In his second video for the Paul Phua Poker School, Dan “Jungleman” Cates reveals why aggression pays.
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How do you plan for a big pot?
Paul Phua: I don’t think you plan it. I don’t know about you, Jungle [Dan ͞Jungleman͟ Cates], but l never really had that thinking, you know, where you’re sitting at the game, how you plan going forward to play a big pot, you know, because the dynamics of the game changes all the time.
Dan Cates: The one thing l think about more is how many bluffs do l want to turn up with. In pretty much every situation, basically, you can kind of, like, weight the value of various different bluffs in a lot of the spots and, like, how strong ranges players have. l think about stuff like that, but mostly l try to play big pots with big hands!
Paul Phua: Ah yes, of course! One scenario where l find it quite interesting is some players on the flop and the turn try to make the pot bigger so they can put in a big bluff on the river, so it’s harder for an amateur player to call, you know, on the river, to call 10,000 whereas 4,000 is easier to call, right?
Dan Cates: Yes, l think it can make sense to do that. l mean, l think at least in theory things are quite a bit more complicated, for various reasons. l mean, you can manipulate pot stack size if you just know, like, how much they’re going to call on the turn and then fold on the river, if someone just always calls and folds on the river or something. But l think that’s kind of a complicated subject.
Paul Phua: Yes.
In what circumstances would you 3-bet (re-raise) pre-flop?
Dan Cates: Well, if we’re playing in our game, the deep game [high-stakes cash], l’d 3-bet the biggest hands, obviously, but also, like, the bluffs that play the best post-flop, the ͞best bluffs͟ so to speak. Like 6-5 suited, 5-3 suited, obviously.
Paul Phua: Suited connectors.
Dan Cates: Yeah, yeah, suited connectors.
Paul Phua: But also before 3-betting l think you also have to look at the guy who raised, his stack size. You have to ask yourself, if l 3-bet and he 4-bets – whatever he has: if he has a real hand he can 4-bet; if he doesn’t have a real hand he can also 4-bet – would l be able to call his 4-bet, you know, in regards to his stack size? And like l say, you also have to think how that player plays, you know.
Dan Cates: If someone plays either like tight or aggressive or whatever, l would rather not 3-bet something like AJ offsuit. But if they play passive, and like, just call down or don’t have too many moves, l’d rather 3-bet AJ offsuit a lot. Or maybe some players I might want to 3-bet more than others, like, if l want to play more in position with them or whatever, or if I want to not make people 4-bet, or…
Paul Phua: Yes, l think the game has evolved so much during the past 10 years, you know. Most players at the table will want to be aggressive, which means they 3-bet more, raise more, 4-bet more. I want to have the initiative after the flop, which means you are the aggressor. That’s why you see the game has evolved to this scenario. Do you agree?
Dan Cates: Yeah, for sure
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