Play Out Of Position LIKE THE PROS - 1 Crucial Poker Tip 

"Woudnt be going buckwild" classic Bart 😁

I’ve been in this exact same spot before against a fairly good reg I’m friendly with, exact same action, almost identical board and runout, playing slightly deeper in an uncapped 5/5 game, pot was a bit larger but not too significantly. The river jam was for just over pot instead of 2x. I remember this hand vividly and watching this video was crazy given the insane alignment. I ended up folding river and villain shows KK with the nut blocker. I XR’d because this opponent wasn’t folding an OP to me on somewhat brick runouts. It was a very good bluff and I think fold is the long term play against the general field. Nice content Bart.

This is the kind of thing that is really hard to learn from because Hero ends up being correct, but IMO that is not good hand-reading for a 10-10 game. Hero is placing a lot of stock in the fact that river bet is big (2x) but we need to remember that hero played this as a x/r on the flop and a turn lead. When someone is signaling strength like this, it's right to shove river for value here often and it's just not true that with the nuts V is only betting 75-100% of pot. It's always hard to address calls that are primarily, "I just didn't feel like..." because now we are getting into live reads and it's nearly impossible to disagree. But, if we focus on the hand, villain actually should have a lot of value here. Many of the bluffs that hero imagines should not actually be in V's range. V does have some natural bluffs (q9cc for example) but it is important to practice hand reading based on what the villain should have in their range, not just things like "With the way he threw in the chip I don't feel like ..." Live tells can be helpful on close decisions, but you cannot just build completely nonsensical ranges out of thin air because of a feeling you have. Given that it was first hand of the session, even stranger to put so much emphasis on feelings. In case the hero is reading this, I don't want to just totally sh*t on him. First, nice pot! Second, beyond a look on the hand-reading process, I think it might be helpful to shore up your decision making process on betting. I think Bart has a lot of good videos on why we bet. For example, you have some inconsistent logic between your flop check and your flop check-raise. At other times, it seems unsure whether you are looking for a call or a fold. Either way, you scooped the pot, got a mini coaching session with Bart, and it sounds like you're looking to get back into poker. Welcome back and keep on upskilling. You got this!

If im playing against thinking players ill over bet with the nuts in position on the river sometimes. When you get hero called it pays well. It looks bluffy so players try to pic it off. And if they call and the table sees the nuts you can use the over bet as a bluff tool threw the session.

I find a fold for 450 invested and so many combinations of hands that beat you, but good call

It was so nice to meet you at Parx last Friday. Sorry I fan girled out on you but I watch your videos everyday and appreciate what you've done for my game. Hope you had a good time while you were there

So many of these callers have almost very little analysis of the player type they are up against and spend far too much time analyzing the possibilities. When playing live it’s usually far more valuable to pay attention to ALL the hands you do NOT play bc this will give u so much info on your opponents and what they are and are not capable of!

the caller didnt do a great job of articulating his thoughts but i do agree with the general thought process. i think villain will absolutely be polarized here. most people just simply arent using this overbet size for thin value. so in my mind that will rule out a lot of overpairs, two pairs, sets and even straights. that polarizes villain to basically just "air" (that will mean turning a lot of 1 pair + missed draw hands into bluffs) and flushes. i think any 2 pair is probably a reasonable call here. as counterintuitive as it probably sounds, i think you are much more scared of a 1/3 to 1/2 pot size on this river when you have bottom two than you are of an overbet jam.

Great content as usual 💪💪💪

I leaned toward calling watching this hand play out myself. It's a difficult spot that was set up by overplaying bottom two pair by check raising the flop though.

Great video great caller and great call dude 💪 I'm in agreeance, river bet just wanted you to fold.. as soon as he asked how much you got, I'd definitely call. That's a pause from nervousness while he gets his balls together to actually make the bluff

Sick call by hero 👏

This caller is on a completely different level. Probably top 5 player in the world. He doesn't think about combos at all. He "feels" everything. It's the "feeling" type of a player, the most dangerous one. He felt that villain floated the flop. He felt that he wanted him to fold the river. He felt that villain improved on the turn. This guy is something else.

1st I probably fold on the river because there aren't a lot of bluffs in this situation. With that said I rarely jam on rivers (unless I feel pretty confident my opponents is a fairly big nit). I usually try to make my sizing seems like a large value bet. There's something psychological about all ins that make them seem bluffy to a lot of players. Plus as Bart said if a large over bet isn't going to get your opponent to fold I doubt an all in changes it. As mentioned often times it'll be the one thing that gets a player who would have otherwise folded to actually find the call button.

This is a good hand to learn from.. one that seems like you smash but you really don't.. it's extremely wet but essentially you just have SDV and there are not a lot of hands that will fold to a raise. A solver is calling flop 91% of time.

Nice call dude

Bart’s face at 7:47 😂

Nice thought process caller.

Not sure what the crucial poker tip was. Enjoyed the call. :)

Parx casino eh, gotta love it!

My guy this is the exact bet i make with both the nut flush and the nut flush blocker.

1/3 player here and your right Bart I’ve bluffed a bet like 20 in a pot of 100+ when a flush comes and people have folded

Interesting hand. I always defer to Bart, he's the man, but if I use my CLP training, the button opening range is very wide and can contain a lot of pair plus straight draws, or gut shot backdoors or the kind of hand he actually had. I think a better hand than the hero's might raise the turn - flopped straight, aces up set etc. So, I think that there are too many combos of bluff type hands that get to the river and you have to call, yes there are lots of spade combos that you lose to, but there are a lot of draw hands that brick and can't beat 2 pair.

You're going to Parx on Monday?! I might see you there!

Ohh woow. I thought villian had like AT or QT of spades. Nice call!

AQ offsuit with the A of spades

This was a very interesting hand. I really enjoyed the discussion. I agreed with a lot of the callers thinking... except when he said "I could easily have the flush". While it is not impossible for someone to get "tricky" with a flush here, no one is ever putting you on spades when you check-raise flop, barrel turn, & then check river when the spade hits. But I did agree with his thought that the sizing was a "tell". It's also not like villain went big, he went like 185% pot. That has got to have significant fold equity. So why do that with a flush? And does a straight really get here like this & then take that size? When it's very hard to put villain on a hand that fits his betting line, it's often a bluff.

I think this call is a good example of players convincing themselves to call way too often to overbets.

The over bet on the river made me fill he was trying to pull off the bluff. If he hit his draw I think his bet would have been sized smaller.

Love your work Bart! A quick q: you said in a vid on CLP in 2016, “On a K-high flop 2 or 3-handed, I'll usually lead out with anything and usually take it down since my opponents will mostly have missed. I think this is a hidden profitable spot that most people miss.” Would your advice still be the same in 2023 please?

I'm not raising the flop specifically for the purpose of not getting blown off the pot.

People are mocking the caller in the comments but He should be proud of himself for making the call. The villian was trying to represent the flush because Hero made it obvious with the river check that he did not have it himself. Calling a big over sized bet in a tough spot and being right is probably the best feeling in poker. Anyone can win with the nuts. We need people to be happy about their poker play it's good for the game but haters in the comments want everyone to be miserable like them and wonder why the games they play in suck.

I wonder if your having bought in for less than the max affected villain's decision to bluff all-in? Often, asking opponent's stack size then shoving big seems designed to induce a call; often successfully.

What is "MTD" that Bart refers to at least twice?

Why didnt you agree on the K of Spades, J offsuit bluff ? What made you rule out this combo from villian?

The more thinking of the player (opp), the more crazy and innovative you need to get with your pure hands (polarized). This won't apply to most opponents, it's more of the abberation than the norm. Point is....stick with a good strategy and be able to do small deviations according to your opponents.

How about a bet/fold the river with like 300 sizing, almost like a big block but to get a crying call from an ace or a jack who just might not want to let it go, but it prevents a big bluff like this?

Man Parx Casino has tons of call ins haha

It’s funny how solvers think differently than humans regarding bet size - it worked out for Hero here by sniffing out the abnormal bet size, but very often the solver goes for all the chips when it has a massive hand. It places less weight on “what can I bet to get called by worse”, which was Hero’s logic as to why he called, and more along the lines of “I have the nuts, I want all the chips”. There’s a lesson in here in live poker to bet big when you have it - people often just won’t believe you.

Where do you submit hands for these reviews?

That is some serious donk-on-donk violation... To summarize heros thought process: Flop: lets check thats what you do. Hm have two pair lets raise. Turn: damnit, I dont want him to bluff me, I'll show him and blow him off! River: shit, now I'm fucked, I check. Damnit damnit damnit, but I cant fold two pair, lets call Bart afterwards to complain how unlucky I got. Driving home: lets still call Bart to show how smart I am

Im surprised Bart seems ok with the xr on such a dynamic board. OOP id be looking to keep the pot under control, not ballooning it and then facing a really tough close call decision OOP for all my chips. Caller won way more than I would have so there you go. He did also open up the possibility of losing way more too though.

Tough thing about amateur players is most don’t know proper sizing or value bets. When they make a big hand on the river, they’ll often jam.

So to me a flop raise represents a hand like jacks up + and a few drawing hands...is bottom two pair strong enough to check raise that flop? I would say no.

Where do we call in hands? I have a super good hand

kJ club

I disagree with the caller regarding the bet sizing. If this was a smaller game I'd understand his scepticism. Low-stakes players are much more ABC. However, in a 10/10 game, I'm expecting to be playing with competent regs, who aren't afraid to mix it up and go for max value because they know that you know they are polarizing and that you will finds some hands to defend with that are not the nuts. If I got to this spot with the nut flush or a missed draw with good blocking properties, I would strongly consider jamming, since my opponent is going to get here with a lot of hands that are tough to lay down.

Two questions… how do you get your hand on Crush Live Poker? Also , how do these guys remember these hands to run it back to Bart?

I actually like being out of position sometimes because it lets you bluff quicker than the other person

Damn hero has balls of steel

Y or y not a blocker bet from the hero recommended on the river?

C/R is too small on flop, and turn bet is too weak. When flopping 2pr, bet the pot+ or get off the hand. Bart's analysis about "any hand that calls has major equity" specifically means that bigger bets are in order.

why is this vid auto HD 1080p? i don't need that definition on bart's face! all my other vids are at 240

What makes poker so great is players are playing Multiple types of poker some are the gto others that are good people readers can sometimes play by feeling or there gut we all see some wacky stuff that makes zero sense at the table

I would be more likely to call because he asked how much you had behind before he shoved for 2x pot. There's no reason to ask how much you have if hes going to make it 2 times the pot that Makes any sense other than trying to make sure that you're not pot committed already with a short stack before bluffing

So where is the crucial poker tip?? Cmon Bart dont clickbait us !😁

The voice sounds kinda like Johnny V? Can't remember where Johnny grew up...🤔🤔? Bluffs? KsKo, a lot... Qs,Qo with a small frequency?.. I'll be back after reveal... Edit: well, I missed that guess... although a KcJc would make a sense? Kc9c makes more sense, V would know he has no showdown when Clubs brick (given CR flop from hero...)

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This guy has a lot of "feelings" lol

I'd just fold the river here. Looks like opponent ran into a flush and hopes I have a straight or set and make a call.

Villian jams on spades cos he's reading you don't have at least a strait 🤔🤷

Everything got there, let it go.

Yeah I don't think you can ever shove the river in that spot, except as a raise.

Are these the players I’m loosing too 😂😂😂

haha I almost never make that call, even against the local notorious maniac

I walked into south point casino years ago after dropping my son off for a business meeting. I’d never played poker there and was killing time for a few hours until he was finished. I bought in for $300 in a 1-2 game and sat down around 4:00 pm with what looked like regs. They tried pushing me off hands several times by going all over in. The way the hands were played they should never have had the best hand. After 3 hours I cashed out for $2,200. Never try to push out a thinking player.

Parx on Friday 3/3? Maybe I'll show my face.

First hand he’s ever seen the villain play “he seemed like a pretty aggressive player”

This is such a bad board for hero I don't know how you can check raise this. Villain's range and nut advantage is huuuuuge

I’m only halfway done with the video but the caller sounds like he is trying to teach Bart how to play poker… these callers should act a little more like students willing to learn, rather than acting like they know as much as Bart does.

I'll never understand why some of these players enjoy lighting money on fire with these terrible bluffs. Asking how much someone has, then jamming $3,000 into a $1500 stack would immediately cause me to call and single pair... let alone 2 pair hand. Also, idk what the point of bluffing this was? What on earth would the villian put the hero on here, since he was the aggressor. Why would he fold at the end to almost any river card? Pot equity much?

Bart’s in a shit mood… good call sir

I've learned one thing in the 25 years of playing holdem, and that is you will always lose if you are an unlucky person!,literally, I can flop open ended straight flush draw , run it 3x and lose every time. Flop top set, and lose to a legit 1 outer since guy to my right folded one of the 10s and opponent had pocket 10s! I run so bad lately in this current home game. Really starting to think there is some.cheating going on. Same people always finding a way to hit miracle cards way too often! And unfortunately my local casino got rid of holdem when covid hit and decided to n ot reopen the poker room! .

Lmao poker is hard

Absolute whale call off hahahahaha

What a call!