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Luke Vrabel (@SlayAbides) began his career as bdbeatslayer, one of the top “female” MTT players online, eventually winning a bundle of cash and a Lamborghini in the 5th Anniversary PokerStars Sunday Million. Since Black Friday, though, he’s had a rocky transition into live poker. We discuss the arc of his career, his feuds with poker luminaries like Daniel Negreanu, Eric Lindgren, and Cliff Josephy, and how he copes with distraction and insecurity.
Timestamps
0:30 – Hello and Strategy
27:05 – Luke Vrabel
Strategy
I’m in BB at 1/2K level (2k bb ante). Villain opens to 5200 at 1/2K. I have ~60-65K, he covers, but not by much. He is in CO. Folds to me, I raise to 15K, he calls.
Flop is A10Kr. I bet 15.2K. He calls.
Turn is J. No flush draws. I bet 17K, he goes all in.
What bluffs can hero have on flop? Maybe JJ/QQ should be bluffs, since they do have equity when called, and block the nuts. On the turn, hero has 10.5 or 11 outs, 10.5 vs QH. 9 full houses and 3 chops, or 10 and 2
Good illustration of where (some of) the value of 3betting hands other than big pairs/broadway cards comes from…
F*ck Dave Eggers but Luke’s anti DN rant was the second best thinking poker rant ever.