Only up to day 2, but came here to say this is hands down the most realistic poker blog I have seen on TH-cam. Thank you brother for actually showing how brutal the game can be.
@@NorCal_Poker I watched about 5-6 videos last night and I'm sure I'll watch them all very soon. The only one I didn't like was "why I will never be poker famous". F that noise. You have 3.5K followers and are growing. Give it a couple more years dude - you are well on your way. The content is strong!
Flopped 3 sets in yesterdays 6 hour session, all cracked by a board running out with 4 to a straight. Called off on one of them from tilt in a 200 dollar pot. Aces cracked by an ugly 2 pair. Got to the point I had monsters under the bed and was afraid to get thin value. Managed to break even but man was it a session from hell mentally. Love your vlog bro I’m from Fresno and often think to go out and play at capitol in hopes to run into you or Doug!
@@NorCal_Poker we have two small card rooms out here. Club One and also 500 Club. Club one is much bigger. 500 club only has about 5 tables. Ranging from 1-3, 2-5, 5-10. In all honesty the action is pretty good.
For so many years playing poker I have encountered countless of those situations, when I was younger I started going on tilt and lost more then I supposed to, that’s what stopped from becoming a better poker player. As I am aging be more mature I started playing more solid games and able control my emotions.
I’ve never seen someone with worse poker gods mojo than me… you’ve played well which you should get rewarded for but that’s not happening. I guess all you can do is keep grinding and sooner or later you’ll get some positive results. Love the content keep it rolling.
I like your commentary. Spot on. I DO feel like it is bad luck to play out of a rack based on my experience. I rarely do it, and if I do I usually lose. And I have seen guys get totally felted their rack with something like KK vs AQ. Don’t tempt the poker Gods
I noticed when you connect on the flop, you tend to assume you're up against two pair or flush draws and totally ignore the possibility of them having a better hand (higher set) than you. And when you don't connect on the flop, you assume you're way behind and over fold.
Love when pkayers play out of the rack at low stakes. Bets divisible by 100 are always strength, other sizings are typically bluffs (depending on pot size)
I dig your videos, I live in LA, but I played a couple times at Capitol, when I lived in Fairfield and worked in Sac off T street. My only tip is to say On that AK diamond hand with J-J-8 rainbow. I love the check, but when the player to your right bets and the 3rd player folds. I would highly suggest a 1/3 reraise. You play pretty sturdy so your image would reflect A-J or even pocket 8s. If you get a shove you fold. But check raising in that spot from out of position with a sturdy image will get almost everything but over pairs(unlikely as he didn't isolate reraise preflop) a-j, 88, and 10-9 backdoor suited. If you get a call you can see the turn and will appear to trap and unless he has it will check and you get to see a river and decide from there Great job on the content, and good luck next time 💪🏽
@@NorCal_Poker Np sir. You are a Nit/Rock player and unless you aren't showing your bluffs on your vlog, I would bet into a lot of your checks (board dependent)
Yes 100%,(dependent on a couple of micro issues i.e opponents stack size, and table image)he thought of c-betting as he stated but didn't want to into 2 people. So a sandbag reraise will force everything but John's in the pocket for quads(obviously)a-j, k,-j and pocket 8s to consider a fold.(even q-j and def j-(x) should consider slowing down due to the preflop raise and check trap) Especially with my man's video image, lastly he had 700 to play so if a fold is needed do to a shove he still had a 500 dollar buy in left which is what he normally buys for. That's my arm chair opinion, May not be right with that hand in particular as he could have it....but def thinks he would improve with a couple of bluffs, especially after the board comes j-j-8 with only 2 callers and 1 fold. Only saying my opinion as he asked for us to comment on it, would love to hear yours if you have a counter point on why you think different.
Subscribed. I get up in that area a couple of times a year and have only seen negative reviews of Capitol Casino. Might need to give it a shot purely because the chips look good. TV chips are so gross. These look sparkly new.
Playing out of racks simply slows most people down from getting the right chips out on a bet. Also I think the bad luck idea comes from associating the people who played their last hand (usually way too loose since it is the last hand) while racking, getting stuck and losing.
I think she might have 8,9 or king,9 so she might have thought she had you beat with 2 pairs and tried to get max value from you seeing how she didn’t have much left so, I think a call there would not be a bad call at all. Just my opinion anyway. I can’t see her drawing for a gutter or two over pairs and hitting that on the river.
@@steveh5882 I like your analysis & thought process. I agree with you for 99.9% of players but JT improved to 8 outs to the straight on the turn. Had 2 overs & a gut shot on flop. The other day, she just called down with middle set on a dry board. So only lost to top set! But most players I would think they’d have worse & call. Thanks for the feedback, I always appreciate it!
Very bad week for you, but it is not only about winning bro. About TT vs AQ you lose because of T so he got straight but actually AQ is my favourite hand ❤😂 About AKs it was very nice fold I would do the same after seeing this flop JJ8 rainbow and UTG gonna bet big because there is definitely more chance he hit something. Good luck for next weeks ❤
@@NorCal_Poker you normally play from 9:00am to 2:00pm? I understand your work schedule dictates when you play poker. I play mostly out of Atlantic City. Morning poker in AC is made up of mostly retirees playing 1/2, 1/3 or 2/3/6 limit limping in with AAs or folding to min raises. I try to start between noon and 2:00pm. Evening poker in AC is best fueled by the "free drinks". Sometimes I'll play through the night and into the early morning hours. It never fails; when the morning regs arrive, they kill the acton and it's time to go home. Good luck with the vlog and your career in poker!
@@danielcassese657 morning poker is surprisingly good in sac. Family life determines my schedule as well. AC sounds like a solid poker scene. Good luck out there!
Couple reasons. I wanted QJ to stay in there & since he lead out on the flop I most likely put him on Kx which means I had that almost drawing dead & didn’t want to scare him away
@@NorCal_Poker sometimes it’s better to play face up when faced with a combo draws on the flop. Charge the max to get there. People that play to get value at cap get caught up on often … cap players like to chase unless it’s too expensive to do so, especially with no show down value
Yesterday i was racking up when i got delt queen ten. I nailed a straight on the turn. Checked river to a short stack, and check raised him all in. He called 😊 stacked him and left see ya😅
It can go either way. I don’t tempt fate. I’ve seen guys go all in with AA for $500 vs JJ and get jacked by a set and literally give the rack away. Seen it too many times. Ever heard the term “you don’t count your money, when you’re sitting at the table “ will git you every time 😢
Against 99.9% of players I would never. However, this player is never river raising two pair as she called down three of a kind the other day. Trust me, I see your perspective
Is it bad luck to play out of the rack? I don’t think it is. However, playing out of the rack at the end of a session lets the entire table know where your head is mentally: you’re relatively checked out and on the way out the door, and your range is probably going to be significantly wider than usual.
Derby Lane poker room St. Petersburg, FL. does NOT permit playing out of your rack....good rule I think, saves a lot of controversy as to what amount of chips are actually "in play".
@@NorCal_Poker Yes, you have a good point. Upon rewatching the hands, we wouldn't think he would bet out into 3 players on a draw. Very unorthodox! Would not recommend that play at all but unfortunately for us that it works out for the guy. Keep on kicking ass man
@@loomtasticrainbowloom1305I disagree. Id raise this all day. This is something i see at 1/2 and 1/3 all the time. Bad players often donk lead with their semi-made hands like open enders, flush draws, or top pair no kicker. They don't pay enough attention to position pre flop, so they play OOP as IF they were IP and c-bet in these weird spots. Whenever I get donkeys into like this, if I have a similar strength made hand or strong hand I will raise 80% of the time. It's greatly improved my win rate at these stakes. Bad players here hate folding draws and you can charge them obscene prices to see runouts
I'll just say speaking from experience and stories told by others; never play from the rack! If things went well, good for you, but I'd still advise against it.
Not necessarily bad luck but it definitely isn’t a good idea imo to keep playing hands when you’ve mentally or physically “racked up”. Won’t be as sharp in your decision making.
I am surprised that they let you play out of your rack every casino I have played in you at most can play couple hands if coming in or leaving. Secondly you know poker players or most of us are superstitious about everything like we won't play with $50 bills we won't play out of the rack because if you're racking up your chips and you're ready to go and you keep playing you'll lose more money etc etc we're the most superstitious people there are LOL
Only up to day 2, but came here to say this is hands down the most realistic poker blog I have seen on TH-cam. Thank you brother for actually showing how brutal the game can be.
Appreciate that! And if you watch the most recent vlogs you’ll see some more “realistic” hands to say the least 🤣 Thx for the support!
@@NorCal_Poker I watched about 5-6 videos last night and I'm sure I'll watch them all very soon. The only one I didn't like was "why I will never be poker famous". F that noise. You have 3.5K followers and are growing. Give it a couple more years dude - you are well on your way. The content is strong!
@@krizzkaos4983 I appreciate that my guy! All the best, thx for the support!
Flopped 3 sets in yesterdays 6 hour session, all cracked by a board running out with 4 to a straight. Called off on one of them from tilt in a 200 dollar pot. Aces cracked by an ugly 2 pair. Got to the point I had monsters under the bed and was afraid to get thin value. Managed to break even but man was it a session from hell mentally. Love your vlog bro I’m from Fresno and often think to go out and play at capitol in hopes to run into you or Doug!
Super impressive to break even from that! What room you have out in Fresno?
@@NorCal_Poker we have two small card rooms out here. Club One and also 500 Club. Club one is much bigger. 500 club only has about 5 tables. Ranging from 1-3, 2-5, 5-10. In all honesty the action is pretty good.
For so many years playing poker I have encountered countless of those situations, when I was younger I started going on tilt and lost more then I supposed to, that’s what stopped from becoming a better poker player. As I am aging be more mature I started playing more solid games and able control my emotions.
Awesome!
Just finished a weekend of running into it like this. Makes you want to take a break for sure
I feel that… but I always end up coming back! Haha
I’ve never seen someone with worse poker gods mojo than me… you’ve played well which you should get rewarded for but that’s not happening. I guess all you can do is keep grinding and sooner or later you’ll get some positive results. Love the content keep it rolling.
It’s been a rough year! Appreciate the support though 🫡
I like your commentary. Spot on. I DO feel like it is bad luck to play out of a rack based on my experience. I rarely do it, and if I do I usually lose. And I have seen guys get totally felted their rack with something like KK vs AQ. Don’t tempt the poker Gods
Never again for me!
I noticed when you connect on the flop, you tend to assume you're up against two pair or flush draws and totally ignore the possibility of them having a better hand (higher set) than you. And when you don't connect on the flop, you assume you're way behind and over fold.
Solid observation. I noticed that too & I felt like since then I’ve adjusted to that throughout the last few months! Could be wrong
You made a few world class folds. You read the room very well. Thats an undervalue trait in poker along with calling lite
I try my best, appreciate that!
Huge follower. Ive learned alot by watching you. So much so that my last few sessions were very profitable. No egos here. Im always looking for tips
@@NoWorriesTJ love it! I don’t play the best but my vlog shows alot of the realities of low stakes players & always learn by my mistakes haha
Fellow poker vlogger, great vlogs! Just subbed 👍
Thanks for the support I’ll check yours out!
Anyways just started video good luck win big Jay from Tennessee
Love when pkayers play out of the rack at low stakes. Bets divisible by 100 are always strength, other sizings are typically bluffs (depending on pot size)
Never thought of it like this. Good point
I dig your videos, I live in LA, but I played a couple times at Capitol, when I lived in Fairfield and worked in Sac off T street.
My only tip is to say On that AK diamond hand with J-J-8 rainbow. I love the check, but when the player to your right bets and the 3rd player folds. I would highly suggest a 1/3 reraise. You play pretty sturdy so your image would reflect A-J or even pocket 8s. If you get a shove you fold. But check raising in that spot from out of position with a sturdy image will get almost everything but over pairs(unlikely as he didn't isolate reraise preflop) a-j, 88, and 10-9 backdoor suited. If you get a call you can see the turn and will appear to trap and unless he has it will check and you get to see a river and decide from there
Great job on the content, and good luck next time 💪🏽
I like the unorthodox suggestion! Appreciate the support 🫡
@@NorCal_Poker Np sir. You are a Nit/Rock player and unless you aren't showing your bluffs on your vlog, I would bet into a lot of your checks (board dependent)
@romedawg1204 x/r sizing? 140$?
Yes 100%,(dependent on a couple of micro issues i.e opponents stack size, and table image)he thought of c-betting as he stated but didn't want to into 2 people. So a sandbag reraise will force everything but John's in the pocket for quads(obviously)a-j, k,-j and pocket 8s to consider a fold.(even q-j and def j-(x) should consider slowing down due to the preflop raise and check trap)
Especially with my man's video image, lastly he had 700 to play so if a fold is needed do to a shove he still had a 500 dollar buy in left which is what he normally buys for.
That's my arm chair opinion, May not be right with that hand in particular as he could have it....but def thinks he would improve with a couple of bluffs, especially after the board comes j-j-8 with only 2 callers and 1 fold.
Only saying my opinion as he asked for us to comment on it, would love to hear yours if you have a counter point on why you think different.
Subscribed. I get up in that area a couple of times a year and have only seen negative reviews of Capitol Casino. Might need to give it a shot purely because the chips look good. TV chips are so gross. These look sparkly new.
It’s an action packed room. Not in the best area, but the room itself is solid
@@NorCal_Poker is that way you get out before 2pm? lol
@@nickg408 lol I try to keep a good balance in my poker/life balance, but it definitely doesn’t hurt
Roller coaster last session. Good comeback
That it was & thank you!
The last year of poker has been like this for me. I keep swearing it will turn around but never does.
That’s the worst. Just gotta keep keepin on!
Good video this week man!
Appreciate it as always, hope your run good continues!
I'm in Ohio for this week, but yeah I've been running pretty solid. 10 sessions, 2 down and 1 even. +2600 overall.
@@christianbackous2608nice!
Howdy! I just started watching and super curious to find out what happens!
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You ran bad this week, it happens. Just keep playing your game and the money will find a way into your stack.
Appreciate the supportive words Doug!
That was brutal to watch nice comeback on the last day though! I haven't had any good luck with AK recently either.
It’s a tough one to play if you don’t hit!
Those 1st 2 days were rough. Hopefully this will be start of the upswing.
🤞🏻 Appreciate the support!
That's crazy...thats a lot of my sessions lately
Hope it turns around for us both!
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Playing out of racks simply slows most people down from getting the right chips out on a bet. Also I think the bad luck idea comes from associating the people who played their last hand (usually way too loose since it is the last hand) while racking, getting stuck and losing.
I like the analysis
Hate playing out of the rack!
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Only way to play AK is 4 bet jam pre. Youre either behind or racing for it. Im not even mad how you played yhe JTo hand.
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AK is always really tricky
Ain’t that the truth!
Yeah, it’s bad luck. Also, I think those set of 4s were good.
This is strictly player dependent. I was never more confident in a fold
I think she might have 8,9 or king,9 so she might have thought she had you beat with 2 pairs and tried to get max value from you seeing how she didn’t have much left so, I think a call there would not be a bad call at all. Just my opinion anyway. I can’t see her drawing for a gutter or two over pairs and hitting that on the river.
@@steveh5882 I like your analysis & thought process. I agree with you for 99.9% of players but JT improved to 8 outs to the straight on the turn. Had 2 overs & a gut shot on flop. The other day, she just called down with middle set on a dry board. So only lost to top set! But most players I would think they’d have worse & call. Thanks for the feedback, I always appreciate it!
Hard to fold sets, but on that board with the set 33s your pretty much turning your hand into a bluff catcher on such a wet board ?
For that price, I thought it was possibly he could over value two pair for those super small sizings. If he bet bigger, way easier fold
Playing out of the rack. 😅😂
Never again 🤮
I do love your vlog keep up the good work buddy
Appreciate that! 🙌🏻
Very bad week for you, but it is not only about winning bro.
About TT vs AQ you lose because of T so he got straight but actually AQ is my favourite hand ❤😂
About AKs it was very nice fold I would do the same after seeing this flop JJ8 rainbow and UTG gonna bet big because there is definitely more chance he hit something.
Good luck for next weeks ❤
I appreciate that as always!
I'd be shocked if you aren't at your sub goal by June. Great stuff!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
Will you call the set of two hand if the other player goes all in on river?
To be honest, given the player type without any previous information, I would’ve folded. If he bet small, I probably would’ve found a call
Have a like, subscription, and comment for your pain brother 👊🏾
My man Tony, appreciate that !
Hi, new subscriber. Thank Doug for the referral. You always leave by 2:00pm? What hours of the week do you allocate to playing poker?
Very dependent on my work schedule. But 3-4 days a week. 4-5 hour sessions
@@NorCal_Poker you normally play from 9:00am to 2:00pm? I understand your work schedule dictates when you play poker. I play mostly out of Atlantic City. Morning poker in AC is made up of mostly retirees playing 1/2, 1/3 or 2/3/6 limit limping in with AAs or folding to min raises. I try to start between noon and 2:00pm. Evening poker in AC is best fueled by the "free drinks". Sometimes I'll play through the night and into the early morning hours. It never fails; when the morning regs arrive, they kill the acton and it's time to go home. Good luck with the vlog and your career in poker!
@@danielcassese657 morning poker is surprisingly good in sac. Family life determines my schedule as well. AC sounds like a solid poker scene. Good luck out there!
Since you leave at 2 every time
How long do you normally play for?
4-5 hours on average
Slide through stones dawg
Work in progress to try & get permission to film
When you hit your set why didn’t you jam with those combo draws out there? Giving there was a flush draw on the flop QJ likely would’ve folded
Couple reasons. I wanted QJ to stay in there & since he lead out on the flop I most likely put him on Kx which means I had that almost drawing dead & didn’t want to scare him away
@@NorCal_Poker sometimes it’s better to play face up when faced with a combo draws on the flop. Charge the max to get there.
People that play to get value at cap get caught up on often … cap players like to chase unless it’s too expensive to do so, especially with no show down value
@@bm-goodboy6367 definitely merit to jamming as well. Good point
Yesterday i was racking up when i got delt queen ten. I nailed a straight on the turn. Checked river to a short stack, and check raised him all in. He called 😊 stacked him and left see ya😅
Bink!
It can go either way. I don’t tempt fate. I’ve seen guys go all in with AA for $500 vs JJ and get jacked by a set and literally give the rack away. Seen it too many times. Ever heard the term “you don’t count your money, when you’re sitting at the table “ will git you every time 😢
one can only control what we can. everything else is not our concern.
just play good and control your emotions and ego.
Definitely!
Wow. That. Was kinda bad. 😮😢😮 hope you get it back.
Appreciate that 🙌🏻
folding trip 4's was a bad fold
Against 99.9% of players I would never. However, this player is never river raising two pair as she called down three of a kind the other day. Trust me, I see your perspective
It’s bad luck to be superstitious!😁
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Days like that are the worst. Just puts a whole damper on things
Ain’t that the truth!
Is it bad luck to play out of the rack? I don’t think it is. However, playing out of the rack at the end of a session lets the entire table know where your head is mentally: you’re relatively checked out and on the way out the door, and your range is probably going to be significantly wider than usual.
Good observation, never thought of this!
Derby Lane poker room St. Petersburg, FL. does NOT permit
playing out of your rack....good rule I think, saves a lot of controversy as to what amount of chips are actually "in play".
I like that rule!
Absolutely bad luck to play out of thee rack...
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Lots of people play out their rack there
This is true!
Luck is what gamblers lament when they lose. There is no luck, only probability e.g. math. Profitable poker players know this.
Facts. The coin hand was perfect for vlog purposes though. Essentially, it was just a pain in the ass to play out of
How you played a set of 3s was the Downfall for the session. We allowed to let our opponent to see the turn for just 61 dollars.
I see your point. Didn’t think he was betting on the flop with a bluff & thought he was more Kx heavy
@@NorCal_Poker Yes, you have a good point. Upon rewatching the hands, we wouldn't think he would bet out into 3 players on a draw. Very unorthodox! Would not recommend that play at all but unfortunately for us that it works out for the guy. Keep on kicking ass man
@@loomtasticrainbowloom1305I disagree. Id raise this all day.
This is something i see at 1/2 and 1/3 all the time. Bad players often donk lead with their semi-made hands like open enders, flush draws, or top pair no kicker. They don't pay enough attention to position pre flop, so they play OOP as IF they were IP and c-bet in these weird spots. Whenever I get donkeys into like this, if I have a similar strength made hand or strong hand I will raise 80% of the time. It's greatly improved my win rate at these stakes. Bad players here hate folding draws and you can charge them obscene prices to see runouts
Seen that hand on dougs video
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Doug!
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he deserved to lose all his chips by calling a raise with K 2 off
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I'll just say speaking from experience and stories told by others; never play from the rack! If things went well, good for you, but I'd still advise against it.
Not doing it ever again. Did it for the vlog only!
The Answer to the thumbnail question is, YES!! There is a reason people say not to do it.
Not wrong!
it’s not bad luck to play out of the rack, but it slows the game down
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You made a table change for better luck? There is literally nothing that could have made me leave that action table.
Two stations from this table got moved cuz of “must move” so I followed them as well when I got the option
Playing Out of the rack is bad luck for you only I win 99.99% out of the rack 😂😂😂
Legendary
Slows the game down
That too!
Not necessarily bad luck but it definitely isn’t a good idea imo to keep playing hands when you’ve mentally or physically “racked up”. Won’t be as sharp in your decision making.
In the end, was mainly just a pain in the ass lol
Playing out of rack is illegal in some rooms
I’ve seen that as well!
I am surprised that they let you play out of your rack every casino I have played in you at most can play couple hands if coming in or leaving. Secondly you know poker players or most of us are superstitious about everything like we won't play with $50 bills we won't play out of the rack because if you're racking up your chips and you're ready to go and you keep playing you'll lose more money etc etc we're the most superstitious people there are LOL
Ain’t that the truth! But this place never minds us playing out the tack
Many places wont allow playing out of a rack.
This is true!
Actions players are the best and worst. They either make your day or take your roll with marginal hands. Like what are you going to do.
Exactly!