Hey Ben! Thanks a lot for this great insight about ICM. For me this was the best video I watched on your channel!!!! Please make more videos about ICM in the future because it is one of the most important things in MTTs and also it is so complicated.
Glad you liked it! Have you checked out PAIRRD ICM to help you train those icm spots? We are currently running a SCOOP sale for it: pairrd.com/icm?YT&Video&PairrdICM
i still remember when i win 2 sats 1USD and the 11USD for the 215 sunday million and i play rly good had 60bb ( almost 5-10mins for the bubble). i had KK on the BB and UTG opens middl pos 3bets someone 4 bets sb 5bet Jams and i was covered by 3 players. iam a low stakes player and i know i gonna win a huge Pot or i gonna bubble. Min Cash is almost my Bankroll :D i played money scared and fold, i was against AA AA QQ JJ :D i would call in any other 3-11USD game....
You likely have a video on this already but one situation that I'd like to be better in is calling ranges when in the BB vs sub 15bb all ins. You made a nice call in a more recent video at the FT vs Ike haxton. You had 44 and nearly folded but eventually called and stacked Ike on your way to chop with mikita. I may have layed it down or called depending but I think a more in depth look at these spots would be very productive.
I'm for sure not bluffing enough ITM bubble situations, maybe even when we're in the money. Often times I'll be a top 10 stack, 200-500 man tournaments and end up like barely min cashing. Certain times I focus too much on making the money and probably over fold, underbluff, underjam
This might be slightly offtopic but since we are talking gambling I am curious to hear your thoughts: when I get it in vs a fish in cash games, I only ever run it once. Sure, running it twice would decrease swings, but I am willing to lose a stack for the chance of stacking the recreational before anyone else in the player pool can - they are gonna lose eventually and I want to maximize the chance of them doing it to me. Vs a regular, the money stays in the pool anyways, so it doesnt really matter. Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for the awesome content as always!
3 weeks later... I can't give you Ben's level of poker expertise or (an opinion of someone you care about), but I'm acquainted with stats and logic. If the mathematical expected value is the same, which it is, it's no difference in 'gambling' except for the variance as you have correctly said yourself. In cash, if your bankroll is solid, this shouldn't be a consideration, except for factors outside the maths 'equation' such as the one you mentioned about getting all the rec's money, which actually I think is a really clever insight. I'm sure Ben would say something similar. It would come down to some theoretical measure of how often you can get this person all in and how likely it is the chips go to others and not you if you pass up the opportunity, which I would say is quite high. For someone who, for example, is playing without a secure bankroll (as in not enough buy-ins) but with skill edge, and so who is confident about making money through skill, reducing variance would be beneficial as it lowers the chances and extent of the bad swings out-weighing their skill edge.
@@losyart yeah great idea: just play KK and AA, that will surely lead to success. I tend to run normally during the early/middle part of the tournament, but when it gets down to like last 50 and I get it in, I'm either stone dead and lose or I'm a big favourite and still lose. Tempted to quit tournament poker!
@@BrapNeeflap I'm in plenty of flips, tend to run fine in smaller pots and dreadfully in the big pots.Played 250+ tournaments and I'm winning a fair amount, feel like I could have a huge win rate if I'd run better. I dont get tilted, my mental is very good - just annoying that I never actually get 1st/2nd/3rd because I never run well enough in the situations that matter. Been telling myself it will eventually turn round and I'm sure it will, but it's been like 6 months now, feel like I'm playing better than ever, but results simply not what they should be because I cannot win with AA v KK, TT v 88 etc etc etc
@@alexandertaylor7169 I was joking bro and i know that feeling i was on such streak myself but it ends believe me. Unless of course u will play still decent and not give up
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Hey Ben! Thanks a lot for this great insight about ICM. For me this was the best video I watched on your channel!!!! Please make more videos about ICM in the future because it is one of the most important things in MTTs and also it is so complicated.
Glad you liked it! Have you checked out PAIRRD ICM to help you train those icm spots? We are currently running a SCOOP sale for it: pairrd.com/icm?YT&Video&PairrdICM
i still remember when i win 2 sats 1USD and the 11USD for the 215 sunday million and i play rly good had 60bb ( almost 5-10mins for the bubble).
i had KK on the BB and UTG opens middl pos 3bets someone 4 bets sb 5bet Jams and i was covered by 3 players.
iam a low stakes player and i know i gonna win a huge Pot or i gonna bubble.
Min Cash is almost my Bankroll :D i played money scared and fold, i was against AA AA QQ JJ :D i would call in any other 3-11USD game....
Interesting content! Hoping to see more videos of you playing tournaments (and winning!) 👍 👍
Eines, wie ich finde, deiner wichtigsten Video zu dem Thema, DANKE für diesen Content❤
Danke Lothar!
I needed this!! Cheers Ben! 👊👊
When you want to read the comments but are way too early to this video.
great story bro
@@jb-rx2ig thanks bro
hahahaha x2 still early
"no! your *ucking money scared!" lmao you tel them Ben 😭👏👍
bubbles short stack
You likely have a video on this already but one situation that I'd like to be better in is calling ranges when in the BB vs sub 15bb all ins. You made a nice call in a more recent video at the FT vs Ike haxton. You had 44 and nearly folded but eventually called and stacked Ike on your way to chop with mikita. I may have layed it down or called depending but I think a more in depth look at these spots would be very productive.
I love you ben, such a good guy giving us free great content ♥️
I'm for sure not bluffing enough ITM bubble situations, maybe even when we're in the money. Often times I'll be a top 10 stack, 200-500 man tournaments and end up like barely min cashing. Certain times I focus too much on making the money and probably over fold, underbluff, underjam
Happens me loads lately too! We need to up the aggression because the blinds are so big it's worth the bluffing risk!
Thank you for the video.
This might be slightly offtopic but since we are talking gambling I am curious to hear your thoughts: when I get it in vs a fish in cash games, I only ever run it once. Sure, running it twice would decrease swings, but I am willing to lose a stack for the chance of stacking the recreational before anyone else in the player pool can - they are gonna lose eventually and I want to maximize the chance of them doing it to me. Vs a regular, the money stays in the pool anyways, so it doesnt really matter. Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for the awesome content as always!
3 weeks later... I can't give you Ben's level of poker expertise or (an opinion of someone you care about), but I'm acquainted with stats and logic. If the mathematical expected value is the same, which it is, it's no difference in 'gambling' except for the variance as you have correctly said yourself. In cash, if your bankroll is solid, this shouldn't be a consideration, except for factors outside the maths 'equation' such as the one you mentioned about getting all the rec's money, which actually I think is a really clever insight. I'm sure Ben would say something similar. It would come down to some theoretical measure of how often you can get this person all in and how likely it is the chips go to others and not you if you pass up the opportunity, which I would say is quite high.
For someone who, for example, is playing without a secure bankroll (as in not enough buy-ins) but with skill edge, and so who is confident about making money through skill, reducing variance would be beneficial as it lowers the chances and extent of the bad swings out-weighing their skill edge.
I struggle with winning flips in the big spots!
Get into more flips then, that's the solution!
Wait for KK+ so its not a flip anymore :)
@@losyart yeah great idea: just play KK and AA, that will surely lead to success. I tend to run normally during the early/middle part of the tournament, but when it gets down to like last 50 and I get it in, I'm either stone dead and lose or I'm a big favourite and still lose. Tempted to quit tournament poker!
@@BrapNeeflap I'm in plenty of flips, tend to run fine in smaller pots and dreadfully in the big pots.Played 250+ tournaments and I'm winning a fair amount, feel like I could have a huge win rate if I'd run better. I dont get tilted, my mental is very good - just annoying that I never actually get 1st/2nd/3rd because I never run well enough in the situations that matter. Been telling myself it will eventually turn round and I'm sure it will, but it's been like 6 months now, feel like I'm playing better than ever, but results simply not what they should be because I cannot win with AA v KK, TT v 88 etc etc etc
@@alexandertaylor7169 I was joking bro and i know that feeling i was on such streak myself but it ends believe me. Unless of course u will play still decent and not give up
last night I was eliminated, I had 88 in Bb, I had 10 big blind... co move all in for 25 big blind... it's fine call here? 3 people for the money
Have to call
It depends
It's a fold even u had any pockets other than kk or aa when you are near to money
@@VJR2345 Dude. That’s way too tight.
that do be almost exacly the spot covered, its a call.
Ben i struggle with winning flips when it matters😂😂