DDBeast's $1000 6max HH Review With Focus on 3 and 4 Handed Play

Discussion for DDBeast's $1000 6max HH Review With Focus on 3 and 4 Handed Play.

aoriordan- We are 24bb eff, not 12bb. I think I explained it pretty thoroughly in the video. In addition, Stevie definitely opens conservatively preflop. It's a closer spot if we're 12bb eff, I would reshove from the blinds, but probably just fold the button still.

@ rextar- Good question. And stay tuned, I know I have a very similar hand in an upcoming video (also with AQo) where I recommend 3betting for value with the intention of folding to 4 bet, and go into more detail.

 

3 Betting with the intention to fold to a 4 bet does not inherently turn your hand into a bluff. The reason it works in this situation is because we have a player with a very specific range, or, rather, disparity between his {PFR/defend 3B range} and his {4B range}. We have a Laggy player that is opening over 25% pots, likely defending 3bets with nearly all of those hands and 4betting only a premium range at this stack depth (a 4bet range that AQ is insufficient to continue against). Essentially I am leaving money on the table by not getting more money in the pot preflop in position, against a ton of hands that I dominate, and I can then make a disciplined fold the small % he wakes up with a monster . It is also mandatory that I have AQ in this 3bet range, because it is important to have as many strong hands as possible in this range, besides premiums that are obviously going all the way. This way I can get the most out of him postflop.

 

Generally speaking, against this type of player, my 3B range should be LESS polarized, meaning I would rather 3B AJo/ATo/KQo rather than J8s/ A5s, for the former hands are much more likely to be dominating him instead of myself being dominated when I hold J8s/A5s. This is an important concept, and I feel many players have a generic 3B range against all players which is completely wrong. I explain this concept some in my Q&A videos. Thanks for the question.

I think AQ has to be a call on the Turn - that is even before I saw his play with A9 - you are getting great odds and he seems like the kind of player to just bet stupidly in spots. I think folding is a big mistake. You have to ask yourself the question: what can he have? I think a big pair is somewhat unlikely - you have blockers but even generally, if he had a huge hand, he would probably make it bigger preflop after already having 3bet big before. Also there's a chance he'd be scared of betting the turn, when the Ten hits. If he does have some kind of Pocket Pair, you are likely to have 2 Overs btw too, so you get pretty good Potodds to peel one. Now and then of course he can have Tx and you get owned, but there's not that many Kombos out there with two tens on board. I'm not sure how likely a Riverbet is, and you're right it would totally suck if he made it - but I'd just be confident enough to make a decision then - if he bets something small I'd probably even pay it off getting good potodds and expecting to be good sometimes vs sth like KQ, 89s or chopping with Ahigh (imo a big part of his preflop range). It's just the sort of thing, he bets Turn randomly then on the River realizes that he was unlikely to get stuff to fold and bets the River again thinking he can rep it. Regards Jossel2008

@34:30~ with K5cc I think ICM overvalues our stack. and especially with future game situations accounted for (esp. if blinds are going up soon) i think this is a pretty good shove. I think you played it fine by getting it in. 

 

@40:00~ with 65o, this is a fold and I don't think it is close at all. You're not paying attention to the ranges of SB vs BB when you fold. 

Trying to go off of the ranges you were approx. giving them (and even being a bit more on the tight side)

With azntracker calling you {44+, A5s+, A8o+, KJs+, KQo}, and BB calling you {44+, A2s+, A8o+, KJs+, KQo} 

If azntracker shoves 86% here (he's probably shoving this wide or wider) and BB calls 19% {33+, A2s+, A7o+, K8s+, KJo+, QJs} (overcall of JJ+)

Then shoving with 65o is  -0.22. and TBH I think this is a very conservative set of ranges. I really think it's much worse... 

 

@43:00~ again, 98s, you are doing ICM calcs with azntracker shoving 24% if you were to fold your btn in a spot where he's shoving closer to ATC.

 

I'm going to attribute this to you recovering from being sick - you made all the right plays in game at least so I'm assuming this was just a flub while recording the video which is understandable. 

Looking forward to new vids from you and I'll be checking out the more recent ones in a bit. 

...how did you ever get so good to begin with DD