WHAT would YOU do? And BLOCKERS! | How to WIN $3,000,000 in 3 Days Part 11

[@phammerable]

Limp against the player who defends. If you raise and they call, you don’t gain information on their range/strength since they have a tendency to call with with a wide range. Bet against the tight player. If they call, you learn they have a stronger range, or if they fold that’s good too

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@JD_tcb]

Obvs the BB is going to call or "defend" if you limp tho. They literally can't fold... What info does that provide? U make no sense.

[@jackjohnson1666]

Please make more videos like this! I've learned more from these videos than any other source

[@hottellz]

Daniel, you have done so much for the game of Poker! Thank you so much!

[@stylin40s]

I think blockers are very complicated for most players to fully comprehend. If you don't study and understand hand combos, then blockers sound like mythical things. Probably because when you first try to use the idea, a lot of the time, you get it backwards. It's kinda like trying to explain variance to a nervous player. They would get scared and not want to play at all,. If you are able to understand the game and understand it's all long money, nothing is done to make a quick buck then it's rare to get nervous in a hand, the money doesn't matter and the result doesn't matter, only the play matters. You'll find yourself more concerned with betting 2BB when it should have been 2.3BB. Coming in second will feel like last, because you were so close to the trophy, you just couldn't get a hand that could seal the deal. Your thoughts will go back to 40 hands ago....... would that guy have folded to 8BB? I feel like 6BB was a little too priced in for that guy. The mental game gets more important the deeper down the rabbit hole you go. As for the original question you would limp against sticky players, and raise the nits who fold to aggression. As always I love the video, Thank you Daniel!

[@qazzaqstan]

The other tricky thing about blockers is that a lot of the time you are blocking both the most logical bluff and most logical value hand, for example you have top pair with the AdKx on Kd7x4d2x2d, you block about half the logical flush combos but also are they really bluffing without the Ad (assuming they don't really have 7d4x which seems like a great bluff combo if it somehow got to the flop)? Also given you block top boat and nut flush do you use your blockers to turn your hand into a bluff? My thought in this spot is your hand its too good and you block the logical value so you sigh call (most of the time, obviously depends on exact player and actions) but certainly just considering blockers points you in several completely different directions.

[@Richard-ot5ss]

you sound like you just learned about it because it's not that hard. Maybe because I have a math and physics degree and know combinatorics.

[@othnielvisky9289]

Daniel, these videos are pure gold!! Thanks a lot for creating this content!

[@dnegspoker]

Glad you enjoy them

[@MrBDub]

J-4o are the best blockers to have.

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@harryroberts2074]

He won’t have that in SB. Nor will he have the majority of the 3dXd combos that daniel states here

[@jtg2525]

@@harryroberts2074 missed the joke

[@alexisjones6244]

Especially if you put them on A high 😂

[@pokerboy72]

Well it blocked garret from hustler

[@FreshEndFunky]

Thanks Daniel Great content!!! NEED More tourney reviews like that :) ONCE A WEEK SHOULD BE OK

[@nicholi2789]

I love that Kerry still refuses to do stacks of 20 just to annoy these GTO bot players

[@noe7565]

you were the reason I got into poker negreanu 🤙🏽

[@ianbuchanan9357]

Love your videos tell Amanda to stop worrying tell us everything

[@TonyEnglandUK]

lol I love how he gives Mike Matusow a kick in the sensitives at 9:36

[@noe7565]

15:42 just as I rewinded this part you said to rewind haha

[@eraserhead29]

I’ve learned more about poker, just to hear your break down of this hand, then i’ve learned reading any poker book.

[@dnegspoker]

and its FREE 😀

[@silly_man]

Very much appreciated you do this. You don’t need to clearly, but you obviously like to give back to the game. I love that you always give your insight in such a clear way and a bit of personality/fun with it.

[@ThomasWJames]

People say Moneymaker was great for poker, and I say he was…short term. Long term Daniel has been the best for poker. This stuff is gold!

[@neindanke1427]

sticky players range is much wider when we attack the blind, so i would like to think our hand is good more often. plus we play a bigger pot in position, also a plus. negative is, that sticky players range is harder to read, so we sometimes fall for traps. plus vs the nittier player is, that we can win the blinds more often without having to continue. and the range they call us with is smaller, so its a better read on them. i think i rather limp vs the sticky player and bet vs the nit

[@cadebruce4401]

Other way around imo. The sticky will stick even when you raise, so you get to up the pot against them when you have advantage. You’ll have them beat most of the time. Limping also lets you sucker in nits who normally would have folded and extract more value out of your premium hands against against the nits.

[@cadebruce4401]

But the way i said increases the variance and makes it harder to play post, because you have no info on the sticky. And picking up the blinds against nits is always just plus EV since you avoid letting them hit the flop. In both cases raising is bit ‘better’ which is why in general limping is kinda an exploit.

[@cadebruce4401]

All depends on what tendency you are trying to exploit I suppose. If the nit remains tight after flop and won’t get suckered into valueing their hand too much there’s not much value in limping them.

[@timchamberlain5858]

Michael Jordon teaching me how to play defense is not going to lead to me beating MJ 1 on 1 any time soon, but it will get me playing more basketball, which is a good thing for all basketball players everywhere. (To be fair to Amanda, it might help Kobe Bryant beat MJ 1 on 1) I love DNegs acting as the modern Doyle Brunson and help lead people in to the modern poker era the way Doyle helped everyone get the basics of playing poker professionally.

[@newstandardaccount]

My guess is that Badziakouski was going to fire on just about any non-diamond river here.

[@dylaninho2500]

Idk what a lot of things mean but I still love watching all these vids. I got into poker over the last 2 or so weeks and you’ve been a massive part it in that!

[@FCarraro1]

I would rather limp against the sticky guy because usually the bottom of an opening range gains most EV from stealing the blinds. If that's not the case I still want to see a cheap flop with some playable cards, but paying the minimum...I think. I also wouldn't limp premium hands against that kind of guy (obviously) and my limping range would be very depolarized.

[@s_murph7299]

AhKh or Axh in general could be a hand you call the flop and turn but fold the river.

[@incardnito7953]

Would he have called a reraise on the flop with those hands though?

[@s_murph7299]

@@incardnito7953 2 overs and a backdoor flush. Probably. Cant just be folding everything to a checkraise. If he's raising A8o preflop he has plenty of complete air he will be folding to the raise already.

[@TrevorKNYC]

These are great man please keep them coming! What you were saying about blocking and unblocking makes sense 100%. I've been playing poker half of my life and I never had that thought lol. If I am the one holding that missed flush draw, all I think is damn I missed, what size bet can I make to bluff him off this pot.

[@dnegspoker]

Right, its something solvers really help you understand. If you are betting the draw and your opponent is calling, then he is less likely to have a draw which means he will often call the river!

[@JibbyDE]

@@dnegspokerhe will often call a river, when the river bricks out? Am I getting this right?

[@hectorsarne5756]

trick question! the answer is: it depends! ideally, you want to limp against both a sticky blind player and one who folds a lot! because a sticky player will play weak hands when they are invested and a passive player will only play strong hands. so if you like winning lots of small pots with low risk then you would prefer the passive player. if you like winning the big hands with more risk then you like the sticky player. i'm guessing what Daniel is trying to say, with the question, is to not be a single type of player. gotta mix it up right?

[@nyr413]

Daniel these videos are great, thank you for making these

[@martindim7182]

Never laughed harder, I know you didn't plan to make it funny but it was a good laugh 🤣

[@namirdfaili725]

thanks daniel. u explain it so everybody can understands it... not only these GTO bots😂❤️

[@SeeLifeBro]

Danal Danal (In that voice you do) 🤣

[@tataruvlad218]

great content!

[@jonathanwilliams2179]

Any suggestions for tracking your live poker results close to as well as online play? Want to work with solvers more, but don't have an effective system for keeping track in live tourneys. Would really appreciate your input. Thank you

[@rustybumperclassics6342]

Limping is pimping served me well in Vegas last weekend.

[@loomtasticrainbowloom1305]

Hey Daniel, agree or disagree. There are only two examples of blockers that matters. An Ace to consider for the nut flush. A pocket pair in our hands to consider for a four card straight board. Anything else is such a small percentage that it is more cons than pro's.

[@gmangee1990]

So thinking about the end of this video…if you have a miss draw in certain situations it will be more likely that your opponent has the better hand?

[@ItsEverythingElse]

We want to see Amanda on camera so we can see her grimacing and rolling her eyes and kicking you under the table when you are about to expose your secrets lol.

[@chopin9356]

Hey Daniel l absolutely love your content! Interesting and helpful for my own game! Im convinced you made me win more Homegames than l wouldve on my own!

[@nastassja9521]

Thank you so much for explaining the blockers and the unblockers. Very interesting !!

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@wiseone1013]

I like these tournament hand analysis videos. Good job Daniel.

[@pagemcgilvray3742]

Isn't Makita a power tool?

[@TheCorduroyCommunist]

limp against a passive player so we can open agaisnt the sticky player....becasue we don't mind playing the bigger pots in position?

[@mochiman100]

Wow that just clicked for me. Thank you Daniel you’re the best!!!

[@philipp8399]

these videos are so useful for me thank you Daniel !

[@jett0237]

You limp the Battler ,Y?cuz he will be more inclined to reraise. by limping we limit the pot and our risk, subsequently the BB will have less to steal preflop, If he does raise, it will be relatively small and we can see the flop. You also wanna limp your Value hands against the nit, Y? So we can get him post flop , out of position, and against a stronger range + -Jett Cramer -AKQ

[@jett0237]

he reraised it to 75k on the flop for information, its 75k to call 300k , is he pricing out the two flush draws? No, he is trying to get to the river cheaply and apply aggression at low cost

[@craigjohnson5011]

Rewatched the last minute several times. Think I learned something

[@johnway9853]

Yet another really great deep dive, thanks

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@inaczejtvai]

I think sticky of course, because against passive player we are going to raise more.

[@orpheos9]

Matusow catching strays 9:35

[@kibspoker]

Thank you Daniel !

[@stuhill5126]

Great content Daniel. Helping my game get better which I need 🤣👍

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@nyetliu]

limp vs fold or limp vs raise? It's a trick question, so maybe answer both? Sticky players have wider range with a lot more bad hands, tighter players have very strong ranges in the same given position, so i'd guess you'd want to limp more vs fold vs sticky, but limp more vs raise against tight players.

[@damiengauthier]

Daniel why haven't you an indepth super-masterclass? Your masterclass is super good and I'd be happy to give you my dollars for more in-depth thoughts and processes (no worries Amanda).

[@WalterLiddy]

That's what these videos are.

[@damiengauthier]

@@WalterLiddy Thank you but Imeant an actual course, not a collection of videos without an order, or in depth use of ranges, solvers etc. If you have seen th emasterclass, you know that it was much more constructed than these videos.

[@DostoevskyGrandson]

I like these videos. Learning from the master

[@IceyFlame500]

Probably the sticky big blind, cause I think for the one who folds a lot, if I ever just want to avoid the flop, I might just want to make them fold and have that option available to me

[@daveh7186]

I pick choice number one Danielle

[@daveh7186]

I accidentally deleted your reply

[@JLIV461]

Yeah, watched it three times. Thanks, Daniel.

[@thomasgould8857]

If he goes all in do you call ?

[@FM-oo2fe]

limp against the over defender

[@dibber43]

Kid Poker...The 🐐

[@MaximusMerideus]

the crazy thing solvers taught us is when someone barrels the river when the flush draw bricks its actually better to have those blockers to the flush because good players know solver hates bluffing with miss flush draws. Crazy world we live in.

[@jsbmx2039]

These videos are so good. Daniel is getting really good at making these videos

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@losyart]

Yeah its a training for us viewers and for him

[@zf5656]

2 months 2 million? 3 million 3 Days 😎

[@themanhands5599]

14:00 I'll go look this up myself, but it's crazy to me that a card you SHOULDN'T have (3d, in this case) would influence any decisions. Shouldn't he only be considering the diamonds that are IN YOUR RANGE? I guess we're saying that 3d5d is actually in your range for flop call, but is it really for turn call?

[@EnglineIndustries]

Lol oh Amanda. Let the man speak. I’m never going to play against him. How will I know if I was right with the question

[@gomriria2197]

So our goat in limping phill helmuth was right 😂

[@timsullivan4566]

Very well explained - specifically because you have a good sense of what it is that many of us often don't quite get. Thanks (from Toronto!)

[@ihumbleyew3430]

I’ll limp call against overly aggressive players to give them the sense of control at first. Great video, I aspire to be as great as you.🔥🔥🔥

[@ihumbleyew3430]

Also disguises your hand

[@brentrider-pd3qd]

I'm trying to figure out he got the number of two card flush combos at 45 ? How can there not be a ton more? Where is my math wrong thanks guys

[@dragoda]

I miss you playing live tournaments at 9 pm Romanian hour like you use to do on gg poker. When we will hsve that again?

[@mcfly7]

Against a passive player, you just open and take their blinds most of the time. I would rather limp against a sticky player. That way, I keep the pot small. When you know you are better than your opponents post flop this strategy is gold. Limps in general, favors the experienced players.

[@bootskennedy6426]

Another 🔥 Vid ! You should start going live more Daniel ! I really enjoy watching your lives . Best on YT !

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@alaguilera4121]

How did you get your hair back

[@jacobpeck2763]

What’s the name of the outro song?

[@andrej_delany3225]

so the obvious answer would probably be to limp against the sticky BB because you can't get him to fold with an open, but what if i can exploit his calling too much by playing bigger pots with more equity against his too wide range? i'm not sure but i might want to limp against the player who folds a lot.

[@robertshepard3408]

Only problem with that is that fold a lot guy could catch some tricky flops that he would normally fold

[@andrej_delany3225]

@@robertshepard3408 yes i was thinking about that too, but surely the answer isn't "neither"?

[@PaxonFrady]

if river was 7h instead of 7d, then this As8h is better bluff catcher. It blocks heart value combos, and unblocks diamond bluff combos, right?

[@bepriceless]

D negs, please consider going to congress, as our ambassador, to get online poker legal again. You're the most visible and famous poker player in the country, and being well spoken and likable, I can't think of anyone better for the task. Online sports betting is legal, which makes it easier to get poker legal again. I get the reasons against it; corruption on Full Tilt made it so, but there's got to be a way. I know you don't even think about it, because it's legal in Vegas, but that's not us. Thanks.

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@Onthebrink5]

It is a states rights issue at this point.

[@TheBrad605]

Is it fair that you know what everyone has in the hands? I think not!!

[@raldrich5093]

Got up early to watch this. I rewound this video a couple of times. As far as your question my guess is that to limp or not might be dependent on the cards you hold. Thanks Daniel, enjoyed. 😁

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@dnegspoker]

That wasn't the question haha

[@raldrich5093]

@@dnegspoker 😂 love to hear more about blockers and unblockers.

[@kenneth3558]

Limp against sticky. If they fold a lot just pick up the blinds. I think

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@davin510]

I don’t know the answer, but wouldn’t you want to raise more against sticky since they’ll be OOP with worse ranges and more chips in the middle?

[@davin510]

@@yiannimitropoulos3913 - thanks, really thoughtful response and very much in line with what I was thinking

[@kenneth3558]

@@yiannimitropoulos3913 ​ @davin510 I appreciate both of yall responding to my comment. ​ I was thinking of it the other way around but can definitely see trying to get it in pre with the better hand against the player who is sticky. I still wonder if limping into the bb who over folds is the best long term. I guess there is a lot more value getting the sticky bb to pay off vs just taking the one bb from the over folder.

[@dnegspoker]

Correct! If players over fold in the BB you want to just pick up the dead money with marginal hands like QT for example. Against a tough sticky player who fights for pots, you can force them into passivity by limping, especially if the SB also completes. The more players in a hand, the less one should be bluffing.

[@stueyquinn9331]

Limp against the defender and raise against the passive

[@dnegspoker]

Smart cookie

[@nigelharlan356]

Limp vs sticky dude

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@isaacolson8569]

Limp against someone who defends more. Big Blind calling tells less against this person

[@fabian13333]

Limp against sticky raise against the one who folds of course. Nice beard Daniel

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@longlostkryptonian5797]

I’m always willing to take the BBS pot if he has a habit of giving it up.

[@timblizzard4226]

You limp against a guy who defends right? Because you should raise those hands against someone who cant defend. Is that right?

[@joshuafolden2641]

I am going with the player who fold a lot 😂😂

[@sabinoharriague4754]

For me 33 Is a hard flop fold, but i do

[@shauntobin4336]

"very linear range"? You mean limited?

[@saint.t.rr-n]

Thanks for this videos dnegs. Greetings from Argentina.

[@DeRonTheOne]

Definitely against a defender in my opinion.

[@jhoylangoncalves3127]

I just came here to see how stupid I am in comparison to Dani.

[@GaryWaldo]

Something worth pointing out that you almost mentioned (and I think you were going to but got sidetracked) - if he does attempt to bluff the river, it can't be a small amount (which you did say), like 1/3rd pot. So if he's going to bluff then it needs to be much higher (75-90%?), say 300k+. His stack at that point is still 691k. If he commits 300k+ and loses, he's down to 4th out of 5 in chips on the table. And what does he do if you shove over the top of his bluff (clearly he folds), but he's devastated his strong position in the tourney with a risky bluff that's likely to be called given the action that happened prior.

[@bananaman2806]

the unblocking part in the end was very good indeed, would love to hear more about that from you, was actually just asking myself some questions in that regard earlier in the video

[@bogdansfirloaga1585]

Daniel, i wonder if u have posted or you planning to post a video on how to manage your stack when you are in first 3 players in chips for example, what sort of hands u should play what spots ? Thank you

[@user-qi6zv1lf9g]

👍

[@CarboniteFrozen]

PLEASE AMANDA WE TRYIN' TO LEARN FROM THE GOAT lol

[@richardfredlund8846]

nah she's very wise i.m.o. ... good ballance

[@dookiewu]

I got 55

[@AzadHeidari]

I wish to sit at a table with you one day and bite you. To show what a good teacher you are because I learned most of the tactics from watching your games.

[@Needtowinbets]

Thank you for the advice to go win 11 million in 3 days. Tomorrow I’m taking out my life savings to have 1 single shot at this! Wish me luck

[@fray-roe1715]

Limp against aggressive players

[@williammccabe2129]

Great analysis, Daniel! To your question, maybe if you had JJ/TT/99 (no diamond), you might've called flop/turn and folded to a big river bet?

[@messaytadesse29]

The fact Daniel is married blocks all imaginary wives. So, will I bet on the idea his wife is there saying don't tell them this and that or should I fold?

[@ThreeMinuteIntel]

Limp against the fighter

[@petercrack_IG]

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[@NaturalLifeForm]

Hi