this is the most tilting session I've ever watched. Props to you for not losing it. sometimes you can't tell if you're getting repeatedly shit luck or it's just in your head. this definitely proves that sometimes the session is definitely against you lmao. i empathize, good job keeping your cool
@@BluffaloSamwhat is the mentality after a session like this? Go back the next day? Take a break? do you see monsters everywhere in the next session after?
Thanks for sharing this session, where the "every hand" thing really pays off. I beat myself up over big losing sessions but they happen to all of us and seeing someone else's from the outside really helps remind me that it's just part of the game. It's great to look back and identify areas where maybe you didn't do your best and work on those the next time, and of course remember that the long-term graph is what really shows your results, not one big night.
BRO! I LOVE THIS VIDEO AND CONTENT!!! I obliterated my entire savings account in about 5 months! I'm literally living out of my car. My wife has left, took the kids and half of everything. Had to give her the house. But I SWEAR 4 betting 35 suited pre-flop is +EV.... one of these days.
Sat down last night at the local 1/2 game. In 45 minutes I was up 680. Smashing every flop, hitting every semi bluff on the turn or river and getting paid . And then it was like this session. Every good hand wiffed the flop. All my thin value hands were out pipped just slightly. All my bluffs got snap called by hands I never put OPP on. Ended up down 3 buy ins over the next 5 hours, just couldn’t get anything going. I know how tilting this can be! Love your vlogs Sam, they’ve helped me tremendously! Keep grinding 😊
Wow....what a swing....I've watched several of your windows and you are a GOOD player...you know what you're doing and things still go that far south.....Doubt if I could ever afford to try and make a living at Poker...
Sam this happens to me when I played in place outside Dallas, feel like when playing rake game vs timed game, people tend to be tighter and bluff less cause when you played less, you paid rake less. Therefore i have to tighten up my range，fold more and bluff more (people overfold more). I could be totally wrong but wanna share my two cents. Nice content, and hope u run better for upcoming sessions
Oh wow, and here I thought I was *running bad* This video puts it in perspective. Sometimes it's not your day. It's just a game. We'll get back out there and run good!
I’ve found that once I lose two buyins it’s worth taking a break, grabbing some food, and then sitting down at a new table. Since you profit more than I do by bluffing into capped ranges it is even more important to not have a losing image since if you do opponents will call you down lighter. Maybe wouldn’t have helped much for the most part here though since you were often running into top of range (or over top of what should be range).
Did you try table changing at all this session? I know it sounds stupid but a table change for me while card dead kind of feels like a reset button. Plus this table didnt seem that great anyways
This is literally how’s it’s been 50% of my sessions the last several months. Constantly running into top of range, garbage card distribution, bad situational luck, not getting bluffs through when you know exactly what opponent has, etc. So yea I know it’s tilting af, glad to see you vlogging again mate, any trips planned soon?
Your play seemed slightly read heavy, but what do I know? You play a very thoughtful game, always looking for value, and you take a lot of things into consideration. Love your content.
It's live poker, I use a theoretical background when the spots are close/I don't have reads. But if I pick up anything I'm willing to just go with the read.
Gotta learn the hard way that when you play live poker you can't try finding balance with turn check raises in deepstack 3BP unless you are lucky enough to find me as your opponent. Vast majority of live players are incapable of making big folds so it's infinitely better to just never ever bluff them when they take strong lines. It's really burning money and it hurts me to watch. I don't mind calling KQs preflop vs the 3bet at this depth, but once we face a bet on the flop the most profitable thing is to do math and try to realize equity.
Always makes me chuckle when on the last hand the opponent supposedly “makes a mistake” by betting $50 because it favors your range and then you go stack off a million dollars so who made the mistake again?
most of the regs are just limp-call with anything try to see the flop and they will stick with any pair at reasonable cost , that will make any fancy play like bluffing or combo draw less profitable in the long run .
I feel like ever since COVID, the players at major (local) casinos are playing MUCH MUCH tighter than before. Guess the major reason is due to many new people learnt poker during COVID but that just makes the casino poker less fun to me. I can't afford a higher stake either so I'd just have to drop out playing low stake cash at casino at all 🤕
QdQ: You said villain bluffed with T4dd. That's not a bluff. It's a protection bet with outs to a strong hand. AKo: After you check the back door spade turn, what nut hands do you end up with on the river? K9dd: You bluffed the flop and the turn J, then rivered a mediocre hand. Why value own yourself? You did it again with the AJ. Brutal deck.
Are you tightening your opening ranges at loose tables like these? Seems like you raised a few mediocre hands when facing limps, at a table that overcalls a lot. I suppose raising loose against limpers can be +EV, but I'd think it depends on having a high likelihood of isolating. Obviously idk how the table played outside these hands. Anyway, love your videos. Incredibly informative. Please keep it up.
Eh, I can drop some very marginal openings like offsuit low-medium connectors, and maybe some weaker suited Qx/Jx. But in games that aren't very 3bet heavy I'm still going to be opening 54s/22/A2s UTG. You're just not getting punished often enough for doing this, and we're quite deep.
I think last hand double xr might not be the best line, also solvers goes for high freq 4b OOP with KQs, not sure if that is applicable in 2/5 tight reg games.
Wasn’t paying attention left another comment I deleted asking if you were home. What’s your Favourite casino to play in Van? Mine used to be Cascades it looks awful nowadays. Been to all of them except Parq or whatever it is called. Vancouver always seemed like a real fast game. Tough to make money at, there is many good players there good action Sometimes though. I think I’d try parq if I was down there again sometime
@@BluffaloSam never been there either. Just the old regulars from a decade ago. Rooting for you Sammy. I’m over in Calgary now used to play some Vancouver games. Haha love your vlog you can’t win them all. I just remember most Vancouver games were tough. Good luck man.
I think you were playing a little too heads-up to get paid off, for example when everyone folded to the thinnest of value bets when you flopped a flush. Or when you didn’t bet the flop before turning a flush which then everyone folded to. I like some of the river bluffs you tried, just unfortunate to run into trips and boats so much. Respect for putting this vid out regardless
This session was like when i played against the ultra nits at 5z. I am very disappointed in your play though. No merge betting 7s with Qd7d? Also that last hand KdQd, should have probably been a call at that tiny amount, i think you had great odds to draw out.
Last hand with KQs, can’t you just call on turn? On a draw heavy board, ppl just psych themselves to call and if they lose, they can say “bad beat” or “cooler”
Sure, you have to get called by better sometimes when you go for thin value. But if the guy barely wants to call with a hand that is way better than yours, your thin value is probably too thin.
You were way over bluffing early in the session. After you got stacked trying to bluff, you should have slowed down the aggression. Just play more straight up and adjust your bets/sizing. It's what I do when a session starts off horrible like that, and it usually works. Eventually, I hit a hand, and people still think I'm trying to bluff and call me off only to get stacked, and I make my money back.
Going for Value at 8 minutes? That is a bluff catcher at best. I think that's the mistake, this should be in your check calling range for sure when you get there.
I cant help but think if you had just followed your principles in your new to poker video you released a few weeks ago you would have ended up with a much better outcome.
A lot of punting in this video.. most especially in the first 10 minutes of the video and that was 30 minutes of your first session -1800 . really underestimating your opponents and not really considering their range at the time?
Your videos are some of my favorite poker vlogs. Definitely the most honest and informative.
Thank you for the punt documentation
this is the most tilting session I've ever watched. Props to you for not losing it. sometimes you can't tell if you're getting repeatedly shit luck or it's just in your head. this definitely proves that sometimes the session is definitely against you lmao. i empathize, good job keeping your cool
We take the good with the bad :)
@@BluffaloSamwhat is the mentality after a session like this? Go back the next day? Take a break? do you see monsters everywhere in the next session after?
LOL. He didn't run bad, he played TERRIBLE
AK getting thin bet and 3b x10 ?) K9 value ?) Check - Think.... Tilt time or are u Reg ?)))
@@Darealmclovin47 Doesn't bother me at all, can go play again anytime
These are the best poker vlogs on youtube by far. Better luck on the next session dude 👍
Thanks for sharing this session, where the "every hand" thing really pays off. I beat myself up over big losing sessions but they happen to all of us and seeing someone else's from the outside really helps remind me that it's just part of the game. It's great to look back and identify areas where maybe you didn't do your best and work on those the next time, and of course remember that the long-term graph is what really shows your results, not one big night.
You are hilarious, I wish you the best of luck. Great sense of humor, I hope you keep on rolling!
Great video! I’ve recently started my own poker blog and love your sessions! Keep up the amazing content! 🎉
I laughed a lot dude , Really good and honest content. Felt like I was looking at myself of late.
BRO! I LOVE THIS VIDEO AND CONTENT!!! I obliterated my entire savings account in about 5 months! I'm literally living out of my car. My wife has left, took the kids and half of everything. Had to give her the house.
But I SWEAR 4 betting 35 suited pre-flop is +EV.... one of these days.
your wife has been great to me, thanks buddy! and your little one even called me "dad" the other day!
@stephenmcarthur8490 Ah, man. If I knew my wife was a lesbian I would have worked harder.
@@stephenmcarthur8490I hate when your kid calls me Dad and your wife has been needy AF. Sending them home soon.
First time viewer here. Love the honesty in your videos.
Getting the notification about this new video brought me a lot of joy 😁
First time viewer high quality poker video well done - tough results tough game - WE GO AGAIN 🙌
I always look forward to your vlogs Sam, sorry this session was so terrible, may your sun run start asap
HILARIOUS!!! love the realism.
Amazing video man, sometimes sessions like these happen. I think I saw you once playing at Parq on a Friday, next time I will stop by and say hi
FINALLY!!! I’ve binged all your videos in a week lol. Too much space in between them
My favorite poker vlog
Great vlog! Whats your go to spots for playing poker in Vancouver?
Sat down last night at the local 1/2 game. In 45 minutes I was up 680. Smashing every flop, hitting every semi bluff on the turn or river and getting paid . And then it was like this session. Every good hand wiffed the flop. All my thin value hands were out pipped just slightly. All my bluffs got snap called by hands I never put OPP on. Ended up down 3 buy ins over the next 5 hours, just couldn’t get anything going. I know how tilting this can be! Love your vlogs Sam, they’ve helped me tremendously! Keep grinding 😊
Yep really tilting when you win by running hot then lose by playing bad. So unlucky 😂
Wow....what a swing....I've watched several of your windows and you are a GOOD player...you know what you're doing and things still go that far south.....Doubt if I could ever afford to try and make a living at Poker...
Sam this happens to me when I played in place outside Dallas, feel like when playing rake game vs timed game, people tend to be tighter and bluff less cause when you played less, you paid rake less. Therefore i have to tighten up my range，fold more and bluff more (people overfold more). I could be totally wrong but wanna share my two cents.
Nice content, and hope u run better for upcoming sessions
Oh wow, and here I thought I was *running bad*
This video puts it in perspective. Sometimes it's not your day. It's just a game.
We'll get back out there and run good!
Idk how bad a session you have I literally love all your videos
I’ve found that once I lose two buyins it’s worth taking a break, grabbing some food, and then sitting down at a new table.
Since you profit more than I do by bluffing into capped ranges it is even more important to not have a losing image since if you do opponents will call you down lighter. Maybe wouldn’t have helped much for the most part here though since you were often running into top of range (or over top of what should be range).
Brutal man! I am such a coward with big pots at 2/5 I always accept running it twice lmao
Did you try table changing at all this session? I know it sounds stupid but a table change for me while card dead kind of feels like a reset button. Plus this table didnt seem that great anyways
I felt your pain in the AJ vs Q9 hand. How do you not have the best hand after a 3 minute tank and what he says before he calls?
This is literally how’s it’s been 50% of my sessions the last several months. Constantly running into top of range, garbage card distribution, bad situational luck, not getting bluffs through when you know exactly what opponent has, etc. So yea I know it’s tilting af, glad to see you vlogging again mate, any trips planned soon?
i think min raising the turn on the last hand is a stronger line because the opponent basically knows you are going to jam the river
cool vid subbed
Damn bo .. talk about some run bad... Geez, you were the bug smashing the windshield
Your play seemed slightly read heavy, but what do I know? You play a very thoughtful game, always looking for value, and you take a lot of things into consideration. Love your content.
It's live poker, I use a theoretical background when the spots are close/I don't have reads. But if I pick up anything I'm willing to just go with the read.
Ayyy back inn van
What a brutal session
Great video. im a new subscriber.
Gotta learn the hard way that when you play live poker you can't try finding balance with turn check raises in deepstack 3BP unless you are lucky enough to find me as your opponent. Vast majority of live players are incapable of making big folds so it's infinitely better to just never ever bluff them when they take strong lines. It's really burning money and it hurts me to watch. I don't mind calling KQs preflop vs the 3bet at this depth, but once we face a bet on the flop the most profitable thing is to do math and try to realize equity.
I played there in May of 2018. There was insane action 😂
need more!
Always makes me chuckle when on the last hand the opponent supposedly “makes a mistake” by betting $50 because it favors your range and then you go stack off a million dollars so who made the mistake again?
Feels like every session I’ve ever played 😅
Youre a good player, glad to see you showing a loss , we all have em some times .
most of the regs are just limp-call with anything try to see the flop and they will stick with any pair at reasonable cost , that will make any fancy play like bluffing or combo draw less profitable in the long run .
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I had a bad run a lot like this at the casino, every time I had an amazing hand my opponents always had me. It was so gross
very frustrating when you dont get hands and not hitting flops so multiway
So does Parq let you film or were you being discreet? I’ve heard the rooms in Vancouver are not vlogger friendly.
I feel like ever since COVID, the players at major (local) casinos are playing MUCH MUCH tighter than before. Guess the major reason is due to many new people learnt poker during COVID but that just makes the casino poker less fun to me. I can't afford a higher stake either so I'd just have to drop out playing low stake cash at casino at all 🤕
QdQ: You said villain bluffed with T4dd. That's not a bluff. It's a protection bet with outs to a strong hand.
AKo: After you check the back door spade turn, what nut hands do you end up with on the river?
K9dd: You bluffed the flop and the turn J, then rivered a mediocre hand. Why value own yourself? You did it again with the AJ.
Brutal deck.
Chill
I miss this place so much ! I use to play at ald edgewather ... do you know old lady call "mama" she still alive ?
I remember her! I haven't seen her recently, but I reckon she's still kicking around
Hahaha you can lose 8 buy ins too byeeeee, you’re the man Sam
It's a bad night when the dealer made more in tips from you than you did in a session.
Are you tightening your opening ranges at loose tables like these? Seems like you raised a few mediocre hands when facing limps, at a table that overcalls a lot. I suppose raising loose against limpers can be +EV, but I'd think it depends on having a high likelihood of isolating. Obviously idk how the table played outside these hands.
Anyway, love your videos. Incredibly informative. Please keep it up.
Eh, I can drop some very marginal openings like offsuit low-medium connectors, and maybe some weaker suited Qx/Jx. But in games that aren't very 3bet heavy I'm still going to be opening 54s/22/A2s UTG. You're just not getting punished often enough for doing this, and we're quite deep.
That makes a lot of sense. I'm always defaulting to 200bb strategy in my head. Appreciate your insight.
I think last hand double xr might not be the best line, also solvers goes for high freq 4b OOP with KQs, not sure if that is applicable in 2/5 tight reg games.
If you node lock to a 3bet range of QQ+ and AK, it might just pure fold KQs
@@BluffaloSam Fair haha
I bet almost everyone at that table was saying something along the lines of “man, I’m never folding an eight” or “man, eights are hot tonight”
Confused why A8s is a randomized low frequency 4!, but the KQdd is a pitch because their 3! are just top of range. Flawed logic, no?
I feel like we would be friends, but inevitably we'd play poker and you'd crush me embarrassingly
😂
I love how consistent the tell is that someone grabbing their chips is a sign of weakness.
what do u mean?
I swear this is how 90% of my sessions go
too bad. you need a coach, man. If you think the same, give me a shout.
I was titled just watching this 😂
No top tier player follows preflop charts to the tee. Gotta be able to make plays, folds and hero’s
What is rake at this casino? Just curious since you said its high.
I think it's $12+$2
8:31 pair of "9" can be good only if he is bluffing. And bluff is out of question here.
More videos!!!!
My mother told me there’d be days like this😢
With your AK bluff what FH did he show? JJ or QQ?
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Wasn’t paying attention left another comment I deleted asking if you were home. What’s your
Favourite casino to play in Van? Mine used to be Cascades it looks awful nowadays. Been to all of them except Parq or whatever it is called. Vancouver always seemed like a real fast game. Tough to make money at, there is many good players there good action Sometimes though. I think I’d try parq if I was down there again sometime
Uhh probably Grand Villa, it has the highest regular stakes, and the wait isn't too long
@@BluffaloSam never been there either. Just the old regulars from a decade ago. Rooting for you Sammy. I’m over in Calgary now used to play some Vancouver games. Haha love your vlog you can’t win them all. I just remember most Vancouver games were tough. Good luck man.
234. With A10 and A heart? Nit fold?
I think you were playing a little too heads-up to get paid off, for example when everyone folded to the thinnest of value bets when you flopped a flush. Or when you didn’t bet the flop before turning a flush which then everyone folded to. I like some of the river bluffs you tried, just unfortunate to run into trips and boats so much. Respect for putting this vid out regardless
What the heck, find the zone.
5 4 of spades or hearts? 21:30
In sessions like this when playing properly isn't working. Sometimes you gotta play bad. If you can't beat em join em😂
27:47 "Only hand that got there from a 6 is 53"
53 flopped a straight, it was already beating you.
5:30 no point bluffing a strong hand. He must have had something calling flop C-bet.
Normal variance session :)
Wtf at opponent with the full house not raising river
This session was like when i played against the ultra nits at 5z.
I am very disappointed in your play though.
No merge betting 7s with Qd7d?
Also that last hand KdQd, should have probably been a call at that tiny amount, i think you had great odds to draw out.
21:23 he says 54 of spades but shows 54 of hearts lmao
A Bluffa-upload?!?! Thought you fell off the face of the earth
I'm still here! Back to weekly videos now that the travels are over :)
@@BluffaloSamI’m glad your travel was a success and you crushed your bankroll challenge so fast. I remember when you were under $3000 total.
@nicholi2789 Yeah, struggling to beat the 2/5 game was less than a year ago!
Last hand with KQs, can’t you just call on turn? On a draw heavy board, ppl just psych themselves to call and if they lose, they can say “bad beat” or “cooler”
I have some hands that are fine just calling there, but I think this combo draw performs better as a jam. I reckon EV would be very close either way.
How’s the PLO action at Parq casino?
No idea, I'm terrible at that game
Ha ha
Man I wish I had your attitude when I lose lol
It comes with time :) wasn't always like this
Sure, you have to get called by better sometimes when you go for thin value. But if the guy barely wants to call with a hand that is way better than yours, your thin value is probably too thin.
Yeah, after he tanked that long with trips, it's definitely too thin vs him.
Gotta love the grab chips pile them up and check move.... this has never been a strong hand in the history of poker
You were way over bluffing early in the session. After you got stacked trying to bluff, you should have slowed down the aggression. Just play more straight up and adjust your bets/sizing. It's what I do when a session starts off horrible like that, and it usually works. Eventually, I hit a hand, and people still think I'm trying to bluff and call me off only to get stacked, and I make my money back.
LOL. If you'd like similar results...
Also I hate it when idiots cold call my light 3/4 bets and incentivize the original raiser to raise again.. annoying
They both had AK in that instance, but it is annoying when the original raiser is there with QQ and is now in 5bet move instead of flat
When the title actually matches the video……
Tight 2/5 table if you're only raising $15 with AK, KQ, KJ and folding AJ to a $65 bet.
I hope your YT channel is more profitable than your game.
Fish?
Going for Value at 8 minutes? That is a bluff catcher at best. I think that's the mistake, this should be in your check calling range for sure when you get there.
Rekt
I cant help but think if you had just followed your principles in your new to poker video you released a few weeks ago you would have ended up with a much better outcome.
Yuh dat value bet w two pair shouldnt be a value bet His line too strong to lead oop
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A lot of punting in this video.. most especially in the first 10 minutes of the video and that was 30 minutes of your first session -1800 . really underestimating your opponents and not really considering their range at the time?
i know what your missing.... sets... just flop sets you be good
I'm out of practice
This guy is the definition of thin value….
That was an awful game! No value!
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