Playing More 2/3 - Poker Vlog 10

[@nickg408]

Is your camera lens dirty or do you add a hazy effect to all of your footage?

[@pokersam]

@@nickg408 I noticed this a lot in this video. When I take pictures using my camera too, this weird light stretch effect happens as well. I’m going to clean it with alcohol and see if it helps, thanks.

[@nickg408]

@@pokersam I have lens protectors on my iphone and they seem to easily hold on to fingerprint oil. I've started carrying lens cleaner and a glass cloth in my bag for this reason. Might just be fingerprints. However, my son's phone camera started doing this after he dropped it one too many times. Had to swap the lenses.

[@pokersam]

@@nickg408 I'm going to order some lens protectors on Amazon and do that, good idea. I also dropped my phone a ton so maybe my phone is just screwed lol

[@nickg408]

@@pokersam Ha! Yea I carry a mini bottle of Koala and two clean cloths.

[@TheNow_Now]

I think you're conflating some runbad with bad play. For example,. squeezing KTs in that spot is a good instinct, and is a fine hand to squeeze with. However, it is definitely a fold vs a 4b jam, and not a call. Also, any reason you are not playing 100bb? Youre going to make less money when you have good hands and are not going to realize your equity as well playing 60bb.

[@pokersam]

@@TheNow_Now I agree, but truthfully I think I played poorly *and* ran bad this session (but mostly played poorly). This was a 2/3 game that played like 5/5, so I should have bought the max ($500 I believe) but I went with 100bb ($300). I feel like I have better results when I buy in short, so I try to do that more. I’m going to change back to buying the max again since everything I study and everyone talks about how important it is to have a large stack.

[@TheNow_Now]

@@pokersam yeah basically, due to high rake, you want to be able to cover people to play for stacks, if you make a good hand. if it was 2/3, then $300 is fine. Some of those raise sizes you mentioned were ridiculous though, but thats how LA poker is. Like the ATo hand, when they raise to $20, that's just someone announcing they have a very good hand lol, and letting you get off for cheap.

[@WeissAdvice]

@@pokersam this is the important takeaway, you're too short to be squeezing KTs. Cause the HJ opens $20 - BTN and SB can't limp, so they're calling - so now the pot is $60. So the raise is a little small from out of position. But more importantly when the HJ jams for $275 effective you have $435 in the pot, basically 2:1 on a call, you have 38% against AQ, you have 29% against AK, AA and KK you have 14%, QQ and JJ you have 32%, TT you have 35%. So if you look at your weighted equity, it's juuuuuuuuust a hair below a +EV call. If you think there's any reasonable chance your opponent is doing this with 99 or worse, you're pot committed. Basically, you put yourself in a really shitty spot cause you're right on the cusp of pot committed. You want to be deeper so you can fold your marginal hands like this one and call off with your bigger hands.

[@pokersam]

@@WeissAdvice for sure was too short. I am seeing how being short stack is awful for realizing equity now lol