Wow, all I can say is that you have a pretty good attitude about it. You and Brad Owen are my favorite poker vloggers. You definitely are a smart player and your luck is bound to turn. You can’t possibly keep flopping sets and losing. Best of luck to you.
When you started playing the radio stations in the car I knew right away that Lonesome Loser by Little River Band was coming up! And Dookie was the best! I loved Greenday in the 90s when I was in High School. Consistently were in my Top 5 bands back then.
I can truly say I have never liked a video more simply based on the HONEST results and grind of what it is to be a poker player. You won my vote bro… seriously… somehow we meaning the poker world always thinks we are the only one taking the worst beats and that’s simply false. Keep grinding… I root (cheer) so fucking hard for poker vloggers like yourself👍👍👍
I feel you on the downswing. I’ve had the most negative month ever so far. It sucks because you can’t help but allow it to affect your play on a subconscious level. Take a couple weeks off. That always seems to help
I had commented on your vlog about four months ago where I had lost set over set four times over a two-week span, combined with myself missing huge draws left and right while my opponents hit all theirs...losing ridiculous hands like your K9d vs AJ all in or 5-5 vs 5-3 etc. Watching this vlog reminds me of that horrific stretch of run bad. You're too good of a player, so the worm will turn soon as it did for me. I can hear the resignation in your voice and it's the same thing I felt then, like every single possible random circumstance was going against me during that streak...little things like when it came to the players who did or didn't sit at my table, bad players hit and running...the fish dumping all my money I just lost to them to someone else 20 minutes later and busting etc. Good luck....sure is no fun going through it.
Ben, I think a video MANY would watch and serve a real comparative purpose.. if you make a video and PLAY a few hands at EVERY Reno poker room. Your loyalty to Pep is already well known, but I think 1000’s and 1000’s of us would get a kick (and learn something) by seeing all the rooms in action! Guessing there might be 5 or 6? Best wishes.. Curt in Thailand.. I’ll be there at Pep for Palooza in November, already booked my Airbnb, arriving October.
The problem with that is that all the games at the other rooms only have 1-2, and I cannot go down in stakes that far. No one will want to watch me fight over pennies.
It is tough sometimes I had a time where I lost with top full house to royal flush and A high flush losing to a straight flush, in the same week. It will turn better for sure, keep going!
I admire your composure. I've gone with 23 suited as the skinny and 23 off as the dirty diaper. I figure people that play it aren't keeping up with how many times they lose with it, just the rare wins. Hang in there.
Ben, I have now played the $5 game at Peppermill on five different trips without ever getting to play with you. Two Thursdays ago I think you were in the main game while I was in the second, but my table seemed pretty good so I never moved over. Hoping your downswing ends soon and I can sit at the table with you one of these days. Sending you some run good from NorCal.
I fully understand about poker being streaky. I play 1/3 NLH at our local card room. Started out the year winning 10-1 in my sessions. Then lost 5 of the next six. Then did another 10-1 streak up. Then lost 7 out of the next 16 sessions. Then went on a heater I have never been on before. Went 32-3 on my next 35 sessions. Which brings me to my current up and down streak of 15-10 in my last 25. I am retired and just love playing NLH. I enjoy the thinking aspects of the game. I enjoy watching the different personalities that show up to play the game everyday. And every time I leave the table, win or lose, I cash my chips in and walk over to the table I just left and say “Good luck everybody. I hope you hit the Bad Beat”!
Dookie was the first tape my mom ever let me buy too, Ben. If she ever caught me listening to Longview, it would've been an evening (week) sitting around watching the phone in my room, if you catch my drift.
Agreed! I took down a big hand in Oklahoma last eeek with the Skinny. As I flipped my cards, a pro named Woodai (woody) (sp?) says, “The Skinny!” We talked about Reno poker…until he felted me. Good times. 😂
15:08 2.5x x/r might be too little? (this board looks too scary). Way tooooo many cards could easily create trouble for a low set. Unfortunately, that's what eventually happen.
Ben, I am a huge fan of your vlog, and also a regular $2/5 grinder here in Vegas (I have a day job, so this is my side hustle). I am wondering if you ever got through your problems with AK? I have felt like I have been just running bad with that hand for over two years! I am either losing a small pot, winning a small pot, or losing a massive pot. I am so tired of 3 and 4 betting and missing, and then never being able to get a c-bet through. Maybe the average $2-5 player in Vegas is just very tight defending to 3 bets, but it just seems impossible. Furthermore, this has been going on so long I now expect to lose with that hand, and feel like it causes the wheels to come off every session. Since I know you struggled with this hand to, any advice for course correcting. Maybe playing it more passively preflop to allow for deception. I will note that I now love hands like AQ and AJ because I can bluff the K when it comes. Thanks in advance!
So along the lines of the whole "the skinny" v "dirty diaper" conversation: I have been hearing more and more people call the 2 cards delt face down to you as "hold cards" instead of "hole cards". When I finally engaged a guy about it his response was "the game is called Texas Hold em, not Texas Hole em." Dammit if it makes since, you're fucking wrong guy!!!! 😂
Hope you come out of the downswing. I would have led out with the 77 on the J76 flop. Might not be the best play, but I’m pretty positive the Q8hh would have folded.
Sorry youre losing Ben, but this was one of your best vlogs ever in terms of content quality. Also 2 sessions 1 vid is the nuts. Im sure it’s so much work but I just watched this entire thing w like 30 seconds of skips. It was amazing. Keep goin!!!
I think it's good that you are cutting your losses, and I admire your patience for the variance you are experiencing. If only there was another Cardroom in Reno...
I just came off my worse losing streak. Down 8k. Took few weeks off, then peeled a 14k win by buying 10% of Paul’s 1M Gtd 2nd place Bink for 141k. Since then, I’m on a win streak. Last 4 sessions won 4400 at the $2 peppermill and a few home games.
You definitely are not ahead when you get it in with K9d v. AdJh on the QT6 two diamond board. He has two of your outs in his hand and also the backup plan of making diamonds himself if you turn them. Towelie is the name of a fantastic character from South Park.
I dont know if you play into a character for your vlogs, but i love it. Brad/neeme has like the "poker bro" vibe, you have the grinder vibe. Great way to fit a niche!
I will definitely echo the sentiment--2-3 is the Skinny, although I am tempted to call 3-2 "proper Blackjack odds" because I am totally not a degen who plays the -EV hilarity that are pit games (maybe I should start calling 3:2 on Blackjack the Reverse Skinny?). Also Slick's Picks should be a thing during the NFL season. Speaking of the Jets, I need to look up the odds of the Jets winning the Super Bowl just to entertain the thought of someone getting insanely rich over an event that hasn't happened since Super Bowl III.
If my 5 consecutive sets went down in flame in the previous 6 sessions then I sure will fast play my 6th set like hell. Not checking the flop and turn to let someone catch up.
I think everyone by now knows you will NEVER bet anything but the practical nuts tripple barrel leading on a paired board, i wouldn’t be surprised if he snapfolded a 10 there... even if you checked the river, he would have probably checked back a weak 10
Yes, everybody knows he's the nittiest of nits. "Thin value" is his self-described style, but anybody can bet him off anything besides the nuts and anytime he's betting 3 streets you know you're beat. Desperately needs more aggression in his game. Not a ton, but definitely is insanely unbalanced.
Great vlog today! The comedy turns what should be a real drag into a fun, if bumpy, ride. 80 bucks in comps, loser radio, Slick not appearing to know he has a segment. I laughed, I cried, it changed me. Hope it turns around soon! 😂 80 bucks 🎉
Ben, you need to burn some incense, promise your next born to Beelzebub and swallow a 4 leafed clover. These burns are felt even through my monitor. Hate to be in your shoes of late. At least you can count on the comps ;)
Ben, count your blessings with Miss Kayla. She is definitely a winner!! LOL, attitude is everything. Unfortunately poker can be a cruel game. Your tough, hang in there and smoke some players!! 😅😅
Great attitude Ben. hang in there - this stretch of luck is so brutal, but it'll be on the up soon!
Wow, all I can say is that you have a pretty good attitude about it. You and Brad Owen are my favorite poker vloggers. You definitely are a smart player and your luck is bound to turn. You can’t possibly keep flopping sets and losing. Best of luck to you.
I appreciate that!
The car ride radio part was hilarious🤣
When you started playing the radio stations in the car I knew right away that Lonesome Loser by Little River Band was coming up!
And Dookie was the best! I loved Greenday in the 90s when I was in High School. Consistently were in my Top 5 bands back then.
Man we all know what it is like to be on a downswing. I hope you come out of yours victorious
I can truly say I have never liked a video more simply based on the HONEST results and grind of what it is to be a poker player. You won my vote bro… seriously… somehow we meaning the poker world always thinks we are the only one taking the worst beats and that’s simply false. Keep grinding… I root (cheer) so fucking hard for poker vloggers like yourself👍👍👍
I appreciate that
I feel you on the downswing. I’ve had the most negative month ever so far. It sucks because you can’t help but allow it to affect your play on a subconscious level.
Take a couple weeks off. That always seems to help
I had commented on your vlog about four months ago where I had lost set over set four times over a two-week span, combined with myself missing huge draws left and right while my opponents hit all theirs...losing ridiculous hands like your K9d vs AJ all in or 5-5 vs 5-3 etc. Watching this vlog reminds me of that horrific stretch of run bad. You're too good of a player, so the worm will turn soon as it did for me. I can hear the resignation in your voice and it's the same thing I felt then, like every single possible random circumstance was going against me during that streak...little things like when it came to the players who did or didn't sit at my table, bad players hit and running...the fish dumping all my money I just lost to them to someone else 20 minutes later and busting etc. Good luck....sure is no fun going through it.
Ben, I think a video MANY would watch and serve a real comparative purpose.. if you make a video and PLAY a few hands at EVERY Reno poker room. Your loyalty to Pep is already well known, but I think 1000’s and 1000’s of us would get a kick (and learn something) by seeing all the rooms in action! Guessing there might be 5 or 6?
Best wishes.. Curt in Thailand.. I’ll be there at Pep for Palooza in November, already booked my Airbnb, arriving October.
The problem with that is that all the games at the other rooms only have 1-2, and I cannot go down in stakes that far. No one will want to watch me fight over pennies.
Silver Legacy has 1 3
Gsr and atlantis have 12
It is tough sometimes
I had a time where I lost with top full house to royal flush and A high flush losing to a straight flush, in the same week.
It will turn better for sure, keep going!
I admire your composure. I've gone with 23 suited as the skinny and 23 off as the dirty diaper. I figure people that play it aren't keeping up with how many times they lose with it, just the rare wins. Hang in there.
Hang in there bro. We have all been there. Liking the jouney. Btw. Fun watching your road trip
Ben, I have now played the $5 game at Peppermill on five different trips without ever getting to play with you. Two Thursdays ago I think you were in the main game while I was in the second, but my table seemed pretty good so I never moved over. Hoping your downswing ends soon and I can sit at the table with you one of these days. Sending you some run good from NorCal.
I fully understand about poker being streaky. I play 1/3 NLH at our local card room. Started out the year winning 10-1 in my sessions. Then lost 5 of the next six. Then did another 10-1 streak up. Then lost 7 out of the next 16 sessions. Then went on a heater I have never been on before. Went 32-3 on my next 35 sessions. Which brings me to my current up and down streak of 15-10 in my last 25. I am retired and just love playing NLH. I enjoy the thinking aspects of the game. I enjoy watching the different personalities that show up to play the game everyday. And every time I leave the table, win or lose, I cash my chips in and walk over to the table I just left and say “Good luck everybody. I hope you hit the Bad Beat”!
On a similar downswing and have taken a break. As often as you have lost with flopped sets, I have lost with AA. Love me some Kayla Corner!!!
Dookie was the first tape my mom ever let me buy too, Ben. If she ever caught me listening to Longview, it would've been an evening (week) sitting around watching the phone in my room, if you catch my drift.
Agreed! I took down a big hand in Oklahoma last eeek with the Skinny. As I flipped my cards, a pro named Woodai (woody) (sp?) says, “The Skinny!” We talked about Reno poker…until he felted me. Good times. 😂
15:08 2.5x x/r might be too little? (this board looks too scary). Way tooooo many cards could easily create trouble for a low set. Unfortunately, that's what eventually happen.
Yes the cassette was blue. I'm with you Ben. Top 10 album all time in my opinion.
That was brutal, man! Thanks for sharing👍...now I feel less bitter at my own downswings.
Ben, I am a huge fan of your vlog, and also a regular $2/5 grinder here in Vegas (I have a day job, so this is my side hustle). I am wondering if you ever got through your problems with AK? I have felt like I have been just running bad with that hand for over two years! I am either losing a small pot, winning a small pot, or losing a massive pot. I am so tired of 3 and 4 betting and missing, and then never being able to get a c-bet through. Maybe the average $2-5 player in Vegas is just very tight defending to 3 bets, but it just seems impossible. Furthermore, this has been going on so long I now expect to lose with that hand, and feel like it causes the wheels to come off every session. Since I know you struggled with this hand to, any advice for course correcting. Maybe playing it more passively preflop to allow for deception. I will note that I now love hands like AQ and AJ because I can bluff the K when it comes. Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the world of a punk rock fan, you know lol!
Have you ever heard of a slump buster in baseball? You need to find one of those.
I still listen to the Dookie album. Having a Blast and When I Come Around are my favorites on it.
It's called the dirty diaper where I'm from
That comps line was great....and relatable:(
What? No Beck on your FM dial?? Hang in there, Ben!
So along the lines of the whole "the skinny" v "dirty diaper" conversation:
I have been hearing more and more people call the 2 cards delt face down to you as "hold cards" instead of "hole cards". When I finally engaged a guy about it his response was "the game is called Texas Hold em, not Texas Hole em." Dammit if it makes since, you're fucking wrong guy!!!! 😂
Ok…that music in the car made me laugh 😅
Hope you come out of the downswing. I would have led out with the 77 on the J76 flop. Might not be the best play, but I’m pretty positive the Q8hh would have folded.
LOLsome funny stuff in this one. !!!!!
Dookie is the most important album in shaping my musical taste . It’s a landmark album and still holds up
Woof this was tough to watch my friend
Best fun video, sorry for the laugh 😄
Sorry youre losing Ben, but this was one of your best vlogs ever in terms of content quality. Also 2 sessions 1 vid is the nuts. Im sure it’s so much work but I just watched this entire thing w like 30 seconds of skips. It was amazing. Keep goin!!!
Thanks. Might do some more of those if the games suck on Thursday.
Hows the cat ben you found him a new home yet ps then you flop trips bet big winning smalls better then nowt lol
Is Slick from Chicago? His accent sounds like it comes from Illinois.
@Ben Deach
I think it's good that you are cutting your losses, and I admire your patience for the variance you are experiencing. If only there was another Cardroom in Reno...
Good luck Ben...
We all now this feeling, in a bit of a downswing myself!
going to start playing again but limiting to 1 hour at a time, looking forward to seeing you again
Basket Case and Longview are classic hits! Like you, Dookie will never get old
Dookie is one of the 90's best albums.
Towelie was a 2 time character on South Park a long time ago…maybe that was the reference.
I just came off my worse losing streak. Down 8k.
Took few weeks off, then peeled a 14k win by buying 10% of Paul’s 1M Gtd 2nd place Bink for 141k.
Since then, I’m on a win streak. Last 4 sessions won 4400 at the $2 peppermill and a few home games.
You definitely are not ahead when you get it in with K9d v. AdJh on the QT6 two diamond board. He has two of your outs in his hand and also the backup plan of making diamonds himself if you turn them.
Towelie is the name of a fantastic character from South Park.
Brutal, poker can be so cruel sometimes
It’s the dirty diaper….and I’ve got 3 grown boys that gave me plenty of them….
Like the addition of music at 11 min mark.
Loser songs hilarious. I'm in a horrendous losing streak. Made me laugh
You and I are living in parallel universes. I swear My hands lately look just like yours on this vlog. Hopefully it turns around for us both!!!
If that is your reality - you have my sympathy!
Don't forget to bring a towel!
Well, at least you won the prop bet concerning the release year of The Godfather!
Cheese with that whine?
I dont know if you play into a character for your vlogs, but i love it. Brad/neeme has like the "poker bro" vibe, you have the grinder vibe. Great way to fit a niche!
My boi Ben is a pretty silly just like the vlog. However when he loses he gets mad 😡😠
My god you are getting cold decked!
I can tell the downswing has effected how you play
When Brad uploads expect Ben to upload few hours later
Fuck yes its "The Skinny"
I have no idea what Green Day is.
I just broke my 6 game losing streak recently. I feel your pain.
When things go off the rails for me, I play a tournament and that often seems to help.
Don’t care what anyone says..2-3 is the SKINNY!!!
Yes, it is.
Goofy thing to care about
@@AtPEACE77I mean that's the Internet bro. Wasting your time arguing about pointless shit lol
@@erich1380 thanks for pointing out that this is just levity.... nothing serious just playful banter.
Dirty Diaper in Iowa just sayin
I will definitely echo the sentiment--2-3 is the Skinny, although I am tempted to call 3-2 "proper Blackjack odds" because I am totally not a degen who plays the -EV hilarity that are pit games (maybe I should start calling 3:2 on Blackjack the Reverse Skinny?). Also Slick's Picks should be a thing during the NFL season.
Speaking of the Jets, I need to look up the odds of the Jets winning the Super Bowl just to entertain the thought of someone getting insanely rich over an event that hasn't happened since Super Bowl III.
It's called little slick or cupcake
favorite track off Dookie?
If my 5 consecutive sets went down in flame in the previous 6 sessions then I sure will fast play my 6th set like hell. Not checking the flop and turn to let someone catch up.
I love the music nine
How much dmt had Slick done? The answer is not zero
I want to see a road movie with you and Jaman. Through Europe ...
I can probably speak for many of us Ben.... You are definitely a winner!!! 👍✌️😇
Self depricating humor 👍
Whatever you do, don’t chase your poker loses with preseason football wagers.
I think everyone by now knows you will NEVER bet anything but the practical nuts tripple barrel leading on a paired board, i wouldn’t be surprised if he snapfolded a 10 there... even if you checked the river, he would have probably checked back a weak 10
Yes, everybody knows he's the nittiest of nits. "Thin value" is his self-described style, but anybody can bet him off anything besides the nuts and anytime he's betting 3 streets you know you're beat. Desperately needs more aggression in his game. Not a ton, but definitely is insanely unbalanced.
Great vlog today! The comedy turns what should be a real drag into a fun, if bumpy, ride. 80 bucks in comps, loser radio, Slick not appearing to know he has a segment. I laughed, I cried, it changed me. Hope it turns around soon!
😂 80 bucks 🎉
Gods of Reno know you went East. Only way to undo the curse is do the exact same drive opposite way. Hang in there!
I love how you kept your sense of humor during what must be an extremely tilting losing streak 😂 respect Ben! Mad respect!
Dirty diaper is a better term for Deuce 3 off suit
We call it the skinny in Reno because there’s a story behind it, and it was invented by Mr. Z
Ouch. This hurts to watch. Variance cuts both ways. Hopefully it’ll turn around for you soon.
algorithm 😎
2-3 mexican Big Slick!
don’t quit your day job ✌️
Tough when you run bad like that!
The anniversary of an album nobody knows about, hmmmm
That guy is so full of himself lol calling 23 the diaper
Sorry Ben
1990 UNLV ncaa championship the biggest day in Nevada sports history.
Ben, you need to burn some incense, promise your next born to Beelzebub and swallow a 4 leafed clover. These burns are felt even through my monitor. Hate to be in your shoes of late. At least you can count on the comps ;)
Remember to shorten your sessions when you are running bad. After that k9 of diamonds hand, it was a good time to leave.
You are a very good player, so grind on. You’ll get thru it!
Just walk in there next time an give em all the money.
Save about 8 hours plus of down time
Sounds like lately, if it wasn’t for bad luck, you’d have no luck at all!
It may be lost on me, but what is the point of Kayla appearing on the vlog?
Are u a pro ?
Thumbs up for $80 in comps!
😂😂😭💀
Time to get a real job!
Ben, count your blessings with Miss Kayla. She is definitely a winner!!
LOL, attitude is everything. Unfortunately poker can be a cruel game.
Your tough, hang in there and smoke some players!! 😅😅
I just subscribed, you have been my favorite poker vlogged for years, this one is great, you lonesome loser. Your intro, nailed me to a tee.
Love you bro.
Production quality makes the viewing experience more painful than the hands.