Hey Lex, Great Video. I think everything you talked about in this video is very solid advice for low stakes players especially starting out. I remember trying to beat $1/$2 years ago when I first started playing cash and I was a break even player. I studied all the coaching sights but still never made any real progress as a cash player (solid tournament player). I finally realized that thinking in ranges, range advantage, nut advantage, and balance was just over thinking things at this level. It was way better just to play solid values with a tight range. Play suited cards, and mainly from position. When you flop your top pair with a good kicker, value bet to the river and collect your pot. Also, DON"T PAY OFF! Your tip about folding to big bets is very true, $1/$2 players simply do not bluff at a high enough frequency to worry about it, just FOLD! That was the biggest leak in my game calling big bets on the river. Once I plugged that leak things changed for me fast. Earned a subscribe from me, keep up the great work.. I only have seen a few of your videos but I like your no non-sense approach.
This is my favorite, tips and strategy video in all of RUclips. The reality is that a big portion of us who play poker as a hobby, or perhaps an extra stream of income do so at low stakes, and these tips and strategy are fucking GOLDEN, in it's simplicity. Thanks, good luck the rest of the year.
I am going to watch this before every session from now on. I've ruined two otherwise great sessions recently because I couldn't fold to a big turn bet raise with good but not great hands. Love your channel and congrats on the huge win you just posted. Looking forward to seeing all the action at TCH in the coming weeks. Keep crushing it!
What I didn't like about 1/2 or 1/3 NLH is the $6.00 rake , $ 1.00 is for the Bad Beat , and $5.00 for the rake , it's hard to come out a big winner especially when you include the tips . My money isn't long enough for the higher limits , with the way these youngsters betting as heavy as they do , so I gave it up . That's why I love to watch you bloggers play poker , at least I can watch and think about what I would do if I were them , :-) .
Find a social club to play at that does not charge rake but a door fee. They are few and far between but they are there ( they usually don’t advertise)
You are right. I’m really starting to pay more attention to the rake. Normally I play in Oklahoma and understand the rake is high but fair and it’s pretty standard between casinos. Was just in New York and the rake I can’t remember but it was really high. Plenty of action in NY and it honestly made the topic a little mute but ya they do hit it good on 1-3, 2-5 tables
Great work Lex! I hope your channel explodes! The most important tip in this video is to keep it fun. Life is short enjoy your poker journey!! Thanks again!!
I've put some effort into learning enough to have a pretty great win rate at the small stakes, but I'll be playing live next week for the first time in well over a year. I feel like this video was a good review of principals to keep the odds in my favor. I don't want to play poorly due to COVID rust! Thanks bud!!
This is one of the better $1/$2 how to video I have seen. Although most we probably already do most of these steps, it does serve as a reminder to reevaluate things like if we are betting/folding in the right times, not c-betting into multiway pots, etc. which will save money.
Bet-fold is the best advice you can give to any low stakes player. So many players are married to top pair big kicker and too stubborn to fold. But most solid players have the discipline to pay attention to what they have invested and how much they are risking if they genuinely believe AK is good based on what they know about the opponent. Folding top single pairs is probably one of the hardest habits to learn
As someone who has only played 1/2 at a casino, I see most people not able to fold their top pair, this also makes bluffing less efficient too. Waiting for a big hand and being aggressive is the best strat imo.
One of the best video I have watched with great tips. Thanks for sharing and good luck in Texas. Can't wait to see. Watch out for those Texas Boys because they love to Gamble.
when I was younger I would go to Vegas to visit family and I would play 1-2, but I didn't have very much money behind and I didn't realize how scared I was playing at the time, now I can comfortably buy in for the limit and my success has been far better... thanks for the content!
Thank you I appreciate your content, a lot of your strategies are nearly identical to mine. Short of Max buying at 1 to I have found my first buying being a short stack and accepting the money as already being gone enables me to play tight and get my head in the game before I start making moves yesterday 100 turned into 600 playing 1/2! And that was my first buy
I actually like the short buy as well. I think it comes down to your playing style and how many pots you like to play. Once I can get in the habit of protecting my max buy stack, I’ll feel more comfortable, but alot of that comes from the discipline you learn buying short. Not short like ‘$40’ buy in to 1/2. I wouldn’t buy in with less than 50BB but I found that I played sharper and smarter in position vs splashing/bluffing/calling too much with a max buy knowing I have max BB. Half max also gives you some all in protection where you might feel hesitant to push 200+ vis a guy that has you covered.
I love short buy on the first bullet and then buying max or 100bb… gives you a good chance to double up with a short stack going all in with a premium and running it out to the river… after that u play with a little house money and it starts to roll from there for me personally
This is exactly where I'm at in my poker game, trying to get better at 1/2-1/3 This helps a lot with my poker game myself as I have learned a lot about myself in my own poker game.
Hey lex first time viewer here, really enjoyed your video and insight on your 1-2 strategy. Those are great fundamentals to worth with but I would like here a little more on exploitative play if for instance you have an edge on players at the table and how to properly use that! Thanks again for the vids great job man!
Great tips for this level. Too many newer gto players at this level find themselves bloating pots with marginal hands preflop out of position and not being deep stacked. Also keeping it fun is a great and underrated tip. Got to be friendly at the table and not drive away the soft action players especially by berating them or calling out bad plays. If someone makes a bad play and sucks out on you, take a deep breath, say nice hand in a non sarcastic way and move on. Let them keep playing bad and hopefully get it back soon.
The tip about folding pairs when check raised of the flop was a massive leak for me. Even when I have the possibility of making a draw or strait I tap pout because if we are being honest it rarely happens but our confirmation bias wants it to so badly we convinc ourselves a flush or strait is coming... It rarely does
great video and really good advice ... especially the last one .... got to give it to get it .. Nits get no action from this guy right here. GL in Texas
I'm just getting back in to poker after taking a 5 year break. With the dividers up in my neck of the woods its a much less social feeling. Thanks for the video and good luck with your vlog.
I played there last week, good vlog! The thing I noticed about the Big Easy was the average stack size at the 1/2 tables was barely over $100. Keep up the good work Lex
hard to beat 1/2 NL when the rake drop is usually $5 and also another $2 drops into the Bad Beat/Promotions pool and then you tip $1 to the dealer that is usually $6-$8 falling off of the table on every single hand, what many people dont realize is not only do you lose the rake out of every hand that YOU win but if you stack an opponent who just won for example 3 hands then all of that rake money is missing out of their stack in which you would have won from stacking them
Watching your vid soon after busting out a cheap online MTT b/c I couldn't lay down Top-Top after being re-raised on. More discipline needed, thanks for the reminder.
Won about 700 in Vegas over the weekend playing 1/3 my first time in cash games usually play home poker, trying to get into becoming a competent poker player and moving into 2/5
Another key part of the 'unbalanced' concept at 1/2 -- basically never bluff. The bulk of the profits come from all the calling stations who refuse to lay down top pair no matter how you play your hand, so take them to value town with your big hands.
Excellent information on handling the 1/2 streets. Would add that limping in these games is not ideal due to the rake. I can see limping early with the small pairs and such, but open raising is best to formulate pots that are lucrative enough to seeing half the pot go to the casino in a limped pot.
@@cobeymagee443 not easy to know What to do with small pocket pairs. Maybe its best to just smash it all in for 50 BBs UTG, and hope to make a flip vs Ax.
@@goodsuggestionbutno6783 I wanna flop sets before playing for stacks and get away cheap when I brick. I guess if we're deep stacked, we can open for a raise. Under 50 bigs, the smaller pairs in EP are folds.
hey great tips and commentary, very helpful, I know you're higher stakes but I play 1-2 at the Hardrock in hollywood often and hope to see u there sometime! keep it up
I do agree to avoid 3 betting light. However it can be done successfully occasionally. Obviously the opponent who opened has to be able to fold if we make a squeeze, since that player probably has the best hand. I will only make plays like this with lots of dead money in calls behind the opener. In the example presented I hate the sizing, we need to let them know! An open for $10 with 3 calls we need to be making it more than $40. If in position I would make it at least $65 and if out of position from the blinds I would make it at least $75. Again, as an overall strategy it is best to basically not do it, but you can probably get one 3 bet bluff in per session if you have the correct tight image and target a tight player. Also, if we do make a light 3 bet and get called. Just up unless you really smash the flop, at least two pair or better. Even if we squeeze A5 suited (which is a good candidate since an Ace is accounted for) and hit an Ace, just check it back on the flop. We will be dominated a lot, and they aren’t looking to fold AQ or AJ if they called your 3 bet with those hands.
good video Lex, I'm trying to improve my play at local 1/2/3 games. Question for you, how did you record your hands in the casino? Also how you keep track of all hand history you played? Thanks
Really enjoyed this one. Though there are vlogs out there with higher production values (let’s face it, no one outdoes Jaman in that department), I find your straightforward tips and observations the most useful out there for low stakes guys like me (I put in around 1300 hours last year). Thanks for the work you put in to produce these videos.
This has been an amazing video! This has helped me so much. Could you please make a video like this for $2/5? I would like to know about ranges and how they may be different in $2/5. Thanks again for this video. This has really helped my game.
That's my golden rule "You gotta give Actions to get Actions". Why should I give you a chance to win my money when you don't give me a chance to win your. It's like a boxer who wants you to give him a title shot now that you're the champ but refused to fight you when you were and upercoming contender. Good luck bro
I completely disagree. The notion of "giving someone action" isn't doing them a favor in some way, its trying to take their money. If you have good odds to bust their hand then call, if not then just fold. There are no favors at a poker table.
UR TIPS ON PLAYING BETTER ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME, YOU MENTIONED SOME THINGS I HAVE BEEN DOING WRONG. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN MAKE CORRE3CTIONS, I PLAY MOSTLY 1-2
The only thing I didn’t like too much here was the last hand show. I guess depending on where you’re playing and the skill level, the frequency of the regulars etc. i go between 1/2, and 2/5 when it’s open. Generally bring 2 bullets. I’ve been able to avg roughy $100 hr over a year of weekend play Friday and sat 8pm-2/4am or break. Naturally that’s weekends of +6k and weekends of fml I should’ve just stayed home. But to my point.. I’ve learned to never give anything up that’s not forced. No shows no let me see one no showboating a bluff etc. i don’t even talk at the table anymore. I realized early on; 2-4 yrs into it once I could confidently assume I could make 1-1.5k a weekend no problem playing smart that you don’t want to be remembered. You don’t want enemies or people side talking about you you don’t want to piss people off when you don’t need to. If you want to chat on smoke break with a buddy by all means but in my opinion any tell or showdown or rubbing a bluff in someone’s face just puts a target on you and subconsciously now you know that if you needled that guy he’s going to be looking to get that back. Just creating another loose canon player who otherwise might have never thought you bluffed him and thinks he’s got you read. I like to have fun sure I’m not just a robot at the table but I’ve evolved to knowing when to go to work and when it’s cool to be one of the guys just having fun. Negativity greatly affects my ability to focus on smart accurate play. If I’m not in the mood I won’t even go to play. And causing a stir with someone or poking the drunks cause it’s funny just brings the bad vibes. Since this is about playing for rate and really earning those pots it’s a grind and a job most people can’t understand. I hate poker. Who likes sitting for 10-12 hours getting sucked out on up and down bad beats and so on. It sucks. Until you 10x your money in a night and manage to keep it till close. In a game where you can’t control the cards or the players you’ve got to be 100% in control of your own ass. We are all trying to be good, not lucky. With peace and love to anyone who read this may your racks be stacked in black purple orange or green. Cheers
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Hey Lex, Great Video. I think everything you talked about in this video is very solid advice for low stakes players especially starting out. I remember trying to beat $1/$2 years ago when I first started playing cash and I was a break even player. I studied all the coaching sights but still never made any real progress as a cash player (solid tournament player). I finally realized that thinking in ranges, range advantage, nut advantage, and balance was just over thinking things at this level. It was way better just to play solid values with a tight range. Play suited cards, and mainly from position. When you flop your top pair with a good kicker, value bet to the river and collect your pot. Also, DON"T PAY OFF! Your tip about folding to big bets is very true, $1/$2 players simply do not bluff at a high enough frequency to worry about it, just FOLD! That was the biggest leak in my game calling big bets on the river. Once I plugged that leak things changed for me fast.
Earned a subscribe from me, keep up the great work.. I only have seen a few of your videos but I like your no non-sense approach.
For the algo! Love the 1/2!
This is my favorite, tips and strategy video in all of RUclips. The reality is that a big portion of us who play poker as a hobby, or perhaps an extra stream of income do so at low stakes, and these tips and strategy are fucking GOLDEN, in it's simplicity. Thanks, good luck the rest of the year.
I am going to watch this before every session from now on. I've ruined two otherwise great sessions recently because I couldn't fold to a big turn bet raise with good but not great hands. Love your channel and congrats on the huge win you just posted. Looking forward to seeing all the action at TCH in the coming weeks. Keep crushing it!
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As true today as back when you made this blog. Keeping us engaged and entertained for the last few years. Well done
Stumbled onto this video a couple years after you posted it and i just wanted to leave a compliment. Great content with real world examples
What I didn't like about 1/2 or 1/3 NLH is the $6.00 rake , $ 1.00 is for the Bad Beat , and $5.00 for the rake , it's hard to come out a big winner especially when you include the tips . My money isn't long enough for the higher limits , with the way these youngsters betting as heavy as they do , so I gave it up . That's why I love to watch you bloggers play poker , at least I can watch and think about what I would do if I were them , :-) .
Find a social club to play at that does not charge rake but a door fee. They are few and far between but they are there ( they usually don’t advertise)
You are right. I’m really starting to pay more attention to the rake. Normally I play in Oklahoma and understand the rake is high but fair and it’s pretty standard between casinos. Was just in New York and the rake I can’t remember but it was really high. Plenty of action in NY and it honestly made the topic a little mute but ya they do hit it good on 1-3, 2-5 tables
@@collinrasmussen5630 where are those at? What states, how to find them?
@@ProMainMan everywhere in texas
I live in Reno Nevada. My place only has one blind. And it’s a timed rake, every dealer change. And with that no rake in the pots
Great work Lex! I hope your channel explodes! The most important tip in this video is to keep it fun. Life is short enjoy your poker journey!! Thanks again!!
*GREAT editing with the tips & strategy and interspersing the live action!*
Nice to see some more Florida guys doing this
Thanks for the effort
I dig this video. Keep em coming Lex.
I've put some effort into learning enough to have a pretty great win rate at the small stakes, but I'll be playing live next week for the first time in well over a year. I feel like this video was a good review of principals to keep the odds in my favor. I don't want to play poorly due to COVID rust! Thanks bud!!
This is one of the better $1/$2 how to video I have seen. Although most we probably already do most of these steps, it does serve as a reminder to reevaluate things like if we are betting/folding in the right times, not c-betting into multiway pots, etc. which will save money.
YOUN EXPLAINED EVERYTHING IN ABOUT 10 MIN THAT I WATCHED SOMEONE ELSE EARLER EXPLAIN IY IN 2.5 HRS. GOOD JOB BRO
Bet-fold is the best advice you can give to any low stakes player. So many players are married to top pair big kicker and too stubborn to fold. But most solid players have the discipline to pay attention to what they have invested and how much they are risking if they genuinely believe AK is good based on what they know about the opponent. Folding top single pairs is probably one of the hardest habits to learn
As someone who has only played 1/2 at a casino, I see most people not able to fold their top pair, this also makes bluffing less efficient too. Waiting for a big hand and being aggressive is the best strat imo.
One of the best video I have watched with great tips. Thanks for sharing and good luck in Texas. Can't wait to see. Watch out for those Texas Boys because they love to Gamble.
Bet folding! A true disciple of Bart Hanson. Found you through the call in show and am loving the content my man
when I was younger I would go to Vegas to visit family and I would play 1-2, but I didn't have very much money behind and I didn't realize how scared I was playing at the time, now I can comfortably buy in for the limit and my success has been far better... thanks for the content!
Thank you I appreciate your content, a lot of your strategies are nearly identical to mine. Short of Max buying at 1 to I have found my first buying being a short stack and accepting the money as already being gone enables me to play tight and get my head in the game before I start making moves yesterday 100 turned into 600 playing 1/2! And that was my first buy
I actually like the short buy as well. I think it comes down to your playing style and how many pots you like to play. Once I can get in the habit of protecting my max buy stack, I’ll feel more comfortable, but alot of that comes from the discipline you learn buying short. Not short like ‘$40’ buy in to 1/2. I wouldn’t buy in with less than 50BB but I found that I played sharper and smarter in position vs splashing/bluffing/calling too much with a max buy knowing I have max BB. Half max also gives you some all in protection where you might feel hesitant to push 200+ vis a guy that has you covered.
I love short buy on the first bullet and then buying max or 100bb… gives you a good chance to double up with a short stack going all in with a premium and running it out to the river… after that u play with a little house money and it starts to roll from there for me personally
I created a google account just to mention that I think it’s crazy how far you have come! I hope to follow in your footsteps. Good luck!
This is exactly where I'm at in my poker game, trying to get better at 1/2-1/3 This helps a lot with my poker game myself as I have learned a lot about myself in my own poker game.
I’m dying at “I diDNt wAnT To sEE a FloP” lmao
I’m that guy 🤦🏾♂️fuc jacks 😂
Hey lex first time viewer here, really enjoyed your video and insight on your 1-2 strategy. Those are great fundamentals to worth with but I would like here a little more on exploitative play if for instance you have an edge on players at the table and how to properly use that! Thanks again for the vids great job man!
Great tips for this level. Too many newer gto players at this level find themselves bloating pots with marginal hands preflop out of position and not being deep stacked. Also keeping it fun is a great and underrated tip. Got to be friendly at the table and not drive away the soft action players especially by berating them or calling out bad plays. If someone makes a bad play and sucks out on you, take a deep breath, say nice hand in a non sarcastic way and move on. Let them keep playing bad and hopefully get it back soon.
The tip about folding pairs when check raised of the flop was a massive leak for me. Even when I have the possibility of making a draw or strait I tap pout because if we are being honest it rarely happens but our confirmation bias wants it to so badly we convinc ourselves a flush or strait is coming... It rarely does
great video and really good advice ... especially the last one .... got to give it to get it .. Nits get no action from this guy right here. GL in Texas
Lex in the 1/2 streets baby!
Great video. On my way to Vegas for first time in 2 plus years. This was a great refresher to keep it simple at 1/2 2/5 this next week.
I'm just getting back in to poker after taking a 5 year break. With the dividers up in my neck of the woods its a much less social feeling. Thanks for the video and good luck with your vlog.
Great video. TY for posting. Love the "Fold" advice if you have top pair and they raise you. I need to instill that into my game.
Love this vlog Lex! Great content!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Lex!! I love your videos! Thank you, and please keep them coming! God bless! 👍🙏👍
Showed the bluff and crushed his soul. 😀👊
Good stuff! Play at Hard Rock 1/2 twice a month and this vlog is very informative. Keep up the good work bro...
"Tight early, loose later." Ex-GF going off to college.🤑
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Lex great content.I see you were playing at my second home the Big Easy Casino.1 table every night has the tighties playing for the high hand.Lol😀😀😀
Really loving your videos and really appreciate the great advice. Top notch channel so far sir :)
Love these tips and strategy videos. Keep em coming!
I played there last week, good vlog! The thing I noticed about the Big Easy was the average stack size at the 1/2 tables was barely over $100. Keep up the good work Lex
They try to make a living- most of them thing they are pros
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Loved getting the tips! Love your channel, man. Great content.
Just found your volg. Love it. Thanks.
hard to beat 1/2 NL when the rake drop is usually $5 and also another $2 drops into the Bad Beat/Promotions pool and then you tip $1 to the dealer that is usually $6-$8 falling off of the table on every single hand, what many people dont realize is not only do you lose the rake out of every hand that YOU win but if you stack an opponent who just won for example 3 hands then all of that rake money is missing out of their stack in which you would have won from stacking them
Check raise your bottom pair on the flop to fold out any pros at the low stakes tables! 😂
Watching your vid soon after busting out a cheap online MTT b/c I couldn't lay down Top-Top after being re-raised on. More discipline needed, thanks for the reminder.
Great Tips for 1-2 players!👍👍👍🍀🍀🍀💵💵💵
Great video, solid advice and Play. Keep up the Good Work!
Won about 700 in Vegas over the weekend playing 1/3 my first time in cash games usually play home poker, trying to get into becoming a competent poker player and moving into 2/5
Lex, great stuff as usual. I love how you dissect strategy during the hands. Keep up the good work.
The biggest degens in south Florida are at the big easy lol
Thanks man! Busted 2 BI’s in Tampa Hard Rock 1/2 this helped a whole lot though for next time 👍🏽💯
Good video. Smart, succinct, easy to understand, and making it fun, is great advice!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the episode. Great refresher for beginners. Keep up the awesome content. 👍🏼
I missed this one. Watching now. 1/2 is my stake. I’m grinding and getting better. 🤓👊😅
Another key part of the 'unbalanced' concept at 1/2 -- basically never bluff. The bulk of the profits come from all the calling stations who refuse to lay down top pair no matter how you play your hand, so take them to value town with your big hands.
Thank you for this Lex!
Thank you for the tips. It is always hard for me to fold pairs so good reminder. Cheers
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Excellent information on handling the 1/2 streets. Would add that limping in these games is not ideal due to the rake. I can see limping early with the small pairs and such, but open raising is best to formulate pots that are lucrative enough to seeing half the pot go to the casino in a limped pot.
I think one should raise often with small pairs, since they are strong on paired boards, and have excellent implied odds for hitting a set.
@@goodsuggestionbutno6783 My thought though is it's easier to limp call to set mine oop vs facing a 3!.
@@cobeymagee443 not easy to know What to do with small pocket pairs. Maybe its best to just smash it all in for 50 BBs UTG, and hope to make a flip vs Ax.
@@goodsuggestionbutno6783 I wanna flop sets before playing for stacks and get away cheap when I brick. I guess if we're deep stacked, we can open for a raise. Under 50 bigs, the smaller pairs in EP are folds.
Very nice blog ,
Probably your best until now !
I enjoy your tips
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Yes brother more videos like this, with value and tips
hey great tips and commentary, very helpful, I know you're higher stakes but I play 1-2 at the Hardrock in hollywood often and hope to see u there sometime! keep it up
The college joke was fire and so is the vlog
Great info great tips, very much enjoyed. Keep up the great work!
Nice to see that you teach while you play great video! Hope to see more videos like this
I do agree to avoid 3 betting light. However it can be done successfully occasionally. Obviously the opponent who opened has to be able to fold if we make a squeeze, since that player probably has the best hand.
I will only make plays like this with lots of dead money in calls behind the opener. In the example presented I hate the sizing, we need to let them know! An open for $10 with 3 calls we need to be making it more than $40. If in position I would make it at least $65 and if out of position from the blinds I would make it at least $75.
Again, as an overall strategy it is best to basically not do it, but you can probably get one 3 bet bluff in per session if you have the correct tight image and target a tight player.
Also, if we do make a light 3 bet and get called. Just up unless you really smash the flop, at least two pair or better. Even if we squeeze A5 suited (which is a good candidate since an Ace is accounted for) and hit an Ace, just check it back on the flop. We will be dominated a lot, and they aren’t looking to fold AQ or AJ if they called your 3 bet with those hands.
Subscribed! Thank you! Appreciate the good tips and vids.
Great Video man. I'm starting to play live more now and this helps! Saw you at Magic City the other day btw. Keep these videos coming.
Love these vids and content 👌, watching all ur vids
I appreciate it!
I play after 9pm on Friday and Saturday night and do very well against the drunks. Plus it is usually a fun social table.
Loved that place when it was Hollywood Dog track. Quick fact: Miami Vice taped an episode on location back in 1986.
Great video. Super useful advice for a beginner such as myself. I just need basic information that I can use in my initial hours.
I like the tips. Thx for the videos . I learn a lot. 😁
good video Lex, I'm trying to improve my play at local 1/2/3 games. Question for you, how did you record your hands in the casino?
Also how you keep track of all hand history you played?
Thanks
You have my like and my subscription. 1st video I see and wow you are going to rise my friend.
Really enjoyed this one. Though there are vlogs out there with higher production values (let’s face it, no one outdoes Jaman in that department), I find your straightforward tips and observations the most useful out there for low stakes guys like me (I put in around 1300 hours last year). Thanks for the work you put in to produce these videos.
solid tips/reminders, subscribed!
This has been an amazing video! This has helped me so much. Could you please make a video like this for $2/5? I would like to know about ranges and how they may be different in $2/5. Thanks again for this video. This has really helped my game.
having the hand sanitizer as the button was pretty funny
This was a good episode
If you’re feeling brave, I’d love to see Hialeah Park!
What’s up with Hialeah Park? Is it seedy?
@@thirdeyeliquidators329 lmao
This video is the first one I've seen by you. Good idea of uploading a variety of stakes.
I'm a tournament player how much do you typically tip a dealer on a win.
That's my golden rule "You gotta give Actions to get Actions". Why should I give you a chance to win my money when you don't give me a chance to win your. It's like a boxer who wants you to give him a title shot now that you're the champ but refused to fight you when you were and upercoming contender. Good luck bro
I completely disagree. The notion of "giving someone action" isn't doing them a favor in some way, its trying to take their money. If you have good odds to bust their hand then call, if not then just fold. There are no favors at a poker table.
Mind if i ask what your using to film? and are you allowed to keep it on the table?
UR TIPS ON PLAYING BETTER ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME, YOU MENTIONED SOME THINGS I HAVE BEEN DOING WRONG. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN MAKE CORRE3CTIONS, I PLAY MOSTLY 1-2
Nice format - tutorial for beginners and a revisit for the higher stake players - loved it!
Great vid Lex. Some good advice.
This was an awesome episode
The only thing I didn’t like too much here was the last hand show. I guess depending on where you’re playing and the skill level, the frequency of the regulars etc. i go between 1/2, and 2/5 when it’s open. Generally bring 2 bullets. I’ve been able to avg roughy $100 hr over a year of weekend play Friday and sat 8pm-2/4am or break. Naturally that’s weekends of +6k and weekends of fml I should’ve just stayed home. But to my point.. I’ve learned to never give anything up that’s not forced. No shows no let me see one no showboating a bluff etc. i don’t even talk at the table anymore. I realized early on; 2-4 yrs into it once I could confidently assume I could make 1-1.5k a weekend no problem playing smart that you don’t want to be remembered. You don’t want enemies or people side talking about you you don’t want to piss people off when you don’t need to. If you want to chat on smoke break with a buddy by all means but in my opinion any tell or showdown or rubbing a bluff in someone’s face just puts a target on you and subconsciously now you know that if you needled that guy he’s going to be looking to get that back. Just creating another loose canon player who otherwise might have never thought you bluffed him and thinks he’s got you read. I like to have fun sure I’m not just a robot at the table but I’ve evolved to knowing when to go to work and when it’s cool to be one of the guys just having fun. Negativity greatly affects my ability to focus on smart accurate play. If I’m not in the mood I won’t even go to play. And causing a stir with someone or poking the drunks cause it’s funny just brings the bad vibes. Since this is about playing for rate and really earning those pots it’s a grind and a job most people can’t understand. I hate poker. Who likes sitting for 10-12 hours getting sucked out on up and down bad beats and so on. It sucks. Until you 10x your money in a night and manage to keep it till close. In a game where you can’t control the cards or the players you’ve got to be 100% in control of your own ass. We are all trying to be good, not lucky. With peace and love to anyone who read this may your racks be stacked in black purple orange or green. Cheers
Great content as always! 😎😎
Great videos!!! Please, keep them coming!
Keep up the good work - greetings from germany
I found this video to be helpful. Thanks and good luck!
Excellent tips ! Thanks so much
Great video, Lex. I grind 1/2.. I have a question. I have hit the high hand promotion a few times. Do I include that into my winnings?
Yes of course. It’s Rake back! Good luck
@@lexopoker Thanks man.
Keep the videos coming!!! Great content!
Really like your content and play! Gotta say very good! 👍
Great tips. I concur with all of them !
Appreciate the tips, thanks Lex!
I like your play and mental attitude. Good luck.