Doug Polk's 30 Min Guide to Heads-Up Poker | Upswing Poker Level-Up

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  • @UpswingPoker
    @UpswingPoker  Рік тому +4

    Get a sneak peek inside Doug's new course The End Boss System here: upswingpoker.com/the-end-boss-system-sneak-peek/

    • @diaryofacrankykid7270
      @diaryofacrankykid7270 11 місяців тому

      Link broken says cannot provide secure connection

    • @UpswingPoker
      @UpswingPoker  11 місяців тому

      @@diaryofacrankykid7270 it works on our end. Can you try a new browser or a private window?

  • @susymay7831
    @susymay7831 Рік тому +11

    A special guest and a great video, with great PowerPoints!!
    Glad you let Doug on the podcast, Mike 😂

  • @korhanalparslan8730
    @korhanalparslan8730 Рік тому +41

    Can we have some video where Doug goes into the "weeds" for hours. We are all poker nerds here.

    • @RobertShofner
      @RobertShofner Рік тому +6

      Please! I agree. It's strange how he says often "tangents for the nerds" etc. I assume we all are, that's why we're here and learning more detail about theory? I think it is the verbose minority who are coming from live and new to this stuff. Most I think are learning and refining their GTO based gameplay.

    • @ribamagic
      @ribamagic Рік тому +5

      I guess in his course you can have that... he said there's 35 hours of content

    • @JerzyBoy973
      @JerzyBoy973 Рік тому +2

      Buy the course

  • @joeingram1
    @joeingram1 Рік тому +5

    HUNL FTW - I gotta check out this course

  • @kevinmaillet1861
    @kevinmaillet1861 Рік тому +1

    Great segment - made me think it would be great to have a 'river bluffing' segment on a future LevelUp podcast. Keep up the great work!

  • @thedspenguin
    @thedspenguin Рік тому +3

    I'd love to see some nodelocking, for example for HU play.

  • @henrybasilarabamad5537
    @henrybasilarabamad5537 9 місяців тому

    Such an awesome video

  • @leonproud400
    @leonproud400 Рік тому +3

    Does the course cover any short stack concepts? I know doug excels at 100bb’s but short is a real leak in my game that I’m looking to patch.

  • @Notoysoldier
    @Notoysoldier 8 місяців тому

    Thank you!!!

  • @TomRauhe
    @TomRauhe Рік тому +3

    So the raising size in a 9 handed game preflop goes UP when you're out of position but DOWN when you're heads up?

    • @JimCarel
      @JimCarel Рік тому

      no when the stacks get deeper! 9 handed 300bb sb gas to 4 bet smaller then 100 bb (i understand it like that)

  • @axe.d1
    @axe.d1 Рік тому +3

    But where can you actually play HU NL nowadays?

  • @whbot
    @whbot Рік тому +1

    AQo value bluff YES!!!!!!

  • @emanueleco7363
    @emanueleco7363 Рік тому

    Is the preflop strategy of betting bigger IP and smaller OOP GTO approved?
    And why doesn't the same concept apply to non-HU games?

    • @UpswingPoker
      @UpswingPoker  Рік тому +1

      Yes, the EV is higher and GTO is about maximizing your EV.
      It might apply to BB play in non-HU games, we haven't compared the EV, but tighter opening ranges that have way fewer hands that fold vs the smaller 3bet are likely why it's not so common in 6max or MTT

    • @emanueleco7363
      @emanueleco7363 Рік тому +1

      @@UpswingPoker thank you so much! Insanely valuable content btw. Congrats

  • @domo.sapien
    @domo.sapien Рік тому

    I train my bluff muscle everyday 💪🏽

  • @patrickbyrne3480
    @patrickbyrne3480 8 місяців тому

    humans are like "WHAT !!! IM NOT DOING THAT " made me LOL

  • @clayevins6795
    @clayevins6795 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for explaining to run deep in the wsop you will need to run good ….😂

  • @jackslater209
    @jackslater209 Рік тому +1

    Nice video guys! Member of Upswing and big supporter of Doug here.
    I'm getting deep into heads up and I have just 1 question I'm hoping someone can answer for me.
    I use GTO Wizard and the solver tells you to 3bet tighter as you get deeper, but it also tells you to 3bet bigger as you get deeper
    eg. 100bb 2.5x-10bb 26% range / Then at 500bb 2.5x-12bb 18% range.
    I get the logic and Im not questioning Doug, Im just curious how you guys came to the conclusion to 3bet smaller when deeper?
    Are you using a newer more advanced solver or?
    Thanks.
    Great video as always on this channel

    • @UpswingPoker
      @UpswingPoker  Рік тому +18

      Doug and his coaches simply found the smaller 3-bet OOP strategy when deep is higher EV by running their own preflop sims from scratch.
      A word of caution about GTOWizard: it's not a bad tool, but it covers many many spots for many game types and the overall quality of the outputs can be marginal (or even somewhat bad) at times.
      For example, their 100bb HUNL opening range has roughly 25% limp. When we ran that spot properly for our upcoming tool (Lucid GTO Trainer), we only had 4% limps and as we let the sim run for longer, that limp frequency reduced even more.
      We wanted to try to replicate the GTOWizard output to see how they got that result. We were able to do so by taking a shortcut when running the sim. We gave the solver only one postflop bet size, which resulted in a much smaller game tree and thus a much faster (but less accurate) sim. By doing that, we also got a roughly 25% limp, just like GTOWizard. GTOW and tools like it likely take these shortcuts so they can cover more spots quickly. The downside is that they can be lower EV strategies (sometimes minimally lower) that are also way more difficult to memorize and implement.
      When it comes to the 3-bet sizing, I'd bet they simply used the 3-bet size they thought was close to right without comparing the EV to other sizes/strategies. But Doug, Fabian and other top HU players have done the work to verify the smaller 3-bet when deep strategy is best.

    • @jackslater209
      @jackslater209 Рік тому

      I appreciate the speedy reply, Thank you!
      I figured it was something like that, I didn't think it was wrong, just curious how he came to that conclusion.
      Thanks again!@@UpswingPoker

    • @johnnyho82
      @johnnyho82 Рік тому +1

      Does the smaller 3B OOP strat only pertain to HU play? Or do those apply in ring games as well?@@UpswingPoker

    • @UpswingPoker
      @UpswingPoker  Рік тому +3

      @johnnyho82 we haven't compared the EVs of that in ring, so can't say for sure. It is possible it still applies when playing from the big blind, specifically. What I can say is that top high stakes ring players largely DO NOT 3-bet smaller when deep. And high stakes MTT players 3-bet huge when deep (granted, there's an ante in that game type).
      The EVs are *probably* pretty close because there seems to be upsides and downsides to both. But that's just speculation.

    • @giuseppe9771
      @giuseppe9771 Рік тому +1

      @@UpswingPoker Answers like this really showcase your dedication to your audience, and that is beautiful to see. Thank you for your content, looking forward to your next webinar.

  • @kickdeboll
    @kickdeboll 5 місяців тому

    You just gotta be Ducking good at poker like Doug. It’s that easy ;)

  • @user-xr4bq3eo7s
    @user-xr4bq3eo7s Рік тому

    Great advertisement Doug. Really.

  • @JimCarel
    @JimCarel Місяць тому

    17.11 24

  • @JimCarel
    @JimCarel 2 місяці тому

    3 11 24

  • @JimCarel
    @JimCarel 2 дні тому

    cards

  • @40bucksinc
    @40bucksinc 11 місяців тому +1

    one suggestion to my favorite channel: have a chroma key and blow away the background please.

  • @snex000
    @snex000 Рік тому +1

    Why won't Doug accept the heads up challenge from GoingHardInThePaint?

    • @mbradycf
      @mbradycf Рік тому

      I dont know who that is but any delays in Doug's 100K HU challenges are usually a matter of scheduling

    • @kstyle1343
      @kstyle1343 Рік тому +2

      because he cheated in a hunl challenge

    • @snex000
      @snex000 Рік тому

      @@kstyle1343 No he didn't, dummy.

  • @schroederluck7984
    @schroederluck7984 4 місяці тому

    #1 Mistake poker players make is they are AFRAID!

  • @tessademsky1156
    @tessademsky1156 Рік тому

    Theres something very evil inside Doug, anyone else see it or am I just schizophrenic

    • @stanime3065
      @stanime3065 Рік тому +7

      Unless you have some supernatural power that let's you see into someones soul, no he looks normal.

    • @NutsHugger
      @NutsHugger Рік тому +1

      Tessa Dumbski.

    • @tessademsky1156
      @tessademsky1156 Рік тому

      @@NutsHugger :((((((

    • @Anonkontello
      @Anonkontello 4 місяці тому

      Honestly I’m only entertaining your idea because your profile picture is appealing to my preference for women, but what makes you say that?