When You Don't Know What To Do In Poker...

[@RaiseYourEdge]

We all know those uncommon and difficult spots in a poker tournament, where we don't know exactly what to do next. That´s why we decided to make this video. We hope you like it and let us know in the comments what you think about it!

[@bfunkydunk]

Where do you find GTO calculators and such?

[@danman274]

Had a spot similar to your A5cc hand today in a live tourney, where villain check/jammed in a 3bet pot vs my 1/3 pot bet on QdJc4d. I had Js9s and opted to fold, thinking even against his ATdd type hands he has massive equity, and against AQ or 44 I'm drawing slim to dead. Is that situation different since there are more combo draws in his range than on Q65? He later told me he had AKdd. It was no 2k, just a $450, but villain had some moves and wasn't afraid to pull the trigger

[@kingkong-jm5fz]

It was Joe Navarro (an American ex-agent and agent leader) who said that you first have to have an expertise of the normal state in order to then recognize any deviations. The same applies to GTO, so to speak. A certain amount of expertise in GTO is required to play profitable exploits at all. ☺♥

[@RaiseYourEdge]

fully agree with you!

[@slb159]

Really great audio quality on the videos lately in case no one has mentioned. Even those chronic complainers that find the slightest flaws would be hard-pressed to find anything wrong with this one. Sounded like someone reading an E-book in a recording studio. I'll rewatch the hands a time or two again 'cause these spots are more advanced and like the many hindsight-is-20/20 examples in your videos where I say, "I understand what he's saying after he explains it, but I'd never think like this in real time." Fortunately, I get confused less and less often.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks so much for the long feedback, i know some spots are though and im always in the flow while im playing but rewatching helps keep it up buddy

[@nhoccccc]

love these Ben. Quick and concise information. And I think this is the perfect lenght for these type of videos aswell.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

glad you like it chief

[@supanyateera1253]

jesus I was railing and had your 2k table up on my 2nd screen while grinding. The A5s hand was shocking to me! Thank you so much for analysing the hand. Very nice content as always

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks for the rail buddy it was a sick one i agree

[@TimeHandler]

This video to me illustrated better than any previously, how to think about poker excellently.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks so much for the great feedback buddy!

[@Rekke_yt]

Best poker video analysis I’ve ever seen thank you man ❤️

[@ap6342]

One of your best videos up to date, thank you and please more of that kind :)

[@RaiseYourEdge]

more to come buddy and thanks

[@fubar6666]

Great Format! Is there any alternative for PIO? I like to work with a solver, but its to expensive for me. Maybe 100$ will be ok right now for me :/

[@wannabescandi95]

Hi Ben, thanks for this amazing content ! Next time it would be amazing if you could node lock in Pio when you think population is not playing a spot GTO ! So we could see/learn how to work a spot perfectly. Thanks again :)

[@pedroamaro5553]

can you explain how pio solver works ? i dont understand it .. when you use it , i dont understand when the program says to call , check or fold .. they are all the same colour basically

[@RaiseYourEdge]

check out tutorials for PIO on youtube!

[@jackflash5885]

great content Ben, thx! I see myself struggle a lot in these Spot,Like the K10 Hand. The 30 min input are good chosen. I take most of the time a short brake after watching 40-45 min of your content. I would love to see some more hands like the AQ off Hand. If we are in late pos. and in front of us are action.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

we are trying to cover everything there is as fast as possible so stay tuned for future projects

[@juliofantin8477]

Really nice review Ben! Good format, hope you keep doing more of this type of videos.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

we will buddy stay tuned

[@vladdy2481]

With the A5s hand we make the assumption that all AQ are shoved pre by him? I think it's reasonable, but surely a good player will keep some of them in his range still. Could drop our equity by a bit, but still the call with A5s should be good. Thank you for your videos!

[@glennvds6349]

Sick player, better teacher? I mean clarity of poker mind, precision of conveying... Much respect from Belgium :)

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks you buddy highly appreciated

[@LouisTorrespoker]

Thanks for the inside. I have learned a lot just right now and am excited to think alot more about my spots. Looking to more informative videos. cheers

[@RaiseYourEdge]

glad you like it and see the value in this keep it up

[@nobody7678]

Hi Ben. In 29:50 min You took this spot because you had 2% eq more than you needed, you always take such variance spots, both pre flop and post flop, whether the decision you make is important whether you are ITM or not ??. It seems to me that 2% is a bit too small, if you have a pre-flop pocket 22, and the opponent has something like 66 + AQ + AJs and he go AI for your half stack, you also call if you only have 2% more or You need some more ?? . What factors are you considering then ?? Cheers Master !!!

[@alexstr5794]

Vielen danke für deine Arbeit und Mühen.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

gerne gerne mein lieber

[@florianb5548]

Oh man, I really love this guy! Thank you as always for this incredibly good free content. Please never stop.😍 more of it....🤤🤤

[@RaiseYourEdge]

we wont stop that i will promise

[@FlexxXlife]

I have a question ! How much time you put on review your session per day or week ? At witch frequency do you review ?

[@nich3683]

Really informative and useful. I subscribed ! :)

[@RaiseYourEdge]

Thanks buddy welcome to the family

[@skaddyvenom7613]

Really good movie Ben. Hats off!

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks buddy

[@adrianoalves20]

Very nice video! Thanks for the class! : )

[@RaiseYourEdge]

only for you guys

[@bigom3561]

Nice video! Thank you Ben.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

glad you like it

[@kriso911]

Why didnt you assign to him QJs and AQo on the last hand, do you not think he is check shoving it?

[@stoinge]

solid stuff, really loved this sesh

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks buddy

[@yannickbornebroek1225]

Hi ben, great that you share these hands with us! I have a question about the KTs hand. I definitely recognize myself in that spot on the flop saying to myself that’s a flop that’s hits the bb range very hard, not thinking about all the value hands I can have there. But my question is: when we bet the flop ( i quess we bet around 60%). Should we bet the turn and river as well with thus runout?? To let him fold all his Jx. Because when you bet the flop and turn pretty big I don’t think he has that many 2 pairs becausr that will most likely raise the flop. So by betting the flop-turn and river you let him fold Jx and maybe even some turnt or rivered 2 pair like j10, 95s or 85s.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

It depends on the turn. Your question is to general. The board is so dynamic and equities can shit on several turns. On a paired middle card we should rather check back. On an Ace or King we should barrel with a very high frequency.

[@Rekke_yt]

More of this amazing content please

[@petrufruntes]

@Ben - what format of the PIO solver do you recommend I start with? is the pre-flop part handled only into the edge version?

[@Yerr1337]

Hey Ben! Do you know what's going on with my PIO. I've done a few studies and it almost always wants to bet big which is confusing me. For now example i gave it exactly the same ranges/betsizes/effective stacksize and the strategy doesn't look the same. For you it wants to bet almost 100% 1/3. Mine tells me to bet 66% 60% of the time and 1/3 16% and check 27%. I can't figure out why.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

Which street are you talking about?

[@Yerr1337]

@@RaiseYourEdge On the flop

[@Yerr1337]

On the first analysis

[@joelmcc88]

4:05 this is villains range vs a small bet from hero. The J9s block is empty, is pio suggesting a pure donk strategy with that hand??

[@andrewramsay4974]

Hi Ben, Do you think PIO solver is necessary (or would be a good investment) for someone who never intends to play full time but makes 5-10K a year playing online (Avg stake $12). If so which version do i need? thank you for any feedback

[@RaiseYourEdge]

Investing in tools that will make you better can never be wrong.

[@chupeRodriguez]

Amazing content! By the way, is there a video in the channel about how to use ProViewer?

[@RaiseYourEdge]

not yet buddy sorry for that

[@anjunadeep1010]

Ben you are the man!!!

[@Romans8-9]

That A5s is the biggest FU call lol.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

agreed

[@natemurray02]

THE GOAT

[@bb-zt8ve]

thats a really nice fold with AQ imo

[@RaiseYourEdge]

thanks bro

[@pawa____4993]

to how many eggs do we 3bet from sb against co open?

[@RaiseYourEdge]

7eggs

[@nikolayzahariev1340]

Would love to have you as a mentor as soon as possible. Please make some nice discounts for poor bulgarian poker players xD :D Thank you Ben and good luck !

[@RodneyReviewsThings]

My odds are slim but the feelin's pretty good

[@RaiseYourEdge]

smash it in than :)

[@drewoconnell5]

no 66 is his range for equilab :(.. but thanks for the great video

[@viesturslavrenovs4100]

Like before watching

[@RaiseYourEdge]

hope it stayed that way

[@fordashit]

NO WAY you made this call with A5s! youre so sick ben haha, obv only possible against a reg but yeah....i think 99% of players would snap fold here. What i didnt get is the QJs hand on the river. Why recommends pio to overbet jam with QQ, AA when its not the maxEV here? I mean i got your point/intention but isnt pio aiming the maxEV strategy? I mean tho its super marginal but it isnt a rhetorical question! Thanks for an another great video !

[@RaiseYourEdge]

PIO is always aiming to reach max EV. I dont know why you assume it would not be max EV in theory?

[@fordashit]

i looked at the numbers and the the EVs in the video. with QQ and AA you will see that the highest EV of all betsizes deviate from the strategy. Like QQ: B17 is 21,31 and B36 is 20,97, but the strategy with the highest freq is to B36... i meant this@@RaiseYourEdge

[@fordashit]

you will see the numbers @ 20:36

[@meps8965]

@@fordashit happens pretty frequently that PIO picks a less EV move with certain hands to protect a range for exmple making the overall range it has more +EV but loosing some EV with single hands

[@RaiseYourEdge]

Usually PIO always strives for the maxEV line for each single hand. You need to understand that these solutions are just approximations. There is always a little error margin (when you run a sim it shows you "exploitable for XYZ % of the pot per hand". The lower this number the more accurate the sim. So it will never finish a sim thats why you sometimes find those anomilies. This is already a debate in a lot of forums and noboy really has an answer yet why pio sometimes favorites a strategy that is slighty less +EV but lots of people agree that is caused by this small error margin.

[@neobandit9134]

where did you get this chart

[@pauljones3587]

Why a carrot? Why not popcorn 🍿

[@nikemolan4922]

Carrots are healthy? I was wondering the same.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

carrots are the truth

[@omulmodern.official]

@@RaiseYourEdge I love to juice 'the truth'

[@ypsilondaone]

Mate, ich würde es mir ja gern ansehen aber dein österreichisches Englisch is für mich ziemlich nervig.

[@RaiseYourEdge]

kein problem, man kann es nicht jedem recht machen.

[@ypsilondaone]

@@RaiseYourEdge War auch echt nicht böse gemeint, ich finds nur irgendwie anstrengend Deutsche bzw Österreicher Englisch sprechen zu hören. Komme aus Salzburg! :) good luck