The Science Of Pocket Tens (TT) 

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Thank you!

Same literally last night. Losing a hand like that mentally scars u lol

@@Trazom488 The key is to not over play them. Same as any strong holding.

You're very welcome Erik!

can you explain the hand

Same thing happened to me. I was UTG, so I raised. BB 3 bet me. I go all in thinking they're just mad I took their blind / playing aggressive... They had queens... hit a queen on the flop.... I could've just called if I wanted to see flop and would've folded at the queen anyways. Sigh

Cheers! I think comparing this video to the Science of QQ video would be useful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8llJPTrBGmc.html

With that super optimistic attitude, you can turn any hand into Aces 👍

@@ThePokerBank I am beginning to learn that my friend. Its a bit of a paradox between punting and playing good poker, it seems. I mean, I do understand the difference, but in reality, its not too far off. I have had a lot of people say to me, that poker is a betting game more than a card game. While that is somewhat true, I find that it is more of a game of awareness and mental strength. Mr. Ivey demonstrates this perfectly.

@@NefariousMinds 👍

Or you could let them fire bluffs at you on the turn since they often think you'll over-fold that spot =)

You are a special one Frankie!

I don't think this specific colorway is available anymore, but it's the Sirius B deck by RiffleShuffle.

That's pretty unique!

It doesn't need to be a super expensive game to learn. CORE is incredibly good value (and has a complete sub-course in Level 4 on live cash games fwiw), and likely where you should start: redchippoker.com/launch-core

Pre flop AA vs AJ had 90% equity, going all in pre flop with 90% of winning it's not gambling. It's a winner strategy. You wanna make the pot big when you have more equity than the opponent. If flop comes JJ2 and you have AJ and i have AA, you won. The other 90% of times i would win. I'll take that deal all times you want! it's all about equity when you make the move. If you put your opponent in a "you need 40% equity to call" and he call with 10%, you're winning in the long run.

It's always a gamble no matter what. Seeing a flop with TT means you have 60% of seeing an overcard which will dramatically slow down your action and become vulnerable against bluffs. Plus you keep too many hands with one or two broadway card that can easily out draw you with one pair. Going all in means most hands like QJ, KQ, KJ, small aces, suited connectors etc. can get out of the way most of the time, and some small stacks with a lower pocket may donate their money. The probability of people simply folding increases your win rate and your expected value. You are only worrying about bigger pockets. If you have AA, the real pure gamble would be to let your opponents hit a set for cheap and gift them the pot. You have to realise every single unpaired hand have the exact same probability of flopping trips, which is very low. See, if you have AJ, would you want to go all in against AA? The pot odds are probably lower that 2:1 and you have to hit that 1% trips without an A to win the pot. That would be the real gambling move. You should not be thinking about the flop because you can't possibly know what's to come. What you know is you have a pair right now that beat most hands that are not paired and beat every pair lower than yours. That's the information you have that your opponent don't. If you have pocket AA, and flop comes 456 in a single raised pot, what do you do? you have an overpair that beats a lot of hands but your relative strength is weak. 44, 55, 66, 45, 56, 78 would have great made hands that can bet and call a bet. Draws like A3, A7, 34, 67 might call you a street too. If it was a 3-bet, 4-bet, all in pot, all these hands won't be there and they would be banging their head seeing the flop.

If by "gamble" you mean "uncertain outcome", then yes. But if you craft a strategy based upon the tenants laid out in your comment, that strategy would almost certainly call and fold waaaaaaaay too much.

Just wait until you meet 99!

yes the background music is distracting and makes it harder to soak up the excellent content.

That's an interesting preference

yes, it’s harder to concentrate on the voice with that background music - otherwise excellent videos and thank you splitsuit!!!

@@fourpoint64 tyty!

Is it the specific track, or just having BG music in general?

I’d prefer these kind of videos without background music, other than that, love the content!

This video was a bit longer than many (aren't most a bit under 10 minutes?) This is the first time I noticed the background music and perhaps it is a level issue on the mix, or just the length of the video. I didn't hate it, just noticed.