Mate, really enjoy your content, and personally, I've gone off watching the other guys you mentioned. It's nice to watch a guy closer to reality for most of us. Keep doing you, it works 👍
hey Alex, I had the same baseball dream to, same results lol,.you may never get up to brad Owen status but you have something that I enjoy watching, you and Valdez are carving out a niche in poker vlogging. keep up the good work.
Funny how you mentioned Jeff Kent, grew up playing with his son who is now playing for A&M, Jeff’s really cool but you couldn’t get words out of him at all. During games he’d put head phones on so no one would talk to him 😭
Thanks for sharing about your baseball dreams. Those were the same dreams I had except my baseball. Heroes were Willie Mayes and Juan Marichal. I played with a bunch of minor-league players and quickly realized I was the least talented on the team also.But had a great time playing with good players. Oh, by the way … enjoy your blog and playing against you. LOL
You post and do this for your own personal growth. if it takes off hey, that's good. But you enjoy the game and keep going with it. Keep grinding and the views will come with consistent uploads. It took Ben Deach 5 years to reach 30k subs (i've been following him since the beginning)
I wouldn't be too quick to sell yourself short brother. You've made me burst out laughing way more times than Owen has and I've watched a lot more of his videos. I really appreciate your dry humour and snips (I feel like Brad tries to be funny, and you have a more natural way about it). I also appreciate that you're quick and to the point with your thought process. I watched your new school poker vid and you easily earned the sub from that opening rant alone, let alone the poker. There are a lot of us out there that have the same viewpoint as you, you're just a lot better at putting it together in words and humour. Please don't aspire to be anything different! Poker needs people like you!
It doesn’t matter how tight the threebet is, jamming is better than calling. If he only has AA you still have >36% equity and only need like 25% to jam for half pot. Jam > call > fold
I agree, spr is less than half pot if you call so push your equity and you easily could have got him off of a hand like AK or1010, you're blocking AA and JJ so if he has KK or QQ you still have 12 outs, so pretty much 50/50 on the flop against those hands. You actually had 15 outs though against 1010 so you were actually ahead.
You may never be poker "famous" but I thoroughly enjoy your content. I only play tournaments at the cap but love your channel. Keep doin you my guy. 💪🏿💜👽🤘🏿
With KJ of hearts. Perfect check back on the turn. Perfect sizing to get paid on the river. Smallish pot, but getting $30 of extra value…..adds up over thousands of hands
Just stumbled on your channel and I’m glad I did. Super relatable play. Love that you play low stakes cause that’s where I’m at and love seeing the journey. You have a fan in me
Watching your blog is actually learning a lot of stuff, those type of content is more realistic then learning all those GTO strategies because what you come across on the table is totally different from learning in front of the computer
I'm currently working up my poker kitty so I can afford a set up and do the same. A little San Antonio based, low stakes poker channel. You're an inspiration
@@NorCal_Poker Hey I'm all about tips. I have a good phone Pixel 8 pro, but I really not sure how to keep it from showing other players? Also storage. I understand the editing part. Was thinking of getting a phone I could put something like a privacy screen over or a go pro type set up. Looking to start it this summer. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
@@Casra76 I bought & still use a refurbished iPhone 12 to record hands from one of those sketchy stores for $100. If you sit in seat 2, 3, 7 of 8 just dim your phone super low & you’ll be fine. I use iMovie (free on iMac) to edit. I don’t have a microphone (just use voice memos on my iPhone). I bought a hard drive for $100 that I store each vlog on & that’s about it!
@@NorCal_Poker Thank you, that's actually not something I considered. The angles. We'll see how things go for me, and if I get it rolling like I want too.
Way to gett'em love the c-bet bluff and using your table image to your advantage. In the rockets hand , you gotta go with your gut and your reads of players you've played with.... but that seemed like a pretty tight fold. He could have easily had A(h) Q(x) K-K or K(h)-Q. 4-1 to call is definitely undervalued when you have Aces over 4s Enjoy your content and hope you continue grinding
Did you play on the Sweets when Jarren did? He actually stayed with one of my high school buddies when he was in Walla Walla. Keep up the grind brother.
In my opinion, I think it was very possible that you might have the winning hand. He had position over you and possibly had q, j in the River or ace queen. You said he would let you know if he had a hand so I’m profiling him as somewhat tight. For 100 on the River , I probably would have called. He probably didn’t put you on over pair so he ruled out flushes and 4s on your part thinking his hand was better and decided to go for value on the River. Or he was slow playing pocket queens and tried to make it cheap for you to call. Either way you had first account of how that player plays. It was a 50/50 call I think. Anyway as always, I look forward to your videos.
Fair point. Against an unknown, I’m calling 100% of the time for this sizing. But once again, it was strictly player dependent. Appreciate the feedback though. Keeps me thinking & thanks for the support!
That fold on the 1st hand hurts me. I'm never folding there but I'm not just calling cuz it turns your hand face up. Hey gl man Experience is everything in poker. Playing online will make you a much better player. 10c25c is tougher than any stake at the casinos near me
That’s the way to get subscribers, but personally would rather gain them the “hard way.” I think it’s odd when someone has 100k subs & only gets 9k views on their vlogs
hello alex this is my first time commenting on your channel. i have played hold em for over twenty years and my current home is thunder valley casino. anyway, my question to you is how do u know? in the aces hand where u folded because u believed your opponent had a flush ===how do you know? one of the things i ask people when we go over hands, is what do you think your opponents have and vice versa. in this hand you were only thinking of what u thought he had but what do you think he thought u had? this is very important!! if he thought u had ace-king would he bet his queen in position? i would, especially heads up!! also, he knows that a four or flush in that scenario favors him more so than you. i say this because i feel you should have called this guy because u had aces. u simply beat all of his potential two pair hands. just because its scary doesnt mean it has to be. keep in mind he doesnt know that u dont the flush unless u tell him. and how did u that by checking the turn and river. sometimes, against certain players, u should play poker police or keep betting until he lets u know u r in trouble!! anyway, keep up the good work with the channel and maybe i see u at thunder. i will be the only player wearing a kc chiefs hat.
Appreciate the feedback! I use the same thought process when making a bet & playing it passively. I think of what do they think I have given with how I play it. And I figure he knows I’m not betting into 5 people without a super strong hand. But it’s definitely possible he could’ve had AQ with the ace of hearts & maybe QJ, but i know he plays a ton of suited stuff so I figured flush was more likely. I will keep an eye out if I ever see you at Thunder! Thanks for supporting!
I think that’s the wrong attitude to have. The attitude you should have is that you will succeed at whatever you attempt. Because you know you can. These guys have all found ways to add value with their personalities whether it’s humor, gamble, etc. Find a way to bring your personality more into your vlogs and keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll succeed. Good luck.
I guess I wasn’t very clear in the video. I’m 100% confident that I give it my all in everything I do & will succeed in this small stakes niche. I just won’t take poker as a full time career since I have other business ventures I run & have a family. So I’ll keep this as a hobby & because of that, it will limit my opportunity to be “poker famous” which I’m perfectly fine with. Thanks for the responses as always
@@NorCal_Poker yeah I suppose so. It just came across as a bit pessimistic. I play poker as a part time side gig but I still take it very seriously and treat it like another job and plan on moving up stakes. I’m the type that doesn’t do anything casually and you sound very similar. Only thing I’m saying is your level of success is only relative to your level of effort.
@@NorCal_Poker Depends on the OMC. Many OMCs have been getting better and betting thin for value. I’m not saying I wouldn’t fold to anyone, but we often give way too much credit when it’s unprofitable to do so.
I wanna say that I started out watching rampage and Mariano but stopped watching them altogether because it just wasn’t interesting anymore. Right now you, Brandon and lex are my go to channels. I’m routing for you and I appreciate that you play smaller stakes.
Wanted to come straight out. My kid was the same with baseball even though I hate the game myself. I just want to say, anybody who makes all League in high school is a legit player. Anybody who starts in college is a legit player. Especially in D1. My kid loved the game. And probably could have had a few years in the minors but that’s about it. Played his high school ball with 3 guys that have MLB playing time (2 still rostered). He saw what it would take and realized time to just start life instead. He wasn’t a school guy. He just wanted to play ball. Walked away from a starting spot at the JuCo. Basically, I’m saying that I have done the journey as a parent. Getting as far as you did is impressive. Long Beach is not an also ran program. They are legit. Anyways, the phrase “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Is true in high school and before. But once you get past high school, everyone works hard. So it comes to just pure genetic ability. Visual acuity or lightning bolt for an arm with control. Sorry your journey ended before you wanted it but your dream ended way later than a lot of other players. Respect. Keep up with your vlog. You can absolutely be the next Neeme or Mariano. Although not rampage. Kind of like saying you want to be the next Johny manzeil. Anyways, keep it up. I watch and haven’t left your subscriber list. Just need to find you groove. It’s still young in your journey. Now to watch the rest of the video. 👍
I never wanna be poker famous, we naboth had the same dream. I was Hella good at baseball until I broke a bone in my back. When you gonna play?? When my mom died from cancer this march she told me to play pkmer again and it's time. People will knwo my name soon in poker
Your proft and loss screen has what sounds like a golf ball swing noise during the transition. You should have a baseball bat hit instead. Fits the theme?
I’ve noticed the golf sound too. The crack of a baseball bat instead would suit this vlog much more! I honestly thought before that you must be a golfer as well because of that sound. Finding a way to integrate your baseball background into the vlog in different ways would definitely add some of your personality like I mentioned earlier. Great suggestion OP.
Honestly I feel like you still had plenty of value at least calling after the river with the Aces, he may have had a flush but from my pov it seemed like it was low. But honestly I think you had him beat there
With that mindset, you won’t get where you want to go. don’t think that way, you can really achieve anything. I think you compare yourself too much to others and just focus on yourself. You can get to their level, they started just like you did.
Love the response but I’m not necessarily comparing myself to them as I’m disappointed if I don’t reach their level. Poker is just a hobby for me & I would love to just keep it at the small stakes & keep it fun!
Those guys are no poker famous to the likes of Ivel, hellmuth and Negreanu. Just like most of us in the comments are no more famous to the likes of you. Keep up the good work bro
@@NorCal_Pokerkeep it going young man! You've taken a chance by creating a vlog. Which means you're not afraid of putting in the hours to try and succeed! You will succeed in life! May it be poker or another avenue you choose
Great vlogs. I am going to send you an email. My background is baseball too and my story is somewhat similar to yours, but I'm a generation older than you! I'm a Brewers fan! I want to be a better poker player and I think you can help me. Thank you!
The website ignition is no good, many ppl do double team, cheating or 2 accounts to1 person. 1 raise,u call,the other1 pop reraise. They do this whenever 1 got AA,Kk or Ak, too much cheating., and the pay out is crypto not cash.
I started at strictly Thunder but since I started vlogging I haven’t been back. If I can film, I would make it my home room most likely since I live close by!
@@NorCal_Poker I mostly play regular 1/3. Is there any difference between the player pool in deepstack 1/3 vs regular 1/3? I know deepstack 1/3 plays like a 2/5 and want to shot take
Hmm, you seem to sell yourself short. I know a lot of really good baseball players that couldn't even play at the JC level and only 2% make the D1 level...meaning you were better than 98% of high school players. Yeah, the jump to pro (at any level) is a huge one but seriously, it is an accomplishment to even compete at the D1 level for however long.
The Aces hand with the Q44 5J board... i think you're getting too good of a price, $105 to win $405. Almost 4:1. Villian is in position and with you giving up on turn, can have an array of hands he thinks hes going for value such as QJ, KQ, AQ with a heart. Perhaps he's putting you on AK with ace of hearts. At capitol, i rarely see 1/3rd pot value bets with essentially nutted hands.
Fair point, but if he puts me on AK, I don’t see why he would bet. Maybe QJ or AQ with ace of hearts but I think he has way more flushes given player types pre flop range. Definitely an exploitative fold on my part that I wouldn’t do against most players
@@NorCal_Poker yea AK was just an example. More likely you have JJ, 1010, and QX in your range which he's trying to get called by. With your open of $15 preflop, and no potential to 3 bet, your range is still relatively wide, including all the suited broadway cards, a ton of A-x holdings, as well as probably 9s +. And knowing capitol players, even though a scare card gets there on the turn, a lot of them expect overpairs to keep betting to deny equity. My thinking is that your hand is completely under-repped, and as such, would be a mandatory call on river with the amazing odds given.
@@charlesnewborn3760I like your thought process here. But the only hands I’m betting into 5 people on the flop is KQ, AQ or overpairs. And once he calls on the flop with players left to act, he either has Qx, 4x or flush draw so I’m not betting with 99-JJ. Plus he 3-bets AQ here to my $15 sizing & KQ isn’t betting turn & river given I should have him beat with the action. But I like your thought process, just breaking down my live thoughts
@@NorCal_Poker oh yes I'm commenting after the fact from my phone... I forgot you bet into 5 people on the flop oop. true you never have 1010/JJ and you are capped with your CB with AK with a heart or 2 hearts, and QX specifically QK,AK. Nothing probably as weak as QJ but maybe. So that being said, the give up on the turn, he's either thin value betting, thick value, or he's semi bluffing. When you call, he probably thinks you have a Q with a heart at the tippy top of your range, and AK with a heart at the bottom of your range. When you check river on a brick, he's going for thin value with also QK, or QJ most likely. Probably not AQ. He possibly has some sort of K10/J10 hh, but I still favor a call here unless THIS specific player always bets 1/3rd pot with nutted hands for value. Some players do the same pattern betting and they always have it.
@@NorCal_Poker I’m a Yankees fan born and raised in NY. Baseball was my #1 sport since I was 4. I’m left handed but batted righty. Was best known for pitching, but I played 1st and CF as well. Miss them days man. Coulda went to D3 school but chose the medical field instead.
This kind of sounds like you just being insecure and trying to cope. Why wouldn’t you be able to reach a level of fame like the vloggers you mentioned? It’s one thing to not care to be famous or the best poker player. But to say it’s not possible sounds like ur just facing feelings of inadequacy. I don’t think your measure of success or worth should be tied to how famous you are. But with that being said, you should believe in yourself and it isn’t some pipedream like being succesful in baseball. One is an impossible to change physical limitation, while being an entertaining person is obtainable.
No insecurity here, just being a realist! I’m at a different stage in life (wife & kids) where I’m pretty limited in what I can achieve! But I appreciate your perspective
If you gave up on your baseball dream "after just one day" then you didn't deserve success. I wish you better luck with your poker career. Sidenote. You have that same sound I have. If I ever made a poker vlog it would probably sound very similar. I imagine once you've been doing it for awhile you loosen up and your vlog takes off. You might end up surprising yourself.
It was mainly a figure of speech. Baseball has physical limitations that are apparent when you reach the division 1 level. I knew that would be my peak & I was perfectly content with that. As for poker, I do it mainly for fun & content. I have a full time career outside of poker (that I will reveal soon) that I enjoy so that’s the reason for the limitations. But I appreciate the feedback & encouraging words!
@@NorCal_Poker Everyone has their limits. Nothing wrong with that. I had my own dream of being in the Marines but my body just isn't built for it. I ended up serving as an aircraft mechanic for the USAF instead 😆
