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Really interesting deep dive into the Jrb vs Rick Solomon hand

A6 here vs the trip queens

I don’t play these stakes, but I do play some online and some live cash games. I think online, theoretically in this spot you may fold quicker than live on this river bet, live, there’s so many things going on, you’re at the casino, don’t want to get bluffed in this spot, your read is that your beat but for some reason you don’t want to fold. Takes discipline to lay it down when you feel your beat, live to fight another day! Haha

Check check on the river!??? Lmao

Kind of makes me wish Phil laak was there to spice up the game and battle with Antonio

Going back and watching some oldies great video Tyler!

“ everything here is fine until Jennifer Tilly decides to 5bet kjhh” lmaoooo

legendary video jungle!

great video jungle! the a10 raise on the river interesting in that, vs pot size bet we can be beat by alot of combos on the river!

great video jungle! love watching these types of hand reviews of live play!

Thanks chris’

Going to WSOP this year it’ll be my 2nd time going.

Things I learned last year

• bring food in a backpack to eat during breaks.
• Don’t go buy food at the store during breaks the lines insane
• Bring a really big water jug to last throughout the day
• Take one hand at a time
• Have fun!

Watched this stream the night it aired! So many interesting hands

The Tom dwan vs Garrett hand really interesting to me. The aq vs jj, aq to me supposed to check this river kind of insane at the stakes I play but I understand the theory in that we hate life when we get jammed on! Great video!

think a lot here, is enjoying the process and the journey. a upswing, a downswing and a breakeven stretch isnt a reflection of how good or bad we may be at the game.
I had a tough session last week, i was at the casino playing maybe 7 hours, and i was down a buy in, kept playing, kept playing, won some back. Then i lost a big pot KK vs AA, all in pre flop i just said nice hand and left. Not that i was hugely tilted, like obviously i wasnt happy with the result, but mentally i was fatigued and realized if i kept playing i wouldnt be playing my best.

When people ask me sometimes, oh how much did you win, or how was a session, i dont always like being specific with the details, oh i won x amount or lost x amount, because people who dont play the game understand all the nuances that come with playing. So i like to say it was a good session or bad session, or a decent session.

thanks Chris!

27:00
what a tough hand, the raise on the turn and jam on the river just screams value, kind of face up, unlikely just any ol king. Can he do that with 52? maybe? some of the time? k8?44?i dont think 88 is in there, hearts?

hey paul great video, ive recently within the last 6 months been transitioning from playing 6 max online.
most of my bankroll honestly has been built from playing 1/3 and 2/5 online,
theres no bigger wtf, from going from playing 50 or 100 nl on pokerstars all day, to the next day playing live 1/3 max 300
all the limping, multi way pots, straddling going on, it takes some time to get used to, but its so much softer compared to online. though WAAY less hands per hour, and its soooo slow lol.
in my opinion, the live 1/3 regs would get absolutely wrecked online 6max just with there tendencies and how it plays. its very different!
like for example, the other day, i have pocket QQ utg, ,live 1/3 and i open to $15
i got 7 callers!!! and the flop comes AK3 rainbow, just check and give up lmao
if you know there are players that are raising it up big, opposed to cold calling behind, ive messed around a bit with limp raising premiums, because its so annoying to getting so many cold callers.
table selection is huge!

thanks!

Hey Paul, really appreciate this video! I recently switched 6 months ago from playing 6max online to live 1/3 and 2/5 and it can be frustrating for an online solid player. There’s no bigger wtf going on from playing 6max online 100 nl all day to 1/3 live, all the limping, multi way pots kinda crazy lol lots of the things you talked I can relate to in my experiences live! Thanks

I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way - Frank Sinatra

“It’s not so much with what your doing, more important is where it’s coming from and how okay with certain outcomes”

It’s about what we learn from the loss, not losing itself.

Ahh yes we all have this plan, that I’m winning now, and if I put in more hours, more tables, grind longer sessions, I’ll be successful! When sometimes it doesn’t always work like that, grinding longer, more tables, can lead you to losing, because your more stressed playing, or your not focusing as much or playing as good as you were before

Like, let’s say for example, player x wants to make 1m dollars playing poker, as a goal right.
They have 500k to their name, they go play a big game, and lose 100k so now their bankroll is 400k. I’m sure that is super duper tilting for that player, and really tough, their bankroll just took a huge hit right.
The the next day, shouldn’t be to ohhh I need to get back to 500k today … it should be okay, what can I accomplish today, in my routine, that will help me execute better and perform better at tables. What goals can I achieve today.
And that’s hard to do! But I think important.

Yeah, exactly, however. I know how detrimental downswings can be to you mental game, I see players, sometimes every time I play with them. Seems like they’re losing thousands of dollars playing poker, every single session or week, and in my mind I’m like wow how can this be financially good for this person. But it’s not in my place to ask or question where they get the money to lose all the time.
I think another important point, is if you’re not happy now with yourself, with the stakes you play, or the bankroll you have, would you be that more happy with yourself if your bankroll was 10x the size? The journey is something to enjoy,
“Oh I’d be so much happier if I was playing higher stakes, or if I wasn’t so unlucky” lol
Though, if you lost 90% of your roll, how much more unhappy would you be as well.
I think it’s a bit of a recipe for disaster as well, where if you win your happy and if you lose your sad.

You spoke about expectations you have for yourself and your poker results, being results oriented. If you expect to win. All the time, you out that much more emphasis on your results checking them everyday, and if you lose, it affects you so much because you had this idea in your head that, you deserve or expected to win. Now that you’re in a down swing it’s more emotionally tilting.

Learning to let go and being present removes your emotions from the equation, you have to live with it either way good or bad, but sometimes, during a downswing, you have so much more to learn about yourself, what your doing wrong, mistakes in hands your making, lines your taking.

Think the same approach is just as important when you’re on an upswing, being cool and calm, collective, being present in the moment. Accepting of the outcome whatever it may be.

Thanks man! It’s better for overall health as well,
What’s interesting though, playing at the casino, or live, there’s players that only play and there always drinking when they play, they swear it helps them, maybe gives them confidence at the tables or something, play a bit looser, maybe feel more lucky idk to me just nonsense lol to each there own though haha

Could be on some occasions tougher games, or maybe I’ve had just happen to have some losing sessions where I lose some buy ins and decide to stop playing early on those days 🤷🏼‍♀️ have some unlucky run of cards, get hit by the deck, could be a multitude of things!
I don’t drink alcohol anymore, but funny thing about that is, I’ve heard some other poker players say that they actually play better poker when they drink alcohol, or that they’re more “lucky”
I’m my mind that’s complete nonsense, but maybe there’s something behind it, in that it makes them looser, play more hands, bluff more, become harder gage a range for them. I know some players that are ALWAYS drinking when they play and they’re terrible!

In terms of my own game, I think it would be a mistake to skip out on Thursday’s completely and just never play, gonna continue to grind it out! But be aware of everything that’s going on!

another thing that has helped me, is not drinking alcohol, oh my goodness, sleep improves, im more motivated, not depressed the next day, its wicked how eliminating it completely will do wonders for you, even if your a casual or social drinker, your workouts will improve, not drinking alcohol and only drinking water assists in losing weight too!

couldnt agree more with discipline! at and away from the poker tables! consistency and dedication is key!

Ive recently been tracking my days, by days of the week lol
Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays tuesdays and Wednesdays, I’ve had lots of success, lots of winning sessions in 2024, although Thursday’s been my worse day of the year, and I’m losing that day significantly, while Fridays I’m about break even, however, I feel like Fridays are a little bit skewed as the results when submit them occasionally run into early Saturday morning.

Last week, I had a great week, I play everyday except Thursday, Thursday took time to relax, study a bit in the morning, hangout with gf most of the day,

I’m sure I’m the future I’ll continue to play on Thursday’s, just a recent trend I’ve come across in my game/results. Maybe it has something to do with middle of the week, maybe my mind is grinding or maybe for whatever reasons, variance/ bad games/ tougher opponents on those thursdays!

omg 3 bet call qjhh what a hero lmao

i think its really important to be balanced,

sleep, nutrition, diet, exercise is so important, especially because sitting at the poker table for hours and hours everyday cant be healthy for our bodies. So i try to go to the gym 3/4 times a week and do some cardio as well!
if your physically and mentally strong, it can only assist and help you during these long hours of grinding at the tables!

sigh, i dont think im finding this call here with a6, pretty sick, lol

2:50 53cc

really like the sizing of going big on this river, if he has some strong qx, if hes calling the small bet he can likely call the bigger bet as well, you mentioned though, that you dont like going small with any of your range here, is this because our bluffs and value like going bigger?
small bet we may extract some value by worse hands that elect to fold vs the bigger bet on the river?

great video luke thanks!

really interesting line to go for here double check raise on the flop and turn,
if he bets small, we check raise turn and hes weak, if he checks back turn, we bet big on river get him off of some spades, or his weak holdings, but if river is a spade, we dont always bet the river, yes crazy he didnt shove 10s full there lol after your big river bet

8:00 with JJ here
tough spot here 3 ways, he opened utg, called the cold 4 bet from sb
qq, 1010, 99? im not sure, can he shove akcc here on the flop?
i think jj is either beat, or he has a ton of equity vs you, however like you said he can have 1010, if we know villain can shove clubs here does it make the call more reasonable?

I think alot of people who game enjoy playing poker, I specifically have two great friends from college who I used to play alot of video games with, they all me what I’ve been gaming of late ill just say poker loooool. There fun with friends