Niman's TomJetland Review (2)

Thank you again for the in-depth analysis and going into alternative lines.

Here are my thoughts and questions about some spots in this part:

AA 8:45 BU vs SB:

I 4bet because he made a tight impression so far and I didnt want an overcard to come for his TT-KK + maximizing vs AK.


AJs 13:00 (BU 2,5BB open, we are in BB):

I agree with it being played too passive in a blind-steal situation. What is our plan against a 4bet if we 3bet? What about a check-raise on A32cc flop?

Riverspot (Turn Q River 9):

If we bet, we have an Ace or a busted flushdraw which decided to cc on the flop, so our range is very top pair heavy and he could fold KQ vs a bet, but if we check, our range is (especially after not 3betting preflop) not A heavy but PP heavy + 45c
46c, therefore i check the river to induce (he can represent a Q and somewhat an Ace still) and for balancing. Actually Phil's first philosophy video featured some very similar hands to illustrate that concept if i remember correctly.


Suited one-gappers 13:30-16 minute:

I think you overvalue the suitedness of hands vs shorter stacks. i can not understand folding QTs CO vs BB when the 40 BB stack raises to 14$ vs 6$ bet, but calling 35s vs a 10$ raise vs 4$ bet BU vs BB. The number of flops where we can continue with QTs but not with 35s clearly outweights the dominating factor in my opinion.


A6 CO vs BU on K26ss A 3s 28:30 riverspot:

If he had a bluff / wanted to bluff, he would propably do so on an ace, so i guess it is likely he had an ace, which he will never valuebet himself on this river, giving us KQ (which will not call) and even flushdraws (which he is obv behind). By betting i do not represent KQ-KT anymore, but he can still make a crying call. That is why i made a smaller bet which was still too large, because we can not really have bluffs here.

On the other hand, maybe cc river is better because we can not have any bluff and we usually have Kx which he might bluff us off now, but when we bet the river we do NOT have Kx.

I am really confused why one of the both thought processes is clearly rignt and the other clearly wrong and what the underlying thinking mistake is to prevent such mistakes in the future.


K8 BB vs SB (45BB) on K66rs 9s Qs (40:00):

Air is a much bigger part of his range than a King in my opinion, and he could even be trapping (not saying that trapping is good here). I do not want to do such sophisticated plays against unknowns where i can not expect him to think like that, which is the case for a shortstack on those limits i guess.  But i thought about doing the shove anyway.

Thanks again!

Tom