Brutal hands mate! keep your chin up and thanks for the content. These constant 2 outers and losing flips takes it toll on your mental game. It seems to always be the pots that matter to make a solid run.
I’ve been on a 4 month heavy downswing losing about a quarter of my bankroll. The number of disgusting bad beats, bubbles, and set ups I thought wasn’t even possible. Every session I play I feel more strongly to just quit playing
Poker can be, and if you grind enough, will be brutal. My SNG coach in 2007 went on a 1200 BI downswing and was down 60K when he should have been up half a million (or more, cause had he won, he would have gone to the 110s+ instead of the 55s). Losing 60K playing 55s speed 9max is brutal if you know you crush them hard.
@@chadwellington2524 he probably got the numbers wrong, not even in spins you could have such downswing given that you were a winning player, and 9max SNGs have way less variance than spins
It is ofcourse up to you Ben but the only reason I open twitch nowadays is with the hope you're streaming on a Sunday evening. Always love those last few hours of my weekend seeing you crushing poker. Hope the downswing is over soon! Greetings
Guys,I have been in the position of "downswing" ,and most heavily, at beginning i thiught I was unlucky,but mostly,I was oveplaying hands.Some tips to remove crazy swings: 1.avoid all in pre flop for cashgames .especially ak 2.Dont marry your set or strong hand,you have to know when to fold,especially microstakes people are not bluffing all in etc.Learn to fold. 3.Make a profile of styles of every player you play,nits,tags,lags etc. You know how to play against them.Dont bluff whales,bluff the nits where you should. 3.
AQs is a brakeven call there, not close to "gigapunt". He needs 27% eq, and has 28% if you jam QQ+ AK. If you add one combo of A5s or if pool sometimes jam JJ it becomes a punt to fold.
I feel ya I never thought a downswing could be so bad . And it’s the most insane spots and weird stuff that goes down . Like busting out 5 good stacks within 3 minutes getting it in with 80 % and turning up that 2 out river every damn time. Never holding that AA chiplead double up with 15 left not even 1/20 . I hope it turns around for ya I didn’t see a FT for maybe 12 months ,normally I get a FT in about 50% of my sessions .
This is a pros pros dedicated to his craft downswings are real and if you dont have a stron mental game and bankroll it can flat out ruin your state of mind..and way of life..im a part timer im a trucker with the hope of making extra money on the side let me just say my day job is easier than poker
8:30 You say he played it pretty scared with KK, do you mean not by ch raising the river? or that he should've ch raised flop? or either? river seems thin to me?
Come on man. Whe have Al learnt from you a lot.keep youre fucking head up and keep on going an go out of the fucking downswing and go to a massive upswing champ respect!
I played semi professionally for a few years. 3 years ago was the last time i played online poker and damn, this shiet is so depressing. This guy is a legend and i respect him a lot but feels like i wasted so much time. Long hours in the evenings and nights, basically no social life, playing game with no future at all. I know nothing about Bens life but seems like he is like that as well. He is 35? yo and doesnt have a family nor kids. There are thousands of better things you can do and make money. Dont play poker kids.
"I know nothing about Ben's life" but let me tell you what I know he doesn't have: no social life, no money, no kids, no family XD Seems like you don't know what you're talking about and just making assumptions. Wasted hours? what because he's in a downswing he lost all his previous winnings?
@@jonaswitdoek i followed him on Twitch/X and i assume he has no kids or family. Not sure about social life tho. Maybe he is very happy in life, i dont know. When it comes to wasting time, i was talking about myself. Even though I was consistenly making money, i led an unhappy life while playing poker. Grinding at nights is not good for your mental health.
@@reaomiaTV this is BS brother, you can live in happy marriage with kids friends and everything, it's all about time management, you don't have to play everyday 24/7 tournaments. make adjustments since it's your own schedule , yea online MTT's are a lot of grinding but if you believe in yourself , a good final table in some countries can be a monthly salary.
They calling out on all your bluffs They not giving you any value when you really have it They fetching full value when they have it by making you hero call pretty much every time.. As a long time😊 viewer to your content I'd suggest you need to sharpen the blade a bit and raise the edge. Cheers mate. 😊
At 21:16 you never consider to rip it his face w/A4? Wouldn't he think more on the river with a K what size to donk or let you triple? Tbh Call seems the worst option, I could be very wrong though.
I understand the business decision to changing to a subscription model, but it makes me sad :( was considering buying it for a while, but now with the added pressure of the subscription I don't know...
I understand man, but don't you think the platform will help you making at least 4$ a day additionally ? Don't you think we buy so much shit these days that we could save 4$ and in return get a poker education that could provide us with an additional income + learning skills that will be helpful for life, relationships and business in general (becoming mentally stronger, controlling your title, bankroll and financial management etc..)?
@@RaiseYourEdge When you put it like that, yes, it makes a lot of sense. 4$ a day could be easily won in a single final table decision / deep tournament run. I've been playing for profit, but in a casual way for years now. Been thinking about getting RYE for a looong time. Finally got the bankroll to a point where I can play some small stakes tournaments as well, now I just need to find a way that gives me enough time to put in the work to make myself a crusher, while juggling with study and all that other life stuff. Thanks for your reply, I'll be watching closely to see if this year's black friday will have a discount again😉😆
In the deuces-hand (bottom left from around 17:30) I really don't think he's thinking about folding, but rather shoving. It would essentially just be a min-raise from him, he's covering for the bounty, and he's probably wondering whether you would value-bet AJ and AT on the river. As he ended up just calling, I assume that means he doesn't think you would have value-bet those hands.
The difference between winners and losers is that when the winners get knocked down and trampled they get back up knowing they most likely will get knocked back down.
Man i start play on full tilt poker then i finaly with 11$ borrow i won tru a satelite 13.404 $ with 1.10 $ entry on that satelite won 55$ ticket then won 1 place , it was surreal but now im not playng poker after like idk 9 years back in 2015 , i was not threat poker with serious concentration then i lose the bankroll on fun shit alchool slot machines all bad , the more negativity around me at that time i turn bad with alchool and dont focus 🧘♀️ have more patience … poker is great game but threat it seriously, and also respect the moeny because otherwise big trouble comes after
Its like you level yourself into making unnecesary plays with mediocre hand selection, i suppose it has become a pretty bad habit of yours , taking a high variance approach and wondering why you cannot win.
@@RaiseYourEdge 5:40 "if he have a flush he have a flush", you dont even think about his range and call quite quickly only because you have trips in suuper marginal river jam spot
@@krzysztofgorecki1837 fair enough. However, you are aware who Romeopro is? Probably one of the most maniac hs regs out there. This is surely not a punt and he can easily value jam QJ JT against my Ax floates (due to ICM I will xbackl lots of flushdraws). So he will know I have lots of QJ JT J9s in those spot.) I would fold QJ but never KJ, especially since he has never AJ. He can have all QT KQ Q9 KT with 1 heart combo. Easy to overbluff.
Brutal hands mate! keep your chin up and thanks for the content. These constant 2 outers and losing flips takes it toll on your mental game. It seems to always be the pots that matter to make a solid run.
thanks champ!
I’ve been on a 4 month heavy downswing losing about a quarter of my bankroll. The number of disgusting bad beats, bubbles, and set ups I thought wasn’t even possible. Every session I play I feel more strongly to just quit playing
Same, but I play cash games. I am at my wits end, but I play for a living so I can't just give up.
Casino online Rigged, easy money for casino.
@@denske1272 feel ya there must be even harder downswinging when your playing for a living.
gg poker?
Take a break my men your mind needs a break cant go in to every session already defeated
Poker can be, and if you grind enough, will be brutal. My SNG coach in 2007 went on a 1200 BI downswing and was down 60K when he should have been up half a million (or more, cause had he won, he would have gone to the 110s+ instead of the 55s). Losing 60K playing 55s speed 9max is brutal if you know you crush them hard.
jump, true words!
thats just rigged... imagine a 1200 BI downswing in live poker... that would be run bad for like years lol
@@chadwellington2524 he probably got the numbers wrong, not even in spins you could have such downswing given that you were a winning player, and 9max SNGs have way less variance than spins
@@chadwellington2524Casino online Rigged.
Everyone studies the numbers but the game is you vs you always.
great point
Quit when losing, keep playing when winning.
Sound obvious? Try it!
It is ofcourse up to you Ben but the only reason I open twitch nowadays is with the hope you're streaming on a Sunday evening. Always love those last few hours of my weekend seeing you crushing poker. Hope the downswing is over soon! Greetings
I know man, and I appreciate guys like you, but off streaming is a lot more powerful and also valuable to our students.
How many bad beats do we get today?
Ben: all of them!
Feels unfair man.. gl gl ❤
we keep going
Guys,I have been in the position of "downswing" ,and most heavily, at beginning i thiught I was unlucky,but mostly,I was oveplaying hands.Some tips to remove crazy swings:
1.avoid all in pre flop for cashgames .especially ak
2.Dont marry your set or strong hand,you have to know when to fold,especially microstakes people are not bluffing all in etc.Learn to fold.
3.Make a profile of styles of every player you play,nits,tags,lags etc.
You know how to play against them.Dont bluff whales,bluff the nits where you should.
3.
AQs is a brakeven call there, not close to "gigapunt". He needs 27% eq, and has 28% if you jam QQ+ AK. If you add one combo of A5s or if pool sometimes jam JJ it becomes a punt to fold.
Did u consider ICM and future game?
Its 2 more hours of latereg in a 10k where hes prolly
I'm stoned and hungy😮
@@Zzzzzzzzzzzzxtttttopen your mind up to questionable hrc sims
it is 50% left which has quite some ICM ..
Also even getting good odds, he is crushed vs AK+ QQ+, so yeah, giga punt
Its like hearing bad beat stories , but in a video...enjoy.
Should I buy your course if I’m at the level where I notice your leaks? They’re quite obvious to me
name 3 of his leaks
It says more about you telling others they have leaks without saying which leaks.
the leaks you think you see are probably just you not understanding his plays
I feel ya I never thought a downswing could be so bad .
And it’s the most insane spots and weird stuff that goes down .
Like busting out 5 good stacks within 3 minutes getting it in with 80 % and turning up that 2 out river every damn time.
Never holding that AA chiplead double up with 15 left not even 1/20 .
I hope it turns around for ya I didn’t see a FT for maybe 12 months ,normally I get a FT in about 50% of my sessions .
true
Looking forward to all the juicy new courses 🔥🔥🔥
This is a pros pros dedicated to his craft downswings are real and if you dont have a stron mental game and bankroll it can flat out ruin your state of mind..and way of life..im a part timer im a trucker with the hope of making extra money on the side let me just say my day job is easier than poker
I have the clab flash draw. Good content Ben !
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8:30 You say he played it pretty scared with KK, do you mean not by ch raising the river? or that he should've ch raised flop? or either? river seems thin to me?
Yeah flop or turn should be a check raise
Thanks man learned alot from you ❤
Keep your head up Ben! Great vid!
thanks mate
More of those, better then highligts 💯💪
Yes sir!
Come on man. Whe have Al learnt from you a lot.keep youre fucking head up and keep on going an go out of the fucking downswing and go to a massive upswing champ respect!
will do mate
Can you do more mental videos that talk about the psychological obstacles poker players face, thanks!
You can check out my new free mindset course :)
I played semi professionally for a few years. 3 years ago was the last time i played online poker and damn, this shiet is so depressing. This guy is a legend and i respect him a lot but feels like i wasted so much time. Long hours in the evenings and nights, basically no social life, playing game with no future at all. I know nothing about Bens life but seems like he is like that as well. He is 35? yo and doesnt have a family nor kids. There are thousands of better things you can do and make money. Dont play poker kids.
"I know nothing about Ben's life" but let me tell you what I know he doesn't have: no social life, no money, no kids, no family XD
Seems like you don't know what you're talking about and just making assumptions. Wasted hours? what because he's in a downswing he lost all his previous winnings?
@@jonaswitdoek i followed him on Twitch/X and i assume he has no kids or family. Not sure about social life tho. Maybe he is very happy in life, i dont know.
When it comes to wasting time, i was talking about myself. Even though I was consistenly making money, i led an unhappy life while playing poker. Grinding at nights is not good for your mental health.
@@reaomiaTV this is BS brother, you can live in happy marriage with kids friends and everything, it's all about time management, you don't have to play everyday 24/7 tournaments.
make adjustments since it's your own schedule , yea online MTT's are a lot of grinding but if you believe in yourself , a good final table in some countries can be a monthly salary.
They calling out on all your bluffs
They not giving you any value when you really have it
They fetching full value when they have it by making you hero call pretty much every time..
As a long time😊 viewer to your content I'd suggest you need to sharpen the blade a bit and raise the edge. Cheers mate. 😊
hehe which spots you talking about?
how many tournamenta you play once? and how many in day?
he plays roughly 20 at once and can easily do 40-50 in a day
At 21:16 you never consider to rip it his face w/A4? Wouldn't he think more on the river with a K what size to donk or let you triple?
Tbh Call seems the worst option, I could be very wrong though.
A4 is beating enough hands to justify just calling; what does raising accomplish?
I understand the business decision to changing to a subscription model, but it makes me sad :( was considering buying it for a while, but now with the added pressure of the subscription I don't know...
I understand man, but don't you think the platform will help you making at least 4$ a day additionally ?
Don't you think we buy so much shit these days that we could save 4$ and in return get a poker education that could provide us with an additional income + learning skills that will be helpful for life, relationships and business in general (becoming mentally stronger, controlling your title, bankroll and financial management etc..)?
I have done it. It really is worth it. I am playing for fun for over 20 years. Learned more in a week than i have on my own in 20 years
@@RaiseYourEdge When you put it like that, yes, it makes a lot of sense. 4$ a day could be easily won in a single final table decision / deep tournament run. I've been playing for profit, but in a casual way for years now. Been thinking about getting RYE for a looong time. Finally got the bankroll to a point where I can play some small stakes tournaments as well, now I just need to find a way that gives me enough time to put in the work to make myself a crusher, while juggling with study and all that other life stuff.
Thanks for your reply, I'll be watching closely to see if this year's black friday will have a discount again😉😆
In the deuces-hand (bottom left from around 17:30) I really don't think he's thinking about folding, but rather shoving.
It would essentially just be a min-raise from him, he's covering for the bounty, and he's probably wondering whether you would value-bet AJ and AT on the river.
As he ended up just calling, I assume that means he doesn't think you would have value-bet those hands.
100% he is not considering shoving my friend. He is considering folding.
The difference between winners and losers is that when the winners get knocked down and trampled they get back up knowing they most likely will get knocked back down.
100% champ
Man i start play on full tilt poker then i finaly with 11$ borrow i won tru a satelite 13.404 $ with 1.10 $ entry on that satelite won 55$ ticket then won 1 place , it was surreal but now im not playng poker after like idk 9 years back in 2015 , i was not threat poker with serious concentration then i lose the bankroll on fun shit alchool slot machines all bad , the more negativity around me at that time i turn bad with alchool and dont focus 🧘♀️ have more patience … poker is great game but threat it seriously, and also respect the moeny because otherwise big trouble comes after
I think making RYE a subscription service will be its demise
why
Really hard to watch multi screen dude
yeah
What did you say at the start that you use for meditation?
Primed Mind - Elliot Roe
loved it ben
Dude you need to get rid of the AI voice selling your course, you do realise that it makes you look like a scammer
ok
Its like you level yourself into making unnecesary plays with mediocre hand selection, i suppose it has become a pretty bad habit of yours , taking a high variance approach and wondering why you cannot win.
any examples?
@@RaiseYourEdge 5:40 "if he have a flush he have a flush", you dont even think about his range and call quite quickly only because you have trips in suuper marginal river jam spot
@@krzysztofgorecki1837 fair enough.
However, you are aware who Romeopro is? Probably one of the most maniac hs regs out there.
This is surely not a punt and he can easily value jam QJ JT against my Ax floates (due to ICM I will xbackl lots of flushdraws).
So he will know I have lots of QJ JT J9s in those spot.)
I would fold QJ but never KJ, especially since he has never AJ.
He can have all QT KQ Q9 KT with 1 heart combo. Easy to overbluff.
What's going on?
nice video
saleem Khan Peshawar Pakistan
You’re too rich to fold these days it’s quite sad
which spots you mean?
Never seen any other pro get so many bad beats
bla bla bla
ur a trump fan?
what you think?
@@RaiseYourEdge i cant tell lol...gonna go with no though
u are just a calling station, stop acting smart, u r defintely losing poker long term, who cares about gto when villian is not balance at all.