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Hi first time seeing your video or volg. Sure you get enough advice but I use to play for a living 25 years ago now just play for fun once in awhile. I made a good living. Unfortunately we all have down swings where nothing seems we do to be fight. Cannot commit if other players are showing you tells as you don't show those or reactions. But one thing I do know is you want to isolate not have multiple people in the pot more in less chances your aces or suited connectors going to win. Example if 5 people are calling a 4x bet of 25 clearly your not raising high enough before the flop think about going 6x or 7x to just get that one person. Second thing your follow-up bets on flop and turn way to low I know your trying to keep people in to make more money but your also putting one pair at risk with multiple people if your pricing them in to call. Lastly sometimes it's ourselves we are trying to hard or not getting enough sleep or just in a bad down swing I always limit to one rebuy so start with 500 rebuy once I know it is hard even if the night just started but also some days just not your day better to walk away come back the next day or take couple days break start fresh and rested and clear than to keep rebuying going deeper. I will say one thing that helped me a lot back then is I kept a separate account for poker this way I knew no matter what win or loose my bills were always paid and didn't add stress to myself or family. I would take half my wins and put in my poker account so when I did have those down swings no matter how long they are I was always making sure my bills were paid. Plus allowed me to watch my account grow with my wins which was nice. Believe me down swings are hard I once had one last three months buying in same as you did and rebuy once each time no matter what I didn't couldn't win it hurts and also makes you think is it you or should you just stop playing the game ect.. But that's also where that separate account helped too. You will come our of it we all do. I would also say during this time use it to pay more attention even though it's hard when frustrated but pay even closer attention to players tells so helps you read them better as well learn more how they play or there tells even better to not make future mistakes. Even today when I play I still do when I sit down at a table fold two full rounds of cards gives me a sharp advantage to watch the players closely and zone in on tells or there bets as well. I wouldn't even look at my cards because I didn't want to be tempted at first later when better control of my actions I would just look at them to not draw attention and still no matter what fold. I made a very good living back then my only big mistake was I was young I spent 15 hours on average every day in a poker room for three years which if could do it again would never spend that much but I was obsessed with winning and making money but unfortunately I had teanage kids lost a lot of time with my kids and then wife which did a lot of damage and missed a lot as kids grow up fast. If I could see how other players are reacting to hands, bets and folds I could tell you there tells to help you find them but like I said you don't show that. But I will tell you to always stay consistent if your not on time you take to bet, fold or call so your not giving off any tells. Hope some of this helped. Wish you the best of luck. Jay from Tennessee 😎

A note on OMC's: For viewers that don't know an OMC (Old Man Coffie) is a player that opens a very narrow range (QQ+ generally) and plays it aggressively whether the situation warrants it or not. Now what happens with these players is that they get called out for playing tight. Over time, that pressure makes them open up their range a bit to include AK. However, you can't play AK the same as QQ+ post-flop without connecting. When that guy saw the flop, his plan probably was to bet until he was raised, then fold. Which is why his bets were so small. The OMC playstyle doesn't support bluffing so if they are betting, they think they got it.

16:24 you definitely outleveled yourself. A shove here is never a bluff, and this makes my other comment about how they flat called your raise even more correct - he didn't squeeze with AQo.

11:43 it is amazing how many low stakes live players don't realize they are committed, even with a losing hand, and toss. I would have called and let the river do its thing.

4:54 its a fold, because you really can't improve much on this board and you are dead to a lot of his range already. At 1/3 people will limp call a weak K all day, or could have had As, Qs, Js, with anything. As played he is polar... either has a flush or is trying to protect a K and doesn't want to see another card. Either way you're dead. Especially at this level, there are plenty of better spots to win money, this ain't Hustler live.

3:32, that's a mistake not betting on the turn. You want to charge the draws, thin the herd, and build the pot now because you likely aren't getting much value on the river.

$47 profit? We'll take it! Also, I think your poker game keeps on improving regardless of the results and that is something to be proud of.

Being famous is overrated. U get harassed in public all the time.

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Do you ever see Doug McCuster. He does a blog also

AJo: Why are you opening to 17 in 1/3 with less than a 500 stack? It's going to create an awkward SPR. Very few players over-bluff 4 liners. That board is usually way under-bluffed. "Missed spades"? What spades miss JT8? There are not many spades left that ACTUALLY miss this board. A/K are on the board. Q has the straight. Jx/Tx/8x have at least one pair, 97 has a straight. River jam was not really an overbet. Villain had only 250 with a 230 pot. That's less than a 10% overbet.

How much do they Rake at capital?

Serious question…what is “check in flow?” I’ve heard you say it over and over. I’ve been playing poker for 30+ years and have never heard that.

Mr. Norcal I want you to know that I'm changing my style of play that'll be similar to yours .... because my own is not working at all. Your fan... River Rat 🐀

I actually liked your exploitive fold on the AA hand with two kings on the board. That was a multi way pot and the way the villain played it I don’t know what bluffs he could have had. I agree with your AJ hand in that you would have thought AQ would have three bet a middle position raise. I thought the advice on your discord discussion was solid as well. I will add this though, I think you’re leading too many multi way pots still OOP. I would experiment with checking every time and when your opponents bet you can check call with your good but un nutted hands. This will save you money to hands like AQ as he most likely wouldn’t be betting all in. Keep the pots smaller this way. I would be check raising my premium hands and draws however for max value.

Just out of interest, how much would you "spend" on tips in a year?

Never play out of the rack....bad luck

Be more aggressive attack attack

I know you can’t always hero call. I’m only 5:40 into the video But you’ve pretty much been bluffed on 2 hands. Sure the guy in TT hand might have had it but that was also a classic double barrel situation as well. I mean, if you gonna fold to a 2nd barrel why payoff the first barrel? When the 2 came off, pairing the board, I’d throw out a bet unless I knew the player and he never bets without the nuts. Don’t take my advice though I’m not the one playing every day. But when I do, I sometimes test the waters and make them prove it against aggression. Not all the time just when I got a feeling. And I had a feeling on both those hands.

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I don’t like the check raise on the aces hand. Only reason why for this exact reason if they just have two pieces of cardboard. Call turn check river call him down no matter what

Bovada has always been soft

Are you playing in the same game as Doug McClusker?

I know you say you have to leave when the clock strikes 2....does it ever force you to try and create action or play hands you wouldn't normally play cause you know your time is coming to an end and do you think you opponents notice and play a little wider against you?

Last AA hand jeeze you get AA a lot unless you edit out a lot of hours . Are you card racking or are you nitting it up? Not sure but I wonder if you have an OMC image with premiums being so much of your range. Anyways the line seemed fine . You also could consider checking then to bet missed spades with an overbet on River (yes they hit here but they usually miss) he may hero off $200 on a likely brick that looks like you are bluffing a missed draw. As realized that River sucks for that line. Btw your line was fine and sizing was perfect. As played checking back River here is mandatory unless this opponent mostly leads a flush in which case you foot get another $50-80 on River likely but it’s risky and likely not worth it.

Great video as always man, im heading to play at a new poker room near me later tonight! 🤞💥

AK screw it hand actually is well played imo . One issue your image is terrible after calling off a 4 liner and getting stacked. But you have a real hand that worse will call. Yes he had 77 here and cutoff open folded (dead money isn’t all bad) but I wouldn’t beat yourself up here worse calls from the cutoff and you’re close to a flip and have dead money … AQ , AJ , KQ call from co potentially well so does AA and KK That’s ok if you are even 55 percent here you’re fine. Run this in flopzilla and I think you’re decent. Had you had AA here do you also rip? I hope so as recognize where your image is right now calling would be a mistake with AA at this point imo. Your opponents are thinking you’re lining up the football for a big punt. When they hero AJ and you double up that’s great. Yes he has lots of pair combos but with broadways in there too again I think it’s fine to rip AK here as so much weaker stuff calls from the cutoff.

Nice vlog, I don't like the way you see your hands, it might be seen to the player beside you, try to cover it with your chips or your other hand

Your AJ hand the issue with opening fairly large to $17 and being pretty tight is you will get called by hands like AQ at low stakes many players need QQ plus to 3!to a good open size like you used let alone a smaller one. Think of how you called JJ to OMC. Many opponents flat AQ and even AK and don’t auto 3! This isn’t 5-T. This is a dangerous flop when it comes. You either are way ahead or way behind here. Fine with bet but instead of $25 why not $20 ? You still fold out the air but you’re not ahead of much other than draws to any check raise or deep action. This is like bottom two so tread carefully. The turn is very concerning. A double flush draw . You got 2 options to me 1) bet like you have top two or better which is what you did at the lower end or … 2)check ! Your opponent has all the two pair combos , bottom set , flipped straight , and flush draw. But you have a draw to the straight as well. To me this is like a bottom two. Your line I don’t hate but I think a check is totally fine here. On River you have to lead this ! What are you targeting with the check call River line? A missed draw to a punt from villian unless they bluff a lot I would really discount this? I think you’re read here is off to an opponent who played this line with AQ. You over leveled yourself here imo and got into the combo gto world when a low stakes live you have to discount this for most opponents as played this was a fold but this isn’t the best line I like a solid lead the best on River. you lose all value to K10 and weak aces which will call but check back River heck even second pair may hero putting you on those same missed draws. Bet say $115 ish on River as a lead for value and fold to any reraise - even sets will just call and you should beat a good amount of hands now that may call or check fold to big bets. If they jam to your strong River lead (remember you were calling off anyways so let’s get value off their garbage) they have very few bluffs here . Sometimes you will value own yourself here and some opponents with the nuts will strangely just call putting you on a chop lol.

JJ hand to OMC. When he opened to $25 I immediately thought AK and JJ are his most likely holdings to over size raise to that pre and you have heavy JJ !block lol Easy call for you no other option here pre. TT2 board he goes same bet. Why not min click this as you are in position and take the betting lead ? If he has AA even he will just call now as he will Be worried you have a ten or 22 unless he’s a AA is jokers OMC if so and he shoves you get away to a shove. He won’t fold AA ever but you will control the hand and most OMCs will now just call their over pairs and check to River if you min click flop. Depending on how he handles this you can likely down bet to now $35 turn to target AK and bet $10-15 on River . If he snap calls your min click I would likely upgrade him to QQ plus . As played same result but I am shocked he barreled the turn with Ace high you may notice this opponent plays the overpair different in the future with say a pot bet and next time really target the AK post that doesn’t improve. Generally an OMC would never bet so small on this flop with JJ - KK only maybe AA does this. He has more combos of AK than AA - I would totally target those holdings for value. If he folds to a min click add that intel to the bucket and use for future to semi bluff this OMC at will. My bet is he would call his 6 outer to a min click , call a turn down bet and curious call a small bet on River. OMC is never check raising or reraising here post except with TT specifically which is a rare OMC open as it’s usually JJ plus , AK and AQs more or less. Some are more nitty than this some go down to AJs and KqS and 99 but yeah. Totally fine with the way you play it but you’re stuck guessing .where you’re at. Surprised he didn’t check turn with AK I guess he wanted to set his price.

My thought on the T♦️T♠️ hand would be a small 1/3 or 1/4 pot continuation bet on the flop.

Second AA hand - how about slightly more pre $130 rather than $100 to his $30 bet ? Flop give it a down bet to $115 to keep his whole range in. Turn love the check raise. No point getting cute he’s likely shutting down bluffs calling off flush draws and snap calling a King and KK I think is super rare to not 4! And if he has trips he’s just doubling up. Overall love your line here

Interesting on AA hand you don’t get 3! - also building on your TT must be ahead because how wide these guys are with their opens it seems like many low stakes they have wide opens but tight 3!, so…. Why not go old school with this UTG AA … limp it like an old man. AK or something like that will raise to $20 or so, hopefully you get a few calls when it comes back and wait for it … heavy 3! Or even consider a jam once there’s $80 plus in the pot. Why pocket pairs will put you on AK , AK will put you on a pocket pair it’s the weirdest thing. Now here technically you would lose to a 1 outer on River but you would likely commit AK to a 10 percent equity all in pre. Every time do this no but if they are opening wide as in prior hand I think the old school limp reraise should be considered on these stations. Anyways check folding that turn was great and if he’s not 3! AK pre it seems like this guy is super tight. You may want to adjust his range in the future way more to value post flop and even pre as not sure he would bet the draws as often or he would 3! AK pre generally .

TT hand if they are that sticky why not just call the $15 open. Your theory is fine that you’re ahead of their range but if they are calling anyways unless you hit a set you’re a in a lot of weird spots. These stations can flop 2 pair on any 2 and will likely stack off if you get a set anyways. Post flop who knows , could be a fold , a check raise a call . Your opponents seem pretty uncapped here it kind of felt like a low flush or a big spade. Just a weird spot OOP… which is why I think the error is pre flop. If there’s little fold equity just call the $15 and have a strong calling range in the west position In poker SB. Also then you can check raise a lot of flops with the same amount you 3! More or less and get much more information. Again as played tough spot I have no clue what the correct line is. Maybe a lead flop for $80 and see if you take it down and give up to any pressure? It’s just awkward as many flops will be with TT

The 8-4 hand is a classic garbage hand turned into gold! *I do love to play in the gutter "as I call it" sometimes with those hands because if you catch it right like you did, oh man can make bank. The main reason is the odds you played 8-4 are always very low no matter when so it it flops 8-8-4 you are playing in the grass hidden from view so no will put you on it. You just have to let the others catch those draws to get paid out.

On the aces hand when the person went lol in when the king paired that was a great lay down. Hitting back to back full house must feel good to win decent size pots

Good fold on the pocket 10s hand. You're beaten by a lot of cards there. Your only option is to go all in on the flop/turn to put maximum pressure on your opponent. But there's so many better times to do that. There's no need to sprint and punt to find yourself hoping for a 2 outter

Could you use the number "10" instead of the letter "T"?

As someone here has already mentioned, I love your vlog because you're a player just like most of us who follow you. You take care of your bankroll, you're fair and honest, you nicely explain every hand and how you played it, you accept criticism as well as praise. I follow you even from a smaller European country and you're truly one of the 3-4 vloggers that I really enjoy following. I've recommended you to all my friends who play poker and I wish you the best of luck at the tables and beyond!

I’m going to try this

What is the etiquette for tipping at a casino? Is it a percentage of the pot? I basically just play home games.

Long time viewer second time commenter. I appreciate the consistency of the vids man! I really enjoy watching them after work keep it up

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Do you play tourney @ CC?

Love the vlog series. Watching episode by episode. Like binge watching Netflix lol. On the KJ hand I an actually going 44. I think he tilted called your re-raise pre and bluffed it hard on the flop. As soon as he hit his 4 on the turn he went full on rounders and tried to slow play it back. Originally thought k10 but I just don't think this guy was good enough to overplay to a draw board. He was overplaying it as a bluff.

How do you mentally and emotionally deal with losses and down swings?

The main casino here in Ontario canada the rake is 5% up to 20$. It’s hard out here 😢

AA first hand: Mistake was the tiny turn bet. I'd overbet this spot bc villain capped on the flop, and the K does not likely uncap villain's range. Just fyi: The river 9 completes two straights, the K-high and 9-high. Your turn bets in general are too small IMO.