ESCAPE Low Stakes Poker: 4 Mistakes Keeping You Trapped 

Larger value sizing, magnitude over frequency, attack weak lines and sizing, at low stakes, bet size usualling = hand strength. Fold and fold alot, especially when getting raised on the river by a weak player. Don't overvalue blockers, player profile is more important than if you block nuts or have good bluff catching hand, if they are never finding bluffs in this spot, it doesnt matter. Have few important thought rather than alot of thoughts that doesnt swing EV that much and can complicate your decision making process. Be sensitive to stack sizes, smaller 3b and 4b against short stacks, check more oop to give them opportunity to make mistakes.

I mostly play 100NL online. I will soon be playing 200NL, because I am now deep diving into different flops and developing heuristics. I continuation bet and just bet too often in general, but people are reluctant to raise enough that it doesn't matter. I don't actually over bet all that much like other players because people are already over folding to smaller sizes that I don't have to do that. I have some pretty cool exploits that I use and have been winning 6BB/100+ for over 200k hands. 200NL is a bit intimidating because players are a lot better there than 100NL.

if i have KK in that board i will shove up to 2.5x all in to get call. not 100% get call by AJ but will get call quite a good % of time maybe 50%. and i am happy when they willingly to bluff catch

For my part, to incresse my earning my main focus is notably but not exclusively, understading and masterising to understand in real time when Vilain's are cap or not depending on player type and board texture (both being in my point of view important to consider because of their complementarity)

@@wilz9388 The bit about folding to weak players raising rivers is so, so, so true. Playing last night and someone I consider a decent reg is in a hand with a bad fish. Without going into too much detail, final board is KK73Q. Reg is OOP and bets $125 on the river (about pot); fish raises to 500. Reg is in pain and says I have to call. Reg shows 33; fish has KQ. This is a snap fold to the raise.

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Lmfao he sure does know how to attract the fools with his cool tires and clickbait

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I am not particularly good at poker, but I am going to butt in w/ an answer anyway. feel free to apply a bag of salt (as opposed to a grain). when your bluff fails was it because they called w/ a (very) good hand ? remember - you are bluffing against the opponent's range, and trying to get them to fold the lower part of their range that would still beat you (overcards, pair type hands), or sometimes even better hands that the board has devalued (straights on a flush or paired board, 2 pair when a straight comes in, a weak flush on a four flush, a flush on a paired board) your goal was never to get them to fold the (near) nuts. and sometimes, they have the (near) nuts. it sounds like that's what you're saying. and unless their play up to the river was screaming "I HAVE THE NUTS", your bluff was probably "ok" or even "good". (can't really say w/o seeing action, board, stacks, and well, everything. on the other hand - I got called by 22 on a board w/ 3 broadway cards the other night (online). so, my feeling was - either my sizing was terrible, or my line must have been utter nonsense, or my player read was bad. because he showed down a FAR WORSE hand than I was trying to get to fold. and that *is* on me. but, running into a monster happens. super loose players call preflop w/ Q3o and flop is 333. Shit happens. but if you're bluffing nits on boards that smash their range . . . mistakes are being made. anyway - "losing your stack IS OK if your decision making process is correct". BUT - make sure you are reviewing every aspect of your decision(s) honestly, and not just soothing your ego/psyche.

great great great question. here’s how i look at: the higher your winrate overall, the less volatility you will have as far as “downswings”. if you consistently are putting in money, you will swing more session to session and week to week, but if you’re making +ev plays and willing to risk $1000 for another $5 marginal ev, well… your wr will be so high you will never truly experience downswings over decent samples. my first 2k hours playing poker full time were at the $5 blind level. i wasn’t great then, but i won around 15bb/hr and played absolutely wild. never went on a downswing larger than 5k.

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have you watched the preflop bible? talked about them a lot in there

​@hungryhorsepoker I made what I thought was a decent squeeze play. Day or 2 ago, I was playing a micro stakes 6 max pko. I was in the small blind with 9 7 diamonds. UTG min raises, all but the button calls. I think to my self this would be a sick shove. I stole the pot

@@AcesH1gh not a hand we want to squeeze, check out our preflop bible video.

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depends so much on the player, hard to say in a vacuum! if they’re using small sizes with aa and kk, i’d be calling with almost anything trying to hit 2p+ when deep.

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yes, good idea!

That sounds a bit like you are "focused on your bankroll!" :D Me too buddy, just take the advice and focus on your win rate.

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wrong. either they’re calling with top pair too much - you should be going all in every time you have tpgk. or they’re folding top pair too much - you should be going all in every time you don’t have sdv. either way, LIKE MENTIONED EXACTLY IN THE VIDEO, you should be going all in more. guys, don’t listen to stuff like this. please.

I think I need to watch this video again, I lost all my money..... -$4 😢.

ya!

would size down with cbets at 100bb, usually going 25-30% pot. also, would drastically reduce bluff freq because top pair does not fold 100bb deep for the most part.

@@hungryhorsepoker Great. I had a hunch that might be at least part of the answer. Thanks for the quick reply! I need to remember the "drastically" part. :)

@@hungryhorsepokerwould u consider making a video on how to play 100bb cash games?

@@5atch22 probably not. its infinitely more simple and theres TONS of 100bb content out there, and most of our target market plays live cash that is 200+bb deep.

simple preflop and pio

@@hungryhorsepoker Thanks

check out our video on how to play rivers. i’m actually doing it quite often for value!

@@hungryhorsepoker ok I figured as much. Able to freely balance larger sizings. Thanks again.

when shallower continue range would get tighter and have less suited speculative hands

seems like u found the guy to bet 2x pot with qj against.

@@hungryhorsepoker how dare you suggest we use our brains to adapt to people's tendencies :( just tell us exactly what to do in each situation so we don't have to think!!!

we will be rolling out a different model in the fall!

I want my royalties hungry horse! 😂

watch our multiple videos on how to exploit every player type / make reads. talk about how to play against passive villains in detail.

put the money in more thinly for value and turn down the bluff frequency. there ya go.

@hungryhorsepoker I was thinking smaller flop and turn sizes to leave room for the big boy river bet. All the tips can still be applied. I just have to make sure I leave room for a 2 SPR.

too many hours in the seat, thats some back pain.

Jonathan little does hammer volume being a big factor

Nah, not studying enough is number 1.

I corrected it and got burnt out 😂

i did this as well in my first couple years playing, bart is a great resource! it will help, but i would still recommend active study

@@hungryhorsepokerWord… thx Mark

have a video up on playing multi-way! but most of the pots i play at these stakes (doing a low stakes challenge) are heads up … because i 3b so frequently and so very rarely call.

i flip over my hand proudly and say “i flopped it” and everyone looks at me like i’m an idiot then i say “oh, i thought i had a straight!”

​@@hungryhorsepoker lol. I thought ab it, i think i rather muck my hand if they insta call has to be at least TPGK. Players tend to remember the hands ur bluffing with and they will move on if there is no showdown.

​@@jt4391that's kind of sore loser move.. Lol. If you get called, table your hands and remember what they might remember. Go on from there. You'll get more action.

Marc says he doesn't table change.

i do not, i just try to focus on playing extremely well instead to trying to squeak out temporary edges. at the $5 blind level and below, there aren’t really any very strong players so every table is profitable and if it isn’t, the regs / trying recs will table change and it will get better eventually. and at $5/10+, table changing is usually not an option.

@@hungryhorsepoker I admire your discipline, and while I agree there aren't many strong players at those levels, I disagree that every table carries with it the same profit potential. Case in point: you're sitting at a table full of short stacks and tight ranges, but the table next to you is full of splashy deepstacks ordering round after round of margaritas and there's an open seat. In what world would it not be +EV to take that seat?

wow thanks for this. super useful.

maybe! either they’re calling with top pair for 200+bb, which means you can jam much more for super thin value when you have tpgk or they’re folding too much with top pair, which means you can jam every time you don’t have sdv one of these things has to be true! it’s on you to figure out which villains to apply which strategy

go watch another channel and you’ll have none of my face you mouth breather

i’m not sure this channel is for you! and that’s ok!

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@@hungryhorsepoker ok but for real now I’ve been using these strategies and they’ve immeasurably improved my hand reading abilities and my win rate. It’s also made it much easier to bluff decent regs when I have position. It’s made me pay attention more to how most people even if they aren’t fish play their cards face up and actually made grinding online hands more fun

welp, it was fun while it lasted guys. guess we’ve reached the gas station crowd!

anything smaller than $5/10 live

yes!

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