Your videos are wonderful. Ideas arepresented clearly with good examples and practical ideas that one can remember at the table. My favorite statement of yours is "let the math do the work."
This is always the perfect channel for me, a relative beginner. No theoretical discussions on the best GTO play on close or tricky hands, just repeated emphasis on the basic principles which mark profitable play. I wish I could watch 500 videos on precisely this level. Thanks BlackRain79.
I've been watching him the past 6 months took me 3 weeks to implement everything and change my bad habits I've been much more profitable and I have q full time job but I've been making atleast 150 to 200 extra a week
I’m looking for starter tips I understand the game but just need a good foundation and build from there I’m only a couple weeks in playing daily so just starting out
I think #5 is the most important. My C-bet % versus fish is extremely low. It also helps the meta game because my overall C-bet % goes down, so I think some better players end up making a few more folds because they think I don't C-bet very often. Or they donk bet at me, or they bet when I check it to them because they think I'm an ABC, fit or fold kind of player. I am ABC... against the fish.
@@ziwuri I agree with the conservative strategy. But 2 of 3 times they will miss the flop. That's why c-bet is almost automatic today. To steal pots vs fish. It also works vs regs that don't want to float or gamble.
@@francescoiadicicco1266 Fish are going to call you every single time. Why build a pot with absolutely nothing? Why not wait till you make something and then start putting in money? Genuine question.
@@ziwuri you confuse fish with calling station. A calling station is not necessarily a bad player (Negreanu is a calling station!!). Fish instead is a uber weak player who cannot evaluate the strenght of his hand, so he will overfold missed flops and you are there to exploit that leack. Keep in mind that a moderate c-bet will never add that much to the pot. After thousands of hands you will notice that your stack is mostly unaffected by c-bets vs 1 opponent. I'll drop this thought for you: if poker were played only by following the basic rules of the game, it would not be poker. The c-bet is a bluff indeed xD
What % of hands should I be aiming to play? (I know it varies based on position but just on average) I’m guessing around 20%? My general rule is if I want to play a hand I have to raise (no limping - with only a few exceptions)
For that last line I would say if you are opening the action absolutely you want to be betting and not limping outside of maybe some SB situations with a passive player in the BB
Applied your strategies and in the pace of a few days have gone from a seriously negative bb/100 to a good solid positive and winning most sessions. :) Thanks
The first concept exemplifies the difference between NL & Pot Limit Hold'em. Arguably, PL is the premier Hold'em format, as pot-building in PL is a more complex task than in NL. The second concept (also) implies how to play a NIT style correctly. NIT style is best played with ~40 BB (25-60 BB) and vs. large stacks. Versus equal stacks of any size, NIT doesn't work. The good NIT uses the opponent's aggression (every last one of these anti-NIT tips) against them. NIT is a viable way to begin sessions, especially in the worst seat at the table (typical scenario), and can trick opponents if/when the NIT wins a stack and widens their range. Point three is related to the "free card" (or free draw) gambit in poker, a normally fixed-limit play, but also important as a psychological weapon in big-bet poker. The game's "tempo" is an important Chess concept related to the "free card" gambit. Crucially, checking the turn can simultaneously river you the nuts and also induce your opponent to bluff. Point four is crucial in small-stakes games. At higher stakes, the same value bets are typically closer to pot-sized. The "thinness" of the value bet is proportional to the number of opponents, width of their range, and their susceptibility to bluffs. Point five is related to point four via the above reasoning. Don't bluff or "value own" yourself vs. fish. Sometimes, losing the least amount possible is the best course, and provides tells for later big hands. Fish have a terrible sense of proportion.
#3 just seems like burning chips. Sure, this looks reasonable at higher stakes where people fold and many pots have 3 or fewer players on the flop and you need to have a bluffing range due to their higher awareness. However, in a low limit field where value betting rules the day this just seems like spew.
My poker winnings exploded when I can properly visualise the GTO chart in my head. I practise drawing the grid and then Color the charts in. It’s boring but profitable work
Just raided a gut shot with back door but flush took it down Thankyou Nathan for giving me the confidence to do so! If they call and turn bricks double barrel???
hello Nathan, first things first: you are thee GOAT. Second, a question: it is kinda related to point #2, about stealing blinds vs nits/tags, but it can be applied to preflop raises in general: most of the time when I'm BTN/CO and my opening range can be looser there is AT LEAST one limper before me and most times these guys tend to call a raise when it's back to them. Obviously these are whales, so in the "steal vs nits" scenario they kinda mess up the strategy, because I might be able to make the blinds fold but I'm not stealing anything, granted I would be IP I'm still going to see a flop when I didnt want to. In a more generic scenario, if I have a big hand (say QQ+ or even worst AK/AQ) I find myself playing in multiway pots where it becomes difficult to cbet dry boards, especially if I dont have overpair but "just" a broadway, let alone the fact those hands my come to you when you're MP/CO and BTN might call leaving u squeezed between players. So the question is, how should I act? should I increase the raise size (I usually apply the common 3x IP/4x OOP + 1BB for every limper sizing)? I'm honestly playing as a hobby and I acknowledge my postflop reads are not all that good, so I would prefer not to play in multiway pots regardless. Also, I'm using PokerTracker, do u think adding a stat like Fold/Call after Limp can be useful in your hud or it would just be a waste of space, granted u might need a boatload of tracked instances to consider it realistic?
I always get worried on boards like that first one that they’ve ended up spiking two pair or something with their JT or 64 that they’ve limp called pre and just check called every street :/
I don't know when to fold... Can you help? Extreme case: I have AK, flop AAK, guy won't fold. Pot already 40 BB or both all in. He's with 22. Turn: 2, River: 2! Ok, that happens. I guess I'm asking: when to risk ALL my money (when I'm up 200%!) and when to fold when invested half of it already and he goes all in, usually an asshole aggressive raiser with bs cards. Unless I'm 100% sure I have "the nuts" - how to control damage?
Nate I reached out yesterday to u asking u where exactly I can find ur personal pokertracker set up or should I just do it myself following ur 12-13 ones u listed on ur last hud vid?Let me know if u have it available as u showed it on ur vid 5 yrs ago...Id really appreciate it..tnx buddy
Read Super system & Mike Caro’s book on poker tells. Then any poker money management book. Algorithm poker is such a very small piece of understanding that is so over marketed.
Funny … I did the exact same thing … bluffed the river w AKs and the guy called me down w bottom pair… but it wasn’t for $3.60 … much more … thanks Nathan
This is of course solid advice. However, I seem to have an uncanny ability of hitting AA or KK when everyone else has 23o. Even yesterday I hit AA TWICE IN A ROW (what are the odds?!!!), and both times everyone folded! On the other hand, I joined a table yesterday and my first hand was AKs, betting all the way ending with rainbow-nothing on the river, and one player left still in on the showdown. No he wasn't bluffing the new person (me) - he had AA. Such is life 🤣
Fevolenko You're confused about terminology. A nit isn't going to call the flop without a pair. Nits are tighter than TAG's. Nits don't even raise AK a lot of the time.
Y raise when u got only 5%equity. Bluffing I'd part of the game but I don't like putting money in on a 5%bluffing hand when ur opponent got 95%equity is never floding
Love Nathan, but tip #3 is just wrong. You don't raise with a marginal draw. Player can go over the top on you or wont fold with a hand like K-Q. You're just escalating the stakes when you have the worst hand.
the idea behind raising a hand like gutshot + BDFD is you dont mind folding to a re-raise. Your strong semi bluffs (eg. OESD + FD or NFD + gutshot) if you get re-raised, you need to get them in since you have so much equity against virtually any hand the villain can have. Your weak bluffs like gutshots will be part of your raise/fold range. Of course, a lot of this depends on the board texture - whether we can balance our weak bluffs with strong value raises.
By the same reasoning, if you just call with the draw (and thereby show weakness), the opponent can just shove on the turn if a blank hits. Raising on the come is akin to "buying a free card". For the price of a small raise, you can possibly see the turn and river, and avoid facing a large turn bet, making for a cheaper draw overall. If you turn the nuts or don't, checking the turn can induce the opponent to bluff the river - possibly into your nut str8, or allow you to bluff instead, ie when a scary river card like an Ace or backdoor flush card hits and a sheepish opponent checks.
This is really true, its only lately that I can say I am improving in poker using these 5 strategies. Now I can wake up in the morning and win $5 in a few minutes on NL25 before I start my day. Thank you Nathan for untiringly posting free coaching videos like this one...... God bless
The best position is when you are in the dealer position, the worst is the big blind as you are forced to put money into the pot without seeing your cards. The later you are to act the better your position is. Hope that helps a little.
does not work ,it depends how you been playing before you get those aces or kings, if you played aggressive and done many pre flop raises then it looks normal but if you been playing tight and folding many or juts checking and then you go to raise on those high cards everyone will folds or they auto fold before you even make a bet leaving you with the measly small pot lol and those great rare hands go to waste
Is this the video where you suggest 60% on flop on paired boards then 90% turn and river (with AK)? Sounds great. Except the fish I play against raise 96o, call a re-raise (pre-flop)and hit a 665 board. Call my 60% flop bet. Call my 90% turn bet, and shove my 90% river bet. Yes, I'm stupid to call but I do because I can't believe they called a preflop re-raise with a hand containing a six. I'm not laughing as you suggest at their river shove, I'm crying because I lost my stack.
🤔as you know , there are strategies n strategies . I enjoy being a fish/nit/ passive player ... and yet , it seems I do alright playing poker , whether live or online . Why is this you ask ? My view in what helps me is generally twofold : one being able to recognize situations , the other , which meshes with the first, utilizing positional playing . Who cares if the person to the left keeps robbing your blinds ? , because you're doing the same to the person on your right -- it's a wash ...
There is value in slowplaying against fish. Not to induce bluffs, but to induce overplays. Fish will always bet all their marginal stuff when you check to them, because you checking convinces them they have the best hand, and as we know when they like their hand they bet. I love lines like cbet flop then check turn when I have a monster against a fish, it gets them to completely spaz out with middle pair, top pair no kicker and so on, so they constantly bet these hands and call any raise. It's the best way to get their whole stack.
Did any of these poker tips help you? Also, check out my other video on why you get so unlucky in poker: ruclips.net/video/58t1zhTxVXg/видео.html
Are these tips for the lowest low stakes - especially tip #1?
good tips i like #4 its all about those thin value bets.
Tip number 4 (thin value betting) was insightful. I have done it but really had no hard and fast criteria.
If NIT is in to the turn there’s a good chance they have the best hand.. right?
Your videos are wonderful. Ideas arepresented clearly with good examples and practical ideas that one can remember at the table. My favorite statement of yours is "let the math do the work."
This is always the perfect channel for me, a relative beginner. No theoretical discussions on the best GTO play on close or tricky hands, just repeated emphasis on the basic principles which mark profitable play. I wish I could watch 500 videos on precisely this level. Thanks BlackRain79.
Seconded
I've been watching him the past 6 months took me 3 weeks to implement everything and change my bad habits I've been much more profitable and I have q full time job but I've been making atleast 150 to 200 extra a week
The professionals in ANYTHING aren’t particularly special people persay but they are experts at the basics though! Good luck on the felt!
I’m looking for starter tips I understand the game but just need a good foundation and build from there I’m only a couple weeks in playing daily so just starting out
Thirded
liked the video before I even watched it, always great advice from you Nathan, thank you!
I think #5 is the most important. My C-bet % versus fish is extremely low. It also helps the meta game because my overall C-bet % goes down, so I think some better players end up making a few more folds because they think I don't C-bet very often. Or they donk bet at me, or they bet when I check it to them because they think I'm an ABC, fit or fold kind of player. I am ABC... against the fish.
your cbet on the flop is the only street where you can bluff a fish unless he calls
@@francescoiadicicco1266 Or you could just take absolutely free cards until you either make your hand or they make theirs and donk into you.
@@ziwuri I agree with the conservative strategy. But 2 of 3 times they will miss the flop. That's why c-bet is almost automatic today. To steal pots vs fish. It also works vs regs that don't want to float or gamble.
@@francescoiadicicco1266 Fish are going to call you every single time. Why build a pot with absolutely nothing? Why not wait till you make something and then start putting in money? Genuine question.
@@ziwuri you confuse fish with calling station. A calling station is not necessarily a bad player (Negreanu is a calling station!!). Fish instead is a uber weak player who cannot evaluate the strenght of his hand, so he will overfold missed flops and you are there to exploit that leack. Keep in mind that a moderate c-bet will never add that much to the pot. After thousands of hands you will notice that your stack is mostly unaffected by c-bets vs 1 opponent.
I'll drop this thought for you: if poker were played only by following the basic rules of the game, it would not be poker. The c-bet is a bluff indeed xD
Great tips 👍 I love how clear you are as well. Well done 👍
Thanks Nathan . This is the best poker tips that I ever heard.
Love your simple, well explained videos, nice job, thank you
Thanks JF glad my videos help!
What % of hands should I be aiming to play? (I know it varies based on position but just on average) I’m guessing around 20%? My general rule is if I want to play a hand I have to raise (no limping - with only a few exceptions)
For that last line I would say if you are opening the action absolutely you want to be betting and not limping outside of maybe some SB situations with a passive player in the BB
Applied your strategies and in the pace of a few days have gone from a seriously negative bb/100 to a good solid positive and winning most sessions. :) Thanks
Nice work!
The first concept exemplifies the difference between NL & Pot Limit Hold'em. Arguably, PL is the premier Hold'em format, as pot-building in PL is a more complex task than in NL.
The second concept (also) implies how to play a NIT style correctly. NIT style is best played with ~40 BB (25-60 BB) and vs. large stacks. Versus equal stacks of any size, NIT doesn't work. The good NIT uses the opponent's aggression (every last one of these anti-NIT tips) against them. NIT is a viable way to begin sessions, especially in the worst seat at the table (typical scenario), and can trick opponents if/when the NIT wins a stack and widens their range.
Point three is related to the "free card" (or free draw) gambit in poker, a normally fixed-limit play, but also important as a psychological weapon in big-bet poker. The game's "tempo" is an important Chess concept related to the "free card" gambit.
Crucially, checking the turn can simultaneously river you the nuts and also induce your opponent to bluff.
Point four is crucial in small-stakes games. At higher stakes, the same value bets are typically closer to pot-sized. The "thinness" of the value bet is proportional to the number of opponents, width of their range, and their susceptibility to bluffs.
Point five is related to point four via the above reasoning. Don't bluff or "value own" yourself vs. fish. Sometimes, losing the least amount possible is the best course, and provides tells for later big hands. Fish have a terrible sense of proportion.
15vpip isn't enough to identify a nit, they also need low aggression postop to be nits otherwise they are just tags
Good stuff Black Rain. Even a experienced player can use this to remember.👊
#3 just seems like burning chips. Sure, this looks reasonable at higher stakes where people fold and many pots have 3 or fewer players on the flop and you need to have a bluffing range due to their higher awareness. However, in a low limit field where value betting rules the day this just seems like spew.
My poker winnings exploded when I can properly visualise the GTO chart in my head. I practise drawing the grid and then Color the charts in. It’s boring but profitable work
Just raided a gut shot with back door but flush took it down Thankyou Nathan for giving me the confidence to do so! If they call and turn bricks double barrel???
That was "fish" friendly analogy - no Solver mambo-jambo and percentages, just great KISS method - Keep It Short and Simple. Thanks
What if u holding top pocket pairs and you heads up with Mr aggressive, surely can check and let him do the betting .
Thanks for the video. really enjoying the series.
You need and BR shirt however.
I'm looking for your clothing line.!
Working on it!
Do you still play cash game? I recommend you film and share it like brad Owen .
hello Nathan, first things first: you are thee GOAT. Second, a question: it is kinda related to point #2, about stealing blinds vs nits/tags, but it can be applied to preflop raises in general: most of the time when I'm BTN/CO and my opening range can be looser there is AT LEAST one limper before me and most times these guys tend to call a raise when it's back to them. Obviously these are whales, so in the "steal vs nits" scenario they kinda mess up the strategy, because I might be able to make the blinds fold but I'm not stealing anything, granted I would be IP I'm still going to see a flop when I didnt want to. In a more generic scenario, if I have a big hand (say QQ+ or even worst AK/AQ) I find myself playing in multiway pots where it becomes difficult to cbet dry boards, especially if I dont have overpair but "just" a broadway, let alone the fact those hands my come to you when you're MP/CO and BTN might call leaving u squeezed between players. So the question is, how should I act? should I increase the raise size (I usually apply the common 3x IP/4x OOP + 1BB for every limper sizing)? I'm honestly playing as a hobby and I acknowledge my postflop reads are not all that good, so I would prefer not to play in multiway pots regardless. Also, I'm using PokerTracker, do u think adding a stat like Fold/Call after Limp can be useful in your hud or it would just be a waste of space, granted u might need a boatload of tracked instances to consider it realistic?
I always get worried on boards like that first one that they’ve ended up spiking two pair or something with their JT or 64 that they’ve limp called pre and just check called every street :/
you are thinking too much
I learned a lot from watching your videos and have won a lot of money. Keep it up love the videos thanks. 😎
Glad you like them!
At 3) raise when the villain checks or raise when its my turn directly after the flop?
Your videos have been helping me so much.
I don't know when to fold...
Can you help?
Extreme case: I have AK, flop AAK, guy won't fold.
Pot already 40 BB or both all in.
He's with 22.
Turn: 2, River: 2!
Ok, that happens.
I guess I'm asking: when to risk ALL my money (when I'm up 200%!) and when to fold when invested half of it already and he goes all in, usually an asshole aggressive raiser with bs cards.
Unless I'm 100% sure I have "the nuts" - how to control damage?
All great advice I’m def stepping my game up after watching these videos
Thanks for watching my poker videos, glad they help!
Nate I reached out yesterday to u asking u where exactly I can find ur personal pokertracker set up or should I just do it myself following ur 12-13 ones u listed on ur last hud vid?Let me know if u have it available as u showed it on ur vid 5 yrs ago...Id really appreciate it..tnx buddy
he gives you the hud files if you buy the microstakes book or his video course I believe. That's where I got them from
Read Super system & Mike Caro’s book on poker tells. Then any poker money management book. Algorithm poker is such a very small piece of understanding that is so over marketed.
What does vpip stand for?
Love these videos, improving while watching your videos, thanks!
Glad my vids are helping you Dhani!
If we bet small when our hand is mediocre and bet big when our hand is strong, isn't that making us more readable?
Great video, ty....I do have a question, a lot of video's talk about seat names, high jack and others can you assist here
Glad my vids are helping. I have charts explaining the poker table seats in my free poker guide, link is in the description.
Funny … I did the exact same thing … bluffed the river w AKs and the guy called me down w bottom pair… but it wasn’t for $3.60 … much more … thanks Nathan
The best tip was definitely to not bluff the fish, it never ends well when you bluff them cause they literally call you will anything 🤣
2 napkins line was actually hilarious
This is of course solid advice. However, I seem to have an uncanny ability of hitting AA or KK when everyone else has 23o. Even yesterday I hit AA TWICE IN A ROW (what are the odds?!!!), and both times everyone folded! On the other hand, I joined a table yesterday and my first hand was AKs, betting all the way ending with rainbow-nothing on the river, and one player left still in on the showdown. No he wasn't bluffing the new person (me) - he had AA. Such is life 🤣
Abuse Nits : dbl Barrel A or K on turn? That literally what the nit has there if he called pre and check called Flop...
Fevolenko You're confused about terminology. A nit isn't going to call the flop without a pair. Nits are tighter than TAG's. Nits don't even raise AK a lot of the time.
"Don't try to bluff the fish" is my rule number 1, my second rule is bluff the nits all day long :P
Really inspired and Really instructif 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👏👏🤘🤘🤘🤘
I always act like a NIT. Than I ack like a loose goosey. It works. Confusing them
Yeah, the first time I ever see pocket Aces, I'll know what to do. 😉
is this a Cash game or Tournament video?
AJ & A Rag get me in trouble 😈 👿
Excellent video. !!!!
Y raise when u got only 5%equity. Bluffing I'd part of the game but I don't like putting money in on a 5%bluffing hand when ur opponent got 95%equity is never floding
Love Nathan, but tip #3 is just wrong. You don't raise with a marginal draw. Player can go over the top on you or wont fold with a hand like K-Q. You're just escalating the stakes when you have the worst hand.
the idea behind raising a hand like gutshot + BDFD is you dont mind folding to a re-raise. Your strong semi bluffs (eg. OESD + FD or NFD + gutshot) if you get re-raised, you need to get them in since you have so much equity against virtually any hand the villain can have. Your weak bluffs like gutshots will be part of your raise/fold range. Of course, a lot of this depends on the board texture - whether we can balance our weak bluffs with strong value raises.
you don't do it very often, and you only want to do it against a reg, not a fish
By the same reasoning, if you just call with the draw (and thereby show weakness), the opponent can just shove on the turn if a blank hits. Raising on the come is akin to "buying a free card". For the price of a small raise, you can possibly see the turn and river, and avoid facing a large turn bet, making for a cheaper draw overall. If you turn the nuts or don't, checking the turn can induce the opponent to bluff the river - possibly into your nut str8, or allow you to bluff instead, ie when a scary river card like an Ace or backdoor flush card hits and a sheepish opponent checks.
I had AA, bet 2/3s pot every street, got beat by a bozo chasing his open ender. It's gonna happen but it's still frustrating.
This is really true, its only lately that I can say I am improving in poker using these 5 strategies. Now I can wake up in the morning and win $5 in a few minutes on NL25 before I start my day. Thank you Nathan for untiringly posting free coaching videos like this one...... God bless
Thanks olympus glad my videos are helping you!
#6, if you're playing with fish, bet much more than you think you need to
Thanks man..
Bro u rock 🤣❤
Is position matters according to range in online tournaments
Position always matters, it's the most important thing in poker, imho
@@geoffsolonsch7782 ty but how i can judge my position?
The best position is when you are in the dealer position, the worst is the big blind as you are forced to put money into the pot without seeing your cards. The later you are to act the better your position is. Hope that helps a little.
@@geoffsolonsch7782 and ranges how?
either i win a small pot bluffing or end loosing good money to the fish. and they get so happy and i get so mad
In my game, hand 1 villain has Jh2h
1) everyone will fold u cant make big pot usually
Favorite ideos, Looking forward to enter your academy
does not work ,it depends how you been playing before you get those aces or kings, if you played aggressive and done many pre flop raises then it looks normal but if you been playing tight and folding many or juts checking and then you go to raise on those high cards everyone will folds or they auto fold before you even make a bet leaving you with the measly small pot lol and those great rare hands go to waste
ACR 1 cent 2 cent nobody ever pays off anything everybody multi tables and nobody calls out of curiosity or boredom like they used to live
Is this the video where you suggest 60% on flop on paired boards then 90% turn and river (with AK)? Sounds great. Except the fish I play against raise 96o, call a re-raise (pre-flop)and hit a 665 board. Call my 60% flop bet. Call my 90% turn bet, and shove my 90% river bet. Yes, I'm stupid to call but I do because I can't believe they called a preflop re-raise with a hand containing a six. I'm not laughing as you suggest at their river shove, I'm crying because I lost my stack.
This sounds like a very specific hand rather than the general case
🤔as you know , there are strategies n strategies . I enjoy being a fish/nit/ passive player ... and yet , it seems I do alright playing poker , whether live or online . Why is this you ask ? My view in what helps me is generally twofold : one being able to recognize situations , the other , which meshes with the first, utilizing positional playing . Who cares if the person to the left keeps robbing your blinds ? , because you're doing the same to the person on your right -- it's a wash ...
If your thinking about position your not a fish. The fish don't care if their under the gun or on the button, a 10 always looks like the nuts to them
Am I blind or is the last tip including a hand where villain has a flush? I doubt they will just call with that…
You are blind yes lol
@@francoiskrugerpersonal2985 yeah the suits looked similar on phone to me but yeah I see now.
They'll call you down w two napkins 😂😂😂😂
There is value in slowplaying against fish. Not to induce bluffs, but to induce overplays. Fish will always bet all their marginal stuff when you check to them, because you checking convinces them they have the best hand, and as we know when they like their hand they bet. I love lines like cbet flop then check turn when I have a monster against a fish, it gets them to completely spaz out with middle pair, top pair no kicker and so on, so they constantly bet these hands and call any raise. It's the best way to get their whole stack.
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Twice on Sundays! LMAO!
managed to shove aces 3 times pre-flop this session and lost
every time I raise a draw they ship...
I seem to play better when i dont care.
these rocks are playing 5% of their hands
YOU DON"T SHOW THE HANDS. ALL YOU DO IS TALK. SHOW THE HANDS.
The point of what he is talking about isn't the hands in their entirety, the point is what to do with a hand in a very specific spot