Free Crush Live Poker Podcast No. 115: Small Stakes Value Bet Sizing

This week Bart plays a full $5-$10 session at the Encore Boston Harbor and gets himself into a very difficult spot flopping top and bottom out of the big blind. The hand begs the question, "How competent is your opponent, where you should be making an exploitable fold?

This week Bart discusses his afternoon with Doug Polk at a Red Sox game and then delves into some advantage play dealing with Ultimate Texas Hold'em.

This week Bart goes over situations where he thinks that it is correct to give up on triple barrel bluffs. In most of these spots it is important to recognize board texture, especially on rainbow boards, and realize that an opponents' range becomes much more compact after calling an overbet on the turn.

This week Nate (N8Ball on CLP Discord) take's over the reigns of the CLP podcast and discusses all about cold calls.

This week Bart decides to turn aggression up an extra notch post flop.

Bart takes a look at interesting hands that he played at $2/$5 NL at the Encore Boston Harbor where he explains how a spot was impossible to bluff catch while at the same time a great spot to bluff. He also discusses why you are often "forced" to lead the river when you complete your draw at the mid to low stakes of live No Limit Hold'em.

Bart examines some of the most common winning and losing plays at the low stakes of live NL by giving hand examples from recent sessions that he played at $1/$3 $500 cap and $2/$5 $1000 cap.

This week Bart takes a look at four bluffs that he ran in a recent $2/$5 session. He makes note of what is important when structuring good bluffs at the mid to low stakes of live NL and also discusses the concept of incentive as it relates to entering a pot.

This week Bart covers a 2/5 NL session from Encore Boston Harbor where he starts stuck about $2300 in the first few hours and was able to claw his way back to almost even.

This week Bart reviews the most interesting hands that he played from a recent session at $5/$10 $2000 max buy in at the Encore in Boston.