The Science Of Pocket Tens (TT)

[@ThePokerBank]

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[@thedspenguin]

this might've been one of your best videos on specific hands. very well done.

[@ThePokerBank]

Thank you!

[@thedspenguin]

every straight has either a T or a 5. hence my favourite pet hand is T5s.

[@NineInchTyrone]

🤔

[@daltonstephenson7669]

You should do the science of 10-2, for Doyle!

[@erikbozman3419]

I recently lost a huge pot overplaying my pocket tens, this video came at the perfect time and I won’t play them the same ever again! Thank you!

[@Trazom488]

Same literally last night. Losing a hand like that mentally scars u lol

[@NefariousMinds]

@@Trazom488 The key is to not over play them. Same as any strong holding.

[@ThePokerBank]

You're very welcome Erik!

[@lafavini]

can you explain the hand

[@LaLaMedusa]

Same thing happened to me. I was UTG, so I raised. BB 3 bet me. I go all in thinking they're just mad I took their blind / playing aggressive... They had queens... hit a queen on the flop.... I could've just called if I wanted to see flop and would've folded at the queen anyways. Sigh

[@OmahaLasse]

Great pointer of the straight draw likelyness against the overpairs in comparison! Great tips, most are pretty automatic like the 2nd and 3rd pair situation on flop. Usually one is looking at a gutter at worst and pretty much always block the nut draws. I like the tips on how to navigate post flop play. Sets part is a no brainer in comparison to the lower sets in a 3 or more bet pot. As lower sets should pretty much be gone when the playing goes to 4 bet or more. Next I probs should go through the other big pairs videos. Damn good stuff man!

[@ThePokerBank]

Cheers! I think comparing this video to the Science of QQ video would be useful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp3Pe4OKp6d6o8U

[@CharlesHogg]

3:58 Fun fact! This flop is also known as the "Battle of Hastings" flop.

[@martinpier2073]

Once more good work James

[@mcxi]

Thank you !

[@EHenterprises]

I don't know if this will be a helpful tip or no. But a lot of times when I have position over my opponent when there is an overcard flopped and they check, sometimes I will use this position to represent the overcard and bet. Mind you, it doesn't always work out great but more times than not this strategy works for me. It shows strength especially if, let's say you're opponent or opponents don't have the overcard. It stops them from maybe representing it on the turn.

[@ThePokerBank]

Or you could let them fire bluffs at you on the turn since they often think you'll over-fold that spot =)

[@chanceneck8072]

I've folded pocket tens preflop in the past. Guilty as charged.... 😅😔

[@300lbcanary2]

I doubt I play them perfectly, but I believe I play them better than JJ. I've had good bluff catching situations with them against single overcards (usually J or Q), and seem more attuned to lay them down flop or turn when beat.

[@MFFL77]

My favorite hand is pocket tens!

[@ThePokerBank]

That's pretty unique!

[@marcuscarlsson5510]

Where can I buy the deck that is used in this video?

[@ThePokerBank]

I don't think this specific colorway is available anymore, but it's the Sirius B deck by RiffleShuffle.

[@night_inhale]

Hey Splitsuit.. I'm honestly wondering how to learn poker given it's such an expensive game to learn. I don't trust online sites and aps´ shuffling algorithms to be loyal to a real deck spread. I can tell that I have a ton to learn about and grow in poker before being a reliably profitable player, I mean just looking at variance simulations even if I'm currently profitable it takes like 10000 hands for that to show. That's a lot of live poker. I really like poker and I want to be able to make at minimum a side career out of it but it just is really feeling like "just gambling" rn. I don't know how all these pro poker players do it.

[@ThePokerBank]

It doesn't need to be a super expensive game to learn. CORE is incredibly good value (and has a complete sub-course in Level 4 on live cash games fwiw), and likely where you should start: redchippoker.com/launch-core

[@frankiewright2119]

Craziest opening statement. Its literally my favorite hand.

[@ThePokerBank]

You are a special one Frankie!

[@Naturalmystic25]

Is going all in pre flop pure gambling no matter what? If i have the possibility to see a flop and then have the information i need to keep going, wouldn’t it be always a better option. I would put out of this equation Poket AA, but even then. If a flop comes J-J-2 and my opponent has AJ, even with pocket AA I can still get away from it. So the question is, is going all in pre-flop a pure gambling move move?

[@malazuth3306]

Pre flop AA vs AJ had 90% equity, going all in pre flop with 90% of winning it's not gambling. It's a winner strategy. You wanna make the pot big when you have more equity than the opponent. If flop comes JJ2 and you have AJ and i have AA, you won. The other 90% of times i would win. I'll take that deal all times you want! it's all about equity when you make the move. If you put your opponent in a "you need 40% equity to call" and he call with 10%, you're winning in the long run.

[@gakatray2873]

It's always a gamble no matter what. Seeing a flop with TT means you have 60% of seeing an overcard which will dramatically slow down your action and become vulnerable against bluffs. Plus you keep too many hands with one or two broadway card that can easily out draw you with one pair. Going all in means most hands like QJ, KQ, KJ, small aces, suited connectors etc. can get out of the way most of the time, and some small stacks with a lower pocket may donate their money. The probability of people simply folding increases your win rate and your expected value. You are only worrying about bigger pockets. If you have AA, the real pure gamble would be to let your opponents hit a set for cheap and gift them the pot. You have to realise every single unpaired hand have the exact same probability of flopping trips, which is very low. See, if you have AJ, would you want to go all in against AA? The pot odds are probably lower that 2:1 and you have to hit that 1% trips without an A to win the pot. That would be the real gambling move. You should not be thinking about the flop because you can't possibly know what's to come. What you know is you have a pair right now that beat most hands that are not paired and beat every pair lower than yours. That's the information you have that your opponent don't. If you have pocket AA, and flop comes 456 in a single raised pot, what do you do? you have an overpair that beats a lot of hands but your relative strength is weak. 44, 55, 66, 45, 56, 78 would have great made hands that can bet and call a bet. Draws like A3, A7, 34, 67 might call you a street too. If it was a 3-bet, 4-bet, all in pot, all these hands won't be there and they would be banging their head seeing the flop.

[@ThePokerBank]

If by "gamble" you mean "uncertain outcome", then yes. But if you craft a strategy based upon the tenants laid out in your comment, that strategy would almost certainly call and fold waaaaaaaay too much.

[@NefariousMinds]

I love pocket 10s!!! I play them super aggressive preflop and on most flops. To me they are just like aces.

[@ThePokerBank]

With that super optimistic attitude, you can turn any hand into Aces 👍

[@NefariousMinds]

@@ThePokerBank I am beginning to learn that my friend. Its a bit of a paradox between punting and playing good poker, it seems. I mean, I do understand the difference, but in reality, its not too far off. I have had a lot of people say to me, that poker is a betting game more than a card game. While that is somewhat true, I find that it is more of a game of awareness and mental strength. Mr. Ivey demonstrates this perfectly.

[@ThePokerBank]

@@NefariousMinds 👍

[@NineInchTyrone]

Set oesd fold

[@laurindotcom2412]

I love It!

[@ThePokerBank]

tyty!

[@TheSupmustafa]

Its weird, I genuinely love pocket tens but hate Jacks. Tens give me more range but Jacks win the showdown

[@overthehilldill3626]

I play all of my PP 's super aggro pre. It helps me to more accurately pinpoint my opponents holdings.

[@davidhowell1424]

Question: Why are we not playing our whole range here? Pocket 10s are a very small part of our range.

[@ralegade7710]

The hand that always cracks my pocket aces and kings by hitting the set…

[@AaaBbb-db6nd]

The background music is like the ak9 flop

[@fourpoint64]

yes the background music is distracting and makes it harder to soak up the excellent content.

[@andyv123]

Ahhh pocket tens, one of the few hands l like less than pocket Jacks 🙄

[@ThePokerBank]

Just wait until you meet 99!

[@randomtroll7374]

No burn when dealing the flop. Redeal.

[@josephclay7499]

I'd rather have 10's then jack's

[@ThePokerBank]

That's an interesting preference

[@chrisfetner332]

The background music is annoying.

[@fourpoint64]

yes, it’s harder to concentrate on the voice with that background music - otherwise excellent videos and thank you splitsuit!!!

[@ThePokerBank]

@@fourpoint64 tyty!

[@ThePokerBank]

Is it the specific track, or just having BG music in general?

[@lancebangle]

I’d prefer these kind of videos without background music, other than that, love the content!

[@300lbcanary2]

This video was a bit longer than many (aren't most a bit under 10 minutes?) This is the first time I noticed the background music and perhaps it is a level issue on the mix, or just the length of the video. I didn't hate it, just noticed.