Merge High Roller Hand History Review by Marc Alioto (Part 1)

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Merge High Roller Hand History Review by Marc Alioto (Part 1)
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  2. terbet11

    Marc, your passion for the game is contagious!! I love listening to you teach, it makes me want to go get on the tables immediately. Quick question though regarding buy ins. Will you make a series for some smaller to medium buy ins? I mainly play an average of $5-$15 buy ins and would love to see your approach there as well. I love the creativity and think “out of the box” mentality but is it necessary in the smaller buy ins especially vs less thinking players who are clicking buttons? Can’t wait for the rest of the series!!!

  3. Sen

    Totally +1 for this.
    Love your content and passian, Marc, but would also be very happy if you’d make some videos to low buy-ins.
    Anyway I get so much out of your videos, even if it’s high BI so please keep up the great work.

  4. marc alioto

    Thanks you all for the kind comments. There is def. a different approach to playing the lower buy ins and i think i can make a great vid for you guys. My next vid will be my first live sweat playing the smaller to medium buy ins.

  5. marc alioto

    I play 100% differently when i do play buy ins under 20$. A more ABC approach for the most part but i POUND the bubble hard when the $ jumps are big. Next vid i will highlight the adjustments we need to make in order to play properly against the fish. Happy my passion is contagious, couldn’t ask for a better compliment
    GL

  8. FkCoolers

    I think you’re probably thinking about some hands more than how you explain them here but some of these preflop moves come across as just blind aggro button clicking, like the 62dd hand.

    No blockers, position is meh, etc. It sort of comes off like a random move that happened to work.

    One thing I agree with is no need for the same bet sizing as every other reg out there. Battler33 proves that, too.

    The more you can confuse people, the more bad decsions they’ll make and the more passive they become.

  9. marc alioto

    I couldnt disagree more about the blind aggro button clicking. Maybe i dont explain myself enough, but getting moved to a new table an establishing an aggro image is so underated. Also, i imagine the spew who is open limping the hijack has been spewing the entire tournament and cutoff is happy playing hands with him in pos. Good players ISO weak limpers super wide, cause usually they flat and check fold flops. Why wouldnt i want to put pressure on villain my very first hand when everybody is readless to my play? TBH, my play makes perfect sense. Who needs blockers? Why not establish a super agg image on the very first hand of a new table? Winning pots that most dont, the key to becoming great. If you aren’t taking agg spots like this, YOU SHOULD BE!!! I do love your comment on confusing people tho. Nobody does it better than battler and adjusting our sizing from opens,3 bets, cold 4s and cbets all will do this. Appreciate the comment, but i really dont think im button clicking. I have a plan and used this in the summer when i was playing heeps live. Establish a spewy/agg image and get paid on my big hands. Its an amazing strategy in deeper structured tournies. You should def try it coolers.
    GL

  11. FkCoolers

    My bad… the 83o hand around 39 minutes. I had to rewatch to see which once stuck out the most.

    We 3 bet a guy with really TAG stats twice in a row when he opens from EP and we have to fold to the second one.

  12. jamo

    22:54 – With KK, what are you hoping to get calls from by jamming river? If he has a missed draw, and you’ve already said he’s a ‘blaster’, then how about check calling to pick off bluffs? Does this player call three streets with AT, JJ which are the second best hands you can expect him to flat pre here? I would guess, though, that he would call two streets with draws and then jam river if checked to since it’s the only way he can win the pot. It would be great if you could talk about his range a little more and why you’ve chosen to shove river as opposed to betting smaller or check/calling. Nice vid, keep up the good work!

  13. loxxii

    1. In Vegas we talked about opening and 3betting more pre ante just to build a wild image and pad HUD stats. I saw a few spots where I would do this. Probably just a difference in styles and I did hear you say you were 8 tabling too but just to make sure, would you advise against being aggro early for these reasons?

    2. KK at 22:30 vs the guy you just owned with the nut low flush. I think he is calling down with a ton of draws with no show down value. I think he thinks you are trying to own him again so I like check shoving the river to prove him right. Am I giving up too much by checking turn?

    3. A6o at 26:00 vs aggro guy. You flop top, turn goes check check. We know is range is wide and doesnt contain hands with a lot of showdown value. I know if I am in his shoes, I am bluffing river (a.) because you have played the hand passively (b.) to not have to show my hand (c.) because it’s the only way I can win with half my range. Are we giving up too much by checking to induce a river bluff? This is similar to question 2 and it could be a spot I am missing a ton of value in.

    Halfway done, but antes just kicked in so I have to finish this later. Another top notch vid chirp.

  14. omahoff

    Enjoyed this video, I’m glad I was at your table for 4 hands and got 3bet by 62s. Nicely done sir, I’m coming for ya!

  16. marc alioto

    Def calling 3 streets with any 10 against me and i dont think he is folding any 8 either. We could bluff catch and i really do like that against some villains. However, based on the dynamic i have with this player, i think we miss value here when we dont bet/shove. He could have those missed draws but he also could be bluff catching himself. Since i had played a couple pots with him, i think we make a critical mistake if we check the river. He is looking to make thin calls against me and we have to exploit that when we have the nuts. I also think most of his good draws will be raised on flop or turn, so based on that i think his range his weighted more towards the middle pair hands. Based on stack sizes, raising his flush or strt draws on turn seems to be the most optimal play against an agg opponent like myself who is capable of 2 barreling light.
    Great ? imo,
    GL

  17. marc alioto

    1) I would only be against super agg style pre ante if the structure was bad, which the HIgh roller is not. I really think we are onto something when we talked about messing with HUD stats by playing super spewy early. Maybe just at 10-20 adding in a lot of open limps and even smaller 3 bets. I think limping will destroy our opponents view on how we play the game. Usually, when i see a 40 VPIP(voluntarily putting money into the pot for those that dont know) i think of them as a spew. Most regs would think the samr, so mind fcking them is an amazing concept. New vid-Mind Fucking your opponent??

  18. marc alioto

    2) I strongly believe he is raising most of his draws other than pure gutshots. I think the only hands he bluffs shoves on the river checked to are complete air that he decided to float. Based on this textured board, i think that is very unlikely. I think we are missing way too much value against an opponent looking to hero against an agg player like myself. I think this could be a huge leak if we arent shoving based on our image.

  19. marc alioto

    3) again, not betting this river is a huge mistake. The 9 is a horrible card to check/induce. Any other card that didnt pair the board i would agree with checking. You have to understand that by establishing our spewy image early players are likely to call here with any pairs and even some nuttier no pair hands like kx. The times he has 1010-kk we are missing heeps of value. People just arent going to be bluffing that flop/turn/river with complete air, especially on the US sites. What am i flatting with on flop that im folding to a river bet? let me know……

  20. marc alioto

    A good reg knows to iso a late position limp super wide. You should be flattered to be 3 bet by the 62 diamonds imo, just shows my respect.

  21. lapp3r30

    Great first Vid Marc!@!@

    Just a quick question… Are you not that by mixing the sizing up THAT much that you’re really giving out bet size tells that higher level players will be able to exploit??? I mean when you’re making these bigger 3b’s it seemed like every time you did it there was zero percent chance you could be at the top of your range. Don’t you think simplicity in your 3bs and sizing is gonna be a lot less exploitable?

    Cheers bud!

  22. loxxii

    Missed clubs?

    I agree with your all points. I think I am giving them too much credit in terms of thinking ability and how much they are paying attention.

    I have to remind myself to keep exploiting players with the bet-fold line until they adjust correctly. I end up seeing that they should be adjusting and assume they are when I haven’t seen prove of it. Then I adjust to their phantom adjustment. I guess this is what leveling yourself is.

  24. Zagga

    Great news that “We” took 19th in that side event.Looking forward to spending some of our winnings 😉
    Enjoyed the vid and love your TPE pod hand strategy debates too.Keep up the good work!

  25. jayd

    At the 13:00 mark with the 22 hand, would you ever consider betting there?

    I learned from an old pro who has had lots of success, that in that situation when you are 2nd to act in a 3-player pot, if v1 checks and you bet, you usually only have to get through v2 (unless of course v1 is tricky and slow-playing) to win the hand because v1 would have bet if he had anything worth continuing with.

    Obviously it is player, and flop texture dependant, but another thing going in your favor is that you betting into 2 players makes you look even stronger.

    It’s similar to the reasoning behind a squeeze play where if the guy who flatted had anything great, he likely would have 3bet the raiser.

    I have run this play many times with success, and just wanted to get your thoughts. Awesome vids bro. Thank you!

  26. marc alioto

    As long as we are balancing our range by 3 betting bigger and smaller with our full range we will be fine. I dont see how you can say there was 0% chance i could have the top of my range, how can you assume that? This is a new strategy for me so ill give it some time before i decide if its useful or not.

  28. marc alioto

    I can totally see your thought process, only thing i dont like about this exact spot is that we are pre ante and there isnt much in the pot. Deeper in an mtt, when antes are present, I love betting in this spot. With antes, there is so much more in the pot so it has to work less times in order to be profitable. Great post though, as i need to find more spots like this to improve my game.
    Thanks

  30. ehhh7

    The A,K vs A,J hand… You say you think he’s a good player (before the hand) and you point out his call with one pair is really bad…

    So why are you jamming river, if you don’t think you’ll be called by a worse hand, and he obviously doesn’t fold better?

  31. marc alioto

    So you are saying we should check back river, when he check called ace turn and checks river? I dont understand your ? because i am closing out the action. i say he is bad because I am 3 betting an utg open, checking back 567, and betting two streets after an ace turn. i say he is probably good before because of his HUD stats which are very STD reg mtt stats. Clearly my hand is face up(or should be) and im never bluffing. Saying he is bad is a lil harsh, but i just dont know what he beats when im barreling twice on ace turn after checking back flop. Not shoving the river would be a huge leak cause even good players make mistakes and are sometimes multy-tabling playing ABC poker. Obviously we can get called by worse, i never said we couldnt, and that doesnt necessarily make him bad when he does call. I just think in this hand, I never can be bluffing the river.Even if there is a .0000009% chance i get called by worse, im still betting when it is clear i have the nuts. Any hand that is beating me would have check raised turn or led river.

  32. lapp3r30

    Understood… I get that it’s new. It just seems to complicate things more than it creates value opportunities. I don’t knock you at all!! Awesome to see you try new stuff… Just asking the question hombre! : )

  33. marc alioto

    I wasn’t geting defensive my dude, just asking you a ? as i believe this is the best way to get better.
    “it seemed like every time you did it there was zero percent chance you could be at the top of your range.”
    I rarely ever showed down in this series when i was bluffing so impossible for Villains to know im light. You can tell because all of my hands are exposed, but i wasn’t playing face up.

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