Nice comeback! I recently finished up $16 after being down $650 in a Colorado 1-3 game. Appreciate the honesty and like how relatable it is to watch your vlogs.
I can totally relate to the "you're going to have to show me" mentality. Im glad it worked out for you this time but stay strong through those tilting moments and play your game Lex. Best of luck.
Thank you for the ongoing content. $60K is a big hole to climb out from. On the brighter side, it DOESN'T seem like you're playing scared, despite the train wreck in the past 90 days. That's something to be proud of.
Every poker player goes that route ! Regardless if you are a pro or not! I play for over 10 years now and my worst downswing went 6 months! I make 5000€ a year at avg with poker and that works for me as I have a job 😊 every year a new MacBook or iPad and a nice vacation 😊 all about the expectation! Go Lex the „luck“ returns I promise ☘️ a good bankroll management is the key 😉🤠
The mental aspect of poker was something I never really expected to be so challenging It feels defeating especially when you've experienced the validation of a major upswing Hang in there buddy. We love your content ❤
I'm an older player. (74). Playing poker in multiple formats for over 60 years. Anyone who states they've never been tilted is either mistaken or hasn't played long. One consistent overarching theme I see in your videos is tilt in multiple sessions, for multiple hands. That boat 5's over 3's is prime example. Recommend hand played by most is Ace Five suited. Multiple players play unsuited. You should have suspected that as well within his range. Until you deal with tilt under strain, personal life or down in a session, your reads may be lacking. Life can be regarded as one long session. Much easier for me to deal with my personal tilt by accepting variance happens, and play each hand as if it is my first hand of the night. Only way I can semi control my tilt.
Big compliment that you speak about your downswing; not many are as open as you are // besides that, great videos which I enjoy for years now // keep it going and All the best for a HUGE UpSwing
It’s not a downswing the truth is that you have played a lot of live streams and you give off tells that people who play against you have studied you are gonna get called light and bluffed hard in spots cause of it
I have been watching you over the years. I am a high stake grinder like you, and you have improved a lot tremendously. You were somewhat tight in the beginning, but you have been making good folds, good bluffs, and unconventional plays. I think you have what it takes to survive. It is not easy being a pro.
Lex, thanks for your honesty. I’m currently going thru a downswing and I feel like it’s just me. If it happens to you too then I am in very good company.
Awesome! I know it’s “…just a $30 win.” but, ooooweeeee! Grin ding it out and believing in yourself made those $30 nearly priceless. I was thinking to leave down around $3K would have still been nearly a win. So glad for you
Great comeback! I felt like you were off this session. Couldn't understand the sizing and some of you're reasoning but all and all you had a very good hand selection, you didn't "chase" your luck with garbage hands and kept it together. Good job bro!
Hello Lex! You seem like a really great guy, and I love your content. You have a lot of positivity, which I admire. Congratulations on your success, and try to stay positive. You deserve it.
dang, I had the same thing in the exact same months. Jan to Nov won every month...Dec, Jan & Feb were red months. Seems like ALL opponents draws came in when NONE of mine did. Also got oversetted, flushed out, boat over boat way too often. Its been a challenge continuing to play.
Regardless, “if I’m not there” lol, you’re still the best player in the room. When they catch I remind myself that only happens about 15% of the time. The other times we win big pots. GL friend
About upswings and downswings, something I was told so long ago that it was in a deuce to seven NL Lowball game, the best games are where you have your biggest wins, but also your biggest losses... The guy who said that preferred quiet games, which I never did.
Home cooking is where your best. Work on your mental game. Continued poker study and learning how to be cool under pressure can be what gets you to the next level.
Your experiencing what's normal in Poker. I've been playing for 3 years for a living. The difference btwn you and me is in 3 years I have never sun runned like you, make 30-40k in one month. Thats insane. So my downswing has crippled me and i may be on my last few months of poker
Lex, idk if you're gonna see this comment, But i Love ur Content bro, you are very Transparent, and ur videos thought me a lot of things. I'm on a downswing swing too bro, before i couldn't lose a hand, now if i Got KK someone has AA. 😂 😂
Bro, I like you and your channel. This is not hate, but it seems like you cause yourself the majority of your losses. You bet big or call big when you don't have the nuts! Last week you bet into a flush on the board, and here you just went all in on a draw? My strategy is different but I am very tight too....I bet if you played a little more conservatively you would be up way more often.
Lex O used to play Nitty as a rock (heavy doses of folding to aggression, unless he was Nutted) ... two or so years back. He's reformed his game to balance "entertainment value" vs. profitability. One of the best poker vlogs going today.
I get everyone's feedback, I just don't like the idea of betting into "hope" because you're essentially betting into the pot you're behind on. If the board clearly shows the nuts or 3 or 4 ways you're not ahead its OK to fold. I watch Lex because I like his energy but also for strategy. Not entertainment value. He is a person, at his job and I don't want to see him lose for entertainment but by playing strong and solid poker.
“Being in a downswing is alluding to the fact that you change your own thought process on poker and realize that you might be making different decisions if you played like you weren’t in a downswing. There are no such thing as downswings and each hand is unique and each poker moment is unrelated to the last - we make them related”
About your $30 gain, a gain is a gain, here an inspirational story: Michael Burry responded to my craigslist ad looking for someone to mow my lawn. "$30 is $30", he said as he continued to mow what was clearly the wrong yard. My neighbor and I shouted at him but he was already wearing muffs. Focused dude. He attached a phone mount onto the handle of his push mower. I was able to sneak a peak and he was browsing zillow listings in central Wyoming. He wouldn't stop cackling.
Bro.. you are one of my favorites.. we feel your pain .. You need a paradigm shift.... You forgot your "Why"... Why are you doing this? List your "core values"and your " whys"... Letus hear that so we can be inspired again why we are doing this!! When we hear this this will bring some tears to your audience.....ALL LOVE Brofus
Hard to believe, but I also had a great 2023 until November and I am down $55k in the last four months. I wish you would pull out of it so I can as well. LOL Come on Lex. Let's GO! Are you going on the WPT cruise?
I have been a huge fan from the beginning with that being said I think it's time you adjust your play style or strategy. Your opponents have an opportunity to study alot of your hands. It wouldn't hurt to be a little unpredictable.
I work in customer service. You can be on a hour long stressfull call and 5 seconds later get a new call. You then have to be nice. The point being you can only play one hand at a time. The past is over you cant change it. Have a short memory and learn from your mistakes in those moments.
Spoiler Alert: The completely unexpected thing that has never happened to Lex before while playing poker is that a 737 crashes through one wall of the card room right as Lex rivers trips.
When you opened the door, and I just saw the black dog, I thought, "Oh, no! he lost his buddy!" Believe it or not, I was relieved to see he was right behind. Poker is fine and all, but a good dog is a friend.
