-$1,047 SESSION PLAYING $1/$2 ⋅ SplitSuit Poker VLOG 007
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- This $1/$2 #poker session started SO promising with a +$400 bonus for hitting a high hand, but it quickly went downhill. I lost a ton of hands and found myself in a bunch of nightmare spots (flopping sets on monotone boards, straights when the board pairs, etc.) and ZERO draws ended up improving. With so much equity left totally unrealized, it's incredible I didn't manage to lose more!
Let's review every key hand from this #VLOG session and analyze the good, bad, and ugly of each. And as always, if you would play any hand differently, be sure to leave a comment and let me know what play you'd prefer.
00:00 Good morning
00:20 33 flop quads
02:26 KT in a small SPR pot
04:34 T9 faces pressure
07:41 KK on a monotone flop
11:11 KQ takes an odd line
15:20 Q9 flops a Queen
18:22 J9 flops a straight
23:03 QJ flops a draw
25:59 KT flops a straight
28:28 Session Results
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Thank you for the video n I'm never to see a friend lose at poker. By the way about The KQo isnt it kind of the top of your range for limping LB. So this is one of the best hands to try and go for the 50 with? I mean maybe limp with AJo and some pairs??
@@gregorykelly8000 KQ would be at the higher end of my extremely capped range, yes
Hey James. Just wanted to chime in and say that I love how honest and genuine you are. It's incredibly rare a poker player will even be willing to share a losing session considering its RUclips and you could always elect to just not upload. But you take these moments to teach and that sir makes you a truly great poker player.
You may not recall this but I had a single coaching session with you I don't know maybe like a billion years ago. Since then I switched careers and doing much better in life. I just got back into poker with a decent bankroll doing 1/2. Any chance you are still doing one on one coaching sessions?,
Happy Grinding James "DrawingFailedMe* Sweeney 😃
Cheers Joshua, and welcome back to poker! I'm not currently taking on new students due to my project load, but feel free to reach out in the summer if you're still interested =)
the KQo hand , just no...I dont think these players are here to fold pairs after they 3bet....so youre guessing at that point and ask to get fked. Thats just my oppinion, thats why i would never even consider playing live, that thing is boring AF...it takes way too long...
I can't even express thoroughly how much I appreciate that you reveal your losing sessions and break them down for us. Keep doing that
Cheers!
I love how you started showing live sessions of you playing poker and explaining it. I learn a lot more that way.
Cheers Craiger!
Always great to see a Split Suit video show up. I can relate so much. Only hours can conquer variance. I’ll keep this video in mind on my next trip to the Bellagio. Thanks for everything James!!
You're very welcome!
Another classic EP from Sweendog. One of the only dudes in the entire community honest about his losses. Keep the vids comin James, made my lunch break today!
Just wanted to say from a long time casual poker player for 20 some years. Your content and vlogs are very refreshing and keep me learning and growing which helps me when I can get to my favourite live 2/2 game a few times a year.
P.S - Much respect also for commenting on every post left on your videos, it’s so kind of you to show your appreciation to your audience, even if just a kind word.
Very nice work.
Thanks a ton for your kind comment Greg! And I make no promises that I can always reply to YT comments, but I certainly do try =)
MMAANN that was an awesome intro/countdown. I would watch 12 minutes of just THAT for goodness sake. Great job.
The countdown thing at the beginning of the premiere? Sadly, that's something that RUclips does and I can't take a lick of credit for it, lol
Thanks for sticking with a "bad" session and getting us all some hands for the vlog. I often find the hands which "go wrong" are the most instructive and beneficial when you review them later, ie. yes I played correctly there, or WTF-was-I-thinking-I'm-such-an-idiot. Cheers James!
Cheers Stephen! It's all for y'all =)
Hello and thank you very much for doing this video. Most people want to show how much they have won and how great they play and how easy poker is, but this video shows that you not only want to share reality but also that we have to know how to deal and accept this kind of sessions when they happen. Thanks again.
Cheers, and you're very welcome Saul!
Hey man, I just wanted to let you know that you were pivotal in my learning of poker. I played for a living for a few years and it was quite a ride. That's behind me now which I'm grateful for, though I'm also grateful it all happened as it did. I just want to let you know that you're a great teacher, and that I believe that will be the case for all your endeavors in life. I wish you all the best! Much Love💓
Wow, that's lovely to read - thank you so much for sharing c93! All the best to you and yours as well! ♥
thx James. really useful to see this kind of downswing from a Pro like you, to be reassured after some session played like this one. That's poker, that's life. I never lose, either I win or I learn.
Cheers! And I like that saying =)
Great video, I learned a lot watching you lose. Funny enough, I noticed common similarities with bad sessions I've had. There were several monotone boards that cost a lot, and some low SPR situations that were unavoidable, and a slow played KK by an opponent making a weird boat. It's helpful to know that everyone has these similar sessions with similar situations that should make our spidey senses tingle.
Cheers! And yup, bad sessions do tend to have these similar characteristics =)
@@ThePokerBank Cheers
What is spr
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this session as reported shows your integrity... thanks for the content... no fluff, just the facts, and insights of which they are enlightening.
Cheers!
I feel you on that last hand against the Q10off that bets crazy - been my life recently. I find that its hard to continue sometimes when you're a player that's not putting in the volume of play that you do. If I was job-grinding poker I could see shrugging off the variance and having more faith in my game (if past data shows its solid), but it can be difficult to believe. I try to tell myself there are just spots you can almost never get out of without stacking off - it can just seem that these spots are way less rare that statistics claims. Thanks for sharing your pain here... feels good to see behiind the curtain a little and know I'm not the only one.
Cheers Joe!
Great stuff, thanks, I enjoy a lot these videos.
Cheers Martin!
This is good analysis. Thanks for talking it through. I'm finding I might be too nitty.
Nice analysis as usual, good to play in your tables a week or so ago first time in Orange City a lot of action there ;-)
Cheers!
$1/2 Opps are never bluffing enough on that J turn when you have T9s. You lit $45 on fire.
It's never a bluff... the only time they are bluffing they have a Big Draw.
Totally fair.
@@ThePokerBank Absolutely you are playing level 3 against level 1. That's what causes money bonfires. Kung Fu only works against Kung Fu practitioners. At this level, you're only concerned with getting value. Getting raised on a flush board with a set is not terrible but if you see that turn there's no way you call another bet.
If you ever come to ebro ive been wanting to go play but never played live
Watching videos like these help me get back on the table
Love the realism 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thanks for the honest content. You’re a good man.
Thank you so much Jeffrey!
Love your KQo play. I do things like this a lot and I feel like a punter even tho this type of calculated aggression tends to work more often than not. It’s really good to see a professional play like that too so I know I’m not just some idiot😂🤣
I lost my entire bankroll in Oct. 2021 in a $1/2 where I kept getting KK all friggin night, getting all in preflop, and losing huge pots to AX hands. It kept happening over and over until like 4am when I was out of $. I finally saved up enough to get back in a $1/$3 so I deff. appreciate your vids at these stakes.
1. You are by far my FAVORITE poker youtuber.
2. The idiom is "*by* the same token" not "at the same token"
you might be combining "at the same time" and "by the same token"
I know I might get dogpiled for correcting but it's said 5 or 6 times in the video and my only intent is to positively influence you in your use of the term.
Also, I have no doubt you will kill it on your future outings. Thanks for helping us all improve our game!
Cheers! I didn't realize I was using that idiom that often, yet alone butchering it that badly, lol. Thank you for the HU!
Wonderful honest content as usual James. ty
You're very welcome Johnny!
You're a far better player than I am, James, by far. I felt like you played nearly perfectly. The only play I didn't like was calling with J9 for the straight. But other than that, it's basically a lesson in how you can be perfectly exploitative and still be on the wrong side of variance.
Thank you David - and agreed that the J9 call was likely spewy. Onward to the next session!
I love this videos bro. Thank you
You're very welcome Giovani!
More of these! Would watch these daily.
I wish I could pump these out daily =P
I had a similar hand to your KK hand on monotone spades board. I raised from EP with pocket 66s, I flopped middle set on a monotone board (Q64h). I cbet, BU raised 3x, BB cold called....I jammed. Reason: we're never folding if someone has the Ah they are calling, or if they do fold, then we deny equity, let's just get all in now, we have at least 33% of the equity - and maybe even someone has 44s. BU was trapping with KK with a heart, and BB had A3h for the flopped nut flush. So we get all the money in on the flop 3 ways. Turn is a 6 for quads. Sometimes you just get there.
I like that turn card 😁
Just had the worst week of my poker career. Stuck £300 for the month and £800 for the week. Exactly the same pattern in my session yesterday. 6 hours of running into it. Making premium made hands and getting rivered. Oh well. Gotta take the swings.
Thank you James. Your books/videos have helped my game so much. Unlucky and keep grinding!
Cheers Luke! Here's to your impending upswong!
@@ThePokerBank here’s hoping James! 👍
These nits can't wait for you to come back.
Thanks for the reality check I have a session where I hit 4 grand I play good … I make all my odds work and then I have 2 or 4 sessions where everything seems to be great . My whole cards are great all night and get a few players that call everything just to call … and suck out with nothing . Calling all in way ahead of your opponent is the greatest feeling equity is high and then the villain rivers the only card in the deck … I usually start to get more aggressive and more careless speanding way more than I need to … I am glad you were able to walk away down a thousand … I can’t walk away until My bank card reached its limit and that’s dangerous … I could be a lot better player with a better roi percentage if I could just walk away down 1000 .. thank you man and for all your training videos … I understand the game differently than I ever did because of them .
You're very welcome Stephano! And please don't go near your limit, keep working on that discipline!
As usual, great content James. I'm getting stacked too on the KK vs spade board hand. Giddy up boys, let's go!!! Regarding your J9o hand, I'm seeing more and more players limping in or flatting raises with QQ+. Could be the high hand promos. Could be players trapping perceived aggressive players to "teach them a lesson". Anyway these players are costing themselves $ long term. I disagreed with the KQo out of the SB. Calling/4 betting is FPS IMHO. You let the BB's poor bet sizing skills suck you in. But I also know that you feel leaving dead money in the pot is a crime against humanity.
Cheers Ralph! I think I might do a full analysis of the KQ hand since there have been some good comments about it already =)
In the KdKh hand on KsQsJs flop once you get c/r and bb calls. this is a spot in 1/2 that good players can't get away from and find a fold. It sounds super nitty but I think this is a high variance spot where you are either crushed by a made flush or youre "gambling" a bit against hands where the equities are running very close together. If you have a solid br and dont mind flipping then its ok this isn't a mistake If youre going by the numbers. but if you're grinding it out and want to keep the variance low then you could just fold and don't tell anyone what you folded. If you would have gotten C/r and then bb folds I think then you can see a turn and re evaluate. either way youre a solid player so I am sure you know all of this haha.
That QJss hand had all kinds of 1-2 type shenanigans happening. Check, bet, call, raise, call... then hero check back-raise 3bets 🤣
I like your videos .. the KK hand I guess depending on how much money other players had left I guess all in was a good play.. when the one player raised I knew you were behind then.. I lost a big pot like that flopping a set when somebody flipped the straight ..one thing I’ve learned is that low stakes hardly ever bluff on boards like that
Cheers Gregory! Yeah, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach with the KK, but still couldn't personally find that fold button
Splitsuit super series VLOG. Can we have more of these please! Big respect have both of your Workbooks - masterpiece very helpful. Good luck!
Thank you Jimmi! And more VLOG episodes are coming shortly!
Good stuff and good presentation...
I recently lost a $1/$2 session after being up myself, and I won’t lie it really got me down. Not because I lost, but because I know that near the end after winning for a good while I made a really stupid decision, and it cost me everything. I have to say, while I’m obviously never rooting for you to lose, it is always comforting to know that I’m not the only one who can lose, if that makes sense 😅 I’ve no doubt you’ll make this money back before too long 😉👍
Every player goes through the swings. I hope you're digging out of yours nicely =)
Ya...its encouraging to watch pros go through swings like that. Makes me not want to give up.
I check my whole range in position on monotone flops that my range dominates but lacks flushes as the pfr. If you check there you can probably easily find a call on the turn to a reasonable bet and try to realize your equity and if you see something like a bet raise you can just fold pretty comfortably. This technique also typically caps your range in your opponents eyes in this kind of configuration so on favorable runouts you can from my experience easily make up for whatever amount of e.v you believe your losing on a flop check. I understand that with such a strong value hand with ultimate postion you theoretically are always happy to get it in here but the reality is although your range dominates this board you really don't have the nut advantage ever in this sort of configuration.
Doesn’t this under realize a huge amount of EV when you hit the flop or when your opponent misses the flop and your fold equity is like 50%?
@@jacobm3461 theoretically im almost certain that is a yes. However i play a heavily exploitative gto inspired strategy and this is just my personal line that i have devolped and used in this spot with great success. Also keep in my mind we almost never have the actual nut advantage here multiway. Would love to see some sims but i suspect both lines probably generate similar e.v in the long run.
@@jacobm3461 also realize im not endorsing a check call all the way down strategy. The turn and river game tree after that flop check obviously becomes extremely dynamic in that type of configuration but i was just describing my general flop strategy.
Agreed on the nut advantage aspect, but I'm not in love with checking given stack depth here fwiw
Man the K10s showdown had me laughing. What a game.
Seriously!
Those chips look so mangled there. Lol. They make the Orleans' chips in Vegas look brand new. 😂
Yeah, they are in brutal shape and I consistently have to rotate them out when riffling since the mangled ones cut my fingers up lol
Sucks that you lost but it's good that you post this type of thing because too many others hide their losing sessions.
Cheers Adam! Losing sessions happen to everyone, no getting around them =)
Love the vlogs. Even when you have a losing session, I learn. I'm just curious about the J9 hand, you didn't really mention that your nemesis in this session LIMPED pocket Kings in the BB into multiple opponents. I thought that was some super valuable information and ended up costing you that pot, even though we didn't get it until the end. Thoughts?
Thanks for posting this. Im a week in poker and I play pretty tight, so for me the fire alarms would’ve been going off after the flop (KK hand) but live players play so loose that I can see why you did that. And again Im also new so wtf do I know. Im excited to get into the maths and really understand where I can call and raise when otherwise I can’t
Can never fold the flop because even if they have a made flush or a straight you have 30% equity against those hands to pair up and make a full house.
Hi James. Great content as always. I appreciate you putting a losing session out into the universe. These suck to have to live through the first time and they can be even more brutal the second time around. If I can often a recommendation, I think you need to alter your analysis based upon the type of game and your player pool. You're looking at these hands from the education and perspective of a high level pro but there are few to no pros playing 1/2. It's mostly (if not entirely) recreational players that are playing relatively face up and hate folding with a passion. I am playing my 1/2 games completely different than how I am playing my 2/3 and 5/10 sessions. As someone once told me, you ride the "wave" (table), the "wave" (table) doesn't ride you. Just my two cents. Thanks again!
Sounds like sean penn
Hi James. In the 9Thh vs JTss hand do you think the opponent is making the same all in move on a Q or K turn as well? I am surprised he floated you with JT and no fd just backdoor sd.
I once folded top set on the flop (I had red 99, board was 987 all spades).
but I was in late position and the action had gone check, good sized bet, serious raise and then it was my turn to act with the checker and initial raiser left to act behind.
At the time (as a newer and even weaker player than I am now) it was an "obvious fold".
Just shake your head at how you can flop a set and get pushed out.
But afterwards, as I learned more, I discovered how much equity I had (assuming no one had flopped a straight flush, lol).
as it turned out, the EP checker folded, the initial bettor ripped it in and the raiser called.
and I learned that not only were they weaker than I thought, I was actually miles ahead of BOTH of them.
and therein lies the problem in playing 1/2
does the guy making the big raise actually have a nutted hand?
or is just ridiculously overvaluing bottom 2 pair on 9s8s7s ??
I feel your pain, James. If I had a red chip for every night I went home broke after hitting my 3 buy in loss limit and thinking: these guys are terrible! how am I losing to them?
I'd have at least half a buy-in.
of course, after I thought "how am I losing to them?" I began to wonder, "am I actually worse than them??"
It took a while to realize that the answer was (most likely) "no".
Nicely said. As you know, having an edge doesn't guarantee a winning session =)
I just had a session where I also lost 5 buy-ins. Ran absolutely terrible. I had 10 premium hands during the night and got outdrawn on 9 of them, and the other one I was bluffed off.
That hand with the top set on the wet board is eerily similar to a hand that also cost me a lot. Same thing, but board was JhTh9h and I had JJ. The other guy just had KQo without a heart. Preflop, he limped in, and then after a raise and a big 3-bet by me, he called with two players to act behind, so I didn’t really put him on that hand :( I agree with the assessment that shoving there is probably best from a GTO perspective, but it just seems like they always have it. That was the only set I had all night.
We all have these sessions I guess.
Yup, every player will have to deal with sessions like this at one time or another =)
Thank you for these great videos and for showing a losing session. Makes me think more and more that GTO poker is not the best option on 1/2 due to bad players and being careful when they do bet.
Cheers! This might also be up your alley =) redchippoker.com/gto-vs-exploitative-poker-strategy-podcast/
Regarding KK is marginal with top set at that point I would have called to see the turn and decide from there and hope the board pairs
Hate/love to see it. So much anxiety watching, but the jewels are great. Thanks for taking one for the team
Cheers DLJ!
Call the $80 raise cause the monotone board. The turn of a 10, I would fold, because 90% one if not both were over valuing an ace. Would have saved you a little. But if any other card other than the 10 comes in, all in.
I went 3 months with suited pocket cards. Not a single flush, even after folding the runout wouldn't have hit me for 3 months.
Saturday i hit 5 flushes, lost 1 to a boat, hit two more yesterday (Sunday). So varients, it happens.
I sent a question from your website last week and have not received any response... you recommend the vault course and also the core 2.0 course.... how would one know which of these courses to do? is one better than the other? please advise.. thank you
Good morning Dr. M. If you are more on the beginner-intermediate side of things, I would HIGHLY suggest starting with CORE 2.0. VAULT is more advanced and more narrowly focused on things like hand reading, mental game, and frequencies fwiw.
I love this video so much mostly because of that set of Kings hand. RIP your bankroll on this day.
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Great content, thanks! Rando question, but how do you track all the hands and even stack sizes? Your video doesn't show everything - are you quickly writing them down between each hand? Perhaps only notable ones? Do you use a shorthand or app to track action?
Cheers! I jot down notable hands (that *could* be VLOG-worthy) and include action/suits/stacks into my notepad app. I have a video within CORE that covers my exact process for saving live hands as well.
I had nearly that same scenario with KK a couple weeks back. Raised pre with K♦︎K♥︎ button called who was a crazy loose player with a huge stack.
Flop came down king high with all spades. No straight available. I bet and got raised on the flop and decided to shove my 250 bb stack into the roughly 75 bb pot. He tank called with 7♠︎4♠︎. I didn’t improve and lost 250 bbs.
That deep I should have flatted his raise and saw a turn. Though against that player I was fine with my play because I knew he’d raise single spade hands.
Hi again. In that hand where you flipped the set of Ks but the texture was horrible would it be better to check that flop and see what size of bet the opponents did and also keep that pot as small as possible unless boat comes for you?
Glad I’m not the only one!
Not at all!
the hand with KK where you flop set: imo nothing else to do than jamming. you might get called by 2 pairs and pair+ace of spade. if he has something that you don't beat atm, still have equity and can improve. gg
I wish more poker coaches would talk about losing sessions. Other than using profit how often or what is the ratio of the winning to losing session to know you're at the right level for your skill level.
Cheers Jim! I wouldn't gauge if you are at the right level based upon session winrate, but rather answering questions like "how often am I utterly confused?" and "where does my edge actually come from in this game?"
Nice video man, it just goes to show how even the best of us can get done over at small stakes. It goes to show how difficult it is to get out of the small stakes.
Are you always c-betting the flop on a monotone board when you don't hold the suit of the monotone flop?
23:00 I would argue that this river shove by villain is practically never, and that the hands you are potentially beating are overvalued Qx hands (AQ / QJ). Rivers are severely underbluffed in 1/2, and basically never happen as raises.
Off topic but damn, those chips are beat to hell!
i think the 3-bet on the flop with QJs is a mistake. You have almost no fold equity an maximum a flip vs TT, or behind vs KK,QQ,JJ sets and better flushdraws
I don't like inflating the pot with the shove with trip kings.. if he is on a big draw or already has it he isn't going any where.. He's got at least a big draw which means he isn't folding... tough break tho ..trip Kings looks so good...
cool intro, love it! the KK hand really sucks!
Yeah, that KK hand really did suck =(
@@ThePokerBank very new to poker so forgive the "duh" point of the question. Given the wet texture of the board and the amt of the raise after the flop, isn't likely that his range is higher pairs, broadway cards, AQ, AJ, AT? Is that an accurate assessment of the ranges? Thanks for your feedback!! Love your videos and your podcasts!!
@@ahoerauf94 thanks Andrew! And yeah, villain's range should be pretty strong there and your range is likely in the ballpark (assuming those hands AX hands, other than AT, have the A♠)
Had a similar situation with top set and monotone board. Two players went all in before I had a chance to act. I knew at least one of them must have a flush. But two all in's in front of me and 33% to hit the full house. Figured it was plus EV to call it off. For your KK hand, could calling 60 be an option and folding the turn if the board doesn't pair? Can you ever fold a hand this strong? I think because the board is so wet with two players, I might consider the check call and hope to improve. But probably wouldn't be able to fold it...
It takes a TON to get me to fold a set on the flop, so I feel ya. I don't love bet/call with KK there given the plethora of not-great turn cards and the price we'd be getting facing a shove anyway tbh.
The KQ call/4bet from the SB seems very punty. I get your analysis, but we're trying to sell a hand that only called vs two players as a 4betting hand now which is very inconsistent. Running into JJ was a perfect result, even though we block all the following hands somewhat, there are so many combos left of: QQ, KK, AK, AQ
Welcome to the wonderful world of $1/$2 live poker! People limping with pocket kings or raising you out of the winning hand with nothing (or close to) and who knows what else... $1/$2 players rarely behave rationally or according to what you would expect from an experienced poker player. A lot of people won't even look at pot odds, let alone implied odds. Or, on the other hand, they will play anything because "they have odds"! That's what makes it so hard to be a long term winner at those tables. Overall, I've found that hammering with my strong hands (especially the ones that are really strong but cannot improve) and letting go of the weaker ones when an opponent is applying pressure (few $1/$2 players 3 bet without seriously strong hands) is the most successful course of action in the long run. Sure I will miss opportunities but, overall, this approach tends to reduce the number of mistakes I make that are induced by the erratic behaviors encountered at these tables.
Nothing wrong with a more ABC approach in wilder environments DJ!
Is there every a scenario where you check back the KK on the K/Q/Js board? Maybe I just get too passive in those moments, but while giving any draws in a multi-way a free card sucks, seems like you were also in a unique position where you have roughly 25% of improving as well to near nuttish full houses/quads? Does the set of Kings lose some of its value on that board with 2 opponents after flop? Or is that just something inexperienced players convince themselves of usually to their detriment?
Hey James, I just can't figure out your "odd" KQo call/4-bet line.
When you are calling from the SB the first time, you essentially cap your range to pocket pairs (22-99) and some broadways like KQo, AJo.
With you being fairly aggresive, the flat of your opponent should incentivize your squeezing frequency, so I think you are squeezing at least TT+, AQ+, maybe AJs and maybe even more hands. If you are squeezing those, you do not have them in your flatting range, you are heavily capped.
Once it gets back to you and you 4bet, what are you really representing, when you can't possibly have AQ-AK and TT+?
If I am your opponent, I know that you never have TT+ and also I know that UTG and double caller are both capped as well.
In your opponent's shoes, I am definetely shoving 99+, AQ+, maybe even AJs just because you are all capped.
And when I shove this wide, what are you hoping to accomplish with your 4bet? I am essentially shoving all my 3-bet range so you have almost no fold equity. And my 3-bet range crushes your capped call/4-bet range when we do get it in.
I can not see how this could be profitable.
What am I missing?
Exactly... kiss your $5 goodbye and fold to his three bet, call another $10 and play out of position with a dominated hand, or Jam another hundred dollars into an opponent who's never folding and has you dominated or crushed?... a lot of 1-2 opponents only know 1 3bet size and that is 3x
You did a good job on your analysis. My shove had nothing to do with my hand and everything to do with player pool tendencies and the fact that most 1/2 players make decisions based solely upon their cards and NOT about my perceived range. I disagree that there is zero FE, but I suspect I'll do a complete breakdown on this hand in the future since it's hyper mathy.
@@ThePokerBank the video about this hand would be nice :)
I agree it is heavily player dependent.
If he is fairly tight as he should be and aware of capped ranges, you are lighting money on fire.
If on the other hand he 3bets funky stuff, let's say 10% of hands and only commits with QQ+ and AK, you are printing.
Almost all hands were played from the blinds or UTG. Blinds play is always tough being OOP but I don't fault any choices preflop from the blinds.
I play with a very tight range UTG, wondering what your rough range is for opening UTG? T9s was easy fold for me/ KTs tougher but I also fold this UTG...
What UTG range are you using/ recommending?
The T9 was 6-handed fwiw. I use a "coming soon" RCP Live GTO Ranges, but I don't suggest everyone does since most people aren't prepared to play that wide from OOP.
All the actions and math are fine. Probably the quad 3s had exhausted all your luck that day :(
Keep up the awesome vlogs!
Best of luck :D
Cheers Arthur!
Gotta say I'm a little jealous that 3x opens get through at your live poker room!
Not always (watch the KT hand at the end, lol) - but it's way better than the "10bb for anyone to even consider folding" games =P
Why? I love that you have to open for at least £20 to steal the blinds in the games I play. It just makes the game super easy; play strong hands, that's literally all you have to do. Maybe not the best if you're trying to improve but from a profitability standpoint it's great.
@@ballerlarva4214 you're contradicting yourself a bit. If 20 steals the blinds, you should be raising tons of air too to capitalize on the easy preflop pickups.
@@ThePokerBank That would mean putting in ten big blinds against their real hands as well though. It's just easier and less stressful to play the other end of things. It's so easy to play big pots with my big hands because everyone is way too loose preflop, even against big sizes.
I’m jealous of the people that play in games where it’s tough to get people to fold. I’ve played in too many nitfests in Vegas. Raising aces and watching everyone fold is not fun at all.
Good job repping the $1/$2 game.
Cheers Steven!
Hey @Splitsuit, that hand where you have QJss and you flop a draw and decide to x/r to 115 leaving 75 behind, why not just shove all-in at that point? As played, I feel like if the BB or HJ had jammed you'd be priced into calling off your remaining 75 anyway. Thoughts?
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When the goes ALL IN and it's another $45 to call I'm folding.
Why? Because the guy has a J most likely, possibly or a 9 with a higher kicker.
I was thinking only another 9 on the river helps us out so 2 cards in the deck are friendly, ergo I'm folding
BTW I love these vids you do, learn so much from them.
Thanks mate👍😉
Cheers Stephen!
Atleast you show real numbers damn well welcome to fl players lol. The flushes always come in online. If u play at ebro for some reason id love to see that since im a lil scared of going feom online to live
What does the solver say about shoving KK on that board? (KQJ♠️).
What do you think the solver would say there?
@@ThePokerBank I know what the solver would say because i ran it in PIO :-) . The solver shoves too but there are a couple of considerations here: a) solver results are very dependent on the ranges you put in b) I would advise against trying to play unexploitable strategies in these games. At these stakes you make money by deviating and exploiting, this obviously makes you exploitable as well, just need to exploit better than them :-) . Personally I just call the raise and probably fold turn shove, when loose passive players put in a lot of money I get very cautious, on top of that I have another player who was put all in and called by the XR, that makes the situation even worse. BTW this is good in theory, because far too often I end up playing too fast at the table without thinking things through properly, for example recently I lost my stack with the second nuts when I got xshoved on the river by one of these players after i overbet 150% pot, his shove was 4x my overbet, that was a clear fold but it's so easy to just flip in that chip....any suggestions on this mental game issue are welcome!
@G G I start most days at 4am =)
@G G it really is!
T9hh hand, we're betting 2nd pair on a dryish turn for half pot. I doubt we have the required equity to do this for this sizing. You want to check/call and get money from his air when he decides to bluff and you will lose less money when he is value betting river.
Your plan is to x/call turn and then x/fold river?
@@ThePokerBank I'm more focused on making what I think is the highest +EV decision at each point in the hand. When we check turn, we don't know if MP is betting or not, but when we do check we are doing so to call a bet, yeah. We also can't assume villain will bet river when we decide to check river after calling turn. They would not have done so in this case most likely, but if they had bet we have to evaluate based on the river card whether we choose to bluff catch. When we check turn, villain will check back a lot of hands we beat and air, and they will also bet with better hands and some air, this makes turn checking a better decision to me than block betting/extremely thin value betting.
@@Lyqu1d Right, we should always be focused on taking the max EV line. I don't really agree with your assumptions on villain's actions/ranges, but that's alright.
@@ThePokerBank Fair enough, appreciate the discussion and always enjoy the content!
@@Lyqu1d Cheers!
Sorry bout the loss Legend 😭 Gotta say this but ... looks like there is a rat lurking in the Orange City chip storage area cause them chips look gnawed and well ... really ratty 🐀
You're 100% right, lol
Wait a damn minute......lol You play in Orange City? Now I'm glad I know what the hell you look like. lol
I did for a while, but I relocated to NC earlier this year. So no need to worry about me popping up in an OC game in the near future =)
@@ThePokerBank I just figured that out,. Guess I wont ask you to sign my GTO gems book while you're at the 1/2 game. Its a double edged sword for people who have to learn how to play live. They want to develop a theoretically sound game for mid stakes so they prioritize it playing low stakes up against the most casual of cash game players.
Homies gotten more quads in a vlog than I’ve had in my life
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You're really good when you flop quads.
It certainly makes life easier, yup
Everyone loves quads but honestly usually you're going to win a small pot because you block most of the strong hands opponent can have. Only way you get paid big is if they hit a big 🚢. I would almost always rather flop a set over quads.
I hear that Eric!
Dry side pot? He bet you Off the main pot and thus won. Yes
Its a dry side pot. But betting people off a better hand of course has merit. Don't understand why this isn't brought up in these situations. 4 to a flush; 4 to a straight; bet an opponent off; increasing odds of beating all in player
But the bettor didn't win, the BB won the hand.
Can you tell me the equity of A ♦️, K ♣️ vs. 6 ♦️, 6 ♥️ preflop?
I could. But you will learn it better by running it yourself. A free tool like Equilab will get you that answer =)
Wow. Those chips look like they’ve been chewed on by the greyhounds.
Yeah, they are pretty brutal lol
I don't really agree with the T9 call. I feel like whatever they were second best or dominant with (draws ect) would have raised you on the flop. The only thing that makes sense would be a 108s which is only one combo. There isn't 3-1 odds here to make the equity to make the call if you assume anything that was draw or bluffy would have raised on the flop. The turn isn't particularly a good card to bluff on since it doesn't complete any draws and kills the backdoor. There are just many other combos of KJo, QJo, AJo, or or 10Jo that would have called preflop, called with two overs, and now raised you when they hit high pair.
Fair. It's totally possible (and usually, more likely) that the raising range there is too strong to justify my call
thanks
You're very welcome John!
Man I’ve had several sessions first hand quads or aces and get wrecked the rest of the session
When you had KK on the super wet board, that’s basically a marginal made hand at that point right? Wouldn’t check calling do just fine here?
if your willing to go all in in those situations what has been your maximum drawdown with buy ins ? and would you play same way with lowest stakes 2-5 cents
Live, I think my biggest drawdown is around 9BI. And yes, my approach is fairly consistent for games I'm over-rolled for.
@@ThePokerBank i have tried to play that aggressive too in 2-4 cents cash games and easily have went 20 buyin setback. It makes you feel like what is the maximum top its okay to loose or its wrong way of playing
Also I feel that k10 off hand 20 is way too large for an iso raise in that spot especially for the 200 max 10-15 is probably the way to go and I also feel like the shove on the flop is putting yourself in a high variance situation for no reason
The larger iso size really capitalizes on the folks that 'just have to see a flop' but then play super predictably once the board comes. And it sets up the super easy SPR compared to the slightly smaller iso now has a ~3SPR which makes whiffed flops less simple.
i watched 10 minutes , you make me not wanna play poker anymore
Not gonna lie. If I flopped a set of K's with that board. I'm check folding them.
With the KQo hand, isn't it better to just 3bet pre? Than if we get 4bet we can just fold. It's the sane thinking as why you 4bet, but applied earlier, possibly loosing less money when your beat?
Possibly, for sure.