Postflop Poker Podcast

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Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 44 - Card Dead Oct 03, 2017

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The team welcome Aussie star Jesse "OntheMac" McKenzie to the show and discuss a PPP Poser from Jonathan Breslin on on how to deal with being card dead. Jesse then brings a headsup hand from a Pokerstars Sunday Millions win (32:17), which features a sensational bit of river action that you simply must listen out for. Mike and Ben were deliberately kept in the dark and run through the hand blind. Jesse found out the villain's hole cards a few days after his win by watching the replay online and we'll reveal those cards (50:25) only by listening.

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Sunday Millions Final Table Headsup Hand:

Effective stack - Villain - Rizih - 18m, blinds 300k/600k (30BB deep with antes)

Hero (AcKs) raises minimum to 1.2m

Villain (??) calls

Flop: QsQcJc (Pot size 2.5m)

Villain checks

Hero checks

Turn: 9d (Pot size 2.5m)

Villain bets 1.2m

Hero calls

River: Tc (Pot size 5m)

Villain bets all-in for 15.5m (3x overbet)

Hero.........tanks...........and..........folds

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 43 - Cash v Tourney Preflop Ranges Sep 19, 2017

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James "Splitsuit" Sweeney enjoys one of Merv's most memorable introductions and provides expert cash game commentary on a hand from his live workbook (33:05). Before that, the team are divided on the interesting poser: "Which preflop ranges are wider, cash or tourney?" After co-authoring the final tables workbook with James, Ben announces he is joining the Red Chip Poker Team.

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Hand 9 from The Live (Cash) Workbook:

$2/$5 Cash and it folds to the hero on the cutoff with the effective stack of $500 (100BB)

HERO raises 5BB to $25 (what is his range?)

BB 3-bets to $80

HERO calls (what is his range?)

2 players see a flop of Tc 6c 3h. The pot is $160

BB bets $100

HERO calls (what is his range?)

2 players see a turn card of 3d. The pot is $360

BB bets all-in

HERO calls (what is his range?)

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 42 - Notetaking Sep 07, 2017

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Mike concludes the mobility scooter story from last episode, whilst Ben bangs on about the release of his new book available here and Merv laments the loss of online poker in Austraya. The team tackle a poser on how to take good notes before discussing hand 13 from the new workbook (27:45).

Poker Anagram Bonus Poser: NOTETAKING Clue: One million dollar chip (5,5)

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Hand 13 from The Final Tables Workbook:

Final Table 9 players remain. High level of ICM intensity.

Hero (72BB and 2nd in chips), AT clubs, Lojack, open raises to 3BB

Weak TAG (65BB and 3rd in chips), Button, calls 3BB, blinds fold

Preflop - Build the Weak TAG villain's calling range

Flop Jc7c6h (Pot 8.4BB)

Hero bets 5BB

Villain calls 5BB

Flop - Build the Weak TAG villain's calling range

Turn 9s (Pot 18.4BB)

Hero bets 11BB

Villain calls 11BB

Turn - Build the Weak TAG villain's calling range

River 2s

Hero checks

Villain bets 15BB

River - Build the Weak TAG villain's betting range

Hero check-raises all-in

River - How many hands can the villain call with here?

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 41 - To Barrel or Not To Barrel? Aug 16, 2017

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Episode 41 is a barrel of laughs, as the trusty trio tackle a prickly PPP Poser. Mike plays the role of villain...literally...admitting to aiding and a"betting" in a phone felony and a senior citizen scooter scandal. The strat-chat (23:21) features a low stakes cash game in which Mike is caught red-handed.

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Hand - Zoom Cash 5c/10c:

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 40 - Tells Aug 03, 2017

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Merv has touched down in Sydney, jet-lagged, sleep-deprived and hungover from the WSOP parties, yet Episode 40 must be hosted and Captain Harvey does not disappoint. The theme is live tells and who better to join us than the top tycoon of teaching tells, Zachary Elwood. Together, we take on a triple-barrel poser and reveal a tell from the Main Event champion himself, Scott Blumstein, in a final table hand.

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Hand #101 from the 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table

Players left: 7
Blinds/antes: 800,000/1,600,000/200,000

Hesp (CO) 39M, Blumstein (BU) 159M, Pollak (BB) 60M

Hesp raises preflop to 3.5M, Blumstein calls, Pollak (Jd9c) calls

Pot 12.9M Flop Qd 9h 9d

Pollak checks, Hesp bets 5M, Blumstein raises to 12M, Pollak calls, Hesp folds

Pot 41.7M Turn Td

Pollak checks, Blumstein checks

Pot 41.7M River Kh

Pollak checks, Blumstein bets 8M, Pollak folds!

Listen in for the verbal tell that may have helped Pollak find this excellent fold

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 39 - Bet Sizing Jul 18, 2017

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Less than 24 hours after finishing 3rd in the final event at the WSOP, highroller Matt Berkey joins Merv, Mike and Ben for episode 39. The PPP Poser this week is centred on bet sizing and the featured hand comes from Ben's forthcoming workbook (42:09). There's plenty of banter on the WSOP main event and I'm sure many of you will be following the action from the final table just after the release of this episode.

Find Matt's SolveForWhy academy here: http://www.solveforwhyacademy.com

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Hand #10 from The Final Tables Workbook

You are sat at a live $50 final table, which is being dominated by a very skilled player, who has been applying the pressure at all the right times.

MP1 60BB Folds

MP2 38BB Folds

CO 55BB HERO

BU 30BB NIT

SB 28BB WEAK TAG

BB 147BB SOLID LAG

You raise to 3BB

The big blind is the only caller and 2 players see a flop of Qc 7d 2h. The pot is 7.1BB

BB 144BB Checks

HERO 52BB Checks

2 players see a turn card of 9h. The pot is 7.1BB

BB 144BB Bets 4BB

HERO 52BB Calls 4BB

2 players see a river card of Qs. The pot is 15.1BB

BB 140BB Bets 21BB

HERO 48BB Needs to Build a Calling / Folding Range

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 38 - Hand Reading Jul 04, 2017

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Dara O'Kearney is our esteemed guest in an episode devoted to hand reading. The team talk to Dara about his decade as a pro player before tackling the PPP Poser. The stratchat (39:55) features a hand from last year's WSOP Main Event and is easily the longest hand discussion in PPP history. The episode was also memorable for Merv's didgeridoo.

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Hand - 2016 WSOP Main Event Final Table

8 players remain, ICM intense, Blinds 300K/600K Ante 100K

Michael Ruane (Hijack) 33.5M, Raises to 1.4M

Kenny Hallaert (Cutoff) 37.8M, Calls

Flop: Qc Td Th Pot 4.5M

Ruane C-bets 1.8M and Hallaert Calls

Turn: Qd Pot 8.1M

Ruane Checks and Hallaert Checks

River: 4c Pot 8.1M

Ruane Checks, Hallaert Bets 3.6M and Ruane Calls.

To see the hand and the hole cards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsS-ldshvI

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 37 - Huge Laydowns Jun 21, 2017

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Experience the WSOP vicariously via Merv "The Verve" in Vegas. Our regular feature, the PPP Poser (12:32) is centred around the theme of huge (or as Mike says, "yuge") laydowns. The strat-chat (28:49) involves a hand from the 2016 WSOP Main Event showcasing James Obst making a tremendous laydown. No takers so far to buy a piece of Merv's action for this year's event - for any bargain-hunters (cough, splutter) he's going as low as 0.8 (and you can probably talk him down to 0.75 - wow, that might actually be worth it!)

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Hand - Huge Laydown - 2016 WSOP Main Event

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFW8lho_5o

Blinds 100k/200k

Fernando Pons (KQs) UTG raises to 450,000.

Michael Ruane (23.1M) (89c) calls from the button

James Obst (25.8M) (77) calls from the small blind

Qui Nguyen calls from the big blind

(pot~2M) FLOP Qs Jc 7c

Obst and Nguyen check to Pons, who cbets 625,000.

Ruane raises to 2,025,000

Obst raises to 5,300,000.

Nguyen and Pons fold, Ruane tanks 2mins then calls

(pot~13M) TURN Tc

Obst checks.

Ruane tanks 2.5mins then bets 3,750,000

Obst tanks 2mins then calls.

(pot~20M) RIVER Td

Obst leads out for 4,700,000

Ruane raises all-in 13,500,000

Obst tank folds

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 36 - Tiltlessness Jun 07, 2017

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Special guest Tommy Angelo, author of the fascinating new poker novel Painless Poker, joins the crew for a delightful discourse, featuring topics such as meditation and top tips for avoiding tilt. We dive into one of the hands from the book, as Tommy's fictional hand is subjected to our usual strat-chat. Listen carefully for how you can claim a free copy of Tommy's book.

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Hand - Unfathomable Laydown - Live Cash $10/$20

Read the full excerpt here: http://www.tommyangelo.com/qq-vs-53-hand-from-painless-poker/

$10/20 Cash game ($6500 effective stack)

Villain opens UTG+2 to 4x ($80)

Tommy 3-bets in SB with QQ to $260. Villain calls

Pot: $520

Flop: Q 7 4 rainbow

Tommy bets $400. Villain calls quickly

Pot $1320

Turn: 2 off suit

Tommy bets $800. Villain hitched, changes his mind, calls slowly sliding out stacks of $20 chips.

Pot $2920

River: 6

Tommy checks. Villain bets $1000, Tommy folds.

Postflop Poker Podcast - Episode 35 - Triple-Barreling May 17, 2017

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Carlos Welch @HipHop101Trivia is our special guest for Episode 35 of the NNN (The No Limit Nitty Nerdcast) as the team tackle the terrifying theme of triple-barreling. Carlos, the life nit, takes us on a colourful journey through various stages of his poker life, before answering the Poser and walking us through a triple-barrel bluff.

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Hand - Triple Barrel Bluff - MTT

CO (CO): 15.85 BB

BTN (BTN): 4.18 BB

SB (SB): 6.4 BB

Hero (BB): 43.98 BB

UTG (UTG): 36.13 BB - VILLAIN

UTG+1 (UTG+1): 45.76 BB

MP (MP): 11.97 BB

MP+1 (MP+1): 12.4 BB

8 players post ante of 0.1 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Dealt to Hero: J clubs, K spades

UTG calls 1 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 0.5 BB, Hero raises to 3 BB, UTG calls 2 BB, fold

Flop (7.8 BB, 2 players):

7 clubs, 4 spades, 2 diamonds Turn: 9 hearts River: 8 hearts

Hero bets flop, turn and river (half pot, half pot, all-in) Villain folds on the river

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Hand - Zoom Cash 5c/10c:

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Hand #101 from the 2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table

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