This was a valuable video, but being
4-tabled did strain the analysis at some
points. One interesting note is that I
felt like keeping up with 4 tables in a
video like this is actually helping me
on my way to multi-tabling. I would like
to see a similar video using the HUD
that he his talking about. His
note-taking seemed to me to a bit
suboptimal without it, as he was mostly
labeling the bad players and didn't
have reads on some of the average or
stronger ones. This led to some very
nitty play.
The video got a bit boring a little
towards the beginning and there were
some awkward silences, but there was
definitely value in seeing the kinds of
marginal hands that we can lay down
without feeling bad about it. At one
point there was a substantial bet
pre-flop when hero held 88, and I
enjoyed the comment that followed:
"I'm not getting odds to a set and I
don't have a read. I really want to
call, but the right play here is the
fold." I felt this was a very good
example of staying emotionally detached
and not getting unnecessarily involved
in hands.
As the blinds went up and the video
continued, the transition into push-fold
mode made the video both more
interesting and more instructive.
As for the quality of play, it was
obvious that some early play was
suboptimal due to weak reads.
Personally, I feel there were some spots
where a c-bet, a bet on a middle pair,
or a small bluff would have made sense,
so the play was definitely borderline
tight/passive (hero reached push/fold
mode at all 4 tables before more than 2
people had busted out), but with poor
reads while 4-tabling in the beginning
of an SNG, you can't really fault this
kind of play.
The play when in push/fold mode helped
me out a lot, but I don't have much
experience in these areas (don't
typically play turbos), so I can't
really comment on the quality other than
to say it looked pretty solid in
general. The on-the-bubble pushing as
chip leader was definitely solid though. |
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“Overall good” by DoanDiggy, 08 Oct 2008
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