26 Responses to “Bigdogpckt5’s October 2011 PokerStars Sunday Warmup Win Hand History Review (Part 1)”
terbet11
Pumped for this series…love the commentating and really like Marc asking questions to the Big Dog with his own remarks during the review. What I find interesting is the 3x sizing until the antes. This maybe something I need to start doing more of. I find myself 2.5x once blinds get to 50/100 but by doing so I am allowing people to call lighter, and not polarizing their ranges as much. Thanks Bigdog!!
Great vid, I play a lot on party poker where the structure is such that antes dont kick in for ages (3k starting stack, no antes till level 7 at 100/200/25) and find myself bleeding without premiums, should i open up from the beginning in these tourneys? or wait till im semi short and try stealing blinds?
bigdog how do you ever call there 1000 chips with 88 to set mine??! (19:50)
It is such a minus EV play!!! You and your opponent should have at LEAST 15-20 times the bet behind in your stack!
Speaking of leaks.. 😉
yeh several times they were talking about hands and giving out false info. That 88 hand they acted like it was a single raise pot when in fact he put in 17% of his stack in on a set mine lol. Great video overall tho
I have implemented bigdogs strat into my game and have seen much success. Watch goleafsgo vid for a different view on early play. Why not combine the two strats???? they both crush so seems genius!
You should have 20 times the bet behind to set mine? Thats interesting. My thoughts are if you have 40 big blinds or more I have no issue with you peeling a flop and trying to set mine. Although flatting 88 isnt just to try and flop a set.
Bigdog had 40 big blinds starting the hand, but he called 7 big blinds preflop with it and both of them said it was a good spot to set mine. Also there was a raiser and a caller in hand before the re-raiser squeezed it so also have to worry about them coming over the top of both of you. I just thought it was funny that neither of you noticed to be honest. Blinds were 75-150 and big dog called 900 pre if I am rememberng correctly with a 6k stack or so.
I have a question on the A6s hand at 32:00. With the board being so dry wouldn’t it be better to check back the flop and let your opp. pick up a weak/second pair so you can try to get some value or give him a shot to bluff on the turn?
You seem to think it’s a really massive mistake to flat his raise there, why exactly? If we understand why we’re playing the hand then it’s unlikely we will put in too many chips post flop when behind and we have potential to flop really big and stack one or multiple opponents.
So we’re looking to flop two pair, a straight or big draw to continue and if the flop does come Txx or 9xx then we’re going to control the pot size as much as we can and not get married to weak top pairs.
Isn’t that a more profitable outlook on the hand? I was really quite surprised to see you say it is a fold.
It folds to you and you’re in the CO. Isn’t this an open everytime? A one-gap suited connector in late position, we’re most likely going to play a heads up pot in position vs one of the blinds which is a decent scenario.
The worst thing that can happen is we get 3-bet from the button or blinds and we just fold.
Also why did you bet the turn in the hand above. You have 86 on AA2cc 8h. I don’t see any worse hands calling you on the turn other than a flush draw. So we just get called by better and fold out worse hands for the most part.
terbet11
Pumped for this series…love the commentating and really like Marc asking questions to the Big Dog with his own remarks during the review. What I find interesting is the 3x sizing until the antes. This maybe something I need to start doing more of. I find myself 2.5x once blinds get to 50/100 but by doing so I am allowing people to call lighter, and not polarizing their ranges as much. Thanks Bigdog!!
zarathustra
haha this vid is 2 funny…
peeeeeaaaace!!! 🙂
mickman
Excellent part 1 guys, i really like the fact there are two of you talking and it definately adds a lot to the video.
No1uNo
Been watching training videos for about 4 years. One of the best and most entertaining I have seen. Well done fellas.
BishiBash
Great vid, I play a lot on party poker where the structure is such that antes dont kick in for ages (3k starting stack, no antes till level 7 at 100/200/25) and find myself bleeding without premiums, should i open up from the beginning in these tourneys? or wait till im semi short and try stealing blinds?
badabing78
tag team back again, marc&bd are a perfect team, very entertaining & educational! great questions by marc, i cant wait for the next part!
dragoljub74
oh lord !!! thank u for that one !!! watched it live and thrilled about to see the hh and your comment !!! … give him da old showsky & hutch !!!
mars1888
bigdog how do you ever call there 1000 chips with 88 to set mine??! (19:50)
It is such a minus EV play!!! You and your opponent should have at LEAST 15-20 times the bet behind in your stack!
Speaking of leaks.. 😉
mars1888
and just to say it again…it wasnt even close!!
boang12
yeh several times they were talking about hands and giving out false info. That 88 hand they acted like it was a single raise pot when in fact he put in 17% of his stack in on a set mine lol. Great video overall tho
mategott
around the 27-min you 3bet AQ vs around 30BB-stack utg.What do you do if he 4bets?
marc alioto
cant remember the hand or spot, but playing 88 doesnt have to be only for set value. 88 has much more value than that.
marc alioto
Again, since when is 88 played only to set mine?
marc alioto
I have implemented bigdogs strat into my game and have seen much success. Watch goleafsgo vid for a different view on early play. Why not combine the two strats???? they both crush so seems genius!
bigdogpckt5s
You should have 20 times the bet behind to set mine? Thats interesting. My thoughts are if you have 40 big blinds or more I have no issue with you peeling a flop and trying to set mine. Although flatting 88 isnt just to try and flop a set.
boang12
Bigdog had 40 big blinds starting the hand, but he called 7 big blinds preflop with it and both of them said it was a good spot to set mine. Also there was a raiser and a caller in hand before the re-raiser squeezed it so also have to worry about them coming over the top of both of you. I just thought it was funny that neither of you noticed to be honest. Blinds were 75-150 and big dog called 900 pre if I am rememberng correctly with a 6k stack or so.
mars1888
bigdog, since you are the killer..no problem to be wrong once in your life! 😉
jaym784
Another great vid BD!
adog26
I have a question on the A6s hand at 32:00. With the board being so dry wouldn’t it be better to check back the flop and let your opp. pick up a weak/second pair so you can try to get some value or give him a shot to bluff on the turn?
boang12
every dog has its day dog
DR3AMHACK
too funny 92 sooted, i would never do that.. “call” ……
Marc: hahhahahahaha 🙂
wonderdog78
Is it just me or Marc sounds like Gilbert Gottfried?
PounceBounce
The T9cc early on.
You seem to think it’s a really massive mistake to flat his raise there, why exactly? If we understand why we’re playing the hand then it’s unlikely we will put in too many chips post flop when behind and we have potential to flop really big and stack one or multiple opponents.
So we’re looking to flop two pair, a straight or big draw to continue and if the flop does come Txx or 9xx then we’re going to control the pot size as much as we can and not get married to weak top pairs.
Isn’t that a more profitable outlook on the hand? I was really quite surprised to see you say it is a fold.
PounceBounce
The 86ss also around 15mins.
It folds to you and you’re in the CO. Isn’t this an open everytime? A one-gap suited connector in late position, we’re most likely going to play a heads up pot in position vs one of the blinds which is a decent scenario.
The worst thing that can happen is we get 3-bet from the button or blinds and we just fold.
PounceBounce
Also why did you bet the turn in the hand above. You have 86 on AA2cc 8h. I don’t see any worse hands calling you on the turn other than a flush draw. So we just get called by better and fold out worse hands for the most part.
BionicApe
If you weren’t playing with a super deep stack, say a standard 3k stack instead would you be opening bets with 3bbs?