10 Responses to “WCOOP Sunday Warmup Hand History Review with Andrew Brokos (Part 1)”

  1. Riar

    66 at 5:20ish…If I recall correctely we talked about how pp are not good bluff candidates given how little equity we have when called. So I’m surprised to see you c betting there on such a board, could you explain your tp ? is it only a range advantage consideration ?

  2. Foucault

    Yeah, not a bet I’d make against solid opponent but presuming that random SWU player calls way too wide a range pre-flop and consequently folds way too easily to cbet.

  3. Jtowe

    Looks like the start to another great series! Keep up the in depth analysis I think that’s what sets you apart from the other pros.

  5. folding_aces_pre_yo

    hey hey, awsome series 🙂

    just have a question regarding the A3s hand , since your on the button , thoughts on 3-betting pre? he’s opening wide pre which makes me wanna 3-bet even more.

    I also think flatting is okay , you played the hand very well! If i was playing that exact same hand yeah i would of turned my hand into a bluff on the flop since i think he’s folding way to often, thing is though we aren’t getting called by worse that often we’re likely to be called by hands that have decent equity against our hand. The protection bet was good on the turn, the turn actually is good for you , it hits your range more then it hits his , so yeah i can see why you turned your hand into a bluff on the turn. v pretty much capped his range there, if he had an over pair he surely would have bet it on the flop , his checked looked super weak imo lol.

  6. folding_aces_pre_yo

    another question regarding the KQo hand , post flop when u made that bet ott your making a modest bluff right? as you’re trying to get weak hands to fold like AK/AQ. also if u were trying to get a fold from lets say AT/KTs/QTs , would you still be making that small bet ott?

    if stacks were deeper i’m pretty you’re betting 3 quarters of the pot or a PSB on thet urn , to get a fold from a pair.

  7. Foucault

    Good questions, FAP. In the future, though, could you try to post approximate timestamps for these hands? I generally need to go back and look at them in order to answer the question, so it’s handy for me to know which part of the video you’re asking about.

    For the KQ hand, as early as the turn bet, I’m thinking about the possibility of a bigger bluff on the river. So although that bet by itself isn’t designed to get him to fold a pair, it is designed to put stacks in play so that I have the option to put pressure on his pairs on the river. You’re right that with deeper stacks I’d want to bet larger on the turn to set that up.

    As for the A3s, just because he’s opening wide pre doesn’t mean you have to make your move pre. If his range is too weak pre-flop, then it will still be weak on the flop. I don’t think 3betting is bad against an overly wide opener, but I don’t think it’s true that 3betting is necessarily the best way of playing back at an overly wide opener. In close cases, I tend not to pick preflop fights against good MTT players because that’s their specialty, whereas I often have more postflop experience than they do.

    What are the hands that have “decent equity” that you see check-calling the flop? I expect it to be mostly pairs (which obviously have good equity insofar as they’re ahead) and AK/AQ moreso than like big draws or other unpaired hands.

  8. folding_aces_pre_yo

    sorry about that , i’ll make sure I will do that 🙂

    I’m actually not to sure what to make of his c/c , since he’s a good opponent i’m pretty sure he’s going to have a balanced c/c range.

    V may decide to c/c his marginal hands for pot control hands like Ac8h or hands like 77/55.

    as for which hands he may c/c that have good equity vs hero , KQs, KJs, KTs,, or an over pair like AA with a club.

    However don’t u think if he had over pair with lets say a club , he would want to bet these to get value from smaller pairs and draws , i think is a board that v would want to front load his value if he had an over pair.

  9. Foucault

    Yes, that’s why I’m not too worried about betting into his c/c range. Can’t see him c/c the draws/overcards with minimal showdown value you mention, he should be betting or c/f those. Most “good” tournament players are horribly unbalanced in spots like this (most spots, really). The term “good” is a relative one in this context and often refers more to their pre-flop strategy than anything else.

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