I love how you’re transparent about losses

I am a little confused on the AA hand vs QJ. When you get raised to 500 in that spot, I have to imagine the play is always to jam. You aren't folding to any turn cards since a Q or 10 makes QQ and 1010 less likely. You put drawing hands like KJ or J9 suited in a tough spot and if you're going with it, introduce the fold equity. Once in a while you run into it but if you get even 25% folds and 50% of winning hands to showdown that's a solid 62.5% in your favor.

@ericy5670

3 ай бұрын

You want QJ to stay in and not to fold. Jamming will fold out all worse hands and you'll only get called by better. QJ hit one of their 5 outs, it happens and that's ok.

It's true. Bomb pots are game killers.

AA hand your 4 bet is too small. After you get 3 bet, it’s time to plow the money in. You have to realize your small bet size on the flop is going to induce a raise and be prepared to click it back. Gotta keep getting the money in when it’s likely you have the best hand.

@raingear041

3 ай бұрын

I said that in real time while watching this. He needed to go $500-$550+

@Trust_Jesus

3 ай бұрын

He should have folded

Personally I would have jammed the flop with the AA hand even though he still may have called. The trip K's hand also would have made over pot size bet on the turn with 2 flush draws on board and possible targeting K with lower kicker and pot or maybe jam river, You don't hit home runs an less you swing for the fences. Seems like you like to play it safe a lot and leave a lot of value on the table. You should ask Bart about both of these hands.

Having the same start to the year that you are. Hang in there buddy and good luck!

Usually the double board hold 'em aren't too bad. It's the double board PLO that gets a bit wild.

Raising the flop with a pair of queens with a bad kicker in a 4-bet pot is one of the choices of all time. Definitely a play based on the classic "I put you on AK" read, because they did that to deny equity from AK, not for value.

@internetposta7389

3 ай бұрын

Not really. People play AK, AQs, KK and AA largely the same in 4 betting positions, so the guy was putting himself all in with top pair and medium kicked for 400 blinds.

@timothynguyen4446

3 ай бұрын

@@internetposta7389if you think the other player has hands that beat you and will call a raise, then why would you raise lol

@ariera9873

3 ай бұрын

I remember a guy telling a story once about "crackin' jacks!". Ya might know 'em?

Thanks for the content Ben and good luck in the next one…”it’s my favorite hand”…I’m using that going forward every time I play a questionable hand and win…or lose😂😂😂

Mike G here...thank you for the warm words.

I 100% agree about bomb pots.

as someone wro has watched since day 1 i have a question. you used to talk about working at the news statin quite a lot, including your silner state sights. just wondering if you still work there and if so why dont you mention it anymore. btw i remember seeing you at potowatami in milwaukee when you wjere in year years ago

@BenDeach

3 ай бұрын

I came to the conclusion that talking about my actual job wasn’t what most people wanted. If you ever see me in person, ask me for my theory as to why that is.

Really enjoy your style and temperament on your poker vlog. What can you do AAs are going to get cracked. I wonder what the percentage AAs get cracked. Love your vlogs keep it up Ben.

@joyride1598

3 ай бұрын

Heads up, Aces will get cracked around 14 - 23% of the time, depending on opponent's hand AA > AKoff 93% AA > AKs 90% AA > 67s, 78s, 89s 77% AA > smaller pair 81%

Could you have considered a shove after the flop in that AA vs QJ hand?

Limping with AJ on the button? Deach..... ur killen me

@CG-ug6bn

3 ай бұрын

Nvm the rest of the video explains it all. Mama mia

@joyride1598

3 ай бұрын

Never play a hand the same way 100% of the time. With AJoff it's fine to limp once in awhile. Balance is key

@Mauricio-kf8qx

3 ай бұрын

It’s so bad. If you’re not isoing on the button with aj, you’re pretty much only isoing premium hands in that spot, aq+.

I hate bomb pots. It’s worse in Texas, the play PLO double board bomb pots more frequently then just on dealer changes. They also charge by time abd most of the time is used by these bomb pots. I simply don’t play any kind of bomb pots and I stay away from time charge games too.

Cool poker video

Ben, How do you manage your stakes? Do you keep it separate than your normal job? Do you sell action?

@joeyp3094

3 ай бұрын

Action no, not even blood as needed 😂😂

I don’t give you the credit due, Dan Thank you for all the great content ✌🏻❤️

It felt like your 4 bet was too cheap when you had AA

@craigerc713

3 ай бұрын

I'm thinking maybe $400 to $450 on your 4 bet.

@craigerc713

3 ай бұрын

Also..since you made it so cheap on the flop..you could've 4 bet shoved? Idk..You're better than me. Call this hand in to crush live poker and see what Bart says.

@Nikodemis

3 ай бұрын

Should be 5 bills

@BenDeach

3 ай бұрын

Against that player it obviously was. But I didn’t know him at the time. Against the average day player in Reno you arent getting much action with bigger sizing.

It's your Bad Luck Hat

I wouldn’t waste a minute making the best hand! Hilarious!

Likes video before watching. Go get em!

man that AA hand hurt me wow

Ben you forget the poker girls,we all enjoy a mischievous wink on the blog 😘😛😜

@stephpom5373

3 ай бұрын

Kayla is a goddess

@jacobpotter2237

3 ай бұрын

@@stephpom5373she’s corny af.

Can you expand on your “bomb pot take”? Are you saying that the games are breaking because too many people are getting stacked in the bomb pots, or are you losing players because they don’t want to play bomb by pots?

@BenDeach

3 ай бұрын

Actually BOTH are factors but mainly the first one

@Nikodemis

3 ай бұрын

Try having double board PLO bomb pots with players who never play a single board PLO hand...wastes so much time

@BenDeach

3 ай бұрын

@@Nikodemis I have seen it. It is brutal

The casino is still open😂

The Trooper needs that podcast badly!

@TodManning-wh6ce

3 ай бұрын

He is a crybaby

Ben: it's a bad look to criticize bad play that ends up winning $ off you. Tough loss but you want villains to make bad plays, right?

Mid session updates are so cringe sometimes 😂

I certainly thought he had kings at first

they should just make the bomb pots optional

Bomb pots: love the idea of them. Action players love them too. But then they go bust. Which is why… I hate them

@BenDeach

3 ай бұрын

Exactly

*CHA'ALT*

No Kayla?? 😭

If he bet into you when the second Queen hit the board… he wasn’t scared of you having a queen… because he had one. I would have definitely folded… just sayin’

@easymoney7007

3 ай бұрын

It is kinda weird to not raise the flop, only to jam the turn when only getting called by a Q.

@CraigNicarry-in3sn

3 ай бұрын

His theory of only having pocket 10'a Quad Queens or pocket kings is a good excuse for a bad call or jam... He most certainly can have a Queen... Someone please tell me other than if he did have Kings which would have 5 bet shoved what else he can have other than a boat pocket Aces himself or trip Queens...So there's 3 possible options that make it a bad call imo ... You're calling for a rare chop which is very unlikely for the same reason Kings are unlikely.. He would have 5 bet both of those hands pre.. So he either has pocket 10's that would have played the same way or trip Q's...

@jacobpotter2237

3 ай бұрын

@@easymoney7007and then flop trip kings and win the minimum…

AA should have folded to the flop raise, and DEFINITELY should have folded to the $500 turn bet. The only thing you need to know in this game is when you're beat. Experience and gut feeling or intuition. He overvalued his hand on the flop. Clearly has you beat on the turn. Should be obvious to you. No need to get married to AA. Fold it. Save $1,000 and post a win on the day. You let your personal emotion take over and overplayed AA. Learn to fold, cut your losses and post a win!

I love the terrorists lounge

I'm clicking like at the beginning because I know😮 I'm gonna like it!!

@sh1nk11

3 ай бұрын

The range also includes KQs, QJs, AKs, AQs. For max EV you must shove at the flop his raise. Also is the board is too wet.

welcome to the club losing to a two outer happen to me more then anyone else

Bomb Pots do slow the action a lot. The only good thing about them is that the whales love them

9:50 while you are blah blah blahing we all know he has a queen. I will update this if I am wrong...still watching.

@AJSGW

3 ай бұрын

Yup he had it. God Ben, I am sure you're a great guy but you're condescending stuff takes away from your blog. You have this way of sounding nice while you shit on people you play with and it sucks. Do as you want but when you gladhand shit on someone you play with because they play a wide range it's so unlikeable. I want to keep watching this blog but not sure how much more of that I can take.

That was probably the test (QJ hand)because of last week,when you took 2900$ and all of sudden you were one of the best players in Reno.That was hilarious…Poker really messes up people brains!

I guess at the end of the day if it weren’t for people like queen jack guy poker would be dead .

I’d respect you more if you called it a Stand-up Bass. I’ll give you a Mulligan.

There are much better courses than CLP. I mean yes, the kickbacks to you are nice, but it's not optimal for us. I don't do things that benefit others but are less than ideal for myself, except for family and close friends.

5:11 just because Bart adds the extraneous gratuitous preposition "off" to his betting actions, doesn't mean that you, a professional broadcaster ffs, can. She 3bets or she doesn't. She does not "3bet off" 😏

Bomb pots are the bomb.

You see him bet? then just lean back in his chair relaxed?

I agree that bomb pots are dumb and bad for the game.

6:37 pair of J with 8 kicker?? what did she think you called her with?? With 72o and a gun?? . 6:49 EDIT: No, I'm not worrying about her, as I seen over and over how lucky some players can be.

No Kayla, no win for you. There's a pattern here! If a newb like me can identify it, surely an expert such as yourself can!

9:00 here's the only ONE hand that you beat: Pocket KK. (I excluded pocket JJ based on the V profile you described.). . last time my pocket AA was broken was 290 sessions ago. Never ever since,...nor it will ever never be broken.

CHIEFS!!!!!!

I guess his weak kicker to 13:49 KKK slowed him down. He has too much or the right amount of respect 4U🎉

There are times your thoughts on a hand are so wrong that I think you must describe how badly you play so it prompts revenue generating comments. If so you got me on the AA QJd hand. Stunning how anybody could actually play that badly.

@jamesjurss846

3 ай бұрын

I play in this game & with Ben regularly. You may disagree with Ben’s analysis, however the following two things are true…. 1- He IS a winning player overall. 2- You are watching his video, he isn’t watching yours.

Q◇J◇ was *not* clicking buttons. It was *only* a "bad" play because it beat you and cracked AA. But if the role was reversed, you call Q◇J◇. You hit top pair. You continue. You turn trips, you continue. You fill up, you do the exact same thing. 2 suited Broadway cards is a good hand. You got *coolered* literally. It happens. Its poker. If you don't sit down 100% prepared to be coolered, you haven't played enough poker. Expect it. Accept it. On 2 the next hand.

@LitCentralMillennialXLIII

3 ай бұрын

Great explanation sir Issac newton !

@joshowens91

3 ай бұрын

QJ suited in a 4 bet pot, not sitting really deep…calling the 4 bet is bad play. Raising the flop in a 4 bet pot in that spot, again not that deep..overplay. Unless ur playing the euro regs don’t be calling 4 bets with QJ, unless ur playing extremely deep, cause in live poker ur gonna be dominated…period. So again I would agree with him, whether he wins or loses the hand, QJ calling in a 4 bet pot is a Bad Play!

Ok at this point I think you skip Kayla's corner just so we complain and you can show her and laugh, well I did see her for a glimpse in your video but without her own spot in the vlog I'll still be disappointed.

basically the average tesla driver lmao. keep crying about bomb pots shitter

Shout out to be hill the best poker player everybody support Ben Hill