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Calling all regs.
As a general rule of thumb I like to play speculative hands in position early because MTT'ers tend to play really poorly deep stacked. This means if we hit our hand the implied odds are ginormous if we have the ability to take creative lines postflop. In regards to upping the aggression on my opening range, I do that once antes kick in. Then there is value in doing so and we have an image creative from our tighter opening pre antes range that will make the players at the table respect us more. In regards to 3 betting preflop, I would shy away from doing it light too much at micros because ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Apr 1st, 2012
How to handle these types of situations?
we must shove pre, as played get it in, just like chardrian said. GF
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Apr 1st, 2012
"I'd rather 72o than Aces"
^^^^^^^^^^
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Apr 1st, 2012
High Roller Bubble
I love ozzie's explanation here, it is SPOT ON !! GF
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Mar 28th, 2012
ugghhh kings, turn spot
Im with gags and dean here GF
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Feb 8th, 2012
14 left in the warm up. is this always a call BvB?
i fold, we have close to the average hand and can certainly find a better spot w/ 14 left in the warm up. We still have enough chips that we can fold and be first into the pot in the next orbit. GF
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Feb 6th, 2012
AJs first hand at FT of $22 $15k
I fold, as our value against his calling range is actually pretty poor. Yes, we do chip up fairly significantly if he folds but from an ICM standpoint I think its an unnecessary risk and an ICM nightmare to shove here. We can find a better spot. GF
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Feb 6th, 2012
From Good to Great
Hello all, Posting to inform that for the next 2 weeks I will be offering a discount on my private lessons when bought in a bulk package. I will sell 10 hours for $1300 (A significant discount from the normal $150/hr I usually charge). I have had a lot of time since Black Friday to focus on studying the game which has entailed understanding the strategic ways that the game has changed since that date. I have many references as a coach that I can provide from private students that I have had over the years (I have been involved in coaching since 2007). Since Black Friday I have been ...
Posted in: Training Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Jan 30th, 2012
We haven't had a well in a while, so I'm offering
Thanks for this post bbbbb, it has helped me along the way to see that others have similar experiences to me. That being said I personally have moved on past this situation and the tremendous level of hurt it caused me on both accounts (by him and her). I no longer harbor feelings of ill will towards either of them. My only real purpose of popping into this thread was noticing that I was not included in his description of influential players in his game when I was the one that started working with him from the beginning. He moved to Cleveland, lived in an apartment I was paying for, I ...
Posted in: Poker Community 		GhettoFabolous
Oct 17th, 2011
We haven't had a well in a while, so I'm offering
remembering where you came from is overrated.
Posted in: Poker Community 		GhettoFabolous
Oct 15th, 2011
P5's Training Strategy Discussion: Hand From $50fo
This is spot on, he is a very competent player, I think I might lean towards folding this river for this exact reason. He is far to competent to barrel a perfect barrel card against another competent thinking player. Him being on the NEXT level and knowing that we know this and hence bluffing seems like a stretch because he would have to assume that he floated flop with air as their aren't many busted draw combos he can have. Or that he perhaps is turning a marginal into a bluff which you really don't see much of in MTTs
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		GhettoFabolous
Oct 3rd, 2011
Are we balancing our range here?
i would agree with chardrians advice here. i would also like to add that balancing your range in a $10 tournament is not terribly important. in order for balancing your range to be important you have to go in with the mindset that your opponent is actually assigning you to a range in the first place. there are many spots in $10 tournies where a completely unbalanced line is actually optimal simply because these opponents don't know the difference. keep that in mind as well. hope things have been goin well for you buddy, figured id pop in and offer my input here though :) GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Feb 16th, 2011
A quick Heads Up hand to look over
yes, i definitely agree with chardrian here, this is a cooler. :( GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Mar 5th, 2010
Ghettofabolous lastest videos
yea, hersch nailed it on the head, you have to balance out your range or else it is totally exploitable...that being said i think that people do not want to play against a 4x in early position bc it's not friendly to flat or 3 bet light really......therefore we can be light MORE of the time (apprx 70% or so). GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Mar 5th, 2010
Recap of 2009 / goals for 2010 thread
ur a beast imo GF ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Posted in: Member Progress Forum 		GhettoFabolous
Dec 28th, 2009
JJ v GhettoFabolous in 1k
yik, supposed to look bluffy, and it fooled some ppl in this thread, so i still stand by the bet sizing, you happened to catch on, like i said nld. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Nov 2nd, 2009
JJ v GhettoFabolous in 1k
funny that noone asked the most important question or pointed out the most important point, every single other 3 bet was against him in LP, was i light in some of those' uhhh all of them i think, but this hand is very different, scaph did a great job of showing that this guy is UTG at 10/20.....can i 3 bet light' MAYBE, will i bluff off a 3rd of my stack in a 1k at 10/20 against someone that flatted my 3 bet' lol no (tho i may have to a few times now =)) my point in the other 3 bets was to set this up but still have reasonable doubt bc everyone knows how "nitty" i am (or they think i ...
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Nov 2nd, 2009
Ghettofabolous questions...
1. 2.6-3x is pretty standard for 3 bet sizing, sometimes i will do bigger if there's a flatter yes. 2. he should be calling like K8+ bvb there 3. we learn the same way you do sir, we're humans, haha....but yes it does help to talk to other top players about the ideas that they can have, creative and new ways of looking at the game. Also, i think going over hand histories is extremely important, withing taking an unbiased look at your game a day later when you're removed from your bias you can never see if you're objectively playing well, it's easy to justify certain plays in the ...
Posted in: Video Discussion 		GhettoFabolous
Oct 14th, 2009
Call or fold to 3bet shove
great points chardrian, i agree with your thinking here, which is rare :) maybe im too argumentative. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Sep 1st, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
ok that seems reasonable, so we agree that he rarely has like JJ, QQ or AK....i guess what im arguing since we know he's solid is that it's a lot less likely that he has air then AA so i don't really see a point in 5 betting. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 16th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
first of all you have the right to be douchy but it doesn't mean that it has to be accepted by everyone. i mean if you take that approach you are going to offend some people, that's just reality. 2ndly im going to attack each point one by one for the benefit of the members of this site to understand my side on this issue. 1. i am not assuming that every player in this big of a buy in is good, im saying that play quality is more skewed towards higher thinking then it would be in your average mid stakes tournament online. In addition, as we proved earlier in this thread, this guy is a ...
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 16th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
Everybody's Sayin Why Not Gf
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 16th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
meh, the evidence you've given to range him is not concrete, in each situation you're making assumptions about his tendencies that you cannot know for fact you've only been at the table a maximum of 30 mins. gg good chat, you make great points and it's highly defendable, at the end of the day neither play is "correct" but both equally arguable. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
meh, two different schools of thought, people can take mine or they can take yours, i think both are highly defendable. GF at the end of the day...u still da man =)
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
um, thanks for posting his stats, it just supports my idea that he would not be 4 betting (cold) a wide range at 10/20 in a tournament with this structure. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
that's exactly why i argue against making this play, i would argue that other MTTers are underdevloped post flop which gives me an increased edge at this point in tourney, why are we settling for a marginal spot against players who have underdeveloped postflop games' GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
and i disagree, it's not neat and tidy, it's for reasons that i could write 100 pages on, hence not being neat and tidy, but rather a deep thought process that involves ranging my opponent, assessing that range against mine, and reacting accordingly based the amount of value im getting in this spot. personally i think getting tied to KK bc it's KK is neat and tidy. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
LOL @ thinking that someone would cold 4bet and then not c bet the flop, the only unlikely scenario where this could happen is if he somehow flopped top set which is extremely unlikely and even then he's likely to c bet. even if he does not have a monster here he must know that he is repping one (in this big of a buy in) hence a c bet is 99% to come.....we're not giving nearly enough credit to the fact that it is 10/20 in this tournament. you guys are looking at this hand in a vacuum and not at the situation for what it truly is. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
2ndly, the 3 bet is not a minreraise, look a little closer, and the bet sizing on the cold 4 bet is precisely why im folding, its so hooky, we can immediately rule out AK because AK would be a lot less willing to play a flop and would make a larger 4 bet generically speaking, same with QQ (and that's assuming our opponent has a terribly flawed thought process anyways).....assuming they don't have a flawed thought process it has to be KK or AA and since we have KK......... so we get into the question of what do we do on boards like this, we can continue to flat and reasses with no real ...
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009
KK hafta fold in $2500 FTOPS????
first off me saying that you said 4 bet/call makes 0 sense, the guy already cold 4 bet, so we'd effectively be 5bet/calling. GF
Posted in: MTT Strategy 		GhettoFabolous
Aug 15th, 2009