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hookem148's Poker Blog

May 25, 2008

Videos

I wanted to thank everyone for the positive feedback on my second video, the 100nl video that came out last month. I really appreciated it, and I'm glad that I could bring something new to the low stakes CR lineup. If anyone has any specific questions, feel free to post them here or PM me.

I also made a 50nl video that should be going up soon. It was a solid video that I think was very suitable for 50nl - not a lot of huge concepts that might get lost on the typical 50nl villain. So I was definitely pleased with it. I'll be making another vid soon, a $200nl video, and I wanted to see what kinds of concepts the CR $200nl players would like me to discuss. So if anyone has any requests, now is the time to get them in. Anything in particular you guys want to see, or would like me to discuss in the vid?

-Brian

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May 26, 08 00:44:08

Do you still play poker for a living? Any update on your poker career would be great for readers who originally read and loved your Hyperaggro \$101k challenge...maybe graphs, results, ect....

acsutch

May 28, 08 20:54:39

I got the roll up to about 70k-ish (starting from 1k) and then bought a house. So the majority of it came out. And I do have a job, so I'm not playing full time. But I do plan on starting a new 101k challenge at some point in the future.

hookem148

May 30, 08 01:35:06

Playing small pairs is something I have been thinking about lately. Players at 200NL don't pat off your sets so much and I would like to hear your thoughts on playing small pairs when facing a raise.

Your last vid was great so very much look forward to the next one.

SGB5000

Jun 2, 08 01:57:24

Feel free to not respond to these 2 questions.....but what is your job? And why did you decide to not continue playing poker full time? I had always thought you were going to be playing professionaly for years to come.

acsutch

Jun 10, 08 22:18:07

hookem, great video, I left a comment on the video page itself regarding my thoughts. I guess I have a question about settling into LAG play early on, as it's a relatively new fit for me. Part of my problem is that I don't have PT running, as playing cash games concertedly is a new venture for me.
I had great success on the first table I sat on employing your methodology, essentially raising and reraising a lot of hands in position, only raising solid hands in EP/UTG, and would occasionally 3-bet from the blinds with trash against players who I had pegged as weak.
My questions are:
[B]1. What do you do when you try to adopt a LAG image early on but are facing lots of 3bets and reraises post-flop against unknown players?[/B]
Putting money in light with a marginal hand obviously isn't a winning proposition over time no matter how much the image may pay off (if they stick around long enough for your play to matter in the first place), so should I just be content to fold those hands where I haven't connected enough to rebluff/commit and choose better spots?
[B]2. Cbet or not to cbet?[/B]
I tried to mix it up to a fair degree, but I was probably cbetting between 60-80% of flops if I had raised in position. Is this fair? What potential weaknesses are there in being a rampant c-better, hence if I've been firing often with air and then find myself with (say) an open-ender, I continue, get raised... with hands like these (and flush draws) what's your line against a standard .50/1 villain?

rando