Good read good fold. I liked Zeus’s quote, ‘teach an old dog new tricks’. That’s exactly how I feel watching and learning from your vlogs. Happy Thanksgiving
I like the AK fold at the end. You listed the hands that beat you and the only logical semi bluff is 6c4c. Often your action is determined in large part by the opponent. Great fold and Happy Thanksgiving Doug.
Happy thanks giving limu emu! You really have to trust your loyal companion more. Zeus is spot on but I think when you called the bluff,you wanted to up him! Lol. Fun vid man. My bday is on the 25th so everyone will be celebrating it. Go me! I'm playing some poker this weekend on Bros. I'm on there as Nballensky. Hope to see you in there some time .
Happy Birthday, in celebration of your birthday, my family and friends will get together and have a Turkey dinner. Hope you run good on PokerBros, I’m spending time with family this week.
The A3 call and AK fold are only good with reads, but you had those so its good stuff. The AQ hand I always bet the turn when I think my opp might have a flush draw. If I let them draw to the flush for free and they get there I can't sleep at night. I'm not saying its always right to bet it but thats just me, I need to feel good about my play win or lose and Im not going to let you check your way to the nuts for free. First time watching, nice video. Love the dog
I should bet AQ on that turn, it’s a very safe card. I get value from his draws and weaker A. It was too passive. A3 and AK, I had very solid reads. Thanks for watching, hope you stick around for more.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Doug, hope youre well, another super vlog, people dont realise how much work goes into these videos , i have a good golfing buddy here in the UK, he has many many followers and has built up his subscribers over afew years to almost 100k, but he works so many hours to get the quality and continuity right, youre vlogs are great, well done, regards from the UK , Fraser
Thanks Fraser, hope your recovery is progressing well. I’ve noticed that many people who play poker, golf And vise versa. Probably because risk reward scenarios are similar. Hope to one day have that many followers, just need to keep grinding and making content and time will tell. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
@@dougmccuskerpoker Slowly but surely, collab work with Mariano, Rampage,Ben Deach etc will defo get you many ,more followers but the logistics arent easy, keep well, Fraser
I like your puppy 🐕 You should train him how to play poker 😊 For example, if he barked one time, it would mean you should call; two, you fold … Who knows maybe your puppy is luckier than you’re 😊👍
Well I’m a pretty lucky guy, I have a dog that teaches me poker. He is easily distracted thou, squirrels, food, other dogs, hard for him to stay focused. Thanks for watching and Happy Thanksgiving.
Tiny pots are boring but vital in poker success. I’ve had days were I never win a pot over 50bb and still have a very respectable day. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
If I remember correctly, you had a hand with 66 and flopped an open ender, got it all in after the flop and hit a straight. That hand didn't make the vlog?
Just went over all my footage for that day and no 66, maybe it was a different day. There are many hands that don’t make the vlog, but getting all in with 66 sounds like one I would like to see. If I find it, I will add it in.
Can you explain to me how you prevent him from going all in with a CERTAIN sized bet? This is what you are talking about with pot control right? I've watched a lot of poker and maybe I never knew about this small trick or perhaps it's only for certain establishments. Is this no limit Texas Holdem? I'm waffling here help me out lolol
By betting a smaller size it keeps the pot small. If someone puts in a normal raise size, the raise will be smaller to. If you bloat the pot, raise sizing will also be larger. Controlling the pot size allows you to influence bet sizing, good players may see thru your sizing and give them vital information.
@@dougmccuskerpoker okay so it's not a hard and fast rule? You're just trying not to look too strong by re-raising simply put right? I'm referring to 7:30 specifically
@@littlegandhi1199 no hard and fast rules anywhere in poker. Poker is very situational, try to be difficult to play against by mixing up your play and bet sizing. If you always follow a pattern, your opponents will catch on.
AJ: Think I'd raise otf. You block a ton of fd's and some A-high sd's, which means he's got a lot more value (Q or J) as a proportion of his donking range, and he's more likely to call the raise, and you make the pot BIGGER! KK: I think putting QQ in his range might be generous if he's competent. He should 4bet QQ against BU 3bet. AJs: Otf, you have sdv and the nfd for additional equity, and you are against 4 players. You need some good hands to check so that you aren't always folding when you x. I'd x otf. (You don't want action against 4 players.) AK: I think you need to call the bet otf. Yes he might be ahead here, but if he ever assumes Ax is the best hand or bets any fd, you will be ahead here enough to call one bet. Happy Thanksgiving!
AJ a raise on flop is a good line, KK hand I putt the strongest bluff in the equation, he could flat, we have some history. AK, I would normally call to see the turn, but a had a strong read it was pure value. With 6 combos of sets and 4 combos of A2s and A5s, there was a 60% chance I was drawing extremely thin. Tight fold, yes, but it was the best play with my read. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
I've never cared for the concept of "pot control". I'll check the turn when board goes beyond my hand...but if I sense he's missed I'll always bet the turn. And the river if it doesn't come a 4x straight or flush or pair out. Push the action when you feel it and turtle when you don't. Don't overthink it.
First hand: raise the flop. He's never folding any value hand or draw. Plus he'll prolly assume you'd never raise a jack. You're being sneaky to be sneaky which is pointless. Build a pot with the best hand when the villain wants to dance.
welp at least you lost the near minimum for running into a set over set over straight. Edit: And you made money at the end of the day; can't beat that.
AK flop A 2 5. Check. Too many beats. At best 2 pair. At worse a set or 3,4 suited. Always check that rag flop. Greed does everyone in. I'm not greedy. I'm not out to punish or charge if the table beats my hand. And Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
That KK hand is just sickening, I will never defend at MDF/Breakeven Equity calls to these kinds of shoves in low stakes games like these. This makes me totally exploitable to good players, but it's 1/3 and so few would know how to take advantage of my overfolding these spots anyway. Players are just too unbalanced to be bluffing at the right frequency, it's a bluff 1/10 maybe...but you knew yourself you were behind regardless of the equities involved. It's just a horrible spot...
7:40 I disagree with Zeus. I think pot control is overrated. I would bet/fold this almost always. Nobody in 1/3 games is check raising the turn as a bluff, but by betting you protect against the pair plus draw hands. However, when you do this you have to be ready to snap fold to the x/r. Make the bet, knowing that your cards hit the muck the second he check raises you.
If he was deeper I could find a fold, the math was that I had enough equity to continue even by giving him a very strong range. How did you feel about my choice of bet sizing?
@@dougmccuskerpoker I ran this hand by my coach. He said with aces, bet $140 and fold to a check/raise because we can be drawing dead or near it. He said with KK and QQ check, because we have more equity and don't want to get blown off it. This makes sense to me.
Thanks Lee, I agree with your coach. Bet folding AA makes perfect sense with that size. My mistake of betting was amplified by my sizing, I ended up getting pot committed against an obvious strong range. I appreciate you taking the time to run it by your poker coach.
@@dougmccuskerpoker meant no disrespect but I do think if you even recommend at the beginning of the video for people to speed it up to 1.25x or 1.5x, that your watch time and retention would go up! Like your video style nonetheless
TT hand. When he's that short, don't ship the flop. He'll fold of hands you're crushing. You can get all the money in with 1 or 2 streets so you can attord to slow down and let him think you're weak,and you might get a lighter call.
We differ in our philosophy on how to play big pairs. I expect them to get cracked on occasion and am happy I get the action on my premium hands. I see over protecting big pairs as a negative. Sure they won’t get cracked as often, but I feel you are giving up potential returns by the loss of action. I may be wrong on my strategy, but so far I like the overall results.
i enjoy ur vlogs and ur hands.. now i am going to tell u one of mine.. PLAYING 5,5 LIMIT i have about $950 in my stack. 7 players on the table. i am on the button. i wake up with pocket queens.. the betting goes.. sb $5, b,b $5. fold, $25 bet, fold, raise $90. now its on me. tell me what would u do ??? i reraise to $225.. s.b fold.. b.b fold.. other fold.. then call $225. flop 9h, 2h, 3d. he checks.. i check. should i have bet there.. turn 8d. he bets $300, i call $300.. river js. he goes all in , i call he has pocket jacks.. i loose.. now did i play the hand wrong..
Yeah, sometimes QQ will lose to JJ when both are over pairs. Even if you fire flop and turn, he may still get there. It just variance raising its head at a bad time. Having a deep bankroll takes the sting out of hands like this, but it still hurts. Just realize that besides his river jam, you had him crushed and putting money in the pot. I personally would have bet the flop and continued large on the turn. Depending on the player, I probably would have gotten rivered too. Buy checking flop, he feels he has the best hand, by betting, he may make a tight fold. I don’t like giving and free cards with QQ because he is likely to have AK when he doesn’t 5 bet.
