Friedric

Ok, so I've made bankroll for nl5 shoting, again... I won't start all 4 zoom tables at once, cause the amount of money will crush me, like everytime. So now, I will add 1 nl5 table to 3 nl2 tables and see how it will goes. Maybe after some time I will get known with the new limit and add more tables. I'm much better and smarter than few shots before, so I'm in a good mood Wish me luck!

Lesson #8

Question 1: Post a hand for evaluation. (Post your hand in the No Limit: Hand Evaluations board, and provide a link to your hand in your private thread.)

- QJs nl2 zoom

Question 2: Evaluate one of the hands submitted by other members. ( Choose a hand from the No Limit: Hand Evaluations board and post your own evaluation in the thread. Post a link to the hand you have evaluated in your private thread. You can evaluate as many hands as you want, but try to choose hands not yet evaluated by other users first.)

- A9o limp

Question 3: Consider the following situation:

$100 NL Hold'em (9 handed)

Stacks & Stats:
UTG ($100)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($100)
Hero ($100)
CO ($100)
BU ($100)
SB ($100)
BB ($100) (18/15/3.7/23/732)[VPIP/PFR/AF/WTS/Hands]

Preflop: Hero is BU with 8 :heart:, 9
4 folds, Hero raises to $4.00, 3 folds, BB calls $4.00

Flop: ($8.50) 3 , 6 , 8 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5.50 BB calls $5.50

Turn: ($19.50) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero...

What action would you take, and why?

... Hero bets. I don't think like any other action than bet for value would be better here. We are beaten only by a higher flush, but he can have a sets, FD in his range as well and we have to protect our hand from it. Bet and all in if reraised.

BONUS Question 4 (optional question): Consider the following situation:

$200 NL Hold'em (6 handed)

Stacks & Stats:
MP2 (Hero) ($327.95)
MP3 ($207.45)
CO ($415.55) (TAG)
BU ($373.60) (TAG)
SB ($200.00)
BB ($218.00)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 7 , 8
Hero raises to $7, 1 folds, CO raises to $23, BU calls $23, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls $16

Flop: ($72) 7 , 8 , 8 (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BU bets $52, Hero calls, CO calls

Turn: ($228) K :diamond:(3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, BU checks

River: ($228) Q (3 players)
Hero bets $110, CO raises to $340.55 (All-in), BU folds, Hero?

What factors and concepts that you have learned so far would you use in evaluating this situation? What would your action be?

That one is hard 3bet preflop is narrows his range to TT+, ATs+,AKo,KQs not sure about it tbh. He should fold most of his Ax and KQ hand to BU bet on the flop, so we are left against TT+, which makes some sense cause he checked turn. It looks like a fold to me, cause he can easily represent QQ or KK, but I would call it anyway. I can't fold such a strong hand

Good Job! Homework #8 Done!

About Question #3:
In this case, the right answer is quite obvious. Both AF and WTS speak in favor of a check behind for bluff induce. But your hand is too strong here, so you want to get it all-in on the turn. There are a lot of hands you still have to protect against, too. Playing for bluff induce or pot control would simply be too weak and dangerous.

About Question #4:
About preflop play I'd say that it's still doable while we even are a bit deeper. I expect the hero to play solid postflop play. So Calling is definitely fine here with having 2 opponents in the hand and getting great implied odds. But for more beginners it's definitely a very close spot while they ain't gonna be able to lay down weak hands.

As we have the information that CO is a TAG player. Therefore, we expect him to have a strong 3bet range. Unless we have some other information like he has a wide 3bet range. But while we don’t have that, we basically consider his range to be something QQ+, AK or sometimes even tighter.

So now you have to ask yourself what kind of hands would play like this on river? KK may slowplay like this. QQ definitely is as well in his range. AK/AA he wouldn’t play this way since he know himself as well that he isn’t going to get Called by worse hands. So basically it’s up to the nuts most often. You only beat bluff there and I don’t expect the opponent to bluff in this case unless we know the table dynamics better.

Best of Luck in The Exam!

Thanks Veriz for your help, I really appreciate what you are doing for every player. I wish you everything best and see you on higher stakes! ♦

Of course I will write here if I will have some problems, evaluate some problematic hands and so on. Don't think that I will leave you so fast

Originally posted by Friedric
Thanks Veriz for your help, I really appreciate what you are doing for every player. I wish you everything best and see you on higher stakes! ♦

Of course I will write here if I will have some problems, evaluate some problematic hands and so on. Don't think that I will leave you so fast
Thanks mate. You are welcome to ask whatever questions you have, we can discuss theory or some hand-related questions or you can even post some graphs/stats to analyze. Good luck & going to wait for your posts.

What about my exam?

Gonna start blog soon, so I'm inviting you already to check it out sometimes

Originally posted by Friedric
What about my exam?

Gonna start blog soon, so I'm inviting you already to check it out sometimes

Gonna check them soon, have been really busy with moving and my new flat. Most likely will check them today after coachings.

Good Job! Your exam is done and evaluated! Congratulations, you have PASSED!

I would now advice to take a look at the No Limit Advanced Learning path. Which is located here: No Limit Advanced Learning Path. Although it's without any homework but it's still a path which will help you get the understanding of more advanced stuff. Although it may require higher ranks. Some may require even Gold status.

You are still welcome to use this thread for your progress and if you face any questions about your play/stats or anything you want to ask. Also don't hesitate to continue posting hands which I will be most likely evaluating.

About your exam:
One of the few analyzes actually which had really in-depth analyze in it. I did really like it. You are taking your learning path really seriously and which even should look like for every poker player who wants to become good at it. Most of the hands and even simple questions you did give a depth explanation and which was really nice to read. Of course you did some mistakes like in the math part and so on but it's not a huge problem. Math part was anyways more advanced stuff so I wouldn't really worry about that much.

In future we gonna concentrate more on your hands and try to fix some leaks which. Hopefully you gonna continue posting in the thread. We could take a look at stats and many different kind of things. Maybe even some mindset problem.

Do you have any questions about the exam?

Good Luck on the Tables and with the next learning Path. If you have any questions don't hesitate to hop in your Locker Room thread and ask or post your progress.