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[@saulocostapoker]

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[@Pokerperro]

Love this format of one fast table at a time, more chill and looks better. Great content

[@sergiocarrasco9762]

Hi Saulo. I have a doubt about your advice to bluffcatch the fish. Is it also true when they bet pot size or bigger? I mean, I'm actually overfolding vs pot bets of fishes when they B/X/B or in similar spots. Am I doing it wrong? (Im overcalling all bets less than a pot size bet).

[@CancelIFR]

You're right. Fish do the opposite of GTO, in most spots. The bigger the size, the less bluffs they have.

[@losyart]

Very interesting spots. Totally different dynamic at micros which is obv . Way more looser prefloppers and aggrressive players postflop at 2hundo zoom. I enjoyed this ride. Keep em coming bro

[@janruzek5281]

Hi nice vid as usual, how do you decide how to play medium SD value vs fish? For example in the vid you had JT on Txx and you decided to cbet small, xB Turn and call river because its highly overbluffed. But why not xB flop and keep all his weak hands which could fold vs flop cbet in his range? Thanks for clarification.

[@saulocostapoker]

Hey mate. That's certainly a viable option as well. I like betting the flop as it can induce some spazz raises from fish as well. But don't mind checking flop to calldown turn and river

[@johngriller4997]

@@saulocostapokerbut isn’t inducing spazzes with mediocre holdings not very good bc it’s not a great spot to call down since they can and will also x/r barrel off their good hands like AT and also bad merges like QTo and own you that way? Ik you like to call down fish with almost ATC when they x/r but fish in this pool are mostly extremely nitty, so watch out with those plays.

[@janruzek5281]

@@saulocostapoker Thank you! Btw. I´ve read all your free newsletter articles and have some questions. Is there any way/place where to ask them? I am going to at least ask one of them now :) In the slowplay article you described its often better to check river oop with clear valuebet because pool overfolds, underraises and overbluffs when check to. It all makes sense but in your YT vid´s it doesn´t seem like you play like this too much. Didn´t I just pay attencion? Thank you for any info!

[@Scrimitzu]

This was amazing Saulo please pretty please make more ACR videos!! (PokerKing skin / whichever you want)

[@saulocostapoker]

Noted 😎

[@rit.295]

16:03 What do you think his range construction will be like if he bets/checks? I would like to hear about that if it depends on the betsize

[@user-bl5gd6le2y]

Blitz pool is infested with bots. And those weird lines you saw from "regs" mostly from them. Bet big in multiway pot - bot feature. For now they contstruct their ranges that way that check is strong and bet is bluff heavy, especially big sizes on early streets. So they end up in river OOP check spot value heavy. Pay attention to nicknames from not orthodoxal countries such as Chilie, Ecuador, Peru. Mostly they nicknames looks like Baloon, MatDor, Clevinchi, Unstruction.

[@Alexander-be6yz]

That's how it goes :(

[@ltsjack]

Is there a maintained list of known/suspected bots in the pool? And best counters

[@Alexander-be6yz]

@@ltsjack try to Google for it at 2+2 or gipsyteam

[@CARPital]

I doubt that's how a bot plays, if they are that unbalanced they are easy to beat, not?

[@jonathandou8547]

hey saulo, love the new video! I play in the 25 blitz pool here. how does this zoom pool compare to pokerstars in your opinion? (US players like me don't have the opportunity to play on euro sites unfortunately haha)

[@saulocostapoker]

Hey mate. Not sure about low stakes like 25nl but 200nl blitz seems more reg infested than 200z on stars

[@johngriller4997]

25nlz pool is very rich with recs. 200nl pool not as much, but a lot of bad regs that sun run everything most likely due to some form of cheating…

[@carlexpensivenose9968]

I am newly subscribed, I love your content! Did you construct your preflop charts yourself? Or did you buy them somewhere? I have watch alot of your videos these past days and I have found some free charts online. I just struggle with BB, SB BU vv early postions. The same with the last hand QQ Co vv SB, I would imagine Sb should 3bet something like A2s+ ATo+ KQo+ K9s+ Q9s+ J9+s 88+ 54s+. The same with 4bet potts I understand that you should defend hands that can realise equity, so suited shit and pairs. Sry for the long post, keep up the good work!

[@saulocostapoker]

Welcome to the channel mate! Happy to have you on board 😀 About preflop ranges, I follow a baseline from GTO ranges and then adjust them based on my opponents tendencies. The more mistakes I expect them to make postflop, the more hands I want to get involved preflop. Have you ever checked GTO Wizard? It's an online service that offers GTO preflop ranges for free. There is a link in the description if you want to check it out

[@marcofusco4149]

Hey bro, I just subscribed to your channel because I was sent from the future to complete a mission: finding a tool to know if we are running good or bad! I think you are the one that can pull this off. GG

[@archie2281]

What stats do u use for your hud

[@saulocostapoker]

For this video I used a very simple one as I didn`t have any sample on my opponents. So I had: VPIP/PFR/3BET/FOLDvs3BET AFQ/WWSF/WTSD/WSD That's a very concise yet insightful hud to use I think. With more sample on opponents I would include stats like 4bet, Flop Cbet, Flop XR and Fold to Flop Cbet

[@Alexander-be6yz]

Right after Hero had lost 98 vs AK, he started to play monkeybomb style. The play was full of zamazka or stuff like that

[@TheOnlyToast]

Minute 6:20 When he makes this play and has you tank to 1 seocnd with a Set, maybe the bluff is good as the foldequity seems to to be insanely high?

[@saulocostapoker]

I only took 10 seconds to call and that was because I was explaining the spot out loud. I think if he wants to be aggressive and overbluff surely that shouldn't come from top pair hands

[@Donkle365]

There's no way this guy was hoping to get a better hand to fold, and Saulo will fold his Ax/Kx/QT/JT of clubs (Given that BT is a rec he might cold-call more than solver would on the button here). Best case scenario Saulo folds A7s/A3s/33 (if he called wide preflop) and some AJ (if he didn't 3bet). Shoving AQ here as a bluff or value is awful, and it's not really close, he just happened to play vs someone that could consider folding a set

[@boibuoy8654]

how much bankroll do you recommend for playing 200nlz?

[@saulocostapoker]

If you play for a living and have no other incomes, then 100 buy-ins minimum ($20k)

[@beauf4]

Price of hand2note ? Must pay every month or year?

[@saulocostapoker]

Hey buddy. H2N4 is currently on free Beta, so all features are currently 100% for free

[@gavilanu]

Hey saulo, nice video as usual! I read a couple comments below talking about the bots on ACR. It would be awesome hearing you talking about this kind of concerns of online poker and how you and Metagame approach this. Bots on ACR, bots on ignition, GG banning russian stables, data mining, etc

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah so many issues recently, I'm planning a video on these topics

[@fasteddiefelson2577]

Is this a standard HUD coming with H2N4 ?

[@saulocostapoker]

No, that's a custom one that I made. I suggest giving it a go and building your own, a lot of cool stuff you can customize there. And remember it's currently in free Beta so you don't have to pay anything

[@fasteddiefelson2577]

Well have an edge subscription for h2n3 anyways. Just too lazy to switch 😂

[@PaperPlateParody]

The value jam with QJs was spiffy. I would not have found that.

[@hudline65]

What's up with the 2BB open?

[@saulocostapoker]

I guess you mean from UTG, HJ? If so, thats std (best theoretical size). If I did it from another position it was either a missclick or an exploit

[@dmtc6913]

I don't hate the check call with fours there, board was so drawy on the turn, he might think there's more value in checking to get missed hands to bluff.. then when you fire big would a raise accomplish much good?

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah in retrospect its not that outrageous. I definitely prefer just betting river though

[@dmtc6913]

@@saulocostapoker the KT check call was much worse lol

[@graydontinneny2276]

That’s why I don’t 3b 89s anymore, idk how many times I’ve been staked by AK

[@88jouman]

Pretty big punt to valuebet that 45 otr. Think we could fold turn even

[@saulocostapoker]

Can't fold turn against a fish in my opinion. But yeah river value bet is close indeed when he polarizes his turn range

[@Romans8-9]

Not a cash gamer but why cb so small in a 4b pot on 855?

[@saulocostapoker]

Most of OOP range completely missed the board, as the bulk of his range will be suited broadways. So a very tiny sizing is a sizing that puts those unpaired suited broadways in a tough spot. If you go bigger they just have an easy fold

[@marvellkanmomixa1997]

Where are u it been 2 monthe

[@best7993]

At 19 mins: that is the exact reason why 89 is always a fold for me when they 4bet. 67, 56, 87. J10 im calling all of those but not 89 because of getting coolered by ace king😂 it feels so bad

[@choboruin]

I hear 200z on ACR is the hardest 200 pool, can you confirm? Great video!

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah, I would say that's true. Very few recs and the regs are alright. 200 Blitz > 200 Zoom > 200 Rush & Cash > 200 Zone, that would be the descending order of difficulty I think

[@choboruin]

@@saulocostapoker Appreciate it, wild!

[@mattsmith9968]

@@saulocostapoker Does any of your "students" win there pre rb? Or is it not possible in pool without almost any fish

[@mattsmith9968]

12:40 it is a bot

[@CancelIFR]

These games are pretty tough. Not a lot of free money splashing around.

[@user-fk8xz1qo5w]

My intuition is that x, turn opponent 1p has already polarized, and River 45o is not strong enough to bet 3/4, just for the frequency of River? Zoom may not need to be so detailed, Dear Saul Costa, what do you think

[@user-fk8xz1qo5w]

time is at 4:21

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah I think it might be close in fact. His range should be quite strong from betting big on the turn. I don't mind a river check, although SB is a recreational player very likely, which makes me want to bet always there as he could spazz more often with a one pair hand on the turn

[@peterkay3686]

Anytime you say "they really quickly do X" all I can think is yep they're bots. :(

[@saulocostapoker]

Yeah that could unfortunately be the case. Some of my students playing this game have told me there are very suspicious players there

[@mattsmith9968]

@@saulocostapoker but those are not bots, bots have RNG preflop timing, often they tank 10 sec preflop to fold their hand

[@Romans8-9]

@@mattsmith9968 the bots are improving with timing tells. I'm pretty sure they have ones that got busted on ACR in MTTs would randomize their time banks.

[@bc1sjw]

Why do all your videos have pokerstars client sounds regardless of the site your playing on 😂

[@saulocostapoker]

I just love them above all others 😁

[@maxmartensson71]

Very rude to rip out my aces man.. nice video glgl :)

[@5050obla]

Is this a video about terrible mental game ? just chasing green and living by the session graph lol

[@spottingthefish]

I thought the same haha, it was strange to watch a top reg going to check the graph so many times, even after winning a preflop pot. LoL

[@Ironfrog-dm3yf]

He’s promoting H2N that’s why, isn’t it obvious?

[@saulocostapoker]

I decided to test a way to include the session graph throughout the video, as I know people like to know how much someone won or lost. Usually can't do that on Bodog and GG games where hands are not auto imported in real time, but on ACR they are so decided to give it a go. But yeah, checking graph all the time is not something I recommend 😁 just testing an exploit on the audience behaviour

[@couteauxduseignanx4625]

Love the video but hate that u show the graph. We are trying to not be ro and our favourite youtuber is showing us the wrong way 😢❤

[@RuVi78]

First. Primeiro.

[@richarddell2527]

KK holds against AK? you are obviously cheating. None holds that.

[@saulocostapoker]

😂😂🤣

[@tipizueri1896]

how can you, as a coach and part of a staking group, focus more on the graph during a session than your plays. In the end you are clearly just trying be profitable, you even admit it - i think pokerplayers shouldnt do that at all, especially not you who many upcoming players are looking up to!

[@jacobwhitten2664]

Probably because on previous videos people were like “but you lost this session lol” KZbin viewers care about the graph.

[@saulocostapoker]

I agree with you. That's not something I normally do, as you can see for yourself in the past 70 videos. Was just testing something different on this one

[@bertjames9661]

That JJ hand on Q52sss9c4d. BB';s sizing's are sooo good. That looks like bot play.

[@johngriller4997]

Not necessarily. These spots are easy once you study up on them. Not hard to replicate

[@bertjames9661]

@@johngriller4997 everything is easy once you study it

[@Romans8-9]

@@johngriller4997 ACR has been notorious for having a massive amount of bots playing there and you will not win long-term against a good bot no matter how hard you study.