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Hi Ben. You might remember me as texasparrow. I wanna say you one small thing which you, i guess, clearly understand, but still: these type of videos i personally find the most motivational and inspirational videos. And not because i like to watch pain or something. But because such content shows, that: 1. Poker can be cruel to anyone: it does not give a shit, a pro you or not, so facing bad sessions never consider yourself cursed. 2. Good player shall always be fully focused only on good decisions, and then- come what may. 3. You have to stay strong. So stay strong, Ben, and thank you.

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Thanks champ! Appreciate it, stay strong buddy!

@plop2186

2 күн бұрын

I played enough hands not to be superstitious, like mentionnés in the video, but I agree that seing the bad run from others is really helpful.

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@RaiseYourEdge Ben after being really pissed yesterday because i lost like 19/20 flips and lost as favorite about 12 times in a row...i only play gg masters today and get in aces preflop vs ace king... and lose.. People talk about variance but i go on these doomswitch runs often and never seem to sun run... variance my arse this shites rigged vs my account.. Nobody but me builds stacks from big perfect bluffs like me and then loses as favorite in all ins 80|% of the time..

@martinusvandenboomen6493

Күн бұрын

@@chadwellington2524 We indeed have 1 big conspiracy against you, too bad you finaly found out

@genesises

Күн бұрын

@@chadwellington2524 it's bc you do exactly this^ when it happens, you reinforce it. you're not unique ;)

The way you run is what I have been constantly experiencing during 18 years

@tobiasvogel8254

Күн бұрын

its actually true. this is far away from a real bad run imo

@2bluelou

Күн бұрын

snap this is standard for me !

@julliekoning

Күн бұрын

Bunch of non self accountable weaklings. Disgusting.

Every time you actually held on an all-in, I was shocked 😂

Hi Ben, just a message from a live poker player . It’s very instructive to watch how an elite poker’s player like you reacts to a very bad downswing . Thank you so much for your videos ❤

We always learn more in the worst sessions, is more painfull, but still worthy!! THANKS Ben to Share it💪🏻

Running so bad for the last 2 years and looking forward to seeing how you handle this because I truly need help handling it lol good luck moving forward

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Keep up your head champ

Motivating video! Thank you Champ

To be honest, thats what my normal session in PLO looks like :D Gl

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

of course boss

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

Blablabla its like my normal NLH Session Blabla im the most unlucky player... let me guess... you would beat your micro stakes but the micro stakes players are too bad to beat them...critisiing you leads to "lets play 1k hu"

@dupashi99

Күн бұрын

So you run in the worst decimal in your normal session? I think ”of course boss” is a proper answer. Sure you will see all these beats in your session but you would have to exclude all your wins to reach this level. I get you, I have played professional PLO for 16 years, it can be brutal but if your every session is like this you should probably quit

@nicolozaniolobedankt

Күн бұрын

@@Mary-xc1evwhere you gonna get the 1k ?

@Mary-xc1ev

Күн бұрын

@@nicolozaniolobedankt What?

I play low stakes, on side of my job. Bankroll management has always been my strength even if I am far from the best player at the tables. It gave me confidence too, with some shots, and mostly no psychological issues when running bad. There ,as a time where people use to say '100 buy-ins/200/xxxx' but I think it depends on personal goals/skills/weaknesses/strengths/volume'

Thank you for sharing Ben!

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

thanks for the support champ!

Love the transparency

Thanks man honestly seeing your run bad makes me feel better about my game 🎉

Great you show both sides of poker Ben

This is pretty cool. It is comforting to know that sometimes you just run into it. The German ( i assume) cussing in between is pretty funny as well.

Honestly. The feeling i get playing online poker is so mixed up. Not even comparable when I play live. Ive won tournaments where I just have the nuts everytime and people are just tossing their chips at me, then other times it feels like no matter what I do, I cant hold a high percentage flip. It feels like I have to play the system more than playing the player.

Decided to play the micros this SCOOP, managed to win 3 tournaments by just playing very simple poker. Love the videos!

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Well done champ!

@florianl1251

4 сағат бұрын

True ?

@florianl1251

3 сағат бұрын

😮 true ?

I live in Russia. My SCOOP is going well. I didn't lose any money. Thank you!

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Congrats man! Happy for you. 😊

Love you Ben. You show all sides of poker and dont blame anyone for your loses. Very strong mindset! When "taking a Break" try to think about having the same downsing in your next session and expand the break until u feel prepared! Otherwise the break isnt worth it❤ I use Spin&Gos and HU SNGs for training mental toughness.😊

i folded, reasoning "they almost always have it"

460k buy ins 😂😂😂😂absolutely love this

@DidntDoo

2 күн бұрын

Is he a Drug Kingpin of some kind. You need a $7,000,000 win every now and then to justify these buyins.

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

some people work 20 years for this pile of cash :D

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

@@DidntDoo wtf

@DidntDoo

2 күн бұрын

@Mary-xc1ev you think he Winning oodles n oodles of money.... Hahaha.

@BaliBaggins

Күн бұрын

​@@DidntDoo😂😂

This is exactly what 75% of my sessions look like, people overcalling 30bb jams with deuces and flopping sets is basically happening at least once every session, people overcalling 30bb jams with k2o flopping 2 pair, you name it, it happens constantly, yet when i make a "questionable" call with A5s vs late position 20bb shove when im in the bb because i only have 10bb they always have it and i shouldnt even dream aboit sucking out, ever....

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

You must be the unluckiest player. I feel so sorry for you bro

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

Let me guess. You don't beat micro stakes because they play so bad

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@Mary-xc1ev Nope... i run worse than anyone in the world and am up 19 k through 1300 tourneys

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@Mary-xc1ev lost 19/20 flips yesterday... play 1 tournament today the gg masters and lose aces to ace king all in pre... this shite is rigged vs my account

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

@@chadwellington2524 Oh honey 😭

I’m almost 3k(!) buy ins under ev in spin and gos in the last 4 months. Keeping it up, trying to show a good game. Hope the variance will show me and you its positive side again. Gl

Is there a part 3?

Hey, bencb, unlucky Scoop indeed. I used to be a small stakes mtt pro and then small/middle stakes 6-handed NL pro (went as high as 1/2 dollars on PS zoom tables), played over million hands in cash and probably less in mtts, but that was years ago. Not playing at all right now but watching some poker channels, including yours. Thanks for good poker content, I feel like you give a way a lot of insights into mtt poker. My question to you is: if you notice how 10ks are killing your scoop, why play them so much? Like I am guessing that those are the fields where your edge is not as big as in 100$-2k$ tournament plus it seems that those 10ks imply a lot of variance since regulards there are playing wider ranges and bluffing more. Especially when you are re-buying late and getting like 20bb stack which to me seems like even more variance since your edge post-flop is minimized/nullified and everyone there knows shoving/calling ranges well enough. Maybe there is a bigger edge there, again, I have been away from poker for too long so I don't know much anymore except from what I gather from videos like yours.

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Thats not how it works. I could have easily run deep in just one 10k and I would be up this series. It is still super profitable to late reg due to being so close to the money. Of course variance is higher.

@TheStein36

2 күн бұрын

The MTT secret is to do 1 buyin from the start and then max late reg your second bullet.

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@RaiseYourEdge no its not super profitable.. you still have to win 2 all ins to cash and if your registered on time you could build a big stack with that luck and see hundreds of hands where you can use your skill advantage..

Hey Ben, RYE has helped me beat $1-4 MTTs with about 2x returns, so I've been able to double my monthly stake. But as soon as I play $5 or $10 tournaments, luck is never on my side. Well, I guess I have to keep at it; it will change eventually. But it ruins the fun when you have zero confidence in all-ins and flips with higher buy-ins for your bankroll. Hahaha.

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Happy to hear that!

I’m numb to MTT losses all because I have a 6max hyper background 😅

Have u considered selling action ? It lowers variance and helps with rake.

Horrible session but honestly your ethic and your mindset are impressive ! Ad majora Ben still grinding your edge is superior then always kind of bad run 💪

Dear Ben, hi. GL man, be strong.

When ben starts blurting out the German. You know its getting bad 😂

just keep it UP champ 💪👊

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

YES SIR!

well with every preflop all in play we open ourselves up to lady variance. its just what it is. bad runs will turn into good runs will turn into bad runs etc etc. its savage at times. For me I don't like looking at them because even with the best holding...well we all know how it works. Ben for me you are the goat when I watch you bluff catch. you improved my game so much with that. Hope your next run will be better. Keep grinding :-)

I still remember my worst session ever. Wasn't big loss and happened very fast. So I registered like 12 tourneys, get rivered in 9 of those in the first 10 mins, and then got aces in 2 tables and qqs in the 3rd. Lost all 3 of them to some garbage. Whole session must have been like 15 mins. Hardest part was to take a day off after it and chill.

hi ben! I am very sorry for your streak, just like you I have not had a good month, it has been a long time since I suffered such an aggressive variance and such a bad card distribution, I play low and medium levels but I have never seen such a big mix in the meta game, having to adjust my game to so many different maniac profiles, aggressive losers or that same player 3 hands later was playing tight passive, I no longer know how to face so many different profiles... but well, no one said it would be easy.

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Keep up your head champ!

Ato hand is a pure raise fold I suggest.

Thats weird, i mean half of my sessions look like this

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Unlucky champ

Bro u are the man. I am grindig low stakes, cant wait make some mooney.. And invest in your coaching.

i run like this for almost one year

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

unucky, keep your head up champ

unlucky mate seems some of theese players are on constant sun runs! you'll win a big one and a title soon!

Bro wtf are you doing trying to make someone with 1.4m chips fold to a 67k all in bet. In what world does that ever work

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

It worked on Zynga Poker

Jamming 30bbs with 43o bro I’m sorry but this is some of the worst poker I’ve ever seen considering the stakes at play. You’re a gambler

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

You dont even know the concept of effective stacksize buddy

@robbieyoung9397

Күн бұрын

@@RaiseYourEdge what would be bb fold frequency there ? 90+ % with shorties everywhere.

@daikusan55

Күн бұрын

Ben had 30BBs but Villain only had 15BBs effective on the final table, with a 3BB stack and 8BB stack not in the hand, so it wasn't a 30BB shove and Villain should be calling tight, even 43o should be +ev.

So painful 🤕🤕🤢😔

Benjamin why we never see u in live poker turnament??? Like WSOP or Triton or PG in Vegas

@RaiseYourEdge

12 сағат бұрын

I am running two businesses with RYE and Acend

Whenever I watch these I get the feeling Ben never had a real downswing before. With an 1k+ abi he should've had multiple 300-500k downers

Relying on ROI is a bit silly since the fields are obviously significantly different

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

I am not relying on ROI, I was simply explaining the usage of ROI.

When Germans express pain it has some extra layers to it.

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

xDD

People are defending a lot more

AT 2:40 too light at 16bb ep, , AQ hand at 7:03 was a complete spew 4b. You cannot say A game is maintained this is a mistake in order to satisfy your ego... you are clearly on tilt making bad moves out of what appears as disregard of your opponents strength, you are not letting the lows go bye, like what are you doing with that AQ? folding AJ and 77-JJ?, its too thin you are plenty deep and dont need to make a move oop vs a guy putting in 60k That said there are clear beats but playing hundreds/thousands of players tourneys its just the lottery, Most good players will never see their heat and alot of mtt 'pros' are just lucky fish

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. ATo is quite close. It is not 16bb, its 13.8bb and vs a proper SB reshove range containing almost all suited Ax, ATo becomes a +EV all in. AQs is a standard cold4bet fold. We fold AQo and then 4bet fold AQs/KQs and get in JJ+. I appreciate your thoughtful feedback but this has nothing to do with tilt. Just because you don't understand those plays doesn't mean I am on tilt.

dont play scoop but i disagree with the 22 hand. isnt flatting better donk shoving equity flops? i feel like i play smnaller than u but most people dont iso unless they have monsters?

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

yeah its a good idea too

I think people get too focused on stealing up blinds that they risk their entire stack! It’s like you are a senior corporate employee earning 6figures but then you decided to rob a convinience store since it doesn’t have cameras and cause you didn’t want to pay for the pack of cigarettes. Thinking your net worth is going to increase!

@gavilanu

2 күн бұрын

poker is about stealing blinds

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@gavilanu not its not lol... these high rollers who shove king 9 off suit blind on blind for 20 bb to steal 1 bb haha its moronic.... 20 bb to 21.3 bb will have zero affect on your tournament... its overrated... now stealing blinds with a raise late tourney is obviously a big deal but these 20 bb shovess to win 1 bb are so stupid

@gavilanu

Күн бұрын

but it's the maths of the game, they don't do that moves just because. I mean they study the game to get to high stakes and to get to that moves

@genesises

Күн бұрын

@@gavilanu if you only play 'the maths of the game' you are doing it wrong. that is the baseline is that, but playing well comes down to reads exploits luck and timing.

@gavilanu

Күн бұрын

@@genesises I agree 😉

Unless I am mistaken if you invest 500k and lose money you can't have a + ROI (return on investment) so I am confused as to why Ben is saying he had a positive ROI on SCOOP?

@lukbirs8646

2 күн бұрын

Depends on witch buyins you do good and witch you do bad. You can have a positive ROI and loose money, or have a negative ROI and win money.

Know the feeling I spent 500k on my medical degrees and then was told they were fraudulent

I hate these comments :D somehow to half of the people commenting this is normal if this is normal to you, most likely you aren't in a downswing. You simply aren't good enough in poker to minimize the swings =P

pigeons gonna pigeon

MTTs have become a pair shoving fest, zero skill, these stains 5bet shove 66, 77, 88 for 150bb like they have AA, its bonkers.

Every time you click that mouse an angel dies

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

xDDD

big fan mate however Im going to be that guy. Looks like a pretty standard session to me. I see this all the time. Currently 37 buy ins below EV in 50,000 hands. Cash games.

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Yeah pretty standard

@Jamal-gy5lu

2 күн бұрын

37 buy ins below EV in 50k vs. 37 buy ins below ev in one session :DDd

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

Guys I feel sooo sorry for you. I really thought im the unluckiest player on the internet but I see you are, I pray for you to get lucky soon and get out of the micros. iIn higher stakes you. don't need any luck, just your skill. There you can beat your intelligent and thinking opponents with your crazy good plays. These opponents will also respect your intelligently and creative played bluffs. keep on guys

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

@@Mary-xc1ev relax mary... onlines rigged and you are going to have to accept that.. im up 19k and know how rigged it is

Hey brother u gotta refresh your preflop knowledge homie.. JJ 60eff is def not calling 10% there it’s 50% at best flat vs 3b when facing utg1 open. Aqs also pure call for co there lol.

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

ok

Ben your a multiziljonair because your the ceo of raiseyouredge, ever thought about how you should play full scoop and all the 25k”s and thats what the universe is telling you. Also why are you not in vegas.

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

I am not a Vegas because I have to take care of my multiziljonair RYE business as CEO

10:53 sums up my life

so many punts , solver bluff wich not work , so bad..

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

thanks coach!

Hapoens to everyone. Take a break. Have a walk. Take some deep breaths. Absolutely NO chance you stayed on your A game when you were getting beaten so badly.

Looks like my last few months. I find 99% of online players are not bluffing. Unless you have recent evidence of a person being capable of a big bluff just assume they don’t.

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

Oooohh honey

na so schlimm war das doch nicht, am schluss keine 100K verloren... und mit deinem bankroll sollte dies verkraftbar sein, oder??

that is todays online poker, its a scam. you are getting finessed

Online poker seems so fake its insane... pseudo-random beauty, it's just not real random and it will never be.

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

correct... on GG when i peel the first card i can guess the second card at a 95% accuracy rate.. i am 1 with the algorithm.. i know exactly whats happening every hand and yet still cant crush because its super rigged

@francisgendron8600

2 күн бұрын

@@chadwellington2524 its not rigged, just not a real random, real life random

@williamblondin5834

Күн бұрын

@@chadwellington2524 🤣🤣

@chadwellington2524

Күн бұрын

@@williamblondin5834 you think im joking?

Bro everybody runs bad once in a while I hope ur not crying about it

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

ok

Being down 60k at the end isnt that bad right? You had bigger losses and bounced back

This pretty much was a clickbait.. it wasnt very bad at all

No bitching 10k buy in definitely neck breaking indeed 😱😕

It hurts too see u on this one. When swearing in german, than u know its bad. Get a good rest and a reset❤ we all know your skills

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Thanks for the support champ!

does your mouse click ever drive you insane, ben?

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

no really, its kinda of calming

@TheStein36

2 күн бұрын

I like using loud mechanical keyboards. It makes me feel productive 😅

@Mary-xc1ev

2 күн бұрын

@@RaiseYourEdge true, I have already gotten used to it

Its not poker anymore, its just all ins.😮

Your mouse is anoying to hear in videos.. keep head up after this kind of sesion. How much time if any do you need to recoop?

Is the game somehow involving or are there more suicidal morons outhere even on the HR tables? Horrible spots that I just saw going all in or calling with junk hands! Ben GL next time and keep up the good work!

@chadwellington2524

2 күн бұрын

monkeys at every stake... and somehow they get lucky way too often haha

Just to put things in perspective. He paid $45,000 in rake/tournaments fees Thats a lot of $$$ for fees. These poker clients are just scamming people

@xShaarkz

2 күн бұрын

He very likely has pretty good rakeback deals, also your point makes absolutely 0 sense, poker clients are providing a service and charging for it, or do you also think Netflix is scamming people for paying subscriptions?

Your mouse is horrid. Sounds like a staple gun.

Take a break. Refresh after. Poker has been very sus lately.

Man I’m sorry but if you lose $500,000 in a poker session you need to quit poker. Remember : 80-90% are losing players. That’s just a statistical fact.

@brandonf4196

Күн бұрын

You can't even write a sentence properly. If you can't write, don't write. 90% of the world can compose sentence. How does that sound?

just in order to understand, I do not want to be salty although I know it will be perceived as salty. You buy-in for 460k and cashout 400k losing 60k playing 10k$ MTT and this is the worst poker session of your life?

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Well, as you can see, I was running pretty terrible. I have a different standards than others. My goal is still to lose less than others. At the end I was down 150-170k, which is around 80 buy ins (2k avr, buy in). For that session alone I was down 50-70k. You shouldn't measure a downswing based on how much money you lose, but based on your ROI. You know what I mean? I.e -25% ROI session is quite a big downswing for a 50% ROI player but if you are 5% ROI player, a -25% ROI session is not that terrible. It is all about context.

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Also losing 60k means I am down 30 buy ins (avr buy in 2k)

@builderbobgg5151

2 күн бұрын

Yeah I don't really get it eiher, he is a great player but losing 10% of your BI's over a week in HR is really just normal variance I would think

@builderbobgg5151

2 күн бұрын

​@@RaiseYourEdge Maybe I don't understand the mechanics enough here but 50% ROI will be over the long run. In the short run I feel you have to expect to have bad runs that can go as low as -25% ROI. You ran badly sure, but I find it hard to belive you've never had a downswing like this. Then again maybe you're just that good and you got a 1/10000 bad runs.

@user-bx3bk8jk1e

2 күн бұрын

​@@RaiseYourEdge 1) Great content! 2) Why you are reffering to 50% roi? Is this the ev you expect to have in 10ks?

N8 toàn người máy

All i can hear is "mimimi" come on man you ran like god for many years!

Poker is dumb

Gambler 😂😂😂

Stop whinning man, you mostly get it in bad and you hit it a lot.. sometimes you lose flips, that is the worst run of your life? And you are saying on Jungle's podcast poker is easy ahhahah Lost all respect for you really

@RaiseYourEdge

12 сағат бұрын

Ok Coach

Ben I'm a week from being homeless due to me losing my job and falling behind I'm rent arrears Mrs let..it sounds cheeky any chance of loaning me for rent and deposit will pay u back I'm a complete stranger ur blessing will help me get bk on my feet:(

@FizzyToni

2 күн бұрын

no

@Jakobos123

2 күн бұрын

Lol

@DeliceProductions

2 күн бұрын

Make some money from FM tutorials as you are a champion. Rent will be paid soon

Bencb broke confirmed?

@samuraijack1371

2 күн бұрын

Pairrd fund his bankroll

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

@@samuraijack1371 Thanks man. Seems like an awesome tool

@RaiseYourEdge

2 күн бұрын

Almost, back to Zynga Poker.

You said the downswing is not affecting your play, I think you are not being honest to yourself, some of the plays you made on this video are plays you wouldn't make if you play your A-game. I have been watching your videos for long time and I'm a high stakes cash pro myself, my advice to you is take some time off from poker, get proper sleep, fix your diet and do hard physical exercise. Play for awhile smaller amount of tables and actually enjoy playing poker instead of "working", be creative with your play and don't push it. By "grinding out" the downswing, you will just keep losing more. Sometimes the highest EV play you can make is to not play. Listen to Samuel Voudsen's podcast in Mechanics of Poker, good luck.

@RaiseYourEdge

12 сағат бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Which plays you think are not my A-Game?

or maybe you are overrated ?

@RaiseYourEdge

Күн бұрын

Yeah for sure Klara

I'm done with you too