Full length Training Video: Critical Fundamentals of Preflop Play

[@jonathanlin6995]

by far the best pre flop game plan strategy i've seen on youtube. If you dont pay for poker coaching, this is the next best thing to it

[@Migger_29]

I already spend a lot on poker, now I have to get coaching?

[@MelFinehout]

This has been the most helpful video I've found on preflop play. So good.

[@212025510]

Finally something valuable for beginners. Vast majority of these videos are useless as they don't explain anything. Any concept, any reasoning, nothing. You're the first one that I've seen who bothers to make a slideshow.

[@JP-dq1fk]

Tons of content out there, you just haven't looked.

[@HenryGuessed-g3e]

If you don't know / care about ranges? Remember the 'T'!

[@PrettyLounycrican]

Bart Hanson sounds different in this video

[@KaleidoPod]

This is a fantastic video! I'd suggest this to someone learning poker that is already familiar with position and equity/pot odds.

[@drew61377]

That was a lot but to my surprise I enjoyed it and definitely plan on using it.

[@robs4530]

One of the best videos I’ve seen on poker yet and I watch a lot of poker videos

[@gerhardgammla3460]

It's cool that such a long informative video is uploaded here, but I guess most viewers are familiar with more or less points of the video. So I would recommend for "the next time" to put timestamps down into the description, because more experienced players can pick only the points they aren't good at yet. Nonetheless thank you for uploading this!

[@CrushlivePoker]

Done. thanks!! __Bart

[@soccerjames500]

Thanks Bart!

[@caposton]

UTG I like this opening range better AA-77 AKs-AJs AKo-AQo KQs As a standard range that is always played - this is 6.6% of hands. At a 10 handed table I will stay pretty close to this. If the table has some thinking and tough players I'll add... A2s-A5s with 25% frequency for each. The best way to do this is to pick a suit - for ex. I'll play Ah2h only and fold the other ones.If I add A2s-A5s with 25% frequency I get - 6.9% of hands. Next add 87s, 76s, 65s and 54s with 25% frequency. Again, pick a suit. We're now at 7.2% of hands. Why not 98s? I agree with Doyle Brunson in that 98s hits a lot of straights that are 2nd best when you have other callers. This also gives me better board coverage with the lower cards. Now I'll add some hands dependent on my opponents. If I don't get 3-bet a lot I'll start adding in my other pairs starting with 66 and 55.44,33 and 22 only are playable under the very best conditions. If I add 66 and 55 I'm at 8.1% of hands. The next hand I'll add is ATs. I'll play this if I think my opponents are playing a lot of ace rag hands. Now I'm at 8.4% of hands. Usually I don't play the next 3 hands until the next position, but sometimes table conditions are good enough to play them... BUT BE CAREFUL! Under the wrong conditions you will lose money - AJo, KQo and KJs - now we are at 10.6%. This is usually as wide as I open up UTG. If I add in 44, 33 and 22 - which I will not unless I'm sure I'm in a super passive game and I'll get paid off when I hit - now I'm at 11.9%. This is pretty loose. Can QJs be played profitably from under the gun in a 9-handed game? Maybe. If so, I'm at 12.2% of hands. QTs, KTs and JTs are just begging to be dominated. Lots and lots of negative implied odds. But hey, maybe you are Daniel Negreanu and have supernatural post flop ability - probably not. Let's say I add them - 13.1% Off course you could add more suited connectors and suited aces for your bluff range

[@caposton]

A lot of this changes also dependent on stack sizes. This is a basic 100 BB stack size. If you play deeper I will add more hands. If you play deep and add more hands you must be able to read hands well post flop and get away from 2nd best hands.

[@pieguy2323]

fuck me i'll never be on this level

[@Requiescat_in_pace]

@@pieguy2323 I hope your trolling. It's a strategy for 1/2 & 1/3 regulars. It's always fun after they open for 20 and 3+callers to 3 bet to 90-130 depending on the regular, and watch them snap fold or tank fold with the most beguiled look, and then once the stations fold, you turn over A3off or Qxs. Awesome when they have 250BB+ and 2 hours later you scoop them when they are unwilling to fold QQ+ or TPTK to the whale who 3bets light.

[@krahn23]

@@pieguy2323 not with that attitude

[@glenmaxson6457]

I accidentally hit the enter to finish my thought I paid for the same stuff i learned in this course i bought so what im saying is crushingpoker could and should be a instructer/ teacher/ thank you

[@Mr.Caring]

For all those whom need it, read it. I'm a sinner JESUS please forgive me for all my sins I know you shed your Blood for me on the cross at Calvary. Thank you JESUS for my salvation and for shedding they Blood for me. I love you JESUS. Romans 10:5/10 ct...❤️k JESUS Is Lord! Amen.‼️‼️

[@stylis666]

I don't agree with the comparison with putting. I agree that they are similar in the way you explain, but I find both those things the most fun part of the game to learn about and practice. In golf though, you're then done. In poker you get a flop and I'm like, okay... now what? XD Limping party? XD I want to suggest the motion to do a limping dance around the table if everyone is in :p On a serious note though: I love how you explain things. Sometimes you use terms that are unclear but as your explanations progress it becomes clear what you mean. It's rather difficult to understand for a beginner like me and the tempo is quite high, but for me it's the perfect speed. It's challenging and not boring and I can just about keep up and it feels amazing to learn so much.

[@collegefraud1308]

Probly one of the best poker informational videos i've watched!

[@kevin_liang]

Why does the video suggest calling an open with a 75% tighter range? I've always understood it to be that you can call an open with a slightly wider range because 1) you're getting better pot odds on your call 2) you have position on the person opening

[@stevezagieboylo9172]

I think that this is the best poker education video I have ever watched! Thank you. Hardly any of it was "new" (except the 4-betting analysis, which was pretty new to me, since it comes up so rarely in the stakes I play), but all of it was so well presented that it really helped nail down reasoning that I was only hovering on before. I love how concepts were introduced, described, the *reasoning explained,* and then summarized. So many other videos I've seen tell you what range you should have in different situations, but don't fully explain the reasoning. Thanks so much!

[@MaxsCognacReview]

I wish I had watched this when I first starting playing 😂

[@fxnska]

Im glad i am watching right now

[@emilianochavez509]

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[@Kayzee72]

Me looking at length of video. I'm not going to watch this hour long video. 1 hour later...I think I'll watch that again.

[@cameronsmart1900]

7 6 suited is better than ace 9 off suit? I'm pretty new to poker, I understand the logic and don't doubt what he's saying but I'm astonished at that. shows how little I know

[@cameronsmart1900]

suited I mean

[@thedude5599]

Problem with this system is flops are random. How many times you raise with AK and miss then C bet and get called then blown off on the turn or river. How many times you raise with JJ and two overs come and you must fold. Much better to under rep your hand and bet when you hit the flop. Pretty much only hands you should raise preflop with in a Tourney are pairs and Suited broadway cards.

[@razcue1]

I'm gonna watch this several times. Thanks so much.

[@drew61377]

Yeah no way I’ll remember everything at once.

[@Danny19KILO]

Yeah no way I'll remmeber everything

[@tpatrickm1]

Yea no chance I will remember all this.

[@aKaCrowley]

yeh, there is no way im gonna retain this all in at once.

[@DoctorChained]

Yup, no way all this information can be remembered at once, at least not by me.

[@andreshernandez1820]

This range chart only works against other players using the same chart.

[@timothypage8147]

If you are a subscriber to the main site, the whole course is great. This video is broken down into smaller chunks with quiz questions after each video. Then the course covers other things like turn & river play, poker math, and some other modules. I sampled Upswing for a month and found that was way to GTO heavy, had videos that were too long, and didn't have enough quizzes to get feedback on whether I understood the material or not. I did some others that were a little too general and basic (Daniel & Phil's Masterclasses, some small stakes courses) that weren't really helpful for improving play at the tables. This one hit the sweet spot.

[@johnthepalm]

I don't know what putting is or the rules of golf. Next video.

[@onthebeach8211]

This has stood the test of time. Well done crush live poker team

[@Tyler-nq8ol]

Definitely would not be 3 betting 63s and 43s from the big blind even as a bluff. However great video and it was nice to hear more about flatting and over limping options when the table is heavy limped.

[@cecilsiegfried3817]

One of the best presenations on pre-flop. Thank you for explaining the why instead of just the how.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

So a suited ace is worse than a suited connector? So say.... A7 suited is worse than 67 suited? Based on the "responding to openings" portion of this...

[@MC-gj8fg]

I'm not clear why we're referring to baby aces as "strong realized equity" rather than "reverse implied odds." Sure we can flop strong, if rarely, but far more often we'll have top pair in a spot where its often not good.

[@NishantSharma-tr6xl]

It works in those cases in which your opponent has no Ace..and you are commited to your pot...An Ace on the turn or river might just pull off a great pot...but yes no good against a strong Ace

[@benforshizzle]

@@NishantSharma-tr6xl there is still reverse implied odds when you turn or river an ace. There's a lot of Ax that plays preflop so you start running into 2 pairs when the ace comes out on turn or river. E.g. someone having A9 on a J92 board, you turn an ace and it's not good. You have to play these weak aces very carefully and understand top pair of aces with weak kicker is a very marginal hand and should be played accordingly.

[@mrrobot3k]

got lost at the 15x/25x/35x... so if im playing NL100... and the villain opens with a 4bb raise... im 3 betting 140bb?? can someone explain that to me? i mean... what i understand is... if someone opens and i have aces... im all in? haha im pretty sure im getting this wrong

[@fredlee7354]

No - let’s say you’re playing $1/$2 and have pocket 4’s. Someone raises to $8 in front of you. The video is saying you need to have a stack size of at least $120 ($8 x 15) to call and try to hit your set on the flop.

[@PSkarie]

Anyway you could share a sheet of the different ranges for each position?

[@chadsiemens2429]

PSkarie copy and paste

[@justinrose5515]

The one thing I absolutely hate about poker is all the damn jargo. So unnecessary.

[@robrever]

How do you spell this guys name? He says "Key Lee" but I imagine the spelling is off on the first name.

[@marcjan2500]

Hey great video. Just dont understand the part about A2 not being able to flop a double gutshot. As far as i know A3 can't either? What am is missing here

[@tedtroccola5364]

457 is double gutshot for A3

[@marksimpson2321]

I had never thought about that before. I am only 2 min into this video and I'm already learning great stuff . Thanks!

[@ImMillaz]

are this ranges for MTT or for CASH?

[@utarian7]

31:10 yeah but some people limp with +AJs, KK, AA...

[@theohbg1380]

This is so well structured and explained!!

[@MrYnitram]

question: how does preflop strategy change in relation to the amount of players in the game? Early position still plays tighter but less tight than in a full (9pl) game? Can you play waaaayyy more loose? Or do these concepts go out the window in a 4-5 person game?

[@milothemalinoismethod]

I would say very similar start w the LJ if playing 4 handed

[@spoondamooon6044]

Less people you can slightly loosen your range, for example heads up you can 3 bet and play way wider then in a 6 max. And you can 3 bet and play wider in 6 max then 9 max. Just remember the money flows to the button

[@upplsuckimcool16]

I've seen that before... I don't understand why there is only 16 total combo's of unpaired hands....... It seems like it should be much higher. Like WAY higher.... I'm not sure what is meant by "unpaired hands". And unpaired hand is A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 AJ AQ AK then 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 210 2J 2Q 2K.... those are just the first 2 number and we're already well above 16 combos of unpairs hands....... Not to meantion we're not even adding suits into the equation.... Can someone please explain what they mean when they say 16 combos of unpaired hands... and why their English words mean something different for them then they do for me!!??? I ran into this question on a poker quiz that was multiple choice... and the options were like A. 10 B 12 C.16 D.18 and I'm scrolling down for the "None of the above" answer. Do they mean unpaired but same card values? I mean.... wouldn't they SAY THAT if that's what they meant? I'm so lost.

[@watchitallburn]

You can hear the Korean in this guy's voice lol

[@Shawnybravo42]

how do we calculate what whst hands to open with . I'm guessing these preflop charts are based on some kind of equilibrium. say for example we are in late or middle position and the players closer to the blinds are extremely tight. how do we calculate what hands to expand opening with and how to calculate the ev of such hands .

[@Shawnybravo42]

also how do we calculate what hands yo flat call with against a 3 bet. say our oppenent is three betting a way too much. how do we equate what hands to call with vs the 3 bet percentage versus wider and tighter 3 bet frequencies

[@MatthewWagnerNOECA]

Which hand would you rather have on the flop in a heads up AKo vs 22? The TWO TWO because like the computer says it's going to win 68%(68.08% to be exact) of the time! All those options your talking about... runner runner etc... are included with that. There are 990 possible outcomes with 674 of them giving 2,2 a win... 316 of them AKo wins. So, betting with the 2's has a positive cash expectation. Betting with AKo is a losing move with a negative cash expectation... calling only if you getting better than 2.1328 to 1. Of course all of this is assuming you have a good idea of what your opponent has. Honestly I wouldn't want to be in that flop with below bottom pair or high card Ace.

[@danz5760]

does this apply to cash games only or can you use it in tourneys or both?

[@CrushlivePoker]

This is for cash games . Bart

[@RonHarrisMe]

I need to hear more from this guy. Keelee? or something like that. I recently started up poker again, I am still from the "Old School" which amazingly still kinda works for me but I need to update my game. I have watched MANY "courses" or "training" videos and most were worthless leaving out the "common sense" part of the information. Before I retired I was a technical engineer who specialized in "training". THIS is how you do it. While I don't think he is an expert, he does an expert job explaining these concepts. I hope I can find more lessons he has taught. Thanks man, you put me on the right track.

[@MrZweene]

I don't think you should open this many low equity hands UTG. The reason you do it online is to balance your range so you can't get attacked on low boards. But Live little people are attacking boards anyway. It's a fit or fold game 90%. Therefore you probably loose money o these hands just because it's lower equity than the calling hands.

[@noThankyou-g5c]

This is a great video and I’m committing a cardinal sin of commenting on something before finishing the video but I hope you go more indepth on what a linear 3-betting range means. At some times you’ve implied that you should 3bet any calling hand in your range always, at other times you’ve implied you should 3bet any calling hand in your range _sometimes_ . If it’s sometimes, how often? 10% of the time? 50% of the time? Or are there specific guidelines for when you should do that?

[@janvdplaat3067]

. This video is extremely useful, if you don't know which hands to open, and you know of each player if he is a LAG, TAG, NIT or any of the other descriptions. .

[@MarkoAssi_pokervlogger]

This is a great resource for people learning or teaching poker.

[@JebBeachAssoc]

thanks for an excellent video. played with some range adjustments in my live game yesterday and it really helped my decision-making. wondering where/how the SB/BB ranges fit in? is there info on that somewhere?

[@kilee4289]

I didn’t include Sb opening range because it is so often chopped at mid/lower levels. If the game uses a drop structure, limping from the SB can be very expensive, so we will have to resort to open-only strategy. I typically open about 60% of my range from the SB. I did discuss 3betting and flatting ranges from the blinds.

[@JebBeachAssoc]

of course. makes perfect sense. thanks for the reply and for the excellent content!

[@debbielin9140]

lol how p

[@ChiariLife420]

Bart preached the three bet fold strategy's from the small blind. Big blind totally different.

[@matthewwhite876]

Your SB should be folding to 3bets and mostly call with a very tight range in comparison to bb where you can defend alot more ranges against late positions if EP raise you defend from small blind if you have top 10hands only really at best, big blind totally different he should almost always defend his blind his range should be the largest

[@stewiegriffin6503]

bs

[@someluke005]

How safe are these ranges after 6 years?

[@mi6ful]

Great video! These preflop charts are very helpful and you explain them in a way that's easy to listen to.

[@shan80luvs]

Where does everyone get this poker equity calculator- a lot of people use this one. I have found others but nothing as good as this one

[@shan80luvs]

Der. The name of it is at the top-

[@samuelredenius6251]

Hands down the absolute best video I’ve watched for poker training

[@dylanshapiro3292]

Very good video! Don’t necessarily agree with everything but it was great to get me thinking

[@andrewcharles2249]

Drive for show, put for dough

[@Russ442100]

Fantastic, nothing else to say.

[@johnmar6376]

Best video Ive watched in a very long time. thank you Sir.

[@justinron1772]

There is so much info in this video

[@RM-mi8ov]

This does not sound like the narrator from the other videos. Is this Bart Hanson or?

[@tinarolen3288]

Really awesome content. Thank you sooo much for this.

[@glenmaxson6457]

You have a gifting of teaching all over you brother I would consider even paying for the information you know Unlike alot of those poker sites out there wont mention any names but you should consider if you haven't already put together a basics an Intermediate and Advance/ loved the visual about putting im a visual type learner and informational but you have a way of explaining in a practical way that an average fundamental player can build on so put a poker teaching site and courses videos quizzes i dont need to see how many cashes or bracelets you got. I need good sound information and information that is actual helpful what we just watched and learned here for those who were paying attention is worth itse weight in gold I paid 19 have price to site to

[@muthuveerappan1347]

Do you have more of similar content and next stages of this video

[@ArvindYadav-ew2hx]

thanks for hard work 💯💯💯💯💯

[@tommasosagnelli1733]

What is the the program he is using?

[@stevewalko2437]

pokercruncher - for Macs

[@arlpoon6423]

This is an outstanding video. Excellent stuff.

[@JohnnyQuach]

no content about blind vs blind? in some live games it does happen.

[@AcrylicGoblin]

Vader graphic is absolutely perfect!

[@ralphkotwica6184]

I love when ppl play like robots....... easy to exploit

[@mysticmonker]

This is gold!! Is there anything like this for post-flop play?

[@milothemalinoismethod]

do you adjust how often you 3 bet depending on raise size? if you are in a game where people raise 7x or sometimes more, it would be hard to 3 bet some marginal 3 bet hands. if you dont win immediately, you are in a rough spot w a good chunk of your stack.

[@HoangTruong-vk7ek]

unfortunately you have to tighter your 3bet range in short stacked games like that but if you know certain player is opening too wide you can 3bet with a range stronger than theirs

[@oneshot1086]

listen I'm kindy lost cuz I'm a french native who understands english but not that much. Is it for texas holdem poker ? and what ATs means ? I feel kinda dumb right now, I got all the poker basics and understood the positionning thing but felt completly lost after that part ...

[@even-zz1qg]

Ace Ten suited

[@guyvanburen]

Crush has the best poker content (maybe followed by upswing). Considering becoming a member

[@NClottery]

Thanks you buddy awesome ! Do you have a video on post flop poker.

[@elliott8174]

72o has only 43% playability? tell that to my home game

[@horoszkodevora5095]

Until someone slow plays you and you go broke

[@silvas44]

0-10 Variance is the way homeboys

[@24magiccarrot]

Where you playing online that there aren't open limpers?

[@Dds91.]

this is GOLD! Please more of these content will be appreciated!!! :)

[@billmusic6232]

whats the name of the software on 6:45?

[@roccoVAL]

lol

[@chesscoachgerry4140]

pokerchruncher, at least thats what it says on the top of the screen ;D

[@roidAholic]

What is Sb Nd bb in terms of positioning? Are the advantageous or not, do we want to play as SB or BB?

[@krahn23]

SB is small blind and BB is big blind. The blinds are advantageous preflop bc you are the last to play and get better pot odds but are horrible postflop bc everyone has position on you

[@THE-RED-LETTER-PROJECT]

I've been playing poker for 30 years, this is a life sucker out of the game. It's a deck of cards. Anything can happen.

[@iamdavidjacob3560]

Continue ranges all appear to be based on a "standard" 3-4× open. How should the ranges change based on a real world open of 6× plus?

[@robertbarnes2598]

im not 100% on this but i think the continuing range is based on the villian opening range not the bet size. i dont think you adjust unless you had a bet sizing tell.

[@CoryASMR]

What's a VIP?

[@Djk0t]

Whi software are you Tsing here?

[@varunbaid1]

Is that the voice of Randy Lew ?

[@socalbum2024]

Great vid! Will help a lot of players! 고마워요

[@robertfrydell703]

"Drive for show, putt for dough"

[@GaryLuKOTH]

I cannot win at all. Someone keeps making huge bets on the preflop and I just keep calling and losing.

[@johnprk]

Gary Lu Productions start out by just calling with a strong hand and folding majority of your hand. Until you learn how to gauge others hand range, you should just play very tight and play with premium hands.

[@GaryLuKOTH]

John Park Thanks!

[@Rumple4Sken]

This is a great video. Thanks!

[@maximsokolov1252]

Hi

[@hersheyskwertz9315]

Sounds like I need be be investing in some software

[@michaelmclaughlin1958]

I like your initial opening range charts but can’t if I can get a copy of them.

[@PieEater]

what i did was copy and adjust them in user created files on pokerstrategy equilab

[@godsok1]

Good video!

[@42cpulaski]

so alot of these ranges are only considering when you are the first to open the pot. when others limp, is that considered an open? so would you base how to proceed on 3-bet ranges?!?!

[@KaleidoPod]

When another player limps then you can no longer open since there was already action. You can decide to over-limp (limp in as well), or isolation bet (raise the limper) to put off other players from limping in as well. 3betting will only be able to happen if you bet, and are raised. Then you can re-raise, hence the '3rd bet'

[@OrevShalom]

Thank you for making this. 🤯 I'm having new ideas for my gane

[@emresarkaya7111]

very informative

[@varunbaid1]

Is that Randy Lew ?

[@varunbaid1]

Is that Randy Lew ?

[@varunbaid1]

Is that Randy Lew ?

[@varunbaid1]

Is that Randy Lew ?