If you're a Poker player and you don't know who Linus is you must have been living under a rock! Linus Loeliger is a Swiss Pro Poker player that has absolutely crushed the 6Max games online for the last few years, one of the most winning players in recent times he is an absolute beast and we are going to take a look at how he plays some of his spots in this post.
Exploitative Sizings
Here Linus backs into a sneaky straight but rather than putting his opponent all in for around $35,000 they have in their stack he chooses to bet around 60% pot instead.
Over the weekend, LlinusLLove, topped a field of 105-entrants to win Event #43 (H) $25,000 Eight-Max No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) securing $587,747.32 in the process. Whaddya know, the kid must have gotten out of 10NL. Linus 'LLinusLLove' Loeliger is considered to be one of the most successful online poker players in Sweden. It is unknown how much exactly he has won in his entire career. Just last year, he has won more than $1 million online and still going strong. As the 2018 World Championship of Online Poker heads into its final weekend of action, the action continued on Thursday with Linus ‘LLinusLLove' Loeliger taking down one of the biggest buy-in tournaments for nearly $588,000. Other highlights of the day included Joao ‘Naza114' Vieira, Mike ‘SirWatts' Watson and Arseniy ‘josefshvejk' Karmatskiy each picking up titles.
This is believed to be an exploitative approach that Linus takes to his specific opponents if he believes here that the Villian will only call a smaller bet with a one pair type hand then he will adjust and go for a value bet that is much more likely to be called.
Poker is all about knowing your opponent and if your opponent gets a little gun-shy against overbets and thinks they are only weighted towards super strong hands then we need to adjust and size down to get paid and that is exactly what is going on here, throwing GTO values out the window and getting paid.
Leading on dynamic boards
Here we see Linus facing off in one of the many crazy battles against Trueteller, we see the donk lead a bunch of times in this match, it usually takes place when Linus doesn't have the pre-flop betting lead he will try and regain control of the pot on the flop.
We see him do this with fairly weak holdings sometimes as well as very strong hands, so by doing this he puts his opponents in some weird spots as to whether they want to raise or not.
In this particular pot, he is doing it with a strong hand that he wants to induce a raise so he can get the final bet in and move all-in.
However, Trueteller doesn't let this happen, he simply Jams all-in on this board raising to $42,600 with around $18,000 in the middle.
This isn't the best move at all from Trueteller, better hands to do this with would include QQ or KK that would get protection from overcards but I think with AA flat calling or raising this board to a normal sizing are better plays, moving all-in here with a nut disadvantage is over-playing this one pair hand I feel.
Linus is an amazing player that will be able to play perfectly against the hand that is obviously just an overpair. So whilst this bet deters hands like open-ended straight draws from continuing with these poor odds it allows all two pairs, sets and flopped straights to get the money in as a huge favourite.
There are some worthwhile lessons that can be learnt from this pot though, sometimes when we get led into in pots like this it means different things, I would have to say that against a strong player it can mean different things, different times and against a weak player they might make this move with just weak top pairs like KJ and QJ but even these have pretty good equity against the one pair here.
If ever there's a board we don't want to go broke on with Aces, it's one like this… so let's just pump the breaks in these types of spots and think about all the hands our opponent can have that either has 35% against us or has us as a big underdog.
Betting Small makes even the best opponents trip up
In this pot we see Linus betting around 25% of the pot on the Flop, the reason this is such a good bet is because it allows opponents to make mistakes.
Let's look at another example of someone who gets scared for some reason on this great board for AKo and bets huge, something like 80% well then no worse hands can continue and by using this bet sizing we allow our opponents to just play perfectly and only continue if they have a tonne of equity.
In this pot, the Villian ends up floating with JTs to try and hit there backdoor draws, with the best cards for their hand going to be a Heart, Q, 8 or 9.
Llinusllove Net Worth
Linus' opponent ends up leading out on this Turn card which is hard to know what he is representing for strength, maybe some two pair combinations or some straights, but it's likely any flush draw would have raised the flop.
Here we see Linus facing off in one of the many crazy battles against Trueteller, we see the donk lead a bunch of times in this match, it usually takes place when Linus doesn't have the pre-flop betting lead he will try and regain control of the pot on the flop.
We see him do this with fairly weak holdings sometimes as well as very strong hands, so by doing this he puts his opponents in some weird spots as to whether they want to raise or not.
In this particular pot, he is doing it with a strong hand that he wants to induce a raise so he can get the final bet in and move all-in.
However, Trueteller doesn't let this happen, he simply Jams all-in on this board raising to $42,600 with around $18,000 in the middle.
This isn't the best move at all from Trueteller, better hands to do this with would include QQ or KK that would get protection from overcards but I think with AA flat calling or raising this board to a normal sizing are better plays, moving all-in here with a nut disadvantage is over-playing this one pair hand I feel.
Linus is an amazing player that will be able to play perfectly against the hand that is obviously just an overpair. So whilst this bet deters hands like open-ended straight draws from continuing with these poor odds it allows all two pairs, sets and flopped straights to get the money in as a huge favourite.
There are some worthwhile lessons that can be learnt from this pot though, sometimes when we get led into in pots like this it means different things, I would have to say that against a strong player it can mean different things, different times and against a weak player they might make this move with just weak top pairs like KJ and QJ but even these have pretty good equity against the one pair here.
If ever there's a board we don't want to go broke on with Aces, it's one like this… so let's just pump the breaks in these types of spots and think about all the hands our opponent can have that either has 35% against us or has us as a big underdog.
Betting Small makes even the best opponents trip up
In this pot we see Linus betting around 25% of the pot on the Flop, the reason this is such a good bet is because it allows opponents to make mistakes.
Let's look at another example of someone who gets scared for some reason on this great board for AKo and bets huge, something like 80% well then no worse hands can continue and by using this bet sizing we allow our opponents to just play perfectly and only continue if they have a tonne of equity.
In this pot, the Villian ends up floating with JTs to try and hit there backdoor draws, with the best cards for their hand going to be a Heart, Q, 8 or 9.
Llinusllove Net Worth
Linus' opponent ends up leading out on this Turn card which is hard to know what he is representing for strength, maybe some two pair combinations or some straights, but it's likely any flush draw would have raised the flop.
Linus just calls this bet, with little value in raising as this would just push out all the bluffs in our opponents hands and would only get action if he was in bad shape, I could see some raises if his hand didn't have the second nut diamond as then he could get some equity denial against flush draws.
Moving to the River Villian then Pots it, putting Linus all in and he gets to make the easy call with the nut flush on this run-out.
All of this was set up with a tiny flop bet, that most people may not have sized that way and may not have kept a weak hand in the pot that then went on some crazy bluff.
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Linus 'LLinusLLove' Loeliger is considered to be one of the most successful online poker players in Sweden. It is unknown how much exactly he has won in his entire career. Just last year, he has won more than $1 million online and still going strong. Even though he's mainly not a frequent player on the live felt, he couldn't possibly miss this year's juicy action at the Triton Poker series. On May 2019, LLinusLLove joined the HK$250,000 NLHE Turbo event. He may not have won the event but he still got to finish 3rd place which awarded him HK$1,720,000 ($219,262). On July 2019, he topped the £25,000 NLHE - 6 Handed Turbo (Event #1) of the Triton Poker SHR London, taking home £690,000 ($840,039), considered to be the biggest cash of his career to date. On August 2019, still at the Triton Poker SHR London, he finished 3rd place at the £50,000 NLHE - 8 Handed (Event #3) for £594,000 ($720,288). Thanks to his most recent achievements in the world of live poker, his name sits at the No. 1 spot in the Switzerland All-Time Money List. During a break in between game sessions, the 25-year-old talked to one of the poker reporters. Check out the video interview below about Loeliger's poker career and how he began from micro-stakes and eventually made his way up to the high-stakes games. Watch the interview below: |
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14 comments on 'Interview on Linus 'LLinusLLove' Loeliger's Transition to Live Poker'
| dule-vu | 23/08/2019 10:43:36 GMT |
| cant say that I know something about this player and that I heard about him,but as I see he play very good and have lot of winnings!when you are part of triton poker and you play there,then you must be good player!they dont accept just any player!probably we will hear about him a lot in future! | |
| CALICUL | 23/08/2019 15:42:22 GMT |
| I don't know nothing about this player and i don't remember if i've ever read about him. There is a chance if his nickname from a certain poker room it's revealed but otherwise not. It is not like Isildur1 but if he plays in big stakes and won money, then is a good player. | |
| pajalnick | 24/08/2019 16:26:58 GMT |
| It's certainly interesting that Who is Sweden's most famous player is completely unknown to me, but now I will know this player unless of course I forget him a sufficiently memorable nickname, so most likely the next time I see him somewhere I will remember information about him Of course this player has very cool results. | |
| bowie1984 | 26/08/2019 17:10:10 GMT |
| It just feels like there are a couple dozen no-name swedish players who are playing on high stakes and could 'break out' any time to gain some fame - or at least it reads like this every time a new one out there declare his game to the live circuit. | |
| CALICUL | 27/08/2019 08:19:03 GMT |
| There are a lot of no name players who play big stakes and we haven't heard from them but that does not mean that they are not reputable players and that they can't make a lot of money. It is a wrong way of thinking, because they are very talented, if they play and win impressive amounts. | |
| Mober | 27/08/2019 12:39:25 GMT |
| I havent heard of this player before, but the sure thing is he is doing really good in the poker world. Not only online, but from what we can see in live gaming also. And he is only 25 years old, so he is still young and can move even further. At least considering from his results so far. | |
| bowie1984 | 27/08/2019 18:39:33 GMT |
He is not starving that's for sure. No swedish poker player does | |
| damosk | 29/08/2019 09:21:48 GMT |
| Well done Linus. You have made it from being a very unknown online poker player from Sweden to a very well known live poker player from playing at the very lucrative Triton Poker series. It will be interesting to see how Linus gets on at the live tables, as it is very different from line. For me I hope he does extremely well and continues his winning streak and becomes a very well known Swedish poker player. | |
| dule-vu | 29/08/2019 11:09:37 GMT |
| When we look number of news about poker player,especially younger players,people will how easy is to win lot of money on poker!thats why they take so many ambassadors and team pro members to attract people!but I never heard for this player! | |
| Mober | 29/08/2019 13:08:43 GMT |
| They can win big money in poker, but it is not an easy job, to be that successful. If it was everyone would play poker to make a fortune But the fact it can be done has drawn so many players so far, and more young people are trying their luck with it. Some are doing good, some others may have already quit the game | |
| CALICUL | 31/08/2019 11:50:01 GMT |
| It is very difficult to succeed in this industry and that's why young players learn poker strategy, since they are minors. I have come to the conclusion that it is very difficult to win big money, if you do not know how to play poker very well. This chance to make a lot of money is there for everyone if they learn too good. | |
| bowie1984 | 14/09/2019 15:26:41 GMT |
Conclusion? What? Why this was up to debate in the first place? It's silly, this statement was never in doubt. | |
| CALICUL | 15/09/2019 10:38:18 GMT |
| Conclusion is that: You can't make much money from poker if you don't know the strategy. I saw players in live tournaments who participated for the first time and won. This does not mean that they did not know about poker. Or you're talking about something else? | |
| Nightkid | 12/10/2019 16:01:18 GMT |
| I don't really know him and I didn't hear much from him like others who are a little better known in the poker circuit ... but hey, many start like this without being known and then suddenly they get to know each other, well I don't think so that others think about it because maybe you don't know much about the subject but I always want to leave my opinion |
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