Brian Fite's DNG Series (3 of 3)

Discussion for Brian Fite's DNG Series (3 of 3).

How did you lose your mind like that? With the AQ i mean... like 2 hands before that hand you said "i dont mind to sit here for hours playing smallball and accumulate chips down to the FT" Then you call of your entire stack when its very likely a flip... I mean... pairs are a big part of his shuvingrange there... So all off a sudden you go from wanting to play smallball to flip for youre tourney... I know you can dominate him aswell... offcourse... but my point is, why take the risk when you wanted to play smallball... thats all...

That was quite a thrill ride. There's nothing worse than getting late in a tourney and flipping for stacks, then going way ahead and losing on the river. (If it weren't for the river, I'd be a millionaire, I think.) I like the laid back style and that you try to keep the tables on screen to a watchable few. It's sometimes confusing when you talk about a hand and don't preface it with the hand's location on the screen - I spend a few seconds looking for what you're talking about and then don't hear what you're saying - especially if you've already folded the hand. Also, referring to the tables by the tournament's title is maybe less useful than saying "bottom left." Moving the tables around can make for difficulties, too. Maybe I'm just focus impaired, but I think it might be a useful pedagogical tool to direct our eyes before making comments. All in all, though, a really illuminating and instructive video. I'd love for you to back up and replay some of the tough decisions and show us on poker stove why the play you made was the right play. I assume your moves were +EV, but you also binked quite a lot early on. It'd be nice to see a concept vid from you on when and where to shove.

Given previous history I thought I would be dominating him a lot more often than a random person. That one still hurts :( Maybe one day soon I will get the HH from this tourney and put it through the replayer to help explain some things better.