WPT Maryland Live Main Event with Andrew Brokos (Part 5)
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ATrainBoston
The last hand (the one you regret with AK vs. AA ) …you made a pretty good case why calling is ok, but my first instinct when you introduced the spot was the shoving as you did was the best option. There is a considerable amount of $ in the pot, SB is a good player….and you have AK! Hard to see how shoving can be that big of a mistake.
I roughly plugged the numbers and situation into Pokersnowie (which I ain’t that good at using yet admittedly) and did a quick analysis and it showed that the EV of all reasonable raises and shoving is better than calling the three bet. And snowie is calling the 5 bet shove if you make like a half-pot 4 bet.
I know that snowie doesn’t take ICM or dynamics into account (although it does allow you to use antes)…but since it seems like you are newly in the money, can you really deviate much from what the math says to do? Anyway, I’m not great at solving situations like this, and it was a tough spot..I think maybe big decisions like this might be a good topic for a future video where you really go in-depth on a hand and use solvers, chip modeling, etc. to really get at the best answer.
Foucault
Thanks for the comment/suggestion. I think it’s just a matter of avoiding big losses being a lot more important than winning a smallish (or even medium-sized) pot. That’s largely a function of how weak the remaining field, and our table in particular, was and expecting to have a big edge going forwards.
coachchris289
What’s the logic in using smaller open sizes from earlier position? I would normally think it would be the opposite, because you have a stronger range opening earlier position, so you can afford to use a bigger raise size with your already strong range. 1 of the things that open size will effect a lot is the price someone is getting on a light 3bet, so 1 of the advantages of non min raises is that it makes it a little more expensive for someone to 3bet light. Are you using the fact that you’re opening EP, so you have a stronger range, so you’re less likely to fold to a 3bet, all as protecting against 3bets, even while using a small sizing?
Foucault
Yeah I think that’s a good way to put it. And not just 3-bets, but even calls – the stronger your range, the better price you need to offer opponents to avoid giving them trivial folds. This is especially true then you’re shallow and their position is not so valuable. Now if you’re dealing with opponents who are insufficiently price sensitive, then it may be correct that you’d prefer to raise larger when you have a stronger range.