I am a real supporter of you! I bought the beginner ebook. You have to laugh at me...I got the email with the download but I was afraid to download it on my phone, I wasn't sure I had enough room! I watch your videos exclusively! My game has improved so much. I am on final tables many times and make some money most of the time.( I use coins) If I eas thinking about playing for the first time with real cash, do you have a suggestion on a good site to start on? I still wish you had Patreon so I could support you in smaller amounts. I have several people I give $3.00 to and I would buy you STARS. You could make so.e money on those options.
A sensible preflop raise from the cutoff position is a great way to buy that abusable button for the rest of the hand…it’s very dependent on the type of player on your left elbow
“Stop and Go” (Strategy #2) is one that I’ve been employing a lot more recently in my ignition games. Contrary to what Nathan says, I find it works against the fish in those games as well… they love to lead river with all sorts of nonsense bluffs. 😅
This is one of my favorite strategies. I've been using it for decades. I can't tell you how many times I have stacked opponents who are overly aggressive and bluff off their entire stack after the turn check.
I love these videos; they are a constant reminder that I have so much to learn 🙂 I will be trying to incorporate some of these tips into my game. Fortunately, I only play poker on a free site, so I'm not going to lose any real money 🙂
The problem with that is, from my experience, free poker players play way different than 0.10/0.25 players, and those players play different than .50/1.00, and they play way different than 5/10. I play free on pokerstars but I find the gameplay strategy just isn't transferable.
You are a fantastic teacher!!! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your knowledge and mentorship!! Ty for bring us back to basics and keeping this game simple compared to a lot of crazy math gto confusion out there.. you can play a very solid game w out being a complete mathematician, you prove that!!
thank you. the thing is yesterday and today I watched a few of your videos and today I played put for the first time with your advices on mind and wow man it was awesome I couldn't believe it! literally each and every tips and advice and points you made in your videos were true and in one hour I doubled my buy-in! I am in your debt, I thank you and I appreciate your advice 🔥🔥🔥
Regarding a continuation C beta...if I am betting only 50% on the flop and someone has a draw, doesn't that give them the mathematical odds to call, since as you mentioned if you don't want them to chase, we need to bet 75% or more to make calling a losing proposition in the long term. Then if you bet 50% allowing them to chase their draw and they don't hit, but now you just check the turn, allowing them to get to the river for free, then wouldn't that C bet on the flop be a losing proposition long term? And lastly if you bet the turn with 75% of the pot and they have a small pair and they put you on a AK blank flop and turn and call you, then what do you do on the river if they check their small pair? And lastly, if you have 50 blind stack vs a 100 blind stack would your C bets, and turn, and river bet strategy be different based on your stack sizes and player types?
One pattern I've recognized, that flows well with Nathan's "aggressive poker is winning poker", so many players won't fold even to a substantial bet on the flop, but will fold on a similar bet on the turn. If they call on the turn (or god forbid, raise) then I may take foot off pedal...
wow man it was awesome I couldn't believe it! literally each and every tips and advice and points you made in your videos were true and in one hour I doubled my buy-in! I thank you and I appreciate your advice 🔥🔥🔥
For one particular online app...this is all BS....I've had AA on the button, re raising a raise, into all in, easy snap call, down to heads up..button and big blind..they have j8 off....and what do you know...they hit 2 pair on the flop, turn quads. Who calls w J8 off? I feel like I was definitely bamboozled that particular time..player even called me a fish before he called like he knew
I have folded nice hands against aggressive players. Sometimes I would have hit the " nuts" on hands I don't play. It is rare though. That is a great time to show your hand, make other players think you are stupid and challenge them. When I am on a winning streak, I also show my hand. Many low hands seeing you on a running streak, get serious, and realize " bluffing" doesn't work. I have seen whole tables get serious. Bluffing is rare on serious tables. Bluffers are applauded for good plays when they only do it occasionally.
I lose yesterday pre flop. 2 guys went all in in a tournament I had pocket J’s… I called both all in’s. They had pocket A’s and pocket K’s the K hit a k on the flop. Left me with 28k and the BB was 10k… definitely learned my lesson
Ok so the first example. A tight player opens, and another tight player re-raises. Why call if they are so tight you’re crushed?! That even encourages the 4bet squeeze. If you don’t like the spot then fold, calling is horrible given that logic and set mining is dubious at best considering the risk of the 4bet.
It all depends on the stack sizes. Your job is to set mine with at least a 15-1 effective stack . Gauging if it might get RR again is part of your job. Hope this helps ; and don’t be an “ABC” player
I really wish you had more PLO content. Still love your videos and I know it’s not your main thing but there isn’t a lot of PLO content with the quality of your videos :(
If your already In the money you can risk it to get the big brisket, plus they don’t want to ass out in the end of the tournament so they will be more careful
Thanks for the nice video. Are we really cold calling a 3bet against to tight players?? I would fold here especially when to first to are in easy position
Seats EP MP CO BUT SB and BB after BB is EP 9. Don't Overplay Pocket Jacks J J is the best 4th best hand but read the situation properly a play has raised and another player is raised just call 8. Most Profitable Seats I think before or after Small Blind or SM BUTTON, CO Raised on the button T 8 Hearts , K 9 Diamonds, Q Spades T Hear, Ace A Malungay 4 Hearts , 7 9 Spades, 4 6 Malungay , J 8 Diamond 7. Dont Fold KK 2nd Best Hand because they will have A A in 4% of 9 players max and 3% of 6 players max raised K K I dont understand any more 8. Only All in with AA , KK , QQ , and AK with preflop 9. Loose aggresive vs tight aggressive A loose-aggressive player plays exactly the same as a tight-aggressive player except they open raise more hands preflop Call on loose aggresive 10.
that button abuse tactic is the nuts raised suited gappers and raised offsuit connectors from the button all day long...more poker YAAAY...crush those sticky pair-dope campers ...send that fold monkey out for another spin around the table 👍👍👍 would like to see more in the c-bet discussion...surely position and ranges matter PS - my favourite hand is QQQ....goes back to playing 5-card draw in the basement in our early teens...we used to call that hand "Six Tits"....and let me tell you, saying 'i have six tits' out loud to your friends and winning a pot in the bargain when you're thirteen years old is A LOT OF FUN
One comment I would like to make is: it is not uncommon that in a game "session" there might be 40 or 50 or more hands. The elucidated strategies will invariably work the majority of hands. However, timing is unpredictable and a how percentage bad beat at the wrong time ( like the last hand) can negate numerous hands played well.
2:00 I think this is bad advice. You have JJ, then someone 3bets and someone else 4bets? In this case you're almost always behind. You do not want to call here, you want to fold.
You are wrong about not folding KK preflop. When it's obvious a ABC player bets what someone with Aces would bet, that is $150 in 1/3 and $300 in 2/5, your $50 raise with KK, you should fold!!! Also your trashy hands on the button, you should NOT raise with that crap against LAGs with a big stack. LAGs with a big stack can still play OOP and outbet you, committing your entire stack by the turn or river on every hand!!!
Ak, kk, qq and jj would play the exact same way. But when you have kk in that spot, the total combinations of hands that you beat are higher than the combination of aa that have you dominated. And as said in the video, you still have 20% equity even if you are up against aa. So yes, you should always play kk in a spot like this. And if you play "trash" hands from the button and a lag raises you when you have no equity in the hand, just fold. It didnt work that time, to bad. Fold and move on with your life. But as long as it works more times than it doesnt, you are making money in the long run. And that is all that matters.
It is not plus ev to ever fold KK preflop against 1 player. Against 2 or more players, depending on position and action you may have a case for a fold preflop. But you must consider that the most common randomly generated 5 card hand will be playing a pair, and most randomly generated hands are playing a high card, you’re essentially folding the second nuts lmao. I know people who can’t fold the second nuts on the RIVER!!!
@QuantumMech127 I have folded many great hands against an aggressive player or players. I especially fold when I am getting close to winning money. I don't think I would fold KK preflop. I would probably check or call. Then, if I got a trip Kk then I'd maybe go all in or beat a high bet to discourage other players to drop out. Like Nathan says your position is important! I fold many good hands in middle positions! When aggressive players are a head of me. I will only call or check not raise. However I playwith coins, not cash. So that might make a difference!
You speak sense mate. At 9) if people think having 18% chance to win with JJ its a good ideea, should understand that is 1 card out of 5 to get a J. Thats pure luck. A 50% is 1 card out of 2. Or worst, many people after seeing the flop, they go for the one card they need for straith. You have about 15% to get that card. It means 1 out of 6-7 cards. And this only if no other player has your card! Thats russian rulette. Players should go for hands where they have many combinations of outs to win. For example, going for top pair and the same time for straith or flush etc., and when all this combined outs gives you a 40 or 50% to win the pot, thats when you should go for it!
Have you tried any of these strategies? Also, here are my 16 easy poker tips for beginners (free course): th-cam.com/video/54LMoQTUZ1I/w-d-xo.html
I am a real supporter of you! I bought the beginner ebook. You have to laugh at me...I got the email with the download but I was afraid to download it on my phone, I wasn't sure I had enough room!
I watch your videos exclusively! My game has improved so much. I am on final tables many times and make some money most of the time.( I use coins)
If I eas thinking about playing for the first time with real cash, do you have a suggestion on a good site to start on?
I still wish you had Patreon so I could support you in smaller amounts. I have several people I give $3.00 to and I would buy you STARS.
You could make so.e money on those options.
Absolutely Use Almost Every Single Tip…I’m Always Trying To Keep Improving. If you’re not improving you’re Losing Ground To The Better Players
Great tip!
A sensible preflop raise from the cutoff position is a great way to buy that abusable button for the rest of the hand…it’s very dependent on the type of player on your left elbow
Thanks! Taking notes. Calling with bad kicker is a hard lesson to learn lol, low flush, bottom straight...
Small steps, I had to learn these lessons too!
“Stop and Go” (Strategy #2) is one that I’ve been employing a lot more recently in my ignition games. Contrary to what Nathan says, I find it works against the fish in those games as well… they love to lead river with all sorts of nonsense bluffs. 😅
This is one of my favorite strategies. I've been using it for decades. I can't tell you how many times I have stacked opponents who are overly aggressive and bluff off their entire stack after the turn check.
I love these videos; they are a constant reminder that I have so much to learn 🙂
I will be trying to incorporate some of these tips into my game.
Fortunately, I only play poker on a free site, so I'm not going to lose any real money 🙂
booooo
The problem with that is, from my experience, free poker players play way different than 0.10/0.25 players, and those players play different than .50/1.00, and they play way different than 5/10.
I play free on pokerstars but I find the gameplay strategy just isn't transferable.
You are so welcome!
You are a fantastic teacher!!! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your knowledge and mentorship!! Ty for bring us back to basics and keeping this game simple compared to a lot of crazy math gto confusion out there.. you can play a very solid game w out being a complete mathematician, you prove that!!
You are so welcome
thank you. the thing is yesterday and today I watched a few of your videos and today I played put for the first time with your advices on mind and wow man it was awesome I couldn't believe it! literally each and every tips and advice and points you made in your videos were true and in one hour I doubled my buy-in! I am in your debt, I thank you and I appreciate your advice 🔥🔥🔥
Great job!
Regarding a continuation C beta...if I am betting only 50% on the flop and someone has a draw, doesn't that give them the mathematical odds to call, since as you mentioned if you don't want them to chase, we need to bet 75% or more to make calling a losing proposition in the long term.
Then if you bet 50% allowing them to chase their draw and they don't hit, but now you just check the turn, allowing them to get to the river for free, then wouldn't that C bet on the flop be a losing proposition long term?
And lastly if you bet the turn with 75% of the pot and they have a small pair and they put you on a AK blank flop and turn and call you, then what do you do on the river if they check their small pair?
And lastly, if you have 50 blind stack vs a 100 blind stack would your C bets, and turn, and river bet strategy be different based on your stack sizes and player types?
One pattern I've recognized, that flows well with Nathan's "aggressive poker is winning poker", so many players won't fold even to a substantial bet on the flop, but will fold on a similar bet on the turn. If they call on the turn (or god forbid, raise) then I may take foot off pedal...
wow man it was awesome I couldn't believe it! literally each and every tips and advice and points you made in your videos were true and in one hour I doubled my buy-in! I thank you and I appreciate your advice 🔥🔥🔥
Glad it helped!
Ive had players say "that check on the turn got me" after using the "stop and go" then getting value on the river at my local 1/3
U always provide quality info.. love it brotha
I appreciate that!
For one particular online app...this is all BS....I've had AA on the button, re raising a raise, into all in, easy snap call, down to heads up..button and big blind..they have j8 off....and what do you know...they hit 2 pair on the flop, turn quads. Who calls w J8 off? I feel like I was definitely bamboozled that particular time..player even called me a fish before he called like he knew
I'd fold if I got pocket Jacks on the big blind or small blind and would definitely call if it's on the button
I have folded nice hands against aggressive players. Sometimes I would have hit the " nuts" on hands I don't play. It is rare though.
That is a great time to show your hand, make other players think you are stupid and challenge them.
When I am on a winning streak, I also show my hand. Many low hands seeing you on a running streak, get serious, and realize " bluffing" doesn't work. I have seen whole tables get serious. Bluffing is rare on serious tables. Bluffers are applauded for good plays when they only do it occasionally.
Great vid, outstanding fundamentals review.
Much appreciated!
Superb video as usual
Thank you so much 😀
With a pair of 7's at the BU, the villain raise 5 blinds on pre-flop. Should i call or fold, using your "Abuse the Button" idea?
On the botton, will you call a raise with a mediocre hand as well, or just raise?
Hi Nathan. Love your stuff. Please get a pop filter for your microphone.
I lose yesterday pre flop. 2 guys went all in in a tournament I had pocket J’s… I called both all in’s. They had pocket A’s and pocket K’s the K hit a k on the flop. Left me with 28k and the BB was 10k… definitely learned my lesson
I'd rather play pocket twos than pocket jacks... haha
Yeah, I at least know what to do if someone bets.
Ok so the first example. A tight player opens, and another tight player re-raises. Why call if they are so tight you’re crushed?! That even encourages the 4bet squeeze. If you don’t like the spot then fold, calling is horrible given that logic and set mining is dubious at best considering the risk of the 4bet.
I'm gonna apply your logic tbh , if I'm not comfortable and the information is telling me these 2 are too tight , I'm folding
It all depends on the stack sizes. Your job is to set mine with at least a 15-1 effective stack . Gauging if it might get RR again is part of your job. Hope this helps ; and don’t be an “ABC” player
What sites online in usa are Legit, safe for $, and not rigged?
Can you play online poker anywhere? When I look it up it’s just in about 5 states
I really wish you had more PLO content. Still love your videos and I know it’s not your main thing but there isn’t a lot of PLO content with the quality of your videos :(
Went to play online straight after seeing this. It works!!! LOL
9:10 Why is it that in late stages of tournaments your all-in range widens? I don't understand that bit.
If your already In the money you can risk it to get the big brisket, plus they don’t want to ass out in the end of the tournament so they will be more careful
Wow 10 million hands... that 1 hand every 2 and 1/2 minutes 24/7 for 40 years. Very impressive...
Most guys like this play 16 tables at a time and if they are playing blitz double the amount of hands per hour or close to double.
@Nathan what do thing about GTO?
Thanks for the nice video. Are we really cold calling a 3bet against to tight players?? I would fold here especially when to first to are in easy position
You bet, I am sometimes folding, depends on stack sizes and positions.
I had to laugh when the first thing you talked about was JJ. It’s like you were there a few days ago watching me make this exact fatal mistake! 😂
@Nathan.. does this apply to online cash games as well?
I apply everything online just at very low stakes I change (increase) the bet sizes
@@Lita-yr4wt so instead of playing 1/2 cash live, you would say play .25/.50c online? And do you find that the online games are tougher?
@@chefmikeankh6434 I just play online maybe someone else can answer your question
JJ is not a coinflip against AK. It's 58%... Even pocket 2s beats AK 52% of the time.
That’s if you are only against one.. even AA is a literal coinflip if there are enough players
does this also apply to two black jacks?
No, that's a completely different game
I lost so many times with KK vs AK, AQ, AJ etc, especially vs AK, so in theory, KK is 2nd best hand but in real....
Seats EP MP CO BUT SB and BB
after BB is EP
9. Don't Overplay Pocket Jacks
J J is the best 4th best hand but read the situation properly
a play has raised and another player is raised just call
8. Most Profitable Seats
I think before or after Small Blind or SM
BUTTON, CO
Raised on the button T 8 Hearts , K 9 Diamonds, Q Spades T Hear, Ace A Malungay 4 Hearts , 7 9 Spades, 4 6 Malungay , J 8 Diamond
7. Dont Fold KK 2nd Best Hand
because they will have A A in 4% of 9 players max and 3% of 6 players max
raised K K
I dont understand any more
8. Only All in with AA , KK , QQ , and AK with preflop
9. Loose aggresive vs tight aggressive
A loose-aggressive player plays exactly the same as a tight-aggressive player except they open raise more hands preflop
Call on loose aggresive
10.
that button abuse tactic is the nuts
raised suited gappers and raised offsuit connectors from the button all day long...more poker YAAAY...crush those sticky pair-dope campers ...send that fold monkey out for another spin around the table 👍👍👍
would like to see more in the c-bet discussion...surely position and ranges matter
PS - my favourite hand is QQQ....goes back to playing 5-card draw in the basement in our early teens...we used to call that hand "Six Tits"....and let me tell you, saying 'i have six tits' out loud to your friends and winning a pot in the bargain when you're thirteen years old is A LOT OF FUN
Have you ever noticed the casino cheating at Texas holdem
Don't think you even call. The original raiser is probably about to go all in
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One comment I would like to make is: it is not uncommon that in a game "session" there might be 40 or 50 or more hands. The elucidated strategies will invariably work the majority of hands. However, timing is unpredictable and a how percentage bad beat at the wrong time ( like the last hand) can negate numerous hands played well.
10 million hands played in live poker? thats 38 years of pure playing without sleep at 30 hands per hour.
Don’t think he said live
He’s also playing 8 hours at a time online. Still a LOT of poker though
JJ < A4offsuit - jj raised 4x, A4 off calls, flop T52 JJ bets A4 calls and turns 3 a tow outer - yeah i play bad
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2:00 I think this is bad advice. You have JJ, then someone 3bets and someone else 4bets? In this case you're almost always behind. You do not want to call here, you want to fold.
Lol
Nah it's still a very strong hand and I would still want to play it before just folding pre flop
you age like fine wine lol :)
bro you have to get your nasal passages cleared
Thanks for the tip
in most 1/2 cash games, JJ is a fold.
😂
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You are wrong about not folding KK preflop. When it's obvious a ABC player bets what someone with Aces would bet, that is $150 in 1/3 and $300 in 2/5, your $50 raise with KK, you should fold!!! Also your trashy hands on the button, you should NOT raise with that crap against LAGs with a big stack. LAGs with a big stack can still play OOP and outbet you, committing your entire stack by the turn or river on every hand!!!
And what if he has QQ or JJ lol you don’t fold KK
I find this to be true also! 😮
Ak, kk, qq and jj would play the exact same way. But when you have kk in that spot, the total combinations of hands that you beat are higher than the combination of aa that have you dominated. And as said in the video, you still have 20% equity even if you are up against aa. So yes, you should always play kk in a spot like this.
And if you play "trash" hands from the button and a lag raises you when you have no equity in the hand, just fold. It didnt work that time, to bad. Fold and move on with your life. But as long as it works more times than it doesnt, you are making money in the long run. And that is all that matters.
It is not plus ev to ever fold KK preflop against 1 player. Against 2 or more players, depending on position and action you may have a case for a fold preflop. But you must consider that the most common randomly generated 5 card hand will be playing a pair, and most randomly generated hands are playing a high card, you’re essentially folding the second nuts lmao. I know people who can’t fold the second nuts on the RIVER!!!
@QuantumMech127 I have folded many great hands against an aggressive player or players. I especially fold when I am getting close to winning money. I don't think I would fold KK preflop. I would probably check or call. Then, if I got a trip Kk then I'd maybe go all in or beat a high bet to discourage other players to drop out.
Like Nathan says your position is important! I fold many good hands in middle positions! When aggressive players are a head of me. I will only call or check not raise. However I playwith coins, not cash. So that might make a difference!
Why his voice so annoying 😅
It's not
If you have something bothering you doesn’t mean everyone else feels the same.
I like his presentation.
@BlackRain79Poker is there any way you can give me private poker classes and become a real pro
On KJ off..why call the flop and turn when you fold the river..you waste your money
You speak sense mate. At 9) if people think having 18% chance to win with JJ its a good ideea, should understand that is 1 card out of 5 to get a J. Thats pure luck. A 50% is 1 card out of 2. Or worst, many people after seeing the flop, they go for the one card they need for straith. You have about 15% to get that card. It means 1 out of 6-7 cards. And this only if no other player has your card! Thats russian rulette. Players should go for hands where they have many combinations of outs to win. For example, going for top pair and the same time for straith or flush etc., and when all this combined outs gives you a 40 or 50% to win the pot, thats when you should go for it!