Guy makes a youtube channel and posts poker videos. I watched a couple and enjoyed his analysis until this one...
Heads up play in a tournament. Hero looks down at A9 off, 15 blind stack, button opens for 2.5x blind, he calls. Villian is recreational player. Villian has 20 blind stack.
Flop comes x x x, whiffs flop, checks, button C-bets, he folds.
I tell him 3 bet all-in here preflop would be the better play instead of calling out of position, likely all in to pick up the chips pre. You don't want to risk 1/6 your stack out of position with a semi marginal hand like A9 off but you definitely can shove profitably against his possible range which includes hands like J10ss, QJ, KJ, KQ, Ax ss, etc or worse.
He then tells me that he disagrees with 3 betting here, agrees he should not have called, but instead tells me he should have FOLDED. He argues his post flop play in position will allow him to win this match and not flip here.
I don't know why this one got me ranting a bit but wow how exploitable are you going to be if you're folding an Ace pre short stack Heads up play.
Thoughts?
Heads up play in a tournament. Hero looks down at A9 off, 15 blind stack, button opens for 2.5x blind, he calls. Villian is recreational player. Villian has 20 blind stack.
Flop comes x x x, whiffs flop, checks, button C-bets, he folds.
I tell him 3 bet all-in here preflop would be the better play instead of calling out of position, likely all in to pick up the chips pre. You don't want to risk 1/6 your stack out of position with a semi marginal hand like A9 off but you definitely can shove profitably against his possible range which includes hands like J10ss, QJ, KJ, KQ, Ax ss, etc or worse.
He then tells me that he disagrees with 3 betting here, agrees he should not have called, but instead tells me he should have FOLDED. He argues his post flop play in position will allow him to win this match and not flip here.
I don't know why this one got me ranting a bit but wow how exploitable are you going to be if you're folding an Ace pre short stack Heads up play.
Thoughts?
