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@jaylensmith9131

8 жыл бұрын

+BlackRain79Poker THESE VIDEOS ARE PURE COMEDY

@BlackRain79Poker

8 жыл бұрын

+Landon Costeloo Haha, thanks!

@cowdaddy4595

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, BlackRain, check out the microstakes at betonline and Ignition. They fold a lot quicker than these guys on your video, and only about 33% or so see the flop. They are dumber at betonline than Ignition, but you can win more money on Ignition because they come to the table with more money. In the microstakes at betonline, the average moron will have a stack of about 65 cents. Sometimes when they get down to about a quarter, they will actually play good poker until they get back over 50 cents.

@cowdaddy4595

7 жыл бұрын

BlackRain, I forgot to say that I credit my phenomenal success in the micros to your book and your site. I think I got that book for free too, but I don't know if you sell it or give it away. If I should have bought it, please respond and I will certainly pay for a copy. I get the value of that book about every six or seven hours. Thanks.

@ramonnathaniel5332

2 жыл бұрын

you prolly dont care at all but does any of you know a method to log back into an instagram account?? I was stupid forgot my password. I would appreciate any help you can give me

HIS FIRST CHILDS EDUCATION FUND LMFAO

@nomore1371

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤜🤛

"and he decides to... call off 150 big blinds" lmao

How do you play AK at the micro stakes?

@namanvij7852

7 жыл бұрын

BlackRain79Poker the games are nothing like this nowadays! What do you say sir!

@tange-lq5jg

7 жыл бұрын

Naman Vij definitely won't see a AK jam pre flop to often if someone jams pre it's Aces or kings.

These videos never gets old... Yeah its 7 yrs ago but still so much to learn! thanks for these. I mostly watch them from start to finish. 👊

@BlackRain79Poker

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kibs!

I think, all the lines in this video look pretty sharp. I definitly agree with the large isolation sizes against multible limpers, and with not wasting money on bluffing in multiway pots, especially when you are out of position, and your opponent are very close to pot commitment. One thing to note about C-betting AK on low boards is, that sometimes people will actually call with a worse hand, because they just dont believe you, they hate to fold, they have a gutshot, or whatever it might be. So its not really a clear valuebet, but its not really a clear bluff either. Its somewhere in the middle, and a bet, which I will often make, because its less bad than checking. Whereas if you have say JT on 822 board, its usually better to just say forget it and give up. Sometimes when they call, the hand will go check-check on both flop and river, and he will show KJ or QT. And then obviously you want to be there with AK and not with JT.

`"And he shows pocket 77" :DDD

This video is great! I have struggled for a while with AK, whether it be not getting enough value from it or losing too much with it. This video has really helped me tons! I can't even count how times I have stacked massive fish. They call with bottom pair even when the flop comes AK8, it's rediculous! Thank you so much for the video, keep up the great work :)

@BlackRain79Poker

8 жыл бұрын

+Steven Martinez Thank you Steven, glad it helped!

4:56 "He comes out with the idiot bet" LMAO Up until now I've been calling it a minbet like most people, but I think I'm changing that.

Great vid Nathan. The best part of these videos is when you start calling the bad players "morons" and "massive fish" xd. Keep up the good work!

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Jorge Volante Hehe thanks Jorge!

Watching this in 2021 and it’s crazy players were this bad back then. These days on acr, half the players are decent.

love the narrative style, i was laughing my ass off. mannnnn, i'm still a fish :'(

@BlackRain79Poker

8 жыл бұрын

+fu man chu Thanks!

@enigmatic474

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed, hilarious! Keep up the great work!

dude! i love your videos! thanks for uploading, keep it up (;

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

IAmPloch Thank you sir!

12:16 my stomach hurts from laughing and I'm not even exaggerating.

I really like following you Nathan. Always giving out gold.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Wrathos Thanks, appreciate it!

Things have sure changed in 2022, 1/2c now its like Vpip 24 Pfr 22, all Lags not many fish and even the fish are like 23/10

awesome video! didn't realize how much of a fish I am.. thanks for the hard yet liberating truth

@BlackRain79Poker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jordan! Sorry for the late reply :P

Is there something wrong with betting .18 (same as flop bet) on turn because sometimes AhKh is good???

"his first childs education fund" lmfaooo

I love how Nathan talks about bad players.

@BlackRain79Poker

4 жыл бұрын

It's probably not very politically correct lol

7:35 haha ...made my day

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Jenkinz2009 :)

Most underrated channel on KZread.

@BlackRain79Poker

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sunny I appreciate that!

Appreciate the video man! I just have 1 question though the hand where the opponent has AQ and you said he wouldn't fold there if his child's education fund was on the line. So in his situation would you have folded that because I would have found it to be rather difficult.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Broc Holdway Depends on the opponent but I do not always go broke there.

quite helpful

What about playing AK from Blinds/LP vs EP facing a 4 bet from a regular TAG player ? Should we 3bet vs EP at all ?

@BlackRain79Poker

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on how aggro he is, sometimes I will 5bet ham with AK here, sometimes fold. Sometimes call as well, especially in position.

I constantly struggle with Ak when I have called a 3 bet from tight reg, who invariably cbets and i fold the flop when i miss. Since you miss most of the time, this seems -EV lol! Appreciate Nathan might be busy, but anyone out there who could help would be great! :) p.s could 4 bet i guess but not that keen against the tight regs, and even if you do that, what about AQ?!

Great vids!!! great ebook!! new sub here ;)

@BlackRain79Poker

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

the hand at 16: 43 wont they call you with Ace high or big overcards if you bet so little? or maybe read it as weak and shove with random cards

Great stuff, though one area you didn't cover was AK facing a 3bet. I'm wondering if AK should be a default-fold to a 3bet at 2-5nl (especially oop), since 3bet ranges are gonna be so tight from most loose passive players: maybe AK, QQ+ or even just KK+. But then I think "omg that's so weak tight!" Any thoughts on this?

@Nefferis

9 жыл бұрын

If you get a HUD, you'll see that most of the players actually have a bigger %age of 3bet than 0.6% (KK+). With AK you block combos of KK and AA and it's pretty hard to assign them that range. I think a 4bet makes a lot of sense with AK, especially if it's a steal war, even CO vs btn. Things change if you open UTG and a tight player 3bets, but still...

@oldmanyellsatscreen

9 жыл бұрын

Alexandru Golub Agreed: if I've opened AK from late position and get 3bet I'm not that worried. It's tougher to know the correct play when I open the LJ/HJ and get 3bet by a nitty or usually loose-passive CO/BU. None of my options seem great: Call without the lead oop, check/fold when I miss flop? Fold what is likely the best hand pre/ surrender a lot of equity. 4bet: What am I doing if he 5bet shoves? Calling? Folding? What if he's a "drooler fish" and calls? Is he folding to a c-bet or am I check/folding un-improved in a ~60bb pot? I like your 4bet suggestion, but it seems we're really doing so hoping for Vilain to fold pre, unless he's so aggro that we think he'll jam worse Aces and Kings.

@oldmanyellsatscreen

9 жыл бұрын

ss062 I'm assuming 100bb effective stacks plus. :)

Thanks for the vid. Which HUD is that and what do each of the stats mean? I don't currently use a HUD and could use a suggestion. Thanks!

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

@116549101321343750782 Pokertracker 4. More info in the description.

@Unibot47

9 жыл бұрын

BlackRain79Poker Sweet, thanks dude! Loving your poker vids!

Great Video. On the last hand you had Pot Odds of 16%. You Equity (6 Outs) was 6 x 4 = 24 %. I believe a call would have been the mathematically correct play.

@BlackRain79Poker

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Samuel!

Appreciate this is an old vid, but do you think villain 14 in video 2 did anything wrong in this hand specifically? Do you think he should 4 -bet pre? 7x from you looks strong but as a thinking player it also smells of an isolation bet against UTG limp... If Villain 14 was a solid player (lets say 21/17 at 6-max) do you raise the same? Reason I ask is AQ I find hard to play sometimes... Also the flop onwards I guess both just want to get it in, so should he shove over the top of your C-bet? Love the content, cheers

@BlackRain79Poker

3 жыл бұрын

Glad my videos help Dan!

First hand. I think double barreling isn’t a bad play. Even if he has a pair, if you cbet 1/3 pot and he calls, the pot odds are 25%. We have 15 outs which equates to 33% odds of hitting, and many of those hits are the nuts. That alone makes it worth it if you know he’s calling. But we also have fold equity if he has unpaired Ax or Kx, which many fish do in that spot. And hell, he may even call this turn with those hands and the river blanks, it goes check check, and we win with high card. I guess the one scary thing is if he has AT, A9, KT, or K9 and the river brings him a two pair and we get coolered with our top pair top kicker. That makes me say the check back on turn isn’t a bad play, but still believe 1/3 pot bet is a good choice too.

what is 3b:0 in the stats Nathan ? Can you pls explain ?

very nice video man.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

derek i Thanks Derek!

Quality vid yet again mate :) I presume you play AQ pretty much the same?

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Craig Jones Ya, not hugely different.

Just had one of those crazy sessions : EV 9.31 bb/100 @ $15-62.....actual result = a loss of $37-15. :/ :D

Shouldn't you still call at 17:32 ? Equity is insane.

Great content even though its 9 years old , your videos and analysis sure has helped my massively especially with this hand. One question if you do read this Nathan is do you always 3 bet or 4 bet with your AK if so which position would you call raise or maybe fold pre flop ?

@BlackRain79Poker

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words!

that was hilarious XD

Drooler fish lolol

I play like this now at 25NL on bovada and it works the same. I just make sure to table select carefully. Before any of you comment and say that you can't table select I beg to differ. I jump on and off tables until I find a table full of lower than starting stacks and I eat them alive, lol 💯👈

@BlackRain79Poker

4 жыл бұрын

Nice work Barb!

It looks so easy but when I always beting the all pot and they always pay for turn or river they got what they need. They hit flush or straight or even second pair :-( They have no outs (no mention about odds) and there is almost always call its so annoying.

ok i see your point. But what about you get check-raised on the flop or turn from the fish? for example take the 2nd hand you showed. you got TPTK and on the flop u get check-raised. I suppose it is a fold situation but i would like to hear your plan in situations like this.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about a different video? I don't get check/raised in the 2nd hand in this video.

@yannis1982

9 жыл бұрын

BlackRain79Poker sorry for my poor English What i meant was ''If you get /check-raised with TPTK in an uncoordinated board'' from a donk. It's auto fold situation? We are most of the time behind? We are facing two pair/set? You have mentioned in previous videos that a check-raise on the flop is most of the times easy laydown in micros. But is there any exceptions? Another example: If the donk ''donk-bets'' pot what we do with TPTK? I mean it is not that obvious because i've experienced that a lot of times and most of the times they hold 2-pair (like 84o for example in 84K flop) or absolutely nothing. They are level 0 players and they can hold pretty much everything.

Hey there! One quick question, no need for long answer, thanks :) Why do u play 9max and not 6max at 2NL, is it more profitable or it's just a matter of taste? Thanks for the videos, btw :) Much love from Bulgaria

@BlackRain79Poker

6 жыл бұрын

I play both these days.

I'm sure this helps you online on pokerstars where you can use pokertracker which I think is the lazy way to play because in live poker there is no pokertracker..what if you play on ggpoker?where you can't use pokertracker?

someone please tell me what the song is at the beginning? wub wub !

@BlackRain79Poker

8 жыл бұрын

+Vahag Shabani It is royalty free music from KZread. They have a huge catalog.

Hey bro what’s this poker app you play on cause I don’t like bet365 want to try something else btw just subscribed great content

Does AK really only win 50% of the time vs their random hand? If so then what's the point of betting big preflop?

hmmm maybe I'm unlucky but I guarantee if I played that exact same hand and got it in with the best the FISH would turn A6o and the river would kick me hard in the nuts.

Too many players don't realize you can and are suppose to lose with preflop monsters a nice chunk of the time. So they make what should be a small loss, a big loss. No shame in losing with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, or AK.

Hello Nathan, don't you mind 3bet these recreational players with higher sizes when you have regs behind you who could squeeze with worse hands? By the way, I had liked to see some spots at NL25-50. Next time maybe.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Póngalo en H Hey Pongalo, I am mostly talking about the lowest stakes in these videos (NL2-NL10). I don't think that there are going to be very many regs squeezing light in these situations.

During the second hand...Say you were the villain in position with AQ and a bad reg (30,10) was betting into you exactly like you did yourself in this videos. How would you have played that?

@blakefredrickson6506

2 жыл бұрын

I know you commented this 5 years ago but I’ve just come across it and was wondering the same thing. Pot odds pretty much 33%. Does AQ have at least that here? I think probably. He could be making that bet with any Ace, especially if it’s Axcc. He could even be making that bet with Kxhh or Jxhh if he’s not afraid to semi bluff. AQ beats a lot of that. I don’t blame villain here at all. If it were a huge overbet that’s another story.

How do you get those overlays on the players?

@BlackRain79Poker

6 жыл бұрын

I discuss it in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f46Tz5mEfJW1fag.html

very curious about one thing : when you hit the flop with AK and is also at least a flush draw ... against a fish and you are OOP ... isn't it better to just shove there on the flop ? I've done this a lot and they still call when they have FD or a weaker TP .... because I get very mad when I make the potbet and then on the turn the flush completes and I have to act first ... it's kind of fucked up .

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

RpH5000 Depends on the stacks and the opponent. But typically yes I am shoving when I hit with AK versus a fish given the opportunity to do so.

Your tracking system shows you the oddds? (at 14:34 )

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

Topper Rob These are just the pot odds that I am getting on his bet.

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

+Ungureanu Daniel It is PT4 in every video. More info in the description.

what software are you using ?

@BlackRain79Poker

9 жыл бұрын

@111245500396712026264 Pokertracker 4, custom replayer. More info in the description.

Do u ever go allin preflop?

@rozihanafi5447

7 жыл бұрын

This is a silly table. Try to play asian table, 9/9 ppl, ppl go all in almost every hands, 3 or 4 players are really big sharks, then, upload your video here if you can have some succes in long run. You face bingo that really annoying, you face sharks that is really a tough opponent. Go all in every flop? I saw this thing more than 100 times, everyday. I have 5 years experience under my belt in micro stakes asian table. I got success in long runs but i dont need to show how i can win something easy. Go call A 4 club, flop is 5 74 with 2 clubs, everyone raises, you got 3 clubs that completed your flush, everyone then go crazy all in..........i dont fold flush to A, the chip is 10 US $. In the end of the game...guess who win? 3 -4 off suits. You know what card is on the river if you play poker a lot.

@joshuadavis5238

7 жыл бұрын

What?

I played 5000 hands of Zoom today. TWICE I was dealt KK and faced a large 4 bet from a solid regular. Both times I knew I should fold rather than commit an extra 70 - 80 bbs. Both times I called. Both times I saw aces. I fold KK quite alot preflop. The bottom line is a winning player (according to stats), solid reg, or nit is not going to reraise your 3bet with anything less than AA. This would only leave AK, QQ, JJ, TT. Most solid players are not going to do this with QQ or AKs. But then again, some solid players jam AK, so this topic really confuses me. I'm still not sure what is best.

@mathiasahman8541

7 жыл бұрын

Im struggling with the exact same thing in 2nl full ring, where I often lose a huge pot preflop or postflop by getting it in with KK against AA. I feel like AK and QQ, JJ, TT often just call your 3bet the majority of the time, leaving AA as the hand you will see 80% of the time when getting 4bet. I feel like unless you have some stats on your opponent, and see that they are an aggro fish, or a maniac, AA is the only hand you can confidently get in preflop. I seldom see fish go crazy preflop with any other holding than AA, since they are passive by nature, and will often call your 3bet instead of 4bet. So I'm learning to fold KK more often to 4bets. Even though it hurts. But it hurts more to lose 100bb every time against AA.

Why you don't mention the sdv of AK? On 34T we can't fold any hand that beats us and we don't care to fold Ax and broadways because we beat them and they have very little equity against AK.

Having five huge fish at every table makes it easy

@BlackRain79Poker

5 жыл бұрын

This is my secret to winning at poker :)

i laughed my ass of that voice and choice of words

why arent u on the left of that fish?

is that 2006?

How to beat micros 101 Bet pot when you have it Check fold if you miss Fold to a nit 3bet unless super strong Check raise if you spot someone who folds to 3bets - check fold if they call and you're not nutted

Against donkeys!!! LOL nice one!

is it even worth raising so much preflop with ak at these stakes? I think you shouldn't have to be worrying about not hitting the flop so much because you are raising too high before you even see it. The most value we are getting here is a fold from our c bet, and if we are pushing the donk to commit to the pot too heavily early that could hurt our value here.. It doesn't take a genius to see were folding and playing big cards, so when the flop comes low and we raised too big it will be obvious. Also the other main value from AK is stacking our opponents who make pair with a weaker kicker. As such we don't want to scare K-6 out of pot, as if he makes his top pair on the flop we are probably stacking him anyways

I like when you fold when your AK doesnt hit the turn. That unnecessary call will just kill you. I know you are a good player, but try to play asian link poker. The money is crazy, so many fishes, but there are some kind of monster sharks too.

I almost groan when I pick up AK; either o or s. Didn't realize the stat 1 out of 3 whiffing the flop. My normal 'whiff' is about 1 out of 5. I've learned to view it as the best connector; but it's still a connector.

@colinglen4505

8 жыл бұрын

+Tee Gee I didn't understand a word of that.

man if he have 3 of kind thats makes you in trouble

guess who's watching these kind of videos... The fish you make fun of, over and over again... ;)

@BlackRain79Poker

7 жыл бұрын

I am not trying to make fun of anybody. "Fish" is a common term we use in poker for less skilled players. I hope my videos help you though.

it is called a donk bet not idiot bet

Like the vids, just please don't say, "retarded" when he makes a terrible bet. Other words that are easy to use would be, "he makes a" ridiculous bet, donk bet, awful bet, rookie bet, terrible bet, useless bet, dumb bet, etc. So many different and intelligent ways to say that vs "retarded" Thank you!