Giggy's Unconventional Lines and Adapations

Definitely a good idea, I'll keep that in note for the future!

Yeah sorry about the rambling, I think I basically tried to do too many things at once in the video, and I can understand if it's kind of tough to listen to. 

I'll learn from that in the future, thanks!

Very good question but it's obviously very tough to explain out of the blue like that. I think the answer I gave a couple of posts above about getting reads on the 3-bet hand where my opponent flatted AK oop is a good example of that kind of read about tendencies of my opponents.

The thing is that you basically want to know on what level they are thinking... wether they think you will hero call in a certain situation, wether they think that bluffing is only good when scare cards come or they do it even when scare cards doesn't come. Or if they are the type of guy to only bluff when the range of their opponent is very weak, or if they will try to make people fold big hands from time to time.

Those are just examples and I could get hundreds of them. When you can find the right answers to these questions the adjustments are usually pretty easy to make. 

What you want to do is basically get to know your opponent's game as much as possible and as quick as possible. Being aware of your own thinking processes and your own ranges in different situations is a good way to get accustomed to decorticating that kind of thing. Sometimes you might find yourself in a spot where you shove the river with the nuts, and think to yourself "man this is dumb, I only have the nuts 100% of the time here". Well in that kind of situation you definitely don't want to stop your thinking process there... you want to elaborate with stuff like "well, could this make it a good bluff spot?" and "Out of everyone at the table, is their anyone who could pull that kind of bluff? If so why? Is it the kind of thing that could make him a tougher/better player?" 

Constantly thinking about this kind of things while you play is the kind of thing that will skyrocket your understanding of the game, and at the same time sharpen your ability to get reads of thinking and timing on your opponents. The more you do it, the more recurring patterns you'll see in your opponents and the better you'll get at adjusting to those quickly.

So yeah it's a lot of little different things that you absolutely have to experiment to fully understand. I can just give you guidelines as to what to think about, but from here on it's your job to understand these concepts by experimenting them yourself, by trial-and-error and by basically just being aware of the psychological dynamics at the table.

This was a very cool vid again. I personally find that you rly put a lot of effort into your vids and I have the feel that you rly wanna provide so much (regards to a special topic) as possible - that is cool, keep on;)

Here is my feedback+questions:

Min. 11.53 – A9o:

Would you also val.bet here a hand so large after Villain checked back the flop+turn? I personally just bet in such spots on the river with my whole bettingrange aorund 60% of the pot.

Min. 17.45 – 93s: On a blank I would either also give up or 1,5x overbet the river vs. obv. Tx-hands and sometimes 8x-hands – have personally some good experiences on this one in limped pots vs. fishes where they mostly have on the river maximally a 2ndpair…

Min. 19.40 – QJo: After watched this hand, I would be in general interested in what are your thoughts on notetaking. Many ppl for example would take here a note that the fish has his Bluffinflectionpoint in such a spot on the river. You in general are seeming to make less notes – or are you making more notes when you paly private and during vids you do not want to spend to much tiem on it b/c there are other interesting thinks to talk about?

Min. 25 – JTo: I guess there is not enough value in C/Claling the river vs. a few busted FD-combos b/c Villain has here way more combos of better val.hands which he will val.bet here vs. you (QxXc, QJ, KJ,AJ…)? Or would you ever consider here a C/Call? If not, which would be the worst hand here with you would think that a val.bet is too thin, but a C/Call profitable?

Min. 27.50 – T9s: Would you on the river ever consider to C/Bluffjam a hand like 9hXh or just a weak Madehand which cannot/don`t wanna call the river? Or which other potential bluffcombos could you rep which did not bet on the turn, but C/Called it? Min.

36.23 – A3o: What would you have done if your turnbet would get raised here? And is this your default betsize in such a spot? I mean, this is a great card to continue potential Bluffs from the flop, so I would tend to bet here my whole range somewhat bigger.

General question: Do you use this smaller 3betsizes also randomly vs. the REGs at your level with who you are playing against very often? Or just rly vs. more unknown ppl to get more of an idea of them and just develop faster reads?

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Thank you very much for all your answers - much rly rly interesting stuff, I could find inside:)

@T9s:

Ah no prob^^

I just meant wit the 2ndpart which bluffcombos on the river you could rep by C/Jam it in order to get called from Onepairhands like Villain did there with his KQ....

But you have actually already answered the question - so it is clear now:)

Well my plan is going to be different for every card and every opponent in that situation (turn)... when you take such unusual lines you usually need a good understanding of what's going to be your opponent's calling and folding ranges after calling the flop.

But here, let's say the turn is a 5d or any other similar brick, I'd probably keep it simple and fire a pretty good bet as a bluff... there are so many draws he's going to be calling flop with that won't be able to call turn on a big bet that I think this is massively +EV given how often I'll be taking down the pot.

Another option could be to go into check-calling mode, given that he probably won't bet his weak made hands and will probably bet most of his draws for a couple of streets. But this is really dangerous, as all of his draws have massive equity and that I could end up losing a pretty big pot given that he's going to be in a pretty easy spot to valuebet KQ+. So yeah, I prefer a good bet on the turn and then shutdown on the river, given that when he calls the turn he'll probably have a made hand much more than a draw on a big bet.

As for the river, it's a close decision but I decided to shove because I think KQ will have a really hard time to fold. And KQ is a huge part of his range. I could also see him go for some crazy hero-call with AQ, given how I could be flat-out bluffing with my range and how polarized my range looks. 

The problem with checking is that I don't think he's turning any Qx into a bluff and I don't think he has air either. So check-calling isn't much of an option. The debate is basically between shoving and check-folding, and I thought he would call often enough with KQ or a rare AQ for the times he's going to show up with a flush. And I also don't have to deal with getting bluffed out of the pot on some rare random occasions (the guy is aggressive, and you can't really ever put a 0% chance of bluffing). And losing a pot I should win is extremely costly. But I agree it's a close situation, and my shove could be slightly less good than a check-fold, but I'm pretty sure a check-call is the worst option.

This was an incredible video! I'm looking forward to the future parts of this series.