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Smitty's Quiz
So sigh that thread got closed (though I can see why) when the real reason for it was the quiz.
So here's a thread to discuss the quiz questions/post answers only
So here's a thread to discuss the quiz questions/post answers only
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ty Lamby, let's keep it on topic guys!
Winner to be announced in next weeks Vlog. It'll be given a S/O on my Twitter handle @CarlosSmitalos
Answers can be submitted in this thread, via PM, via a Direct MSG on Twitter, a Tweet, Email, or YouTube MSG/comment on the 7 videos released this week (Mon-Sun). Deadline is Sunday 4th Aug 23:59pm. Anyone found submitting more than one entry will only have their latest entry count.
The participants that answer all 5 questions correctly will have their names put into a hat, and drawn randomly for the winner.
The winner will recieve $25 OR a 30minute Skype StratChat on the topic of their choosing.
Good luck to everyone!
-- Question 1 --
What are the 3 boards in PLO, in which 9333 can make the nuts?
-- Question 2 --
Player A sits down at a 50p/£1 HU Cash Table, no antes, no rake. Player B is already sat w/100bb, and knows game-theory-optimal strategy. Player A will recieve the button on the first hand.
Given that Player A is allowed to sit down with any amount...
What is the most he can sit down with, and be forced to shove any 2, under game-theory-optimal strategy?
-- Question 3 --
You're sat in a Live MTT, in the big blind. It folds around to the small blind who's a regular at the casino, and primarily plays Live. He looks down at his cards, and announces he's got an Ace, and a '1-spotter'. He shoves All-In, for 10 big blinds. You have him covered.
You look down at A8o. Assuming that he isn't lying, what's range, and should you call?
-- Question 4 --
6max PLHE, no antes. ESS ~ 150bb.
Seat 1 - Folds.
Seat 2 - Opens for the max.
Seat 3 - Calls.
Seat 4 - 3bets to a '3/4 Pot Size Raise'
Seat 5 - Cold-4bets to a '1/2 Pot Size Raise
Seat 6 - Folds.
The action is back on Seat 2, and he decides to make a Pot-Sized Raise, effectively putting himself all-in.
In 'number of big blinds', how big is his 5bet?
-- Question 5 --
What is the technically correct term, for Seat 4 at a 9-handed table?
E.g. S9 - Big Blind.
S8 - Small Blind
S7 - Button
S6 - Cut-Off
S5 - Hijack
S4 - ???
S3 -
S2 -
S1 - (Commonly known as) Under The Gun
Is it...
A) UTG+3 (Under The Gun+3)
C) HJ-1 (Hijack-1)
GL everyone!
i was enjoying reading the other thread.
So it's the nash equilibrium your after......or...
what is the biggest stack <100bb can btn shove and still be +ev
wowza good luck with that, like wtf are the calling ranges with all stack sizes
surely you need to give calling ranges otherwise peoples answers will vary based on estmated calling range per stack size
cmon smit where did you get this question from
Keep reading the Q, and I'll try and find a simpler way of explaining it later. I think you're outlevelling yourself into thinking it's harder than it is. What's the biggest stack the button can have, where they HAVE to shove ATC. S'that simple.
I've already had correct answers for Q2 from some people, so it can't be that tough bro
I'd just about accept an answer (if the other 4 questions were answered correctly) that is less well-known, but still technically correct.
No bruv it's not that hard if you look at the chart
Nash is not optimal bro !
but anyway fun as normal smit )
With £10, it's obvious that it's -EV to shove any 2.
With £1.01, it's obvious that now it's +EV to shove any 2.
I'm looking for the biggest amount between the two, whereby it's still correct for you to shove any 2, and never fold your button.
Seeing as Bolt has ran 400m before, (and still put up impressive times) I'd take Bolt in a straight up time trial over 600m all day. Make it an 800m, and I think it get's really close. Probably give Mo the edge.
The problem for Bolt would basically lie in his physiology. We all have something called, Annodine-Triphosphate stores (ATP for short). In Lehmanns terms, it's like the NOS of the human body, and means we can do short, strenuous tasks without using the energy stores in our muscles. Your ATP can be honed and increased, but for you and me it's around 6-8seconds of high volume activity.
Anything 100m+, and Bolt's gunna start building up lactic acid in his legs, and seeing as it's not the main fuel source he runs on, anything beyond 60seconds of high-level competition is gunna be tough for the guy.
Over 600m, I'd still take Bolt, not by much. And I think if it were just for charity, I'd give even more of a nod to Mo, for his state of mind.
Love debating this sorta sh it though, haha.
but anyway it's just a toy game like i said, where you have btn always pushing with x range
Has no real world application so I think you should null n void it )
think GTO pushing against non GTO would be more apt
hu sng's yo! so solved right......
But yeah, I'd assume it's a HU SnG and not cash where these kinda decisions are different.
Smit, hope it's ok to discuss your video on here (the poker content rather than anything that could be deemed unsavoury)
Interested in the play with AK on the button around 10/11 minutes, we 3b and offshoot cold 4s from the bb really small, is he not going to polarizzzzed here iyo? you could be isolating the weaker guy at the table in position, so he's going to be light here a load, or very strong?
Would it not be better just to click it? Do you really expect him to flat, ever? AA maybe....
You said u wanna avoid a tricky spot post flop, but u have the lead and position.
Also 'get myself out of trouble'.
You're not in trouble!
edit* ignore all that, just re-watched the hand and you say 'in hindsight, I should click this back' ! haha. ok
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re the proposed HU, 2knl is way too high for that, and it'll probably never happen. Cynics might say that's why you asked to play too high.
Maybe you can play a couple of 50/1 or 1/2 tables, that way you're well within your roll and wont have to quit if it starts bad. Money is still significant too.
It will get a huge rail, so James can out u as a hit n runnerererer if that's what happens.
Surprised he didn't suggest this to try and call your bluff
Wud be fun
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Either way loving that you're back vlogging, never a dull moment in your vids.
Hope to see more soooooon.
gl
I try to preface every video with the fact that I prioritise entertainment over education in my vids.
On a site with a really small player base, it's really hard to go in-depth RE: strategy.
I'd essentially be paying money, to edcuate people, which... sucks :P
S'why I relish Mixed-Game or MTT vids. I can just let loose and put my brain on a plate for y'all.
Grudge matches: Would be a great way to keeping get action though, no? *hint hint*
Should he be mega-polarized here? For sure. He should be 4bet-fistpump-getting it in, or 4bet-folding (unless he's sick enough to 4b-6b bluff here, which he'll almost never do. Like <1%.
But, it's offshoot. The fact that he tanked after I 5bet jammed, proved (to me anyway) that either he didn't have a plan for the hand (and thus, wasn't pol.) or he was just hollywooding a broof. You could also argue that he might've been multi-tabling, and just timing down, but from what I know, these are the biggest stakes he's ever played. Hard to see him mass-tabling in spots like this.
Seeing as I don't think he've ever going to 6bet bluff me, and also not get it in with worse, I opted for the 5b jam. We also get hands that he's just derping with that have great equity, to fold. (88-TT)
And of course, we could balance this in many ways (by taking the same line with weak bluffs (AXs, small PPs, etc), or/and just jamming our entire value range, as a 5bet as well.
Note, I can't go that much more in-depth really, despite there being more to talk about. Many regs here play an extremely exploitable style, where ranges are uber-unbalanced, where they don't adjust.
Evidence for such a claim? The lack of HUDs, stats, limited/poor note-taking facility, a style that's been working for them for years, and varying degrees of experience playing competent competition.
Just as a rough example, I was cutting my teeth in Sep-Dec 2011, 8-tabling 200nl on Stars without a HUD. iirc my VPIP was somewhere in the mid-30's, and my w/r was 3bb-4bb/100.
I doubt people on Sky have much of a foundation playing much better opposition, to base their own ability on.
Anywho, RE: HU vs James, I think it's highly unlikely he'll ever play me man. Long time bumhunter, and has always (iirc) refused action vs me. I'm not just some 1-trick 'NLHE' pony, and would relish the chance to play him in game, at any stakes.
EDIT: Deleted a bunch of stuff due to too much rambling+waffle
Long story short, people should take a much more skeptical view of pros+regs imo. Heck, of me too!
And, what a surprise. I can't do short posts to save my fffff-in life. Hope that answered a few questions anyway Doh, and feel free to hit me up if you (or anyone else!) has any more. ty
That's the latest one. You can find all his other ones from there because obv they've been uploaded by the same person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIOHYGHw2PE
Really man?
REE-HEE-EEEALLY?
FFS!! I told my doppelganger to lay low for a bit, damnit! Ughhhhhhhhhhh...
I just guess he/I can't help him/myself. Typical attention whor ing little sh it that he/I is/am.
fwiw.....I love (bit strong).....very much like the vid. Arrogant? Yeah, but you made me laugh!
You def sound like that guy though....watch a few of his vids if you're ever bored, hilarious.
I believe i was 12 tabling at the time. Same as always. Highest stakes ive ever played? No. I played some 25/50 back in the day. You can call me a nit all you want thats fine. Just find it amusing that you get it in 99 vs a nit who 4bets you then and try and reason with yourself that it was a good play.
As for you playing on pokerstars like its some massive deal? You make me laugh. Ive prob played 2m+ hands on sites other than Sky, including stars and FT.
For everyone who watched the video and loved Smitalos "telling it like it is" after the video or near the end hes calling me a bumhunting fish and a F*****g nit in chat(nice guy!) Which is funny because at that exact moment i was playing 10/20 HU on two tables vs 2 different players. Both of which he said were great players? hmmm. What was Smit doing at this time? He was sitting out of course. Also cant remember the last time i refused to play a reg HU, according to Smit though im still a bumhunter, like every other reg.
Also if you notice in the video. Smitalos sits out on the left hand table when it gets 3 handed to concentrate on the other one he says. Bit weird for someone who usually 12 tables. Oh but then look he sits back in again when the weak player sits.... funny that. What would you call that Smitalos?
Also he sl*gs off James in the video so much because he doesnt like him and vice versa. He bigs up his friend who was taking a shot, badly. He cant put his ego aside and give reasoned advice. If he was as much of a rational thinker as he says he is he would say James is a decent reg despite not liking him and he wouldnt big up his friend so much who was a clear dog in that game. This leads to him giving pretty bad advice on more than one hand.
I don't think you're as talented as people percieve you to be.
I cba to spend time on yet another reg losing their cool, so, in cliff note form...
- If I were acting the way I do towards recreational players, yes, it'd be childish imo. All i'm saying is that Sky has a bunch of over-rated wannabe pros, all just imo.
- Credit to you RE: 25/50, and 12-tabling, more power to ya. You are (compared to me anyway) a nit. You wanna prop on who has the highest VPIP out of me and you? Or me versus any reg for that matter? For real, be my guest. That isn't smack talk, that's me trying to prove, with evidence that I'm right on this one.
- Again, congrats.
- "Got the local bumhunters waiting for aces, so tilting
what even is thissss
Punish the f*ckin' nitty little bumhunting f*cks ffs"
Stop lying. Please. I also DIDN'T say anyone was great. I thought JH16 is decent, and probably the best out of the 5 I was with at the time. I don't particularly rate anyone else. Again, stop with the lies please.
- I was sitting out, because they were the biggest stakes of my life. I have 25BI for that level, and I wasn't keen on playing two 3-handed, high variance tables. Two 6max tables, at least when I had the best seat at the table, I can just about convince myself to do.
- I do not consider you a bumhunter. It was a general term used for everyone swarming round the table when a rec. sat at the start. I can clarify this in my next video if you really want me to.
- Again, as said, 12tabling 100nl (where I have 500BI) is a little different to 1-2 tabling the biggest stakes of my life, where 1 pot can represent 10% of my roll. Stop making assumptions about my mind-set, please.
- For the record, I have nothing against you. You're a bit of a nit, but bar that, I have no qualms. (as stated in the video) you have a good set of fundamentals and probably one of the better regs on the site. Whether you hate my guts, or my poker play, won't change my opinion of you, or your game. James though, is a different kettle of fish. I think he's a bit of a... well, douchebag. He's a MAHOOSIVE nit, and bumhunts like there's no tomorrow. He's all talk, but never wants to take me up on my many requests to play him.
- I've only spoken with JH16 only a few times online, in the chat box. We've played HU a few times, and he's usually my go-to guy when I get really tilted and want to flip coins for rollz. Tbbh, we're nothing past acquaintances really. So again, I'd really appreciate it if we could stop with the accusations based on wild misconceptions of yours. You can also confirm this with JH16 himself if you like.
Always here to discuss sir.
Do I rate you as a player? Meh. You're alright.
As a person? Never met you, or had any chance to talk at length. No reads, hard to say.
Do I rate James as a player? Hell no.
As a person? Hellllllllllll no. And the stories I've been told about him corraborate my initial feelings.
There are many people on Sky that I think are great guys, but I don't rate their game. Julian, Tommy, TimmyRaRa et al. (no offence guys!)
And there are people that I think are really good, but probably not nice as individuals. Marc Wright, among others (unfair to name names tbh)
PM me if you want to discuss this further, as I'd like to keep this thread on topic. Failing that, post away. But can we PLEASE stop the lies and accusations bro. Thank you.