Tournament Poker Strategy: Calling ALL Ins for Your Tournament Life 

where's the equity calculation I want to see that so much.

I didn't see you use the equity calculator in the video??

What a crazy hand to analyse! Considering the suitation - after all a huge position in the tourament is at stake for both players - there is so much nerve involved in making that call. Credit to the big blind as well

I'd fold pre and definitely folded the river.

I like this analysis. I don’t think I’d call there, but you made it clear why you maybe i should sometimes.

Luv the vids Alec!

Good analysis but I don't think I could make that call.

We have narrowed his range to a flush or a boat or trips or a straight or a bluff ! Lol yes that about covers it 😂😂

What if you don't know you are calling for your tournament life, because... I dunno.... maybe you misjudge the depth of your opponent's stack, because he's hidden his big chips behind his small ones? What do you advise then?

I do overbets on river with strong hands from time to time to make it as a bluff.

"You can eliminate the king from his range cause he can't really hope to get called by worse." -> "Let us discuss the next five minutes whether to call with a ten."

To me this looks like a clear fold, unless you KNOW that the villain is a total maniac. I mean let's face it, the only way the assumption "opponent always bluffs here" is correct is if he is a very bad player and a maniac. This is not about playing at a higher level type of a bluff, that would not have happened "every time".

good stuff...thanks

I would call in that spot 80% of the times. He had more bluffs in his range than value hand. The only value hand he would bet like that would be 6 7 of diamonds. So I would call there majority of the times.

Helpful analysis as always, Alec - thanks. Definitely would have folded here.

I love this hyped up intro music

I would have died laughing if villian was turning his A 10 into a bluff and won with kicker...

Hi Alex, great video! Question: I know the BB can have a large range on the flop, but when he bet into 2 people on the turn, would you expect him to have some equity when bluffing? When you run the number to get 65%, did you include all combos he would defend preflop, or only semibluffing hands like 45, JQ, 9x, 8x?

Good info

Love your channel and the content you put out... just a note that the statistics you reference during the video don't show up

Describing this as hero call, I rather to say this is absolutely a gamble from the beginning. 1) Call with T9o vs UTG and almost definitely that BB will defend with such a good pot odds, T9o with multi way pot, I really don't see any value and this is purely gamble. 2) Check on flop I believe it is only the whole hand correct play and trying to play small ball which require higher level of experience. What if a 9 of hearts appear on turn or any hearts appear on turn? Although hero hits 2 pair if 9 appear, I couldn't imagine how many combo have hit on turn. Hero putting himself in a difficult situation because of the gambling attitude started from the preflop. 3) Calling the turn to me is already another mistake. Unless a 10 on the river, otherwise I really don't see hero hand have enough value to go for showdown. So far with 50bbs on stake and losing 2bbs with 48bbs left, just wait for a better spot in tournament. Tournament are not only about winning chips, it is also about how you preserve your chips. 4) Calling the river is absolutely gamblers call. There are way too many over bet pot in today high level of poker and it didn't surprise me at all if someone bet huge for value to disguise his hand and let opponent think that they are bluffing. Secondly, Hero didn't even have a single card to at least act as a blocker on villain ranges at all to make this hero call. 5) I only agree hero is totally a gambler. I think villain played great instead of hero although he loss the pot. Check on flop which most BB does, semi bluff on turn, 5 of hearts also 56s 57s act as blocker on the river because it is so obvious that hero doesn't have any K there or any flush draw because no aggressive on turn and villain highly likely to lose the pot only to a Ten which is hero holding. Unfortunately, villain met a hero gambler.

Damn, that's a sick analysis!

Question: Why is 10 9 off too lose for the button but not for the highjack?

Why do you think villian would bet the flop with a heart draw? Upswing poker suggests checking with a four flush

Show us how you angle shoot amateur players...

A good play would had to 3 bet turn and find out where he was

Nice beach.

Why did the villain bet only 40% in turn (after heros check) if he had a plan to bluff 1.5x in river? he could very well created a psychological pressure ?

When you are on a vacation but you have to post a video for the fans

The problem with bluffs is that you never know if they are bluffing until it reaches the showdown. I'm about to go in my 2nd tournament ever tonight. Very low stakes. I never play with more than I can afford to lose. But I find a hard time against people who are pressing all in preflop. My strategy is to mitigate this by only calling when I know I have a good hand preflop and hoping for the best. But generally I try to avoid these 'coin toss' situations altogether. I think I could be more aggressive but generally I am the one at the table who might not win the most hands but I often win the biggest pots. Any advice for me tonight?

I'd like to see him make an analysis without knowing the villain's hands. Just give him the information regarding the stack sizes, each player's characteristics, level in the tournament, action preflop, flop, etc, then come up with a few possible hands villain has and then make a final decision. Shit.. I could do the same analysis knowing what everyone is holding.

havent finished just saw the turn someone has j9 q9

Hi Alec, good analysis as usual. A quick question. If the opponent is playin an optimal GTO strategy, he shows up on the river with [1 - (120/325)] = roughly 65% value bets and 35% air. So if your equity is 65% and above vs his entire range, you can then justify calling. is that what you are saying? your vids have been super informative. pl keep up the good work

why did you stop making videos KEEP MAKING VIEDOS

This hand doesn't make sense to me, the villian would have to be a lunatic to make this call profitable imo. I wish you would consider that most people that watch these videos play low stakes and bluffs like these are not to common place

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I don't see the graph for the calculations

on the river when he bets that much he definitely has you beat he is only overbetting the to get value i believe a raise pre flop would have taken this pot down

Nothing strange about the pfr's check on the flop,he has a ton of hands that have missed and hes facing two players on a drawy flop.Villain at the end could be super value heavy,dont like a call at all.Strange analysis

This is the difference between a thinking poker player and a player that is too scared to make the call.

Not only wouldnt I make that call, but I dont think its possible that I could make that call. The board is way too messy and we dont even have top pair. A tourney is all about survival. You cant win if youve busted out. Glad it worked out for Hero, but I would have laid down my cards and moved to the next hand.

Yeah..Yeah..I call with a pair of tens and there you go...bam...two pairs..

Without having seen to the end of the video. This hand strikes me as full house or nothing, and I lean more towards calling here. EDIT: Not surprised to see it was some kind of busted straight draw.

Your presenting is really good but the editing and intro is weird and doesn't fit. think u should try a more subtle/laidback music and effects

I'm not crazy about a call here.

Hero Calls or How to go broke in tournament poker consistently.

Dropping this video due to the ad prior to video! We're not support people who except funds from baby killers!!!!!!

Possibly the most annoying intro ever

why do his videos not relate to his titles

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It's an easy call because the villain didn't bet the flush or the King on the flop which indicates he has Jack schitt.

next time tear your hair out! XD

He never has a king here? I don't know what tournaments he is playing but the ones I play (normally 100 and under online) the villain could have literally anything here. To risky to make the call for me 50 bb deep. If your deep in the tournament thats a healthy stack. Just can't get onboard with this call even if Torelli were to have 1 billion in mtt cashes because he obviously is not playing the same tournaments I am.

if he bluffs all the time yo udotn win 100%???

Online poker is a scam......don't play online, play live at a regular casino.

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Alright, let me guess. this video is about a specific hand and not the title.

What is not to like about this guy? LOL

Seemed like a bit of a suicidal call, just got lucky on this one

Disagree! Probably a hard fold. Never a good call you lose if you call. Played his position and you only have a low pair AKA very weak hand.

A little too loose? That’s an understatement. And please stop with the music between cards. Just get to it. We don’t have the whole dooh dah day.

Cringy transitions ...

Clear fold buddy. Most of the time your losing most of your chips. You will not last in a tournament making these type of calls.

So in other words, you have NO idea what he has, and it is all guess work.

Alex, 888 poker are terrible. If you try to withdraw your cash they take a big chunk of it for themselves without explanation. Please don’t support them

Your transitions between streets showing selfies is sooooo cringe