AznDegen13

Tough hand as the board gets worse and worse for our range. limped pre so he is wide.... does a flush draw reallly call 110 getting 2.27 :1 on a flush draw.... maybe ... I think hes more likley to call with a set here... when the flush is made on the turn hes checking but when he binks the 6 OTR he decides to go for max value. I doubt hes bluffing here.... I think its a fold as played OTR.... calling can be marginal here but raising is never ok obviously.

I think your flop play was good you narrowed his range to nutflushes and sets... what else leads 30 into 50 and then calls 110 for 250...

you were behind the entire hand...

maybe im dead wrong ... intrested what he had... i guess he can play overpairs this way as well....

26:43

you open 8h8x utg for 2.2$ and get flatted. You check call a 2/3 pot bet I get checking back the turn because his range is " uncapped " and can contain higher flushes.... being aware of this why did you call the massive river over bet... does he really play bluffs this way ? is 8hi flush ever good here... I thought it was a simple fold.... wouldnt his overbet range contain more nut flush hands and boats + quads than his psb or 3/4 psb range OTR?

great video and content thanks for sharing

holy chit nice hand!

seriously i was stuck 400$ smoked a bowl played 8 hours got unstuck and came back a 700$ cash out 300$ profit

a player i respect a lot goes for walks ( not to smoke bowls just to walk) after any big pot win or lose . Said it fucks peoples mental up

Kinda hear doyle telling me to play ATC after a big win... but its fucked me so many times also

recreational reg / degen we prob played at 1/2 or 2/5 at FW !

and this was a hand from a saturday night at the woods! fucking fish!

the bluff with the busted open ender was exciting and thought provoking ! thought he was going to hero you OTR w Ax ... Did he tell you which ax combo he had? wonder if he had any spade blockers , probably didnt have Ace of spades tho... ahx adx non two pair combos are probably most likley w a7,a9,aq as the majority of his range and sometimes twopair combos but not as often

Phil Galfond is inspirational poker player and amazing teacher.

I play primarily play 1/2 live ... online BR permitting I play 25- 200 NL online * its terrifying to think that Phil Galfond is playing at these stakes !

One of the main reasons I signed up for RIO was because I saw Phils how to play 2k NL /highstakes adventure etc videos on youtube. The way he approaches and thinks about poker is incredible. He is very clear and organized in his approach making seemingly difficult concepts easier to grasp ... Thank you Phil Galfond for creating RIO and sharing this video!

Perhaps as a Hanukkah gift / mitzvah he will make another NL video for the essential players !

L'chaim!

With your current BR its not a good move. Professionals probably use a 100BI metric for that game because It is such high variance... When you don't have a proper bankroll you can get cleared out in a matter of minutes . Not kidding , It hurts when you don't have the $ to do it 100 more times.. I continue to torture myself and play underrolled but more recently have stuck to 1/2 for the most part and had decent results with mental game improvement.....

I have seen a guy play AA/ KK/ AK /QQ all gets busted 4 times going in as favorite for for 500$ in 15 fucking minutes! Shit happens! Thats poker Baby!

But since you seem to have pretty outstanding results I think you will be ok playing these stakes ... the average player like myself does not adapt as well at this game . Poker is still poker to a degree its not a new world of james bond bluffs , mind reading, and ,deception when stepping up these levels IMHO .......Obviously as mentioned the opponents will be slightly better ! Can you handle the swings is are you ok with taking a shot with 4 buy ins and losing 2k? Will you drop back down to 1/3 if shit goes bad ( AA loses to 22 AIPF ) or will you rebuy and try to smite the fish with j9s utg ?

Can you light 500$ on fire and be ok!? That is the likely outcome for the 1/2 average level shot taker.... maybe your fate is different though !?

I had this same talk with my younger buddy in florida who had a 5K roll from playing 1/2 at Foxwoods casino then went down to live in Flordia for Uni ( as you aussies say ) . Lucky for him its 18+ for casinos in Florida . He has incredilble/ tilt / mental control / never drinks alcohol** . He's up like 50K @ cash games at horse tracks and local casinos won like 10K HU or some shit... Hes also ridiculously tight and an excellent player

Maybe you are a prodigy like my buddy! Good luck!

HAD A TILTY ISSUE MYSELF !!!!

Just kind of went on a lil heater still up 1200$ despite the story below ( Live 1/2 and a little 2/5 sesh @ FW ) for the month of november ( last 5-6 sesh profit $1200// ty rio)

BUT I STILL HAD A TILT MOMENT ONLINE AND DESTPRYED MY ONLINE BANKROLL AND MAYBE MY SWAAAAAG!

ran up 55$ deposit - 290$ in 2-3 days ! Primarily playing 10/25 cent* online and a sprinkled in a little 50/1$ here and there ( gotta shot take right? ) .... quick hit and run sessions where I carefully
picked stakes loose table dynamic and focused on player types to attack/ Yes i sat and watched 25NL games to bum hunt ... gotta look for the even bigger fish since Im still one myself... played a little zone as well as some random hit and run hu at 25 NL ( GOTTA CHALLENGE YOU PRO MFERS)

Anyway ...

Played a hand on Bovada HU for 200$

30 minutes into play I have not 3 bet from bb once and this hand happens...

The hand that takes my whole bank roll

ENTER BLACK FRIDAY

BOVADA HU NL 1/2

SB/BTN opens for $6 w $22

BB ( HERO ) 3b to 20$ Red Aces

he shoves I snap call and a deucey falls..

So he hit a 12% on me.... for 200$... what happens to the last 88 $ ? Pure rage tilt money is gone I tell my friends the same story and they laugh. I lament and refer to the hand as black friday since it destroyed my online bankroll

Have not played live since ( except for a small homegame for 15$ profit )

Now why in the fuck did I destroy my awesome earnings from 25 NL at 200NL ... maybe I shouldn't of done that and that was a bankroll issue. maybe its fine to take a shot... either way...

losing the last 88$ in tilt rage cost me

1.Ego/swagcheck
1. Have to redeposit if I want to play
2. Just another day that I wont be a poker pro that I have to start over again and rebuild my roll; responsibly if possible...
3. Gained a lesson I already knew but didnt implement so I feel shitty..

Yes yes AA vs 22 is a bad beat AIPF but hey what are we to do? not be little bitches about it . thats what. Drop down in stakes thats what we do.

Dont try to win it back in a HU glory rage before dinner ... that wont work! It never works.

GL fellow tilters CYA AT THE TABLES!

I cant find a fold : ( wish I could claim that I could but hey man he got you! Although as mentioned above his action is very different as hes pushing vs calling it off.... Sigh call

I may be wrong but I can provide insight as I play 1/2 and sometimes 2/5 live but play all micros NL1-500 on BOVADA. I lose online at the 50-500NL stakes because im terrible.... But I can still win a pot or take a couple bucks off you HU GRINDER PROS!

Usually if im playing HU Im feeling like gambling because I know I am a massive dog to the guy sitting on the other end whose doing this for a living/ probably against a HU grinder/ specialist like MrGreen13 .....

But even as a fish I KNOW THAT YOU PROS ARE CAPABLE OF FOLDING! I also know you are capable of mindfucking yourself into calling with some whack ass 2nd pair hand in a HU match the 3rd hand. Bluffing and psychological warface is a major element of HU NL POKER.

Know this about us fish... we come in all shapes sizes... some of us are capable of leading w any combo mentioned above and more w 50 bb stack.

In regard to Learnings comment .... Betting pot is not crazy some fish have read articles on bet sizing and know that a smaller bet is even more suspicious or that betting pot is optimal here etc. They also know the pot sized fish bet will probably be called on the flop since the pot is so small anyway and they are playing the almighty pro with his 100BB stack!!! They also may just shove the river thinking oh shit Im gonna fake a backdoor flush draw and get this guy to fold top pair OTF..

Im against the call OTR and think its a pretty trivial fold! ( I hope you tell me im wrong and stupid but heres my reasons ) :

• Not enough information to call Id call it a loss w 70$ move on in the HU match stay tight and let him think he can bluff. Wait for better than 2nd pair on a paired and suited board** to get all in against an unknown! EVEN A FISH CAN bet pre bet flop and turn top pair!

• Why give the fish momentum * most degens hit and run anyway keep him around

  • you are 99% sure hes a fish... why ? just because of the 50 bb buy in??? How do you know he doesnt specialize in reverse bumhunting? Buys in for 50BB makes you think hes a dumbass.. takes a strong / seemingly spewy line. shows up with a set or whatever ! he doesnt even need a set to beat you! Then you go to tilt city and he's rich!

Remembering my fish logic ( PRE RIO PEOPLE GO EASY ON ME)... usually a short buy at a HU table is a degen move. Its the " Im looking to double up or just increase my roll and risk my whole life with a sick bluff for 75$ because these run it once regs wont look me up 3rd hand in they will wait for a better spot" But In this case I really think this guy had it... either he has it or you take a major risk in a very bad spot

Cliffs

2nd pair is a fold here . You really have no read on him except bought for 50bb BI ... people do that to fuck with players like you who overweigh this tell and exploit you....and also newsflash someone whose competent but doesn't have br can sit this game short and still win a pot / thats why fish play poker... have you heard of stickyrice? Dude is a nut job runs 2k-40 K

dont give the $ / momentum to the fish! they likley leave table whereas if you fold... 1 he leaves you lose 70$ . 2 he stays and you get another shot at him when YOU have a big hand.

Then again if you think its some donk on donk tilt and maybe he said something crazy in the chat maybe you can make this call... I favor folding because im finding more reason to do so than risk my whole stack on a marginal hand .

If you are the pro you are supposed to wait for a better spot / more hands/ more reads/ more info more pairs? ( did i remind you you have the 2nd pair)

FOLD CITY ! please post result! thanks for sharing

FYI yes I have played these stakes HU online on bovada and done something similar to this fish!

I wanted to check this out can I read the results somewhere? Thanks!

I play 2/5 sometimes at foxwoods . hopefully this has some relevancy... maybe he had AJ and im a huge fish but this is what I think...

This hand is a classic example of overplaying AK ...
while I think the preflop bet sizing is just a tad on the larger side its not terrible to isolate w that bet sizing and im ok with it ... however I also think the fish would likely fold their small stack to say a 150$ 3 bet preflop and you keep the pot a little smaller when you are out of poisition and flop a marginal hand. yes even a seemingly dry board like 742 r is not great for AK s ... did you have any back door flush outs ? i assumed not......

Against a player who you feel like you have little reads or no edge on you should be controlling the pot size to avoid these situations...

Im ok with betting flop but I think checking is a better option here... By checking you let hands that are way ahead of you have an chance to check back and see a free turn... you can rep a made staright and even a draw depending on turn cards... you def cant rep a3 a5 a4 a2 type hands here by betting ....... also again controlling potsize with a very marginal hand... AK has little value on this board against a often tight 5x opening raiser who then called a 3 bet preflop... he usullay has overpairs even the occasional set and smaller pps that still can call against your narrow ax or PP range

I really dont see him calling your turn bet without a pair plus hand . suited A2,4,5,7,8 that wanted to hit a flush draw against you possible but I think PP 22-88 could all likley be played this way... I think over pairs are in his range as well.. Basically you are dominated... as plyed on the river you are setting yourself up for a massive pot sized bluff that would give him roughly 2:1 or a check fold .. not good spots

As played* I would check fold the river ... You say this player is generally tighter but is looser on the back end which is where he is positonally in the hand.... you are asking him to call you again with any bet sizing a shove looks suspicious and a smaller bet will likely be called based on his line and perceived range. hes very interested and you just have Ahi your kind of setting yourself up to be bluffed with your line and position in this hand IMO.

I dont think increasing sizing would be good on the flop way overplaying AK.

.........

Then again maybe the hand was pretty standard... I just think after the flop you cant keep firing without improving

interested to hear result thanks for sharing

Realizing your anger at the poker table is illogical and counterintuitive will have to be something you actively change, Its not as simple as just reading mental game of poker . I am trying to improve this aspect of my game as well..

Sometimes it makes no sense like im up 500$ lose a 100$ pot and start playing every hand and totally spazzing!!! then I lose it all!

One of the best ways to combat this is go for a walk ! Even if you win a big pot it can be helpful to walk away from the table give your mind a break from every single action... come back with a 3rd person perspective on the table .

If you refuse to leave the table then take the advice of rosebud. Fold more . Dont bluff so much ... If you get so mad when the bluff goes wrong maybe its not worth the negative thoughts and likleyhood of tilting !?

Take a more comprehensive approach to the hand itself rather than I get mad when I lose a bluff. review the hand . maybe bluffing was the complete wrong move and your anger is unwarranted. If it was the right move and he made a terrible call , then why are you going to let that anger get to you ? whats the benefit of being mad ? you should be thinking ok he called me down on this board with this XXhand and ABC was the action. How can I use this to exploit him in another big pot...

Most people do not play their best while they are stuck... Limiting yourself to 2 buys ins may work for you as well as it has for me... By the third bullet I'm usually tired, annoyed, and probably being outperformed, called, and exploited by other players more often. It shows on your face in live poker * so while online you can monkey tilt 2 buy ins and then just sit a new table and no one knows your mad . But even at the casino when you move to a new table you will have a look of a tilted little bitch. go ahead slam your last 200$ on the 1/2 table and grumpily sit there. Grandpa joe and his buddy mitch are still going to just wait for QQ-AA , aJs and your angry bluff. Order a beer , complain about the drink lady being slow , you are one hand away from a 3 BI spazz loss..

Leave when you are tilt. Sometimes you have to pack up your shit and go home ... I always tell myself ... The poker game runs 24/7 ... bovada / foxwoods ... games always there

Life time game... Dont spend the time gettiing mad tilting i wasted years doing it and it serves no purpose! FIND IT WITHIN YOURSELF >>>>>take the negative energy and convert it into a positive direction. focusing more on the table..

If you cant be honest about your own tilt level you will continue to have this issue.

last part of rant....

I watched the sticky rice video last night... 2k-40 k run on 10/20 bovada... wow.
While the kid makes some big mistakes and many would consider him a huge fish there was a spot where he was deciding to call with AQ bluff catching preflop and it was a terrible call... however he was up 30k and said " will i be mad if im wrong... " he decided he wouldnt be mad because he was happy enough with his logic for calling ... If your call is logical and its wrong , take the lesson and move on!

He continued to play well ( mentally // I know everyone will say hes a spewtard lagtard but he showed some very impressive mental control as well i think after this hand he simply took the information and played better.

dont drink playing poker! even the pussy lil 8 oz cups of beer seriously can fuck with your judgement. I can handle my liquor and im telling you even small amounts of alcohol seriuolsy deteriorate your mental state. worse they lead to more beer then you get fat and kinda get man titties and those hot bitches who used to jump on your dick are gone and you become an angry tilt fat fuck complaining about his redline on 2p2 bvb.

End rant peace

yay!

in regard to the 45 hand.... I like the fold! seemed like a trap and a bad spot either drawing dead or looking to fade outs / no bueno for the stack . cool video!

cool video I wish more people would comment because I am a fish who doesnt fully grasp all these concepts..

AS a live 1/2 player what I got out of this video is that Its ok to 3 bet wide in very specific player types or situations ...

At a glance the number of combos you mention seems very wide ! I dont fully understand balancing ranges but at a glance I would not be 3 b low pps oop...

thanks for sharing!

hmmm my initial fish mind said " DURR 2nd NUT OBVIOUS CALL!"

Re read everything !

Folding > Calling OTR

I would need a serious read on this guy to call... would he really spaz ship a set or 2p hand??? even TPTK ? Ive seen rich guys throw around $ before.

Typcially though his line checks out...

46ss is most likley.... limps pre.. ok

check call flop... seems like reasonable move against your likely top pair holding or even combo draw range.

Gets there on turn. leads . 3b for value ... a set or fearful 2 pair could shove here drawing live against made hands 4x 46 so those hands are not as likely...

need a serious read or history to make a call here for that many chips... I would fold turn .... I hesitate to write or Jam... I think Jamming you know your hand is being turned into a bluff.. a set just will not 3bet you on the turn... it wont!

Im a fish I know nothing. Thanks for sharing!

Im not sure that my opinion matters as a 1/2 fish....

OTF : I think betting is better than checking.. it prevents a tough decision on the turn and allows you to get away cheap on the flop to a raise... like you said we dont have enough info to be calling the villain light ...

turn: Check raising is too risky and seems weak for stack size // bet folding is ok... many pp could be played this way.. probably 22-99

Betting is the best move... I think check check ing this board polarizes you to ahi khi hands and leading can maybe balance your range of hands on this flop better than a check

Im a shitty degen so Idk if that made sense but thanks for sharing the hand! very interesting to think about playing small pots w Ahi on this board oop against the reggy button.

Ahxh Flush? , 99 What did he have?

turn card is terrible... : (