Honestly this channel offers the most info I can actually use. Thanks Phil

@PhilGalfond

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You’re very welcome!

I need to take this chance to thank you deeply from my heart. I am flowing you since you were in card runners. You helped me a lot. I must give you the credit for all the good that happened in my life. Since I quit my job until I became a poker pro and now at the age of 32, an independent businessman and part-time poker player living in tropical island and enjoying freedom! Phil, thank you bro!!!!!! Edit* so happy to see the channel getting what it deserves 😉

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s incredible to hear. Thank you so much for sharing your story with me! This is exactly why I’ve always loved teaching - for moments exactly like this. I’m glad I helped you on your journey, but I’m sure you did 95% of the heavy lifting yourself. Well done and congratulations!

@spookypoker3747

Жыл бұрын

where do you live? I may follow the same path and am considering different countries.

Wow what a find. I watched this yesterday morning and took it all in. Then i went out and got absolutely slaughtered. My worst night ever, tanked 3 buy ins. 95% trash cards all night. Played 6 big hands and lost 5 on showdown. To rub it in i watched my chips go to Quad Aces and the first Straight Flush ive ever seen. Every lost hand I thought about this video, i took time to close my eyes and breath and will myself to not try and play captain comeback and just make the best decision i could at every point. Obviously i was frustrated but i didnt get to me once. I smiled my way through it, i did have one slight Hellmuth moment where my pocket queens lost to a runner runner flush l, but i didnt carry that into the next hand I honestly dont think I made one tilted play all night. Thats a personal win for me and I will take that into next game. Thanks for the content. Subbed

My first coach, a stoic Estonian, once interrupted me after he asked me why I checked and I said I "hoped" my opponent would bet. "Hope" he said "is worthless. Hope clouds the mind. The longer you can stay at the table without this hope the more money you can make." This is now a running gag in my household with my kids.

We've been absolutely conditioned to "please like (and subscribe)" being nothing more than a must-be-in-there call to action by creators. This strikes me as a genuine thing from Phil; to ascertain whether this thing is something he should continue to invest time in. Sooooo, everyone please like, because this is the best poker content. Anywhere. Period.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Jesper! You're definitely right. I'm trying right now to see what I can accomplish if I set my mind to content creation, and it will certainly shape my plans after the next few months.

@jesperkristensen5875

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilGalfond Having hoped you would play it last year, as an idea, you could put it out there that you'll play the WSOP ME and vlog from it, if you get xxxxxx subscribers by then. I'm sure, I'm not the only one who would love to see that.

This was one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen. Anything to reduce my emotions at a poker table helps my game. You nailed it with this one, Phil.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Awesome. It makes me so happy to hear that. Thank you for commenting!

@jarirepo1172

Жыл бұрын

Same thoughts here. I have been playing for several years sporadically, some years grinding quite a lot and others almost none. Every time I put in the effort to play more I ended up drained and could not continue more than one year max. Now I already was on the way to this thinking, but this video clarified the specifics instantly and I realized just why I had felt more at ease at tables and being able to grind longer with less stress.

All of these years I still have that thought process … please call please raise no heart no queen… so intense thank you for this

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! It's hard to shake, I know.

Always helpful

Wow, Phil Galfond is truly a great player! I've seen several of his videos and they are all fantastic. His video about G-bucks is especially amazing. It really highlights the quantum basic of our world and how the game of chances can give us a better understanding of the outer world. I'm sure Nobel R. Taler would agree, as he spoke about this topic at the Nobel Circle in 2018-2020. The ability to understand the quantum nature of existence through the movement of cards has the potential to produce new scientists who can provide humanity with great opportunities for understanding the world

As an amateur, this is the most useful video I’ve ever seen. Thanks Phil !

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you! So happy to hear that it speaks to amateur players.

What also helped me is to have a pre-game routine where I write down few goals for my strategy and for mental game - "try to make the best decision you can when action's on you" is gonna be included :) Thanks!

I loved playing poker, but since 6 months of bad luck, I am usually tired and drained when I get knocked out of a tournament. Millions of useless thoughts processed instead of just enjoying the game and making best decisions on each street. Starting tomorrow will try to implement above and am sure it will bear positive fruits. Thanks so much.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome! Good luck turning it around soon.

Happens to me alot! Thanks!! Is my 7th time watching the video!!

It's like you're talking right to me. My god, that's exactly what I needed to hear.

I was losing two buy-ins in a 2/5 game, then KZread suggested this video by Phil. I watched it and tried to use the suggested strategies. Anyway, I started playing better and ended up cashing out up $200. Great advice Phil, thanks.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it helped!!

@thefabo9349

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilGalfond it sure did of course it was a small sample size, but I will practice it more often. I will report back 👍🏾

Wow, so eyes opening. I have started working on mental game recently and I wasn't aware how much of my energy was wasting on hoping, fear, and regret. Being result oriented comes in variety of ways. Thanks Phill.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. I'm glad it was helpful!

My favourite Phil in poker 😂😂

Sage advice. Applies beyond the felt as well.

Your content Phil is the best I watch here on KZread....and I watch a lot of poker content. Please continue to share with us. Thank you for everything.

This was gold, don’t stop Phil.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I won’t. I think 😃

Wow this is best video about mental side of poker i saw in years . Changing your way of thinking is a key

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on here. I can totally agree, let go of your emotions makes not only your game better, it is also better in life. ❤

Phil, just dropping in to say you are the man.

The "please fold, please fold" when bluffing is my worst mental drain from your list. (I usually play 3-4 hour tournaments, same regular opponents, micro buy-ins) I have got away with it (my poker stamina is 7-8hrs), even when being card dead has me relying on bluff's getting through, for hours. However, I have also been practising forcing opposite thoughts through my head - like "please fold, please fold" when I raise with premium, kind of like hoping to give false tells (how quick I act, where I look, lean, the placement of my cards and hands, breathing rate etc) I now realise that this will also be a drain on my mental energy if/when I play proper tournaments against strangers. I have a very bad drop from my A game to Z game when I am 'burned out' after 8+ hrs, and it takes a several days to recharge to where I can play A game again, which will be no good in multi day tournaments if I run deep. I will try to watch every one of your vids, they are quality.

One of the best poker tournament's lessons. Thank you Phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I’m raally going to try to incorporate this in my game. I think about it all the time.

One of the most helpful videos I've seen in my career Thanks a lot Phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Very high praise! Thank you and you’re very welcome ♥️

This is the best advice and very recognisable. I am precisely this person in your video who is spending way to many mental bandwith on not important outcomes. Should focus more on every decision on it's own and not worrying about future cards to come. Calms me down a lot and been using it during my sessions and really thinking more clearly now. thanks again Phil

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you found it so helpful, Tim! Thanks for letting me know.

Can’t be more thankful for ur reminder esp during tough times ❤️

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy it helped. Good luck!

Thank you. Awareness * Plan * Realization of mathematical models in the long run = Success.

Amazing video !!! Please make more mental game videos on how to handle more scenarios / thoughts like these.

your right calm relax and pone oppents!

Thanks Phil! I didn't realize how much precious time I was wasting "hoping" for a certain runout. I think it goes well with one of my favorite quote: "Focus on what you can control". And in this case, it is our next decision!

Phil I’ve implemented your advice into my game and I’ve been winning. Thank you for posting.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Nice work! Happy to have helped.

Great work Phil and Co! I really appreciate the more frequent uploads, thanks a bunch

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! Hoping to up the frequency even more, but we’ll see if we can get efficient enough!

Amazing work Phil very much appreciated! Keep em coming.

Love the content. Galfond is good at explaining the strategies so its easy to grasp.

It’s so awesome you’re putting out all this Contant you always been my favorite poker player. You seem like such a standup person and do so much to promote the game. Keep up Boss

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the very kind words! I'll keep the videos coming.

Perfect timing this morning after a very bad session last nite where I lost every big pots. I was all in and I was looking at the Tv when the turn or river was going to be dealt, and smiled after it…. I think it was ok but it hurts 😂

Thanks, Phil! Keep the videos coming.

amazing thank you! thats going into practice today. this is the leak ive needed fixing. without realising! ❤

Im amazed...the best video so far...u are a great man!

Thank you Phil really appreciate you taking the time out to share your thoughts. I've always been a big fan of yours

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Glad you are enjoying them!

Great advice exactly what i need to hear. Thank you.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome ☺️. Glad it found you at the right time.

Good stuff bud. I used to think more like this playing live cash but having shifted to multi tabling online mtts I find myself thinking negatively sometimes if I'm not in the best mood/clearest headspace bc there's so much less time to think about any given situation and that time/energy spent is time away from several other hands. Time folding premiums on other tables bc you're in a blender in one of many tables is brutal.

Thanks Phil.. You are a great guy. Its not easy to share such things. Its very helpful. Cheers

thank you phil really

This is really helpful to me personally as I am trying to improve / focus more on the strat side of the game rather than other factors. Love the vid. Thanks phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know

Good stuff, Phil. It’s been cool to see you more active on here; happy new year!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy New Year!

Thanks for the great advice!

You are killing it lately Phil. The last several videos and shorts are truly improving my game with tangible results. Thank you.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that! Thank you for watching & I’m glad you’re benefiting from it!

You are good at explaining different things in a pedagogical way so that it is easy to understand. It is consistent in all your videos. Great!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I love this concept! I think it can be applied to not only poker, but life decisions as well. I'm going to keep working to implement this GTO strategy! 😊

great stuff Phil, with thiskind of invaluable insights you will be at 100k+ subs in no time, love the new stuff

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Hope so! I'll keep it coming on my end.

Amazing!

Good advice. This certainly applies to me regardless the games I am playing. I will use your tips going forward. Thanks

A great explanation to that past events have no impact on current or future events as to the odds of the next action Remembering this piece of advice will take you far Always think things through and make the best decision possible for the action at hand. Thanks for the simple explanation and great advice.

I can certainly admit i truly felt this way of thinking this past week of playing tourneys. I had 3 buy ins and each got worse due to the mental/emotions I went through. I had the chance to fold an call in on call on the river for my stack left and be in the game. Second bug in, first hand in I bust against quads. I had a feeling as the range from the button would be pretty wide. Unexpected, but this video shows me we have the opportunity to make the right decision even if it hurts short term.

Thank you Phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

Great advice, thank you. Happy New Year!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year and you’re very welcome!

amazing content Phil

This is great advice

Another great video! Super content

I live your channel. I loved run it once poker. I wish you had more success with the site. I wish you all the best with this new project!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

That was some phenomenal advice, thank you

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for saying so.

Amazing video. Thank you.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! You're very welcome!

this one was particularly good! thanks, Phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Keep ‘em coming!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

Another level of thinking thank you Phil

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, Paul.

Great video!

This hits home for me Phil. I always have to remind myself to refocus on good decisions, I play low stakes live games and I can also play online in my State (Pa.) I seem much more disciplined online. Thanks for the content

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Thanks for commenting.

Beautifully done sir. Great lesson!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

@lylelong9530

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilGalfond My pleasure! Appreciate ya!

Awesome, as always Phil!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

That's a great way to look at it, thanks!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Phil the 🐐!!!

No words to describe this so humble and "insane - in a good way" work that you share with us. Especially with free acess to everyone. And the best thing is, we can apply this teachings to others areas of life. I read about you, ofc you have came from a philosophy course "non finished - i guess", but the way you think and interact tells a lot about your personality! Im going to share this video with the mind coach of our team in hope she can share with everyone. Take care!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much, Rodrigo! Those are very kind words, and I really appreciate you sharing the video with others!

Another great video Phil

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting!

pure gold

Lovely Phil

@PhilGalfond

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My pleasure! Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks for posting

@PhilGalfond

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My pleasure!

@josephgeorge7385

Жыл бұрын

@PhilGalfond I should have elaborated I appreciate you for making me think about the hands in a more in depth manner really appreciate you sharing your knowledge

Good stuff! Instead of hoping for what your opponent should or should not do, or hoping for a particular card to appear or not appear in the board, you can think about potential scenarios which can help you prepare for the next move your opponent makes or the next card that appears on the board. On a side note, I know you're originally from the DC area as I am too which I may have mentioned, it would be great if you one day visit MGM National Harbor or MD Live. 😁

I like your videos a lot, but this is one of your best ever

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 ❤️

This was a good video i loved it

thanks a lot !

Thanks Phil

@PhilGalfond

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My pleasure 😇

Thank you 🙏

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, Familia!

Extremely helpful information n a great channel overall..❤ from India !

I think mental game is still most underrated aspect of poker. Many will learn how to play and even how to play well, but much fewer can survive the stress this game brings over time. Especially for all of those who try to make strides to make poker more serious source of income, the pressure gets several times harder than when it is just hobby. Or even if you just happen to start running good and have a good year, next thing you think is next year is going to be even better - but suddenly all those expectations build up unnecessary stress and before one notices, being scared of the next card becomes standard and suddenly good results disappear as well. You think you are still playing good and cannot pinpoint what went wrong, but you are not thinking enough while in the hand and being too scared of another beat, resulting in poor play overall. I should have built more solid mental game years ago, at least I am working on it now.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Most people never spend much energy working on it, so you're ahead of the curve! Good luck.

Wow this video actually hit so hard 🔥

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

♥️

Great video from the GOAT!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it :)

Thx❤

Hi Phil, love the videos. A few suggestions for future content I'm sure many of us would appreciate: more hand breakdowns. I find I get the most out of a video when you are going through your thought process and I can follow along and kind of confirm/check myself. This video is great as well and I watch all of them. A few other ideas would be taking some of the topics we read about in NL poker books (heads up theory, bubble play, speculative hands in cash games, low stakes play, etc.) and expanding on them with your experience and thoughts.

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve noted these down in a doc for future ideas.

I’ve just finished reading the mental game of poker and it’s the same concept in it. Love your content as always. Plz share if u have time on what’s the best way to improve in poker games because I’m trying to get better at the game and not sure if I’m doing it the most accurate way. After reading some books I think I became kind of over Aggressive sometime.

Thanks very good contents, it's, i guess, for poker player who want to improve a really good chanel and , the videos are better (IMHO) than they were previously, again Thanks Phil

I cant imagine anyone hating on the vids Phil. I love the delivery, just oozing calmness and knowledge put into a simple message. Keep them coming.

@GPZ_Biker

Жыл бұрын

*before I was even halfway through I had it liked and forwarded to my study buddy who's currently using a laptop with a broken screen...

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Andrew. Will do my best to keep them coming and to improve them along the way!

@GPZ_Biker

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilGalfond these videos are doing nothing but boosting your profile. We've obviously all watched you on the main network shows, but dont get to see you as a person. You are genuinely coming across as a thoroughly decent and humble guy. Even replying to the messages shows that. Mike Caro does it on his FB DM's and always takes time out to share his wisdom. Doing so just elevates you that little bit more.

This is such an excellent video! A few MTT's ago, after 10 hours of play, I was so mentally exhausted! I have been looking for various ways to not get that way again.( It also didn't help that because I was so card dead the entire time and bluffed for 10 hours, my mind was frazzled!) I can't wait to try this new approach in my next tournaments. Wondering what note you actually have written on your post-it note to remember this?

Great videos, Phil! (And algorithm help.)

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@MangoPopper

Жыл бұрын

@@PhilGalfond No, seriously. These videos you're producing are of exceptionally high value. There are lots of poker vlogs out there, but you don't find your sort of content elsewhere. (Yes, this is more algorithm help, but my comments are heartfelt.)

Great stuff!

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

this is life advice

Thank you

@PhilGalfond

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!