Playing $6/$12 Fun Mix on Phenom Poker

[@conephompany]

love the content, please keep it up

[@twinc723]

This content is outstanding! Trying to get onto Phenom but it's proving troublesome. . . and there never seems to be a ton of people on there. . .

[@learnmixgames]

Thanks for the compliment! Agree that the traffic is lacking. Fortunately there seems to be mix game going most of the time so I can get some content to you guys! They need tournaments badly and hopefully that changes in Q1 (as the roadmap and blog says). Fingers crossed. Good luck out there!

[@conephompany]

12:00 i think this hand has value when an ace flops but i'm onyl playing it for the minimum, multiway IP. i feel no reason to play without the ace and basically a 3 card hand from the worst position. do you have reasons for adding it to your sb range? 22:50 I'm peeling here against what looks like a vulnerable hi hand. 24:08 i'm not peeling here against a wheel draw, it just feels like losing play in the long run. can you explain why you are comfortable drawing here and not with the other hand? 25:17 is this a fold 4 handed? if you open i think the 9door is folding and alan is 3bing or folding and moxie has to make a low if he comes along. i think u can open this. I'm hope i don't come across as rude, dismissive or argumentative. i have the upmost respect for your content and challenging ppl is how i learn best. i've learned in many jobs people do not usually respond well to this and so i've tried to be gentler. i understand you have heaps more experience in mixed than i do and so please know that i know i am the student in these questions/notes.

[@learnmixgames]

I don't think this is rude at all! I'm always looking for good feedback as it makes me a better player. I found when coaching, the best students ask the best questions and it is forced to keep me on my toes as I can't answer "I think this is right" and then justify it without sound logic. If you ever have a question please ask! With respect to your timestamps: 12:00 While we want an ace in our hand the majority of the time in O/8 there are a few exceptions with wheel combos that we want to play. Usually they have to be connected, be double suited/have a high suit, or two low pair. If we fold we lose -0.5bb and by calling my guess here is we get at least 1/2 of that back. Very similar concept to limit holdem where we call a rather highish frequency here with hands like KTo or Q9s. Calling in these situations is better than folding because you get more of your money back. However it also increases the variance. Also having a K here in our hand is different vs having a 9. K makes this a clear play but something like a 9 probably makes it a fold because of rake. Online is slightly different vs live games with kills. If this was a kill game and you had to put more money back into the pot my guess is that this would be a fold. 22:50 Tend to disagree here on this one. I opened an A and yes my range is wide as we can see but it's very different if I had opened some other low card (obviously impossible in this situation but say he brings it in with a 3 and I open a 6). Having an ace is like playing with a mini joker in this game and his range should be stronger when playing against an A vs a 6. A Q and J are aso dead which reduces my combos of making 2 pair. Also moxie can easily have 888 here and by not having a low draw anymore it kills our equity in the hand. This is a spot where realizing our equity going forward is going to be hard unless we catch a T. 24:08 With respect to this hand and the hand above this hand we have a low draw and the one above we do not. There is almost always a price where almost any play in poker can be justified. With Moxie folding I think the price is justified. Also the Ace opening here should be wide with only 2 players behind. The 2 is not a great card because 2 of them are already dead but I think calling a small bet on 4th with extra dead money makes it worth it. I gave him an extremely generous range of AA-22, cc, and any 2 low cards. So no bricks in this range which he should have and our hand still has 37%. If we add reasonable steal combos like A/wheel/broadway hands we have 40%. Immediately getting 5.3-1 we need 16% to continue and given we have more than double that I think we can also realize our equity too. 25:17 Yea this probably close. Think 5 handed this is a clear fold. 3 handed probably a play. 4 handed not sure. At these low limits you can probably get away with this steal regardless. If you think I'm wrong feel free to respond and give me any more feedback! This is how we all get better.