'Becoming a Successful Poker Player in 2024' - A Talk at LSE University by Charlie Carrel

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @MatthewSpurr
    @MatthewSpurr 9 месяцев назад +69

    LSE even went to the trouble of decorating the ceiling with poker tables. Class act!

  • @GetSmacked_Poker
    @GetSmacked_Poker 9 месяцев назад +18

    Charlie you are really good at speaking man. Some of the things you say is so true and it relates to what I’m feeling and going through. Poker at one point made me have suicidal thoughts when I was on a huge downswing, complaining about bad luck, variance was never on my side, etc. It took me awhile to accept the loss and realize it’s not just bad luck but my bad play style. Thanks for keeping the game alive

    • @Alan-jp6pv
      @Alan-jp6pv Месяц назад

      Yes, same. My introduction to poker was being broke, and having a game owner "put a hundred or twoon the books" for me to keep playing after i lost my money. At the time I didn't know what that meant, so I kept playing with lent money, lost, yelled "well take it all then!" and stormed out. I put my ear to the door before going back to get a bottle of water and literally heard the other 9 people take turns saying something rude and hurtful about me. Keep in mind this is a "local friendly game". I walked in, death stared, got a bottle of water and left. To this day I haven't forgiven those people, all it would have taken is 1 person not being hurtful.

    • @CamBZ-pl6md
      @CamBZ-pl6md Месяц назад

      @@Alan-jp6pv i understand the ignorance as you're obviously new to the game but truthfully everything you mentioned here is super bad etiquette. You don't storm off and throw a fit when you lose and you don't play with other peoples money unless you can pay it back. Sounds like you took advantage (unknowingly?) of a situation and these guys were probably pissed you played on their buck and behaved like a child

  • @john78lewis
    @john78lewis 8 месяцев назад +12

    I'm 99.99% certain you now hold the record for most F-bombs dropped in a presentation at LSE.

  • @MrCleon22
    @MrCleon22 9 месяцев назад +8

    Charlie this was incredible, not just for poker, but life, I look forward too training with you one day brother

  • @paulbrindley1874
    @paulbrindley1874 9 месяцев назад +8

    I listened to this and won on a scratch card. Thanks Charlie your the best

  • @StepsToFulfilment
    @StepsToFulfilment 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you Charlie Carrel for this video. It was nice to see LSE opening a spot for you to talk with people who are, by the questions, very much into playing poker. I loved your views, incorporating your personal growth journey alongside your - very unique - career, and seeing how you've grown in the process. It was also inspiring to hear from yourself - one who is at the top of their game - that others who are also making a lot of money through this game, are not always perfectly clued up on optimum strategy / mindset etc.
    Interesting to hear your views on other careers, in the context of freedom and what it means to be able to choose what to do with your day.
    I am a medical doctor working in the UK. I turn up to work most days loving what I do, whether that be the 'stuff that hospital people do' and, in those cases where I have to undertake CPR, it is a privilege to be part of the process of saving lives. In that sense, freedom is loving what you do; and the opportunities that certain careers give, including the meaning it can provide to ones' life. I loved your commentary on what freedom means to you and I fully agree with the importance of freedom. I also love playing poker, but I play mid-stakes tournaments, and love it.
    I wonder how, then, you incorporate the final statement of the talk, i.e. finding a bigger purpose, with the specific mention of being able to help a stadium full of people, with what you said earlier about personal freedom.
    I would love to hear how you tie these things together, from your point of view.
    Thank you.

  • @redsprite81
    @redsprite81 9 месяцев назад +18

    I quit playing seriously after a few very good years and a really hard one somewhere around 2012/13, because I figured that the game doesn't provide any freedom at all (at least not for me playing 99.9% online), I'd always be a slave to a random number generator and I'd have to put in sooo many hours. It was only a side hustle for me besides starting a company in 2008, and it f*cked up my sleep cycles and my health so bad at the time. Putting the same energy into building a business für 5-7 years can provide much more freedom in the long run. Still love the game though (for fun)

    • @JoshxKoz
      @JoshxKoz 8 месяцев назад +2

      I just may have needed to hear this... Im JUST getting into poker for real (played house games always for yearrrrs with buddies, etc.) but I own a pretty decently sucessful landscaping company.
      That said- I have already seen my sleep scheudle get worse and my energy for my business go down.
      I like to fancy myself as a decent poker player, but after some losses, it makes me really think negative thoughts since its my HARD earned money and time being spent.

    • @JoshxKoz
      @JoshxKoz 8 месяцев назад +1

      and all of that said, I still love the game of poker, love the thought process and psychological warfare!

    • @redsprite81
      @redsprite81 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@JoshxKoz I just want to add a few more thoughts:
      1.) The game is, and will always be addictive. No matter if you win or lose.
      2.) Even if one is a winning player: What value does he provide? To family, society, the world? Does it give a life purpose to be running after the money by clicking buttons day and night?
      3.) I came in late at the end of the online poker boom, but the years 09, 10, 11 were still like printing money. You only needed to be educated a little and could take huge profits . These times are clearly over. Back then you could play against the whole world online, which brought huge player pools into the games. Today these markets are separated, and you already need to be an expert to even beat the small stakes
      4.) If you consider playing live poker (casino) for a living, you need to have a huge bankroll and even invest more time in the beginning.
      5.) You need to be able to take huge downswings mentally
      6.) A poker lifestyle will more often than not be a real killer to a happy relationship and it will always be unhealthy.
      7.) If you're sick you don't make money, if you need a break you don't make money and if you ever stop, the cashflow is over aswell. But if you put your energy, time and effort into growing your business and keep up providing value to your customers, you could one day be financially free and independent, while doing what you love (unlike poker your landscaping business can never be an addiction :D )
      But if you think you are the next poker prodigy and have an extraordinary understanding of the game, belong to the top 0.001% and are able to consistently beat the tables, turning hundreds in to millions, and still are able to live a healthy live, I'd say go for it.
      The great thing about poker, when it's only a minor hobby, is: There's no pressure, because you don't need to win to survive in real life.
      All the best!

    • @JoshxKoz
      @JoshxKoz 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@redsprite81 Dude, I NEEDED this. Last night I lost a BAD hand in an all in on the river. $1200 hand. Realllllly hurt and I couldnt even sleep.. Kept thinking about it. Now I genuinely see the bad side of poker... impacting my sleep (which obviously effects my daily life and business)
      It just sucks because I do think Im a 'decent' poker player... I hate getting river'd. I hate loosing 1200 (a decent landscape job.. waste of a half week)
      Thanks man. Those 7 extra insights help me see it the way youre painting it.

    • @TeamElitePhysique
      @TeamElitePhysique 2 месяца назад +1

      Played pro for a year and realized the stress was way worse than any other job. Freedom is a joke, even when you have money you’re afraid to spend it because you might lose it and need it next week. There is no freedom in that regard, every other job you take a vacation and know you’ll make x dollars next month, in poker going on vacation is difficult because there’s no guarantee your next 5 hands of aces could get cracked.
      In 200-2010 it was much easier, now with everyone online also using solvers live the margin of “better” is almost non existent in online poker. Better in person but the learning curve is so much faster than it used to be that there’s just many more killers out there than used to be.
      I know many pro poker players living in Vegas, very few of them make 6 figures yearly with poker. A couple I know have made 7 figures but also have had losing 7 figure years, even Daniel N had multiple 7 figure loss years and he’s one of the best ever.

  • @CroatianHODL
    @CroatianHODL 3 месяца назад +1

    Charlie, this was one of the best speeches I have ever heard, poker wise and even more, lifewise. The way you spoke about the game and life, it made some parts of my brain click after many years. You have described life philosphy in such an easy and digestable manner that it made all the sense in the world because life should be about higher meaning and higher aspirations than our own selves while not forgetting that we need to take care of ourselves first in order to help others :). Massive appreciation for sharing your deep thoughts and your wisdom! Magic is made when a man is honest, open and well intentioned.

  • @veggietrish
    @veggietrish 9 месяцев назад +8

    I love this lecture. I love that you touch on your level of spirituality and interconnectedness to the world and how it relates to poker for you. I definitely connected to and benefited from this. Thank you for sharing.

    • @mcpartridgeboy
      @mcpartridgeboy 9 месяцев назад +1

      really ? is tht not just pretentious bs ? spirituality hasnothing to do with poker, poker is about maths and logic

    • @veggietrish
      @veggietrish 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@mcpartridgeboy everyone is different and takes a part of them in to game. That is a part of him. How they think how they destress, etc. I'm sure you have your things mentally you take in to the game.

    • @veggietrish
      @veggietrish 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@mcpartridgeboy you're not just a human calculator

  • @soulmates4ever560
    @soulmates4ever560 9 месяцев назад +4

    Great video Charlie. Some great facts about spirituality & Intuition with poker . I found poker after a spiritual awakening, now its helping me grow in both area's. This is why your my favourite poker star 🌟

  • @gregmoore66
    @gregmoore66 9 месяцев назад +8

    Charlie I've known you are great at poker but that's it. Hearing this talk I have new respect for you. I can see why the London School of Economics invited you to give this talk.

  • @andrewcole1564
    @andrewcole1564 9 месяцев назад +5

    this is epic!!! let's go boys

  • @rechellesaavedra9318
    @rechellesaavedra9318 3 месяца назад

    Really great presentation. Reminded me of the reasons I love poker. Thank you for sharing! ❤

  • @aceofspades4948
    @aceofspades4948 9 месяцев назад +2

    its the freedom of poker we all strive for

  • @dunglifemovement
    @dunglifemovement 9 месяцев назад +2

    Jonta Porter giving a lecture about what it takes to be in the NBA

  • @michalm7404
    @michalm7404 9 месяцев назад +13

    bro do you even beat like nl50? serious question

    • @CharlieCarrel
      @CharlieCarrel  9 месяцев назад +1

      I'm pretty sure my 1 year old daughter beats 50NL bro, serious answer!

  • @samu5381
    @samu5381 9 месяцев назад +2

    Can’t believe i watched for 1h waiting for the part about Vertical Farming that never came!

  • @WesleyLane
    @WesleyLane 9 месяцев назад

    Very well put together Charlie, Thank you for sharing brother

  • @bulldog3512
    @bulldog3512 8 месяцев назад

    I loved his message and how it applies to your own life and in the real world

  • @unsurrectionist
    @unsurrectionist 8 месяцев назад

    Took some solid notes on this. Cheers 🃏

  • @pipiaakotze
    @pipiaakotze 8 месяцев назад

    for whom is the eliteuniversity? for mtt players? Beginner here, looking for an MTT class.

  • @ryandarden
    @ryandarden 8 месяцев назад +1

    Im curious when he was talking about Liv Boeree and said she had a "genetic advantage" what exactly does that mean?

    • @johndough6978
      @johndough6978 4 месяца назад

      She's a woman. Male pokerplayers play notoriously bad vs women.

  • @davidpalermo6613
    @davidpalermo6613 7 месяцев назад

    @charlie any chance you have these slides anywhere we could access.

  • @roelreyna4440
    @roelreyna4440 9 месяцев назад +1

    Saludos Charlie desde México eres un grande

  • @gianfrancoverasteguichang5730
    @gianfrancoverasteguichang5730 9 месяцев назад +2

    un tip compañero, para que seas mejor profesional de poker, deja de tiltearte por un mano que te gano un fish, es mas agradece que existen esos jugadores por que gracias a ellos los profesionales ganan. cuando me empece a focusear en mi juego y no en el de ellos ..subi rapiddimo y ahora juego nl 300 tranquilo.

  • @DanielParnaby
    @DanielParnaby 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ask them if there is a still a 25/50p game in the sheik Zayed theatre on a Saturday. Never learnt how to play properly, but I’ve had a great career as a dealmaker/ negotiator off the lessons I learnt in that game

  • @tibstib2309
    @tibstib2309 9 месяцев назад

    Where you do this classes ?

  • @Fugged1998
    @Fugged1998 4 месяца назад

    Ty for the upload

  • @rainmolderkivi2263
    @rainmolderkivi2263 9 месяцев назад +3

    Charlie has charisma. Lots of professors should be same attidude.

  • @Scarlettvoid
    @Scarlettvoid 8 месяцев назад

    Thank you charlie ❤

  • @BARUKWILLS
    @BARUKWILLS 3 месяца назад

    🇧🇷 23:24 "É melhor ser um guerreiro em um jardim do que um jardineiro em uma guerra."

  • @malt3aserz
    @malt3aserz 9 месяцев назад

    psychologically devastating people by smashing them in poker hehe. good talk and many insights thank you.

  • @jackbrady9738
    @jackbrady9738 9 месяцев назад

    Super keen to watch this

  • @SJTRADESFUTURES
    @SJTRADESFUTURES 9 месяцев назад

    love it great job Charlie

  • @DLindstad1913
    @DLindstad1913 9 месяцев назад +1

    This video made me quit my job and go all in on poker. If it doesn't work out, it wasn't meant to be. But that won't happen. I will not give up. I am ready to change my life for the better. I am ready for the swings.

    • @vsanden
      @vsanden 8 месяцев назад +2

      I haven't watched the entire video but i would not recommend this to anyone. Carlie got lucky and most people fail.

    • @DLindstad1913
      @DLindstad1913 8 месяцев назад

      @@vsanden I totally agree! But if I don't try, I won't know if I fail or not. Thanks anyway brother

    • @vsanden
      @vsanden 8 месяцев назад

      @@DLindstad1913 Go for it! What I did, I kept my job and still did it and I paid off my entire house with the winnings. I loved the stability of a job plus the income of poker. Mathematically you can risk way way more and play way higher if you have a stable 2nd flow of income. If you have a fixed bankroll and need to live off the profits the pressure is so much higher than when you have a bankroll PLUS a stable fixed income of a job. The combination was gold for me.

    • @DLindstad1913
      @DLindstad1913 6 месяцев назад

      @travisbickle0526 Thank you for your concern! I have saved up over 700k $ the last 8 years. When I say I am quitting my job, im talking about a job im working 12hours a day for 5 days a week. When I say I am ready for the swings, I mean that I am ready to face it. It might break me, but how will I ever know, if I never try? I won't play tournaments I cant buy into 150+ times. I am aware of what risks i'm taking. But again, thank you!

    • @Justin-sr1ku
      @Justin-sr1ku Месяц назад

      Your job must be terrible huh? Playing poker for a living is a joke. Are you crazy???

  • @WADATAH
    @WADATAH 9 месяцев назад +1

    What was the name of that beautiful female player Charlie mentioned?

    • @CharlieCarrel
      @CharlieCarrel  9 месяцев назад +1

      Liv Boree

    • @WADATAH
      @WADATAH 9 месяцев назад

      OH YES … total package she is.

  • @Duck72432
    @Duck72432 9 месяцев назад

    Nice talk

  • @Reneembo
    @Reneembo 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks!

  • @nicholi2789
    @nicholi2789 8 месяцев назад +2

    I’m surprised he didn’t show up in that white outfit with his unbuttoned shirt 😂.
    That jacket looks like he got it out of his dad’s closet.

  • @craigferguson3433
    @craigferguson3433 9 месяцев назад +1

    I like Charlie, but watching him the last couple years idt hes very good atm.

  • @Waywardx9
    @Waywardx9 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great talk. Did not have time to watch it all yet but I think the biggest takeway on GTO vs Human play is that bluffs/value are always balanced in GTO land and in reality they are so unbelievably unbalanced that it is foolish to play GTO and you can hugely exploit those that are, for example: Btn opens and you 3b in SB holding AKo, btn calls and flop is AKT rainbow, you cbet small and V must continue with his JJ and he cannot raise as you also want to keep in bluffs when you are repping a straight, turn blank you bet, river blank you shove. Now JJ should call here at some frequency as you are blocking the nuts and should even raise turn but in reality for villian it is completely retarded as you will just never find the 65,87,98 etc bluffs you should triple barrell as the aggressor as some frequency. Let me know if I'm wrong on this Charlie and community :)

    • @maniakosrimadoros9620
      @maniakosrimadoros9620 2 месяца назад

      right on point, i think poker has ''evolved'' too much for its own good... eg. a young Doyle or Stu and people from that era in general would smash a ''GTO'' cash game table all day long , however with that being said I think the MTT strategies are much better than how people used to play

  • @viqarakram9440
    @viqarakram9440 9 месяцев назад

    Hes on a heater...on fire

  • @iceman3337
    @iceman3337 9 месяцев назад

    Does the college pay you Charlie or your expenses? how much?

    • @santaclause3487
      @santaclause3487 9 месяцев назад

      No. And 0

    • @mangledskateboarding1553
      @mangledskateboarding1553 9 месяцев назад

      Purely for his own ego

    • @kevinkolev7078
      @kevinkolev7078 9 месяцев назад

      what difference does it make ?? how does that affect your life ? did you even listen to the video or learn anything from it ?

  • @JasonMtl1981
    @JasonMtl1981 9 месяцев назад +2

    get a real job you will not make it in poker... 80% luck 20% skills

  • @MarcoK6969
    @MarcoK6969 9 месяцев назад +1

    Bit off the rails but good. Thanks for uploading.

  • @EklipsDario
    @EklipsDario 9 месяцев назад

    thank you sir

  • @danielebertozzi5018
    @danielebertozzi5018 9 месяцев назад

    Your food is always "LIGHT"

  • @ПоздравОтМазето
    @ПоздравОтМазето 8 месяцев назад

    thank you

  • @sheep-flicka
    @sheep-flicka 9 месяцев назад

    Who is you teacher that can do that!? i cannot read people (yet)

  • @happentodie8776
    @happentodie8776 6 месяцев назад

    Look at all these top poker players commenting..they must know more than this guy

  • @johnsmith-mi4mu
    @johnsmith-mi4mu 9 месяцев назад +5

    sounds like there was maybe 10 people in the audience

  • @MilesthaShegmeister
    @MilesthaShegmeister 9 месяцев назад

    God bless m8 keep on keeping on.

  • @330miggs
    @330miggs 9 месяцев назад

    15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD

  • @MikeB-up4pi
    @MikeB-up4pi 9 месяцев назад +2

    this kid probably has a model 3 50k tesla and a 500k crib he did not turn 50 into millions it's embarssing

  • @energyisone.7875
    @energyisone.7875 Месяц назад

    High purity self-aggrandizement.

  • @walterm9124
    @walterm9124 8 месяцев назад +1

    I found all of the cursing extremely unprofessional

  • @Krystal_Lynn
    @Krystal_Lynn 8 месяцев назад

    that's funny you saying that spent my whole life as trans and I totally expect to be bullied and yes it is an advantage because i am always ready for it and poker I love to capitalize off the bullies

    • @Krystal_Lynn
      @Krystal_Lynn 8 месяцев назад

      i did just get my account back as well uhg that sucked

  • @joehenry9546
    @joehenry9546 6 месяцев назад

    It doesn’t matter how good of a poker player you are. Variance is very real. You can run bad, (unlucky). For months or years. It’s still a game of luck. The edge is very close in winning players. The discipline and money management is extremely difficult. And even if you exceed all of that. You better keep studying as the game constantly evolves. And I’m speaking from the experience of a person who played semi professionally for years. Don’t quit your day job.

  • @absoluteunit20
    @absoluteunit20 6 месяцев назад

    What do you think anachronistic means?

  • @jaredf9055
    @jaredf9055 9 месяцев назад

    1:08:55 the grifter in chief

  • @jvegas3209
    @jvegas3209 8 месяцев назад

    Success is getting a big score then running like god .period end of story

  • @denavines3619
    @denavines3619 8 месяцев назад

    Philosopher Charlie. I play a lot and use your techniques but I have not been able to put it into words like you did. It is a beautiful game. I've had FBI training in interview interrogation, statement analysis, body language under stress and have used it pretty well. Human tendencies and betting cadence is what I look for. I think the perfect poker players are men with less ego and women who lean forward towards a target. Spiritual, emotional, physical and financial are my self checks everyday....striving for balance in these four metaphorical food groups. If I see you at the lodge I will introduce myself. You are well on your way to humble GURU status. v/r D.Vines

  • @belltonix3614
    @belltonix3614 5 месяцев назад

    Presents over an hour seminar with no one in the room lol.

  • @jordym9999
    @jordym9999 9 месяцев назад +3

    F-bomb every minute lmaoo what a nincompoop

    • @MuckMuckGoose
      @MuckMuckGoose 7 месяцев назад +1

      Poor thing. You must be offended more often in life than not.

  • @terryhau-my1nx
    @terryhau-my1nx 9 месяцев назад

    You are no Michael Lewis....!

  • @MrSitemaster2
    @MrSitemaster2 9 месяцев назад +1

    What makes people take shots at multi-millionaire poker players, jealousy ?

  • @iceman3337
    @iceman3337 9 месяцев назад +1

    Why dis the RUclips audience's IQ?

    • @CharlieCarrel
      @CharlieCarrel  9 месяцев назад +3

      Read the comments and you'll understand

    • @kevinkolev7078
      @kevinkolev7078 9 месяцев назад

      just what I'm doing now hahah, amazing talk Charlie, super motivating

  • @HipCon-k4b
    @HipCon-k4b 3 месяца назад

    Who would actually pay listen to him

  • @mcpartridgeboy
    @mcpartridgeboy 9 месяцев назад

    but your no a winning player so this is stupid

  • @jordym9999
    @jordym9999 9 месяцев назад +2

    Capitalism is zero sum? LOL

    • @nosteinnogate7305
      @nosteinnogate7305 8 месяцев назад

      He said sometimes. His example of the bookshop makes it clear what he thinks of. Obviously there is a uppper limit how many bookshops are needed/sustainable in an economy (and for everything else). When that limit is exceeded it becomes zero-sum.

  • @PantsAtPoker
    @PantsAtPoker 8 месяцев назад +1

    Talks such rubbish, all waffle

  • @flyingguru517
    @flyingguru517 9 месяцев назад +7

    Charie LOL what an example he cant beat midstakes and he looks likes jesus on acids

    • @MrSitemaster2
      @MrSitemaster2 9 месяцев назад

      What makes people take shots at multi-millionaire poker players, jealousy ?

    • @RoadTripperrr
      @RoadTripperrr 9 месяцев назад +7

      @@MrSitemaster2think it’s that there are annoying things about Charlie’s personality. I have to stop myself from writing trolling comments because of it 😅

    • @KarLetroN
      @KarLetroN 9 месяцев назад

      $10m in earnings just in live tournaments, you absolute weeb.

    • @BoRnMuSh
      @BoRnMuSh 9 месяцев назад

      The guy has 10 mil in tournament cashes u really think he can't beat mid stakes ?

    • @jippo88
      @jippo88 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@BoRnMuSh These two things aren’t mutually exclusive. He won some relatively small field high roller events back in the 2010s. This has no bearing on whether he can beat midstakes cash in 2024. Please point to evidence of this if it exists.

  • @DynastieMusic
    @DynastieMusic 9 месяцев назад

    That Jordan Peterson reference though

  • @slavakorablev1876
    @slavakorablev1876 9 месяцев назад

    Why not in 98 hours? So stupid..