Digg my Rush Poker Video please

[Trikkur]

There used to be a subforum for this I thought, but I can't find it. I hope this is the right place to post this.

Full Tilt Rush Poker Training Video from PokerTrikz.com

I made a Rush Poker training video yesterday and don't really use Digg to often, but I thought this might actually work with social media somewhat. I'm probably a bit late, but would still appreciate if I could get some Diggs.

Thanks

[GFPC]

Awesome video !!!

I never really watch to many videos but i certainly enjoyed yours.

[Student]

i digged it

nice video also

[jdwanchalk]

Questions...

You said "I am going to fold these suited gappers because I don't think you need to balance your range."

You were in a position to steal, however, and this doesn't have any bearing on a range that you would otherwise have to balance (even though it's 25NL so that doesn't matter anyway).

But, if you raise you will steal the blinds a large portion of the time, or get to see a flop in position. When you brick the flop you will then be able to take it down with a simple c-bet.

You certainly don't want to be sacrificing those spots where you can steal blinds and play in position with 7h 9h.

Also, why did you raise with 77 and then fold to a smallish 3-bet IP? The effective stacks would have allowed you to set mine with ease, not sure why you raised if your plan was to fold to a 3-bet?

Last thing, you called an open with AQ when you were IP. The board was low and coordinated, they checked and you made a bet of roughly 3/4 pot. They did fold, but why did you bet there? What better hands will you fold out? Odds are they had AJ, AT, A9, or KT, QT type hands, all of which you would want to keep in the pot as you had them crushed. I think people misunderstand when to make c-bets, don't c-bet if you aren't likely to fold out hands that have you beat.



Now, someone will say "Jon you're an asshole he was just asking you to Digg his video!" But, I can't help myself and figured it would be more helpful than anything in the long run (hopefully).

PS-I only got a minute or two into the video, I won't keep going because I might end up spending way too much time writing about what I see.

Gl.

[Trikkur]

In my discussion of Rush Poker I told most of my members that my first instinct as a higher stakes player was to play super LAG and 3-bet an insane amount of hands. I would of never passed up on the suited gappers and random aces that I did in the video.

On the other hand, my primary audience on PokerTrikz is micro stakes players and most of them aren't actually winning players yet. They are coming to the site to figure out how to stop the bleeding to their bankroll. In that case, I think it is better to have them pass up hands like suited gappers and marginal situations in order to just focus on the easier to play hands. Since Rush Poker allows them to get an insane amount of hands in, they can play a nitty style and just take advantage of the worse 25NL players, plus rake a decent amount for rakeback.

Once they are able to beat the lower stakes games they can watch my higher stakes videos where I teach them to play a looser style than normal.

[kushmoney]

Dugg it. I love the video.

[jdwanchalk]

In my discussion of Rush Poker I told most of my members that my first instinct as a higher stakes player was to play super LAG and 3-bet an insane amount of hands. I would of never passed up on the suited gappers and random aces that I did in the video.

On the other hand, my primary audience on PokerTrikz is micro stakes players and most of them aren't actually winning players yet. They are coming to the site to figure out how to stop the bleeding to their bankroll. In that case, I think it is better to have them pass up hands like suited gappers and marginal situations in order to just focus on the easier to play hands. Since Rush Poker allows them to get an insane amount of hands in, they can play a nitty style and just take advantage of the worse 25NL players, plus rake a decent amount for rakeback.

Once they are able to beat the lower stakes games they can watch my higher stakes videos where I teach them to play a looser style than normal.

I didn't realize you weren't playing optimally on purpose (which is what I gather from your last post).

Anyway, why not just teach these people the right way to do things early on? It's not like you have to advocate floating someone for three streets, simple things like opening with suited connectors on the button are crucial.

I don't know, it's your site, just curious why you are teaching a self-admitted sub-optimal style.

[Trikkur]

I don't believe it is suboptimal at all. If a player can't beat 25NL by themselves, they aren't likely to play 79s profitably.

I provided a hand chart for micro stakes players in an earlier video that lets them focus on playing a tight style until they are winning players. Only then are they probably a good enough post flop player to make raising with 79s a +EV move.

Someone watching one of my 100NL or 200NL videos has learned the basics of poker and understands how to play weaker holdings in a 3-bet pot, or how to call down light which is needed to make weaker hands +EV.

[jdwanchalk]

I don't believe it is suboptimal at all. If a player can't beat 25NL by themselves, they aren't likely to play 79s profitably.

I provided a hand chart for micro stakes players in an earlier video that lets them focus on playing a tight style until they are winning players. Only then are they probably a good enough post flop player to make raising with 79s a +EV move.

Someone watching one of my 100NL or 200NL videos has learned the basics of poker and understands how to play weaker holdings in a 3-bet pot, or how to call down light which is needed to make weaker hands +EV.

But 25NL, today, will require an understanding of these concepts. Maybe a few years ago you could just play tight and win, but the games have changed a lot since then. They seem to be settling now, but I just don't think you can beat 25NL simply playing "tight".

At 6-Max I think you have to play around 22/19 or in order to actually beat the 25NL games. A 16/12 style is just going to get destroyed by the aggressive regs (I know, lol at 25NL regs).

It is not so much calling down light that makes 3-betting a good idea with suited connectors, in fact you should be shying away from this. When you 3-bet with a suited connector you should aim for a few different results...

Take down the pot pre flop...
Take down the pot on the flop with a c-bet...
Connect with the flop and play out the hand...

I don't think it is a viable option to try and make a middle pair type hand and make passive call downs; this is one of the biggest problems that players have, making folds. When you advocate making light calls it is like saying that you should be looking for spots where a light call down could be profitable, but in reality a light call down should happen as a result of pure chance.

Now I am getting carried away again, I was just about to dig up some hand histories haha.

I will still continue the conversation with you, however, as I feel like it is constructive.

PS-In one of your videos you mentioned the Yeti Theorem as being when you 3-bet on a dry board. The Yeti Theorem simply states that a 3-bet on a dry, paired, board that the player is almost always bluffing. This theory, however, has become a bit outdated.

[LadyHoldem]

I pushed digg, I think i may be banned perhaps though but if I'm not, then I dugg lmao