Small Bet Small Peepee: Play & Explain Episode 7

We fire up some 200NL Zone to prove that these stakes are still quite beatable and soft
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[@sunminkim7727]

The commentwhere you mentioned "if you are betting small because you're afraid if you overbet your opponent will fold, then why shouldn't you overbet with your bluffs" really hit me. Thank you very much for this informed video, I learnt so much from this 30-minute session.

[@Joe-yc3kn]

This dude is an absolute beast

[@alexanderhernandez2151]

I really hope you grow a big following bro. Been here for a minute. You’re actually a really great player. I love your playing style

[@makepokersimple]

thank you!

[@xpopovicix]

@@makepokersimple actually changed my game immensely from the free videos you've posted. From struggling @50 NL to consistent winner @100 NL. No joke! Clear and "simple" thaught process

[@T.G.Lautenschlaeger]

You are pointing out some very important concepts, thanks.

[@makepokersimple]

youre welcome

[@pallav5833]

Your plays and insights are spot on. Great stuff!

[@makepokersimple]

thank you

[@Ajfkoeic]

These play and explains are awesome

[@adambrand2793]

Please never stop doing these 🙏🏼

[@chaseturmail6026]

Great information and good to watch/listen.

[@aylmao1230]

Amazing title +2

[@michaelkirchner6991]

loved this play and explain. especially liked you talking about the mindset of new players. would love some more 100 NL content.

[@JoshChilling]

Love this style of videos, thanks for explaining so well

[@gametheoryimpossible]

This channel is what I have been waiting for. Thanks for the awesome content

[@makepokersimple]

you're welcome

[@joshfong641]

love these videos, please keep them coming

[@xpopovicix]

my favourite youtube poker content creator

[@hidude1354]

I've been incorporating more turn & river bluff raises thanks to your play, will report back on how it's going but so far it makes sense (playing 50/100nl)

[@kingoli5769]

Definitely amazing stuff, subscribed to your newsletter and Im also looking forward to more youtube content. Would love to see how to crush NL25 zone if possible, it runs most often and will likely be good material for your explanations. Keep up the good work!

[@makepokersimple]

sure ill make a video for 25nl. but as someone thats gone through the stakes, 25nl and 1k nl arent going to play that much differently. people make the same mistakes, the mistakes are just magnified at lower stakes.

[@lukefraga8385]

love these ty, i like your thoughts on where the money is made in poker w bluffing, very well said

[@michaelbaskin7905]

Eek. Poker is alive.

[@nicrobinson482]

Love the vids man keep them coming! Could do some podcast format content similar to upswing pokers content?

[@sinanyaman2007]

Thanks for the great content! I am curious about a hand in this video. At 11:20, (right table) can you put yourself in the villain's shoes? Would you fire a bluff out of position having ATo since turn goes check-check? And let's say they bet pot, would you consider calling, folding or raising?

[@alexanderhernandez2151]

At 16:30 you played that hand good, could have also raised turn but you’re getting good price to hit straight. You pretty much turned the sets he can have into bluff catchers by the river. Nice shove.

[@makepokersimple]

B L U F F

[@jeffshackleford3152]

To translate his " if you think people fold too much to big bet with value"... Your value hands drive the sizing of your bluffs. For every value hand in your bet size range, you have to have X many bluffs. Qouting others here

[@makepokersimple]

yes go for max greed always and flesh it out with bluffs

[@benjaminlopez9662]

Thank you

[@alexanderhernandez2151]

I think that hand at the end with AK the villain played incorrectly. He should not have called simply because a big portion of your range there also consists of AK. Villain is risking too much to potentially chop. Also he has the K of hearts which is horrible since he blocks even more of your bluffs. The shove on the river by you should have folded out his AK with heart

[@Typhlosion56]

Table change every hand hurts my brain

[@phuoco9470]

Are you the Keven from Nachoes?

[@Mind_controL27]

How did you get to this high level of understanding the game? Lots of us watch hundreds of educational videos, but hours of those dont even compare to 30min of yours. Have you worked with data bases? Analyzed your own stats, pool tendencies? Have you been coached at some point of your career? What are the tools, practices would you recommend to be able to find these bluffing spots like you do? Thank you!

[@makepokersimple]

ive spent thousands of hours studying, and also tens of thousands of dollars on elite level coaching. to get to this level you have to be willing to sink thousands of hours and years of your life, or thousands of dollars for someone to show you. often times you need both.

[@miowkien]

Hi, just wanted to ask about your BB defence ranges. How do you construct them? I feel like it tends to lean towards being a bit tighter than the typical onlline ranges you can find, did you adjust them to your own preferences/ whatever pool you're playing or is it just a solver range you picked up somewhere? Thanks for the content as well, I watch all your reels and videos.

[@louisdewenter4320]

Ever thought about doing a bankroll challenge: starting with 50$ at 2/5 cent and going till 1000$,5000$ etc

[@makepokersimple]

@@louisdewenter4320currently doing a bankroll challenge from $200k to 1MM

[@eugenek.4706]

Love the vids keep up the uploads! On the pocket aces hand flopping top set would you ever consider checking to give villain rope when we giga block any made hand? Or are we just cbetting with all of our range pretty much on that board? Thanks for the play and explains ❤

[@makepokersimple]

both approaches can work but you have to construct a balanced range around whatever approach you pick: if you trap top set, your checking range can't just be top set. you now have to check potential bluffs, potential bluffcatchers, etc. ultimately its much simpler to go for the bet

[@sinanyaman2007]

At 21:03 would you still bluff the river with Q4d? Basically without straight blockers?

[@georgeargyris543]

Always excited to see your videos! Do you offer a CFP? Also, what are your thoughts on varying your preflop sizes based on positioning (i.e. minraising or 2.2x UTG/HJ and 2.5x CO/Btn) 2nd, I like your overbet turn stabs in check check lines when you’re OOP. What is your general heuristic on rivers after getting called on whether to follow through with your bluffs on river OOP?

[@makepokersimple]

i don't offer a CFP as I believe that its quite a poor coaching format: the vast majority of candidates don't make money, so you as the winning player must pay extra to make up for everyone else that drops out. in addition the coach is incentivized to take on as many people as possible, because since its gambling a couple players will inevitably make $ and pay you. for a CFP owner why would you give 100% of your attention to 1 student, when you can give 1% of your attention to 100 and make way more? if you're interested in working with me you can apply for an interview here: calendly.com/makepokersimple/30min

[@sevenn]

In the first JThh hand on the left, when you flop cbet other than the obvious macroanalysis things like backdoor straight/flushdraw, 2 overs, dry flop. Do you also think about how your hand blocks value and therefore you are less likely to get x/r off the pot? (Villain cant have T9hh or J9hh).

[@makepokersimple]

Not really relevant on the flop, ranges are too wide to worry about blocking the nuts just yet

[@johnk7125]

Timestamps for hands coming in future or too many to do it?

[@makepokersimple]

absolutely not that is too much work

[@drewcarpenter7047]

6:00 are pockets 7s a fold vs UTG raise always in early position?

[@JRAX1000]

Hi Keven, I’ve been watching for a while and I really enjoy your content. I was wondering if you would ever review viewer submitted hands and give your analysis whether a play could be improved on. Keep up the good work!

[@makepokersimple]

hey, thats not something im looking to do unfortunately but i do appreciate the suggestion

[@oneone_isme]

Ahhh Keven you have a channel!

[@makepokersimple]

Yes I’ll be posting play and explains every week 🙂

[@oneone_isme]

@@makepokersimple C’est très bon

[@patrickzimowski9150]

You should make a live poker vlog! Would be a great watch

[@makepokersimple]

a day in my life is i roll out of bed at 2 pm and gamble in front of my screen with no pants... i dont leave the house much lol

[@lukefraga8385]

you should do coaching if u dont already

[@makepokersimple]

@@lukefraga8385 I don’t do coaching but I work with very select clients on a long term basis. If that sounds interesting you can apply for an interview here: calendly.com/makepokersimple/30min

[@pv3201]

I find that shove on 997xQ gets snapcalled by Q5 so often at 50nl. Feels good when you have AQ+.

[@Mind_controL27]

Would you please give an insight on how your mentorship program works?

[@makepokersimple]

you apply at this link and pick a potential time for an interview. applicants who are a great fit I interview to see if we could work together. applicants that are not a good fit, i just cancel the call to save us both time calendly.com/makepokersimple/30min

[@Sp33dyBeanz]

whats the general idea behind betting pot with a set on the flop? arent you ultimately just targeting top pair (very specific holdings your opponent could have) when you do that? would you not say that youre losing out on value from non top pair holdings and only getting real value when you happen to run into top pair?

[@makepokersimple]

the logic is we have a set and we want to get money in. dont over think it.

[@andyliu3431]

You mentioned that in live play to not overvalue top pair top kicker multiway. What do you suggest to do? Had that happened to me and he rivered a 2 pair while calling me down on all streets

[@makepokersimple]

@@andyliu3431 bet small or check call

[@seanyamamoto8757]

19:04 left board. ATo fold on button?

[@makepokersimple]

very standard fold facing a UTG open

[@3Techers]

Live play at casino 1/3 is so much better than playing online imo. So soft great hourly, its like a part time job.

[@3Techers]

I like ur vids btw. good logic poker.

[@makepokersimple]

i have to put on pants for the casino. fuck that

[@yamahargxa2]

Great video but I think it would be cool if you play single table without switching where you’re able to exploit recreational players more easily

[@makepokersimple]

sure but its still really easy to tell whos a rec in zone

[@yamahargxa2]

@@makepokersimpleI think visually it’s also a little nicer when you’re not multi tabling

[@otakusan2003]

Do you play tourneys? Would love to see your tourney side.

[@makepokersimple]

dont play tournaments. mixing cash and tournaments is the biggest mistake you can make while developing as a player.

[@otakusan2003]

Please explain

[@YoungManCoffee]

@@makepokersimplewould love to hear a little elaboration on this if you would be so kind

[@makepokersimple]

@@YoungManCoffee they’re different games. It’s like learning chess and wondering why you’re bad at checkers

[@YoungManCoffee]

@@makepokersimple yeah fair enough. Definitely huge differences in strategy and the spots you face

[@amigopforte9928]

As much as I appreciate the content I do think your play is imbalanced. There is hardly any hand you are giving up after a bluff goes wrong. The AK at the end is the best example. Vilian insta calls on flop and turn, board does not change much so you would just give up on the river. Imho.

[@aylmao1230]

Hey Keven, just wondering, what are your thoughts on this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5SpZp2DYs6Ug80si=4auD3BRD6TGmlGHr They basically say that you should having different sizing for your nut hands and bluffs on the river, which seems very odd to me. Would like your take on it. I assume you disagree with them, but I wonder if there is any merit to this.

[@makepokersimple]

think its fine to use different sizes and just play your hand in weaker lineups (live). that being said i didnt watch the full video

[@aylmao1230]

@@makepokersimple fair enough, thank you for the response!

[@gavinshaw4446]

i can hear you chewing your bubble tea

[@roykim1832]

Please coach me 🙏

[@makepokersimple]

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[@roykim1832]

@@makepokersimpleso if I join wpt global you will just coach me for one session? Even if I just play a .25/.50 game?

[@roykim1832]

Aw man I just tried it’s not available in my region. I play poker now games within a community usually just .25/.50 could you just coach one game and make a video on it?

[@makepokersimple]

@@roykim1832 what country are you in?

[@philiphardy8650]

This is great content, thanks for posting, totally get and agree the message about how to make money at poker, it's having the skill set to make it work that's my issue (ATM)