@McBain86]

Why, do you want to stalk her? Creepo . . .

[@sssssssppsssssstt]

amazing videos

[@_antwonTT6]

1st Hand: Tonys stuck and salty. 2nd Hand: he's up and the life of the party. I bet his house has a few holes in the walls. It must be a fun mission to silence players like that. That amount of money swinging back to tony especially that "you got a 4..." Hand against jungle makes me nauseas he still makes a profit. I'm jealous.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

I understand Tony G's upset . The dealer should have put an ace instead ! That would have been more fun!😂.

[@mmercato7174]

Hahaa Tony gets Milked by the Swiss guy. On your Bike !

[@mhdz]

I get how ur weighing every factor and think through exploitative’goating’, but to not include a subsequent hand where Tony calls a re-raise on the river with a weak K pair only makes this vid very incomplete/misleading. Still a good watch and great content. 👍

[@nonenonerson7130]

Finding Equilibrium is the motherfucking bees knees

[@TheAstrosaske]

greater video

[@ludwigengel4430]

tony's 45 double against jungle pleas

[@fugazzetaymantecol8964]

Llinus was on speed?

[@milosmaric6412]

speed is not milionare drug buddy

[@fugazzetaymantecol8964]

@@milosmaric6412 Well, pardon me, Mr Heisenberg.

[@milosmaric6412]

@@fugazzetaymantecol8964 i dont need to be hrisenberg to know speed is drug for poor

[@fugazzetaymantecol8964]

@@milosmaric6412 Owww, shut the fuck up.

[@michael2305]

@@milosmaric6412 yeah but cocaine is not the GTO way of staying up all night.

[@TravelPhillipines]

Nice video I subscribed ☺️

[@gustavodanielvrancich4936]

That day Tony destroyed them.

[@answerng]

1:08 a bit impolite, if someone knew mandarin, they've got some message

[@kotsiospyrou]

We have to drink, come on... Tony trying to loosen up the gto strategy with alcohol but it doesn't work with Llinus :D

[@founik]

Kostas Spyrou because Llinus has his ranges balanced while drunk and while not drunk 😁

[@MCFoultier]

Watch the whole vid, at the end Tony succeeds in corrupting the regs towards his level, jungle man smoking, everyone drinking, the Belarusian playing q7 like a set etc

[@eliehaddad4244]

Very good content

[@bmfj3104]

Having wine is not "having a drink" either.

[@Stefanburakov]

Tony use pio solver minimum 4 hours day nobody work so much on his game as Tony

[@clevertrevorsdad]

Such a great site

[@lafavini]

LLinusllove looks exactly like Kate Mckinnon from SNL.

[@AustinHammy32]

Linus is a great player

[@jonnyhatter35]

I love how it's the russians trying to get everyone to drink more. It's hugely plus EV for the russians when everyone gets drunk since alcohol already ran in their slavic blood since birth

[@pushotr]

great

[@pokerendboss3576]

What A Shame dumb profile picture. Your a nerdy sheep.

[@pokerbruh]

@@pokerendboss3576 yeah and you seem like a great guy

[@pokerendboss3576]

poker bruh i am thanks

[@luckymaggie6594]

Linuslove was breaking even for that session. Jungle and trueteller all lost.

[@kvnd7331]

tony g sent them all home on their bikes

[@wscmy123]

fish2013 also break even with the last hand.. big bluff get snaped by tonyg

[@johnjohn-br9bz]

jungles just a beast

[@EnvoYofAiuR85]

This guy talks like an automated robot.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

10001101011100111 1010001 110011 1100?

[@srki22]

I disagree, he talks very clearly and straight to the point. The best poker strategy channel on youtube. He also engages with the viewers a lot, more than other video creators, and is willing to check variations and to listen to suggestions. I hope he creates a book or a course, or at least to put a petreon page so that we could support him with at least a couple of bucks per month so that he can continue making these videos.

[@EnvoYofAiuR85]

@@srki22 i didnt say its a bad thing or this channel is bad but talking about gto ranges and charts and piosolver, especially when a voice talks monotone, can sound boring to watch, for the rest i love this channel and explanations in videos...👍

[@howard2031]

Thought it was a robot when I first clicked it. FYI thats a complement.

[@BERENCEV]

Tony G - Ear 👂