SECRETS From A Poker PROFESSIONAL [ADVANCED Tournament Strategy]

[@PokerCoaching]

What concept did you learn from this video that you are going to take forward and apply the next time you sit down at a poker table? 😀

[@chrislarkin72]

First hand - OOP as preflop aggressor happens way too often in call-happy Texas. Watching this, I found a definite leak with my flop and turn bet sizing in that scenario.

[@PokerCoaching]

@@chrislarkin72 Awesome!

[@jarirepo1172]

So many things... First, don't automatically c-bet flop, especially oop when flop is small cards. Second, remember when to use bigger sizing - and that it leads typically opponents overfolding so their river range is quite strong. At the river be careful with your hand, bluffing is very dangerous. Third, sb coldcalling makes their range quite strong. And lots of details to go along... Very good video with lots of practical information!

[@johnhammersmith8487]

Understanding the importance of Blockers (including specific suits to block likely Villian flushes) and bet sizing higher when more protection is necessary. Justin explains these concepts very well and has a great teaching style. Thanks Justin and JL!

[@typical_boomer3905]

Yesterday was day 1 of a wsop ring event at Chocktaw. Glad to report I bagged for day 2 tomorrow. The first hand example is huge for me. Yesterday I found my c-betting frequency was too high OOP and IP on T-high, x, x boards. I felt like Justin was talking exactly about what I was struggling with yesterday. I found myself thinking how bad my c-bet on the flop was immediatly after betting. Those boards are horrible for my range. I really like how Justin explained playing the turn as well. Betting pot or even 1.5x. That would've never crossed my mind. Hopefully this video and more I'll watch today helps me get my first ring tomorrow! 🤞

[@FranciscoLetsGo]

Matching is a brand new concept for me...taking it forward

[@jppagetoo]

Blockers. Solvers have made these so much more a part of NLHE poker. This was a good look into how and why the GTO solvers value them in different situations.

[@Badbentham]

Certainly some of the most educative in-depth poker content on YT! 👍

[@ludviglindstrom2064]

This is definitely the video with the highest quality that I’ve seen on your channel! Keep it up!

[@zeptime3473]

The good news is I understood about 25% of that.

[@PokerCoaching]

Hopefully it can improve your game!

[@qsdailydose8970]

Great stuff! Mainly I learned to check out if position as the pre flop raiser out of position

[@Michaelperry1985]

Great content Justin! Thank you sir, may I have another!

[@typical_boomer3905]

3rd hand BTN vs SB I'm min-raising pre and with the K, x, x board I'm 100% c-betting before I watched this. Justin is so right about how much air we have from our RFI on the BTN. Also with the SB cold calling he should be strong. He should be 3-betting a lot of his implied odds hands and big card hands and calling with his premiums with the hopes of the BB getting out of line pre. (last sentence is my thoughts and I could be wrong). Next time I'm in this spot I'll be more prepared and aware of the SB and how to continue post-flop.

[@windy619]

If he tanked k10 maybe it’s profitable bluff in reality? Curious if solver is just pure call k10 there

[@Mwuesse]

Really great video, love any time justin analyzes hands. One thing I was a little unsure of was our bluffing frequencies in the last hand and why exactly J9c isn't that good - if opponent can't have Jc, that takes away some of his calling hands?

[@jarirepo1172]

Most opponents tend to overfold at flop and turn when you use bigger sizing. So, they are not playing exactly GTO and that leads their range being stronger at the river (they would have folded most or all of the weaker hands at flop or turn) and as consequence you should bluff lot less frequently.

[@Mwuesse]

@@jarirepo1172 But we didn't bet a big sizing in this hand, we used normal sizing? And this is a villain at high stakes too so we can expect them to over-fold less anyway.

[@jarirepo1172]

@@Mwuesse Oh, sorry it got mixed in my head. Well, bets are not on the bigger size, although flop is 2/3 of the pot. Anyway sb calling range preflop is (should be at least) quite strong to begin with, if it was against bb then it's different I'd guess, but it's more likely sb has something decently strong after calling preflop, flop and turn.

[@FranciscoLetsGo]

One criteria of spots where you may "one and done w/larger size" is if the hand does NOT have many barrel cards

[@adrianoalves20]

Great coach!

[@T_Kelllz]

thanks, I like this a lot

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

His analysis on the the K9, J9 hands was good, way the heck better then what he said to do on the KJ river. And overrall, despite the wrong KJ river advice, analysis, overall what he talked about both reminded me of stuff, and taught me some things I should be thinking about doing. So overall was worth watching, thinking about, doing, etc, despite the wrong KJ river advice. Regardless whether I or others agree on the KJ river thing, thanks to the Pro, and thanks to J Little for making this available, and for giving me and others things to think about and do and not do, etc, I guess it's a lot like other things, take what applies, and throw out what doesn't apply, if anything. Still thinking about taking that KJ had to Pro Bart Hanson, to see what he thinks.

[@MaydayAggro]

JL - I found Part 2! 😁

[@DoubleJHas2ManyDoodles]

Can you host a talk on the subject of poker teams and what is going on with said teams in the RunGood , and GulfCoastPoker series ? Medium stakes buy in to low buy in, higher guarantee tourneys where teams are pooling money together for multiple Buy ins then what seems to be chip dumping at the tables and rebuys of 16x or more? It’s ruining the game.

[@marioharris5944]

"I lost to J8". Says it so nonchalantly. Doesn't everyone have to be playing at least somewhat GTO in order for these strategies to be effective?

[@Mwuesse]

Yes. Not sure of your point though. J8 is supposed to be played from the BB in that spot

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

The first KJ hand, I agree for the same reasons as the GTO pro that it's a check most times, and a uncommon C bet to mix up game, polarize. I agree with the delayed Cbet for the same reasons as pro, after the check, check flop. What I don't understand, and what I disagree about is the BIG POT BET. I understand his point that your likely ahead, want to bet your winning hand. I also understand that as a pro vs other pros, that villains could give him bluffs in his river range, and bluff s scare card, and that they might occasionally GTO value call. But that's him a pro vs other possible semi GTO pros in a limited situation. Usually, according to what Shaun Deeb, 2+2 coaches taught me, and what Harrington on Hold Em, and Super system(Doyle), Chris Ferguson, Hellmuth's books, and Upswing Poker, and even what J Little has said that USUALLY when you check flop, delay C bet pot flop, then spike a K on a pretty safe to you board, that you either want to Check, or bet about 1/4 to 1/3 to 2/5 to half pot to 3/5 pot at most. Why? Because if you check, you delayed CBet and river check will make you appear weak, that you bluffed turn, that you might be scared of river K, and so that might semi bluff their 77 type hand, that you can call(if you check reraise they will fold, or if they call your beat. If you bet smaller, on the river they can, will probably call, you win, and you extracted value. The reason why betting the River SO BIG is USUALLY bad in that situation, hand, because usually in that situation, if they call, your beat, or chopping, etc, as they usually won't call with less. The reason is that as Pro pointed out K hits your range, and you bet SUPER BIG BACK TO BACK STREETS, TURN AND RIVER. That looks SUPER STRONG and might probably better then what they have. So because of that only Fish or DONKS, will call such a BIG BET BEHIND. And only a pro can value call against another pro that can easily be bluffing that spot. The only way you can be rightly playing that way, is if you are like the pro against another pro, where you can easily have a lot of bluffs in that spot. The only other way you can rightly play it that way is to balance that play out by SUPER BIG BLUFF BETTING TURN AND RIVER A LOT, AND HAVE IT BE KNOWN YOUR BLUFFING BIG BACK TO BACK STREETS ON RIVER IN THAT KIND OF SITUATION A LOT. And doing that IS EXTREMELY RISKY. I am not saying not to bluff in those spots, as I have successfully bluffed there in those spots, as exceptions, about 8 to 17 to 29% of the time, instead of the 33 to 37 to 40 to 43% of the time you would have to bluff to justify betting turn and river K that you spiked, SO BIG. If I play against pros at the stakes the pro plays at, and if I bluff that spot more, then I will play that river the way the pro said to play, but at the stakes I am at, and most of us is at, it's a mistake to bet the river so big, like the pro was saying to do. There isn't even the possibility that the Big Bet would look like a bluff, because of the turn bet. Now if checked to river and then bet river so big, then maybe it would look like a bluff, that could be called. The right play MOST of the time, after big delay Cbet turn and spiking your K on river is to check, look weak, look like you bluffed turn, etc, and let them throw chips at you, or bet 1/4 to 3/5 pot, extract value from their value call. Betting 4/5 to pot to 1.25 times pot to 1.5 times pot or double pot on the River is USUALLY bad, in that spot, situation. The pro, and others, are going to have to some pretty good explaining, logic, etc, to convince me, that they are right, and that me, Shaun Deeb, Harrington on Hold Em, Chris Ferguson, Hellmuth, upswing, J Little, etc, and my LOGIC, etc, is wrong.

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

Also a BIG 3 BET And or 3 bet All in over your BIG river bet is another thing that could happen that would be bad. What do you do then? Fold? Since shallow stack, you borderline semi pot committed vs a hand that beats, crushes you. Call? Your likely crushed. Reraise shove? They not going to fold, and your crushed. Pro was LUCKY that it was a 77, etc, that called, instead of KQ, AK, K8, K9, top pair, top kicker, small 2 pair set, etc, And if 22,33,44, etc, very small pocket, etc, might value call a 1/6 pot bet. 77, etc, usually won't call there. 99, TT, JJ, QQ, etc, MIGHT or MIGHT NOT call that River bet. But that's a small range of hands to be targeting with a big river bet. And there is only about a 33% to 43% to 53% chance that 99 to QQ would call such a big river bet. To bet so big there 99 to QQ need to be calling 54% to 57% to 60% to 63% to 67% to 69%+ vs such a big bet on a river king.

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

I guess I might take the hand to Bart Hanson at Crush live poker to see if that pro can make sense out of the Pros river play. I don't think Bart would agree with the river play.

[@MrADITLO]

Deesser. your s sounds so sharp. sound like the old predator neighbour in family guy haha other than that nice video

[@LowTide941]

Good luck in the 50k JL

[@PokerCoaching]

Thank you :)

[@evrythingallright]

Your voice is a little. Sharp, try to speak with a more mellow voice thanks if you can Ps its the intro, thats like almost shouting

[@LifeisA_Dream]

😀

[@pratyushsaboo9471]

I did not understand anything

[@socalbum2024]

WHY show a hand where you over bet turn and then get lucky on the river? Why not show a hand that normally happens when you 1.5 x pot on turn and don't hit river? I think this is a really bad teaching moment to try to teach people what to do when you get lucky.

[@zackpetersen779]

Alot of this was just lucky getting a card and saying they are playing perfect poker

[@Paul_pp]

The first hand is pretty easy when you bet huge into a better hand out of position with One card to go and catch top pair on the river but why go all in when only a better hand is gonna call in that situation? If you bet 30-60% pot then those pocket 7s or an 8 is more likely to call and You get max value from the great river card. Feels like a missed opportunity. I dont really understand what anyone could learn from that first hand other then hope to get lucky on the river when you over value a crap hand

[@PokerCoaching]

His opponent called 77 here! Sometimes it's good to go for max value!

[@Mwuesse]

This is hilarious. You're literally telling one of the best players in the world who's put out an insane in depth video with solver examples that both him and the solver are wrong. Not only that but hero got the call with 77. If villains are folding every time then we're just printing money by shoving as a bluff in this spot.

[@jarirepo1172]

If your assumption is true that ONLY better hand will call then it's crazy to go all-in with this value hand. But opponent called with worse and if he called with 77 he would have called with Kx, 8x, 99, TT, JJ, QQ etc... (of course some of those hands might have played differently overall). Maybe opponent would have called with 33, 44, 66 which all are pretty close to same as 77. The range opponent should have at the end has almost no hands that are ahead, only KQ and 88.

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

@@PokerCoaching Yes 77 called, but that's results oriented thinking. 77 should have folded there, and most of the time 77 will fold there in that situation. Now if he had checked to river, then such a big bet or all in might look like a POLARIZED bluff, that might call. But as played his early position raise, BIG turn bet, BIG river bet, in that K that fits, hits his range, makes hero look EXTREMELY STRONG BETTER then 77, etc, to the point where 77, etc. should, and will probably normally fold. The only way that river play is right, is if everyone knows you BLUFF big on turn and river a lot, OR if it's 1 pro at HIGH STAKES, vs another pro where that pro knows the other pro could easily be bluffing a lot there, and the hero pro knows that the other pro knows that. Or if up against CALL STATION fish DONKS. Most of the time, it's better to either Check, make them think you bluffed turn, and that your weak, and throw chips at you, or bet 1/7 to 3/5 pot, have the call and extract value. Sometimes you do play it the way the pro said to balance out your range, etc. But most of the time you should not play the river like the pro said. If villain calls such a extremely strong back to back BIG BETS on turn and river, they are not calling with less, most of the time. The 77 villain was probably either a DONK, or thought that the pro could easily be bluffing. Also while this play might be ok at the pro's stakes, vs other pros, it's not good at the stakes the rest of us play at, unless they are crazy call stations.

[@mikehickmanvloggamessingin3604]

@@Mwuesse Shaun Deeb, Harrington on Hold Em, Doyle's Super system, Chris Ferguson, Hellmuth, Howard Lederer, Upswing Poker, Bart Hanson at Crush Live poker, even J Little has said in previous places not to play the river the way the pro played the river most of the time(So don't know why J Little is changing course from what he has said in the past. Also it doesn't matter whether it's a pro or not in a way. Good poker play is good, logical, makes sense, no matter who says it, or what happens. The intrinsic, inherent Value of a poker play does not change based on what happens, flops, a play stupidly calling, and does not change based on who says it. Instead of saying your stupidly arguing against a pro, instead try to logically explain why the river play was logical to play that way. And there are a lot of pros who have said not to make that kind of river play in that spot. Also what I and the other player said is the normal rule of thumb. There are exceptions. And I am sure that the pros situation was a exception, in that limited kind of spot. Perhaps the pro bluffs there a lot. Perhaps he is playing against another pro that knows he could easily be bluffing in that spot. But at the stakes most of us play at, most of the time, it's wrong to bet so big back to back streets on turn and river on on K that likely hits hero because it looks so extremely strong to Villain, will probably fold out villains lesser hands and will probably cause villain to only call with a hand that beats hero, UNLESS, EXCEPT if Villain is a DONK, Call station. You, the pro saying that should play the first KJ hand that way on the river as played in a one size fits all, is wrong. What the pro said is very high levels advanced strategy, in very specific, limited situations, etc, and not the norm And the pros say not to play that way most of the time So I am supposed to take what this pro says over all the other pros that contradict this pro. I'll tell you what,maybe I will bring this hand to Pro Bart Hanson at Crush Poker Live, and see what he, others say.