Good to see zues is back to won work,,,, I liked your anallises at the end, it one long game and grow the bank roll, nice come back from being stacked. Cheers
Many players see it as a series of events and get caught up in the daily results. They play longer to recover losses so there is no red ink. They gamble more when stuck. Ive been guilty of it too, but my focus now is to play my best and not worry about day to day results.
I hope to get back to California one day. Probably when my sisters drop my ashes for the fishes...lol Love your mature relaxed play. I'm a boomer but am much more animated...lol Love the vlog. Stay awesome on the felt!
You are a better, and much more aggressive player, than a vid I just watched of you from Jan'21. IMO, it's better to bet bigger, and put other's in the tough spot... than under bet, and get a call you didn't want to get called.
If I was supper deep I might find a fold in certain spots. I had over half my money in, so I’m calling. That’s good that you kept track, I’m having a run now where I had KK run into AA 3 times in a couple of weeks.
I've folded KK three times preflop. Once I was shown to be correct, twice I wasn't shown but I feel good The one that keeps me up nights is a home game in Asheville 12 years ago. I opened kings, got 3bet by the tightest player in the game. I decided to 4bet and if he shoved, just snap fold. He paused and said "Meh, I guess I'm all in." ($300 shove over $70 4bet). My brain abandoned me and I called. Obviously he had aces. Had I folded the kings face up when he shoved, it would have put him on tilt for 5 years. I still kick myself.
yup. have to agree, played well, knowing your opponents is vital, otherwise you cant do what you did, hope you have a great weekend on the felt bro, regards Fraser
Those A high calls were pretty good. Good vlog again man. I'm always waiting for your vlog. I hope there's way I can directly send a message to you my man
Great video again kings happened to me years ago when I got called with my all in shove I said to my buddy I hope it's not AA and it was it happens as Barry Greenstein says you can always spike a king crack me up when said that and it's cash and you can reload in cash you see more chances and risks taken cuz you can reload tournaments you can't one mistake with an all in and you're out and the odds are very rare to have kings and AA dealt same time I do not know what the real odds of math that is but it will change from 10 player table to 9 player to 6 player table won't hurt you though you're a great player you get it back good player's always do
Man, that x/r with the 99. You gotta really know your man, but I loved the board you did it on. As you said, you could have all the JJ and TT. I dunno if he thinks this deep but QQ was the perfect hand for him to have. It blocks all the KQs that he'd like you to have. I do have one question, and you better know the answer: if he called, were you jamming a blank turn?
If called, he is committing himself, not jamming unless a 9 hits. I knew that this moment was his decision point, so did he. Solid player doesn’t call here unless he is following thru.
I swear I’ve called with KK in these situations many times and been stacked. I can’t remember ever winning one. Even if I’m not all in preflop, I’ve lost when my opponent continues to bet big. In a 1/2 or 1/3 game I think it’s a fold (unless it’s you raising me!).
@@dougmccuskerpoker your goal was to get both of your stocks in, and you did. I still think you can get away from it, even you mentioned you didn’t have the odds to call if he had AA (you were getting a bit better than 3-1, when you were highly likely a 4-1 underdog). I think this is equivalent to folding AA on big flop bets or check raises. But again I say at 1/2 and 1/3 it’s almost universally true they have AA and you’re way behind. I know you’re a better player than me, but I still think folding even with 300 in the pot with your last 300 is possible.
dont blame you at all for KK hand. a cpl days ago im at 2/5 (650 stack) i limp utg with KK, three limpers, cutoff makes it 15, btn and bb call, i make it 105, it gets to the HJ who limped initially, he makes it 240, folds to me and im 100% sure he has QQ bc he initially limped. i jam, he snaps w AA. he limped in the HJ expecting CO or BTN to raise and it worked for him. i swear whenever i have KK they have AA but i was never folding considering how the hand played out. i feel your pain
It happens, the most important part to getting KK cracked is how you react to it. If you tilt or spew, it’s not good. Just keep playing well, money will find it’s way home.
@@nickfromyuma1691 it’s smart to leave if you can’t play your A game. Eventually you will be able to except the beats as part of the game and continue playing your A game. Once you become untiltable at the table, you will have an overwhelming advantage.
Doug, did you just signed up for 2/3/5 at Bay 101 on Friday, 10/1 around 1:50pm? I am a vlog watcher, so your height caught my eyes and even with mask, I recognized your face. GL at the table!
Solid play with 99 against an opponent you think may fold queens there. If he's folding queens though he would be folding kings or aces there as well. Sometimes he has to mix in calls there no?
If he (or anybody) just folds every time to big check raises like that, he'll probably be dollars ahead at the end of the road. It's easy to say he should call, but we know you have two outs. He could just as easily have two outs, and knows there's a jam coming on the next street. Sure sometimes he folds the best hand, but that's poker.
@@leehjones Ok but then why not add to the large check raise hands if that's the case? JJ, 1010, 99, 89, Q9, QK, AQ, AK could all be c/r knowing the only hands that would ever call in that spot are JJ and 1010. People who raise pre/lead flop would get blown off of a lot of hands.
When you called down with AT high that was pretty gutsy, but if you had the read, well done. One suggestion: the moment he says "Good call", snap-turn up your hand. Don't force him to show. 1) it's the gracious thing to do and you're a famous poker personality now, and 2) allow him to save face by not having to turn over whatever piece of cheese he had. Thay might embarrass him into playing better, which the last thing you want. Yes, I know you called and he's supposed to show first. But you got the information you needed - he was bluffing some kind of draw. It's far more important to let him quietly concede (and maybe try it again) than force him to show exactly what two cards he had.
There is always the chance he says you are good while holding a weak pair in that spot. I also get feedback asking to see the opponents hand in interesting spots like this, if he said J high, I would turn my hand over immediately.
You're a good player. I actually think you'll get to a point of folding Ks there. Just like how you knew what to do with 9s, same could be done with Ks. Sure tough to do and sometimes the wrong move but you knew when he pushed you were done. I understand the call with SPR thou made sense to go for it...
Hi ☺ Am just wondering if it's possible not to loose the entire stack with KK. Iv also lost too many times. Is it ok to sometimes fold with the strong read of AA?
I have a very simple rule with KK, once over 1/2 my stack goes in preflop, I am not folding. I may only have 20% equity with Kk against AA, but I’m getting at least 3:1 already. At the most my ev is -5% of pot which can easily compensate when he doesn’t have AA. In order to fold, you need a much deeper stack and high certainty.
Just remember, you're getting all-in with KK bc villain can have AK some too. A thinking player should not be stacking off with QQ vs UTG+1, but there are still 8 combos of AK and only 6 AA. If he's only shipping AA/KK, of course, you fold. 😊 There. You feel much better now, right?
In my opinion your four bet was too large...you could have easily min raised to 200 to induce weaker hands to stay..then if he pushes it makes more sense if you can’t get away from it. If everyone folds to the 4 bet and he gets sneaky and just call you see the A on the flop and proceed from there...seems like you were saying that you played it the only way you could
Looking back I like a smaller 4 bet, just enough to price out the other 2 callers. But once I sized to 300, I can’t get away, over 1/2 my stack is in and I’m never folding.
made multiple correct ace high calls this week and an ace high river bluff shove with nearly no fold equity that ended up being the best hand, feels good!! great call with the ATo
How is there no way you can get away from that? How many times do you see a 5 bet jam at 1-3 with anything but AA??? You made it a really big sizing on your 4 bet and youre literally getting anything you beat to fold out barring AKs. And he just flats your 300 raise with that, i bet you that. Qq folds to your 300 raise because at these stakes you dont see a 4 bet thats less than AK AA KK and you certainly dont see a 5 bet shove with anything less than AA. We see it all the time man you can keep saying oh if he has aces he has aces. Youre the type of guy if he had flipped over and showed you AA you still would say youre not good enough to fold and then call lmao. I dont have a 4bet range at 1-3 Ever unless there is a cold caller in the middle and there is dead money. Even out of position with AA if i get a limp open to 20 and i get 3 bet to like 85 pot will be like 180 and we would each have 415 behind, im not ever worried avout getting the money in as 1-3 is a 500$ cap. I would flat the 85 oop with AA pot 180 and 415 behind, flop would come i would check and they always bomb for 100 if they have a big pair so the pots going to be 380 with only 315 each back on the turn so the money is always going to get in. Ive folded kings 2 times in live poker nd was right both times, you can tell when somebody has Aces man. You should never be getting it in pre flop for over 200BB with KK LMAO are you nuts? You could have flat the 90 peeled a flop seen an ace and folded because once you 4 bet to 300 hes jamming with only AA and calling the 300 with AK and MAY even call the 300 with QQ. Once he jams what in gods name do you think he has? If you think its ok to get over 200BB in pre flop against what you literally described as a very solid thinling player, then youre going to go broke quickly. A good thinking player is never 5 bet shoving 220bb with anything less than AA at 1 3 dude
Almost to 5k, congrats Doug!
Thanks to viewers like you!
Getting back to evens , after being stuck in the hole , surely must feel like a win !
Always nice to fight your way back from the edge of despair.
i like your video a lot i like your explanations for bets and calls
Thanks, appreciate you watching
Absolutely it’s all one long game!
A Simple idea that many don’t understand.
Sick work with 99 and A/10. Major props
Thanks, AT easier than the 99 hand. Had a good read. 99 very player dependent, glad it worked out.
Been loving the videos Doug, you've quickly become my favourite poker vlogger.
Thanks so much, I appreciate your kind words. Will work hard to keep your attention. Thanks for supporting the channel.
Thanks for the nice Vlog. Really good play.
Thanks Marcus, happy you enjoyed it.
Good to see zues is back to won work,,,, I liked your anallises at the end, it one long game and grow the bank roll, nice come back from being stacked. Cheers
Many players see it as a series of events and get caught up in the daily results. They play longer to recover losses so there is no red ink. They gamble more when stuck. Ive been guilty of it too, but my focus now is to play my best and not worry about day to day results.
@@dougmccuskerpoker I agree Doug. If you're tired, just leave. There's always tomorrow.
@@carlkoh thanks Carl, good games are a daily event, no need to play tired.
Love your attitude Doug. Enjoy your vlogs greatly
I try to stay focused on the job of playing well, everything else is just noise. Cold decks and bad beats should be expected.
Your best decision was the last one. Great vlog and session!
I think so too!
I hope to get back to California one day. Probably when my sisters drop my ashes for the fishes...lol Love your mature relaxed play. I'm a boomer but am much more animated...lol Love the vlog. Stay awesome on the felt!
Thanks, where do you live now?
@@dougmccuskerpoker Jacksonville, FL. My home poker room is Best Bet.
@@GAinJAXONVILLE if I make it out that way, will let you know.
Great play. Great reads. 99 was impressive.
Would only work with a thinking player. Use their strength against them.
Nice Vlog as always Doug, chasing any losses is not a great move you end up loosing more, leaving when you did shows your game is maturing
good advice from zeus after the kings hand lol
Reload! Getting stacked is just a function of playing poker. How you handle it, separates the winners from the losers
You are a better, and much more aggressive player, than a vid I just watched of you from Jan'21. IMO, it's better to bet bigger, and put other's in the tough spot... than under bet, and get a call you didn't want to get called.
I’m still learning and improving, my game has definitely improved over the last year.
Another great blog Doug 👌. KK
If I was supper deep I might find a fold in certain spots. I had over half my money in, so I’m calling. That’s good that you kept track, I’m having a run now where I had KK run into AA 3 times in a couple of weeks.
I've folded KK three times preflop. Once I was shown to be correct, twice I wasn't shown but I feel good
The one that keeps me up nights is a home game in Asheville 12 years ago. I opened kings, got 3bet by the tightest player in the game. I decided to 4bet and if he shoved, just snap fold. He paused and said "Meh, I guess I'm all in." ($300 shove over $70 4bet). My brain abandoned me and I called. Obviously he had aces.
Had I folded the kings face up when he shoved, it would have put him on tilt for 5 years. I still kick myself.
@@leehjones 5 yr tilt. Lol
I agree with the comment of it's just one long session.
Yeah, simple concept that eludes many players.
For me, I have no problem with you leaving when you did, it was a good comeback after getting stacked early on in the session.
My decision was based on how I felt at the time, not an artificial number. Thanks for your support.
Douglas you rock!👊
Thanks, my ego feels good now.
yup. have to agree, played well, knowing your opponents is vital, otherwise you cant do what you did, hope you have a great weekend on the felt bro, regards Fraser
Good to hear from as always. On a mini road trip.
Nice meeting you at Bay
Thanks for coming to say hello!
Absolutely getin black keep streak alive ..one more $100 pot
Those A high calls were pretty good. Good vlog again man. I'm always waiting for your vlog. I hope there's way I can directly send a message to you my man
I’m on Instagram, you can DM me or send an email…..info in the description.
Thanks my man! I sent you an emai. Hoping you'll see it.
I agree. Good hero calls!
Great video again kings happened to me years ago when I got called with my all in shove I said to my buddy I hope it's not AA and it was it happens as Barry Greenstein says you can always spike a king crack me up when said that and it's cash and you can reload in cash you see more chances and risks taken cuz you can reload tournaments you can't one mistake with an all in and you're out and the odds are very rare to have kings and AA dealt same time I do not know what the real odds of math that is but it will change from 10 player table to 9 player to 6 player table won't hurt you though you're a great player you get it back good player's always do
Thanks, sometimes you can’t avoid getting stacked, it happens. The important part is not tilting and continuing to play your best.
Man, that x/r with the 99. You gotta really know your man, but I loved the board you did it on. As you said, you could have all the JJ and TT. I dunno if he thinks this deep but QQ was the perfect hand for him to have. It blocks all the KQs that he'd like you to have.
I do have one question, and you better know the answer: if he called, were you jamming a blank turn?
If called, he is committing himself, not jamming unless a 9 hits. I knew that this moment was his decision point, so did he. Solid player doesn’t call here unless he is following thru.
I swear I’ve called with KK in these situations many times and been stacked. I can’t remember ever winning one. Even if I’m not all in preflop, I’ve lost when my opponent continues to bet big. In a 1/2 or 1/3 game I think it’s a fold (unless it’s you raising me!).
Had more than 1/2 my stack in, folding not an option at that point.
@@dougmccuskerpoker your goal was to get both of your stocks in, and you did. I still think you can get away from it, even you mentioned you didn’t have the odds to call if he had AA (you were getting a bit better than 3-1, when you were highly likely a 4-1 underdog). I think this is equivalent to folding AA on big flop bets or check raises. But again I say at 1/2 and 1/3 it’s almost universally true they have AA and you’re way behind. I know you’re a better player than me, but I still think folding even with 300 in the pot with your last 300 is possible.
64s: from MP, I'd usually fold. AP, I think you played it well, but I'd make the turn bigger. An A wants value, and your hand wants folds. 😊
Yeah, 64 not normally in my range there.
this vlog was "to catch a thief" and " i AM a thief".....well done.....yu can now become a politician.
Who would ever want that job. Lol
dont blame you at all for KK hand. a cpl days ago im at 2/5 (650 stack) i limp utg with KK, three limpers, cutoff makes it 15, btn and bb call, i make it 105, it gets to the HJ who limped initially, he makes it 240, folds to me and im 100% sure he has QQ bc he initially limped. i jam, he snaps w AA. he limped in the HJ expecting CO or BTN to raise and it worked for him. i swear whenever i have KK they have AA but i was never folding considering how the hand played out. i feel your pain
Damn Nick. Always rough getting KK against AA.
@@GetRichorDieScratching sure is ondrei. i always joke around and say pocket kings is a set mine but maybe it actually is
It happens, the most important part to getting KK cracked is how you react to it. If you tilt or spew, it’s not good. Just keep playing well, money will find it’s way home.
@@dougmccuskerpoker I’m gonna be honest, I just got up and left. I felt it was better for me to leave for a bit and come back
@@nickfromyuma1691 it’s smart to leave if you can’t play your A game. Eventually you will be able to except the beats as part of the game and continue playing your A game. Once you become untiltable at the table, you will have an overwhelming advantage.
I got stacked with KKs against AAs last night also.
It happens.
@@dougmccuskerpoker yes it does.
Doug, did you just signed up for 2/3/5 at Bay 101 on Friday, 10/1 around 1:50pm? I am a vlog watcher, so your height caught my eyes and even with mask, I recognized your face. GL at the table!
That’s me! List is too long, so I chatted with some old friends and now getting some food.
Pretty sure running into it 1 hand doesn’t make a session. Take that hand out the run good continues. Nice job
Thanks Eric, feel good about my overall game, looking to finish 2021 out strong.
Thanks Eric, feel good about my overall game, looking to finish 2021 out strong.
Solid play with 99 against an opponent you think may fold queens there. If he's folding queens though he would be folding kings or aces there as well. Sometimes he has to mix in calls there no?
He would and should have some calls there. There was some additional game dynamics that made me feel he would overfold in that spot.
If he (or anybody) just folds every time to big check raises like that, he'll probably be dollars ahead at the end of the road.
It's easy to say he should call, but we know you have two outs. He could just as easily have two outs, and knows there's a jam coming on the next street.
Sure sometimes he folds the best hand, but that's poker.
@@leehjones Ok but then why not add to the large check raise hands if that's the case? JJ, 1010, 99, 89, Q9, QK, AQ, AK could all be c/r knowing the only hands that would ever call in that spot are JJ and 1010. People who raise pre/lead flop would get blown off of a lot of hands.
When you called down with AT high that was pretty gutsy, but if you had the read, well done.
One suggestion: the moment he says "Good call", snap-turn up your hand. Don't force him to show. 1) it's the gracious thing to do and you're a famous poker personality now, and 2) allow him to save face by not having to turn over whatever piece of cheese he had. Thay might embarrass him into playing better, which the last thing you want.
Yes, I know you called and he's supposed to show first. But you got the information you needed - he was bluffing some kind of draw. It's far more important to let him quietly concede (and maybe try it again) than force him to show exactly what two cards he had.
There is always the chance he says you are good while holding a weak pair in that spot. I also get feedback asking to see the opponents hand in interesting spots like this, if he said J high, I would turn my hand over immediately.
Ya don’t be like Wolfgang never fold kings!
I have folded them before, but never when I have more than 1/2 my money in the pot.
You're a good player. I actually think you'll get to a point of folding Ks there. Just like how you knew what to do with 9s, same could be done with Ks. Sure tough to do and sometimes the wrong move but you knew when he pushed you were done. I understand the call with SPR thou made sense to go for it...
Had to much of my stack committed, can’t fold.
@@dougmccuskerpoker NOT SUPPOSED TO 4BET AT 1-3 WITHOUT THE GOODS WE LITERALLY JUST WENT THROUGH THIS FEW VIDEOS AGO
Hi ☺
Am just wondering if it's possible not to loose the entire stack with KK.
Iv also lost too many times. Is it ok to sometimes fold with the strong read of AA?
I have a very simple rule with KK, once over 1/2 my stack goes in preflop, I am not folding. I may only have 20% equity with Kk against AA, but I’m getting at least 3:1 already. At the most my ev is -5% of pot which can easily compensate when he doesn’t have AA. In order to fold, you need a much deeper stack and high certainty.
@@dougmccuskerpoker that's the reason iv never been able to fold KK
Just remember, you're getting all-in with KK bc villain can have AK some too. A thinking player should not be stacking off with QQ vs UTG+1, but there are still 8 combos of AK and only 6 AA. If he's only shipping AA/KK, of course, you fold. 😊 There. You feel much better now, right?
I feel fine, once over half my chips are in, I’m not folding.
@@dougmccuskerpoker yeah stack size was pretty awkward.
In my opinion your four bet was too large...you could have easily min raised to 200 to induce weaker hands to stay..then if he pushes it makes more sense if you can’t get away from it. If everyone folds to the 4 bet and he gets sneaky and just call you see the A on the flop and proceed from there...seems like you were saying that you played it the only way you could
Looking back I like a smaller 4 bet, just enough to price out the other 2 callers. But once I sized to 300, I can’t get away, over 1/2 my stack is in and I’m never folding.
made multiple correct ace high calls this week and an ace high river bluff shove with nearly no fold equity that ended up being the best hand, feels good!! great call with the ATo
Had a solid read he had a draw, makes the call down easy.
How is there no way you can get away from that? How many times do you see a 5 bet jam at 1-3 with anything but AA??? You made it a really big sizing on your 4 bet and youre literally getting anything you beat to fold out barring AKs. And he just flats your 300 raise with that, i bet you that. Qq folds to your 300 raise because at these stakes you dont see a 4 bet thats less than AK AA KK and you certainly dont see a 5 bet shove with anything less than AA. We see it all the time man you can keep saying oh if he has aces he has aces. Youre the type of guy if he had flipped over and showed you AA you still would say youre not good enough to fold and then call lmao. I dont have a 4bet range at 1-3 Ever unless there is a cold caller in the middle and there is dead money. Even out of position with AA if i get a limp open to 20 and i get 3 bet to like 85 pot will be like 180 and we would each have 415 behind, im not ever worried avout getting the money in as 1-3 is a 500$ cap. I would flat the 85 oop with AA pot 180 and 415 behind, flop would come i would check and they always bomb for 100 if they have a big pair so the pots going to be 380 with only 315 each back on the turn so the money is always going to get in. Ive folded kings 2 times in live poker nd was right both times, you can tell when somebody has Aces man. You should never be getting it in pre flop for over 200BB with KK LMAO are you nuts? You could have flat the 90 peeled a flop seen an ace and folded because once you 4 bet to 300 hes jamming with only AA and calling the 300 with AK and MAY even call the 300 with QQ. Once he jams what in gods name do you think he has? If you think its ok to get over 200BB in pre flop against what you literally described as a very solid thinling player, then youre going to go broke quickly. A good thinking player is never 5 bet shoving 220bb with anything less than AA at 1 3 dude