@@trulygxld6885agreed. Also commenting before watching. There is far less bluffing at low stakes. If the flush draw gets there and they bet big, they have it.
Already watches this twice and like always, i will watch it multiple more times over. These are the things i keep ramming into my brain every single day to keep it fresh in my mind and easier to remember more naturally. Please make more like this. Its such important fundamentals , but not a lot of people follow these things
On poker coaching and this video you show charts for a 3b that assumes X position was the rfi with no calls or limps. For 1-2 games we need adaptive charts that account for limps and calls. I used to 3 bet fairly aggressive with a pretty good fundamentally sound range. Like holding KQ in the BB vs a CO raise. But what I found happens a lot of those EP positions limp with hands like AK, AQ, KK, QQ. So they then call my 3 bet as well as the initial raiser and maybe 1 or 2 callers. So I'm still going 3-5 ways to the flop. Then a lot of the time I completely miss the flop and have to fold to aggression, or I hit a pair and have to try and navigate post vs people who often slow play their hands.
If watch watch the videos and apply it at the live tables, you can readily pick up on the guys that know how to play verses those that are just there for fun. Jonathan is right, you have to study poker and have a strategy, it will make you money, even if you're just a casual player.
I will definitely show a bluff sometimes and it definitely works when you have the nuts next time. 1/2 players are so bad. I've made a ton from having a loose/bluffy image when in reality I don't bluff all that often and usually have a pretty good hand.
First of, you have to know the ranges in play. Every position has a theoretical range depending on the action. Post-flop you have to consider the equity distribution of your hand. There are hands that flop really well or really bad, and don't have too many good turns or rivers; and there are the oposite hands. According to that you have a better idea of what to do. I recommend you to read the Jnandez book about PLO. It helps a lot to understand basic concepts so you can think better about certain spots
I have a question: Why I should call with KJs, Raise with K7s, and fold with K6s pre flop? (Left side graph) Is it just to be unpredictable or there is more to it?
I love these concepts but I feel in reality this is not how hands in these situations play out (for me at my local 1/3 casino game). I either bluff the river like that last hand and get a call from a calling station with A8 or A5 call. Or a majority of my pre flop raises are called by 4 or 5 people or a 3bet is called by maybe 2 players in which i then miss the flop and face a donk bet and call from the 2 players OOP
Well your local game sounds very very soft, so the tips given in this video might not necessarily apply, but you have to adjust to the game according to how your opponents are playing and what mistakes they are making. You should probably look up how to play loose fishy cash games. In general my advice is you want to play solid, good value hands, raise the preflop raise size to potentially discourage some callers and obviously 3-bet your value hard if there's 4-5 people already having limped into the pot. The thing is - yes, even then you might get people calling the 3-bets and etc., but if you're holding a monster hand, you're still a strong favourite going in to see a huge pot. Fish like these who like to call down everything definitely increase the variance of the game, but at the same time, when you actually DO hit with your AKo or have your JJ-AA overpair or whatever else, you're going to make so much more money off these people on average than you would if they were balanced, tight players.
@totalidot99 appreciate this. Yea, I'm relatively new to the game so still lots to learn to get better. I've lost quite a bit the last few months with AA, QQ, AK against either stupid plays by the opponents or just variance/bad beats. Its been frustrating - so taking a break to refocus and study
@@PokerCoaching only decent wow what do you consider? Excellent I don’t mean the absolute top of the pyramid but what do you consider would be excellent or or very good plus I’m just trying to figure out when I transition to no limit what would be a goal to shoot for obviously not in the very beginning. I’m not not gonna be winning 10 big blinds an hour but something to shoot for that realistic that’s not what only the top one percent attain.
Hey weird question but my local poker room runs 1/1 on the blinds, in fact I think this is how APL (Australian poker league) runs it all over . 200BB is the max buy in and there is no rake. Should I be making any adjustments to my game based on this?
He's been playing a very LAG strategy specifically to try and win $100 per hour at 5/5. I wouldn't follow his strategy religiously. And his table talk costs him money.
I mean the point of the first slides are to learn your pre flop 3betting ranges position he position , and to be more aggressive =more folds rather than an open raise that gets 3 callers and then you being the 4th caller
If people are overcalling your 3-bets, then just pare back your bluffs and start 3-betting only for value. If people are calling that often then they're almost certainly overcalling so you'll do quite well against their ranges, plus they usually aren't the type of players that are going to pick up on your unbalanced play.
You can learn how to win multi-way, by playing a lot of limit hold'em online at low stakes and slightly work your way up to stakes with better players. LHE where there are tables with 3 people to most flops, and tables with 7 people to most flops, are a great way to learn what sorts of hands or draws to pile money in on which streets, and which to get out of the way with, because someone will hit something good, and you'll need to beat it. Combine that practice, with a good idea of whether your NLHE table is sizing flop and turn bets in a way that gets you to the river affordably, can have you milking a loose NLHE game as if it's a loose LHE game. Even forgetting all of the above, the answer to your question is: the same way as every other situation in poker which is multi-way with an expectation that there's actually going to be a showdown. Make sure you're in there with hands which play well multi-way, and which you expect to win more than your share of the showdowns. Basically, you need to put money in when you gain equity if they all call, even after allowing for how much of that equity your opponents can push you out of the hand with, how often. Don't over use implied equity to justify chasing draws you can either get pushed off of, or not get paid in full when you do hit. You'd need to read several books, or gain a lot of experience, to expand your understanding of all the different situations and problems you'll run into. But one very general strategy, is to simply play a bit tighter preflop than your opponents. I your average opponent is playing 2.5x as many hands as they should, don't join them in doing that. Play fewer than them, maybe 60% as many as them, still 1.5x what you'd play against excellent opponents. Maybe the biggest exploit of them is playing 80%/2x, or 50%/1.25x, but those start to resemble being another clown in the clown show (2x) and an obviously cautious/nitty player (1.25x, only half the table average) who they will simply not pay off when you do hit. Find a tightness level that doesn't make them single you out as the guy to not pay off. Or once you do have that image, start bluffing if they fold to you too much.
lol, at 2:54 I can probably count on one hand the number of times playing 1/2 where I was on the button or SB where CO or btn rfi to 3-3.5 BB. Usually there’s already limpers and if someone actually makes a 2-bet it’s more like 10-15 BB’s…
Yes, this. How do we adjust when we are seeing EP rfi for 6bb, CO call, BTN call, we're in SB with AJs or similar, 100bb effective? This is the kind of, admitted nonsense, I deal with all the time, but still struggle to play well against.
Fun video, but nobody 3-bets AQ from SB/BB in my 1/3 games to D raise, people just call OOP with everything, AA, KK, AK, QQ etc, then passively call down.
3 betting from the SB should be done way less frequently at small stakes. Many players don't have a folding range. I 3 bet more linearly. AQ, KQ, KJs, 9s plus, maybe some 56s and A5s for variety.
Having a narrow 3-bet squeeze range out of the blinds in small stakes is fine. All you often have to do is get the original raiser to fold, and the rest will follow suit. Easy money. I assume the range you listed includes the big pairs and AK, otherwise you are unbalanced. People not having a folding range is great, if a bunch of limpers double-flat with their crap, and you miss the flop, and there is a big bet, then just fold. If you hit it, bet out and extract that value. If a nit calls your flop-bet and then raises your turn bet and you just have one pair, fold, they always have it. Low limit poker is easy.
If people are playing crazy and betting big Easy limp in with big hands and range all in when it comes back 2 you.only play preimium hands and keep doing this.eventually they won't be so in a hurry to raise 15 with junk
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What is YOUR best tip for crushing $1/$2 cash games?🤔
Sit with only loose, wild fish 🎣
Answering this before watching the video.. my best tip is to over fold to river bets
Play in position, and adjust to tight aggressive players.
@@trulygxld6885agreed. Also commenting before watching. There is far less bluffing at low stakes. If the flush draw gets there and they bet big, they have it.
Table selection is always the key. Use a merged 3bet range. Value bet. Over-fold to aggression.
Already watches this twice and like always, i will watch it multiple more times over. These are the things i keep ramming into my brain every single day to keep it fresh in my mind and easier to remember more naturally.
Please make more like this. Its such important fundamentals , but not a lot of people follow these things
I'm so glad you found this helpful, repetition absolutely helps like you say!
This is the kind of content we all need! Thanks so much Jonathan for all the education you provide.
You're very welcome!
More of these please
On poker coaching and this video you show charts for a 3b that assumes X position was the rfi with no calls or limps. For 1-2 games we need adaptive charts that account for limps and calls. I used to 3 bet fairly aggressive with a pretty good fundamentally sound range. Like holding KQ in the BB vs a CO raise. But what I found happens a lot of those EP positions limp with hands like AK, AQ, KK, QQ. So they then call my 3 bet as well as the initial raiser and maybe 1 or 2 callers. So I'm still going 3-5 ways to the flop. Then a lot of the time I completely miss the flop and have to fold to aggression, or I hit a pair and have to try and navigate post vs people who often slow play their hands.
If watch watch the videos and apply it at the live tables, you can readily pick up on the guys that know how to play verses those that are just there for fun.
Jonathan is right, you have to study poker and have a strategy, it will make you money, even if you're just a casual player.
I tend to not show any hands, but should we show occasional bluffs and nuts for table image?
I will definitely show a bluff sometimes and it definitely works when you have the nuts next time. 1/2 players are so bad. I've made a ton from having a loose/bluffy image when in reality I don't bluff all that often and usually have a pretty good hand.
3:20 are the 3 bet bluffs supposed to steal the pot preflop, or are these hands profitable postflop in general vs the Open Range?
I need some Omaha tips. I understand “wrap” hands but I’m not sure how to judge where I stand in the hand postflop.
Omaha isn’t real poker
First of, you have to know the ranges in play. Every position has a theoretical range depending on the action. Post-flop you have to consider the equity distribution of your hand. There are hands that flop really well or really bad, and don't have too many good turns or rivers; and there are the oposite hands. According to that you have a better idea of what to do.
I recommend you to read the Jnandez book about PLO. It helps a lot to understand basic concepts so you can think better about certain spots
@@sincityinfinity6255 it's poker for men
@@sincityinfinity6255What is "real poker" then?
I have a question: Why I should call with KJs, Raise with K7s, and fold with K6s pre flop? (Left side graph) Is it just to be unpredictable or there is more to it?
I love these concepts but I feel in reality this is not how hands in these situations play out (for me at my local 1/3 casino game). I either bluff the river like that last hand and get a call from a calling station with A8 or A5 call. Or a majority of my pre flop raises are called by 4 or 5 people or a 3bet is called by maybe 2 players in which i then miss the flop and face a donk bet and call from the 2 players OOP
Well your local game sounds very very soft, so the tips given in this video might not necessarily apply, but you have to adjust to the game according to how your opponents are playing and what mistakes they are making. You should probably look up how to play loose fishy cash games. In general my advice is you want to play solid, good value hands, raise the preflop raise size to potentially discourage some callers and obviously 3-bet your value hard if there's 4-5 people already having limped into the pot. The thing is - yes, even then you might get people calling the 3-bets and etc., but if you're holding a monster hand, you're still a strong favourite going in to see a huge pot. Fish like these who like to call down everything definitely increase the variance of the game, but at the same time, when you actually DO hit with your AKo or have your JJ-AA overpair or whatever else, you're going to make so much more money off these people on average than you would if they were balanced, tight players.
@totalidot99 appreciate this. Yea, I'm relatively new to the game so still lots to learn to get better. I've lost quite a bit the last few months with AA, QQ, AK against either stupid plays by the opponents or just variance/bad beats. Its been frustrating - so taking a break to refocus and study
Sounds like we play at the same room 😂
How many bbs per hour do you consider "crushing" low stakes? What about a merely good win rate?
I’ve heard 10bb per hour is excellent goal
10bbs is decent. Any more than that and you are doing really well.
@@PokerCoaching only decent wow what do you consider? Excellent I don’t mean the absolute top of the pyramid but what do you consider would be excellent or or very good plus I’m just trying to figure out when I transition to no limit what would be a goal to shoot for obviously not in the very beginning. I’m not not gonna be winning 10 big blinds an hour but something to shoot for that realistic that’s not what only the top one percent attain.
Hey weird question but my local poker room runs 1/1 on the blinds, in fact I think this is how APL (Australian poker league) runs it all over . 200BB is the max buy in and there is no rake. Should I be making any adjustments to my game based on this?
Great Video!
What is coin poker ?? Do they do deposits and withdraws via BTC ??
Yes! It's an online poker site for crypto.
What do you think about the hungry horse stratagy?
He's been playing a very LAG strategy specifically to try and win $100 per hour at 5/5.
I wouldn't follow his strategy religiously. And his table talk costs him money.
@@conorm2524 you tried his stratagy?
I am not sure, sorry!
Very NIce!! Keep it up :D
Thanks!!!
Wpuld be great how to play multiway in 3 or even 4 bet pots
I mean the point of the first slides are to learn your pre flop 3betting ranges position he position , and to be more aggressive =more folds rather than an open raise that gets 3 callers and then you being the 4th caller
I have videos on this on my channel! Search 'multiway Jonathan Little'
How do you handle when you 3-bet at 1/2 and still get called by 3 or 4 people everytime?
bet linearly for value and bet large
If people are overcalling your 3-bets, then just pare back your bluffs and start 3-betting only for value. If people are calling that often then they're almost certainly overcalling so you'll do quite well against their ranges, plus they usually aren't the type of players that are going to pick up on your unbalanced play.
You can learn how to win multi-way, by playing a lot of limit hold'em online at low stakes and slightly work your way up to stakes with better players. LHE where there are tables with 3 people to most flops, and tables with 7 people to most flops, are a great way to learn what sorts of hands or draws to pile money in on which streets, and which to get out of the way with, because someone will hit something good, and you'll need to beat it. Combine that practice, with a good idea of whether your NLHE table is sizing flop and turn bets in a way that gets you to the river affordably, can have you milking a loose NLHE game as if it's a loose LHE game.
Even forgetting all of the above, the answer to your question is: the same way as every other situation in poker which is multi-way with an expectation that there's actually going to be a showdown. Make sure you're in there with hands which play well multi-way, and which you expect to win more than your share of the showdowns. Basically, you need to put money in when you gain equity if they all call, even after allowing for how much of that equity your opponents can push you out of the hand with, how often. Don't over use implied equity to justify chasing draws you can either get pushed off of, or not get paid in full when you do hit.
You'd need to read several books, or gain a lot of experience, to expand your understanding of all the different situations and problems you'll run into. But one very general strategy, is to simply play a bit tighter preflop than your opponents. I your average opponent is playing 2.5x as many hands as they should, don't join them in doing that. Play fewer than them, maybe 60% as many as them, still 1.5x what you'd play against excellent opponents. Maybe the biggest exploit of them is playing 80%/2x, or 50%/1.25x, but those start to resemble being another clown in the clown show (2x) and an obviously cautious/nitty player (1.25x, only half the table average) who they will simply not pay off when you do hit. Find a tightness level that doesn't make them single you out as the guy to not pay off. Or once you do have that image, start bluffing if they fold to you too much.
I love 1/2 and 1/3 games. The only problem is that the closest casino is 3 hours away...
Does this apply to 2/5 live as well?
Yeah!
lol, at 2:54 I can probably count on one hand the number of times playing 1/2 where I was on the button or SB where CO or btn rfi to 3-3.5 BB. Usually there’s already limpers and if someone actually makes a 2-bet it’s more like 10-15 BB’s…
Yes, this. How do we adjust when we are seeing EP rfi for 6bb, CO call, BTN call, we're in SB with AJs or similar, 100bb effective? This is the kind of, admitted nonsense, I deal with all the time, but still struggle to play well against.
Fun video, but nobody 3-bets AQ from SB/BB in my 1/3 games to D raise, people just call OOP with everything, AA, KK, AK, QQ etc, then passively call down.
3 betting from the SB should be done way less frequently at small stakes. Many players don't have a folding range. I 3 bet more linearly. AQ, KQ, KJs, 9s plus, maybe some 56s and A5s for variety.
Having a narrow 3-bet squeeze range out of the blinds in small stakes is fine. All you often have to do is get the original raiser to fold, and the rest will follow suit. Easy money. I assume the range you listed includes the big pairs and AK, otherwise you are unbalanced. People not having a folding range is great, if a bunch of limpers double-flat with their crap, and you miss the flop, and there is a big bet, then just fold. If you hit it, bet out and extract that value. If a nit calls your flop-bet and then raises your turn bet and you just have one pair, fold, they always have it. Low limit poker is easy.
Some fish bluff call with J high
Plenty of 1/2 in FL
No you don't... They have the Nuts😂😂 spot on!!
Did you ever hear about Grandmaster Flash's cousin Puntmaster Crash? He punted away all his stash😂
I did not!
All the games I play people are opening to $15 Preflop… not $5
Whats the exploit when people open $15 in the 1,2 game
If people are playing crazy and betting big Easy limp in with big hands and range all in when it comes back 2 you.only play preimium hands and keep doing this.eventually they won't be so in a hurry to raise 15 with junk
It’s 1/3 in most poker rooms now 😊 1/2 is rare.
All the rooms I’ve been to run $1/2 and it’s usually the game that has the most tables active
@@lucasr6481-3 *
Not in Florida
Depends where
In South Florida date in Broward county 1/2 has the most games, 1/3 is rare, maybe only one casino runs that. (Miccosukee Seminole casino)
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
With pocket 10’s, you can’t play all loosey goosey eating a sandwich. 🙄
And have a bankroll. You're going to have to stay in for 2,3 or even 4 buyins sometimes.
What a joke....he puts a duece or three on every river....thats not what happens in the real world.
Disappointed to see you promote scam poker :/
Lol?
No context and you just want to be a jerk?
I am not aware of any scams. Please elaborate.
Tell me about it. How’s it a scam