Bigspenda's Micro-Stakes Video Series

I liked all of these. Thanks spenda!

Just noticed the videos, the reviews are great! But because I believe only watching the video and do nothing else but watching is a waste of time I have a question:

Is there a way to make the video a bit larger? Not full screen, because when I click on a PartyPoker table the full screen closes and I am not able to see the cards Spenda holds Wink

change the resolution on your monitor

Well I don't know if the following clears it but will try it.
When I watch Prison Break I at least see it very big Wink

And when I browse on notebook and drag the screen to the 22" I can maximize it and I believe it expand the website.

Hopefully this helped?
Soon I will have a desktop attached on the 22" and then it will work hopefully Wink

Will wait!

The full screen button is on the bottom right. It is a blue box with a square in it.

.. If that's what you are talking about.

hi all, im completley new to poker... i play on Poker Stars in the micro 6max games, i was very happy to be told about flopturnriver by my cousin, and when i saw this video i thought GERAT! just what i need, but... i dont get the multi table concept, i thought maybe you just want to show lots of examples in a short period of time. but then i remember my cousin saying about playing in more than one... and i dont get it, is there some sort of advantage? is it greed? personally i find it hard to concentrate on one game yet alone 2 or more, is playing more than 1 at a time something i need to learn to get anyware? thx

bigspenda I want to say that your videos have helped me TREMENDOUSLY over the last few months. I have watched all of the vids in the forum (some more than once) and it has helped me alot. Especially bet sizes, 3 betting, etc. I just want to say thanks Smile

I've found this forum one of the best in learning strat (without most of the condescending crap).

just watched spendas 50nl 3 table video. very good video, informative and he explains his thought process thoroughly. good job dude.

Please submit your rating! Thank you.

I just got done watching all of the videos in this micro-stakes series, and I found them all to be very instructive (I left ratings for them, too). So thank you for taking the time to make these.

One hand in particular really stood out to me, and I would have liked to see some more analysis on it. It was the hand at about 23:00 in the second video:

.10/.25 NLHE 6-max
Hero's image is probably slightly laggy, read on MP is a tight regular.

UTG ($8.80)
Opp (MP) ($24.00)
CO ($32.45)
Button ($24.65)
SB ($120.65)
Hero (BB) ($75.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8d, 9d
UTG folds, MP bets $1.00, CO calls $1.00, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.95) Kh, 6c, 9s (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $1.75, CO folds, Hero calls $1.75

Turn: ($6.30) 5c (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $3.75, Hero folds

(sorry about the plain-text suits... apparently I can't submit posts with URLs yet)

I'm interested in any comments on the line played in this hand, particularly the choice on the turn. Obviously, a call on the turn is a terrible play. The idea behind the call on the flop, though, was that MP might be c-betting and we have middle pair. After the turn, we certainly are not putting MP on 78 or 47, so the only hand helped by the turn is a 55 or Axc. Otherwise, we've been beaten all along by a pocket overpair or a K. The 5 on the turn has given us a gut shot. Assuming an overpair (the only hand other than a set that I would expect to call to a sufficient bet), we have 9 outs going to the river. Is there a raise here that gives us enough fold equity (in addition to the EV of our hand) to do anything other than fold here?

bigspenda73 mentioned the possibility that MP had a busted hand like AT-Q, QJ, Axs, underpair, etc. and was just making a double-barreled c-bet, but he still folded. Is a raise here just spewing?

Ok, I am going to type up some questions as I watch this 5NL Full Ring video. (I have a feeling there will be a lot, try to get them all and if you miss something of course I will elaborate in a later post)

I finished watching, what a great video, please make some more!! Same levels etc, the more information the better, I am sure if you made 10 of these none would be the same, which is what makes poker great.

1. You have a hand on table four at about 14:30, in this hand you have wired 8's with which you raise and end up in position HU. Flrop comes TXX, and you are lead into. You call the raise and wait to see if he double barrels you. Turn brings a K, a good scare card for you and he does again lead, this time you raise to 1.75, and he folds. Nice play there. My question is if he shoves after your 1.75 raise, what is your play? (I would think you fold). Part 2, what if he simply calls? You say you will have to shove the river, is this assuming he checks first, or do you shove either way? Can you run through scenarios on the river? And in regards to him possibly shoving after your raise one the turn, and you do fold, how are you affected with regards to table image, and/or what affect would that have on future pots with this player? Do you feel like he will think he can "run over" you, or do you continue to play the same after that?

2. At 26:00 on table one you see a flop (unraised) with JTs, and one player bets into it on an A high flop. You have only a BDF and BDS draw, and "for the sake of the video" you call since you are both deep and you are hoping you can stack him if he over-values his likely paired ace. For beginners like me just trying to grind a roll, would you suggest we call also in this place or would you fold and continue to nut camp?

3. When you start the PT review, you show you were 20/10 and say you like to be in 20 PERCENT of the hands at this level because you know you have an edge post-flop. This question is more related to your terminology, is VPIP actually considered % of hands? I did not think it was...or is it % of hands in which you Voluntarily put in $?

4. When looking at the position tab in PT, how do the hands and VPIP's relate? Meaning, in the video you only played 7 hands from the CO, so I expect VPIP to be low which it is (0). You played the same number of hands on the button as you did in position 4, yet the VPIP is nearly 7 times higher on the button? Can you also elaborate on how this "should" look after a very large sample size? i.e. i would expect hands played to be highest on button and decrease all the way to CO, what about VPIP? Should button plays be about double those from BUT+1 after time? What about PF rasie %? Maybe this is too detailed...

Also I was just thinking, I wonder how much a beginner like myself could learn if we played an entire session in which we spoke out loud like you do in the video, or better yet recorded it so that people could review our own thought process, it would probably be hilarious.

I think he just wants you to join his training site.

I can give this a shot. I won't pretend to know what Spenda had in mind in these spots, but I can say what I would think.

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