Do you think that SquishMyTomato should go for it here with a check raise bluff to try to get his opponent off of AK?

Awesome when the caller actually introduces concepts that are relevant and makes Bart think.

Honestly, the best hand review to date. Packed with all the information that exemplifies a thinking, profitable, and winning player.

Squish needs to balance his brag call range.

this is a great hand and a great conversation. Kuddos.

Listening to the two of you discuss this hand is both a joy and incredibly informative. Thank you

This was a really high level play, which implied knowing the opponent, but what a great river play!

Love when squish calls in. Oh, reminds me I need to pick up some Chibani 🤣

Squish needs to start a vlog. It's unfair to us that he has no content.

This is a high level thinker with a level play. Way better than most of the call ins.

Best analysis channel I've ever seen, congrats and good luck with the algorithm.

Love this format Bart you the man

"folding is an option, but I like to have fun" yeah have to have that attitude when you only have a 9 percent vpip

Great video, but where can I see this Rampage punt for $8k?

How often a bad player is going to fold AK on that board with Hero's high level theory? I thought these advanced plays work against analytical players not bad players. Even a good player is going to look him up on the river often. hero's line at best works against a scared money but Scared money is not going to bet with AK on the river.

I fucking died with the intro “what about just folding”

The moment I thought "wow another brag call" Bart said is not one haha

I love listening to Marc goone explain poker every time he commentates I watch knowing I will learn something

Great video from the two guys with the best calves in poker

Id cal with AK. Your not overbetting the turn with 6x… so trips are out. And pockets 55/A6 you bet river. Your not gonna risk check check with a boat there. You wouldnt make this play with any value hands that beat my ak

Sick hand and amazing discussion.

This was a fun one.

great call in

I really wouldn't have bought what this guy was selling in this hand if I were sitting in that spot with AKo. The check raise on this river makes no sense to me because it just looks like I'm always going to check back...

Good one!

Awesome move. Not sure if the juice is worth the squeeze long term (big bet to take down the pot) but a difficult call. He's right, against a stranger, laying down AK in that spot is gonna be harder I think. If the board doesn't pair I can fold w/ AK for sure.

Marc Goone + Bart are such a good poker analysis duo

The only thing I don't think you guys talked about here is what will villain think when he gets check raised here on the river, ie what image does hero have

If the other player was as bad as the caller described him at the beginning, I would honestly be afraid of making this bluff because he might actually call with AQ or AK thinking that he beats some of my value check-raises...

@2:35 You glossed over what the non heart card was on the flop. It kind of matters a-lot if 6xhh is possible or not?

excellent commentary! ... i've been playing in a $5/10 NL game since the reopening of my local card room back in October of 2020 and pretty much crushing it ... stack sizes are usually similar to the stakes described in the hand you discuss here and in trying to analyze why i keep seeing sizable pots come my way i'm thinking the following: 1) i maintain an image of not playing like a nit by occasionally calling fairly large pre-flop bets and getting heads-up with marginal to bad holdings and then showing the table when i can't continue or i get aggressive with a low pocket pair pre-flop and continue on a bad flop then show the pocket 3s, for example, that two players folded to my big continuation bet 2) if i'm set mining and hit my bottom set, for instance, i'll maintain more patience and disguise the strength of my hand by check-calling and allowing more cards to come out on the board which puts me at risk of losing the hand but as they say 'higher risk - higher reward' 3) closely studying my opponents and taking notes about hands and discussing with good poker-playing friends 4) not playing super long sessions (usually leaving after 3-5 hours and telling the other players "i've got to answer emails for work" or something similar) so as not to put my $1,500 to $2,500 profit at risk ... it feels incredible to be on a winning trend these past several months - it helps how you feel personally and it also alters the way other poker players regard you ... thanks again for this great content Bart because it really helps improve my game !!!

Should the villian have overbet AK on the river, or should the villain have made a smaller bet? There was a lot of interesting discussion in this video, but one thing that wasn't talked about is what sizing the villain should have taken and what the villain's sizing on the river says about his hand strength. I think AK is probably the bottom of the villain's range here. I can't really see overbetting with anything worse than AK, and I think even AK might be a bit thin to be using for an overbet on the river. With the overbet by the hero on the turn, what hands is AK trying to get called by when he overbets the river?

I would check call turn and then check raise river.

It could have been expensive...Well played.

Great bluff put ace king in a really tough spot I would only base my decision based on the player it was against. I think hero has all the boats here, 5s 6s 2s ace 6 even 65s Reasoning a good player is gonna check to original raiser hoping to check raise or trap and when raiser checks turns ace it looks like u r trying to get max value off an ace which u were haha the river situation Is the only fishy spot but probably why you shouldn't bet river not planning to call raise because its almost a bluff catcher after the over bet. You do beat a5 a2 maybe aq aj thats really it, but I don't see this being done with aq or aj often.

The advantage of playing deep.

Amazing

This dude is a next level thinker , I loved this hand review , keep um coming Bart !

If I make a 70% pot bet on the river for value there’s no way I’m folding to his check raise. Hero would have to show me his “full house”

Marc goone ! Thinking player 🤔

Gosh. Way out of my element here. How do you get this good?

After watching this: in a similar spot, I made a big river call on board pair vs a capable player…. Thinking he definitely got counterfeited. Nope, just got felted

Would’ve been hilarious if he snap calls and showed AK

One of the best call ins in a while

Just go all in pre

I'll bring in your back door

@CrushlivePoker come play LATB Friday again, the smaller game ;) 25/25/50/50

I don't think this river bluff is that outrageous...I guess there are just better spots to get value and thats why CLP is a bit high pitch about it

This only works on very tight players. Really bad players will call 100%.

6:10 Ok you’re 3 handed in a single pre flop raised pot. The flop goes J, 6, 2 rainbow and the action checks around on the flop. Then, the turn is a King why is it strange for the small blind to lead out? The SB can easily have have some 22 or 66 or K2s/K6s in their range. Why is it considered strange for them to bet and try to get value from their hand in this exact situation l?

Makes plenty of sense for the blind to lead the turn, after a checked flop, on a board of ( J 6 2 )( K ). Why can't I represent a king? What, are you implying that KQ/KJ is a highly probable check or check-raise from the UTG player? That's a ridiculous notion. And, KQ / KJ are EXACTLY the type of hands people call with preflop if they're closing the action. In this hypothetical situation that you've ascribed to being nonsensical, you can lead some of your strong kings (or better) and your A10/Q10. This is balanced and a totally solid strategy.

Best caller ever?

Squish is the Goat 🐐

No I will not fold ak on river because u check the river

So......this is Jesse Eisenberg right?

Rampages punt didn't make any sense. If a diamond came then it would been different story. Whom ever had set of Kings is calling 100% of the time. Cause a gut shot straight didn't make any sense unless he had 6/8 of diamonds. But 2dimes sure did.

I don't think this bluff is a good play, I think he gets looked up more often than not - I agree 100% with Bart that this was a "brag call"

It worked but it wasn't a great play honestly.

*PAUSE VIDEO* Is the river a 5 or 6???

I think he was just lucky. Another one of these argumentations where at first opponent is a fish so he will be betting his AK, but at the same time, opponent is a thinking fish and he will fold his AK after a CR. No consistency in villain's profiling.

Not a brag call but after a few weeks my win rate goes up and up and up 🙄

killer brag

Squish gonna take your chips at the poker table and your girl at the bar.

Hero in this video is a god of poker

I have never understood bluffs of this magnitude, pot $5700, $4500 of it was his! Risk reward is not good. Kinda reminds me of the tom dwam bluff with against the trip 2’s 95% of the pot was his money makes no sense! I guess he definitely knew his opponent here! I also think players should know what they are doing before hand when making a play! If you’re not that confident on AK, why bet 70% pot, then fold to a raise! If I bet for value, I’m most likely calling, specially with a board like this! If I’m concerned of a check raise or jam bet smaller! Idk this hand made no sense! Btw, a lot of ppl not folding here, the guy must be a nit! Facts

While this was a great discussion I didn’t find it to be particularly high level nor was it high stakes. Good stuff though for sure.

40s into the video, first thought is just fold and move on, too nitty?

You mock rampages check raise cause it didnt work. You people are so annoying that make judgements after the fact. If you were so good and had it all figured out you would be crushing live poker and not having to make silly training videos just to hear yourself talk.