Top 5 Spots To Go HUGE With Value
Summary
TLDRIn this poker strategy video, Maron, a full-time poker player for over 5 years, reveals his top five spots to bet big for value in poker. He explains why betting large in specific situations, such as when the turn is a blank or when bottom card pairs occur, can maximize profits. Maron's insights, drawn from his experience playing at various stakes and netting over seven figures, aim to help viewers improve their win rate by recognizing and exploiting opponents' tendencies.
Takeaways
- đČ Poker player Maron shares his expertise on when to bet big for value in poker games, having played professionally for over five years.
- đą The first situation to bet big is when the turn is a blank, aiming to entice opponents to raise with weaker hands and call with weaker ranges.
- đ In the second scenario, betting big is recommended when the turn pairs the bottom card, as opponents are less likely to have trips and more likely to fold weaker hands.
- đ The third situation involves betting big when a villain takes a bet-bet-checkline, especially when they check the river, as they might have a busted draw or a strong hand planning to check-call.
- đ§ The fourth situation is when the villain check-raises the flop and then checks the turn, suggesting a strong hand that won't fold for any size on the turn.
- đ The top spot to go big for value is when you check-raise all-in, exploiting the unfamiliarity of live players with large bet sizes and targeting the top 10% of their range that won't fold.
- đ€ Maron emphasizes the importance of considering the villain's range and betting sizes in each situation to maximize value.
- đ° Betting big in these situations can lead to significant wins, as opponents are less likely to fold strong hands but may fold weaker hands more readily.
- đ Maron suggests using large bet sizes to set up favorable pot odds on the river, making it difficult for opponents to fold sets.
- đ Observing opponents' betting patterns and tendencies is crucial for identifying the right moments to bet big for value.
- đ Maron's advice is based on his extensive experience playing poker at various stakes, making his insights valuable for poker players looking to improve their game.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is about identifying five key spots in poker where players can maximize their value by betting large.
Who is the speaker in the video?
-The speaker in the video is Maron, a professional poker player who has played poker full-time for over five years.
What is the significance of betting large in the situations described by Maron?
-Betting large in these situations can help players extract more value from their opponents, potentially leading to larger pots and greater winnings.
What is the first spot mentioned by Maron to go huge with value?
-The first spot is when the turn is a blank, meaning it does not significantly change the dynamics of the hand, and the player can bet large to force opponents to fold weaker hands.
Why is it beneficial to bet large on the turn when the turn is a blank?
-Betting large on the turn when it is a blank can pressure opponents into folding hands like Ace-Jack, which they might otherwise call with if the bet size was smaller.
What is the second spot to go huge with value according to Maron?
-The second spot is when bottom card pairs occur on the turn or the river, which can lead to players having less incentive to fold their top pair hands.
Why should players avoid betting too small on the turn when bottom card pairs?
-Betting too small in this situation might allow opponents with hands like Queen-King or Queen-Jack to call too easily, missing out on the opportunity to extract more value.
What is the third spot to go huge with value as described by Maron?
-The third spot is when the villain takes a bet bet checkline, indicating a potential weakness in their hand that can be exploited with a large bet.
What mistake does Maron mention he used to make in this third spot?
-Maron used to bet too small in this spot, which he realized was a mistake as it allowed opponents with hands like King-Jack to call too easily.
What is the fourth spot to go huge with value mentioned by Maron?
-The fourth spot is when the villain check-raises the flop and then checks the turn, indicating a change in the strength of their hand.
Why is it a mistake to bet only half pot or 2/3 pot in the fourth spot?
-Betting only half pot or 2/3 pot in this spot does not fully exploit the villain's range, which is likely to be weaker than their bet on the flop would suggest.
What is the number one spot to go huge for value according to Maron?
-The number one spot is when you check-raise all in pre-flop and then check on the flop, forcing opponents to make a difficult decision with a large bet.
Why is it effective to take a huge check-raise size on the flop in the number one spot?
-Taking a huge check-raise size on the flop can exploit the villain's unfamiliarity with large bet sizes, potentially causing them to fold strong hands that they would otherwise call with.
Outlines
đČ Top 5 Poker Betting Spots for Maximum Value
In this video, Maron, a professional poker player with over five years of experience, shares his top five spots where he believes it's crucial to bet big for value in poker. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the context and the opponent's likely hand ranges. Maron starts with the fifth spot, explaining how to bet when the turn is a blank, suggesting a half-pot bet to entice opponents to raise with weaker hands. He then moves on to the fourth spot, discussing the strategy when the bottom card pairs on the turn or river, advising to bet big to capitalize on opponents' weaker ranges. Maron also highlights the importance of recognizing whether opponents are 'capped' and adjusting bet sizes accordingly.
đ° Betting Big on Value Hands in Poker
Continuing from the previous paragraph, Maron dives into the third spot, focusing on betting strategies when the villain takes a bet bet checkline. He illustrates this with an example where he has Jacks and the villain checks on the river after a bet on the turn. Maron suggests betting big in this situation, as opponents are unlikely to fold strong hands like Ace-Jack. He also discusses the second spot, which involves betting when the villain check-raises the flop and then checks the turn. Maron explains that villains often have a strong range when they check-raise, and betting big on the turn can force them into unfavorable decisions. He emphasizes the need to set up an SPR (Stack to Pot Ratio) that makes it difficult for villains to fold sets.
đ Maximizing Value in Live Poker with Check-Racing
In the final paragraph, Maron reveals the number one spot for going huge with value in live poker: check-racing. He explains that when playing out of position, live players often make mistakes such as over-betting, telegraphing their hand strength, and not protecting their check-back range. Maron advises taking an unusually large check-raise size to exploit these tendencies, targeting the top 10% of the opponent's range that is unlikely to fold. He uses an example of playing ducks in the big blind and checking to the pre-flop raiser, who then bets half-pot on the flop. Maron suggests a massive check-raise to 9x the flop bet, aiming to capitalize on the opponent's unfamiliarity with such aggressive play.
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Keywords
đĄValue Betting
đĄPoker Spots
đĄEffective Stack Size
đĄBetting Discs
đĄTurn
đĄBottom Card Pairs
đĄCheck-Raise
đĄCheck-Call
đĄRiver
đĄCheck-Racing
đĄSPR (Stack to Pot Ratio)
Highlights
Maron shares his experience of playing poker full-time for over 5 years and netting over seven figures.
He discusses the importance of betting big in certain situations to maximize value.
Identifies the top five spots to go all-in with value in poker.
Explains the strategy of betting half pot on the flop to entice opponents with weaker hands.
Advises going big on the turn when the opponent's range is capped, forcing them to fold stronger hands like Ace-Jack.
Details the advantage of betting big when bottom card pairs occur on the turn or river.
Suggests treating bottom card paired turns and rivers as blank turns to extract more value.
Talks about the mistake of under-betting in situations where opponents have top pair on paired boards.
Maron emphasizes the importance of over-betting when all draws break and the opponent checks the river.
Analyzes the villain's tendencies when taking a bet, bet, checkline and how to exploit it with big bets.
Points out the common mistake of going too small in spots where value is maximized.
Recommends over-betting when the villain check-raises the flop and checks the turn, especially when the nuts change.
Discusses the psychology behind villains' check-backs and how to use it to extract maximum value.
Advises the use of an 'absolutely massive' bet size to exploit the top 10% of the villain's range that never folds.
Encourages viewers to subscribe for more content aimed at boosting win rates.
Maron humorously suggests that following his advice could make one so wealthy they 'turn into a hippopotamus'.
Transcripts
if you're not betting huge for Value in
these five spots you could be leaving a
ton of money on the table I'm going to
show you why I like to put in an
unreasonable amount of betting discs
every time one of these five situations
comes up for context my name is Maron I
played poker full-time for over 5 years
I started at $1 $2 worked my way up and
played as big as 200 400 and netted over
seven figures along the way all right
without further Ado let's count it down
my top five spots to go huge with value
starting at number five when the turn is
a blank all right so we're playing 25 1K
effective going to open up pocket Queens
on the button villain's going to call on
the big blind look at that what do you
know Jack n Deuce with a couple Spades
they're going to check it over to us the
question I ask on the flap is what is
the biggest size where they raise off
their strong stuff and still call with
their weak stuff half pots usually going
to get that done going to entice them to
raise off with hands like Jack n suited
pocket 9's pocket Deuces but still call
with a weak range that we can get a ton
of value from across the rest of the
hand so we are going to go half pot on
the Flop they are going to call on the
turn they are going to check to us and
the question I like to ask on the turn
before determining my sizing is are they
capped and if yes I like to go big and
if no I like to go small so usually
getting to the turn the best hand
they're going to have is a hand like Ace
Jack or King Jack right you got an AK-47
pointed at your head and I say listen
you've got to make this guy fold Ace
Jack right here right now on the turn
what size are you betting right you're
probably betting absolutely massive
because you just don't think Ace Jack is
folding here I like the default to
putting in a very big size on the turn
when the turn is a blink they're not
folding Ace Jack right now put in more
money while you can all right my number
four spot to go huge with value when
bottom card pairs all right so let's
look at an example here and this can
apply when bottom card pairs on the turn
or when bottom card pairs on the river
this example we're going to have Aces on
the button the second best handed poker
we open it up villain's going to call
whoa the dealer Queen n de that is a
little strange peculiar but villain's
going to check it over to us again we're
going to choose a size on the Flop where
they raise off their strong stuff and
call with their weak stuff so usually
around half pot they are going to check
call we go to a turn and now the turn
pairs bottom card so I want to talk
about why it's so good to go big in this
spot villain is just not going to have
much of the bottom card represented in
their range they're just not going to
have a ton of trips here after they call
the bet on the Flop players get much
stickier with top pair on paired boards
but they get much less sticky when they
have draws so it is kind of a balance
here I think you will find if you start
going huge on this turn players will
certainly start folding hands like Jack
10 or gut shots for sure because now
that the board is paired they are unsure
even if they get there if their hand is
going to be good while they're going to
be getting more elastic with their draws
I think they get less price sensitive
with their top pair and in this
situation if they do have a hand like
queen king or queen Jack I just don't
think they're folding for even huge
sizes here on this turn and I think one
of the mistakes I found out was making
was just going too small in this spot
trying to recap them on this turn and
get them to raise off whenever they have
tripped and just missing out a ton of
value against hands like queen king and
queen Jack we should almost treat this
as a blank and just go with that big
overb even the 9x gets more sticky in
the spot because now their hand to them
technically has improved the two pair
and I just don't think they find a bunch
of folds on this turn so I think sizing
up here with value on the turn is going
to be very very good treat these bottom
card paired turns and rivers as more of
a blank turn or river and choose that
big size once again all right guys real
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number three spot to go huge with value
when the villain takes a bet bet
checkline let me show you all right
let's walk through it here villain's
going to open in the cut off we are
going to call on the button in general
I'm not a huge fan fan of doing calling
especially when recreational players
open I'm generally just playing three
better fold but let's say in this
specific example we've got a really big
whale in the big blind here Shawn
Bradley and we are super super deep with
this player and we would love for this
guy to come along with dominated hands
because he's going to be the type to
make 200 300 400 big blind mistakes post
flop we are going to call here Jack n
Deuce what do you know villain's going
to C bet for just a little under half
pot we are going to call go to the turn
which is a blank villain is going to ch
choose the standard bad rig size in this
spot which is going to be around 2/3 pot
we are going to call again now we go to
a river which is another blank and now
villain is going to check I want to talk
about this heris which I think is really
really important recreational players
generally check the river to check call
so let's keep that in mind here when
they check this river right what do they
have on this River well they either have
a busted draw that decided to give up up
here or they have a pretty good hand
like Jack X that is planning on check
calling on this River because all the
draws brick so what should we do in this
situation well we have a value hand one
of the things I like to ask to kind of
distance the forest from the trees is
ask what would we do here if we had a
bluff I probably wouldn't want to go big
right because if villain has a hand like
Ace Jack or King Jack I just don't think
they're ever folding in the spot when
they check the river they're checking
and check call now if they also have a
draw they're going to fold if we breathe
on the pot so if I had a bluff here I'd
probably go relatively small which means
let's flip it back to when we have value
here we have a jack we're back to
reality again that means we should
probably go absolutely massive right
because if villain has a bust to draw
and they're giving up we're not getting
any more money from that hand anyway but
if they do have a hand like Queen Jack
or King Jack or Jack 10 here I don't
think they're folding right I just used
to go way too small in this spot how do
I know because I used to try to Bluff
this spot and I would bet 300 and I
would just get tank called every single
time by King Jack well what does that
mean when we have value when we have
value then if we're getting called so
often when we're bluffing here if
villains are checking this River to
check call when we have value here we
should just be blasting it's really easy
to make a mistake and just go 2/3 pot or
pot here on this River and I think
that's just leaving a ton of money on
the table I would almost always overb
when all the draws break so they check
it over to us I'm going to go 1.5x pot
here I think you could probably even get
even more greedy and I just expect to
get called here quite a bit when they
have a worse Jack my number two spot to
go huge for Value when villain check
raises the Flop and then checks the turn
when the nuts change let me show you all
right so we are going to open A7 of
spades on the button villain is going to
call in the big blind Jack n Deuce what
do you know and we are going to CED half
pot here on the Flop as is EML villain
is going to check raise to $75 here on
the Flop well we've got the nut flush
draw we are in position I think when
villains check raay on this board
they're just going to be heavily
weighted towards value here because
they're almost always going to be
raising off hands like Jack n pocket NES
pocket Deuces stuff like that here we
have a pretty easy call we don't
particularly want to get jammed on if we
decide to go for a bet three bet here
villain's just going to have a little
bit too strong of a range we don't have
much fold Equity here also we are ahead
of a lot of their draws that could be
raising here so pretty standard call I
think in position we go to a turn look
at that sweet baby there look at that
sweet baby there and now villain is
going to check this is one of the
biggest mistakes I was making personally
and I think in this spot we should be
going absolutely massive why should we
be going massive well first let's think
about what is villain's range when
villain check raises this flop what is
their range mostly going to be hands
like pocket nines pocket Deuces Jack n
suited they're just going to have sets
into pair here when they check this turn
why don't they just have a lot of
flushes here as well well they probably
just don't have many flushes because
number one flush draws would not always
check raise the Flop let's say flush
draws check rais the Flop 10% of the
time 20% of the time somewhere in that
vicinity let's say the type of player
who's going to check raise a flush draw
on the Flop are they in general going to
be more passive or more aggressive that
player is going to be more aggressive
right and so an aggressive player raises
a flush draw on the Flop now they get
there on the turn what are they going to
continue doing a large majority of the
time they're going to continue betting
if they were a passive trappy player
well they probably wouldn't have raised
their flush draws on the Flop so they
don't have many flushes here but they do
have a ton of two pairs and sets and are
the two pair and sets going to fold for
any size on this turn no so I think the
mistake I was making in this spot was
just going half pot 2/3 pot just getting
lazy with that bad rag sizing in the
spot and not really taking into the
account villains range here we want to
set up an spr as smallest possible on
the river villains just almost never
folding a set on this turn because they
can call and in their mind you know
they're getting odds to boat up if they
boat up they're going to get the money
right that's what they're thinking if we
go like a 100 on this turn pot's going
to be 392 and we're going to have 800
back we're not going to stack sets but
if we go absolutely massive on this turn
I don't think villains are folding
Deuces or nines here and the goal here
is to sculpt that River spr so when we
get to the river ah look now the pot is
842 we've only got 580 left and now
they're getting quite a price on the
river so set up that spr on the turn so
they just can't fold a set and finally
drum roll please the number one spot you
should be going huge for value in live
poker when you check race all right in
this example we are going to play out of
the big blind as the pre- Flop caller
here villain opens on the button we call
with ducks why are they called Ducks we
go to a flop Jack n Deuce Deuces by the
way are a pretty decent hand if you know
the flap is coming Jack n Deuce with a
couple of Spades I would almost always
play deuces in that example so we are
going to check it over to the preal
Razer they go half pot here and I think
this again was maybe the biggest mistake
I was making in live poker was just
check raising the standard bad rag size
to 3 to 4X in this spot I think almost
all live players are going to play worse
if you put them in unfamiliar territory
villains in position in live poker make
a couple reoccurring mistakes number one
they just stab or seeet way too much
number two they Telegraph their hand
strength with their sizing and number
three they do not protect their
checkback range when they do check back
they just don't have enough strong hands
if they just have a hand like pocket
sevens that is just mindlessly SE
betting here they're folding whether we
check raise 3x or whether we check raise
30X it doesn't matter pocket sevens are
just going into the muck if they do have
a hand like Ace Jack here if they do
have a hand like aex of Spades or queen
10 of clubs I would say none of those
hands are folding whether we check raise
3x or whether we check raise 9x and
because villains aren't used to looking
at this spot I think we just exploit the
[Â __Â ] out of them by just targeting that
top 10% of the range that is just never
folding in a million years when we take
this huge check race size so I'm going
to take an absolutely ridiculous check
race size here to 9x on his flop all
right guys hopefully you enjoyed this
video on five spots to go absolutely
huge for value and it makes you so much
money you turn into a hippopotamus thank
you guys and have a gentle day
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