Poker Combos: Everything You Need To Know | SplitSuit

[@ThePokerBank]

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[@Reminiscable]

Applied your 'unpaired hands' analysis to my gameplay and won a scary 4-way pot with pocket fives! Without your EV analysis I would've folded that hand two or three times but I remembered my EV and called out the ace high. Thank you Poker Bank

[@alext.5727]

There is a typo: Formula at 9:32 is incorrect. Correct formula is at 15:15.

[@ThePokerBank]

+Alex T. (NomadeNordique) good eye. Messed up the C and O in the 9:32 calculation. Thanks for pointing that out!

[@McGavel1]

Great points about how to use combos postflop and also putting into perspective how if someone's range contains *every single* suited hand, they still only flop a flush draw about 15% of the time when the flop has 2 of same suit.

[@McGavel1]

I can't wait to watch this. I've been contemplating how to make my own little poker stove type app and realized that it's all based on combos from watching your quick play on them. Thanks in advance, I'm sure this is gonna be great! Keep up the good work and good luck.

[@McGavel1]

+McGavel1 I just mainly wanna make it so I'll have to understand combos better. Peace.

[@hiilikeyourbeard]

I started laughing like a little kid watching this. The second piece of the puzzle. Ranges was the first. Bless your heart brother these videos are INCREDIBLE

[@j00f]

+justin dahl This is where poker gets interesting.

[@ThePokerBank]

+justin dahl thanks Justin!

[@terrymordia532]

justin dahl 🤕

[@McGavel1]

Also cool point about how determining if a person only plays suited connectors and *not* the unsuited ones can change things quite a bit.

[@santistanato732]

6 years after and here i'm learning from this masterpiece. Thank you very much my man!

[@walterwhite4207]

i'm starting to dig math more and more watching you videos (and i hate math) thanks Splitsuit!

[@adrianallen3581]

9yrs later and I'm still learning something new

[@Shooters141]

At 5:25 how do you come up with 112 unpaired hands? I'm only seeing 52.

[@NamPham-ph8ji]

lookin for this comment

[@taocoregamer4865]

I wanted to train Combinatorics , thanks man , i bought 2 of your books after watching this . I will watch all your video all and put new actions with it

[@jeremiahschadler3381]

Are the numbers in this video accurate? 5:26 notes 78 pairs (6*13) and 112 unpaired (7*16?) you are counting 16 for every non-pair hand instead of 4 for suited 12 unsuited. Should be 78 and 52. Same at 5:34 you are giving 32 combos for AK (2*16) when it's 4 AKs and 12 AKo should be 48:12. How are there 42 combos of pairs?

[@grindix]

yes this is messed up. should be 52 and 16.

[@injanhoi1]

My calculations at 5:26 are 13 pairs by 6 is 78. 7 unpaired came to 52. At 5:34 are 8 pairs by 6 is 48. 2 unpaired comes to 16. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@paullackner6892]

There are little mistakes at 5:25 in the vid where it says the 10% preflop range consists of Pairs (42) and unpaired (32) combos, here the correct amount of combos would be: Pairs (78), 22-AA are 13 Pairs so 6*13= 78 combos of pairs and unpaired hands (52), AJ,AQ,AK, 16*3=48 plus the 4 combos of QKs i 48+4=52 combos. Same concept goes for 5:35 (~5% opening range), where it says Pairs (42) and Unpaired (32), correct it would be Pairs (48) 77+ are 8 pairs 8*6=48 combos and unpaired hands (16) are one unpaired hand (AKo+AKs) so it consits of 16 combos. The assumptions we can make here are that a 10% opening range of 22+,Ajo+,QKs consits of 130 total combos, therefore 60% paired hands [78+52= 130 total combos 130=100% of combos in this range so if we want to know how many % the paired range is we calc 78:(130*0,01)=60 so its 60% you could also calc 78:(130:100)=60] and the 52 combos of unpaired hands are therefore 40% of the 10% opening range [100%-60%=40% or you can calc it this way: 78+52=130 of total combos, 130=100% how much% are 52 combos than? 52:(130*0,01)=40 so its 40% or you can calc it 52:(130:100)=40] everyone who is interested on the % of the 5% range at 5:35 can use the same math concept. btw. love your vids splitsuit keep them going! :D

[@JustinMurray170fin]

+Paul Lackner Your forgetting about your hole cards. Unless they're Jokers?

[@McGavel1]

Wow, *weight* is such a cool concept. It's easy to look at all the hands someone plays and mistakenly think that each one is an equal % of the range.

[@McGavel1]

+McGavel1 Since there are 16 combos of unpaired hands vs only 6 combos for each pr.

[@McGavel1]

+McGavel1 So if someone for some weird reason only plays TT and AK, it's easy to think that 50% of the time they have AK and 50% they have TT, but combos tells us that it's not 1:1 but rather 16:6 or 8:3 (AK:TT)?

[@upandev]

You show at 9:33 that the % he folds is 100% - (O-range/C-range), but it is supposed to be 100% - (C-range/O-range), right?

[@sergiot3143]

Thanks for the instruction on combos. I recently purchased Flopzilla just because of a chapter by Alex in Excelling. His chapter is really high level, I enjoy your method of profiling and explanation of how to view boards. I'm working on assigning ranges, which I think is the ART of the game. I'm more of a fish but aspiring to be a better poker player. I'll keep reviewing this video as well as review other videos you have posted. Outside of working on ranges is how to work with a run of really bad cards, I've been working on taking that time to analysis potential steals for future rounds but find myself tilting because of my run. Which has led me to work on the mental part of the game a bit more. Thanks again for the video and I'm hoping really learn how to best utilize flopzilla more.

[@feversgv]

Are you still a fish?

[@RueBear]

How about now??

[@MsOblivius]

@37:45 your comment is "turning AK, AJ, AQ into a bluff" here. Did you mean something else because that's not a bluff IMO. PS --> I'm very grateful for all your videos. THX much (edit) So abstractly I believe you're saying "repping" the Ax as bluffs. Actually having TP would more likely Check call etc.

[@dominikl230]

AGREE

[@1traderjoe484]

the term " turning your hand into a bluff " comes down to betting or raising hands that are not the nuts that may or may not have value at showdown.

[@vladimirsusanu6944]

Thank youu for the video :) nice to rewatch from time to time, refreshing

[@ThePokerBank]

You're very welcome Vladimir!

[@jrborgify]

Thanks @The Poker Bank. Extremely helpful. Hope ur game is going strong!

[@ThePokerBank]

+jrborgify you're very welcome, and right back at you!

[@mikkelchandler96]

I don't have any experience but this is exciting.

[@gustavogf44]

Best video ever. I took a lot of it...thanks man.

[@atek2193]

as old as this vid is still great thank u loads of value

[@ThePokerBank]

Atek 21 You're very welcome :)

[@gabrielmartinez5919]

How are you doing the math around 14:20?How do you count the blockers to subtract from the initial hands your opening had possible.

[@ownage3523]

Question... At 5:30, how is there 32 combos of hands? If AK is the only unpaired hand in the range, doesn't that only allow for 16 possible combos? Similarly, 77-AA is 8 possible paired hands, and 8*6 is 48, yet the video shows 42 possible combos. What exactly am I missing here?

[@ownage3523]

At 32:00, you say that we need 16 combos of hands that V always folds to make him fold 50% of the time... How is this? If he has 33 combos of hands he never folds, and 16 combos of hands he always folds, then he folds 16/(33+16) = 16/49 ~ 33.3% of hands. It seems like we would need 33 combos of hands that he would always fold. Then he folds 33/(33+33) = 33/66 = 50% of hands.

[@mjuhazie]

on the pocket QQ example, I don't see why he wouldn't check raise any of the (12) AK combos. If he is a smart player he knows you would have (3)KK, (6)QQ, (6)JJ, (6)TT, (2)AQs, (8)AQu = taking his card removal into account that leaves 31 combos that you would bet the flop with that he beats... and that is assuming you wouldn't open with AJs or continue flop betting with 9's and 8's. I think a check raise here with AK is a good play, in this example you would have paid him off and so would a lot of other players. If you didn't fold QQ then I can assume that you would for sure continue with KK and if we add in AJs and AQu you are paying him off with a decent amount of second best combos.

[@reezy69]

Hi James, just a little correction for you, at ~5:30 mark when you were talking about the 5% opening range, there are 48 combos of pairs and 16 combos of unpaired, assuming the 5% range does indeed correspond to the 77+ & AK you had highlighted in Flopzilla. This means that in a 5% opening range, 3/4 of the combos are pairs, which of course drives home your point that much more. Lastly, thanks for making this great video, as it is one of the most concrete concepts IMO.

[@ThePokerBank]

jethreezy thanks jeth!

[@kame_kura]

Great video. 31:30 If SB had AK wouldn't they have 3-betted?

[@upandev]

How do you calculate the fact at 10:03 that a 3x 3bet requires it to work 66.7% of the time to breakeven?

[@jonting7847]

3=3

[@ricksingleterry2596]

Yeah. At 6 minutes, I realized I’ve been playing this game wrong. Thank you for this. Any suggestions for good books?

[@p3tr0114]

The way this guy pronounces the letter "s" is harming my ears.

[@ThePokerBank]

Sorry. These older videos were made with worse audio equipment. This isn't an issue on our new videos though!

[@scave_phase5337]

There’s certainly better ways you could phrase this rather than saying something about the possibility of the guy having some sort of speech impediment which he doesn’t. Maybe it’s just your sensitive ears or you’re listening on a shit device because I have no issue with it anyway maybe next time think about the way you are having a go at somebody just phrase it better

[@randyhimes4160]

Great video. Thanks for the content makes a lot of sense. Dont listen to the haters. I look forward to more vids

[@callmedeno]

I find it difficult to even consider ranges in low stakes tournaments, it seems like a beast of it's own. I finish in top 1/3 regularly and have came first and second a few times (started playing a couple weeks ago), but in the early and mid tournament at these levels, even though I'm a beginner it still seems very hard to range anyone, I'm basically just betting for value because I assume I will usually have better hands. Many of these people play so many hands it's basically the whole deck. I try to pre flop raise at the right time, but it's hard to get a 2 or 3 player flop until you get to the late stages... Now I know you have to adapt to the game at hand but I'd be interested in people's advice? Just make sure to raise big enough with decent equity starting hands to clear out the muckers? I find it hard on the streets then because they call and limp so often that as I said their range is most of the deck.

[@whatamanhastosay]

That's the exact problem I'm having. Don't get me wrong, I make plenty of mistakes at the table that I'm trying my best to fix over time. But I've found that one astounding reason why lower stakes games are so difficult for someone playing a simplified version of the game (tight) is that your opponents often don't play that way. You mentioned that low stakes players tend to have massive ranges, and that's completely true, which makes it difficult to put them on accurate ranges when their hands could truly be anything. I suppose that videos like these try to make calculating ranges easier despite that by putting your opponents on possible combos, which is a broader way of calculating odds, but it can still be confusing and discouraging for newer players trying to get good at the game when playing basic strategy is met with defeat time and time again by more loose and less considerate players.

[@JayOh-]

SHOULD YOU COUNT THE COMBO OF ACE 7 SUITED AS WELL? COMBOD OF TWO PAIR PODT FLOP BLOCKERS.

[@andyelliott80]

A question... when you define those narrow ranges should pocket 2s really belong in them? While I recognize their value typical players often dont. Can we really assume opponents are more likely to play 22 than KQ suited?? Thanks!

[@arjaymckenzie6964]

At the 32:04 mark. You said that if theoretically we needed him to fold 50% of the time to make our 2nd barrel good (assuming we bet pot), and he's continuing with 33 combos on this turn, (In the video, you said that he would need to have 16 combos in his range that he would need to fold to get the 50% folds that we need) .. however If he's continuing with 33 combos, don't we need him to also have 33 combos that he will fold to get that 50%?? ....I'm a bit confused here. And last question, at 32:22 you listed combos of pairs 66-JJ as 27 combos. I'm curious if this math is wrong? Because I came up with 24 combos (66=6 combos, 77=3 combos because we block it, 99=3 combos because we blcck it, TT=6 combos, JJ=6 combos) 6+3+3+6+6 ... Not trying to be a nit LOL .. just want to know if my math right here or if I'm doing something wrong. Thanks and awesome video!!

[@nickknowles8402]

oooooooooo how i dread learning this lol. thanks for posting.

[@ThePokerBank]

Nick Knowles You're very welcome. It's not that dreadful after you practice it a few times :)

[@nickknowles8402]

The Poker Bank you guys make it idiotproof lol

[@michaelbauers8800]

The math class which teaches analysis of combinations is called combinatorics. The number of unsuited pairs of a given suite would be stated 4 elements taken 2 at a time in combination. The formula for that, with m elements taken n at a time in combination is m!/(m-n)!/n!. The exclamation mark is the factorial operator. 4!=4*3*2*1 for example. 4!/(4-2)!/2!=4*3*2/2/2=6. Handy stuff to know for games.

[@marcosmtz_11]

So are we just trying to “assume” peoples ranges as best as we can? or what’s a helpful method to coming up with ranges?

[@SonSantana]

What about the 77? What if you were in his place holding the same hand, same CO open? Preflop? Post?

[@zche083]

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[@splitsuit]

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[@splitsuit]

I have not. Though I'm debating playing a rack of WSOP events this year =)

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[@c0nn0rB33]

How did you calculate 174? Is there a quick way of calculating this?

[@ThePokerBank]

Practice, practice, practice. In real-time a broadstrokes idea of combos is more than enough to be usable :)

[@c0nn0rB33]

What I mean is; I understand how you calculated 78 pairs (6 paired combos x 13), but I don't understand how you calculated 24 for suited and 72 for unsuited. I thought there were 4 suited combinations for each hand and 12 for each suited unpaired. Going by the range you have there of A, K and Q combos shouldn't it be 12 suited and 36 unsuited?

[@zerocool6980]

@connor he gave the range as AT+ KJ+ which also adds in AJ, AT and KJ as part of this range.

[@Aceinthehole1179]

So lost!!! I know it’s me, not you but I don’t understand any of this ??? 9:37 in. The chart is confusing, you mentioned some site practicing an hour a day. Lost what do you recommend?

[@TheJoshtheboss]

Where can I join your forum: pokerbank or splitsuit.com? Thanks. Btw, what's your reflection on Equilab? I tried Flopzilla for the free trial, but I find is a little messy, I find Equilab more tidy. I think it has most of the functions, if not all. Is there something Equilab is missing? Thanks.

[@splitsuit]

Hey Josh, I post on the Red Chip Poker Forum: forum.redchippoker.com/discussions As for Equilab vs Flopzilla, Flopzilla is amazing for postflop range analysis. You can get most of the same output from Equilab, but it's clunkier to get to and Flopzilla is pretty easy once you get used to it. Plus, Flopzilla has HoldEQ which exponentially increases the power of doing range vs range analysis for postflop line exploration.

[@icydragon542]

What software/website is he using to calculate the hand ranges?

[@JustinMurray170fin]

Excellent, cheers. Recently purchased {$35} Flopzilla ~ Looking forward utilizing it.

[@ThePokerBank]

+Justin Murray enjoy it Justin!

[@tomsteel8594]

Hi there can someone help me out? I dont understand the (32) when they talk about unpaired hands at 5.39. I know that 77 has 6 combos 88 has six combos etc wich equals 42 pairs. Unpaired hands they say it's 32 and I only count 16 ? Am i missing something here? AsKc AsKh AsKd AhKc AhKd AhKs AdKc AdKh AdKs AcKs AcKd AcKh AhKh AdKd AsKs AcKc= 16 combos for unpaired. Where do you get 32?

[@svabads]

Great as always! Key take away for me - Is this a +ev buton? :)

[@jakemcgrae7539]

are there any games that have 100% deterministic play. or where u don't lose money due to stochastic component of any kind?

[@redbaronlast]

chess

[@Gos1234567]

The last example-isn’t the fish correct to call flop and turn? I mean you can’t fold 77 on the flop and on turn he has a gut shot and blocks 78,so blocking one of your value hands but still a lot of bluffs in your range

[@brucejsanchez]

Shouldn’t worry about flush draws. Hmmm obviously hasn’t been sucked out on enough times but if gonna gamble its worth it in long term

[@DaveWasley]

Cool video. Very quick bit of advice: you might want to add a deesser to your audio. There’s a lot of sibilance.

[@Gensi9871]

first of all thanks for the great and most of all free video! :) my game improved a lot by your content! i have a question about "weight" espacially at 5:25. when the range is 22+, AJs+, KJs+ and AJos+, it's said that there are 78 pair-combos and 112 unpaired ones. i cannot follow where 112 comes from. shouldnt it be 52? AJ+ is 3 combos so 3*16 and KJs is 1*4. summed up 52... am i wrong?

[@ThePokerBank]

Gensi9871 you're very welcome! Any unpaired hand, like AJ, is 16 combos (12 unsuited + 4 suited)...I believe that should get you on the right track :)

[@gmilleo91]

+Gensi9871 is right. At 5:25, we have 78 pairs and 52 unpairds. According with the program PokerStove, AJ+, KQs ... 3 x 16 = 48 combos and 1 x 4 = 4 combos ... total 52 combos.

[@BryanJSmith-ne4kv]

I've really been trying to up my game of late. I play a lot of live poker in my local casinos playing against a lot of amateur players... I also fit myself in the amateur category but I'm a lil better than the complete fish. But my question is how does this advance play styles factor in against super fish when they are not studying or reading any of this material. I understand your need to know this material as you play against more ppl closer to your level of play. But against mostly recreational players how you exploit them consistently

[@RoiAleTea]

Is the Flopzilla for $15 still valid? How do I get the discount? I wish I had seen this video before using up my trial version

[@splitsuit]

RoiAleTea unfortunately the discount is no longer valid =(

[@RoiAleTea]

Aww for $15 that's a steal. Do you have experience with cardrunners ev? It seems a bit more thorough but is it worth the price jump? Thanks for the video and quick reply

[@splitsuit]

RoiAleTea CREV is an extremely intense program. Awesome if you want to do hardcore exploration, but overkill for 99.998% of players (I only use it once in a blue moon) You're very welcome =)

[@DennisdeRuiterrrr]

Anybody knows where to get pokerstove ( without the trojan )

[@abdiASSAD]

So I get the "Pairs and how to calculate them" 6x13(6 ways to make a pair times 13 possible starting hands)=78 but I wish to understand the possible way to understand the "Suited part" I mean If theirs 13 suits and there are 4 possible suits Clubs/Hearts/Diamond/Spades, Than If I'm not mistaken It would be 13x12 (13 cards In each suit) x 12/2=78 possible flush "Starting hands", the same goes for Diamonds/Hearts/Clubs/Spades. Here's where I'm getting lost, you're showing 24 correct suited, so are we diving the 78 somewhere by 3? If so how come and even If we divide It by 3 we get 26, now If we divide It by 4 we get 19.5, so I don't follow that part at all

[@ThePokerBank]

give this video a watch - it should clear that up: kzbin.info/www/bejne/imjFhZyFiZeneZo

[@dannycase70]

huge fan love your work amazing.

[@ThePokerBank]

+Danny Case thanks Danny!

[@larrybarnes1794]

How much have you made playing poker?

[@MixedMath-pk7fy]

one thing I don't understand - when he has 97s , he says there are 33 combos that will continue , so he only has to find 16 that wont continue , why 16 ? where did he get that number from? is it to do with pot odds ? if he bets the pot I would have thought that he would have to find 33 or more combos that wont continue , because a pot bet needs him to fold 50% of the time to break even ? can someone explain this to me please

[@ThePokerBank]

By betting $9.25 into $14.5 you only need 39% of folds to breakeven. The video is slightly wrong and the minimum number of combos that need to fold is closer to 21 (21/(21+33)). Of course, 16 can be OK since we have equity...but to be 0EV you need 21 combos to fold.

[@joelb9219]

Can we still get fiopzilla for $15?

[@laurensvr7]

Does someone know a calculate poker app like godzilla you can use for free?

[@djbanks7546]

laurensvr7 not for free but pokercruncher is an IOS app that’s $15 one time fee.

[@Smartacus420]

What I've never understood about combos etc is why does it matter. Yes you having an ace makes it less likely for your opponent to have an ace. So? He could still easily have one, and I've seen AA run into AK plenty of times etc. Just seems a waste of time. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@AltumNovo]

Why are the low pairs including in the tight range. 2s and 3s are in the bottom 50% of hands.

[@ThePokerBank]

+Altum Novo they are when you drag the bar - but real poker players don't choose their ranges the same way software does when you drag the bar.

[@anthonymendez4145]

7:19 lmaoo sorry I had to! Great video btw!

[@ThePokerBank]

Thanks Anthony!

[@ImhimKhalid]

How can I find a good poker coach

[@ThePokerBank]

James (the creator) of these videos offers coaching via his site: www.splitsuit.com/full_ring_poker_coaching

[@BrockPageProductions]

Thanks

[@GrandmaBetty1945]

These videos are very awesome but now and then I have my criticism. If I see a tight 7% open raise range for UTG, I don't believe one can assume it is the 7% range that pokerstove comes up with. Because many players limp call 22 up to 66, and open 77+. This totally changes the weight of that range, and it takes a lot of history to find out about the exact construction of this range for individual players

[@ThePokerBank]

It does take a lot of history/sample size to get an exact idea on how they shape their 7% range. But I wouldn't say the average person is limp/calling 22-66 anymore...

[@GrandmaBetty1945]

The Poker Bank I am a member on bluefire and studied Alan Jacksons "Amateur to pro series". It is a pack with ten videos and the first one asks a somewhat fishy reg what his default opening range for UTG is in 6max, at similar stakes to this video. He opens pokerstove and selects 22+ and nearly all broadways. Alan Jackson suggested to take out 2s to 5s because his database has shown him he can't turn those profitable, and the lower unsuited broadways too because of domination issues. Sixes occasionally have 1 or 2 undercards on board but the others only have set value. He suggested to either open fold or limp 22-55. Limp calling kind of turns the hand range face up vs anyone who isn't a retard The video might be a little outdated though, and even though Alan Jackson is a very profitable player at 200 and 400NL I find him nitty. He would never ever use blockers in hands like Ks9s to construct his 3bet range, and balance it with value and bluffs. Should you be interested, I can send you the video pack via skype. I think it is outdated and shouldn't be on bluefire anymore. I can tell that you are very skilled and experienced, but maybe some in depth HUD database analysis can help you out as well. Set up a better HUD, find out how you measure your success in any position etc etc. Many regs don't know what negative win rate from the blinds is acceptable and what rate is out of line, for example Thanks for all these videos. This is high quality stuff

[@ThePokerBank]

No need to send me the videos, but thank you none the less. And keep enjoying our videos!

[@jongjongksdvj748]

Hey I have a serious question. The fact that everybody is teaching poker now and tell everybody their secrets does it mean that poker is not " so" profitable anymore?

[@deansavage1555]

Uranus maybe they just don’t enjoy poker enough to make it their best form of income. It’s a brutal game, even for the very best. Some people just don’t have the stomach to make it their livelihood just in playing.

[@HugeDaKing]

I think this video is very informative but can u use the standard colors next time. It's really hard to keep up with you while looking at the cards with lots of colors.

[@JayOh-]

THE FLUSHDRAW SPIEL 😄👍

[@j.b.9334]

So why have you won? What are you teaching compared to your cashd

[@Ihas3pair]

you need more than 66.7% fold to 3bet to have an auto profit because of the players left behind to act who will wake up with AK/JJ+ some of the time. with 3 players behind if we're in CO thats 3 times 3% of the time they'll play their hand so 9% total.

[@ThePokerBank]

+Ihas3pair Totally fair...but are we really going to worry a ton about some players waking up with a top 3% hand?

[@marcluthi5128]

wow! thanks!

[@ThePokerBank]

You're very welcome!

[@ryanvaldes4499]

I can’t find a video where they will speak to you as if you do not know what they are talking about. I’m not familiar with the jargon to understand what you’re saying.

[@ThePokerBank]

Could you imagine a website where you could look up a term and get either an immediate definition or an array of articles that give more information and explain the term more deeply? I long for the day when such a product exists!

[@ryanvaldes4499]

@@ThePokerBank ahhhhh so in other words, your content is lacking and people have to go to a more complete resource to learn? Well, at least you can admit that. Trash, trash, trash.

[@ThePokerBank]

No, poker is a game with a massive amount of jargon. You're going to have to put in some actual work, maybe even a little Googling, to find answers. If you're expecting to find everything in a single video about a game this complex, you won't.

[@ryanvaldes4499]

@@ThePokerBank I’m an attorney, and an educator. From a profession with essentially its own language, I understand the concept of terms of art. But when you’re making an EDUCATIONAL video, it’s important to speak to your audience, who is there to learn. Continuity is also important. You want a quality video where your audience learns? You want them to stay on the video absorbing. Not pausing to google every other word. You’re just trying to sound like you know what you’re talking about. It’s clear condescension is your tool. I’ll give you an example: I tell a jury, you should disregard the evidence of a prior arrest because the state nolle prossed that case, which simply means they dropped the charges.” See how easy that is? Instead of being a dick and telling the jury to “look it up” themselves. You lose your audience, like you just lost me, because your ego bleeds through the video and permeates into your interaction with viewers on your channel. Maybe you know poker, but you don’t know education, and you certainly don’t know people. Thank you for your time, you’re clearly a dick.

[@ThePokerBank]

Well, best of luck then.

[@ljmangold]

Interesting, but the whistling is hard to get by

[@ThePokerBank]

Sorry about that, the older videos on this channel have much worse audio quality =(

[@elpapito24529]

why 174? minute 9.36

[@elpapito24529]

disregard

[@cucunucu2280]

ty sir for these video you make... nh... :)

[@ThePokerBank]

You're very welcome Cucu!

[@justinwhite2725]

I don't understand your last game. You had 2nd pair and you were 'value betting' against a fish assuming they had worse because they didn't raise. Isn't the entire point of the fish classification that they do nin-optimal plays because they don't know what they are doing? In my monthly live game there is a passive fish who on this board will almost always have a full house. Many of the more experienced players 'value bet' against her only to be suckered in. (We've actually stopped getting into her heads-up, which makes her sad because it's the only way she knows how to make money) but it's not just her, I lost half my stack at the final table of a multi table tournament to another player who I was sure I had beat because she never raises her better hand - it was her first time playing and she was four sheet to the wind. So I really can't understand how you 'value bet' with 2nd pair against a fish.

[@paulpena5040]

I think you are confusing a passive fish with a NIT. They may appear the same but the NIT doesn't come in to a hand very often where a fish is in there all the time. And when the NIT enters the hand they almost always have a monster. Never bet into a NIT. You exploit them by raising them preflop where they will fold anything that is not a monster.

[@justinwhite2725]

Paul Pena The person I'm talking about is a fish who will play the exact same line with middle pair as with the nut flush (check/call) Last month she actually learned to fold some hands pre-flop which shocked the hell out of everyone! There are two NITs in our group. I've learned to fold hard when they bet hard (one of them has caught on tho this and has started to bluff - but he does it rarely enough that I feel good folding anything except the nuts vs him)

[@antjoshwww]

Justin White you my my friend is the fish

[@mjuhazie]

The audio is painful...the S's pierce my brain!!

[@ThePainkiller1982]

Would you mind explaining me what weight IS at all? I didn't understand it.

[@ThePokerBank]

For example, say you think villain might have AK when the flop is QJT. You bet and think he might call half the time with AK, and raise the other half. That means if he just calls your flopCB that his AK is weighted at 50% (since you assumed he'd raise it the other half, so he couldn't have full combos of it)

[@ThePainkiller1982]

The Poker Bank excelent explanation. Thank you sir!

[@ThePokerBank]

You're very welcome :)

[@simonteo2689]

Some of the theory doesn’t really hold now when looking at it from the GTO point of view

[@FoxtrotDelta11]

Amazing video but for the life of me I cant understand 13.02 "where X is" "where Y is"

[@FISHinho8]

X=9-Q means K9s, KTs, KJs, KQs and the Y likewise only with 2 through 5. They are preferable to be used as a blocker in 3bet situation, because if you get called, you have better equity post flop (you can flop straight draw with those unlike for example with K6s or A8s) Hope this helped. :)

[@sammymunoz2991]

Awesome

[@ittybittypiggy14]

enjoyed it

[@thecake03]

This video is fucking amazing.

[@gregoryG540]

U mean x y not x x or it would be a pair

[@hahahahagrin]

So many strategies simply show players using computer programs and all kinds of 'tools' that make it no longer good play. It's kind of like using a sem-automatic to hunt/kill a dear. Not much skill....Of course, when money is the key to life and happiness supposedly...then why can't you just get 20 people in a room to help advise you? Wouldn't you win more often?

[@IvanE1990]

At kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4abiaJ-ZceFftkm40s I think you mean % He Folds = 100% - (C-Range/O-Range) but it says O-Range/C-Range. Great video BTW

[@Lado1677]

Why am I paying $5 a week if you are going to make free videos here that are inside the Core ???

[@boc8385]

You need a mic filter. Your S's are killing my ears.

[@tomceeslss7311]

Split thanks for making videos but please check your calculations before posting videos.

[@umbertofurlan501]

i'm itaian and my english is pretty honest. but i dont understand nothing of what your're trying to teach bout blockers

[@hokageenergy9599]

2021, I will live out of poker in the next year

[@DatRaccoon1215]

I'm lost completely why I'm not a gambler.

[@chipped79]

You're lost cause you're a loser

[@warpeace8891]

+Steven Allison I agree with you. This guy must be playing against clones of himself. Playing poker in the real world can teach you how to play.

[@brianwest1501]

How did Doyle Brunson ever win in the early years? Do you have these charts at the table? It would take 8 Tera bytes to account for every situation. God bless American children!

[@karlosfandango4622]

Take some psychological bias, add it to a micro-stakes zoom table and I think you will find she flops a set 93.3412420691010101011337% of the time...

[@franziskaminder3119]

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