That was a brutal 30 minutes in the 1st session, but nice battle to reduce the lost. Then to return for 2nd session, to fully recover, and make a profit was differently a great ending!. I know the feeling on trying to bluff off a player when you have show down, especially when the action on earlier streets is saying you have at least 2 pair, and getting called by the same pair with off suit better kicker, oh well!
The 75 should be checked folded on the river. Top pair is always calling and second pair made trips. Just a $204 punt. Happy I was able to turn it around.
With the AA where the flop is 1053, you should be checking almost 100% of the time. You didn't give the villain the chance to bluff or to catch a lower pair on a later street. With their short stack, if they hit a lower pair that's the high card on the board, you're most likely stacking them. Left some money on the table on that one. Don't let possible flush draws spook you. Your dog was right about raising the turn with that set of sixes. Played the flopped set of Qs beautifully.
With AA, I felt he had either a medium pair that would call or a suited A. So half his suited Ax would call along with the pairs. I didn’t feel he would stab at the pot. 66, was very bad, just need to get the money in against the likely draws and aces up. Thanks for the feedback!
21:00 AQo is the poster child for open early and snap fold to a 3bet. I was just listening to a Andrew Brokos Carlos Welch podcast talking about this specific hand. Andrew quoted Carlos "Would you buy expired milk if it was 75% off?" Quoting Andrew, "AQo is better than 95% of the hands in the deck. But when you get 3bet, it isn't good any more".
Bluffing the unbluffable is exactly the problem I have in my local game. It’s always tournament style no rebuy, but almost everyone seems to call every bet and continues to call with draws. I try to play smart aggressive but it seems I always run into at least one lucky player who hits his draw and I’m either crippled or out. Most flops are seen by 4 or more players. I’m not sure how to handle this. I often run into this in 1/2 NL games in Vegas too. Any advice?
Simple advice is not to bluff, bet for value. Thin value is profitable when you are against a calling station. Soon they realize you are only betting with the goods you can mix in an occasional semi bluff.
When you bet out as a bluff and not only the guy quickly calls but the way he calls it by matching his stack against yours then, yes, he’s unbluffable. A.k.a “Sticky Rice”.
Evening froom the UK, hope youre good bro, have my booster on saturday, after getting a cold, haha, all good here , hope youre well,think youre playing pretty good, sometimes the cards just dont fall , but as long as you keep doing the right things you"ll always be winning, especially where you play, not too many "Good players" and you seem to have most of these pidgeons under control!! keep well Doug, regards Fraser
11:00 ATo hand. Absolutely go for value when the river bricks. You don't have to bet big, but bet! All kinds of worse aces and kings call. Often it's a frustration call because their draw missed and now they just have second pair. I'd bet 35-40% pot, you're pretty much on a freeroll.
This is an old vlog but man A2 is a huge punt. Your hand is likely dominated and you're hoping to flop well which you almost never do. It just got you into massive trouble this hand and you lost a huge portion of your stack trying to dig yourself out of a hole that you never should have been in to begin with lol. Loving the vlogs tho.
Hey Doug! Fellow Bay native here, so I like seeing the action at spots near me. I'm a fan of your content and have a bit of constructive criticism to offer. Your voiceover audio sounds a bit funky to my ear, like there's an artificial echo or potentially a very soft auto tune. I'd guess it has to do with where you record, maybe. Do you have sufficient sound deadening around where you record? If not, you can make a quick fix by putting a box lined with egg carton around your mic to help cut down on what I think I'm hearing. Keep putting out the good content. Cheers from Vallejo.
In the last two videos you seem to have conflated "equity" and "showdown value." Usually (imho) when you have equity otf and run into a pair ott, you should base your turn bet (raise)/check (call)/fold decision on the quality if the pair, rather than the added equity. The pair makes it more likely you can win at showdown, so you normally want to GET to showdown. That said, the bottom pair in the A2s hand is probably not worth much given the action, but you in effect are turning your made hand into a bluff, rather than betting its "equity."
I basically turned all my early hands into bluffs. On the 57 hand I picked up equity but had basically no show down value. The added value is from a sneaky two pair or trips. A2 I felt he had a medium pocket pair and tried to make him fold on the end. I feel it was a good attempt made at the wrong player at the wrong time.
I played 1/3 the other day. Bored out of my mind! No action at all. So I moved over to an action 4/8 kill and ran hot as drag racers in July, walked with $1200 up. Granted you can run more on NL but for entertainment and profit I enjoy 4/8 kill. We played it like 8/16 all night. And the missed hands never cost you everything all in on a bluff. So whatever suits your wallet. In for $200 out for $1400. Someday I'll get into a 5/10 just for fun. I'm moving so I don't have any time this week. But I'll get back to it next week. Have fun good luck on the flop.
@@dougmccuskerpoker you do need patience...and the willingness to throw in hands by checking and folding (& showing the fold so people can see what you play and fold even if you're being bluffed bc...when you do bluff they'll usually think of the big hands you folded and not call with middle pairs or small pairs. Its a psych out set-up for later in the game. And finally you should play what feels right. I play NL but the action is so so slow I get bored. When I get bored I get looser & either run very well on bluffs or get killed. But a good action NL is more profitable than limit if you don't mess up on the frequent All In and either make bad calls or bad river bets. But thats the agony & joy of poker. As always play your best and have fun. You won't make a lot in the long run in small stakes but you can easily make expenses plus some extra. You have to consistently win to impact your finances in a large way. Its hard at 1/3 2/5. Getting stuck $1k up is annoying but coming back and showing a nice profit is always fun. Have fun. That's all poker is about.
How could someone fold away 10 outs draws to the nut on the turn for $294 pot and $70 call to end the action? That is a -EV fold even not counting the huge implied odd.
As the president of the “raising suited connectors is not profitable at low stakes” club, it compels me to ask if you have ever tracked your results when doing so? Edit- just watched the 76 hearts hand. Even when you hit your two pair miracle, they have so many more outs when you play low suited connectors
Just to be clear, I feel low suited connectors by themselves is not + EV. I do believe the overall advantage of having some in your range is +EV. If your range is extremely top heavy with all value hands, it can be easier for players to play accurately against you. By mixing in hands from mid to low range, your opponents will have a tougher time navigating. In 1-3 games, being balanced is not as important as bigger games. I’m using 1-3 games as a training ground, I need to feel comfortable with this new style before swimming in the deep end of the pool.
@@dougmccuskerpoker Fair enough! I guess we disagree about the importance of balance in low stakes. The guy with A4 player type is calling you down no matter what even if you just showed premiums and monsters. No need to burn money trying to bluff him with 7 high imo. Great vlog as always. Very interested to see you move up and stakes and will be rooting for you!
@@dougmccuskerpoker i just rewatched the hand and noticed he immediately grabbed ur chips from directly in front of u when he realized he was good. i find that to be very tacky and rude
KJ ♣️ you said,if we flop anything good then we can get stacks in, then you check the flop after you,flop something good. Then you only call the 105$ turn bet,you never followed through with your decision until the river when you made the flush. Missed some value for sure. I think you’re leveling yourself too much and not trusting your gut.
Great work, Doug! Nice job navigating the rough waters in the beginning.
Thanks Andrew, the game was good, had plenty of time to turn things around. Looking forward to the MUG on the 9th!
Right bet, wrong result. Keep on plugging. Sometimes the river is a calm stream; sometimes a raging rapid.
Thanks Al, even the best plans don’t work. 😢
I love how in like the 4th hand or so you went from having Ace high to a pair of deuces on the river and go “we picked up some showdown value”
I can bet all A high hands!😀
I luv these poker vlogs and watching someone loose instead of me!!!!
Lol
That player to your left who kept quickly calling everything down would make me want to change seats. 😂
Someone would need to leave, good game, nobody moved for a long time
That was a brutal 30 minutes in the 1st session, but nice battle to reduce the lost. Then to return for 2nd session, to fully recover, and make a profit was differently a great ending!.
I know the feeling on trying to bluff off a player when you have show down, especially when the action on earlier streets is saying you have at least 2 pair, and getting called by the same pair with off suit better kicker, oh well!
The 75 should be checked folded on the river. Top pair is always calling and second pair made trips. Just a $204 punt. Happy I was able to turn it around.
Fabulous recovery!!
Some people get married to their hands and are completely unbluffable. Good comeback!
My second bluff attempt was awful, just punted $204 away. I adjusted my bluff frequency and battled back.
@@dougmccuskerpoker good! Just don't bluff ME and we'll be ok 🤣
Glad the swing was on the up when you left! :)
It is more frustrating when you start out hot and swing down. Getting unstuck feels like a big win.
coach z is amazing! im learning a lot!
Zeus is a smart 🐕
With the AA where the flop is 1053, you should be checking almost 100% of the time. You didn't give the villain the chance to bluff or to catch a lower pair on a later street. With their short stack, if they hit a lower pair that's the high card on the board, you're most likely stacking them. Left some money on the table on that one. Don't let possible flush draws spook you.
Your dog was right about raising the turn with that set of sixes.
Played the flopped set of Qs beautifully.
With AA, I felt he had either a medium pair that would call or a suited A. So half his suited Ax would call along with the pairs. I didn’t feel he would stab at the pot. 66, was very bad, just need to get the money in against the likely draws and aces up. Thanks for the feedback!
21:00 AQo is the poster child for open early and snap fold to a 3bet. I was just listening to a Andrew Brokos Carlos Welch podcast talking about this specific hand. Andrew quoted Carlos "Would you buy expired milk if it was 75% off?"
Quoting Andrew, "AQo is better than 95% of the hands in the deck. But when you get 3bet, it isn't good any more".
I felt like I just drank spoiled milk when he 3 bet me.
Bluffing the unbluffable is exactly the problem I have in my local game. It’s always tournament style no rebuy, but almost everyone seems to call every bet and continues to call with draws. I try to play smart aggressive but it seems I always run into at least one lucky player who hits his draw and I’m either crippled or out. Most flops are seen by 4 or more players. I’m not sure how to handle this.
I often run into this in 1/2 NL games in Vegas too. Any advice?
Simple advice is not to bluff, bet for value. Thin value is profitable when you are against a calling station. Soon they realize you are only betting with the goods you can mix in an occasional semi bluff.
Also, play tighter. Broadway hands and good suited cards. Don't get married to top pr.
When you bet out as a bluff and not only the guy quickly calls but the way he calls it by matching his stack against yours then, yes, he’s unbluffable. A.k.a “Sticky Rice”.
After my first attempt I should have realized he was not in a folding mood.
Evening froom the UK, hope youre good bro, have my booster on saturday, after getting a cold, haha, all good here , hope youre well,think youre playing pretty good, sometimes the cards just dont fall , but as long as you keep doing the right things you"ll always be winning, especially where you play, not too many "Good players" and you seem to have most of these pidgeons under control!! keep well Doug, regards Fraser
Got my booster yesterday, feel safer already. Hope your recovery is progressing.
@@dougmccuskerpoker Great, be safe big guy, best wishes!!
Zeus has good advice,
where did he learn how to play?
I left the tv on to the WSOP when he was a pup.
@S.K. C. def not from doug =]
@@nickfromyuma1691 wow , I got a comment from Nick from Yuma ! Epic.
11:00 ATo hand. Absolutely go for value when the river bricks. You don't have to bet big, but bet! All kinds of worse aces and kings call. Often it's a frustration call because their draw missed and now they just have second pair.
I'd bet 35-40% pot, you're pretty much on a freeroll.
Good idea, small value on the end.
This is an old vlog but man A2 is a huge punt. Your hand is likely dominated and you're hoping to flop well which you almost never do. It just got you into massive trouble this hand and you lost a huge portion of your stack trying to dig yourself out of a hole that you never should have been in to begin with lol. Loving the vlogs tho.
Another great vlog keep up the good work.
Thanks Daniel, glad you’re enjoying the channel.
Hey Doug! Fellow Bay native here, so I like seeing the action at spots near me. I'm a fan of your content and have a bit of constructive criticism to offer. Your voiceover audio sounds a bit funky to my ear, like there's an artificial echo or potentially a very soft auto tune. I'd guess it has to do with where you record, maybe. Do you have sufficient sound deadening around where you record? If not, you can make a quick fix by putting a box lined with egg carton around your mic to help cut down on what I think I'm hearing. Keep putting out the good content. Cheers from Vallejo.
Thanks Stevie, will see if I can deaden the sound around me, maybe I will get a new mic for Xmas.
In the last two videos you seem to have conflated "equity" and "showdown value." Usually (imho) when you have equity otf and run into a pair ott, you should base your turn bet (raise)/check (call)/fold decision on the quality if the pair, rather than the added equity. The pair makes it more likely you can win at showdown, so you normally want to GET to showdown. That said, the bottom pair in the A2s hand is probably not worth much given the action, but you in effect are turning your made hand into a bluff, rather than betting its "equity."
I basically turned all my early hands into bluffs. On the 57 hand I picked up equity but had basically no show down value. The added value is from a sneaky two pair or trips. A2 I felt he had a medium pocket pair and tried to make him fold on the end. I feel it was a good attempt made at the wrong player at the wrong time.
lots of aggressive plays on your part. the only "bad" play i could see was the bomb pot hand where AJ was a clear fold on the flop.
Definitely didn’t play me best, made many errors.
Tell Zeus that value betting a calling station can only be done if you actually make a hand every now and then 🤣🤣🤣.
Very true, have to make a hand!
Nothing like a busted flush to spoil the day ... or weeks !
I’m use to missing my draws, happens more often than making them. 😩
I played 1/3 the other day. Bored out of my mind! No action at all. So I moved over to an action 4/8 kill and ran hot as drag racers in July, walked with $1200 up. Granted you can run more on NL but for entertainment and profit I enjoy 4/8 kill. We played it like 8/16 all night. And the missed hands never cost you everything all in on a bluff. So whatever suits your wallet. In for $200 out for $1400. Someday I'll get into a 5/10 just for fun. I'm moving so I don't have any time this week. But I'll get back to it next week. Have fun good luck on the flop.
I played a lot of limit poker, but now I prefer no limit.
@@dougmccuskerpoker you do need patience...and the willingness to throw in hands by checking and folding (& showing the fold so people can see what you play and fold even if you're being bluffed bc...when you do bluff they'll usually think of the big hands you folded and not call with middle pairs or small pairs. Its a psych out set-up for later in the game. And finally you should play what feels right. I play NL but the action is so so slow I get bored. When I get bored I get looser & either run very well on bluffs or get killed. But a good action NL is more profitable than limit if you don't mess up on the frequent All In and either make bad calls or bad river bets. But thats the agony & joy of poker. As always play your best and have fun. You won't make a lot in the long run in small stakes but you can easily make expenses plus some extra. You have to consistently win to impact your finances in a large way. Its hard at 1/3 2/5. Getting stuck $1k up is annoying but coming back and showing a nice profit is always fun. Have fun. That's all poker is about.
Nice channel
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
what’s with the one chip all in? that’s for calling, not betting
Guess it depends where you play and I do verbally say all in.
At the places I play in Texas, most people go all-in with one chip. It has to be verbalized though.
How could someone fold away 10 outs draws to the nut on the turn for $294 pot and $70 call to end the action? That is a -EV fold even not counting the huge implied odd.
My pronunciation might have been poor, he had 84 of clubs. Now you know why I was trying to isolate him.
As the president of the “raising suited connectors is not profitable at low stakes” club, it compels me to ask if you have ever tracked your results when doing so?
Edit- just watched the 76 hearts hand. Even when you hit your two pair miracle, they have so many more outs when you play low suited connectors
Just to be clear, I feel low suited connectors by themselves is not + EV. I do believe the overall advantage of having some in your range is +EV. If your range is extremely top heavy with all value hands, it can be easier for players to play accurately against you. By mixing in hands from mid to low range, your opponents will have a tougher time navigating. In 1-3 games, being balanced is not as important as bigger games. I’m using 1-3 games as a training ground, I need to feel comfortable with this new style before swimming in the deep end of the pool.
@@dougmccuskerpoker Fair enough! I guess we disagree about the importance of balance in low stakes. The guy with A4 player type is calling you down no matter what even if you just showed premiums and monsters. No need to burn money trying to bluff him with 7 high imo. Great vlog as always. Very interested to see you move up and stakes and will be rooting for you!
@@dacgours55 thanks Dac, in low limits, I agree. Will start to dabble in the 2-5 and 3-5 games and see how well my training works.
even tho the unbluffable guy was getting the right odds to call on the river he still had no business being in the hand with A4o.
He was playing tons of hands, any ace was strong enough in his mind.
@Kazuya Mishima he sure did!
The unbluffable dude on your left, with the blue Adidas jacket, seemed nervous all the time he bets, like a tweaker, desperate for money, right?
@@GoldAceNews I don’t think so, he normally plays quickly with hyper aggression. He was stuck and playing like it.
@@dougmccuskerpoker i just rewatched the hand and noticed he immediately grabbed ur chips from directly in front of u when he realized he was good. i find that to be very tacky and rude
KJ ♣️ you said,if we flop anything good then we can get stacks in, then you check the flop after you,flop something good. Then you only call the 105$ turn bet,you never followed through with your decision until the river when you made the flush. Missed some value for sure. I think you’re leveling yourself too much and not trusting your gut.
Hey Doug listen to Zeus
I wish he could be my support animal, but he doesn’t fit under the table.
Today is your unlucky day. Sorry!!! Good luck next time.
Bad days happen.
Villain lmao