How Does High Stakes ACTUALLY Play? | 20KNL React

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A lot is talked about high stakes poker, but when it comes to online cash games, we don't get to see much what is going on, and how the game plays when the blinds are so high.
In this video I react live to some hands played at $100/$200 on GG Poker, featuring one of the best players in the world, Linus Loeliger.
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[@Poker_Fr3ak]

Awesome content really glad you provide it generously

[@kvnd7331]

I would like to see more of this, if you could cover hands in the high stakes thread on 2+2 that would be great too

[@Coq7]

I do like this format ! More of it would be nice Saulo

[@bertjames9661]

These videos are so fun, thanks Saulo.

[@myrtnh]

I'd love for you to break down some high stakes hands of your own, so you can break down your own thought process when we can see the cards you are playing, and then you can post the relevant ranges using GTO Wizard so we can understand what parts of your range you are using for value/bluffing etc. I think that would be super helpful and insightful! Loving the content man. Thanks so much.

[@saulocostapoker]

Will do mate!

[@konstantinsinichkin8855]

Chill - n - explain type of content. I like that

[@Ironfrog-dm3yf]

Great format!

[@miguelangelalbertoblancoor4687]

Does anyone know where to get the tables that he showed at minute 3:31?

[@c0l3slaw]

Awesome watch & explain! I like to see folks talk through what the high stakes crushers are thinking and how they're playing. What software are you using to create the ranges you're displaying during the video?

[@saulocostapoker]

Glad you liked it mate. I used Simple Preflop Holdem to run the preflop ranges. Then used GTO Wizard AI to run the postflop sims

[@c0l3slaw]

@@saulocostapoker Thanks.

[@lucasdesiqueira6122]

Nice video again, thank you :)

[@cpires94]

Absurdo a qualidade de conteúdo que você entrega nesses vídeos, Saulo. Parabéns 👏👏

[@saulocostapoker]

Valeu meu querido

[@KrepkiyChel]

Really like this format, thank you.

[@saulocostapoker]

My pleasure 👊🏽

[@TheDrawingDeadVlog]

Been liking your vids man

[@saulocostapoker]

Thanks bro

[@pokerfaceoficial]

Muito bom o vídeo, Saulo! Faça mais para nós desse tipo! Abs!

[@brianwilson7624]

Love the content Saulo. I would love to meet you one day. I think you may have improved my game more than any site I've signed up to so far.

[@saulocostapoker]

That's awesome to hear mate!! Hope I can keep providing value to you. Have you subscribed to my newsletter?

[@KingsOfCardio]

10:08 you guessed (same as me) that something like T6 would be the bottom of Linus' calling range but according to the solve you posted it's calling down to 32 off suit. Thoughts?

[@saulocostapoker]

Limped pots thresholds are quite loose, I guess

[@brianwilson7624]

On the board j3j two tone, I know we range bet but I've been range betting half pot when it is two tone. What are you thoughts? Should I drop it down to 25 - 33 for all?

[@saulocostapoker]

If it's a paired disconnected board like JJ3, then yeah smaller size is better, even if it's two tone

[@luancenturion2897]

Faz mais desse tipo de conteudo pls!!🙏

[@saulocostapoker]

Deixa comigo 😎

[@raymclaughlin4919]

Great content!

[@saulocostapoker]

Thank you 😊

[@1312Mork2]

Interesting stuff! I ran good today with my algoritm taking me here! lol

[@yahyajiujitsu3323]

Hey Saulo i play mtts, só in The moment i wont buy your courses... but thanks for the free content, even though is cash i cab learn tons of concepts, and your vídeos are for sure helping me.. thank u só much

[@saulocostapoker]

But I don't have any courses 🤔 Glad my videos are helpful tho

[@yahyajiujitsu3323]

right, im talking asbout your coaching and mentorship haha

[@Jimmyballsthe3rd]

In the 774 3bp bvb, I would assume Linus is also bluffing all his pocket pairs that got counterfeited, 9T, some 1 club hands. I would really struggle to believe he’s not over bluffing the spot

[@Jimmyballsthe3rd]

Like from my perspective it’s clear as day he’s bluffing because I think he plays way too many raises on the flop v 1/3 against a weaker player, so I think his landing range is kinda ridiculous

[@DoubleBassX2]

6:05 Is the bottom two pairs folding that much a function of the opponent's bluffs or something? Or does Kx just block _that_ much more value that our bottom two can comfortably fold here most of the time? Or maybe we just have enough 2x and 3x in this range that our opponent could then bluff even more when he holds 2x or 3x because our range depends so much on these cards?

[@saulocostapoker]

Not sure why you got the idea that Kx blocks *that much* more value. Both hand classes - bottom 2 and naked Kx, are mixing calls there, which means they are equivalent in equity/blockers relative to IP's bluffing range. The purpose of the bluffcatching strategy is to make some region of IP's bluffs indifferent. So OOP has to fold with a certain frequency that makes bluffing same EV as checking for some region of hands in the IP's range. It turns out that the exact folding frequencies for each combo displayed for the OOP range is the strategy that produces indifference in the IP's bluffs. If you'd change the frequency of 32s to call a bit more and decreased the frequency of the Kx region, *even if the aggregated fold frequency stayed the same*, then some IP bluffs would no longer be indifferent, and then strategies are no longer at an equillibrium.

[@nat2r]

Great video! Seems like the music isn't necessary given that you're able to speak so much regarding the hands

[@saulocostapoker]

Thanks for the feedback buddy 👊🏽

[@karigailasamaitis8924]

What is a normal aggresion factor ?

[@saulocostapoker]

What are you referring to, exactly? Timestamp would help

[@alexneagu7149]

15:52 2.5x is a "very large sizing" to 4bet?

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah, for sure. Optimal is probably like click or close to click, so he is going 6 bbs more than optimal. That makes a big difference to the odds he is laying himself with his 4bet bluffs and the odds he lays to Linus range

[@bertjames9661]

Linus saying thank you after Kevin butchered the river donk sizing is great

[@saulocostapoker]

lmao yeah I only noticed it afterwards 😂😂🤣

[@danilascercovas6226]

He actually earned more money from Linus by not playing like a solver

[@thom8363]

Linus would have probably called a jam, that's why he thanks him

[@blakeengland7784]

Saulo, do you do CFP?

[@saulocostapoker]

Hey mate. Yes, through my company Metagame. We're currently closed for applications (might reopen soon), but send me a message on Discord (saulocosta10) and we can exchange some ideas in the meantime

[@Woohoowilly]

nice video.

[@easstttt]

The "thank you" at 18:50 from is one of the biggest, funniest, and OP ways of needling your opponent. Basically calling you shit for dragging in a medium pot when stacks should've been in. yikes.

[@KingsOfCardio]

At the 1:11 mark, Kevin's VPIP is 83% from the SB? Seems high.

[@saulocostapoker]

Yep. 3handed with low rake, gotta play hands 😃

[@johanvander6193]

2:16 what are the main reasons for the IP Player to raise more of their range, if OOP fails to 3-bet less then optimal.

[@saulocostapoker]

It's a well constructed 3bet range that forces indifference between raising and calling in many of the draws from the IP player's range. In other words, it's by 3betting properly that you can ensure your opponent won't make too much money by raising with his bluffs - because you can rebluff him if he tries. As soon as you don't rebluff him enough, then he can just get away with raising more. Some protection type hands will also benefit from this, as they can raise hoping to get folds from some hands that could outdraw them or bluff them later, without having to worry about facing resitance in the form of 3bets.

[@johanvander6193]

@@saulocostapoker tvm for this thorough explanation. These region wars, where one has to find parts in their range, to counter and defend are complex but also intriguing. The biggest challenge I run into: finding the right combos, grouping and or classifying them in the correct region, let alone randomizing them correctly. I think the only way is to create a strategy based on heuristics.

[@saulocostapoker]

Yes! Heuristics are key for playing good strategies. If you study enough, patterns of range construction from the solver will become apparent, and then you'll be able to turn those patterns into easy to implement heuristics. Just keep studying and the heuristics will emerge effortlessly

[@MDAPokerSchool]

10:40, does this really matter?

[@saulocostapoker]

To someone playing 50nl against donks probably not. To someone playing 3handed at 20knl, for sure

[@S4P13NS]

Mais! Jogas muito!!!

[@saulocostapoker]

Obrigado

[@user-nl9kd7up6z]

the lower side of high stakes 100/200 can sometimes still be kinda fun to watch.. spoiled with 500/1k or more :P

[@saulocostapoker]

20knl is huge stakes, doesn't even run much. Higher than that is like a few thousand hands per year online

[@user-nl9kd7up6z]

@@saulocostapoker i know dude.. just miss 2009

[@Syntax991]

This amount of Cash on the line feels so nauseating..

[@saulocostapoker]

I think with time one gets used to it, like anything else in life; but yeah it's a lot of money for sure

[@jianchengshi9694]

More more more

[@olinater5]

It's Lie-nus. not Li-nus.

[@saulocostapoker]

Thank you

[@nicor6415]

Linus has not auto-reload activated and does not play a full stack, so he must be a fish right? Cause he is giving up EV for no reason... 🐳

[@teeraw4575]

I was gonna comment the same thing asking why so many high stakes regs don’t use auto top up ( especially with a Rec at the table) but if you see someone in mid - low stakes not using it you can pretty much auto give them the fish tag .

[@saulocostapoker]

One reason is to not increase variance unnecessarily against the other regs. A lot of HS regs only top up enough to cover the rec.

[@thesneakingninja1]

The #1 reason is when there’s 2+ effective stacks, the shortest stacked player has the highest EV, as they are playing as if there’s only one effective stack. But yeah if you’re playing 3-handed with a recreational you’d want to auto top up. Perhaps at high stakes it’s good practice to not have auto top-up, and perhaps Saulo Costa is right and he’s trying to reduce variance playing against another crusher.

[@modeob88]

i do not understand a thing....

[@saulocostapoker]

Surely you did understand something, come on

[@modeob88]

@@saulocostapoker normally i understand you pretty well, but this was exception... only 50nl player :P

[@darwinchandler5184]

It's nearly 2024 and you still don't know how to pronounce Linus ;)

[@saulocostapoker]

Right?? I get confused every time

[@ChrisM-wv4gs]

​@@saulocostapokerI pronounce it like the peanuts character