Thanks for Watching! This session took place on 9-11 at Capitol Casino. Questions and Comments are always welcome. If you like what you see, hit the thumbs up and subscribe.
Sedona, Arizona here. Thanks Doug for the entertaining and informative content. I always enjoy your commentary, so sharp and insightful. Watching you battling back in these sessions while hearing what’s going on in your head is the best! Thanks for putting all the effort that you do to produce these vlogs, they’re just so dang good!
This was a great game to play in, some might say too good. Several 3 and 4K pots, 20k on the table and chips were flying. Just needed a little run good
"I wasn't looking for my hand to improve . . . I was just looking for it to not get worse." How many times have I thought that to myself . . . And nice call, Doug :)
Thanks so much for the effort you put into your videos. I've learned a lot. My losses became much less once I realized there are simply hands that are better folds then risking my entire stack.
Tough session. Can’t expect you to hero fold more than once a day. Flopping 2 small pair multi-way almost demands a bet/raise on the flop. Always interested in listening to you describe your observations of players actions and demeanor and how it affects your decision making - GTO be damned. You are largely correct in those assessments, but don’t always follow your instincts. Great comeback from a near wipeout.
GTO is a great base to build a game around. Reads and exploits are the fine tuning. I was happy to leave with a small loss, it was close to a total disaster.
I'm watching this as I'm on the way to Foxwoods, hoping for some McCusker magic run good 🌟 If you ever do make your way up to Connecticut, I'd appreciate it. Vloggers don't often come here because the casinos aren't necessarily vlog friendly.
@@dougmccuskerpoker I have a friend who plays at Hard Rock Tampa. I'll let him know if you plan a trip there. He reminds me a lot of you for some reason 😊 Foxwoods is great. Clean facility and great service. The players can be nutty though, at least at $1/$2. 😂
You fought back for a sustainable loss. Definitely not bad. My favorite part was, and I laughed out loud, is when you said, the two losers finally chop a pot 😆 See ya next time, Doug.
Sometimes it's not about winning but minimizing losses. Rough patches happen. I was more surprised you called down with 99, than when you folded the KK.
Ouch that AA hand. You need to dominate a big chunk of his range in order to call a massive overbet, but his bluffs have a lot of equity and it's rare to see an overvalued big pocket pair played this way. We've all been there though losing too much with an overpair in a deep stack straddled pot
I’ve played at Stones a few times, they are not vlogger friendly so I haven’t been there in a while. I imagine the games are similar, same player pool.
AA: Not much you can do here. The only hand you lose to here based on the weird almost 3bet is 99. I think you have to call and then feel like a moron after. I think he'd have played the same way with TT or clubs, based on your read, and we all know yours are spot on. You only need to be right 34% of the time to come out ahead (744 x .34 - 280 x .66 = 253 - 251 = +2 EV). Don't feel stupid for making the right decision! You just hit the ABSOLUTE top of his range. 54cc: It's not about getting someone off a flush draw. It's about making the best decision vs villain's likely range. Aggressor can have any of the overpairs, and many overcard hands. This is just about the best you can hope for holding 54s. I just x-raise. JJ: Two things - 1. JJ almost always just calls vs UTG PFR. 2. When it does 3bet, it cbets 100% on A23r. I would just call pre generally and play it as a good set mine unless I know this guy plays really wide from UTG.
54 is was going to raise but the SB seemed strong. Thought it was a big draw. The aggressor would fire all blanks, there are a lot, I would raise big with one card to come. If the SB folded, I would raise the flop 100%
Mr. McCusker.... I've been watching 👀 your RU-vid channel since the beginning... I'm base my play and poker strategies similar to yours.... I play poker at TEXAS CARD HOUSE in the Rio Grande Valley in the state of Texas... Your fan.. River Rat 🐀
Texas is high on my list of places I must visit. You must be a tough opponent if your style is similar to mine, maybe I will stay out of Texas and save my bankroll 😂😂
Doug! That JJ hand. I think you have an obligatory c bet when you 3 bet huge pre flop and get an ace high board. Especially since (no offense) you’re an older gentlemen, and even though you have a very solid and capable image, they are going to put you on an ace hand. That pot was yours! I understand the check back three ways though.
Keep watching the channel! There is good info here for new players. Also I recommend reading some good books. The Course by Ed Miller is good for newer players.
You probably should be folding the 45 hand on the turn with two players in the hand like that. Like you said any over pair is crushing you. You would have to hope both players are on flush draws or an open ended draw.
I assume you know all the guys at the table and it’s a friendly game but I wouldn’t fold the KK face up, I’d just slide them into the muck. Good fold though. Two bets with the JJ likely gets QQ to fold, you have 16 combo of AK and were the pre flop aggressor
19:13 (QQ) Wow! JJ did cold 4-bet, then, on flop OOP rammed into 2 opponents?? Then, shoves into a PF 3-Bettor, and 4bet caller, and flop c-bet caller...uhmmmm...What a loose play!? WONDER: how did he have $3.5K stack in front of him?? A: Poker variance! EDIT: 17:47 _BB Good solid Reg_
Is the 1/3 game at Capitol a match the stack game? I thought it was max buy in of 500?....if it is this is a deep game....like always enjoying the vlogs and love your analysis of your opponents play and your thought process
Great recovery Doug. You are just destined to lose a bunch of money with aces when someone flops a small set as in the first hand. More bad luck than bad play in my opinion. As you know, when you have a good hand and someone else makes a better one, you usually lose a big pot. I live in Bradenton, FL, plenty of poker around here, Kyle Fishell is here often.
It’s hard to get away from AA when your opponent is an action player. My read was that I was beat, I didn’t listen because of his activity. It was a tough spot and I went the wrong way.
AA vs 99 loss was brutal. Given he wanted to raise pre flop I can see why you would put him on an over pair. Can’t let the AA’s go with that board anyhow
I was planning on raising flop, the SB calling so quickly made me feel he had a strong draw. We were deep, I thought being cautious on the flop was correct, building a big pot at that point was dangerous.
@@dougmccuskerpoker I get your point Doug and you were getting beat up a little. But that board was too wet. I don't believe in that luck stuff, I believe in skill and momentum 💪. Slow playing those big hands is a disaster waiting to happen! I see bad players flat with Aces and slow play sets and two pair and win. Because they don't know any better, we know better so we don't get those results 😉. Get em next session!!
