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Sit and Go

pzhon		13 Jul 10
Rating:		(83 Votes)
Views:	11374

Description

In his first video for PokerStrategy.com Douglas "pzhon" Zare talks about "The Golden Rule": You are in the small blind, everyone outside the blinds folds. When should you shove from the small blind?

Comments (70)

#1 CBFunk, 13 Jul 10 13:38

Enjoy

#2 CBFunk, 13 Jul 10 13:39

this video will be available for basic status for one week

#3 CBFunk, 13 Jul 10 13:40

Enjoy!
This video will be available for basic status for one week

#4 Frutosx, 13 Jul 10 14:16

1st!!!

#5 Fistor, 13 Jul 10 14:35

WWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

i already started to miss this guy :D

good to have you here doug

#6 LLuq, 13 Jul 10 14:51

I like!

#7 OnkelHotte, 13 Jul 10 14:53

Thanks for that video. Very well explained!

#8 davels36, 13 Jul 10 15:09

nice video :)

#9 Schmuvness, 13 Jul 10 15:11

I really liked your first video.

It felt comfortable to finally listen to somebody who doesn't say "uhm" all the time but who talks confidently and without mumbling.

Also I liked the length of this video and the design of the sheets for most video producers merely read out what they have written down but do not enhance those topics with examples or ongoing thoughts.

I am already looking forward to your next video and I am thrilled to find out what the next topic will be.

Thumbs up from Germany

#10 DonTabamsey, 13 Jul 10 15:20

one of the best mtt vids since a long time

#11 DaMas187, 13 Jul 10 16:16

"one of the best mtt vids since a long time"

this

#12 controle, 13 Jul 10 16:19

Awesome vid! Great voice to listen to and superb content. Looking forward to see more of you :)

#13 maniac, 13 Jul 10 17:01

#14 maniac, 13 Jul 10 17:10

how do you calculate the avg. loss?

#15 Trimmi110, 13 Jul 10 17:12

nice vid with awesome content and quality...

I like!

#16 kiromanAAKK, 13 Jul 10 18:25

Very interesting and helpful! Thank you

#17 Huckebein, 13 Jul 10 18:33

Very nice video!

I'm looking forward to see your next videos!

#18 celex, 13 Jul 10 19:22

nice vid!
made me understand what I do when I openpush from the SB^^

#19 JustgAMblin, 13 Jul 10 19:24

Very nice. I liked it.

#20 LX4DR, 13 Jul 10 19:24

i like!

#21 scion, 13 Jul 10 19:56

2nd)

#22 killedbamby, 13 Jul 10 20:00

setting a new standard for all upcoming vids

#23 luckluke, 13 Jul 10 21:14

easily one of the best poker theory vids

#24 Duodax, 13 Jul 10 21:42

good strategy ...

#25 hackfleesch, 13 Jul 10 22:06

this is excellent content and a very well done video!! welcome to ps.com. keep up the good work.

#26 thebigticket, 13 Jul 10 23:04

very professional presentation, good job

#27 BHSurfer, 14 Jul 10 01:24

welcome in our community.
very nice vid. The next vids will be available for gold members? Or will the good contend again just be for diamant members?

#28 pzhon, 14 Jul 10 03:43

Thank you all for the warm welcome.

To address Maniac's question, I have added a post to the thread on this video in the Coaching, Video and Hand Evaluation Feedback forum.

To BHSurfer: I'm not sure of the levels of my next videos, but I plan to make both some introductory videos and some very advanced ones.

#29 TheVoiceLv, 14 Jul 10 11:30

Хорошее видео

#30 steinek, 14 Jul 10 18:09

Great video! You have a pretty big talent to explain the main facts in simple and very clear words. It's just great to listen to your explanations.
Also the usual mistakes you mention (like thinking that bad players call too loose in the BB or thinking pushing for 15BB just risks way to much to be profitable) are exactly the ones I have experienced even very talented beginners committing regularly.
Thank you and I am looking forward to your next videos.

#31 Rolo23, 14 Jul 10 19:24

nice

#32 lippo81, 14 Jul 10 23:28

good stuff!

#33 JamesPate, 15 Jul 10 08:20

very nice! can`t wait for the next one...

#34 Wizzzl65, 15 Jul 10 16:24

verry nice video

hope there will come another videos like this for bronze - silver status.

#35 Wizzzl65, 15 Jul 10 16:46

on witch status this video available after the week?

#36 CBFunk, 16 Jul 10 14:36

@27

silver

#37 combat2208, 16 Jul 10 22:43

Very nice job!
Well Done!
Looking for more to come ...^^

#38 Ramble, 17 Jul 10 15:19

Great educational video. I like the class-room style, works best for this type of material.

#39 lindsay1302, 17 Jul 10 21:03

este chabon la tiene muuuy clara, demasiado.

#40 easy188, 17 Jul 10 23:17

warum gibt es solche Super Videos nicht auf Deutsch ????

#41 DONGSIM, 18 Jul 10 13:52

When your book will be available?

#42 impeccable, 19 Jul 10 14:46

Where can I download the Chart for the "Nash Equilibrium Pushes"

#43 Cardbender, 19 Jul 10 16:26

Hey great video, Do you have any Backgammon videos online? I would like to watch them also if you do.

#44 Froydian, 20 Jul 10 01:43

Esa es la idea :)

#45 hackbinder, 20 Jul 10 03:14

Wow... Now that was a clinic. Straight up big league! Great video.

#46 CBFunk, 20 Jul 10 07:29

@32

here´s a link to the chart:

http://www.holdemresources.net/hr/sngs/hune.html

#47 pzhon, 20 Jul 10 09:28

@7: I don't have any backgammon videos available at the moment. You can read a few selected posts or articles of mine at bkgm.com, and I have over 100 articles on the mathematics of backgammon at GammonVillage.com (subscription).

#48 MadameElle, 21 Jul 10 08:58

Very Nice Video! i learned a lot from it - thank you!!!!!

#49 Cardbender, 21 Jul 10 12:27

ok thanks

#50 pzhon, 21 Jul 10 20:07

@31 Thanks for your interest! We aren't sure when the book will come out, but the writing is finished so it should be only months away. I will make sure that the book is announced here when it is available.

#51 RobbieV, 23 Jul 10 17:32

great video, thanks

#52 runninlikejesus, 24 Jul 10 16:25

interesting video, thumbs up

#53 Nhoca, 26 Jul 10 01:58

I think this video is great, very clear explanations and not boring at all! Thank you.

#54 TheWarrior, 01 Aug 10 11:43

Very nice video. Thank you for that.

1. Where can I get the Nash-Chart you use in the Video?

2. Why do some numbers from the chart in the video differ to the chart on Hold'em resources?

#55 IdiotWind, 18 Aug 10 03:47

wow excelente video

#56 futuredurrrr, 30 Aug 10 12:36

Brilliant video. Didn't know anything about this till now. was trying to find a heads up sng end game strategy. now i found more!

#57 miljonszalie, 10 Sep 10 10:34

Thank You!

This is really good one! =)

#58 pieter80, 11 Sep 10 21:32

This is gold! thank you!

#59 alenstrat, 02 Oct 10 05:33

Very nice. Thank you for the great vid and thanks pokerstrategy for all the high quality material that's coming up lately!

#60 Mirkotoscano, 03 Oct 10 16:14

very nice video

#61 iNspiRe, 06 Oct 10 10:40

Hey there, Douglas. Here is one question form russian community.

quote: Let's assume there are two players who can perfectly adopt they push or fold play. Also let's assume at the beginning their push/fold play is far away from Nash Equilibrium. Will their play seek to this equilibrium as to the limit, knowing they can perfectly adopt? For example, we know one player will call push in the big blind with a 100% range - then another player will find it out and immidiately change his play, then first player will find out that second player changed his game and will change his game as well and so on to the infinity. Will both of this players in the end change their push/fold chart to Nash Equilibrium, or final chart depends on initial data?

#62 pzhon, 18 Oct 10 19:36

@54 See 46 for a HU chart. Some of the numbers differ slightly from some numbers on HoldemResources.net, which is not consistent with itself, but please let me know if you find large differences.

#63 pzhon, 18 Oct 10 19:41

@61 In many poker situations, iterating exploitive adaptations to others' play does NOT converge to the Nash equilibrium. The Nash equilibrium may be unstable in this sense. The optimal response to a small deviation may be a large deviation. You can see this in rock-paper-scissors, as the optimal response to 33% rock, 33% paper, 34% scissors is 100% rock, far from the Nash equilibrium strategy.

You can try to take a weighted average of your current strategy with the exploitive response to your opponent's current strategy. This works better in poker than it does in rock-paper-scissors.

#64 YourDoom, 04 Jan 11 23:21

Great video! Another leak uncovered. Thanks!

#65 013paul, 10 May 11 18:37

One of the best video's I have seen on Pokerstrategy, thanks for this one and your other video's!

#66 Th0m4sBC, 21 Jun 11 17:55

Great video. Just awe.....wait...wait for it..... some! awesome!

#67 Harnas31, 20 Aug 11 21:36

Problem is that when you run into TT+, AQ+ you dont have more opportunities to keep pushing.

#68 Harnas31, 20 Aug 11 21:36

you are out of tournament

#69 pzhon, 24 Aug 11 02:06

@67-68 Pushing a mediocre hand preflop is a semibluff. You have a good chance to win the blinds immediately, and if you get called, you sometimes draw out. For example, 98o has 37% equity against AQo. If you get called and lose, that's bad, but if you have the other player covered (which happens often if you have been stealing aggressively earlier) then you have a chance to recover. The value of stealing the blinds is often worth the small risk that you run into a big hand and fail to draw out.

#70 Reast1338, 26 Jan 12 14:40

Really good video, instantly made my play better!