I think you pretty much nailed it on how to deal with downswings. Anyone can play well when hitting hands and winning....but handling downswings is the most and important part, and by far, the hardest part of being a winning poker player
Lex, thanks for demonstrating the most important concept, especially for new players. Play in a game where you know you have an edge. When you're first coming up, a lot of people tell you that you need to play in the highest stakes. Bigger stakes = bigger win rate, right? I had to learn for myself the hard way to check my ego and play in a good game where I have an edge.
Good advice at the end lex. The reason we build a bankroll is to withstand the downswings that come with playing. Play inside your roll and have at least 30-40 buy ins and you’ll be okay. I saw you at the Wynn when I was there during WPT. Wanted to say hi but you looked like you weren’t having a great time so I left you alone. Hope the downswing ends soon.
Those were some brutal spots. I just had a similarly frustrating session where I was down & card dead, then had to leave to stop the bleeding. Shits rough. I always try to contextualize it by taking my dog for a long walk after a particularly difficult session and reflect. Get some Rogue therapy bud! Upswing incoming.
I don’t think any top player is going to be spaz raising with air on a 77832 board when the flush comes in on the river. Your bet is inherently polarizing to either a flush or a 7 because you really wouldn’t be betting anything else. Should probably focus less on “oh im running bad” and really evaluate your hands to see what you could be doing better.
I disagree. The naked A of clubs or hands that block full houses could definitely raise his not at all polarized small sizing as a bluff. If he'd bet bigger and still got raised then that could be weighted more towards value.
Top comment is correct, Lex. It happens to all of us. I think I’m “running bad” but you overplay your hands sometimes. Trust me I do it often, too. The 66 hand. You automatically raise on the flop. Yes it was a pretty nasty board but we can’t be scared of monsters allll the time. Keep letting him fire into you with all of his Ax garbage. Maybe had a lone diamond he cud turn into a bluff. GL Lex, Keep your head up you got this. 5/10 maybe 10/20 sometimes is your alley all day. Those 20/40 games at Bellagio & Wynn & the likes are the toughest cash games in the world & you know this. Would love to see you focus on MTTs if you study a ton this year you could bink one off. MTT has so much more value.
Thanks for sharing some good tips when you’re swinging down.. you’re such a great vlogger, giving us real life tips, great content and showing us the good and the bad!! Have a wonderful holiday and a great new year with some good luck 🍀 in all your poker games!! Peace ✌️
That was such a good read with JJ that he’s a rec and he 3bet instead of just called and took a flop. I would have folded the flop exploitatively and would have been wrong
Anti climatic sure but i appreciate the realness. People here for entertainment will be ok wothout one crazy video. I personally appreciate seeing your human and you go through these nights as well
deal with downswings by putting in more hours! IF you have an edge, it'll bear it out over the long run. Go down in stakes if you must. Breaks are good too!
Keep growing and learning Lex. I think next year will be a very good one for you. Don't overthink so much. Work on getting reads on your opponents more. It just seems to me that you're not focused on that part of poker so much. Here's to a great 2024.
Hope you read this! Hey man love watching your vlogs. Have to be totally transparent, I didn't think I dug you at first although, I really enjoyed the content. Just watched a vlog of yours where you spoke of a buddy of yours taht said how you were "crushing it" and keep up the good work. I mean I used ot hate watching your like work outs at the gym or you getting back to your dog after a long session of cards. but seriously how ignorant was it of me, to judge someone else. Sometimes we need to take a hard look inside ourselves before we judge others. Very big of you to speak to mental health, ho9nestly a very selfless thing of you to do, not that you haven't mentioned it in the past, as you have. Anyways, I hope you are well, and I wish you the best. I don't think I have commented in the past, and if I did it surely wasn't negative. I am not that type to "troll" or whatever they call it. I just think your words were impactful to all watchers of this type of media, and also those who are vlogging. the image we all see on here, isn't truly the whole story.
Honestly lex you need to learn the phrase you only get called by a hand that beat you I know it's the opposite of thin value but sometimes you're making bets that you can't get called with a worse hand you know that would have saved you a bunch of money in this last vlog
People think im crazy when I pre-fold AQ /AJ / AK... But honestly those hands rarely work out so im not attached to them😂.. there is always a better hand out there so why gamble on it?
This is literally how I run at the Wynn every single time. I feel for you. I hope rest of December and January turns around for you with some big wins!
Lol right? He might be able to. see usually piker players are geeks, play with their chips constantly, bring backpacks with premade sandwiches, headphones, hoodie lol thats the poker pro starter kit
Yesterday, I had pocket aces against some drunk man. Some man bet 30 and I re-raised it to 80. Man goes all in, and I called. He shows me 4,5o and thought I was gonna win. Flop 4,9,Q and I’m up so far but he has bottom pair. Turn was a 5 giving him a two pair and the river was a brick. This was 1/2 no limit and I lost 200 Becuz of this drunk man and stupid board. Anyways unlucky but that’s poker
Card dead means you would only play about 10% of hands? Geez I've been playing for years and I thought playing 10% of hands meant you were actually getting good cards. For me, card dead means I don't play anything for like 4 or 5 orbits, which seems to happen frequently. Anyways, good vlog as usual Lex.
Like this talk in the end of the video. Last video/or couple video's ago you did also some talking about insecureness. These talks add something extra to the vid. Goodluck with the downswing!
Folding 5 high flush even with the 3 blocked to that. If you're inducing, it's unlikely to see 10x your bet as a bluff. He might be good enough to turn 3 7s into a bluff but let him take it.
I'd like to see you flat with AQcc then maybe check raise turn or river for a bluff as you're willing to go allin anyways. Hard to call big turn or river bets with no pair. Of course now that we saw what he had......
You had to know you were beat when he re raised that fish vs fish had with 3 5 of clubs vs the ace 4 , plus board was paired. I wouldn't have called a 1200 dollar raise there you know he got you beat and he should been scared of the full house
Dude called your all inn with AK before you switched tables lol if you weren't going in with aq you would have won. Man. You had em right where you wanted em
Lex, your hands aren't beat up from lifting, are you okay? Also, I watched you play for so long, don't play that game, it's not Florida action. AQ in FL, decent hand, in Wynn it's trash. They are using solvers, they will exploit how you play. Notice how you lost the hands, when they have the nuts type stuff they want big pots, otherwise they fold or keep it small. Your end vlog advice is great, take mine bro and come back hard.
1. Why do you straddle as a pro poker player? Straddling is a losing play. 2. Wtf were you thinking going all in with AQ suited? KK and some AA AK and JJ in his range. Wtf are you doing?
I think you're off your best game right now... I know it is easy to armchair QB, but what do you think you are getting raised with on that paired flush board? Do you really think you are going to find that to be a stone bluff often enough to be profitable calling? And if it was a bluff, why would he go so high? Pot was $490, and he comes in with a $1200 bet... Do you really think that small flush is any good? That's not a snap call, that's a snap fold. So many more profitable situations, you just didn't want to see your hand get beat so you called. I've seen you play better than this.
