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Introduction Images
- Figure 1: The Progression of Dominoes in your pursuit of Poker Excellence
- Figure 2: there are 5 sub-dominoes that lead to toppling the Preflop Ranges Domino
- Figure 3: Tracking 5 stats before and after 1 week of studying open raising ranges
- Figure 4: my Smart HUD with 16 statistics
- Figure 5: PokerTracker 4's Note Editor for color coding, recording notes and viewing street-related auto-notes
Flopzilla: http://www.flopzilla.com/
Equilab: https://www.pokerstrategy.com/poker-software-tools/
HoldEq: http://www.flopzilla.com/holdeq.html
PokerTracker 4: https://smartpokerstudy.com/pokertracker4
Smart HUD: https://smartpokerstudy.com/smartHUD
Action Steps PDF: click here to download
Sub-Domino 1.1: Position & Player Types Images
- Sub-domino 1.1
- Figure 6: The positions at a 9-handed full-ring table
- Figure 7: The positions at a 6-max table
- Figure 8: VPIP increases gradually as position gets later
- Figure 9: A losing player’s VPIP stays about the same from BB to CO
- Figure 10: The 6 player types broken up into groups
- Nits
- TAGfish
- TAG
- LAG
- Whale
- Maniac
- Figure 11: Orange border = Maniac
Tommy Angelo's Elements of Poker
Sub-Domino 1.2: Open Raising Ranges
- Sub-domino 1.2
- Figure 12: The 20% open raising range for “Sam123”
- Figure 13: Following these frequencies makes you a solid TAG player
- Figure 14: The EP open raising range
- Figure 15: The CO and SB open raising range
- Figure 16: The BTN and BB open raising range
- Figure 17: Raising from either blind when facing non-blind limpers
- Figure 18: With Flopzilla, I have a plethora of ranges to choose from for any occasion.
- Figure 19: There's a big difference in playability between KTs and A7o
Sub-Domino 1.3: 2bet Calling Ranges
- Sub-domino 1.3
- Figure 20: The EP calling range equity versus a 12% EP open raising range
- Figure 21: The EP calling range versus an EP 2bet
- Figure 22: The CO calling range versus an EP 2bet
- Figure 23: The BTN calling range versus an EP 2bet
- Figure 24: The BTN calling range versus a CO 2bet
- Figure 25: The SB calling range versus an EP 2bet
- Figure 26: The SB calling range versus a CO 2bet
- Figure 27: The SB calling range versus a BTN 2bet
- Figure 28: The BB calling range versus an EP 2bet
- Figure 29: The BB calling range versus a CO 2bet
- Figure 30: The BB calling range versus a BTN 2bet
- Figure 31: The BB calling range versus a SB 2bet
- Figure 32: The calling range is now winning more often on this flop
- Figure 33: The calling range has lost equity on this flop
- Figure 34: The EV Spectrum
- Figure 35: building a 2bet calling range
- Figure 36: PokerTracker 4 report showing many 13% 2bet callers (far right column)
- Figure 37: Tracking your estimate versus actual equities
Sub-Domino 1.4: 3bet Ranges
- Sub-domino 1.4
- Figure 38: 3betting versus an EP 2bet from the EP, CO and BTN
- Figure 39: 3betting versus a CO 2bet from the BTN
- Figure 40: 3betting versus an EP 2bet from the SB and BB
- Figure 41: 3betting versus a CO 2bet from the SB and BB
- Figure 42: 3betting versus a BTN 2bet from the SB and BB
- Figure 43: 3betting versus a SB 2bet from the BB
- Figure 44: 6% polarized on the left, depolarized on the right
- Figure 45: The larger the 3bet multiplier, the more frequently it needs to work to break-even
- Figure 46: Your 3bet range versus a likely EP calling range
Sub-Domino 1.5: 3bet Defense Ranges
- Figure 47: the 3bet defense range for EP versus an IP 3bet
- Figure 48: the 3bet defense range for EP versus a blind 3bet
- Figure 49: the 3bet defense range for CO versus an IP 3bet
- Figure 50: the 3bet defense range for CO versus a blind 3bet
- Figure 51: the 3bet defense range for BTN versus a blind 3bet
- Figure 52: the 3bet defense range for SB versus a BB 3bet
- Figure 54: It's all value for this 3bet range
- Figure 55: There's plenty of value and bluffs in this 3bet range
Game Tape Podcast Episode #136
Sub-Domino 2.1: Stealing Fundamentals
- Sub-domino 2.1
Sub-Domino 2.2: Utilizing a Steal HUD Popup
- Sub-domino 2.2
- Figure 56: The Steal Popup from my Smart HUD. I have almost 6K hands versus this opponent, so these stats are extremely reliable.
- Figure 57: my opponent's “making a steal raise” section
- Figure 58: the stats I use before making a steal
- Figure 59: post-flop stats to help me foresee what's headed my way if we get to the flop
Building a Steal Popup in PokerTracker 4
Sub-Domino 2.3: Steal Positional Analysis & Adjusting Ranges
- Sub-domino 2.3
- Figure 60: The 20% CO open raising range
Sub-Domino 2.4: Blind Stealing Consequences
- Sub-domino 2.4
- Figure 61: Villain 3bets 9.2% in SB, 12.7% in BB
- Figure 62: Villain 3bet Steals much higher in the blinds: 10.3% in SB and 16.6% in BB
- Figure 63: 3betting wide at 15% and 198 combos
- Figure 64: Villain is calling or 5betting with 66 combos
- Figure 65: HoldEq shows that Hero has an equity advantage
- Figure 66: equity decreases, but still over 50%
- Figure 67: Villain's 4bet calling range
- Figure 68: Hero is winning 60% of the time before the board hits when Villain calls
- Figure 69: still a healthy equity advantage with 2 bluffs added
- Figure 70: The KISS 3bet calling range
- Figure 71: The KISS 3bet defense calling range against the 15% 3bet range
- Figure 72: A large 3bet calling range of 366 combos
- Figure 73: Plenty of equity to make a mathematically correct call, but is that enough?
Sub-Domino 3.1: 3bet Essentials
- Sub-domino 3.1
- Figure 74: T9s fares well against such a wide opening range
- Figure 75: The Raise/X stats I use to gauge an opponent's 4bet range. This player with a total Raise/4bet at 4% seems to be extremely value-oriented.
- Figure 76: The “Holdem Hand Range Visualizer” report shows me that I've 3bet with J5o in the past. I’ll review this to see if I had a good reason.
Sub-Domino 3.2: Value 3bets
- Sub-domino 3.2
- Figure 77: Villain's expected 3bet calling range in the MP
- Figure 78: AA has great preflop equity versus a wide preflop 38 combo calling range
- Figure 79: It's hard to imagine a more drastic change in equities for AA
- Figure 80: The 3bet+ Pot section in my Smart HUD Cbet popup shows how often this player cbets IP and OOP as the preflop 3bettor
- Figure 81: The 3bet+ Pot section in my Smart HUD Fold to Cbet popup shows how this player reacts to cbets after calling the 3bet preflop
- Figure 82: This calling range only hits TP+ and good draws 30% of the time (9 of 30 combos) on this “2 Up 1 Down” board.
- Figure 83: The 38 combo calling range on the “Low & Wet” board.
Sub-Domino 3.3: Making Better Bluff 3bets
- Sub-domino 3.3
- Figure 84: My RFI and Fold to 3bet popup
- Figure 85: A plausible 35%, 470-combo CO LAG opening range
- Figure 86: 87s fares well versus the wide opening range
- Figure 87: Villain defends with 75% of their open raising hands at 352 combos
- Figure 88: equity remains about the same for 87s
- Figure 89: Looking at playability and equity differences between potential 3bet bluff rival hands
- Figure 90: T9s has enough preflop equity to break-even versus a tight 3bet range
- Figure 91: The wider the range, the more preflop equity T9s has
Sub-Domino 3.4: 3bet Defense
- Sub-domino 3.4
- Figure 92: These stats come from the LAG Villain with a total 3bet of 7%
- Figure 93: A 142-combo, 10.7% 3bet range
- Figure 94: 3bet-related auto-generated notes from PT4.
- Figure 95: A more accurate polarized 3bet range based on stats and history
- Figure 96: AQs has over 50% preflop equity versus Villain's 3bet range
- Figure 97: The average player's total 3bet range of 6%
- Figure 98: Your 3bet calling defense when adding 44-88
- Figure 99: What a great opportunity to earn tons of post-flop value
- Figure 100: My Smart HUD Cbet Popup with post-flop specific 3bet pot stats at the bottom
Sub-Domino 4.1: Defending the Blinds
- Sub-domino 4.1
- Figure 101: Fill out your own blind play stats
- Figure 102: My student's play out of the blinds. 2bet calling is a huge leak.
- Figure 103: J4o has enough preflop equity to call in the BB, but is it truly worth playing?
- Figure 104: AQ has great equity versus an AX opening range
- Figure 105: what a difference a kicker can make when calling
- Figure 106: 2bet Calling hands in the blinds from my recent database
Sub-Domino 4.2: Post-flop Blind Defense
- Sub-domino 4.2
- Figure 107: Calling in the BB versus a CO open with good post-flop playability
- Figure 108: Outs and Odds chart with the shortcut x2 Rule to help estimate the odds of hitting your draw on the next street
- Figure 109: My XR Flop All Players Report
Sub-Domino 4.3: Blind Versus Blind Situations
- Sub-domino 4.3
- Figure 110: KTs hits strong hands on the flop 2.82% of the time
- Figure 111: A PT4 Winning Aggressive Stealers Report