Hey! Here's where you can get my 44-page Mindset Strategy Playbook, along with weekly wisdom directly from me -> philgalfond.com/mindset-yt If you enjoyed these tips that I came up with on the spot, you'll love the emails that take me 4 hours to work on each week!
This is a goldmine for any poker player, from beginners to pros! Over 3 hours of solid strategies, tips, and insights-exactly what you need to level up your game. I love how each tip is broken down so clearly and covers so many different aspects of poker. Definitely going to keep this one bookmarked for future reference. Thanks for putting together such a comprehensive resource!
About an hour ride to the casino for me. I usually pop this on as a daily reminder on the way because I don’t have all ranges instilled in my head and don’t play everyday. After 3 days or 4 off with a hectic life, it’s easy to make a blunder when you aren’t locked in! When I take a bad beat or a break after loosing/winning a big pot I also come to this. Brings me back down to earth. Then when I’m at the table, everything I say to myself I can hear in a Galfond voice and am just that much more thoughtful and practical thinking
Your talk on “protection betting” really resonates with me. I noticed I started making a lot more in cash games by shifting my mindset away from “protecting” my hand against draws, and more towards giving the draws a bad price. Draws miss more often than they hit, so you should be making bet sizes where you’re happy if your opponent calls with their draws.
@@TheChef-ss9ek I never had those intuitions to protect my hand for some reason, but sometimes I wonder if that's actually a weakness on my part. I'm admittedly not a very profitable player these days even at low stakes where I play. I might actually think too much about latter streets and the future. It never fit my intuitions to think of the relative strength of my range against villain's on a given street with more streets to come rather than the probable hand strengths of our ranges at showdown. I'm admittedly a natural-born nit though; that's probably why I think so much in terms of showdown value and betting mostly for value, occasionally a polarized bluff to induce folds, and never to protect my hand on a current street. It was actually profitable for low stakes when I started in the 90s just being the tightest player at a table and playing this way, although things have gotten much tougher in the past decades. So if I have TPTK or an overpair on a flop that's not too wet (to the point where I'm likely behind against villain's range), e.g. I tend to want get value out of it all the way to showdown if possible. The majority of the time, I'm value betting with the hope of getting weaker hands to call. I suspect I'm easily exploitable though.
Hi Phil, This is one of the very few times that I leave a comment. Your video is extremely informative and easy to follow. I will definitely take your tips into consideration when I am at a poker table this weekends. I will provide updates of how it went. Thank you for spending your time making this video.
Awesome Content Phil !!! A really in depth analysis of both the mindset and the in game play !! It is really rare that i can watch a 3h20 long video but their is so much knowledge that i am asking for more :P
Glad I found this. There’s a lot of really good nuggets in this compilation that made me realize some topics that I really need to actually think deeper about. I had to pause video several times to reflect on what you said so that it would actually stick. Definitely a thumbs up. And I will watch it again. And yes, hope is not a concrete method. Thanks!
Hey Phil.. I dont really expect a reply,but would appreciate one. How u feel about the open limp? I been playing alot lately, and I usually raise or fold pre.. but ive started limping pockets pairs from earlier positions.. 2's-6's. U think its best to fold those? Or just raise and if U get 3 bet go set mining and if u brick just fold? What u think
I think this makes sense if the table tendency is for multiplay 3 or more players see the flop. This means that your set mining equity of 12.5% becomes more profitable as you're awarded a bigger pot when you hit.
@@fracritelnope. But I played in a home game for about 5 years before it finally broke up where the players were all old retired players and played the exact same way every hand. I won 95% of the sessions I played in that game 3 nights a week. A couple home games got robbed in the area and those old people just wouldn’t play in any of them anymore. I could have truly played and won at a 50% rate without looking at my hand in position. It was the easiest money I ever made.
Haha... I actually play this one till I fall asleep. His voice somehow makes me sleep. And worth mentioning also that as a newbie. I learned a lot from this video compilation. Thanks
Phil, thank you! I keep this playing looped at the tables and it helps tremendously. That said, I once went on a 22 session win streak, and your advice regarding how it is possible to go on a bigger losing streak than you ever imagined really hits home..... somewhere out there I know there's a 23 session losing streak, even if I play like a beast. It keeps me sober on the felt
Amazing gift! Thanks! Did not know you had a prop bet. I think if you make a video about that you would get there faster. Would love to here how its going.
I love your videos and have definitely improved my game of NL HOLDEM as a result of sharing your knowledge of poker. Continued success to you Sir Galfond.
I enjoyed hearing the story about when Tom gave the advice to turn a bluff catcher into a bluff (30:39). I remember you alluding to it in your 2+2 Well thread (which was life changing btw), but the thread didn't go into the detail and nuance that you did here, so thanks for that.
Phil, I really appreciate your videos and what you teach. I apply what I learn from your videos in live poker and maybe variance hasn't caught up with me, but I am a significant winner from it.
The delay flight analogy to poker’s variance, followed by an “a*hole acted as a*hole isn’t surprising”, are master level communications that applied well elsewhere outside of poker. Very well said.
Love ur content I've lost everything absolutely everything going to lose my home In a few weeks...I've been grinding freerolls and I have won two tickets to big quarter tournament..I'm hoping ur tips will help me run deep today tomorrow and make the final day..I need the money so bad.. I ran deep 3 months ago had a meltdown shoved 55 into aa 120 bb..I've learnt from this.
55 minutes in, you just blew my mind by describing my BIGGEST challenge. Power... I was describing my current issue as a lack of focus but I think the real answer is that I am inconsistent in my power levels.
Phil, just want to let you know I personally appreciate you reminding us to like and subscribe. I like all your videos but rarely remember to hit the like button.
In our weekly home tourney, usually 17--25 players, we chop top two with 3rd getting double their buy-in back. to save time. I was doing okay there, then I made two adjustments. I quit bluffing, and I stopped slow playing my big hands. Someone always calls. I chopped 5 of the next 6 weeks and I think I was 8/12 at one point. Only person I told about my change was my wife. She has chopped twice as well. It works, and I will keep using it until it doesn't.
Phil, i normally have good months, month on month. But when i heard you say you will run as bad as you could ever imagine, i didn't think that would be the start of mine. Bear in mind im playing since 2007 online. And generally, it's been like steady upward graphs for me and some dips under trend but retaking the highs. Your comment has jinxed me beyond belief 😂. I know the drill, dont worry. But as for the actual comments, meh, aint that the truth. "OMG" Small stakes player here (purgatory grinder)
Ha, I knew an always “yes” player and I remember thinking that’s a pretty solid strategy. Personally I just like to grin at them when they ask what I had
I've actually noticed the opposite. At low stakes, particularly 1/3, them calling with 5 people behind is pretty much the same as them calling to close the action. At 30bb+ minimum ($100 min at 1/3), they like calling just about any two cards, praying for trips or 2 pair. I like to raise often to get them to fold. They usually won't pay $20 for what they were hoping to get for $3
Regarding the first comment about only playing Aces if there are no blinds, that’s not how things would work in real life. While it’s true you could make money with 100% certainty, only losing when your Aces get cracked, no one in real life would fold 200 hands to wait for Aces because that would be incredibly boring and people value their time. If you only played super tight in a no blind/ante game, you could 100% make money, but it would be unbearably boring. So assuming the states were small enough, I’m guessing the game wouldn’t play all that differently (for low stakes, which is what this comment was about). Of course, Phil’s comment is 100% mathematically correct, but I think in real life, in low stakes games (super low, where the money lost is inconsequential), the game would play similarly with no blinds to go after, even though mathematically speaking such a game should result in no action.
Theres NO VIDEOA AT ALL on this topic. Can you PLEASE make a video on how you should change your play from online poker to live. The strategic differences, how to change your play. Thank you!!
You must be the most normal poker player of all time. Which of course includes highly intelligent. You could have been a doctor or anything you wanted, but clearly the money was too good in poker. Thank you for taking the time for us mere mortals.
Lol I ALWAYS LIE when they ask what I had. If I bluffed I yell them I had it. If I had it, I let them think I bluffed. It’s too much fun. I almost never show my hand. They aren’t that dumb
Hey! Here's where you can get my 44-page Mindset Strategy Playbook, along with weekly wisdom directly from me -> philgalfond.com/mindset-yt
If you enjoyed these tips that I came up with on the spot, you'll love the emails that take me 4 hours to work on each week!
This is a goldmine for any poker player, from beginners to pros! Over 3 hours of solid strategies, tips, and insights-exactly what you need to level up your game. I love how each tip is broken down so clearly and covers so many different aspects of poker. Definitely going to keep this one bookmarked for future reference. Thanks for putting together such a comprehensive resource!
About an hour ride to the casino for me. I usually pop this on as a daily reminder on the way because I don’t have all ranges instilled in my head and don’t play everyday. After 3 days or 4 off with a hectic life, it’s easy to make a blunder when you aren’t locked in!
When I take a bad beat or a break after loosing/winning a big pot I also come to this. Brings me back down to earth. Then when I’m at the table, everything I say to myself I can hear in a Galfond voice and am just that much more thoughtful and practical thinking
Your talk on “protection betting” really resonates with me. I noticed I started making a lot more in cash games by shifting my mindset away from “protecting” my hand against draws, and more towards giving the draws a bad price.
Draws miss more often than they hit, so you should be making bet sizes where you’re happy if your opponent calls with their draws.
Yes! So glad that resonated with you. Thank you for letting me know!
Very true I used to fall into that protection category a lot also
@@TheChef-ss9ek I never had those intuitions to protect my hand for some reason, but sometimes I wonder if that's actually a weakness on my part. I'm admittedly not a very profitable player these days even at low stakes where I play.
I might actually think too much about latter streets and the future. It never fit my intuitions to think of the relative strength of my range against villain's on a given street with more streets to come rather than the probable hand strengths of our ranges at showdown.
I'm admittedly a natural-born nit though; that's probably why I think so much in terms of showdown value and betting mostly for value, occasionally a polarized bluff to induce folds, and never to protect my hand on a current street. It was actually profitable for low stakes when I started in the 90s just being the tightest player at a table and playing this way, although things have gotten much tougher in the past decades.
So if I have TPTK or an overpair on a flop that's not too wet (to the point where I'm likely behind against villain's range), e.g. I tend to want get value out of it all the way to showdown if possible. The majority of the time, I'm value betting with the hope of getting weaker hands to call. I suspect I'm easily exploitable though.
Phil is the MAN humble as can be but a poker PHENOM
Very gentle voice, I have fell asleep to poker content for sure
You're criminally undervalued on TH-cam.
Hi Phil,
This is one of the very few times that I leave a comment. Your video is extremely informative and easy to follow. I will definitely take your tips into consideration when I am at a poker table this weekends. I will provide updates of how it went. Thank you for spending your time making this video.
Awesome Content Phil !!! A really in depth analysis of both the mindset and the in game play !! It is really rare that i can watch a 3h20 long video but their is so much knowledge that i am asking for more :P
Glad I found this. There’s a lot of really good nuggets in this compilation that made me realize some topics that I really need to actually think deeper about. I had to pause video several times to reflect on what you said so that it would actually stick. Definitely a thumbs up. And I will watch it again. And yes, hope is not a concrete method. Thanks!
Hey Phil.. I dont really expect a reply,but would appreciate one. How u feel about the open limp? I been playing alot lately, and I usually raise or fold pre.. but ive started limping pockets pairs from earlier positions.. 2's-6's. U think its best to fold those? Or just raise and if U get 3 bet go set mining and if u brick just fold? What u think
I think this makes sense if the table tendency is for multiplay 3 or more players see the flop. This means that your set mining equity of 12.5% becomes more profitable as you're awarded a bigger pot when you hit.
Great content, very easy to understand! Thanks Phil! 😀👍
Sweet!
Thank you for this, Phil.
You bet!
@@PhilGalfondThats literally the perfect response, for a poker peo
When I’m contemplating on what to watch simultaneously while I’m playing my online Poker, and then you strike this beautiful gem. Thank you Phil
Mobius poker mentions this is a pitfall of many poker players, they are distracted by videos or their phone while playing poker
@@TooMuchInternetTMI100% true but videos or distractions can also make you not punt, or play hands just to play hands
You cannot follow two things or do two things simultaneously you may think you can you cannot
@@fracritelnope. But I played in a home game for about 5 years before it finally broke up where the players were all old retired players and played the exact same way every hand. I won 95% of the sessions I played in that game 3 nights a week. A couple home games got robbed in the area and those old people just wouldn’t play in any of them anymore. I could have truly played and won at a 50% rate without looking at my hand in position. It was the easiest money I ever made.
Very pleasant voice) will continue watching and training some listening (eng - foreign) combo: poker + language lessons)
Скобочки палят, какой у тебя родной язык :D
Agreed. Phil has a voice that works very well in this environment
If you are looking to fall asleep, this can also be adequate material.
I second this in the best was possible 😂
It's certainly better than playing poker while falling asleep
Haha... I actually play this one till I fall asleep. His voice somehow makes me sleep. And worth mentioning also that as a newbie. I learned a lot from this video compilation. Thanks
I’ve fallen asleep to this so many times but I still love it
Please read a novel with rain sound in background and put in on here.
Phil, thank you! I keep this playing looped at the tables and it helps tremendously. That said, I once went on a 22 session win streak, and your advice regarding how it is possible to go on a bigger losing streak than you ever imagined really hits home..... somewhere out there I know there's a 23 session losing streak, even if I play like a beast. It keeps me sober on the felt
Amazing gift! Thanks!
Did not know you had a prop bet. I think if you make a video about that you would get there faster.
Would love to here how its going.
I love your videos and have definitely improved my game of NL HOLDEM as a result of sharing your knowledge of poker. Continued success to you Sir Galfond.
I enjoyed hearing the story about when Tom gave the advice to turn a bluff catcher into a bluff (30:39). I remember you alluding to it in your 2+2 Well thread (which was life changing btw), but the thread didn't go into the detail and nuance that you did here, so thanks for that.
The first 5 tips completely changed my winning rate in 2-5 poker. Much appreciated Phil!
Thanks for putting this all in one place!
Probably one of the best poker videos out there, must be totally overwhelming for new players but THIS is what you should watch.
Three and half hours of the best life/poker advice I’ve ever heard - thank you Phil:))
Phil, I really appreciate your videos and what you teach. I apply what I learn from your videos in live poker and maybe variance hasn't caught up with me, but I am a significant winner from it.
Hi Phil, I really like the video. Just finished it yesterday and last night I won my first MTT in many years 🎉
Great video! Subscribed
The delay flight analogy to poker’s variance, followed by an “a*hole acted as a*hole isn’t surprising”, are master level communications that applied well elsewhere outside of poker. Very well said.
Thank you for putting this information together
I love this thanks so much for all the tips its amazing how great, clear everything is explained!
Love ur content I've lost everything absolutely everything going to lose my home In a few weeks...I've been grinding freerolls and I have won two tickets to big quarter tournament..I'm hoping ur tips will help me run deep today tomorrow and make the final day..I need the money so bad.. I ran deep 3 months ago had a meltdown shoved 55 into aa 120 bb..I've learnt from this.
Thanks for this Phil
just plain awesome. thank you Phil !
As soon as i saw this title. I knew this will be my favorite poker video of all time.
Thank you for this video. I am only 30 minutes in and I found the need to take notes. I am going to have to watch this a second time. :)
This is the video i needed thanks a lot truly appreciated
You’re very welcome!
Your content has always been legendary, right from the early PokerStove hand-reviews and your ESPN G-Bucks article. Thank you, Phil!
Great content as always! 😎😎
Fantastic teaching Phill!
this is gold, thanks phil
Watched everything. Thanks, man!
Your content is spot on!
55 minutes in, you just blew my mind by describing my BIGGEST challenge. Power... I was describing my current issue as a lack of focus but I think the real answer is that I am inconsistent in my power levels.
How does Phil know how to crush low stakes? Serious question. Mass data analysis?
There's population tendencies. Ie. Low stakes, mid and high.
So yes, there is population analysis on each
Great job!!!!
Phil, just want to let you know I personally appreciate you reminding us to like and subscribe. I like all your videos but rarely remember to hit the like button.
Do you have a "hack" for over thinking fun players?
Thanks Phil this was great 👍
Yezzzzir PHIL, thank you very much for this!!! 🙌🙌🙌💪💪💪
You’re very welcome!
This was awesome. Thank you
You should start streaming on twitch or kick Would be fun watchinh you live, to Ask questions or something like that
Thank you for all the great tips! Very helpful info - going to listen to this again.
Phil bro thank you so much for making this
You’re very welcome!
link to the free book seems to be broken
Just in case you are looking for it, this one works:
philgalfond.com/mindset-yt
Thank you so much Phil!
Thanks Phil you the best.
Phil your the nuts
Salut. Tu devrais faire une vidéo sur les joueurs de poker qui étais riche et qui sont tout perdu. Merci
Great great video
Ty 😊
In our weekly home tourney, usually 17--25 players, we chop top two with 3rd getting double their buy-in back. to save time. I was doing okay there, then I made two adjustments. I quit bluffing, and I stopped slow playing my big hands. Someone always calls. I chopped 5 of the next 6 weeks and I think I was 8/12 at one point. Only person I told about my change was my wife. She has chopped twice as well. It works, and I will keep using it until it doesn't.
Phil, i normally have good months, month on month. But when i heard you say you will run as bad as you could ever imagine, i didn't think that would be the start of mine. Bear in mind im playing since 2007 online. And generally, it's been like steady upward graphs for me and some dips under trend but retaking the highs.
Your comment has jinxed me beyond belief 😂. I know the drill, dont worry.
But as for the actual comments, meh, aint that the truth. "OMG"
Small stakes player here (purgatory grinder)
Thank you!
I just want to say thank you
Bro Thankyou!
Best tip I’ve ever heard is be named phil
Fantastic!
Best 3 hours spent in a long time.
Phil, your free book link is broken
Oh lawd, phil posted
GOAT 💯
thx
first. phil you da goat
Ha, I knew an always “yes” player and I remember thinking that’s a pretty solid strategy. Personally I just like to grin at them when they ask what I had
great video - gives me courage lol
i also see that bottle filling station in the back dkm
🤙🤙🤙 good stuff
I've actually noticed the opposite. At low stakes, particularly 1/3, them calling with 5 people behind is pretty much the same as them calling to close the action. At 30bb+ minimum ($100 min at 1/3), they like calling just about any two cards, praying for trips or 2 pair. I like to raise often to get them to fold. They usually won't pay $20 for what they were hoping to get for $3
I take Phil’s opinions vs yours sorry
We do respect your different perspectives
Regarding the first comment about only playing Aces if there are no blinds, that’s not how things would work in real life. While it’s true you could make money with 100% certainty, only losing when your Aces get cracked, no one in real life would fold 200 hands to wait for Aces because that would be incredibly boring and people value their time. If you only played super tight in a no blind/ante game, you could 100% make money, but it would be unbearably boring. So assuming the states were small enough, I’m guessing the game wouldn’t play all that differently (for low stakes, which is what this comment was about).
Of course, Phil’s comment is 100% mathematically correct, but I think in real life, in low stakes games (super low, where the money lost is inconsequential), the game would play similarly with no blinds to go after, even though mathematically speaking such a game should result in no action.
This is a very positive comment
When was the last time you played low limit poker? Honestly? If its been a long time, would things be different now vs the past? 1:03
Things are the same today.
THANKS DUDE I WILL ONLY PLAY ACES NOW OMW TO MILLIONS
So this is why the regulars I play suddenly got better
Multi table 4 tables while eating a four course meal is God tier multitasking.
I'm not good at math, but how is it possible to have 200 Top 5s? 🤪
Yes
Theres NO VIDEOA AT ALL on this topic.
Can you PLEASE make a video on how you should change your play from online poker to live. The strategic differences, how to change your play. Thank you!!
This is my struggle rn, doing good online, decided to play irl and I feel like I gotta learn a whole new game
@@totoguava9480how so?
Falcons 4 president
If there is no downside to conversation, how can there be an upside?
15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD
I'm linking this clip at second 10, just because.... #therealphil
(can't give more props than this)
You must be the most normal poker player of all time. Which of course includes highly intelligent. You could have been a doctor or anything you wanted, but clearly the money was too good in poker. Thank you for taking the time for us mere mortals.
>Phil trying to say "hacks" with a straight face
Do you still play poker?
Yes thank you for the vid. Now can you make it unlisted so the fish don't get better please :O
Irie!
Im getting run over by poker app. Always badbeats... just now I lost all in AKvsAK. How do you win if the rigged program badbeats you all the time....
You spoke of con artists being charming, didn’t you live with Tom Dwan?…
Haha, I got a set I gotcha lol
Lol I ALWAYS LIE when they ask what I had. If I bluffed I yell them I had it. If I had it, I let them think I bluffed.
It’s too much fun. I almost never show my hand. They aren’t that dumb
Y ahora unas partis lol
Stop creating poker monsters Plil! These fish are becoming tough to play against
Polorized?
Your 1st example about only playing aces is nonsense
It clearly went over your head.
@@tappthegreat7775😂 he wasn't joking you muppet