I think you pretty much nailed it on how to deal with downswings. Anyone can play well when hitting hands and winning....but handling downswings is the most and important part, and by far, the hardest part of being a winning poker player
Lex, thanks for demonstrating the most important concept, especially for new players. Play in a game where you know you have an edge. When you're first coming up, a lot of people tell you that you need to play in the highest stakes. Bigger stakes = bigger win rate, right? I had to learn for myself the hard way to check my ego and play in a good game where I have an edge.
Good advice at the end lex. The reason we build a bankroll is to withstand the downswings that come with playing. Play inside your roll and have at least 30-40 buy ins and you’ll be okay. I saw you at the Wynn when I was there during WPT. Wanted to say hi but you looked like you weren’t having a great time so I left you alone. Hope the downswing ends soon.
Thanks for sharing some good tips when you’re swinging down.. you’re such a great vlogger, giving us real life tips, great content and showing us the good and the bad!! Have a wonderful holiday and a great new year with some good luck 🍀 in all your poker games!! Peace ✌️
Top comment is correct, Lex. It happens to all of us. I think I’m “running bad” but you overplay your hands sometimes. Trust me I do it often, too. The 66 hand. You automatically raise on the flop. Yes it was a pretty nasty board but we can’t be scared of monsters allll the time. Keep letting him fire into you with all of his Ax garbage. Maybe had a lone diamond he cud turn into a bluff. GL Lex, Keep your head up you got this. 5/10 maybe 10/20 sometimes is your alley all day. Those 20/40 games at Bellagio & Wynn & the likes are the toughest cash games in the world & you know this. Would love to see you focus on MTTs if you study a ton this year you could bink one off. MTT has so much more value.
Those were some brutal spots. I just had a similarly frustrating session where I was down & card dead, then had to leave to stop the bleeding. Shits rough. I always try to contextualize it by taking my dog for a long walk after a particularly difficult session and reflect. Get some Rogue therapy bud! Upswing incoming.
That was such a good read with JJ that he’s a rec and he 3bet instead of just called and took a flop. I would have folded the flop exploitatively and would have been wrong
Anti climatic sure but i appreciate the realness. People here for entertainment will be ok wothout one crazy video. I personally appreciate seeing your human and you go through these nights as well
Honestly lex you need to learn the phrase you only get called by a hand that beat you I know it's the opposite of thin value but sometimes you're making bets that you can't get called with a worse hand you know that would have saved you a bunch of money in this last vlog
I don’t think any top player is going to be spaz raising with air on a 77832 board when the flush comes in on the river. Your bet is inherently polarizing to either a flush or a 7 because you really wouldn’t be betting anything else. Should probably focus less on “oh im running bad” and really evaluate your hands to see what you could be doing better.
I disagree. The naked A of clubs or hands that block full houses could definitely raise his not at all polarized small sizing as a bluff. If he'd bet bigger and still got raised then that could be weighted more towards value.
Hope you read this! Hey man love watching your vlogs. Have to be totally transparent, I didn't think I dug you at first although, I really enjoyed the content. Just watched a vlog of yours where you spoke of a buddy of yours taht said how you were "crushing it" and keep up the good work. I mean I used ot hate watching your like work outs at the gym or you getting back to your dog after a long session of cards. but seriously how ignorant was it of me, to judge someone else. Sometimes we need to take a hard look inside ourselves before we judge others. Very big of you to speak to mental health, ho9nestly a very selfless thing of you to do, not that you haven't mentioned it in the past, as you have. Anyways, I hope you are well, and I wish you the best. I don't think I have commented in the past, and if I did it surely wasn't negative. I am not that type to "troll" or whatever they call it. I just think your words were impactful to all watchers of this type of media, and also those who are vlogging. the image we all see on here, isn't truly the whole story.
Keep growing and learning Lex. I think next year will be a very good one for you. Don't overthink so much. Work on getting reads on your opponents more. It just seems to me that you're not focused on that part of poker so much. Here's to a great 2024.
deal with downswings by putting in more hours! IF you have an edge, it'll bear it out over the long run. Go down in stakes if you must. Breaks are good too!
Yesterday, I had pocket aces against some drunk man. Some man bet 30 and I re-raised it to 80. Man goes all in, and I called. He shows me 4,5o and thought I was gonna win. Flop 4,9,Q and I’m up so far but he has bottom pair. Turn was a 5 giving him a two pair and the river was a brick. This was 1/2 no limit and I lost 200 Becuz of this drunk man and stupid board. Anyways unlucky but that’s poker
Like this talk in the end of the video. Last video/or couple video's ago you did also some talking about insecureness. These talks add something extra to the vid. Goodluck with the downswing!
Card dead means you would only play about 10% of hands? Geez I've been playing for years and I thought playing 10% of hands meant you were actually getting good cards. For me, card dead means I don't play anything for like 4 or 5 orbits, which seems to happen frequently. Anyways, good vlog as usual Lex.
People think im crazy when I pre-fold AQ /AJ / AK... But honestly those hands rarely work out so im not attached to them😂.. there is always a better hand out there so why gamble on it?
This is literally how I run at the Wynn every single time. I feel for you. I hope rest of December and January turns around for you with some big wins!
Lol right? He might be able to. see usually piker players are geeks, play with their chips constantly, bring backpacks with premade sandwiches, headphones, hoodie lol thats the poker pro starter kit
I'd like to see you flat with AQcc then maybe check raise turn or river for a bluff as you're willing to go allin anyways. Hard to call big turn or river bets with no pair. Of course now that we saw what he had......
Folding 5 high flush even with the 3 blocked to that. If you're inducing, it's unlikely to see 10x your bet as a bluff. He might be good enough to turn 3 7s into a bluff but let him take it.
You had to know you were beat when he re raised that fish vs fish had with 3 5 of clubs vs the ace 4 , plus board was paired. I wouldn't have called a 1200 dollar raise there you know he got you beat and he should been scared of the full house
Lex, your hands aren't beat up from lifting, are you okay? Also, I watched you play for so long, don't play that game, it's not Florida action. AQ in FL, decent hand, in Wynn it's trash. They are using solvers, they will exploit how you play. Notice how you lost the hands, when they have the nuts type stuff they want big pots, otherwise they fold or keep it small. Your end vlog advice is great, take mine bro and come back hard.
Dude called your all inn with AK before you switched tables lol if you weren't going in with aq you would have won. Man. You had em right where you wanted em
1. Why do you straddle as a pro poker player? Straddling is a losing play. 2. Wtf were you thinking going all in with AQ suited? KK and some AA AK and JJ in his range. Wtf are you doing?
I think you're off your best game right now... I know it is easy to armchair QB, but what do you think you are getting raised with on that paired flush board? Do you really think you are going to find that to be a stone bluff often enough to be profitable calling? And if it was a bluff, why would he go so high? Pot was $490, and he comes in with a $1200 bet... Do you really think that small flush is any good? That's not a snap call, that's a snap fold. So many more profitable situations, you just didn't want to see your hand get beat so you called. I've seen you play better than this.
Ace queen suited all in playing like a bar tournament 😂😂😂
Patience is everything when you're riding the up and down swings of the roller coaster of Poker.
I think you pretty much nailed it on how to deal with downswings. Anyone can play well when hitting hands and winning....but handling downswings is the most and important part, and by far, the hardest part of being a winning poker player
3 betting 45o?! Boy was feelin DANGEROUS
The realness of poker not always winning. I like to see you win so much more. Great video as always
Most consistent poker vlogger
Lex, thanks for demonstrating the most important concept, especially for new players. Play in a game where you know you have an edge. When you're first coming up, a lot of people tell you that you need to play in the highest stakes. Bigger stakes = bigger win rate, right? I had to learn for myself the hard way to check my ego and play in a good game where I have an edge.
Good advice at the end lex. The reason we build a bankroll is to withstand the downswings that come with playing. Play inside your roll and have at least 30-40 buy ins and you’ll be okay.
I saw you at the Wynn when I was there during WPT. Wanted to say hi but you looked like you weren’t having a great time so I left you alone. Hope the downswing ends soon.
Thank you for all your videos Lex! I wish you all the luck in 2024.
as always great content, with sage advice for downswings. much appreciated.
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Thanks for sharing some good tips when you’re swinging down.. you’re such a great vlogger, giving us real life tips, great content and showing us the good and the bad!! Have a wonderful holiday and a great new year with some good luck 🍀 in all your poker games!! Peace ✌️
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Lex
Merry Christmas, Lex. May 2024 be your biggest and most successful year yet!
Great vlog...as usual.
Downswings are real but your punting doesn't necessarily help it.
Props to you for making the switch in levels. Poker is more a game against yourself than against the other players.
Top comment is correct, Lex. It happens to all of us. I think I’m “running bad” but you overplay your hands sometimes. Trust me I do it often, too. The 66 hand. You automatically raise on the flop. Yes it was a pretty nasty board but we can’t be scared of monsters allll the time. Keep letting him fire into you with all of his Ax garbage. Maybe had a lone diamond he cud turn into a bluff. GL Lex, Keep your head up you got this.
5/10 maybe 10/20 sometimes is your alley all day. Those 20/40 games at Bellagio & Wynn & the likes are the toughest cash games in the world & you know this.
Would love to see you focus on MTTs if you study a ton this year you could bink one off. MTT has so much more value.
Wynn 10/20/40 might be the one of the toughest game in the US
That is correct. Very difficult to make money in that game. Same goes for the Bellagio 10-20.
Those were some brutal spots. I just had a similarly frustrating session where I was down & card dead, then had to leave to stop the bleeding. Shits rough. I always try to contextualize it by taking my dog for a long walk after a particularly difficult session and reflect. Get some Rogue therapy bud! Upswing incoming.
I like your sense of humor. Lost with trips to a straight on the river & pokers tough. Then the inverse happened. Keep posting.
45 off guy not betting river was wild
Hang in there Lex. Going through same downswing too , Wynn keeps getting great reviews , personally I didn’t like it but each to their own !
Great video Lex
Let’s go Lex!!
Merry Christmas Lex
Donks are everywhere 3 betting with 3 4 off is in sane. Better luck in January Lex and Happy New Year 😅
That was such a good read with JJ that he’s a rec and he 3bet instead of just called and took a flop. I would have folded the flop exploitatively and would have been wrong
Hey bro merry Christmas. You ever play down at the dog tracks in st. Pete or Bonita?
Have a wonderful new year God bless
The 4 , 5 , off suite was mine and No I’m not a Recreational Player….Looks can be deceiving, So much for your read ….
Hopefully 2024 is your Year Lexmeister! =)
Taking a break seems like a real good plan.....!!
Lex
You are a good player dude
You will came back
Anti climatic sure but i appreciate the realness. People here for entertainment will be ok wothout one crazy video. I personally appreciate seeing your human and you go through these nights as well
Hey Lex do you usually tip in these games? Thanks
Some days it's just like trying to push back the ocean with a broom.
Escalated tilt! 100% right
The 4-5 off suit guy must be from Texas lol
Honestly lex you need to learn the phrase you only get called by a hand that beat you I know it's the opposite of thin value but sometimes you're making bets that you can't get called with a worse hand you know that would have saved you a bunch of money in this last vlog
09:45 smart move.
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I don’t think any top player is going to be spaz raising with air on a 77832 board when the flush comes in on the river. Your bet is inherently polarizing to either a flush or a 7 because you really wouldn’t be betting anything else. Should probably focus less on “oh im running bad” and really evaluate your hands to see what you could be doing better.
Exactly
I disagree. The naked A of clubs or hands that block full houses could definitely raise his not at all polarized small sizing as a bluff. If he'd bet bigger and still got raised then that could be weighted more towards value.
No lecturing plz as if you were poker master
@@dondrap513I agree. He bet small, villain could easily have been bluffing naked Ace c there
If he bet small to induce a bluff call then it’s fine, otherwise it’s probably better to size up and bet fold river
Hope you read this! Hey man love watching your vlogs. Have to be totally transparent, I didn't think I dug you at first although, I really enjoyed the content. Just watched a vlog of yours where you spoke of a buddy of yours taht said how you were "crushing it" and keep up the good work. I mean I used ot hate watching your like work outs at the gym or you getting back to your dog after a long session of cards. but seriously how ignorant was it of me, to judge someone else. Sometimes we need to take a hard look inside ourselves before we judge others. Very big of you to speak to mental health, ho9nestly a very selfless thing of you to do, not that you haven't mentioned it in the past, as you have. Anyways, I hope you are well, and I wish you the best. I don't think I have commented in the past, and if I did it surely wasn't negative. I am not that type to "troll" or whatever they call it. I just think your words were impactful to all watchers of this type of media, and also those who are vlogging. the image we all see on here, isn't truly the whole story.
Keep growing and learning Lex. I think next year will be a very good one for you. Don't overthink so much. Work on getting reads on your opponents more. It just seems to me that you're not focused on that part of poker so much. Here's to a great 2024.
.....if poker was easy, everyone would play......
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deal with downswings by putting in more hours! IF you have an edge, it'll bear it out over the long run. Go down in stakes if you must. Breaks are good too!
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Don’t ever forget that the world is loaded with expert recreational players!
Your a action player 👍
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I'm glad you post sessions like this. Too many online trolls claim vloggers only show winnings sessions
Yesterday, I had pocket aces against some drunk man. Some man bet 30 and I re-raised it to 80. Man goes all in, and I called. He shows me 4,5o and thought I was gonna win. Flop 4,9,Q and I’m up so far but he has bottom pair. Turn was a 5 giving him a two pair and the river was a brick. This was 1/2 no limit and I lost 200 Becuz of this drunk man and stupid board. Anyways unlucky but that’s poker
Lex you are Looking like Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars.
Lex you got a P.O Box I'm finna send you some chapstick might help you run good!!! LFG
You do everything right,but everything talk about luck...you win back next session
Cha'alt!
Like this talk in the end of the video. Last video/or couple video's ago you did also some talking about insecureness. These talks add something extra to the vid. Goodluck with the downswing!
10 minutes into your video I feel worse at poker
At 9:28 the girl flashes the peace sign. Wasn't that exact scene from a very recent video?
For me, the set of sixes was a clear call
"Poker is easy"..."Man, poker is so tough" 😅
Card dead means you would only play about 10% of hands? Geez I've been playing for years and I thought playing 10% of hands meant you were actually getting good cards. For me, card dead means I don't play anything for like 4 or 5 orbits, which seems to happen frequently. Anyways, good vlog as usual Lex.
Donkin' off $2700 with AQ preflop and calling it "high variance"? Man, maybe I should pro. LOL!
People think im crazy when I pre-fold AQ /AJ / AK... But honestly those hands rarely work out so im not attached to them😂.. there is always a better hand out there so why gamble on it?
I agree with AQ and AJ, but folding AK pre-flop is the wrong play in the long run.
@@xavierharding8938 Actually last night I shoved with AK suited and won an $800 pot 😂 so not so bad..
@@airgunballistics1779 Awesome, good to hear. Hope your overall session was a W
@@xavierharding8938 I've trained myself to pack up and leave once I've won a big pot like that.. thanks Cheers
This is literally how I run at the Wynn every single time. I feel for you. I hope rest of December and January turns around for you with some big wins!
The guy with kj checking the turn then leading the river 10 was not smart..
Should’ve bluffed the k9 hand
U can look at someone and know if they play poker for a living ???
Lol right? He might be able to. see usually piker players are geeks, play with their chips constantly, bring backpacks with premade sandwiches, headphones, hoodie lol thats the poker pro starter kit
I'd like to see you flat with AQcc then maybe check raise turn or river for a bluff as you're willing to go allin anyways. Hard to call big turn or river bets with no pair. Of course now that we saw what he had......
Best poker vlog out there now. Brad and Rampage just got to big they are now boring. Keep going Lex.
Wear different caps next time you’ll have better luck lol
Folding 5 high flush even with the 3 blocked to that. If you're inducing, it's unlikely to see 10x your bet as a bluff. He might be good enough to turn 3 7s into a bluff but let him take it.
You are winning player? 😂
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What's your bankroll please?
If he's buying in for 15k according to his logic it must be around $150,000 at least
lex o poker
What is rake in this type of game?
About tree fiddy
@@christophermc2 damn you Loch Ness monster !
You had to know you were beat when he re raised that fish vs fish had with 3 5 of clubs vs the ace 4 , plus board was paired. I wouldn't have called a 1200 dollar raise there you know he got you beat and he should been scared of the full house
Too many punts🤷🏽♂️🤔
Lex, your hands aren't beat up from lifting, are you okay?
Also, I watched you play for so long, don't play that game, it's not Florida action.
AQ in FL, decent hand, in Wynn it's trash. They are using solvers, they will exploit how you play.
Notice how you lost the hands, when they have the nuts type stuff they want big pots, otherwise they fold or keep it small.
Your end vlog advice is great, take mine bro and come back hard.
Some days you're the bug and other days your the windshield
Bad sizing with bottom set there
“Man, poker is such a tough game.” No, you’re just a donk playing higher than you should, especially at the Wynn in Vegas, ONE of the toughest games.
Run bad is run bad, as Solomon said "This too shall pass"
Dude called your all inn with AK before you switched tables lol if you weren't going in with aq you would have won. Man. You had em right where you wanted em
I would just stay and play in Florida. The games are better.
"Poker's easy"...when the guy to your right is a passive nit...rofl.
That's why I hate REC players, a pro would never play a 4 5 off like that pre-flop................just crazy
The standup game is bad for poker, as is bomb pots, you want to gamble, go play roulette 😂
You a Raiders fan Lex? Or just wearing the hat because you’re in Vegas?
Not sure if this was solid advice. Should have at least played blackjack or played the numbahs to get even.😂😂😂
Man still has to bum hunt
Why do you keep calling massive oversets?
Don’t tell people to play 1/2 in this modern day rake structure. You know it’s a giant rake trap and unbeatable
It’s not running bad. It’s not making the best decisions. It’s getting more and more painful to watch.
Once they move you too a game with all pros,you must get up!
1. Why do you straddle as a pro poker player? Straddling is a losing play.
2. Wtf were you thinking going all in with AQ suited? KK and some AA AK and JJ in his range.
Wtf are you doing?
I think you're off your best game right now... I know it is easy to armchair QB, but what do you think you are getting raised with on that paired flush board? Do you really think you are going to find that to be a stone bluff often enough to be profitable calling? And if it was a bluff, why would he go so high? Pot was $490, and he comes in with a $1200 bet... Do you really think that small flush is any good? That's not a snap call, that's a snap fold. So many more profitable situations, you just didn't want to see your hand get beat so you called.
I've seen you play better than this.
After the fact of him not revealing his year end totals. I refuse to watch or listen to him. Good job Lexi.