DragTheBar video excerpts for Cardschat

We are pleased to announce that DragTheBar will be creating video excerpts exclusively for Cardschat members. Various coaches from DTB will create the videos and will participate in the discussions about the concepts discussed in the videos here at Cardschat.

We will have coaches for various game types - cash games, tournaments, sng's etc participating.

1. The first video has been created by Hunter Bick who is one of the co-founders of DTB. He is a significant winner at mid-stakes heads up and 6-max NLHE.

You can view the video and join in the discussion here:

BeachJustice on Overbet Bluffs (http://www.cardschat.com/f53/beachjustice-overbet-bluffs-174939/)

2. The second video was created by Paul Hoppe aka GiantBuddha. He is a limit coach at DTB and even if you don't play limit you will learn something from this video.

GiantBuddah's Hand of the Day (http://www.cardschat.com/f53/giantbuddha-analyzes-hand-lhe-176459/)

3. The 3rd video was created by Greg (zerosum79). He is a sng coach at DTB and this video is part 1 of his ABC's of Sit in Goes series.

Zerosum79's ABC's of SNG's Part 1

4. The 4th video was created by Jeremy Menard (Chipsteela/EndlessJ). He is an MTT coach at DTB and this set of videos is part 1 of his Sunday Million series.

Chipsteela/EndlessJ Wins the Sunday Million (http://www.cardschat.com/f53/chipsteela-endlessj-wins-sunday-million-182486/)

I will update in this thread each time a new video thread is created. (We are not sure what the frequency will be - but it will be an on-going thing.)

DragTheBar offers a free seven day trial when you register. I have been a member there for a few months now and have found some great videos.

That is kool. What is dragthebar. Is it like cardrunners? I will find out myself weeeeee.

Yes it is. Tyvm google. About to watch video.

Fantastic news. Am I to presume that this might have something to do with having Dusty Schmidt as a member since he is an instructor over there?

Indirectly maybe. Dusty and I talked about doing something but not anything specific. Then Phil and I had some discussions and this was the end result. We talked about videos for Cardschat and this is the idea Phil had that we thought might be good.

That's nice! Great job putting this together dakota.

Wow really cool! Glad to see CardsChat advancing!

nice

Nice job to whoever organised this, I assume it was you Daks, but is it possible to lock this thread so that when new vids are available the wont be buried amongst all other posts ITT.

Locking the thread doesn't make much sense. When new videos are added I will post the link here as a bump and to the OP.

Ok if it is in the OP that will make it easy.

Very informative video. Thanks Debi and Hunter/BeachJustice for setting this up. Subscribing for future sessions.

Cool. WTG dakota. You sure do alot for this forum!

Ty cardschat and dakota for all you do for the members!!!

Super badass to have this added to the forum!!

After watching that vid i went and checked out DTB.com and am definately set on getting a membership there..probably wont start the subscribtion til june though that way a couple months of poker earning i can save up to spend on it. very nice site

Yes this is great for cc. Thanks mods for setting this up.

Thank you CC,this is definatly a huge value add for us.I sure will take advantage of this

Lazmansa

Just seen this. This is a great idea that will help both of the sites. Hunter has some really cool vids on DTB (already checked out the 7 day free trial) and it's nice to see him posting on here as well as Dusty. Can't wait for more from the rest of the coaches.

All, the second video from DTB is available!

http://www.cardschat.com/f53/giantbu...nd-lhe-176459/ (http://www.cardschat.com/f53/giantbuddha-analyzes-hand-lhe-176459/)

Enjoy!

Cool I will check it out. Just another tool to use on CC to help every 1 improve there poker game

LHE.. sigh.... Will check it out though for sure. Really great to see this stuff on here. tks guys!!!!!!! (& girls)

Hey guys. I'll be happy to answer any questions about the hand or concepts discussed in the video. Yes, it's an LHE hand, but I do some detailed combo analysis which you can apply to your NL game just as easily.

This may not be the best thread to post in, but just a quick question.

In the near future im looking to really get stuck in and learn LHE, I believe if you have a strong LHE game, you can just about play any form of poker. I also believe that it would help to build up my post flop skills. (I'm mostly a SNG player, limited cash experience)

Where is the best place to get started? Books? Drag the bar? playing low limit LHE? What would you recommend a novice LHE player to start out doing?

I'm sure Paul will give much better advice, but fwiw, I just spent some time studying the game. I wouldn't recommend just jumping on to the tables - coming from NLHE, I really didn't grasp how the better odds to draw/bluff/bluff catch would impact hand ranges, it was a major shock to me to see what hands are being played pf and what hands are calling down (bottom pair, A hi, etc. - has a huge impact on how you think about value betting ).

It was also a change for me to understand MP and CO ranges (6max) need to be a bit tighter than in NLHE, and toning down some of my implied odds hands from NLHE on the btn. As an example, in 6max I usually open any pp in any position - in LHE, I open fold 22-66 in all positions, unless the blinds are super tight and I'm btn.

That stuff isn't fun to figure out at the table, I'd definitely go the vids or books route. And I did benefit alot from Paul and DTB, and from DC where I'm also a member.

I know exactly what you mean, i play the 8 game rotation on stars, for fun mostly, i really enjoy the differant styles of poker, Im able to hold my own in most games, but LHE i just cannot get a grip of, i find myself in weird and wonderful spots, where i have absolutely no idea what to do. I might give the DTB route a try. Any books you can recommend?

Yeah, I'm playing mixed games as well, that was the initial motivation to study LHE. I'm hoping to make mixed games a primary game for myself fwiw - since all the players have strengths and weaknesses, finding players who are weak in the games I'm stronger in should be profitable, as long as I improve in the games I'm weak in lol .

The consensus I've seen in all forums is Grudzien's book Winning Tough Holdem Games - haven't read it myself though, so can't comment. Paul has mentioned that he's writing a book on LHE - can't wait to see it.

P.S. Shameless CC plug - If you haven't read FP's strat posts, these are excellent as well: http://www.cardschat.com/blog/04/30/...gy-blog-posts/ They're mostly LHE, which isn't obvious since he's currently playing NLHE.

Thanks to all who took part in adding this to the site!! I think it will be a great benefit to all of us who check it out!

Thanks for your help. I might be poking my head in the Non holdem cash threads more often in the future

Sounds like a good plan. If you have Drag the Bar, I'd recommend watching my first video, Learning How To Learn. The whole video is essentially an answer to this question. I have another 42 videos on there that cover LHE strategy. (so far - more to come). There are a couple other sites that also have excellent LHE content.

As for book, I'd recommend Small Stakes Holdem by Miller, Sklansky & Malmuth for more introductory concepts, and Winning In Tough Holdem Games for more advanced ones. I have more than one book planned that I hope will lead me to give different recommendations in the future.

LHE gives you the opportunity to play a large number of hands and see lots of showdowns, and as such I think it's great for your poker development.

Given that this is a poker forum, I should also mention that posting hands and replying to other players' hands is a great way to work on your game.

Thanks for this info...will check it out...I certainly need help with aspects of my game. What's the charge after 7 days? Regards, Wally

Thanks a lot guys, this info should be really helpful, off on my LHE journey i go

Well, I finally broke down and got a one month subscription to DTB. It's not really in my budget, but I'm using some of the money I would normally put into poker. I'm actually going to put a lot of time this month on DTB and then I'll decide whether or not to buy a year subscription.

The 3rd video from DTB has been posted:

Zerosum79's ABC's of SNG's Part 1

Feel free to ask zerosum79 questions in the thread.

Nice video - thanks zerosum!

One question I have is how do you derive the %ages of the villains range? In your vid for example you used 35% of their range for pushing with 5BB but how did you arrive at that figure? I can see how we can then use this figure to derive an output from SNGWizard but is it a case of 'garbage in, garbage out'?

Cheers

Mark

4th one coming any time? (pretty please....)