Nicholas Walsh is a professional poker player, content creator, commentator, and PokerStars Team Pro member with over 10 years of experience playing both live and online poker.
Nicholas specialises in “fast” / short-handed poker formats, playing primarily PokerStars SPIN & GO, heads up hyper SnGS, and “Neymar Jr Kick-Off”.
NWTV aims to create innovative poker content for Twitch, RU-vid, and social media platforms.
We make content alongside players of all levels and poker disciplines to bring a human element to strategic analysis.
Acting as PokerStars Twitch Production Manager, you can usually find Nicholas @ Twitch.tv/PokerStars
@@manuelverdugo1864 my worst DS ever was 150 buyins (over several days) and statistically most Spin regs will experience something like that at least once. Worst single session I'm not sure as I try not to linger on those things for mindset purposes. Maybe like 30 buyins? Hard to say as I used to play much more volume in the past where I was hitting 200/300 games a day. GL GL
@@gunnardebruin5134 Seb Huber's Community did some silly avatar making using AI. Think this was my face over a female tennis player blended - thought it was funny 😄 Think I've got an idea for a new one soon though!
@@gleambeat I'm not by my main PC at the moment but last I checked it was ~40 on the new database. Bigger sample size / breakdown here: instagram.com/p/CihbwlgMiug/?igsh=MWM1bTJkdTBoMDJjcg== (however that will contain historical data from years of much softer fields too!) GL GL 🙂
Wow thanks for such a quick reply. Sorry, what is gto? I thought at least open/call to a short stacked SB, but what do i know, i am just a fan of your channel.
@@urospeteh2637 GTO is "Game Theory Optimal" (give it a Google). Basically mathematically / statistically "unexploitable" ranges / strategies. Join my Discord and I'll show you some examples from my chart packs! 🙂
Hi Nick, a fee years ago I watched your spin videos and if I remember right the idea was never to limp button, and to do a lot of jamming vs button limps. Why are you limping buttons with Ax? You limped with A5o and A9s. Don’t you want to get more money I. With stronger hands in position?
@@jackiesee1907 you might be getting confused with 3 handed vs HU play? 3 handed we basically never limp BTN. Limping the button HU is a REALLY important strategy however if you want to play optimal heads up poker (and that would have been the same since I started streaming in 2019). The reason for this is we want to play as many hands a possible in position and include many more traps as we get to the shallow stages of HU play. If we play a raise or fold only strategy IP, our playable range IP becomes much smaller (or we become exploitable by aggressive 3bettors) and therefore is not an optimal approach to entering pots 25eff and below. If you'd like to learn more about optimal preflop HU ranges I can point you in the right direction on my Discord? Link: discord.com/invite/t8GCB6BU
@@OnlyTutorials 44 is just a default call in that spot according to GTO (but not 22 or 33). That's just the math. If you have more info on your opponent (which would require quite a lot of hands played) you could consider folding 44 against VERY VERY tight opponents but 55 will ALWAYS be a call because you're just going to have the best hand too often to want to raise fold. It's important to remember that your opponents are supposed to 3bet shove all their small pairs from SB so that's immediately 12 combinations of pairs you absolutely crush (80% fav) with 44 which goes a long way towards boosting your average EV (not to mention the suited Ax combos we have dominated (another 12 combos x 70% equity). Hope that helps 🙂
absolutely huge fan here nick love u and ur content i learned a lot watching you! a little concerned about ur health tough, have u being drink more lately u look a little swollen maybe its the camera i dont know! huge hugs!
I'm in good health mate - need to get back to the gym though! 😄 MIght have actually been a bit sick when this was filmed now I think of it though. Appreciate the support anyway!
Hello Nick, I'm from Brazil and I also have a Spin Go channel. Recently, RU-vid recommended your videos to me, and now I'm hooked, lol! They're really good. Congratulations on your work. I hope to reach your level one day. Finally, I want to ask you a question… Don't you use HUD in your games? Do you think it’s not really worth it for Spins? Big hug, brother. Good luck at the tables and much success with your channel! 🚀🙏🏻🤜🏻
Thanks for the kind words dude! I do have the facility for a HUD (which is the same program I use to track and graph on stream) but I tend not to use it at these stakes as I don't play the same guys as much as you would at higher stakes, the games tend to be softer anyway, and with lower samples it tends to confuse me more than help. BUT If I was playing higher with a smaller pool (like when I was playing full time before getting signed by PokerStars) I would defo use a HUD to find leaks but in those circumstances the data would be much more useful as I would have way more hands to track. I think after all these years I'm good at just adjusting to players organically though so really I think it's a personal preferance. Best of luck with your channel and games - speak soon!
It's actually on the very loose side to be fair! We usually fold our worst suited stuff vs. raise at this stack depth but guess we decided to widen up this time.
Don’t you think it’s better to call in this spot and least let him catch up, cuz mostly he has 99-AA in this spot some suited, offsuit broadways and air, and if he does have a pair in his hand he is not gonna stop on any turn and if it’s only a high card you let him space for shoving on the turn if it comes T,J,Q,K,A
@@herkudzia1132 All good - I'm with you now! So regarding your analysis, I don't think he has 99-AA really at all with the 3x preflop raise. It's just WAY too big to be a premium like that and TECHNICALLY almost all of those are meant to be limp traps pre (people don't always follow "the rules" but that's important to note). Even if he does raise those pairs, people always min-raise them to try and get max action and not 3bb. If he does have a pair on the flop there are many scare cards on the turn / river where we can lose value. If he does have a draw we aren't punishing the draw by flatting and with the stack size / bet size on the flop the only way to punish that is by shoving. If he does have high cards only, you could argue that we want him to catch up but, as you can see in the video, he has already completely committed himself to this pot with the (way too) large preflop size and half pot (which is also half his stack) flop bet and needs to call regardless (which he does - basically because he sized so badly pre and post he feels like he needs to run with the hand no matter what I have). Is flatting the flop BAD, nah I think it's also good too, but because of the weird super huge preflop open and the super huge continue (in relation to his stack), we are printing by shoving. EVEN BETTER, if we shove flop and he folds ANY equity, we get 70% of his stack with 0 variance which is huge for this game and for our overall cEV. So basically, everything about how he sizes here is super wonky and that specifically means we can play our hand like we did BUT let's say he min-raised preflop and bet small on the flop, then we can start mixing some flats / small X/R instead. Thank you for the question though - hope you're enjoying the content - GL GL in your games! 😀
@@NickWalshTV dayum, that was informative, ty mr crusher, YES I DO ENJOY UR CONTENT!! Gl to you too, and also one more question, do you make any side money from spins or is this is more just for ur hobby and content creation since ur playin in these mid stakes?
3k subs!!! nice. What was happening here? Catching cards????!!!!!!!! I must have clicked on the wrong video. I mean even won an all-in vs a sub 6BB stack a couple of times. It's like I don't even know you anymore.
Dude thank you so much for showing that game with the 6 suck outs in a row. It gave me so much hope lmao it helps to remember that kinda stuff happens to everyone when you’re in the washer
bro i want to tell you a story about how i won a poker tournament with 11$ borrow money and with 1.10$ satelite 55$ ticket then turn it into 13.400$ in one night that whas insane 10 hours of poker but the story not end there idk i wish i had someone who understands this game my firends dont
i grind some micro spins for a while, in total i make win without big jackpots, but also biggest downswing in 6 max spin was over 50 buy in. so good bankrollmanagment needed
@@raduonisor2514 absolutely! I've even had 200 BI swings in the past (although this is a big outlier). If you're playing good volume you will very frequently handle 25 x DS but remember it comes back quick when you start running well. GL GL
@@chadwellington2524 😆 as I said, that is a huge outlier and likely only to happen approx once to the average Spin grinder (yes, just the once for me so far (and yes, there are variance calculators that can map that based on average chip expectation / rake / stakes / etc etc)). But... I was playing 200/300 games a day so it basically doesn't even move the needle when you're playing that kind of volume. Hypers aren't cash or MTTs (although I would argue that MTTs FEEL way worse when you're on a DS because they are so slow by comparison) - when you're playing so many games so quickly with lots of variance, they are bigger swings but you play through them super quickly if you stay consistent and put in the time. Good luck in your games! 🙂
@@NickWalshTV " I would argue that MTTs FEEL way worse when you're on a DS because they are so slow by comparison" Hence why bubbling is the most tilting thing in poker no matter what the buy in is.
Hi nick wich kind of buy in u play, 25usd? Just 1 table or mtt? I m looking for someone to coach me, could u it or do u know someone that could do? Thanks and GL
@@IIrobyII before streaming I 4 tabled $100 / €100 hypers. That was my main. Have you engaged with Team Bas before? They cam help! I do offer coaching but it's pricey and privacy not economical for beginners. 🙂 GL GL
@@NickWalshTV tks For fast reply and to be honest with me. Actually l don t know Team Bas, l m writing from Italy and l m approaching to spin After many years of cash game. Do u have a Team Bas link or something Please?
@@IIrobyII Sure! discord.com/invite/b33VFmds If you join that Discord, let them know I sent you. If you want to get their stuff use code NWTV for discount! GL GL
@@NickWalshTV The hand starts at about 7:52. He's a reg who i guess you've played with a lot, so i'm sure that had something to do with it. SPIDEY SENSES?
@@NickWalshTV exactly! I agree you are a very good player, as a matter of fact one of my idols. But very lucky as well....what is impossible for me on stars...😉
@@chadwellington2524 80% of the hands mapped on my graph were YEARS before I was signed by PokerStars (and that's a confirmed fact as I presented that graph the day I started streaming Spins). This is a HIGHLIGHT REEL mate with HIGHLIGHTS. Watch a stream sometime? I stream all the time - it's not all highlights bro. 🤣
@@WeiserAdler1313 1st biggest Spin was $150,000 jackpot/ / 2nd was $6,000 / then loads of $1ks and smaller (which are MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH more frequent of you're playing good volume). Would add: the biggest spin I played was years before my contract / ambassadorship with Stars (trolls love to jump on that). There's a picture of the $150k spin on Twitch if you use the right command. 🙂 GL GL
@@NickWalshTV thank you for the quick reply and info :D wow, 150k. I hope you won that one! Hope to see you soon on a tournament or spin & go table :) cheers from Croatia