Do you think in terms of RANGES? Has this helped your poker game?

@ericcomp7032

2 жыл бұрын

It has helped me greatly when deciding to hero call.

@TheShafronChannel

2 жыл бұрын

I've definitely been using ranges when playing Tight Aggressive to decide when to call, fold, raise, and check.

@richardcharleswilliams8465

2 жыл бұрын

Work in progress. Try every hand and falling prey to exploitive thinking of yesteryear is still to easy. Translating it consistently in pot odds calc as well. This was excellent. Good motivation for more work. Obviously.

@willpickett5307

2 жыл бұрын

When you've read the books, watched the lectures and understand the concepts but still go completely blank at the table. I feel like the Germans have a term for this but much like using ranges while I'm actually playing, it escapes me.

@sixdroid

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheShafronChannel what if you follow ranges but two people go all in every hand?

Big help. Best explanation of practical range analysis I have seen. Thank you.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, happy to help!

Your videos have all been really helpful. This was a great range explanation!

Thanks JL. I am trying to think in ranges and this has helped. Thank you.

My friends and I just recently started playing poker almost every time we see each other, so this helped me understand the basics of range enough to get an edge

@garrickoestriecher1259

5 ай бұрын

You should tell your friends about these videos too.

I been playing hold'em long but played poker longer , u never learn about ranges and odds n everything and juss really start learning about my friend told me about you about a year ago and I still have a long way to go .. keep up the hard work Johnathan and your team !

Really helpful vid, thank you!❤

Keep em coming! Love the videos!

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, I'm glad you're enjoying them!

A very useful video even as a reminder to an old reg. Thanks!

This video makes a lot of sense. I'm in a strict study mode right now for a few days and I can really apply the lessons in this video. Thank you

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Johnathan, this content is super helpful. Thanks!

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it and it was helpful for you!

Thanks 👍 something to utilize

Thank you as always!

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

No problem :)

I .. DO ... NOT ... UNDERSTAND ... ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

One of the best ‘range’ videos I’ve ever seen.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for the content.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

No problem - thanks for watching :)

Do you think you could post a video about narrowing our opponent’s range as the hand advances to the later streets? Like what their range looks like when they check-raise the flop/turn? When they check call the flop and turn? Thanks for the awesome helpful content

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea Thomas! Will certainly make one. Thanks for the great suggestion and I'm glad you are enjoying my content 😀

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Sure!

Big fan of these shorter videos. Thank you!

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you like them!

Excellent. I am going to watch it a few more times. An interesting follow-up would be do do that same hands from the other player's perspective. It seems like a bigger river bluff was needed. I'll try that math myself -- which means I need to think about ranges from the other perspective as well -- but it would be great to get the master's answer as a follow-up.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@jeffstock79

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

Should the 75ss ever check raise the flop here with the existing stack sizes? Great analysis as usual.

Honest question: I frequently play the SAME range differently in the same position, especially Ax suited and small pocket pairs, sometimes 3x raise, sometimes 10x raise, perhaps with any hand other than AA, KK, AK. Say 77, I'll raise enough to get the low SPR player all in, otherwise I'll raise expecting to set mine. In the typical cash games, the situation (limpers, callers, 3-bets) and opponent type are more determinate than range. Only slightly exaggerating, but in late position against the right players, I often do better if I don't look at my cards! It's THEIR range I'm concerned about.

Hey coach,mind if I watch this one again?...Tks coach.

Jonathan Little, thanks for great explanation. My questions is how i can remember or calculate the ranges during online game? Is there any tools for that, or practises?

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Go through lots of quizzes at PokerCoaching.com. Also, make a point to consistently keep them in mind. With practice, it will become natural.

Great video

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@christopherhorn4744

2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching I learn a lot from your videos. Need to find some time to sign up for your coaching.

Nice video. Calculating the Pot Odds is pretty straight forward. But calculating the equity of opponents river bet is a bit confusing. The way you calcuated the equity on the river seems logical, but I haven't got it at all so I crosschecked with Flopzilla :): So I putted KJs vs. his bet (33,AQs,ATs-A9s,A7s-A4s,KQs,KTs-K9s,K7s-K4s,QJs-Q9s,T9s,T7s-T6s,97s,76s-75s,65s-64s,54s,AQo,KQo,KTo-K9o,QJo-Q9o,T9o) and considered the board, thus I get a completly different equity as you calculated. KJs has an equity 56,79%, villain has 43,21% Where is the mistake ? Thank you.

@chrisbaker7760

2 жыл бұрын

If you look at the screen with the bluffs on the river you'll notice the opponent is bluffing with a lot of missed spade draws. Look at T7s for example, there's a small S in the upper left corner indicating that the opponent is only bluffing with the T7 of spades, not all combinations of T7s. When you're on the river you don't need to use a program to calculate "equity", you just look at how many combinations you beat and how many you lose to. In this example you lose vs villain's value hands and beat his bluffs. He has 56 bluff combos and 102 value combos. 56/(102+56)= 0.354 = 35.4%.

So I understand how I'm supposed to guess their range in this kind of spot, but what I dont understand is if I'm actually supposed to calculate how much equity I need AND HAVE to calculate if I have to call. Like how I am I gonna accurately calculate that without Equilab if the opponent has this wide of a range. I'm always gonna be off by quite a lot so its pretty much guessing either way. My math goes more like this: He has a lot of missed draws + his range is generaly very wide + how often does this guy bluff + my hand looks weaker than it is = call. Obviously I look at the price I get but I dont calculate how often I need to win. I feel like that wont help me because I also dont calculate my equity in these kind of spots since their range seems just way too wide to accurately guess it. Am I thinking wrong about this or do I understand it somewhat correctly that you just use this as guidelines in most spots? I do understand that it is necessary when you have a flushdraw and so on but there it is easy to understand how much outs you have and your equity is pretty clear. But in spots like this? Would appreciate an answer since I've honestly never understood this. Thank you for your content.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

You are supposed to study a lot away from the table so you know roughly what to do in all spots.

JL is tha best!

I was obsessed with RYE but there's always something about RYE that makes me feel inferior and implants doubt in my head. You Sir, KNOW how to speak from a relatable point of view. You have absolutely great content and as soon as I can afford to do so. I will purchase whatever I can to in order to support you. In the mean time. If you have patreon. Please post a link. At least I can support your time invested in these videos bit by bit. Thank you so much for your content.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I do not have a patreon, but sign up to PokerCoaching.com when you can!

@emmanuel7690

2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching I can do $99 a month to start with. I thought you did RYE type packages. I will sign up at the end of the month (Payday). Thank you.

This is so cool. You were just some quiet kid on my TV screen playing poker at the Mirage. Years later, you show up in the algorithm. Congrats man on all your successes and keep up this great coaching for us Neanderthals!

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how life works! Thanks for the kind words.

What do ya do when u have fishes at you're tbl that call all top pairs/plus flush or str8 draws?

Is this action solver available with a premium Poker Coaching membership? I am trying to figure out my range and where I am making blunders on betting vs checking post flop

Hey Jonathan, I think your audio quality is not quite louder than I expected.

Opponent will show up with set of 8's and 2's on the river from time to time as well. Seen weak/passive players check/call till the river with stronger hands like bottom set, then when its more than obvious they have best hand (they're paranoid about flushes/straights) they bet on the river like this one did.

How can you put people on ranges and then calculate on the fly that your pot odds are better than their % of bluffs at the tables?

@PokerCoaching

Жыл бұрын

Lots of practice away from the table.

On the last slide, we assume that our opponent will bluff failed draws but check marginal made hands. Why is that? It seems to me (a beginner) that you would play for example ATo and ATs the same way on the river if you didnt hit anything. Can anyone explain the difference to me?

Question, how do you remember that table in your head though when playing live and all the percentages? Like you literally just used a calculator to compare the values.

The problem with always betting your premium made hands and checking your marginal made hands is that when you get to the river after checking turn, you never have a stronger hand than a jack. So opponent can exploit you by using a massive overbet sizing on the river, and can go as thin as Q2 for value. The way the solver deals with this issue is that it always checks back AQ and KQ on the turn, to punish opponent for betting huge on the river with a queen. You can even be trickier than that, check back nut hands on the turn, induce a big overplay on the river from a queen, then raise all-in. You can't cap your range when you check.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Every time you check, even if you check back some amount of nutted hands, you typically cap your range. That's okay, because the opponent only has 1 street to bet, and if they want to make your marginal hand types indifferent, they have to use a huge sizing. The river will typically improve some portion of your range as well.

@FefeLeVrai

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they have to use a huge sizing, that's my whole point. If you cap your range to a jack when you check, opponent will overbet 3x pot with Q2 or better for value, and a lot of bluffs since his value range is so wide. The EV of his entire range goes through the roof, since for him Q2 now has the exact same EV as the nuts.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

@@FefeLeVrai Check the charts though, some Q9s is checking too, so they would get crushed using that strategy.

In my opinion.. the hardest part of poker

should I be betting junk when I have mosly premiums hands and draws in my range?

How do you calculate all that stuff during a hand?

How do I make ranges?

I liked it...I subscribed to it...I have no idea what you are talking about. Is there a book out there that talks about this stuff so I can read it s....l...o...w...l...y? Thanks!!

Hey Jonathan! Quick question, at 3:05 when you're discussing the range chart for the Q82 flop, why is Q8 not considered in range? Is it because the hand won't consistently substantially improve upon the two pair (due to the full house being too statistically improbable to consistently hope for)?

@dmed312

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same question for 22. Why is it white?

@keithgoblue

Жыл бұрын

@@dmed312 22 is white (out of range) because this chart is based on what we opened with as the pre-flop aggressor from early position. According to the chart, we're folding 22 preflop from early position, not limping, not raising, so 22 is not in our range; we wouldn't be playing them if I understand it correctly.

@keithgoblue

Жыл бұрын

@Reece Wright I believe it's because this chart is based on the previous chart, which was hands we are preflop aggressors with. According to that chart, we folded Q8 preflop, so Q8 is not seeing this flop.

@MrAgmoore

3 ай бұрын

@@dmed312The theory is: fold baby pairs ( 22, 33, 44 ) from early position, but play them in late position ( Google: "why fold baby pairs in texas holdem?" ). Over the long haul, they don't generate enough profit to warrant playing them. Software like PokerTracker 4 (I think) keeps track of which hands made what money, from what seat at the poker table. My opinion: these range charts are super tight, and probably came from "game theory optimal" A.I. solvers. My limited experience ( 70,000 hands in $2NL and 30,000+ hands in $5NL ) is that you can play a much more expansive range, especially at lower limits. I've never used Poker Tracker 4 or AI solvers but it's something that I'm going to have to do soon. Bare in mind that GTO theory came from AI playing itself, I think that it's missing the nuances of human interaction, especially the human psychology.

First hand @6:00... Isn't your checking range really face up at that point? Wouldn't you want to mix in some of the premium hands?

At 7:48, when I hold 76s (spades), with two spades on the board, I know I'm drawing to a flush. But how is 76s (hearts) a draw on a board that has one heart and only one card coming? There is no gut shot straight draw. What exactly am I drawing to? 77 or 66?

AWESOME,,,,.p

What is AAo vs AAs?

Great video. But I play mostly micro stakes and I feel that sometimes my opponents don't even think this way and I lose my focus and stop playing this way.

@mur80mur

2 жыл бұрын

I get that. I play .10/.25 and feel people just play whatever because of the stakes. I'd like to play 1/2 but don't have the bankroll :/

@MrAgmoore

3 ай бұрын

It's fun to play like a maniac at the poker table.

It's like learning to ride a pack of cards!

I liked the video, but I really prefer also cbetting some eights and duces on the flop, because otherwise if a second eight or duce hits on the turn your opponent can just over run you. So mixing in some A8s and A2s is a logical conclusion even though they are marginal made hands.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

Sure.

At 3:00, after the flop comes out Q 8 2 and we're holding KJs, the breakdown of the range of aces we could be holding all make sense to me, with two exceptions: AKs and AJs. Are these two considered marginal made hands because we have high card and face card kicker?

@MrAgmoore

3 ай бұрын

It gets even weirder: Why is AJs a check but ATs and A9s are bets? I mean what's the difference between a Jack, a 10 and a 9, they are all gapped connectors for straights? Solvers do weird things and people don't know why. *shrugs*

I always raise “suited aces”

Suited Aces? I want suited aces!

@PokerCoaching so if the BB player was good he should've either betted pot or ripped all in for the bluff? This would have destroyed your pot odds and forced you to fold?

@madmaxine4185

Ай бұрын

He wouldn't last long, he'd get sussed doing it repeatedly.

Why is Q8 not a hand to check or bet?

@forrrest6609

2 жыл бұрын

its driving me crazy lol

@alexanderm6143

2 жыл бұрын

or 2 2?

Question: you are on BB with JJ raising a limped pot and getting two calls. Flop is A44. You c-bet and get all-in from LP. Do you call?

@Insanity-vv9nn

2 жыл бұрын

Against who you are playing? Your cards and the flop cards doesnt matter, what matters most is who you are up against. If the other players are NIT/passive players, most likely you are drawing dead. If you c-bet there, only someone with A or 4 Will shove/call so Just fold

@phillipholmes5206

2 жыл бұрын

I use what I call the 'one card rule' i.e can the villain beat me with only one card. Here any single A beats you and any single 4 beats you so, I would say the answer is no. As you c-bet it becomes much less likely that the villain is bluffing, as opposed to if you had just checked the flop to induce a bluff. Even if you had just checked I wouldn't consider calling unless you had played many hands and the villain was clearly way over bluffing.

@br4insful

2 жыл бұрын

@@Insanity-vv9nn a girl who chats a lot with anyone at the table

@br4insful

2 жыл бұрын

@@Insanity-vv9nn someone with KK or QQ might have done the same. I saw a shove once from 55 on A44K board

Sir where I can get this range tool??

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

pokercoaching.com/range-analyzer/

Should we not also be thinking about our opponents range on the flop?

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

You should!

why is Q2 not a playable hand on the board?

@madmaxine4185

Ай бұрын

Is it because it would be unlikely to be involved in the first place. Q2 is naff to be calling with?

Study for the LSATs and learn how to be a better poker player at the same time?? Challenge accepted

you explain it so well ,a muppet like me understands it,,,,

How am I supposed to think of all this during a hand

hello joanthan , i make profit on every pair except jacks can you tell me how to play them ?

@dr.hanner5177

2 жыл бұрын

2/5 cents online poker

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

You probably overvalue them.

Is it bad if I go play Texas Holden ($1/$2) and double my money in 30 mins then leave? Should I be playing longer making more money? Today I played for 35 mins and won 2 small pots and an all in profiting $230. Anyone thoughts on this?

@sixdroid

2 жыл бұрын

it's good

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

You make or lose money on each hand that is dealt, on average. Leaving makes sure you do not win, assuming you have a positive win rate.

@charlesbrady3903

2 жыл бұрын

@@PokerCoaching hey Jonathan. I emailed support maybe 3 days ago about becoming a premium member, but I haven’t received a response. Just FYI. Loving your content. Going to become a much better player as I dive into your master classes and premium content!! :)

Video is at 25-30% normal volume level. It's unwatchable without an amplifier.

Anyone know the official ruling for the following scenario in a cash game? Player A bets. Player B raises. Player C goes all in for less. Player A calls. Both player A and C have huge stacks for potential side pot. After sorting out side pot on the flop, dealer then burns and turns both the turn and the river by mistake. Never tapped table in between either just burned and turned twice as fast as possible. No chance for anyone to stop dealer. Snap turn, snap river with no option for two remaining players to act on their hand on the turn. What should ruling be here? Floor rules to leave all cards with no turn action at all, then continue betting on river. Explanation I received was that none of us "stopped" the dealer from prematurely exposing the river. Even though we all agreed there was no real chance to do this because of how quickly it happened, and it was clearly dealers fault.

@jeffstock79

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know the official rules, but I would have made the same ruling that the floor made

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

I think the turn, second burn, and river should be shuffled into the deck. Deck then gets cut and the turn is dealt. Betting happens, Then the burn and river is dealt.

@RandomGuy58008

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply to my off topic question. I agree with you and thought the same. First time I had flopped the nuts in a few weeks lol. Great video as usual.

This is really good stuff, but up against Dodgy Dave @1/2 who is deeply unbalanced, the deviation from playing like this is stark.

I guess I must be dense. I understand the concept of range by itself and equity by itself but how are you going to calculate the combination at a table of 9 players after each street? Seems daunting to me.

Ranges only makes Sense for middle/high stakes. Micro stakes we have players that only play KQ+ so If a ace hits the flop 90% of the time they have It. They also dont know about ranges so even If you have nothing and they have the lowest pair on the board, they Will call. Only when we face decent players we can really use ranges to its Full potential

@MrChris1571

2 жыл бұрын

"Players only play KQ+". That seems like the definition of a range. So you actually know the range of that opponent. Seems ideal to me. "Adjust to your opponents mistake" if I may quote Mr Little.

@PokerCoaching

2 жыл бұрын

You seem to have ranged the micro stakes players well!

@Insanity-vv9nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrChris1571 I do, thats why I actually Win money in micro stakes. But its kinda funny How they play, they are extremely passive to the point of "If I bet preflop with KK and they call and the flop have a A and they bet, Im 100% drawing dead which makes easy folds". Sometimes I find good players and change my strategy completly. When the table have more active players, I call with strong hands and re-raise them when they raise in late position which makes them lose Chips regardless of calling or folding against me.

😂😂😂

You have to raise your volume... I hardly listen

Do you think ranges even help when your against players who dont even know ranges or play stupid poker to an extent.

Se mamis

I get what he is saying but that is a lot of assumption. Adding stats to the end of assumptions is too tricky

Why AKs is marginal but AQs is premium ?

@madmaxine4185

Ай бұрын

Post flop Q in the board?

I raised with A5 of diamonds a dude called me with 64d the flip goes 6J6 and In another hand I raised with AsQh and the same dude called me with 84h and he flopped a flush. This was a 2/5 game. Ranges don’t exist

@Insanity-vv9nn

2 жыл бұрын

It does, but How often they Will get Lucky? These players lose If they hit nothing, because they dont know How to play. If they are calling with nothing, raise big with good cards, and fold to any agression, simple

that was painful to listen to.