My boy, even though you're a Doodyheads fan (SFGIANTS BABY!) I'm going to offer you a piece of very fundamental advise based on more years experience playing than you've been alive. You mentioned buying in for $80 in a 1-2 game and opening your ranges from being so tight. This is fundamentally WRONG. You need massive IMPLIED odds to play wider. That means deep stacks over 200bb generally speaking. When short stacking 40bb you need to be uber tight and very aggressive. You make so few hands already in poker that you can't play loose and make money with short stacks. So you tighten and VALUE TOWN the mistakes of others playing loose.
I admire you for putting yourself out there like this when you are fully self aware that you are a new player. The best advice you have gotten is to quit playing 80$ max buy 1/2. With the rake structure it quite literally can not be beaten. Also if you play 10nl online and show a profit over say 25k hands your ready to pretty much print money at 1/3 300$ max buy with a reasonable rake structure.
Ill repeat what I said before. You could play like Phil Ivey it wont matter in that game because the rake is too high relative to the buyin/blinds. Its an unbeatable game. Just play 5/5 and short stack it with 200 to 300 and play tight. Thats actually beatable (for a small amount). It is still extremely soft, definitely fine for beginners.
Agreed. As I mentioned in this video, I won't be playing the low stake at Commerce any more. This session was filmed before I put out the last video, so I just needed to push this one out to get the content out. I've shifted to a bit of a higher stake but needed to get this video out first.
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez if you do play low stakes super action $1-$2 NL about hour outside LA Diamond Jim’s also another honey hole Lake Elsinore Casino $1-$3 $40 min-$300 max action is amazing at both places
X out that "blind check" fam we don't care to look weak,(trap) play your hand and raise, as long as you mix it up(so not to be obvious) with your strategy 😉 *not bad at all... playing at the Commerce casino you gotta play as least 1/3 with a $300 buy-in...(I believe or 2/3) 🙄 What days will you be playing in the SD? I might "pull up"!
Yea, blind check sometimes works for me but i notice it only works in the higher stakes. Definitely taking that out. I already did my Jamul trip but I might be heading back down August 23rd! We'll see. Which SD spots are your favorite?
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez I haven't played in SD just thought it'd be cool... I've played off the 15 Temecula/Pachanga area *the golf n poker thing... 🤷 PS, I go by Oceans 11 in Oceanside often though... haven't stopped in yet?
Not bad tbh! hand selection could improve but at the 1/2 level with a 80 dollar max buy in, it doesn't matter as much. But when you start playing the 1/3 more, defend a little bit more at the big blind and widen up your range as you get to the cutoff-button positions. 3 bet more to as well. much easier said than done but it'll make you more unpredictable when you get comfortable in higher stakes.
Keep your job.and play poker on the side..the swings (variances) are just too much to quit your job...set limits..buy in for 300, play solid, and if you lose....don't rebuy...take a week or 2.weeks or a month off....there is no rush...Goodluck young man...
82 hand you def need to bet the flop. multi-way you are likely to be the only one with a made flush and you will get value from hands with a naked A,K,Qh. yes it’s polarized but they are just playing their hands, also its not a donk bet if no one raised pre. checking dark is almost never advisable unless you want to get fancy when you are going to check to the preflop aggressor on the flop (ex. BB vs CO open). also just super sus after betting turn. A6 is just a fold pre, if it’s suited then it’s fine but it’s such a junky ace that you may still lose if you hit an A on the board, and it has really no possibility of making a big hand that you’ll get paid with (you can make a straight on 4578 for instance but you’re only getting paid by unlikely coolers like sets etc). good cbet on the flop tho. i probably would have played 44 the same, not much value in betting any street, but you could call a river bet for sure. QJ because stacks are so shallow i don’t hate the flop action but assuming 100bb stacks flop is a pure check call imo. SB and BTN have way more 98 than you, TT was a little odd to see bc you’d expect a 3bet pre with that hand but again this is shallow stacked low stakes so it plays more like a tourney. also you have to understand that when you check raise there it is a bluff and you’re getting called by OESDs and hands that beat you and losing value from villains bluffs. top 2 is a great hand on most boards but on this one it’s a bluff-catcher. rake is bad everywhere but especially bad in LA, which is why it’s really raise or fold pre in these games unless there are like 4 limps in front of you. calling is lighting money on fire. there’s a reason they call these short-cap games rake traps. as a rule i never play at games without at least a 100bb max for this reason. anyways liked the vlog, hope you run good at ur next sesh.
This is super detailed and very insightful. Thank you for the advice! That TT hand was very weird but it’s one of those that you just can’t do anything but say “good hand” haha
J9 hand turn paired board isnt a good spot to raise bluff. Ur out of position in a multiway limped pot. With the wide limped ranges in the pot, someone couldve made trips. Pick a better spot where the board isnt paired and u have a better semibluff with more outs like an open ended draw or a flush draw. No need to be really deceptive at this level because a lot of other players wont fold. So make sure u dont slowplay ur good hands. If they dont call ur raise preflop, then they had nothing that was playable. Dont get frustrated. It happens. Patience. Dont force it. Let the game come to u. Good luck in Jamul.
This is like playing 3 6 limit with blinds at 2 3...do the math..if the dealer is above.average, you'll go through 8 to 10 times an hour through the blinds....it's simply not worth it! GO play 48 limit or 1 3 no limit...it has nothing to do with your experience, you are simply getting more.bang for your buck...good luck..
I mean, most of my limps in this video have been for cheap. And almost all of them turned a profit. Sure the 82 suited is pretty loose but with it only costing an additional $1 to see, I’m okay with it. Considering my stack size too
You need to get to the 200 game at commerce. That play is the same as 5/5 there just different bankrolls. You should probably start with Hawaiian gardens 1/3 game. Lots of Orange County Rec players. Game selection and going on good days is more important than theory at that level
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez ahh okay im going to start doing that as well. Hey bro if you'd be down maybe we can sorta do this Vlog journey together I been looking to make some poker buddies and start a vlog as well. We can hit up poker rooms together. Random but none of my friends play poker lol
I said this once and I'll say it again poker's not a game of skill. Especially at 1/2.😅😅 but in the future if you going to play pocket kings or pocket aces in 1/ 2 at least make it $18
I like to triple the last bet and add in all the limps and blinds for raises. So for two limpers and the blind raise (2x3) + 2 + 2(BB) + 1(SB)= $11. You can adjust for your table if that size doesn't prevent lots of calls.
@HeartCapture A poker scene cant make good players into bad players. If that happens, they weren't good players to begin with. It's buyer beware. Non-Indian casinos in CA cant have slot machines(stupid, 1800's antiquated religious state law because CA is a liberal state), so good players realize that cardrooms run games with short-stack buy-ins as their "slot machines" - games that they just put ignorant butts in poker table seats to collect rake. The real poker games at Commerce start at the 5/5 blinds where u can buy in for 100bb's.
As I’ve mentioned in the video, I know where some of my raising mistakes are, but otherwise, I’m not sure where else other than a fold here and there. Also realize I edit the video to show certain hands with the intention to improve, I’m not showing all the other winning hands or good lay downs.
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez Those “folds here and there” end up costing a lot over the long run. If you’re playing well at $1/2 you can win about $20/hr. If you just make two bad limps pre thats $4, which doesn’t sound like much, but is about 25% of that $20/hr. They cost you much more when you hit a second best hand with a hand you should have folded pre. Dont worry, no one at these stakes cares if you play tight, they’ll still call when you raise with your big hands.
My boy, even though you're a Doodyheads fan (SFGIANTS BABY!) I'm going to offer you a piece of very fundamental advise based on more years experience playing than you've been alive.
You mentioned buying in for $80 in a 1-2 game and opening your ranges from being so tight. This is fundamentally WRONG. You need massive IMPLIED odds to play wider. That means deep stacks over 200bb generally speaking. When short stacking 40bb you need to be uber tight and very aggressive. You make so few hands already in poker that you can't play loose and make money with short stacks. So you tighten and VALUE TOWN the mistakes of others playing loose.
Yeah you're right.
I admire you for putting yourself out there like this when you are fully self aware that you are a new player. The best advice you have gotten is to quit playing 80$ max buy 1/2. With the rake structure it quite literally can not be beaten. Also if you play 10nl online and show a profit over say 25k hands your ready to pretty much print money at 1/3 300$ max buy with a reasonable rake structure.
Yes. As I mentioned in the video, I wont be playing in this game anymore.
Ill repeat what I said before. You could play like Phil Ivey it wont matter in that game because the rake is too high relative to the buyin/blinds. Its an unbeatable game. Just play 5/5 and short stack it with 200 to 300 and play tight. Thats actually beatable (for a small amount). It is still extremely soft, definitely fine for beginners.
Agreed. As I mentioned in this video, I won't be playing the low stake at Commerce any more. This session was filmed before I put out the last video, so I just needed to push this one out to get the content out. I've shifted to a bit of a higher stake but needed to get this video out first.
And I actually profited in this session. But yes, won't be playing 1/2 at Commerce any more.
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez if you do play low stakes super action $1-$2 NL about hour outside LA Diamond Jim’s also another honey hole Lake Elsinore Casino $1-$3 $40 min-$300 max action is amazing at both places
protect your cards, use a card protector/chip on top! or wait until the dealer accidently mucks your hand and then start using one. :)
I used to use one then would forget sometimes and would do it sometimes and it started becoming a tell 🤣
X out that "blind check" fam we don't care to look weak,(trap) play your hand and raise, as long as you mix it up(so not to be obvious) with your strategy 😉
*not bad at all... playing at the Commerce casino you gotta play as least 1/3 with a $300 buy-in...(I believe or 2/3) 🙄
What days will you be playing in the SD? I might "pull up"!
Yea, blind check sometimes works for me but i notice it only works in the higher stakes. Definitely taking that out. I already did my Jamul trip but I might be heading back down August 23rd! We'll see. Which SD spots are your favorite?
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez I haven't played in SD just thought it'd be cool... I've played off the 15 Temecula/Pachanga area
*the golf n poker thing... 🤷
PS, I go by Oceans 11 in Oceanside often though... haven't stopped in yet?
I recall low stakes CA games in any room have garbage max buy ins and the rake is horrendous.
Not bad tbh! hand selection could improve but at the 1/2 level with a 80 dollar max buy in, it doesn't matter as much. But when you start playing the 1/3 more, defend a little bit more at the big blind and widen up your range as you get to the cutoff-button positions. 3 bet more to as well. much easier said than done but it'll make you more unpredictable when you get comfortable in higher stakes.
Thanks for the insight! Yeah I’m studying more and trying to improve my blind game.
Keep your job.and play poker on the side..the swings (variances) are just too much to quit your job...set limits..buy in for 300, play solid, and if you lose....don't rebuy...take a week or 2.weeks or a month off....there is no rush...Goodluck young man...
I played at Commerce many years ago. That structure is terrible. I played $1/$3 at hawaiian Gardens and had my biggest cashout ever.
Yea, I'm planning on hitting the Garden sometime soon!
The first time I played poker at a casino was at the commerce 1/2 Limit! Sit down with $60 walk away hours later with $60 was a good time.
82 hand you def need to bet the flop. multi-way you are likely to be the only one with a made flush and you will get value from hands with a naked A,K,Qh. yes it’s polarized but they are just playing their hands, also its not a donk bet if no one raised pre. checking dark is almost never advisable unless you want to get fancy when you are going to check to the preflop aggressor on the flop (ex. BB vs CO open). also just super sus after betting turn.
A6 is just a fold pre, if it’s suited then it’s fine but it’s such a junky ace that you may still lose if you hit an A on the board, and it has really no possibility of making a big hand that you’ll get paid with (you can make a straight on 4578 for instance but you’re only getting paid by unlikely coolers like sets etc). good cbet on the flop tho.
i probably would have played 44 the same, not much value in betting any street, but you could call a river bet for sure.
QJ because stacks are so shallow i don’t hate the flop action but assuming 100bb stacks flop is a pure check call imo. SB and BTN have way more 98 than you, TT was a little odd to see bc you’d expect a 3bet pre with that hand but again this is shallow stacked low stakes so it plays more like a tourney. also you have to understand that when you check raise there it is a bluff and you’re getting called by OESDs and hands that beat you and losing value from villains bluffs. top 2 is a great hand on most boards but on this one it’s a bluff-catcher.
rake is bad everywhere but especially bad in LA, which is why it’s really raise or fold pre in these games unless there are like 4 limps in front of you. calling is lighting money on fire. there’s a reason they call these short-cap games rake traps. as a rule i never play at games without at least a 100bb max for this reason. anyways liked the vlog, hope you run good at ur next sesh.
This is super detailed and very insightful. Thank you for the advice! That TT hand was very weird but it’s one of those that you just can’t do anything but say “good hand” haha
A shame it seems nobody buys in for 100bb or more
Buy in structure is terrible
J9 hand turn paired board isnt a good spot to raise bluff. Ur out of position in a multiway limped pot. With the wide limped ranges in the pot, someone couldve made trips. Pick a better spot where the board isnt paired and u have a better semibluff with more outs like an open ended draw or a flush draw. No need to be really deceptive at this level because a lot of other players wont fold. So make sure u dont slowplay ur good hands. If they dont call ur raise preflop, then they had nothing that was playable. Dont get frustrated. It happens. Patience. Dont force it. Let the game come to u. Good luck in Jamul.
Appreciate the insight!
This is like playing 3 6 limit with blinds at 2 3...do the math..if the dealer is above.average, you'll go through 8 to 10 times an hour through the blinds....it's simply not worth it! GO play 48 limit or 1 3 no limit...it has nothing to do with your experience, you are simply getting more.bang for your buck...good luck..
I seen the fishing rods in the back of your car. What do you fish for?
Anything and everything in Southern California my friend
Fishing and poker. My two hobbies also.
Time to make my channel into a fishing channel as well
What kind of camera to u use to record?
All on an iPhone 14 Max
80.00 a. Buy in?
Limping less. And then V-bet a bit bigger
I mean, most of my limps in this video have been for cheap. And almost all of them turned a profit. Sure the 82 suited is pretty loose but with it only costing an additional $1 to see, I’m okay with it. Considering my stack size too
This game is unbeatable.
Nobody is winning in this game.
Time to move up or move out!
100%
You need to get to the 200 game at commerce. That play is the same as 5/5 there just different bankrolls. You should probably start with Hawaiian gardens 1/3 game. Lots of Orange County Rec players. Game selection and going on good days is more important than theory at that level
WHERE DID U GO, BRO?
I'm Back! Just posted a new video
Wow they use $1 chips over there? That's terrible.
Let me know what improvements I need to make!
Yo how did you record at commerce if they don't let you? at least I asked one time and they said I couldnt
@@FMForeverFM I just did. Sometimes the dealer will say something but I have never had problems.
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez ahh okay im going to start doing that as well. Hey bro if you'd be down maybe we can sorta do this Vlog journey together I been looking to make some poker buddies and start a vlog as well. We can hit up poker rooms together. Random but none of my friends play poker lol
Let’s run it! I’m down for a session! Hit me up on Instagram @ekfern
I said this once and I'll say it again poker's not a game of skill. Especially at 1/2.😅😅 but in the future if you going to play pocket kings or pocket aces in 1/ 2 at least make it $18
I mean, it’s a game of luck sure but there’s some skill involved. But I agree, DEFINITELY not in the 1/2. I’m moving up stakes soon!
I like to triple the last bet and add in all the limps and blinds for raises. So for two limpers and the blind raise (2x3) + 2 + 2(BB) + 1(SB)= $11. You can adjust for your table if that size doesn't prevent lots of calls.
Is Commerce as bad as they say? I hear the poker scene makes you a bad player
Ehh, lots of people don’t like Commerce for different reasons!
@HeartCapture A poker scene cant make good players into bad players. If that happens, they weren't good players to begin with. It's buyer beware. Non-Indian casinos in CA cant have slot machines(stupid, 1800's antiquated religious state law because CA is a liberal state), so good players realize that cardrooms run games with short-stack buy-ins as their "slot machines" - games that they just put ignorant butts in poker table seats to collect rake. The real poker games at Commerce start at the 5/5 blinds where u can buy in for 100bb's.
My boy u need to play more micorstakes online, bc ur making a lot of mistakes
Well, what mistakes are you seeing? I’m looking to improve but just hoping online with no insight isn’t helpful
As I’ve mentioned in the video, I know where some of my raising mistakes are, but otherwise, I’m not sure where else other than a fold here and there. Also realize I edit the video to show certain hands with the intention to improve, I’m not showing all the other winning hands or good lay downs.
@@EdwardKhrisFernandez Those “folds here and there” end up costing a lot over the long run. If you’re playing well at $1/2 you can win about $20/hr. If you just make two bad limps pre thats $4, which doesn’t sound like much, but is about 25% of that $20/hr.
They cost you much more when you hit a second best hand with a hand you should have folded pre.
Dont worry, no one at these stakes cares if you play tight, they’ll still call when you raise with your big hands.
Sub #289. Let's go?