The smart player learns from mistakes. The great vlogger has the integrity to lay out his mistakes for all to see, so that we can all learn from them. Thank you Doug, you're a class act.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Aw shucks, I hope this lesson prevents my viewers from walking in my shoes on this day.

You're on the short list of vloggers who always keep things straight up and no frills. Ben Deach from Reno, Lex O Poker from FL, and BabboPoker from San Diego are a few of my other favorites for those same reasons. Being relatable in addition to being engaging in your content is a big deal, in my opinion. The run-good is on its way. Thanks as always for sharing your journey; cheers Doug.

@3BetMike

3 ай бұрын

Babbo is a great vlogger. Recently found him and agree. Shows the real side of poker and not just the big wins.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

That’s a fine list, honored to make the cut. I was overdue for some negative variance.

Leading the title screen with a red light is a bold move! You're doing well to remain you own harshest critic. I like your integrity

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I am my own harshest critic, and I had a lot to examine. Played like shit, deserved to lose.

This is good narration and makes for a relaxing and fun vlog to indulge in!

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Another great video!!! I thought was subbed already!!! 🤣😂🤣

"if you leave, you can't get even"........true, among other possible results. recognizing when you are tilted is a very important attribute.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yes sir, I needed to exit asap.

I have been playing poker for 30 +years, my philosophy of being a good poker player is that you have to loose a lot of money over time to be a good poker player because you will learn a lot over them losses. Gl at the tables.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Fred, well hopefully I can use this latest lesson to my benefit.

If you never had a bad day, you're lying to me. Thx for helping me feel better, Doug. Get em back tomorrow!!💪🍀

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Eventually I will win it back, for now a mental break is needed.

@Ggoodlad1

3 ай бұрын

@@dougmccuskerpoker exactly! Get centered first - the game will always be there waiting for you!

Love it. Keep it coming.

I haven’t been playing cards as much because I’m saving my time and energy for the wsop. I don’t want to get burned out now before summer. Long grinding days ahead. Hope to see you out here in Vegas, Doug!

Well, that was brutal. Luckily, you'll win that back. GG.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I played poorly. Will grind it back.

Thanks for sharing.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

You bet

Great Vlog as always

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

I had to learn from a big loss. I hated it. I appreciate your positive take to remove any negative residual feelings.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I was due for some negative variance.

Thanks for sharing a bad day. You will recover quickly. Stay strong.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I hope so

I feel for ya, Doug. I had a run of 3 bad days in a row. The only pairs I could make were my pocket aces and kings and of course they never hold up when you run bad. On better note, the vlog was great! Best of luck next time! Yo, Zeus!!!

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

It’s one of the most difficult aspects of poker, handling bad runs. It can make you second guess everything you do.

Happy Sunday Doug greetings from Sunny UK, regards

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Happy Sunday to you! Hope you are running better than me.

@beachfraser3747

3 ай бұрын

@@dougmccuskerpoker Things will change , we all go through these dreadful badbeats, keep fighting bro, good players , like yourself, get it done, its always a marathon ,never a sprint!!

We all have days were the cards and our wits are against us. Battle back it's just a bad session not a bad life 😊

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Well said, it is only one little setback in a life long game.

Thank you Doug for your contributions Appreciate you.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

You are very welcome

Lots of empathy Doug, we’ve all been there.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I was overdue for some negative variance.

I learned a couple decades ago, on these days you cut your losses. Does not matter if it is small tilt or full tilt, you lose your edge…

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I should have left earlier. The game was good, I just couldn’t make a hand stand up.

Wow that sucks you were actually ahead with KQ 🐾…..

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

When he called I thought I needed to hit, afterwards, it tilted me more. 😤

That first hand was sick

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

It was an omen for things to come.

We all have a bad day at the office buddy.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yes we do 😂

One of those days Doug.. happy Passover

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I was overdue for some negative variance.

Sometimes we learn more from losing than winning. This video is like that for me. I'm sorry for you, but at least you've given us a good video.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Variance swings both ways, I’m in a downtrend.

@gattosazio5778

3 ай бұрын

@@dougmccuskerpoker Yeah that means you'll be in an upswing soon!!

Someone smarter than me once said… “You are already even”

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I wish I was that smart 🤓

I think you played great,only the hand with king ten was wrong when he bet you should go all in

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I feel I made many loose calls including the KT hand on the end.

That is exactly what has been happening to me for 6 months I don't know what to do 😢

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I took a few days off to get my head right. If it continues, I may take a week or two off.

Thanks

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Welcome

3:16 _looks like he was gonna bet $50, but then gives us discount of $30. Wow! Kinda nice of him"_

O like your aggression on turn and river bets. Things didn’t work out for you today but that’s poker. I think after you review your play you won’t feel to badly about how you played your hands.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

There were a few loose calls that I would normally not pay off. Couple of coolers. I punted 250 on the last hand, it was so bad it forced me to finally leave.

@thomasrichardson-ev1wp

3 ай бұрын

That’s my biggest leak paying off large river bets

Ouch 😞

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, that hurt

punished by the fish....

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Most of the hands I won, I had to bluff. I was the fish this day.

Rough go of it today. Is $1,000 the cap at $1/$3?

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Match the stack of any 1-3 table. Sunday there was over 30k on the table, big stack 12k.

Wondering. . I lost for the week and lost for the month. . I even lost it the year. I guess there is a blogger that will post that ? Just asking.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Most vloggers do better than the average player. Don’t know any that lose consistently.

Ran bad. The K10 hand should’ve folded on the river though. That was a tilt call.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, bad call indeed.

One of those sessions where your opponents cards hit and your cards didn’t. Can’t win when that happens.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

It very hard to win, but I could have cut my losses when I felt I was tilting.

You and NorCal poker… ouch

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, same game, similar results. That was a tough week indeed.

@7demo7review

3 ай бұрын

@@dougmccuskerpoker I’m coming out of a months long downswing. I play much lower stakes but I’m happy to finally see some sunshine! I was at a small .25/.50 cash home game, in for $50, out for $303…

12:46 your favorite hand against him contains a middle finger

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

lol

This was definitely not a "the poker gods love me!" day. 43cc: Vs these two hands you are barely over 50% to win. If 75 had instead been 77, you would have been under 45%, and if the 86 had been hh instead of ss, you wouldn't even have 33% pot share. Situations like this one are the reason you generally don't want to bet big multiway on the flop. I also think that "to get draws to fold" is bad motivation for a big bet. 54ss: Is this villain a reg? That was a very good bet size by him on the turn. Definitely not a spot to x-raise after such a large bet. Also, after that bet, there is no reason to lead into him on the river. Either he was betting the flush draw and has you destroyed, or his hand has shrunk considerably, and he's not calling the jam. Better to let him determine the action on the river OR lead small, hoping for a bluff raise IMO. 55: How can you reasonably "represent" an A after limp-calling from the button? KQcc: On a T952tt board, what value hands are you shoving with? I don't remember seeing you shove with the nuts in these situations very often.... KT hand just sucked. I might have punted after that too.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

54ss, he may have a K and a flush draw and shutdown. Considered checking, I should have made that decision before the river came. 55. Players always fearful of over cards in 1-3. KQ. I would jam with all made hands against an obvious draw. KT. Not in my normal starting range, was steaming before and blew a gasket after 😤

I’ve been running like this for the past 3 months lol so it can get worse trust me

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it’s amazing how long runs can last. Hopefully mine run will be shorter than your current run. Best of luck.

Wow you fell apart when that guy obviously had the flush on you vs that bad turn with your flopped straight. It was pretty obvious him hitting the flush on the turn so calling a turn bet is one thing but calling all in on river is lighting money on fire. I spotted his tell also the first time he turned a straight on you because when he hits a big hand he puts his hands together and fidgets them instead of keeping them apart like he does at other times.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Horrible call on the end. He was holding over me all day. The only hands I won against him were bluffs. Nice pick up on the tell. 😉

Sometimes I think if you just play straight forward instead of slow playing you would do so much better. They seem to call anyway so why so play? I know you try to mix it up but when you lose a pot due to slow play it seems to sting a little more anyway for me it does we have all been there. I now have a sign "no slow play" it's better to win a small one than lose a big one. Anyway better luck next week.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I think you are on to the key to success! Make it, bet it and win it. Seems simple, have to avoid fancy play syndrome.

Ouch, the coolers didn't help. Regardless, as you know tilt or its similar cousin, revenge mode, are killers. Thank goodness I practically never tilted when I played seriously. (My enthusiasm for the poker scene kind of dried up and wanted to do something I liked a lot better) I don't think you tilt often either so not much worry, but it's is huge problem for most. Note that I love your vlog and it actually makes me want to play again :) Not like before, but once in awhile for the challenge.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Tilt is probably the biggest issue for most players. Every once in a while I will go down that path. It is normally a short trip. I think that you should dip your toe back in, it will keep you sharp. Plus when you play to be social, there is less stress.

That’s pretty miserable

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

I didn’t enjoy it much either

4:45 you're too harsh on yourself about jamming 115% pot vs a milker bet. Remember, the best sizing is usually a size he's not sure to call.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Checking is a viable play also, so is a normal lead. I think I should have thought out my play for the river on the turn.

@jrcorsey

3 ай бұрын

@@dougmccuskerpoker your points are valid. I don't mean the jam was definitely the right play, just not obviously wrong. Your table read of course gives you more perspective.

If a vlogger never has a bad day, you know it’s BS. Suffered with you during this frustrating day. Getting rivered by flush draws is the worst. Oh well it’s just one long session and next week you’ll get it back I’m sure. You never did reveal your net result for this week, almost like you needed to punish yourself for being human and tilting. Better luck next time.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

We all have bad days, lost 900 for the week. I was overdue for some negative variance.

Shitty. Keep grinding.

@dougmccuskerpoker

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it should get better.