What hands do you think are the most underrated? Also, I am calling out TOXIC poker players: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n2iAy49vZczTodo.html

@MrDavePed

Жыл бұрын

The most underrated hand is the hand with which you can see the flop for one big blind or less. ANY hand can be a huge winner. The key is the flop and what the opponents are holding. See as many flops as you can see on the extreme cheap. Small blinds can oftentimes see a flop for half price. Any time you can see a flop for one big blind take that opportunity. If the betting comes around to you and it is only one big blind call and hope nobody raises after you no matter how crappy your hand. Who knows what the flop will be. Just don't try to force a win post flop with garbage or crap draws. ..

@jolaz69

Жыл бұрын

Hand I like to play is JT, especially suited - the winniest hand in poker! One thing you touched on that I think is so, so important is playing in position. When I’m in position, my opening range is wider and I’m coming in for a raise. A lot of good things can happen when you have position.

@skyeangelofdeath7363

Жыл бұрын

I liked the hands you picked. Although I'm not sure there are many decent players who aren't already playing most of them. Particularly the middle pairs & suited aces. One of the best points in this video IMO was you driving home the difference between trips & a set. I've always hated how so many players use the terms interchangeably when they are so different.

@r77oliver

Жыл бұрын

I have been loving suited Broadways with a 2. The 2 on the turn or river seems like a brick until showdown lol.

@mtmatt8958

Жыл бұрын

Love me some pocket 10s or 910 suited

Umm….if the turn comes a 10, you DON’T make the nuts…you lose a huge stack to QJ.

@runguardian6868

Жыл бұрын

What are you referring too

@mrbgddy92

Жыл бұрын

@@runguardian6868 the 1st hand 8h7h…Flop: K96…if the turn comes T, it’s not the nuts as you stated. Just a clarification…not trolling.

@fullor9395

Жыл бұрын

@@mrbgddy92 yeah tricky hand in that spot, someone with QJ can stack you there, you can't push it

@brandonalan8884

Жыл бұрын

I feel like driving the bet with this hand is setting yourself up for failure a decent % of the time. You need to fill your range out obviously but this is a tricky hand.

@infosneakr

Жыл бұрын

He mentions briefly that you raise preflop. But yes , definitely not the nuts. No king on the flop and its much better with an real open ended

I like 4/5s and 5/6s when 3 or more people call a raise pre flop good sneaky hand

Outstanding job Nathan! Very insightful!

I love pocket 8's. I only play the 1/2 table at my local casino. These videos are awesome and I said it before, really help. Awesome!

Regarding 8-7 suited and baby pocket pairs players need to play them effectively BUT also be skilled enough to know when to get away from them. That is the challenge for most intermediate players. I am a long term documented profitable recreational / semi pro at small and mid stakes player - not as good as Nathan - and I find those hands challenging but yes can be profitable. Pocket 88 and QJ suited ABSOLUTELY great hands. Love your videos just wanted to point out 87 suited and baby pairs need skill and know when to proceed with caution.

@pot_kivach160

2 ай бұрын

where is your document?

Nathan, totally agree with you on all 5. Just hit quads with the pocket 4s, of course it was set over set, he hit 10s on the flop also, but he bet small to keep me in and I was in check call mod with bottom set on the flop, river case 4, he shoved. QJ suited I've hit 5 royals with it, so I'm almost always seeing a flop, which should hold true with any suited Broadway cards.

@zmaj1267

Жыл бұрын

jeste be sve je tako

I liked this. Also, ive experienced success with these hands on 1/2 and 2/3 NL live games. If u could make a video going over poker ranges, applied in a cash game scenario we would appreciate it.

I played the 7 8 clubs, the flop was 6,9,10 clubs, another player bet into me going all in on the river, he had an A high flush. Most I have ever made by just calling all the way

@moneymike226

Жыл бұрын

78s is my favorite hand in poker. It's a sleeper.

@TLPat47

Жыл бұрын

Don't you think it was a bit of good luck?

@TLPat47

Жыл бұрын

When I have 6 4 suited, I always win with a full house. I believe this is my favorite hand.

I have a hate/hate relationship with QJ. I named it "pocket kickers" because either card is always someone else's kicker. It's tough to get a good price to chase what's usually a gut shot. That's going to involve broadway cards on the board, making big hands and therefore big bets and bad math.

@twocheezitz9182

Жыл бұрын

I think it's funny to call it little slick

@r77oliver

Жыл бұрын

@@twocheezitz9182 i like it. I'll have to remember that .

Like your content :) Short and useful videos

The problem that I have playing A7s is that I have a hard time folding when the board flops or turns an Ace. Sometimes the ace is counterfeit and I have a difficult time folding top pair. It feels like being that "stupid" opponent you described against the guy with pocket 44s flopping a set.

@sanderbrouwer91

Жыл бұрын

A good rule of thumb with this hand is to check and call twice. Three bets is usually not good, also if the second bet is big just fold. Small aces are good to check back / pot control.

I just seen one of your videos that tells me to fold these cards (8 7 suited). And here you’re suggesting we play them more often. 5 bad poker hands.

@pstick9934

3 ай бұрын

U need to play suited connectors for a shot at the bad beat , WAKE UP GUYS.

Ya baby! Local casino 1/2. I had the Gretzky on the BTN called 7x utg1 raise…Whatya know 9 on the flop. Utg bets pot and I shove he says “I can’t fold kings”…. I learned that one from you buddy! Good thing cuz I was down most of that session…

Basically this video can be distilled to two types of hands - pocket pairs and suited connectors. He extended it to “5 types” on sheer willpower and sex appeal.

J4 isn't on your preflop charts? I mean Robbi does play high stakes so I guess she knows best 🤷

Just found your channel and some great tuition. I like playing J10 as opens up good options too.

@BlackRain79Poker

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my poker videos, glad they help!

Thanks for this :)

@BlackRain79Poker

Жыл бұрын

No prob Nativ, glad it helped!

Thanks Nathan!

@BlackRain79Poker

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one John!

Small to medium pocket pairs (2-10s) are good for small to medium stake games because you’re not married to them. If you RFI, you very well will have a range advantage on a lot of flops where you don’t hit your set. And if you bluff flop and get called, you can shut down on a blank turn or fire another barrel. And it’s easier to shut down on these pairs because you don’t get married to them. But my personal favorite underrated hand in 2-5 or lower is the suited one gapper, from 57 to J9. Lots of hidden trips and gapped straights that won’t seem as obvious to your opponent when they do hit.

another great video! in your blog posts you do some reviews for the various poker courses out there. you've done great reviews on Doug's, Daniels's and Phil's courses... i was wondering if you had an opinion on Nick Howard's Poker Detox program.... the cost is maybe a little cheaper than the 3 i mention above. his approach focuses more on exploitive play based on data.... rather than GTO/solver stuff.... anyhoo, keep up the great stuff!

@BlackRain79Poker

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching my poker videos, glad they help!

Most players are obsessed with the high end of the deck. Come at them low and you can usually take it to the bank. They can't fold a top pair, they can't even give you credit for middle or lower pairs. And I agree on sets; they are an easy way to go broke.

I don't think a 10 gives 7-8s the nut straight... that be QJ..

I took #4 personally. I folded 44 preflop to a big raise. Would’ve hit the set on flop and rivered quads

My favourite hand is pocket 53r. (suited is not good, as I can draw a baby flush). I 3-bet/4-bet with it always! When flop comes 247, I am the king! I know nobody has anything than what they had pre flop. So, I C-bet heavily...then, if called, I shove Turn. Unless it is a card that completes my straight. If "A" hits the board, that's so sweet! Opponent must be holding A. If he does not, that means I DO!! In any case, I ram it heavily when I spot an A on board with this hand. Too bad I don't have this hand so often.

Were in motion Commander. after a few weeks of watching your videos we are liked and subscribed!

@BlackRain79Poker

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

With 7-8♥️ if the 10 hits Jack-Queen has the nut straight not 7-8♥️??..🤔

Thank you ....master :))

My fav is 4-3 suited

the example good flop rarely comes out

Over played qj s yesterday and played to big of a pot with just top pair and got out kicked. Sometimes I need to hit the breaks after I get called after the flop

excellent

I play all pocket pairs to a single raise. The key is pot control on these small/middle pairs.

thank you....master :))

Made final table, last hand A7cs all in against maniac with J5hs for the win with A high.

Position, and the SB & BB size are important when playing any hand. I'd play an utter shite hand if I was in position, no one had raised and it was early in the game i.e. blinds small compared to stack.

lost to 88. i had KJ OS. flop comes JQJ, river came 8, i raised, they re-raised, i went all in lol.

Dude... I just started watching this video. He started talking about pocket 4's and I got that hand in a small tourney I joined. I hit trips on flop too... What are the odds!?

Since taking your advice I’ve lost so much money. Not criticising. Maybe it’s just bad luck. But I NEVER been hitting those 3 of a kinds with low pairs. Nor do I ever hit those open straights on the bridge. As a result, I go through my chips so much quicker by losing consistently larger amounts than normal by betting on the blind on cards I should win with

One of my favorite hands, I rivered 4s full and my sister had a straight!

Everything sounds great, except the A7 suited. Just my opinion. I won't play anything besides A through 5 suited, and A through 10-K suited. I see your point with the flop presented, but if you hit an 8o, you are beat by 10/7o. However I see your point as well, and I would say it depends on the make up of the game and who's sitting with you. Thanks for all the valuable info. Headed from Reno to Vegas next week to play Aria, maybe Wynn. Dad taught me the game when I was about 8 years old. I'm almost 50 now, but never considered it as a full time profession. They say Keep your Day Job till your Night Job Pays. But even then, having either residual income always coming in, or a full-time job is probably the most secure way to be, with poker as a side hustle. I know people that quit the game not because they were losing but because of the recent cheating allegations and shady behavior being outted over the last few years. To each their own. Good luck to you always on the felt, and thanks for the videos. BTW: Pocket 8's are my favorite hand next to 89s at the 5/10 level.

@BlackRain79Poker

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my videos B Green, glad they help!

@puzzician

Жыл бұрын

I feel better for teaching my 7-year old, was wondering if I'm corrupting him :-) 😛

@toddgaak422

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100% And I love A2s, A3s, A4s, A5s.

@mattgambill5543

Жыл бұрын

Depending on the price, it's hard to walk from A high suited. Flush draws on the flop have the biggest probability of panning out.

I agree but I remember a video you made not long ago where you were saying not to play some of these hands.

@asianguy63

Жыл бұрын

Ive been binging these videos and it's amazing how much contradictory information is put out. A little clarification would be nice.

@jeffreycoffman8781

Жыл бұрын

Depends how you play them. If you can't read the flop and bets from opponents none of these hands will help you

@sneakkyz3696

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreycoffman8781 that's not my point. I know how to play poker with the best in the world. I'm just saying he's said the opposite before

@pot_kivach160

2 ай бұрын

you missed something. That's why you're confused. This is for advanced level of poker players. Beginners, of course, do not supposed to play speculative cards often. They're going to be crushed.

I can never find a link for your cheat sheet can you help me out

My personal favorite is JTs because it makes good flushes. If your opponent raises pre flop, it’s not possible for them to have many higher flushes when the board comes broadway with your suit. It’s almost always the nuts. If they have broadway with another suit you’re just gonna print money. Also, it makes straights on broadway and going down to 7 being the smallest card on the straight potential. Solid hand

@fns_walter9751

Жыл бұрын

It's a good hand but you have to be carefull with those type of flushes, in small stakes players just love their Ax suited even if it's a A2-A6 they will still want to see a flop, and I lost the last 4 out of 5 flushes against better ones

I like 10-J preferably suited. But don't get marred to it if it doesn't flop well.

@vincenzod9431

Жыл бұрын

I play it like rockets.

@martinbentley6485

Жыл бұрын

Agree. 10-J More likely to hit a straight than J-Q, Q-K or K-A, and if you hit a straight more likely to win than if you hit one with 10-9, 9-8, 8-7 etc. Was expecting 10-J to feature on this video

@martinbentley6485

Жыл бұрын

For example: If you have 10-J, and QKA comes up no other straight can beat you, but if you have 9-10 and JQK come up then 10-A would beat you with a higher straight. With 10-J you can get AKQJ-10, KQJ-10-9, QJ-10-9-8, or J-10-9-8-7 (4 possibilities). Whereas with QJ you can only get any of the first 3 of those possibilities of straight., with KQ just the first 2, and with AK just the first

A7ss is not a good hand but I agree with all your other recommendations

6, 7 suited.

K96 skittles holding 78s does not have 8 outs to the nut straight. It is still vulnerable to JQx if a T hits. How nitty are the players in the game that aren’t playing the hands suggested here?

I just watched a vid of yours in which you said to STOP playing small pairs and mid-range suited connectors!

@pot_kivach160

2 ай бұрын

if you are beginner.

Charts are a bit tight. Even a novice can win more money playing a few more hands. VPIP 30+ seems optimal, especially in bigger buyin games.

Good hands in position against bad players. Important variables there.

I generally only play the top 10 hands but will steal pots, when opponents seem weak, w/ anything (7/2 off).

Hit a set with 4's recently, was cooled by quad 2's. 😧

@fullor9395

Жыл бұрын

Same but I had aces

87s you have as a great hand but it’s not even in your own play these hand chart pre flop for 6 or 9 handed ! Which one is it ?

@BlackRain79Poker

7 ай бұрын

Depends on the game conditions!

K96 flop for 87 This guy said nut straight if 10 hits. He said he was a coach too 😅

87 on k96t is not the nut straight

I find it strange to have to explain the difference between a set and trips. I always use the difference between a quarter and 25 cents

Hold on, I could swear I've seen videos from you about 'Stop playing these hands' that included A7.

So, ehm, are they still good hands to play if one's not a luckbox? -from where I'm sitting you're describing situations where I actually get a playable hand *AND* hit a favourable flop. Both of which are in short supply or, at least, not concurrent when actually playing poker, in my experience.

K 9 6 with 7 8 in hand and a 10 on the turn is NOT the nut straight

I was the bad player today. Couldn't fold my AK when I flopped top pair, KQx. Wish I had watches this video earlier. It would save over a hundred bucks.

QJs has gotta be my favorite hand.

In the first example a 10 doesn't give you the nut straight. you lose to q j.

i cant download ur cheat sheet?

Is this advice same as your top hands to fold?

Do you still play poker for a living? Are you focused now on your poker class to earn money which is your job now since you earning money when people sign up for your class. Just curious because you put up a video every few days is what I noticed. I hope you answer my question. Again I'm just curious, thanks.

I play those hands every time already......but then again, I play all hands every time. Still have not won a session. :)

why play 7 8 suited but fold suited 9 10 (in your past video you say fold it)

I LITERALLY heard u on a separate video where u said don't like small poker pairs and have a low percentage of hitting a set.....in this video now you Love pocket 4's...??? I'm really confused

@pot_kivach160

2 ай бұрын

Beginners don't supposed to play speculative hands too often. they'd get crushed. This is for advanced players.

Why A7? I like to play A2s - A5s or AT - AK

@murrrxm4059

Жыл бұрын

@Corey White its most of time dominated, you cant make a wheel or broadway.

Little confused as to why A9o is a hand only "losing players play" (your video 10 days ago), but A7s is hand one needs to play more often. Sure, you have the ability to get a flush/flush draw sometimes, but otherwise if you're in and just hit an Ace, where do you draw the line on folding? Even the "losing" hand of A9 beats you here.

@bobwu7178

Жыл бұрын

He said A9 off and today he said A7 suited . Suited always has more value then off . For sure you can make nut flush and 7 is a mid number could make a mid straight combo or blocker

@stravs8097

Жыл бұрын

@@bobwu7178 You go on believing that if you like. I just ran a Monte Carlo simulation of A9o vs A7s (over 100 million games) and A9o is the winner 64.66% of the time.

@ryanbahnsen6429

Жыл бұрын

@@stravs8097 You're doing a head to head simulation where one hand is dominated when its a cash game starting hand issue instead.

@stonecoldscubasteveo4827

Жыл бұрын

because a suited ace has way better potential to make a really nutted hand that you can win a big pot with.

you said if a 10 comes you have nut straight. But in that case JQ would be nut straight. Tellin' ya because I love ya!! Kepp up the great work. Your friend and fan, GameOn

@BlackRain79Poker

7 ай бұрын

Happy to help, thanks for watching my poker videos!

In example 1, in what world does a flop like K, 9, 6 make the nuts with 87 with a T on the turn. Pretty sure we have the second nuts and lose to QJ with no redraw unless it's the TH... Just sayin.

I couldn't disagree more with number five. Eight high doesn't show a profit. The problem with A7 and QJ is that they are badly dominated. There is a time to play them of course, but there are many situations where they should just be mucked. Bottom line is that these three hands lose more money than they win.

87 doesn’t hit the nut straight with a 10 on a k96 board. Qj would be the but straight

You said suited connectors should be folded before.

Didn’t you make a video saying middle suited connectors are over rated lol

#1: QJs. Who ISN'T playing this?

Well, you're not wrong about these hands but who in the world isn't playing suited connectors, pocket pairs, suited aces, and suited broadway hands?

Watch pocket 44s of Selbst massacred by Liv... But she bluffed all-in pre-flop which was crazy against pros. Very careful with shitty pocket pairs, no aggressive gameplay until flopped a set and I would try to block follow-on floating ASAP, no slow playing a low set IMHO, raise always? Not convinced so much by QJ suited. If the flop is K10x like in an example or A9x you will often pay a lot of money to see the river and you have typically 4 outs only and some guys sit with As and Ks and 10s or 9s so in reality there are fewer outs, some also might have been folded. The odds are against you and statistically you will more often lose a mid pack equivalent in BB terms and once in many you might win a big one, however, like with trips - everybody can see the table has A, K and 10 or K,10,9 oraz 9, 8, 7. Tricky play to hang someone unless they cannot fold a high set or two pairs.

U had pocket 8s on stop playing as much

A 10 doesn’t give the nuts on the first one but yeah

Hit a bad beat win with 7/8clubs, still the most $$ I have won on a single poker hand.

Is this poker for beginners?

@whitestguyuknow

Жыл бұрын

Yeah none of these hands are anything interesting. It's knowledge you should've figured out on your own playing poker

QJ

On a previous video you said you have played 10million hands. Even at 1 minute per hand, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, thats almost 20 years. Uh....please explain your claim.

So you hate 76 suited but you loved 87 suited?

You said fold small pairs

You literally made a video saying "never play these hands" with the exact same cards. I'm not sure I can believe you.

In another video of yours you said not to play a pair of 4s.

In one of your other videos you said to fold pocket 4s! Wtf

Couldn't get past the first hand: K96....four outs to the 10 gives you the nut straight, bye,bye!

A Ten is not the nut straight tho

WHAT??? Play small pocket pairs??? I thought you mentioned in another video that you should NOT play small pocket pairs?!!!

J-10 suited > Q-J suited

@yourmama3515

Жыл бұрын

Jack Ten simply has more open-ended straight draw combinations & it can draw to broadway straight aswell

10 doesn’t give you the nut straight…

bruh in another video you mention why you shouldnt play 8 7 suited. Smells like a load of barnacles to me

9 10s

Sooo.... how long have you played professionally and how many students have you coached? Haha! Just kidding! These are good vids!

Who doesn’t play all these hands. ?