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blackatom
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: The big D
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I liked all of these. Thanks spenda!
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$cumbag
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Just noticed the videos, the reviews are great! But because I believe only watching the video and do nothing else but watching is a waste of time I have a question:
Is there a way to make the video a bit larger? Not full screen, because when I click on a PartyPoker table the full screen closes and I am not able to see the cards Spenda holds 
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jyms
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Tilting Mod
Join Date: Feb 2006
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change the resolution on your monitor
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$cumbag
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
change the resolution on your monitor
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Watched it on my 15,4" notebook and on the 22" widescreen linked to it.
The website stretches but the videosize stays the same
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martindcx1e
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Originally Posted by $cumbag
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Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
change the resolution on your monitor
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Watched it on my 15,4" notebook and on the 22" widescreen linked to it.
The website stretches but the videosize stays the same |
but did they have different resolutions? your video card may not support a larger resolution than your notebook screen can handle. if so then you won't get a larger resolution from a larger monitor.
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Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject. So you know you are getting the best possible information.
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$cumbag
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 4
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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
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 Will wait!
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pankfish
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Flush
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: On Tony Romo's nuts
Posts: 385
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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.
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EvIlK3Rn3L
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 20
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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
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bigspenda73
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Straight Flush
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pwnsylvania
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Originally Posted by EvIlK3Rn3L
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
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Poker to most of us is all about maximizing our profit. Let's look at an example of this.
If I play 1 table at a time I can make $100/hr at that table making my hourly rate obviously $100/hr.
If I play 2 tables at a time I can make on average $80/hr at each table making my hourly rate $160/hr
If I play 4 tables at a time I can make on average $70/hr at each table making my hourly rate $280/hr
If I play 6 tables at a time I can make on average $50/hr at teach table making my hourly rate $300/hr
If I play 8 tables at a time I can make on average $30/hr at each table making my hourly rate $240/hr.
Therefore, to maximize my potential profit playing 6 tables is the way to go for me. For others it might me more/less all dependent on skill-level, multi-tasking abilities, and attention span. In poker we ARE greedy, we want to win as much as possible!!
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mrhappy333
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hartford, CT
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Originally Posted by EvIlK3Rn3L
i was very happy to be told about flopturnriver by my cousin,
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who is this cousin you speak of?
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JustMe
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 7
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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  I've found this forum one of the best in learning strat (without most of the condescending crap).
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thizzSantaCruz
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Full House
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz
Posts: 894
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just watched spendas 50nl 3 table video. very good video, informative and he explains his thought process thoroughly. good job dude.
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Flopping quads and boats like its my job
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Xianti
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DoanDiggy
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2008
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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?
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KeeKoLy
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 78
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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...
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KeeKoLy
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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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.
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bigspenda73
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Straight Flush
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pwnsylvania
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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.
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I've made about 70 videos, you can find them at www.grinderschool.com
good luck sir
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KeeKoLy
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 78
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Originally Posted by bigspenda73
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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.
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I've made about 70 videos, you can find them at www.grinderschool.com
good luck sir |
Any response to my above questions?
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mrhappy333
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Full House
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Hartford, CT
Posts: 1,078
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I think he just wants you to join his training site.
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3 3 3 I'm only half evil.
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DoanDiggy
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Flush
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 536
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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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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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?
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It's an easy fold to the shove. The shove looks like either KT, Kxss, QJss, or maybe A4ss, A5ss. We are in pretty horrible shape against that range:
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Board: 3s 2s Td Kc
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 13.876% 13.88% 00.00% 116 0.00 { 8h8s }
Hand 1: 86.124% 86.12% 00.00% 720 0.00 { As5s, As4s, KsQs, KsJs, KTs, Ks9s, Ks7s, Ks6s, Ks5s, Ks4s, QsJs, KTo }
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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?
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This was probably assuming he checks first. If he bets into us, we have to look at the bet size, pot size, and how much he has left to determine if he will ever fold. The point of a river shove is to get a fold from 99, or Tx or even a weak Kxss. If he bets an amount that indicates he won't be folding, I think we just have to fold.
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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?
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If we continue to see this guy play back at us, we'll have to adjust or raising and calling ranges. Perhaps instead of calling the flop on the hand in question, we would instead try to raise it and end the hand right there. On another hand where we don't want to get check/raised, we might opt to check behind against this opponent. I don't think we're ever too worried about how a play affects our table image, though. What's important is that we know what our image is so that we can exploit that for maximum profit.
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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?
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I highly doubt that such a play would be recommended for beginners. This is truly a recipe for spew at low stakes in the hands of someone who doesn't know exactly what they're doing and why they're doing it. Typically when he says, "for the sake of the video," he's making an unrecommended play for a chance to get into more interesting, instructive spots.
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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 $?
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VPIP is the percentage of hands that you voluntarily put money in the pot. Checking the big blind counts as 0/1 in PokerTracker, for whatever reason (I think it should be 0/0). Most of the HUD stats that we talk about are in terms of percentages, expressed in number of occurrences / number of opportunities. Thus 3bet% is number of 3bets / number of times you acted with a raise of any kind in front.
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Originally Posted by KeeKoLy
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...
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VPIP per position works the exact same way as overall VPIP. After a very large sample size, late positions should have a higher VPIP than early positions. I don't know what you mean by "CO", I think you're actually referring to UTG. The positions, starting from the button and moving away from the blinds, are BUT, CO, HJ, MP2, MP1, UTG+1, UTG, BB, SB.
Button VPIP should probably not be double the CO. It should probably end up somewhere in the range of 25-60% higher depending on how you play, but not double (100% higher). PFR should be 0-5 points lower than VPIP in general, but depending on table conditions could be as high as a 10 point difference.
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