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Bart plays a $2/$5 NL Hold'em session where he battled it out with a younger asian opponent.

0:00 Intro and Announcements

This week Bart breaks down the math of having too many for profit players in a single game and how that effects overall winrate when factored in with the rake. In his session there was a rare situation where 5-6 winning 5/10 players were grinding it all out waiting for a new 5/10 game to start, something that never happened.

Bart reviews some frustrating hands from his recent appearance on Hustler Casino Live, a $25-$50-$100 No Limit Hold'em cash game.

Bart covers a hand where he thinks he made a major blunder vs Nick Vertucci from last week's $25-$50-$100 NL cash game on Hustler Casino Live.

Bart Hanson examines the spots that will win you the most amount of money in live NL Hold'em cash games.

Bart rants about players that walk away from the table when it's not full in raked games and then discusses what should be your approach to turn double barreling as the preflop raiser in single raised pots vs the BB.

Bart reviews some of his more interesting hands on his first appearance on Hustler Casino Live!

This week Bart discusses playing paired boards and how to counter your opponent barreling you on them.

Bart takes a look at the power of bluffing straightening boards when you have more strong hands in a certain situation than the tight range of the preflop raiser.

Bart dives into Part 2 of an old school CrushLivePoker shotgun episode, this time played at a low stakes Texas Card House game.

Bart dives into Part 1 of an old school CrushLivePoker shotgun episode, this time played at a low stakes Texas Card House game.

Barts gives his thoughts on the best events to play at the 2022 WSOP and how to minimize your time in line while there.

CLP coach Nate Schmitt (N8Ball on Discord) covers learning how to continue on different flop textures after we 3 bet from OOP.

This week Bart goes over a poorly played hand from his brief session at the Hustler Casino's $5/$5 game before he went on to do the Hustler Casino Live! commentary.

Hands:

1. 5-5-$10 NL $1k effective +1 t $35 Hero in MP1 Qd Jd 3! to $115, call. Pot: $230

FLOP: 9d 5h 4c . x /$100 call. $430

TURN: 6h x/x

RIVER: 3s x and should I bet?

2. 5-5 NL at Hustler $1,000 Effective

One limp +1, I open Th 8h MP1 to $30.. SB to 3! to $90. Fold I call. POT: $190

FLOP: 7s 5s 4c .. SB bets $75, I call. $340

TURN: 2h x/x

RIVER: 5d x/x he wins w KQdd..

Bart examines a few unorthodox spots taken from a recent huge Hustler Casino Live game here the player in position raises a continuation bet with a weak hand.

Bart covers a recent hand played on a super high stakes cash game at the Lodge, on the Lodge live stream where Doug Polk gets counterfeit and his opponent plays tricky with a full house.

Bart reviews a hand from the $100-$200 No Limit Lodge Live Stream where Doug Polk flops top set of aces but does not get all the money in by the end of the hand.

Bart and Conlan Ma speak about preflop play. They look at optimal solutions six handed and how we can shape the data to adjust and fit into a live, loose, nine handed game.

Bart concludes his big blind series examining headsup and multiway spots from the big blind on the turn and on the river.

Bart covers what he feels is the absolute best approach to multiway big blind play after the flop.

Bart discusses the type of range you should play when facing a single raise and considering defending when headsup from the big blind. This is one of the most common situations in Nl Hold'em.

Bart discusses image in live restricted buy-in No Limit cash games and discusses why image is much more of a function of winning or losing in the short term vs looseness or tightness.

Bart covers his approach to flat calling with certain hands preflop in the field.

This week Bart leads the show off with a financial discussion and then explains why your low stakes live poker approach should be the opposite to your financial approach in life.

Bart discusses the birth of his first child, challenges with healthcare in the individual marketplace and discusses techniques on how not to get robbed travel to and from cardrooms. Link to Youtube video on Individual Health Insurance for poker players here:

This week Bart takes a look at some special situations where block betting the river from up front may be the correct play and breaks down a super thin value bet he recently made demonstrating the importance of proper flush hand reading on 4 flush runouts.

Hand 1 Bart's Qh 9d Hand at 1:48:00 of Lodge Live stream from Nov 27th

Bart opens HJ Qh 9d $75, Jwin calls, CO (9.4k eff) $190

FLOP: Ad 7d 6s -Bart bets $100, call. $390

TURN: Qd x/x $390

RIVER: Td Bart bets $200.. could the alternative be a block to induce a raise if the Kd is rarely possible in our opponents' hand?

This week Bart talks about the rules of claiming money in poker and also answers a question about proper tipping and how it can effect your winrate.

Video on Poker taxes:

This week Bart takes an email and tries to answer the question "How much should we raise preflop, in order to thing the field?"

This week Bart discusses skipping the Main Event for the first time in 15 years, and discusses what actually is useful information in poker and what is irrelevant. He also examines common mistakes in PLO double board Bomb Pots.

20:15 Hand 1:

Hero dealt Qh 9c 9d 8h from early position. $50 ante from everyone pot is $400 with $10k effective stacks

FLOP1: Js 8s 3s

FLOP2: 9c 6d 2h

EP bets $200, I call, CO calls. POT: $1000

TURN1: 2d

TURN2: 5h EP bets $900 and I fold.

28:35 Hand 2:

Hero dealt Ac Kh 2s 4h from EP.

FLOP1: 8c 5c 6d

FLOP2: 2d 2c 5h

I check, MP1 bets $300, call, call and I fold

Bart reviews the epic weekend where he commentated on the BIG $200-$400 NL Hold'em game featuring Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey and deconstructs a hand where Durrr made a call down with only 9 high.

00:05 -- Bart discusses his huge win on Live at the Palms $25-$50-$100 NL

03:31 -- Ivey playing this weekend on Hustler Casino Live Bart commentating

06:13 -- New WSOP Man Event news with extra starting days and entering directly into Day 2

20:28 -- Bart reviews $10/$25/$50/$100 hand w KK and what is a scare card?

Bart discusses the recent events at the WSOP at the Rio and covers small Stakes Exploit No: 19 "Attacking small preflop raise sizing over several limps."

0:00:05 -- Bart discusses his experience in the $1500 mixed O8 event as well as talks about how the Rio is a shithole.

0:06:05 -- Exploit 19 of the Definitive Guide to Small Stakes Exploits -- "Attacking small preflop sizing over several limps."

0:15:10 -- Smmall Stakes Exploit 20 -- Under defend to preflop 3 bets.

Bart gives a first week's trip report of the fall version of the 2021 WSOP.

Bart discusses a few hands that he played from last Saturday night vs vlogger Rampage on a $25-$50-$100 No Limit cash game at the Lodge in Austin.

Hand 1: Rampage Huge but then won after stream .. QQ vs JJ on QJ5Q3

And me BTW. I $(26k) open at 25-50-100 UTG $300 Ac Tc , Rampage (covers) 3! +1 to $1100, Bones ($17k) calls btn and I call. Pot: $3400

FLOP: Qh Jd 3h - I check Rampage $1100, Bones calls, I call. POT: $6700

TURN: Qc - I check rampage checks, Bones $3500, I fold, Rampage calls.

RIVER: 3c - Rampage checks Bones bets $8k, Rampage jams all-in, Bones calls. Rampage has QQ Bones w JJ.

Hand 2: vs Rampage Jc 9c

I open ($30k) Jc 9c btn $300 rampage 3! SB to $1500 I call. $3000.

FLOP: Qs Tc 7h - He bets $2k I call. $7000

TURN: 9s - x/x. $7000

RIVER: 8h - He bets $2300... my decision point.

In this week's episode Bart covers "mega multiway" spots that can sometimes be typical in loose live games at $2-$5 and below. How should we approach these spots if we are the field caller? How should we approach these spots as the preflop raiser? How does the multiway nature of a hand change the way that we should think about certain situations?

Bart examines how some small stakes players over react to small bet sizing on the flop.

Hand 1: A8o vs T7 Jd 8d 5c Kd

Hand 2: Qs Qc. Open I 3 bet he calls.

FLOP: 853cc X/ $150 call.

TURN: Ac x/x

RIVER: As. He bets $340 I call he has 23ss

This week Bart discusses how his appearance on an upcoming Doug Polk Podcast came about and revisits a hand that still gives him nightmares to this day.

0:00 -- HCL Review and commentary w Nick Vertucci

7:00 -- More WSOP news now no mask mandate

11:35 -- Final explanation as to why all parties have to agree to run it more than once in all pots that they are involved with or else it "steals" someone's equity.

3 way all-in. Short stack has $400, Hero and Player B are $2000 effective. Players get it all-in on the flop. Main pot is $1200, side pot is $3200. Short stack has top set, Hero has middle set but his quad out is exposed so he's drawing dead. Player B has a draw.

Scenario 1 -- Short stack wins first run Player A and B lose $400 each in main pot

Scenario 2-- Player B wins first run, short stack is dead. Player B wins 50% of $1200 pot or $600 for a net win on ONLY $200.

Conclusion: Hero has the opportunity to win half the pot if he loses and player B wins first run, but Player B does not have the opportunity to win half the main if the short stack wins run 1.

21:38 -- 2 Hands from Hustler

00:20 -- Discussion of Travel to LA and Hustler Casino Live Commentary

07:05 -- WSOP Discussion .. Players now have vaccination requirement but not dealers??

12:17 -- Hustler Hand from Friday Night 5/10/20 $2500 effective

6 handed CO (guy with baccarat chips) opens to $60, SB calls. I call in Straddle w 3s 3h. $180

FLOP: Tc 8d 3c checked through.

TURN: Jh SB checks, I bet $130, fold, SB calls. Pot $450

RIVER: Kh. SB checks, I bet $275.. SB check raises to $1075 total, so $800 more to call.

QUESTION: In which position is the villain stronger here, if he had called on the button with the same action and raised the river or where he is by check raising in the small blind?

0:00:05 -- Bart discusses his history of live stream cash game commentary then discusses his schedule and the fact that he will be commentating on Hustler Casino live on Aug 27th, Sept 3rd and Sept 24th on the Friday night big game.

0:05:45 -- Bart discusses his approach to continuation betting in three bet pots and examines the newer school thought of "volume" betting

HAND EXAMPLE: $2k effective $1/$3 NL "Match the Stack"

MP raises to $15, Hero in CO 3! JJ to $55, MP calls.

FLOP: Ad Qc 4s MP checks, Hero checks.
TURN: 8h MP bets $30, Hero calls.

RIVER: Kd MP bets $105, Hero raises to $405??

Bart discusses the math of defending to your opponents 3bets preflop and presents a formula in which you can calculate your own ranges depending upon your position.

0:00 -- Hustler Casino live news and the latest on the 2021 WSOP rules

8:50 -- A discussion on how create your own defense to 3bet ranges, preflop.

0:20 -- Bart recaps first week of Hustler Casino Live and his commentary

5:00 -- Latest WSOP News and Rule 115

10:30 -- Small Stakes Exploit: Sizing Tells

20:39 -- Small Stakes Exploit: Double Barreling vs Weak Ranges

PLO Double Board Bomb Pots

Number one rule is to not get involved with trips only on one board, especially low ranked trips where an overfull can easily be possible.

Hand 1: Full Boat/trips
TOP: Q5J5dd

BOT: 9737c

Bart's Hand: 9d 9h 4c 6c.

I bet small on flop a few call. Turn I bet $50 into $125 fold one all-in $60, BB jams he has 9724 other guy AA85 I scoop +$200

Hand 2:
TOP: Kc Tc 5h 4h 7h

BOT: 6h 4d 4c 2h Qc

Bart's Hand -- 6d 6s Jh 2d

BB Hand: T473

HJ: KKxx

$10 ante x 9 is $90. HJ bets $25 I call 3 others call including the BB.

TURN: BB leads out for $215, fold HJ calls, I pot to $1080.. BB calls allin for $700 so about $750 on the side..

RIVER: guy checks I pot he folds.. I win side pot equity blasting

An interesting hand reading exercise that comes from an email submission to the Crush Live Call-in show. Bart goes through the logic process and boils down the villain's holding to one specific hand.

UTG ($50) raise to $10, Hero ($1100) calls Ah Ad. Fold to BB ($900) 3! bets to $40, UTG calls. Hero 4! bets to $120.

BB calls, UTG calls all-in for $10.

FLOP: Qs 7h 5d($150/$140) BB checks. Hero bets $175, BB thinks its $75 and calls, doesn’t know its $175 but they force him to keep the $75 in the pot so he calls the $175.

TURN: Js ($150/$490) BB checks, Hero bets $250, BB calls.

RIVER: Ac ($150/$990) BB checks Hero call-in $350, BB calls. What hand does he have here?

Bart gives his take on the best events to play at the 2021 WSOP primarily geared towards winning NL Hold'em cash game players.

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.