Why do I keep BLUFFING?!

This week I analyse 2 huge online poker bluffs in my poker hand reviews. I also share my thoughts around my mental game whilst playing poker.
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[@Upbeatpkr]

Had me dying at "four gapper specialist". I also like the "agenda" of what we can expect from the hands on showcase. Hilarious final hand to round it out, wp wp

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha glad you liked it! thanks for watching mate

[@eastyyy22]

I think a week is too long to expect people to wait for these videos.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

and it's only 9 mins. deprived son

[@keepswimming9408]

really pleased you've started regular content, always appreciated your transparency and attitude to the game. Hope you stick with the youtube series.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

the plan is continue! hopefully will have different formats/topics down the line 🙏

[@ScottyCorbett]

People are just trying to make it onto the KZbin channel at this point with these calls. Sick vid and great editing! 💪

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

if you could also give it away to me now pls. editing too clean

[@daul5806]

Hi, great video! With the A7s hand, what do you think about going b30 OTT to then bluff every river? I think that'd keep his range very wide OTT (probably folds 0 pairs) and I imagine we'd get a better bluff efficiency OTR compared to going 50-70-AI where he might already fold some of his weaker pairs OTT. Do you think that might be preferable vs the bigger turn size against a recreational?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

definitely a conceivably good strategy. i guess the notion of reducing my fold eq ott to increase fe otr doesn't feel as appealing as max fe turn straight away. or at least that's how i approach this spot. could be convinced that your logic is better though!

[@arist7922]

Great videos mate, keep em coming! I guessed JTdd and saved money on buying lottery ticket.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

looool unreal savings ❤️❤️

[@sneakytucky]

how many colours of that same tshirt do you own? and may i suggest red next week

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

:D

[@paulpunts]

Loved the video. I actually made the same mistake with bottom two sb vs bb 3betting the flop until I ran the spot and realised we pure call ALWAYS against a c/r. Definitely a learning experience 👌

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

definitely a good lesson for us! tytyty

[@whatcanyahdomate3997]

Welcome to KZbin mate! Loving the videos Ben! Think you are a natural. Only bit of constructive criticism I have: would be sick if you could get your editor or to put some screenshot of PIO(or another solver) of the particular spot like 2cardconfidence does. Would make your videos even more educational. Keep up the good work.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you mate! we have considered this, but also felt that by doing so we exclude a huge portion of the poker world who are not familiar with solvers. while we want the content to be somewhat educational, we really want it to be as accessible (without missing theory altogether) to as many poker players as possible. really appreciate the feedback and kind words ❤️

[@dok599]

Also 8:26 -- how does the 2h improve your value range? I thought it decreased it by removing the combos of sets / 2pairs

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

it's an EV improving card rather than an EQ improving card

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Hahahaha 10/10 ending ❤❤

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

:D glad you like!

[@edconnick3737]

lol the bus animation was lit

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmao

[@user-ti6bj8gs5r]

I actually guessed he was calling with K4dd or K5dd (obviously the same hand) so I was close, thing is villain doesn't even beat most of your combo draw bluffs! Where is this guy i wanna play him, PS GREAT CONTENT BENABADBEAT I have followed you for year or two or more, since you with Easty22, I like easty too, funny thing is I have been called Eastwood all my life, from my name being CLINT of course. Good luck Ben your a straight up and knowledgeable geezer! Love

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yooooo thanks for this Eastwood, very kind! good read on the Khi too hahs

[@user-ti6bj8gs5r]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker the only reason I got the read close with K4 or K5dd is because I know it has roughly be extremely egregious from the way you were talking about his hand. Ace high wouldn't be too crazy and Q highs get there on river for a bluff catcher, Jack high would have to be a miss click. So i was looking for A king high combo that made a microbial amount of sense to a puntastic torcher like villain clearly represented in spades! Good luck on your mission, its good watching a PROVEN high level player like yourself. You are also extremely articulate and well spoken, also dont stray too far down every single strand of the theory tree! Nice one pal 👍👍👍

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah such good advice. trying to not get too caught up in the weeds but also wanna add value! noted 🙏

[@ImDrizzt]

I have question, ur x7000 better than me. The 22 hand, oop in 3b pot! If u had 2 pair, set, trips, would you really bet half pot, and not a little bit smaller, to get maybe herocalls from TT - KK region, or is that super stupid? Id probably if i had those hands, sized down, but maybe that gives away and screams "plz call me"? Hmm, im confusing myself!!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hey mate! i wrote a whole reply then realised it was the wrong hand hahaha. but the sentiment is the same - when you're considering your bet sizing you need to think about what your entire range wants to do, not just a portion of it. I said that i wouldn't wanna bet AQ ott (because ranges are already quite narrow after Cbet-call otf. So i'm building my betting structure around the part of my range that makes up the greatest portion - in this case 5x. The last thing i'd say to be careful about is to not attempt to 'target' portions of your opponents range (like TT-KK). This can be a slippery slope because you often end up telegraphing the strength of your hand with your betsize. Hope that makes some sense and if you have any other questions i'd be super happy to answer! glglgl

[@PokerFlex772]

Nice Video! Hand 2 on the A54s, you mention that AQ is too thin to barrel turn. I think, especially when IP overcbets, that i would much rather barrel AQ (and jam on bricks), instead of going into bluffcatch mode and allowing him to xback hands we would get value from Hand 3, i actually dont think the K8o is that punty (not me haha) :D He has a bluffcatcher in a spot where you dont have a lot of value and its easy for you to overbluff (54/65/low fd, etc), plus he gets a good price So i would not be shocked if his catch was actually making money

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks for the feedback mate! I can definitely see your reasons for wanting to bet AQ ott. Im in 2 minds that you still wanna use half pot with it though - I do believe it’ll be too thin. but if we’re getting called by TT then prob not 🤣 yeah totally agree with K8. seems a much better catcher than a bunch of other combos. thank the lord we had a boat eh. either way woulda made for an epic vid haha

[@PokerFlex772]

Vs AK+ you loose your stack either way (on most runouts) and i just think there is more value in barreling and forcing bluffcatches than going xr/ xc/xc mode where you valuecatch vs his AQ. Also, when we think he overcbets flop, he will have to call down a weaker range on later streets or get completly run over by your bluffs. Highest level hand analysis: talking about a hand you have not actually played :D

[@jordohiz1493]

Bro it's 3am I'm high I don't know what I'm doing here (thx algo) WHAT are the orange and green lines I feel like this is exposes me as a casual but I assure u I don't even really play poker loved the vid accent is a vibe ✌️

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha love that bro! in the next video I explain about orange and green line so tune in and you’ll find out 🙏🙏🙏

[@arvidsandberg745]

class ending!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

looool i think we'll have some split opinions on this one

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

I guessed K4 of hearts I was pretty close lol damn i was thinking about how i almost never check back in spots like that on the turn because i want to get as much $ in as possible before scare card or draws brick and villain can't pay me off but certainly looked like it worked this time. I get the thought process behind the river call but damn its just such a ridiculously ambitious call and to be in the hand passed the flop?! Also these are like the nut worst suits to be hero calling right?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmaooo love this comment. and yeah couldn't agree with our analysis anymore if i tried :D

[@fyodor1991]

Hi, man! You're a great player, im big fan (honestly), but I see something wrong in 22 hand. You named 9 combos of value, with 2/3 sizing you should have only 4 combos of bluffs, but you named 22, 33, 67, 78 - even if all of it without a heart, it's 12 combos of bluffs total. So you have even more bluffs then value, giving all of the opponents bluffcatchers 60% equity. So all of his calls with 99+ Jx and so on is a slamdunk kill

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

very good comment and based on what i said in the video, you would absolutely be correct. however there are so many other factors to consider here that i simply didn't have time to mention in the video. IF, and it's a big if, IP/you could know that i was arriving with 22, then you'd be correct. But ordinarily this would be 6 combos that don't exist in the sim, but given this unique scenario we have in fact arrived haha. I said in the hand that i'll bluff 22 every time, but what i didn't say was whether i would be bluffing all my arriving bluff combos or if i'd RNG them. All that said, this is definitely a spot that I'm happy to deviate and overbluff (regardless of the results of the hand). There's simply no way for villain to know this. Or maybe they did, cus they called ThT hahaha. thanks a lot for your thoughts - really great to read!

[@looper6394]

tbh i think that your bluff was too ambitious. 5 is not good, bc it reduces your 55 and 54s valuecombos. J is also not good, i thnik that a huge part of villains river range is AK, AQ and AJ. to make this bluff profitable you have to get at least some of the AQ AK combos to fold, which i dont see. rec will also not notice that he has a pure bluffcatcher with these combos. however, not my limit anyway 😅

[@pallav5833]

I swear I correctly guessed villains hand to be K8 (given I knew it would be an insane hero call based off what you said prior to revealing the hand). I was pretty sure however that he would pick a K8 combo without a diamond but seeing the K of diamonds just makes the call even more insane! He must have been on crazy tilt... PS: No I'm not going to buy a lottery ticket since that is just -EV and stupid regardless of how insanely lucky I got with my guess this time

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

Hahaha ❤️🔥

[@beauf4]

Ok Linuslove made the call with K high for sure 😂

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmaooo

[@samu5381]

bonus video? plus yay bags bellow ev? christimas came early this year.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

is this a bonus vid?! many bags below. christmas has in fact come early for my opponents

[@samu5381]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker nah fuck the opponents, its just inspiring to see top pros deal with extreme negative variance, helps me make no excuses and get rid of my protagonist syndrome by showing its not just me.

[@Hildreth1101]

I guessed K5dd so as I got 1 of the hole cards correct, I am entitled to 30% of the pot. Loved the video, can't be accused of being a Nit despite people just calling you down with ridiculous hands haha.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

loooool ❤️❤️❤️

[@jeffshackleford3152]

I thought he was going to have Q2o. K8o is way funnier though.

[@jeffshackleford3152]

The more I think about, it may actually be a decent call down, the only caveat being that, why would Benabadbeat bluff without the Ad?

[@robdilob123]

The last hand he probably realize that you will not bluff any A/K highs OTR so he have a pure bluffcatcher, and then calling 88-TT or K8off is pretty much same thing/EV, might even be better to call K8 because off blockers. So i dont think river call is that outrageous exploitativley, his flop play is very debatable tho :D wtf

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha yep can't argue with your logic. yeah the flop got pretty out of hand lol

[@spookmaster106]

Kd8h is what im putting villain on the last hand, have not finished the video yet. On another note, if most of ur volyme is on gg pool, arent you afraid of being colluded against?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

what a guess! i'm not so worried about collusion on gg but ignition it's definitely a concern yes

[@jandrycelorio3191]

Good videos bro ! What software do u use for rng, I thought GG prohibited all of them 🤔

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yep they did! this video and next has RNG but that was before their announcement 🙏

[@dok599]

4:41 -- can you explain why the presence of the rec in the SB makes 22 a loose open?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

well 22 will be a very low freq open or fold. but ultimately a rec will not punish loose opens because they make ev blunders at every point of a hand including preflop decisions.

[@Hildreth1101]

He said it was normally a loose open but it is okay with a Rec in the blind. So if he was playing with 3 regs behind probably mix it low frequency as an open like 15% of the time or something.

[@nicolasmalomajeau3105]

Hey mate why when you open 22 on the cu you say its a really loose open? “because there is a rec in sb” I dont understand your thinking. Great video btw

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

we get to open wider when there are players behind that won’t punish us correctly! recreational players will generally make many mistakes and that includes preflop

[@TheHilips]

9m? I need more BenaBadBeat in my life. ❤❤

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

what would be ideal vid length??

[@MrDizew]

Was gonna say something like KJ/KThh :D

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha so close!

[@redraw0160]

K8o boy put on his 2004 poker-era cap and put you on 45o and 45o only. GG

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmao

[@TimeHandler]

I think he has JTo or something, just judging by the anticipation, it must be something pretty cray cray.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

crazy confirmed but not as crazy as Jhi haha

[@joelmcc88]

King Jack spades im guessing on the 732 bvb hand............

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

very close!!

[@joelmcc88]

Why is the Ten of hearts a good card in the TT station hand? or was that sarcasm? Surely we don't want hearts when the FD's bricks out we want the bluffer to have them?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

it’s a good card because I don’t get to bluff hands with the Th in. so by them holding it, it allows me to have more of my other random bluffs. but Th is negative from the perspective of not blocking any value

[@ShaDow1337pro]

These first 2 plays seem quite marginal. A7 whatever, I can't see it being a full frequency play though. 22 I think is a clear mistake, checking solver output when we do x/r flop (v low freq), turn is a pure giveup. Even as played with the occasional 22 that does bet turn its a pure river giveup. Vil owned you here imo by correctly reading your massive overbluff. Even assuming maximum calling range pre our value range is maybe 1 combo 54, 1 combo 65, 1-2 44, ~1 55, maybe 0-1 A5ss depending how much 4b u doing. You need ridiculously few value combos to balance this - lots of bluffs have to give up on the turn due to reduced 54,55, and then a normal amount have to give up on the river

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

we will often find ourselves in marginal spots! but that's OK - have to navigate them as best as possible. I don't really agree that 22 is a clear mistake. i only shared that i was pure bluffing 22 otr as played but didn't mention whether the other bluffs in my range would be RNG'd or not. also you have to remember that 22 isn't ordinarily in my range, but given the preflop config, it found its way in there. appreciate your thoughts mate!

[@iphonelover4610]

K4o is my guess

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

damn very close

[@ImDrizzt]

i counted 9 value hands, maybe im way off, and 19 bluff combos, isnt that ratio a bit over bluff heavy? (mb im missing something lol)

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yoyo someone asked this same question so i'm going to copy and paste it here for you very good comment and based on what i said in the video, you would absolutely be correct. however there are so many other factors to consider here that i simply didn't have time to mention in the video. IF, and it's a big if, IP/you could know that i was arriving with 22, then you'd be correct. But ordinarily this would be 6 combos that don't exist in the sim, but given this unique scenario we have in fact arrived haha. I said in the hand that i'll bluff 22 every time, but what i didn't say was whether i would be bluffing all my arriving bluff combos or if i'd RNG them. All that said, this is definitely a spot that I'm happy to deviate and overbluff (regardless of the results of the hand). There's simply no way for villain to know this. Or maybe they did, cus they called ThT hahaha. thanks a lot for your thoughts - really great to read!

[@mr56f]

Algorthem wow best content ever much pog

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

ayy

[@dylanellis7656]

A7s: he put you on ace king. 22: he put you on a busted flush draw. 23:he put you on a flush draw or 5 high straight draw.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

2 out of 3 read me like a book

[@aoznes]

legendary mindset 💯

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

❤️❤️❤️

[@purpleliners]

Saavedra can be very dirty when he wants hahahaha cool hands!!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmao tyty!

[@RYAN97639]

Bluffs make your range super wide and unpredictable. Use the loose and aggressive image to your advantage!!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha we'll see how that goes!

[@Demondoink1]

GL man subbed!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

ayy here he is! tyty

[@thrillofitall89]

At 7:10 you say the 10 of hearts is good to hold as an unblocker, what does that mean in this context?

[@xrikem5621]

Doesn't block bluffs

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yep, cus i won't bluff the Th so allows me to have more of the other bluffing combos like 22/76cc etc

[@souljah8720]

@@BenaBadBeatPokerwhy won’t you bluff the ten of hearts? can’t you have 10x of heart holdings that bluff this runout out? EG. 109hh Q10hh K10hh ect.?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

generally you don’t want to bluff cards that your opponent will fold when you shove. and in this case the largest part of IP’s folding range will be two hearts!

[@17jackh]

Great vid!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks jack!

[@TheBudaPlayer]

Nice video!, A book that has helped me a lot and is very new is Top Reg Poker by Ionel Bisu. In the book apart from all the strategy, he talks about how to manage downsizing, build great confidence and eliminate ego, totally recommended.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

sounds great! thanks for the heads up

[@haizembergpoker7705]

I think K8o is ok bluff catcher you wont bluff Ax Kx on this board and you dont really have that much value (he probably must fold otf tho ). Also how dose 2 ott improves your value range? 73s loses to his OP and you now have less value combos because board blocks them. In 22 hand AQ still can value bet for 1/2 imho if BU is range betting. You still have the decision otr hand has SDV vs all of missed FD, you could even check/call this unblocks all of his bluffs. GL

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks for the feedback! well i believe the IP sizing (once we arrive to a node that doesn't exist!) to be block. while you're right that OOP will have an EQ advantage, they will have an EV disadvantage. 73s would also be a comfortable bet from IP, at least some of the time, even when OOP does hold that overpair region. i can definitely agree with the AQ ott being somewhat more of a bet if IP is range betting. thanks for all your feedback!

[@enricobernucci3527]

Why Th is good to have in that spot?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

it doesn't block my bluffs. it also doens't block value though. so it isn't a 'good' card, rather neutral

[@johnd5619]

Another BANGER. 👍

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

cheers lad!

[@timstone84]

👀👀checking in

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

by the grace of the gods he’s here

[@timstone84]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker every now & then need to check in on the nits from back in teh day

[@rgee5952]

The Reverand's game THRIVES in the streets

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

⛪️🙏

[@SamOween]

Villian has K7s, but judging by the video it's going to be something bonkers.

[@SamOween]

oh...

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

so close to buying lottery ticket

[@Mathemagical55]

I guessed KT so fairly close.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

extremely clos!

[@jdsteel61]

I reckon he has K8o?

[@jdsteel61]

holy shit i got it

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

DINGDINGDING

[@MrCguy24]

my guess is 10/9 diamonds

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

now that would be sick lol

[@abstract1603]

I think yr opponents have notes about yr bluffing frequency and call you down light

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

maybe!

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

When i am in a hole i lack confidence Thus playing not great

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

that's a normal response. the best way to mitigate this is to be studying poker off tables to improve your game. if you do this enough, the lack of confidence will likely reduce over time. glgl

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker true I did study more and see the improvement Better ideas on several situations

[@yartsysgun1786]

for sure no one can guess that last hand!😂

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmfaoooo ridic

[@tragedy_723]

What is this? Insignificant sample

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yep insignificant sample. but as i said in earlier videos i'll always post the weekly graph because that's what i've always done with my blog and ig. ty for watching!

[@samuraijack1371]

How a britisher says “better” Bae-ae-aa

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmao

[@jamesalner9069]

Surely it's KdJx

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

v close lad

[@Charlie_Ses]

No idea how you cope with your downswings tbh, they seem unreal. Pros are a different breed. And are great at justifying punts too!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha a 15bi swing isn't really a downswing! remember you're meant to lose roughly half of your session as a winning poker player - that'll feel like a hell of a lot of losing lol. all about the bigger picture/maintaining confidence and high(ish) quality of play. ahaha yes and be good at justifying punts. glglgl

[@Charlie_Ses]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Yeah it's 15bi downswing off the back of 30+bi downswing at high stakes too? So 45bi downswing, or has there been some upswing in between? Either way, a 30bi downswing would be too much for me to handle playing live especially, but maybe that's just me. As I say, your approaches seperates the pros from the recs!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

ah i see. i started feb +20bi but didn't show it in the first ep cus i was introducing the channel. you'll see the full Feb graph next week! haha yeah 30bi swings live will hurt more for sure. gl mate

[@Jayphotog]

is there a public discord?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

very strange you say this - was considering this morning if it's something i'd like to do! will keep you posted

[@Jayphotog]

Awesome I think there are plenty of people that would like to join :) @@BenaBadBeatPoker

[@Roxz.1]

🍿🍿🍿 SHAMOOOOOOOONE

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

my man

[@glenpork1628]

gl sir.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

[@redraw0160]

Here we fucken gooooo

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

ayyy

[@rki5462]

Micromamont > The Kid

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

B IS FOR BITCH

[@NotfromDateline]

he clearly thought you had 45

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

confirmed. thankfully i did not :D

[@joshuaconduit3394]

I'm extremely confused how a lot of you guys are playing high stakes when you don't know what you're doing. The last video was pretty bad, but now you don't even know that you 3x+ (especially this deep) your cold 4bets from the blinds? It's so weird seeing guys who have no idea how to play playing high stakes. Your downswing was definitely not standard either unless it was like HU or 500 zoom on stars. I wish people would admit they didn't grind up from poker alone because this shit is getting absurd. I can only afford to play 25,50nl zone and I am baffled, frankly. Only graph I found of yours was from 2014.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

HAHAHA. epic copy pasta ❤️❤️❤️

[@0x78a]

A high

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

close :D

[@Waywardx9]

Instead of using gto to justify your plays lets think logically what combos villian will fold and what they perceive you to have: H1: After betting 50% on flop you dont have AA/KK/QQ almost ever because you would choose a smaller size as you would on turn. You are using the common mistake sizing of using bigger GTO sizes when weak and even fish know you are capped when you bet these sizes on flop and turn. Ask yourself what hands are you targetting on both flop on turn that you want to call? You will almost never use these sizings if you acutally want a call. You perceive villian to have something like 99 66 tops and you are betting so big... makes 0 sense if you are strong which narrows your hand so much villian can call down. Sorry if this is written badly, English not my first language. River is an easy call vs your sizings and line which contain so many A5s AK etc as you never play this way with AA/KK/Qx here. H2: Preflop is whatever if you think you are going to outplay them but please be aware outplaying ppl with a huge range advantage oop with 22 is almost never profitable. Flop: Your reasoning here for raising is beyond silly. Rewatch what you just said your reason for raising is please. Now look at your logic for turn and river.. Some of the worst logic i've ever witnessed and I am sorry to be mean brother. What the fuck do you think he has and what do you think he thinks you have? Even GTO must be laughing at you for this play. H3: All play is fine except would always bet small turn expecting v to have overpair or FD. Can't say much but you butchered first 2.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

Thanks for the feedback! Will just go hand by hand in response H1. There's a lot to unpack here because you're using terms like GTO but also saying this like 'targeting hands'. These are two wildly different approaches. Firstly, I definitely wouldn't use a smaller size otf with overpairs. To say that this recreational is 'reading into my sizes' and seeing them as weak doesn't make much sense... they called T9o ott haha. I do agree that OTT i probably don't use this size with a pure value hand, but i 100% believe that custom betsizing vs certain recreational player is the best way to maxEV spots. H2: i acknowledge that preflop is thin at best. i thing my flop logic for raising vs a quick 1/3 in a spot that isn't a GTO range bet is very good. regardless of whether IP was in fact range betting is also beside the point; 22/33 will raise here vs a mixed flop strategy. And again villain has bluff caught a hand in range that is a pure fold. Just because we have been called here by ThT, doesn't make our play bad right? I also just looked at the sim and although my hand will wanna check turn, 33 bluffs very aggressively and AP 22 pure bluffs river. H3: definitely can bet turn small but i gave reasoning for checking Overall i think you're getting extremely caught up on relatively small details and are conveying strong results oriented thinking. You're talking in such black and white thinking and to be honest, this way of thinking is a huge part of the reason so many people get stuck at 100 or 200nl.

[@Waywardx9]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker H1: Why would you not use a smaller size vs a rec player with overpairs? You have greater fold equity and value over 3 streets using 25-33% here on flop than 50% as they will polarize your flop range based on your sizing and rightly so in this situation, bigger you want them to fold, smaller you are looking for a call. This is the way the non GTO approach mind works and it is usually correct.. then betting big again on the turn further polarized you to hands that are only weak. Play through your mind if you would play strong hands like this vs a rec and you will see that you do not. His play was awful but it's these small things that make a crusher and a loser. H2: Calling pre with 22 oop is a big losing play vs the worst player in the world unless you have reads that for sure he will fold to any aggression. When you raise flop it's quite unlikely you have 55/44 or A5 as you do not want to fold out bluffs of which villian has many, as a general rule you do not raise when villian has huge range adv it makes 0 sense so villian correctly puts you on a weak range and calls the turn and river, our range is so narrow here for value even a rec knows you cannot have a strong A and mostly bluffs and makes the correct call. H3: Whatever. But as you see having big fallacies in your logic will cost you a huge amount and it is no small thing. People are always looking for a reason to call instead of fold especially recs so your logic must be infallible to profitably pull these bluffs off. I don't mean to give you a hard time just pointing out what I see. Very nice beard btw.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yoyo. while you could argue that we have greater fold eq over later streets by going small otf, we can't know that for sure. this particular player was on the sticky side too so i would always wanna maxFE each street. I do believe honestly that i would play a decent chunk of my value hands this way; KQ or AQ for example. h2. why is it unlikely that i would raise 55/44/A5 otf? that's a pretty strange claim to make - to assume that i will over-raise bluffs AND under raise value. again, villain made a hero call and 'put me on a bluff' but we woudn't be having this conversation if i had a boat or trips haha. can you see that the way you're giving feedback on both of those hands, you're being insanely results oriented. we also have no clue what is truly going through our opponents minds when they choose to call or not call. I don't believe that the outlook i'm sharing on these hands are borne out of logical fallacy - i actually think yours are haha. i think we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one! and fwiw, i'm totally on board with you sharing your thoughts on my hands - just because we don't agree doesn't mean we can't learn a lot from each other. take it easy!

[@danielmcglynn5330]

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[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha that would be sick :D

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

AK

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

got one care right :D

[@Humanprototype-wh8qr]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker ofc bro. But AK kinda bad guess bec u said never guessing it At least one card☺️

[@pudelinocacalat2951]

Bro you're punting The other bro has some Ax with a draw Edit : That didn't age well

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha

[@santiagobarrios8524]

++vol 5k hands is poor

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

maybe by your standards! but i played WAY too many hands last year (425k of 2k+) so this year is more about playing less hours and having more enjoyment when i do play

[@soundmaniacchannel25]

Devonta smith is the best..u dont need to cover his name..

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha. we've decided to keep all villains anon in the hands!

[@birdywins]

I think the biggest misconception here is that you believe you're a reg m8

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha the reality bomb!

[@Charlie_Ses]

Guessing villain has KTo?!

[@Charlie_Ses]

No I was too optimistic lol

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmfao very close tho tbf

[@dhinh4111]

Kd8h

[@dhinh4111]

Knew it

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

you're a fkn god

[@smellystinkyify]

Can kinda see why he called off river with k8o but the call vs the 3b op is very crazy

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha I got nothing but respect for the heart

[@michaelcohen4545]

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[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

not quite!

[@ImDrizzt]

AK

[@ImDrizzt]

ahh i nailed the K, but not the 8, no lottery ticket for me

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

loooool only 1 card away from 10milly