Stick's Video: 4-tabling 50NL 08/09/09

38:38, no D/L needed.

Need critiques please. "Captain Passive" here.

http://stickspoker.blogspot.com/2009/08/sticks-video-4-tabling-50nl-080909.html

Just watched a bit and all I can say is you are a nit. The QQ fold is a snap fist pump shove imo. You limp way too much, don't steal enough, miss some opportunities to squeeze, 3Bet etc. It's no wonder you lose so much without showdown.

Ok so I watched a bit more and I have to recommend moving down a level or so for awhile and working on playing some poker.

The passive, nut-mine style your playing doesn't cut it anymore cuz there are less players than before who stack with TP type hands now. You need to learn to win pots without the nuts and study the game more. Your Preflop game could use lots of work, as well as your Postflop game.

At 50 NL FR my stats are 21/19/3 6.5% 3Bet 55% ATS. You really need to just learn some new things imo.

JT on Button at 25 minutes - ISOLATE!!!!

6.18. I dont really like limping behind a halfstacker with 88, i raise here like every time.

7.06. I cbet bigger with QQ on a drawy board like that, probably just pot it. You siad it your self, villain is stations and if he catches any pice he is calling so just pot it for maximum value imo.

8.48. I 3bet bigger here . Where OOP and his raise was small to begin with so we want to get the SPRs down.
I usualy 3bet 3x IP and 4,5 OOP so i would make it 4.50$ here, maybe 5$ just cause it was a min raise to start with.

8.54. I really hate open limping in general i hate it even more with 22 from UTG+1. You have a nitty range to begin with and if your not raising your small-medium pairs its gonna be so unbalanced(unless u start throwing some SC in there).
From UTG+1 FR i either fold or raise 22 depending on the table.
I also hate limp/folding to a standard raise even more.
I just hate the entier hand tbh. Either raise or fold imo.

10.18 QT folded to u in the CO, this is steal for me.
Seems to be your giving up on some steal/iso spots.

13.10. You run bad .

13.58. 22 blind vs blind is always a raise for me, doesnt matter if villain is 38/0,100/0 or 0/0.

15.55. QQ in BB,two limps and a 31/26 raises OTB. I dont like flatting here.
The limpers both probably have small-medium PP/SC and junk like that and when u call there geting decent odds to call aswell.
Add the fact btn is raising wide we will have no clue where we stand and will mostly just get action from all villain when they out flop us.
+Beeing OOP with QQ in a multi way just plain sucks.
I 3bet call shove here, -14$ would be my raise.

one of the limper 3bets and u folded, he is a halfstack that is probably doing this with 77+ cause of the dead money u provided by flatting.
I snap shove here. You own notes say he spews alot and he has a high VP/PFR, the argument "I only lose 3$ if i fold" shouldnt prevent u from making what i atleast think is ev+ shove.



Just general stuff:
Table select better imo.
Your sitting with alot of shortys

Iso late alot more. Your just giving up on free money by leting passive fish limp with trash.
Stop open limping and steal more.
JMO

Will finish watching later/tomorow. Nice video Stick

First off thanks for making a vid.

so pretty much everything Sindri and Riley said are pretty spot on. QQ hand to me is also an easy ship it moment.

You folded AK otb when it was opened and called. i saw the original raiser was tight but i think theres still merit in 3 betting.

You missed a lot of chanaces to iso that maniac when you had pairs and other stuff. But in general like the others said you really need to open up and iso more often. A couple times you said you didnt want to raise with like KQ or something because they call too much, well thats exactly the reason you SHOULD raise, if they call too much then KQ type hands are way ahead of their ranges.

Thanks for the input, folks. Some stuff a little harsh, but true.

Kleitches worked with me some on AIM yesterday and helped me in even more detail. I guess I had been getting my c-bets, steals, and bluffs picked off a lot recently, so I guess I was over-compensating by visiting "Nitville". Don't worry. It was just a visit there.

Some of the highlights of our session were using my position better, less limping, letting go of small pairs in EP, and using my opponents' VPIP stats better. I guess I was giving the 46/11-type people too much credit.

Thanks again and feel free to keep the comments coming. I'll make another video soon to see if I've caught on yet. I think I've finally figured out how to get some good video quality when I record.

Stop open limping. There is basically no reason to EVER do it outside of picking up AA on a table with a maniac to your left who has open shoved every hand for the last orbit. So yeah basically never.

Never limp open limp your SB.

Your table selection sticks. Playing against short stackers is not good for you wr. At your FTP table you're basically playing a cap game because the stacks are so short.

I was actually yelling at the screen when you folded your QQ to that horrible 1/2 stacker.

Isolate horrible players on your right. You're limping behind with pp after the table fish limps tilts the **** out of me. The fact that the bad player NEVER folds is the reason you should raise not a reason to limp behind. Get value from players who call too many 3bets.

FWIW I like the fishes shove with 77 more than I like you calling the 3bet with them.

At the end the guy who called your donk bet with bottom pair also had position and your lead there looks so weak. I would likely call there too if I were in his spot.

Very simple, so tight and If you play well In one table try In other one, and next step the same. But If u lose playing in 4 tables at the same time, just back to play 1 or 2 tables per time.

Gl