Coleman at 400NL HU

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Honestly, I'm not sure what you mean when you say I try to sound like other instructors. I definitely don't have any other videos or instructors in mind when I'm producing my video.

Unfortunately the lack of postflop situations is somewhat a result of the villain's playing style. His inability to give up in so many situations forced me to show up with hands on later streets much more often than I would usually prefer.

I understand the criticism that it seems I godmoded him during this segment, but you have to understand if I am getting paid in spots where I'm never bluffing (b/c of his tendencies or game flow) then I am forcing my opponent to make mistakes.

Which hands did I play quite poorly?

I agree, I would have rather made a video of the breakeven portion of the session but this is the part where I actually started recording. I didn't bring up Camtasia until about 2 minutes before the video starts.

2 tabling matches with audio added after playing are not the best. I actually hate them.

Thank you.  What is the best type of video?

why would you take a note on 5b jamming A9s early?

I'd say >50% of 2/4 regs that I sit with each day don't 5b jam A9s.  There are tons of nits out there man.

You note super standard plays?

No, I note plays that can sometimes give a general idea of what kind of player my opponent is.  If I'm 4 tabling another reg at the same time, it can be useful to look over at this opponent and see he is capable of getting it in at least semi-wide.  Noting he 5b jams A9s is pretty different than noting someone 5b jams AKs.

9:30 minutes you in give a big speech on how this guy is never folding and going to call down 3 streets with 2nd and bottom pairs, then go bluff A9 to get him off 4x? Umm, what? Oh god, you actually 3bet that river? Someone who is going to call down 3 streets with bottom pair, you think will fold 2 pair in NLHE?

Is this guy more likely to call in this spot than most?  Yes.  Does that make the bluff bad? Not necessarily.  The idea is that this player isn't going to want to fold in places where it's very easy for me to have a wide air range.  So I may not bluff him in normal bluffing spots where he thinks my air range is at all wide. But sometimes spots come up where bluffing is super unconventional and it's going to be extremely difficult for him to put me on a bluff.  This is the most likely spot for him to make hero folds.  Also, his range isn't exclusively 2 pair here so I don't have to force only two pair to fold.  This also happens to be the kind of spot that will make a lasting impression on how he views me in the future.

Turned the video off right there.

That's unfortunate, because you missed how poorly he responds to this play and how profitable it was for me in future hands.

You are making plays completely contradictory to the reads you just spent quite a few minutes going over.

If I never bluff, at some point I will never get called.  I'd rather force him to stay paranoid.

Unfortunately for you, most of the feedback I have gotten from other viewers is they prefer the video reviews where action is paused and plays are explained more in-depth.  Obviously I'm not as good as Phil, but that doesn't mean I have less to say or that my explanations are any shorter.  Also, it's much more difficult to get live sessions at Heads Up since opponents usually quit in the first 15 minutes and it can get frustrating to be recording audio every time and then it goes to waste because the session isn't long enough.  I do still plan on doing some live videos though.

When you say sit with, you mean ppl who play you for an extended length of time?

Yes.

What is his value raising range on the river? From what i heard in the video you were putting him on 83/84/T8 and hoping he'd fold to a shove.

These are the combos of hands that are possible that he may end up hero-calling with.  That doesn't mean he can't be bluffing here or that he can't raise a Ten and fold.  The point is those are the top of his range and he has a really really tough call with those hands.

Not necessairly.

This was a reg at 2/4 who had previously attempted to adjust to my different frequencies.  If I turned into a nit, he would stop calling.

Sorry for the triple post, forum was hard to figure out.

No worries, I had trouble with it too.

Thanks Skylukas. Yeah considering his ability to spew I think the KK line ended up being relatively weak. It's hard to find hands I will get value from, but he may surprise me and call with any pair.

It's pretty hard to have a plan in the J8 hand. I do know that he can't expect me to raise pretty much anything for value there which means I have a huge air range. So if he actually has a hand, he should call the flop and try to pick off bluffs. I'm not trying to play for stacks in this situation, I just think I look so bluffy when I raise here that he will float the flop super wide or maybe even 3bet bluff.

Thanks for the kind comments yummygummy. 

Yeah, I had high hopes for some good deep stack play but the spots really just never came up.  I'll definitely be looking to get that into a video soon.