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Hey Sasquatch. As promised I'm looking over the video. I'm giving my comments on hands as they happen. I'll post commentary for the first 20 minutes now and hopefully that prompts some discussion for you, and I'll post the second half another time so there isn't an information overload!
To start, I just want to say thanks for taking the time to make a video. I know it's not necessarily an easy thing to do, opening yourself up for (constructive) criticism. So credit for that, it's good you're doing what you can to improve.
Are the interuptions you had during making the video an indication that you often play stuck for time? If so, do you think that has an impact on the quality of your game?
Table 1, KdQd, 00:41/40:34 - In the CO you can open to 3x, 4x is fine if you're playing a tight value orientated game but if you're going to be opening a wide range in the CO/BTN then 3x is fine. Vs a station 3 streets of value is fine. If we had a read villain bets when checked to, that could be a river consideration but as we don't, well played. You did mention a hand you were behind (you didn't think he had AQ), but what could he have here? Flush draws, straight draws, pretty much any Queen like Q7s+, Q9o+, JT, etc. River is a good bet/fold.
The immediate hand after this was the Table 1 resident donkey minraising K3o, calling a 4x 3bet and bluffing badly. This is definitely something you can talk about as it happens and not just about your game, and definitely be making a note of things like this because it could help you play against villain later on. You pointed out a couple of times that vyadzmak opens to 10bbs or more, but in this hand he minraised K3o. So, villain could be randomly clicking buttons or he raises big hands big and small hands small but can't let go of them either way.
Table 2, 6:21/40:34 - You are reviewing a hand that happened between two villains at your table, good! Checking previous hand histories is a good habit to have, even if you're just looking to see what some recent hands were and not any hand in particular. You note that villain raised 87o, but from what position? That is a solid piece of information you missed. What were villain's actions postflop with the hand? Played strong? Weakly? Below are the notes you could make in future:
WeChillin: Open btn 3.5x w/ 87o, flats donk from sb 2/3 psb flop, call 2/3 psb lead turn, c/b river 2dTd7s9h2c
ryann3: 40bb stack flats AQo vs btn 3.5x open, donk flop 2/3 psb, lead turn 2/3 psb, give up river 2dTd7s9h2c
So what can you do with this information in future? Well, we have reason to believe WeChillin's range for calling 2 streets after raising pf is weak hands and draws. We now have information on the kind of hand ryannn3 is willing to donk multiple streets with.
Table 2, 6:39/40:34 - WeChillin 3bets a CO halfstack open from the SB with TT, and ships over a min4bet. Note!
Table 1, 7:42/40:34 - You raise Ah4h 4x into two tighties and a shorty with less than 40bb. Did you even notice the shorty? Raise to 3x here, making it cheaper to steal the blinds and less expensive if shorty pushes. You noted that villain only had 7 hands at the table but didn't mention this was the first he had played. I don't think it's a terrible cbet, it's our first pot with villain, you have a backdoor flush draw and an over, but we can definitely shut down on the turn. Given we are going to be giving up a lot of turns when called, I'd suggest betting a little less on the flop like 55-60c. I know it doesn't seem like a big difference, but saving a big blind here and there will do wonders for your winrate.
After the hand, you mentioned you open Ah4h mostly for 2 pair or the flush. But a lot of the value you get from this hand is using your image as the pfr to cbet and take down a lot of flops. You may understand that but you didn't mention it.
Table 1, 33, 9:18/40:34 - You fold 33, saying you won't open it UTG. I'll refer you to the awesome sauce 123 "Super-Simple Guide to Beating Games Post-UIGEA". If you haven't read this before, read it. If you have read it, read it again. Open any pocket pair UTG, ESPECIALLY on what is a pretty tight table now. Raising UTG you get to rep a much bigger hand, whilst also having a disguised set.
After the hand, you consider opening a new table. You should definitely do this because bar a 22b fish the table has dried up. You didn't though.
Table 2, QJo, 10:00/40:34 - Good raise from this position, though on a tight table 3x would suffice. You can cbet this flop, but I like checking back and putting in a delayed cbet on the turn as by that point if we can bet, villain has checked to us twice. If we don't think we're being bluffed often we can fold to a bet, and if we think people are betting their decent hands we can fold unless checked to. What kind of hand do you think someone calling 28% of the time could have pf? Stove it for a general idea. How much of that range gives up on the flop? Small pocket pairs, a lot of broadways, etc. So that leaves straight draws, top pair, mid pair, 99, 77, things like that. It's upto you to constantly whittle down villain's range from your opening assumption. Stove your hand vs a range like the above for villain on the flop, the better your equity the happier you should feel about firing again.
Table 1, Ad4d, 11:29/40:34 - You missed the previous hand where BahamaPo stacked off with A-hi on a paired board, or at least didn't note you saw it. I don't like calling here. Villain is short, we don't make a lot of money when we hit a good hand, we're in a meh spot if we hit something weak or nothing at all, and villain just lost a 26bb stack the previous hand trying to blow someone off a paired board after raising pf. You said villain cbet less than half pot (into 3 callers), but he actually bet 2/3 pot. The pot amount is above the flop cards, "total pot" underneath includes any bets in that round. I assume this is just a lack of familiarity with the FT software.
Table 2, 5s8s, 12:07/40:34 - ryann3 limps into you. From our previous experience (see the 87o vs AQo hand) we know he's not a good player. Villain likely has a wide range for open limping the sb. When he checks to you, bet 15c into the 19c pot. You have the best hand a lot of time but most of the cards left to fall will be overcards, so if you want to win this pot (2bb, think of your winrate  ) then bet now. There's no harm in betting weak TP, or a second/third pair hand blind vs blind after you're limped into. If you're not betting these on the flop a lot you're losing value. Keep an eye on this villain to see if he open limps the sb a lot.
I was going to note that you aren't paying enough attention to the tables if you missed back to back quads between the same two players, but you went back and reviewed hand histories so that's awesome. Keep doing that, the quieter things are, the more you should be looking. The more information we have on players, the better we can play against them.
Table 1, As2s, 16:00/40:34 - You referred to IncredibleBud as a limper but he actually posted in the CO which isn't a sign of a good player. Limping in isn't awful, but given IncredibleBud posted and then checked, we can assume his hand isn't great. We know zergmiky isn't a super loose fish, so even though we're in the SB this isn't a bad spot to isolate raise over Bud's post because we're gonna pick up the post and blinds a lot of the time. You said "this is why I limp in, I don't usually hit" but remember that we make a lot of our value from times we don't hit too. Don't think about how often we hit as it won't have a positive effect on your game.
Table 2, 99, 16:40/40:34 - You fold here correctly stating you aren't good here, but next time, list the kind of hands you think NLDestroyer, who based on stats and name we can assume is a standard regular, can have. And then list some hands Kotofej could raise. What parts of NLDestroyer's range can continue and how best to play it? Try to think pretty deeply into hands, not just your own but interesting spots like this as it will help a lot.
In the above hand, it turned out Kotofej had raised 2PTK on the flop but gave up on the turn and river. NLDestroyer called the flop raise with an overpair, checked turn to villain and failed to valuebet a blank river. These are all noteworthy. You did make a note on Kotojef but it could have been more detailed, I don't think AJs or AJo makes a huge difference in how they play it but it helps to be in the habit of keeping even the small details correct, and you should definitely note what happened to the action after villain raised the flop.
Also noteworthy - zergmiky from table 1 has just sat down at table 2. Note that he's a multitabler. Do the same for NLDestroyer. Identify these players. You can also note that zergmiky olimped Ac3c in the sb vs a tight bb and didn't try to take the pot down.
Table 1 - Jc9s, 17:01/40:34 - It's folded to you on the btn and you fold. This is a standard open vs a super tight BB and an SB that will fold a lot but we have position on when called. Vs two super loose fishtards, then you may not be comfortable opening here, but vs these two villains raise 3x all day every day.
Table 1 - ThKd, 18:23/40:34 - I know we're in early position but this table is playing pretty tight, you can definitely open 3x here. The tighter a table gets, the more you should open up, and if people start playing back or the table loosens up then readjust.
Table 1, 19:59/40:34 - You still haven't changed this table, and you haven't adjusted to how tight it is either. You note that the table is nitty again but say you'll stay "just because". Why? If the table isn't good enough, find another one.
Table 1, 20:33/40:34 - It's folded to you on the btn and you fold A5o stating that villains never fold to a steal. I don't think this is true as I haven't seen many raises on in against them on this table, but if it were true, then A5o is ahead of their range isn't it? 3x this.
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