As a poker player the routine is the most important aspect of the longevity of your career. I can relate to what you said about playing sporadically, the results orientated demons in me start to rise. Anyway, great stuff mate thanks for sharing! Love from Argentina!!
Definitely relate to the anxiety revolving around routine and scheduled sessions. Had some big changes in my life last 12 months and still trying to work out how poker can be incorporated into my new routine in a balanced way without feeling like it’s being crammed in to my schedule here and there. Comforting to hear this could be a common mental issue that I’m currently working on
sounds like a lot of change for you. i think one helpful mindset is to just try and hold some compassion for yourself - we can't always be on the ball 100% of the time and will naturally have to forego some aspects of our life at different times. i can definitely strongly relate too though!
Awesome content as always Bena and shout out to you man for not hopping on the recent bandwagon and rather going the opposite direction and giving that Russian red-liner some praise 🤙 Keep up the great videos and great graphs my friend.
@@BenaBadBeatPoker lol all are big hands no exception. All I’m saying is that I will much prefer the raw 4-hours-full-sessions than the “show only big hands that I think watchers will find interesting”. Which is quite easy to produce too :) If you’re concerned that I’m unlike other people, it’s possible to open a new UA-cam channel with just the raw footage. Regardless, I appreciate you bro.
I’m saying that if I share raw footage of me playing, I’m giving away edge cus the small pots are so valuable! if my content was educational or to gain students for coaching though, I’d definitely post play and explains 🙏 thank you for watching!
18:47 Do some node locking for villain and see what algo starts incorporating for its next tier of bluff after KK. I guess KQ and KJ seeing as computer thinks ak combos will lead fold
thank you mate! I don’t do volume goals anymore no, but I play 15 hours a week (3 hours a day, 5 days a week). back at the start of my career I would play at least 60k and up to 100k a month though
yeah we could call turn I guess. I don’t really imagine rec to fold much though. and I really don’t think I’ll ever fold on any river. keep spew vs the risk they check back a hand that loses? seems close
@@BenaBadBeatPoker i guess my main thing is do we actually have the equity to jam (on average) vs a turn raise on 4 straight. so part of me wants to just call to realize equity, and possibly fold river. but of course the A8 spazz is going to benefit the turn jam but if you dont think we can fold riv then i get why youd want to jam turn. im just not so sure about that. i guess vs a complete unknown it def changes things a bit, especially with a 60% vpip
I guess my main worry is that we won’t stack a hand like 2p if we call turn and give opportunity for them to check river (which will happen so much on this kinda texture).
@@BenaBadBeatPoker yeah - the more i think about it, its probably fine because we have 700 behind after the turn bet and only need around 35% equity, and a boat is already 20% of that. so if he has any bluffs/equity draw/spew then jam is prob better.... been playing a bit more live last few weeks so theres alot of instances you will never see a light raise there haha but yeah in this instance the more i think about it, seems fine/better than calling - just not an exciting spot in general
Hmm 77 handson the river, in solver, he shoves the boats, and shove bluff 22,33 and 45s. The pot size, is for AK AQ, and the blfuf pot size is for KQ, i think
@@Charlie_Sestry play normal tables and you will see how ridiculous the players are, when you cannot just keep insta folding people get bored and spew with everything
checked the 77 hand, ur right, on the turn, 77, 99, TT, JJ, QQ and KK wants to check, and then it's protected by some ATs, and some Axs, but better Ax bets 33% and the broadway blockers, QJs KJs n Kqo bets to rep the A
Is 1k on GG even beatable pre rakeback? I’ve been playing it a little on the side, but have no idea if it’s even worth playing. 5bb/100 rake is very high.
i do think that it's beatable but as the person above said, no more than 1-3bb over big samples. but like even 1bb with rb is insanely sick value. although the swings will naaaat be fun :D
@@jb-rc7fh I guess it depends on how you play pre flop, but in my sample size I am paying 5bb/100 in rake in my PT4 database. It could be slightly higher though. Yeah that's what I was thinking. Maybe you can eke out a tiny WR, but it might not be worthwhile unless you are grinding for rakeback/leaderboards etc too.
@@BenaBadBeatPoker Do you get a good rakeback deal? Cos my rakeback on GG seems pretty rubbish tbh. I get a good amount of Stars (I was getting 40% chests before I lost that level last month). If you can get 1-2bb+/100 in rakeback then it would make these games worth playing. There's a lack of transparency with regards to rakeback on GG though, so I have no real idea how much I'm getting.
good vid! only hand I have issue with is the 77 and not so much the jam, but the thought process on the river. seems completely crazy to me that you would expect villain to pot-fold 76s. I think villain plays pretty well if he uses pot + all-in on the river. pot for value would be AK, maybe AQs and jam would be fullhouse+. villain has to be a really weak player if he pot - folds a 6x here in my opinion. blocking the river OOP does not make too much sense. considering it's a turned Ax after calling 1/2 on the flop with such tight ranges, very few weaker Ax that he gets to the river with.
yeah i think we just have different perspectives here. you think bet folding a 6 is bad but imo, vs 1k pop, bet calling a 6 would be horrendous. we also just have no idea how/if villain is splitting their range
@@BenaBadBeatPoker What value you think he pots and then folds? Seems to me that you are mostly repping aces since an 8 or AK would likely want to bet turn small? I would think in his spot it would be very tempting to just click call with Ax getting those odds since there is only 1 combo for value? Or if you don't think he's potting an ace for thin value wouldn't calling 77 be better? or are you worried they are turning 99 or TT into a bluff? Sorry for all the questions but you clearly think about the game very differently than me so I'm curious.
yeah I really don’t think they use this size with an A (maybe AK on the very rare occasion they may call it). I kinda agree with you that with my logic 77 could make a +call but just cus it’s + doesn’t mean shoving is more+ in reality. I’m not worried that I’m running into better hands that bluffs, but if I think they fold 6x then shoving 77>>>>>> calling. all that said maybe calling is good/better?!
@@BenaBadBeatPoker Thanks for the answer, I guess I just would never assume a new reg would never fold a boat on the river in a 3b pot for 100bb where neither of you have one often, I know from my experience moving up and facing more aggressive regs (I'm on the tighter side and struggled against it) I'd be snapping any boat there, maybe if we were 200bb deep that would be a different story. But damn if you are right in general that is a sick move lol. If you don't think they bluff 99 or TT or value bet an A for that size I lean toward call just because I think expecting a new reg who is probably getting picked on more than usual to make the big fold there might be wishful thinking? But you are better than me so what do I know! One thing for sure is that you are going to be getting paid off when you have it if they watch your youtube vids lol
I did think that at the time yeah haha. but given tight config and specific runout, imagine you’re villain - you basically only ever have a boat by the time you call the river haha
Yeah I mean who cares what the sim is doing on 953tt if you think their range is totally different than the sim. Maybe regs get away from overpairs, but it's pretty tough to xr fold QQ on flop. Probably it goes xr,r,c/x,b,f? Maybe 3b, xx turn, jam river? Anyways Ain't no need to shoot you.
I don’t feel too strongly either way but there have been hands in the past where I showed names and people had a problem with it. also a small thing, but if people know that there’s a chance they’ll be shamed on UA-cam then they’re likely not to make hero calls or spicy bluffs in the fear it’ll be posted haha
It’s not the first time people from your discord went after people better than them, perhaps consider some moderation for the toxic people and you’ll not have to defend one of the best players in recent years 😂
haha true true. people need to be able to share their thoughts though - it’s not like they’re legit insulting or being overtly toxic. but if that does happen (which is did about Charlie some time back) I will definitely nip it in the bud 🙏
the goal isn’t to anonymise every player but during the hands of discussion we feel blurring them is just the right thing to do. I guess we could start blurring every single player but that doesn’t feel that important!
@BenaBadBeatPoker I think if your going that way (i.e. give out a general profile) you should just black out the entire icon and name. Less work for you too. Anyway, great video loved it!!! Can't wait to see you back at high stakes. Hopefully see you there :)
the ending 🤣🤣🤣. I think 95% of players don't find a bluffshove there on the river. My only problem with this hand is that UTG should not really call that much 78s or 67s so your blockers don't mean that much.
I think they’ll be calling mixed freq suited connectors but as I said you just never know. but I don’t really agree that blockers don’t mean that much; when ranges are narrow blockers become exponentially more important! but whether I block their bet folds or not is still up for debate haha
@@BenaBadBeatPoker in other spots i 100% agree that blokers do matter, was saying specifically about this spot. But if u think they have those combos there who am i to say otherwise 😄
Without having looked at a pre flop chart in years, I was under the impression OOP prefers calling 67s more than 89s here. In that case it would be the opposite of what you said, but in any case I'm also just talking out my ass. Either way, we're talking about what, 1-2 combos? I agree it's just not that big of a deal when we're only guessing OOP's strat. Probably makes more sense to spend the time bank thinking about how much AK they're flatting and whether they're floating flop with this/AQ stuff, and if they're mixing calls with small counterfeit pairs pre etc. Nice to see u winning again m8, and extremely relatable what you said at the start re results mattering more when you're not in GTO grind temple setup etc.
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As a poker player the routine is the most important aspect of the longevity of your career. I can relate to what you said about playing sporadically, the results orientated demons in me start to rise. Anyway, great stuff mate thanks for sharing! Love from Argentina!!
well said! damn those demons :D thank you for watching mate
Definitely relate to the anxiety revolving around routine and scheduled sessions. Had some big changes in my life last 12 months and still trying to work out how poker can be incorporated into my new routine in a balanced way without feeling like it’s being crammed in to my schedule here and there. Comforting to hear this could be a common mental issue that I’m currently working on
sounds like a lot of change for you. i think one helpful mindset is to just try and hold some compassion for yourself - we can't always be on the ball 100% of the time and will naturally have to forego some aspects of our life at different times. i can definitely strongly relate too though!
Good advice, thanks Ben! Here’s to hoping we find some balance and peace of mind with the grind and life!
Awesome content as always Bena and shout out to you man for not hopping on the recent bandwagon and rather going the opposite direction and giving that Russian red-liner some praise 🤙 Keep up the great videos and great graphs my friend.
thank you bro! credit where it's due ofc. good luck mate
Full sessions are more interesting than edited tiny cuts. Poker profits is mostly determined in the many small hands and not few big hands.
then I’m sure you can understand why I select the hands I post!
@@BenaBadBeatPoker lol all are big hands no exception. All I’m saying is that I will much prefer the raw 4-hours-full-sessions than the “show only big hands that I think watchers will find interesting”. Which is quite easy to produce too :) If you’re concerned that I’m unlike other people, it’s possible to open a new UA-cam channel with just the raw footage. Regardless, I appreciate you bro.
I’m saying that if I share raw footage of me playing, I’m giving away edge cus the small pots are so valuable! if my content was educational or to gain students for coaching though, I’d definitely post play and explains 🙏 thank you for watching!
@@BenaBadBeatPoker ohhh I see. Unfortunately that makes sense :)
Love your content. I wanna see you playing in Vegas!!
thank you mate! haha not this year - vegas is the devil 🤣
When I saw 77 bluff I yelled: "Benababi has gone LOCO!!" ❤😂
🤣🤣🤣me too mate
18:47
Do some node locking for villain and see what algo starts incorporating for its next tier of bluff after KK. I guess KQ and KJ seeing as computer thinks ak combos will lead fold
this might be ur fastest 'benabahbee' yet ⏩⏩⏩⏩⏩
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Just curious, what is the 2p2 link where Russian player talks about their challenges?
Yeah would also like a link if someone has it
i only daw screenshots of the posts I’m afraid but you shouldn’t have to go too far to find it
on a russian forum called GIpsyteam. Google that with Steffan11222 itll come up. youll need google translate if not Russian.
Keep up the good work m8! ❤😎
cheers bro!
Your videos are always awesome.
thank you mate!
Saw in a much older vid (5y) you were doing cfp is that still an ongoing thing? Anyways great vid keep em coming!
hey mate! I’m not sure where that was said - have never been in or coached for a cfp!
Shout out to your editor, he is doing a great job!
yeah he’s crushing it!! tyty
Great content. Just curious do you have a goal each month to play X amount of hands?
thank you mate! I don’t do volume goals anymore no, but I play 15 hours a week (3 hours a day, 5 days a week). back at the start of my career I would play at least 60k and up to 100k a month though
Hey, can anyone tell me in short what happened to Stefan going busto? Not really forum type of guy. Amazing content Bena, subscribed!
thanks mate! i'm sure someone can hook you up with info
Who is the mystery Russian ? Stephan?
definitely stefan, with the argentinean flag and everything he said
Putin
who is the russian red-liner?
stefan burakov
Best of the best burakov
what do we think about calling the 66 on turn? i mean the A8 is absurd, but imagine that isnt happening too often haha.
yeah we could call turn I guess. I don’t really imagine rec to fold much though. and I really don’t think I’ll ever fold on any river. keep spew vs the risk they check back a hand that loses? seems close
@@BenaBadBeatPoker i guess my main thing is do we actually have the equity to jam (on average) vs a turn raise on 4 straight. so part of me wants to just call to realize equity, and possibly fold river. but of course the A8 spazz is going to benefit the turn jam
but if you dont think we can fold riv then i get why youd want to jam turn. im just not so sure about that. i guess vs a complete unknown it def changes things a bit, especially with a 60% vpip
I guess my main worry is that we won’t stack a hand like 2p if we call turn and give opportunity for them to check river (which will happen so much on this kinda texture).
@@BenaBadBeatPoker yeah - the more i think about it, its probably fine because we have 700 behind after the turn bet and only need around 35% equity, and a boat is already 20% of that. so if he has any bluffs/equity draw/spew then jam is prob better.... been playing a bit more live last few weeks so theres alot of instances you will never see a light raise there haha but yeah in this instance the more i think about it, seems fine/better than calling - just not an exciting spot in general
haha yeah in live this is just gunna be straight with flush redraw 🤣🤣 cheers man!
great video lad
nice one tucky
Hmm 77 handson the river, in solver, he shoves the boats, and shove bluff 22,33 and 45s. The pot size, is for AK AQ, and the blfuf pot size is for KQ, i think
Love seeing a hand vs the top russian reg' He defo has taken some spicy lines vs me. in the 1k streets.
absolute spice lord mate. very fun!
@@BenaBadBeatPoker yes very..!
stefan? katya?
Do you think rush tables are good or better to play reg tables?
I haven’t played any rush on gg so I’m not sure I’m afraid! but historically win rates are much higher on reg tables
@@BenaBadBeatPokerWhy do you think win rates have been higher on reg tables?
@@Charlie_Sestry play normal tables and you will see how ridiculous the players are, when you cannot just keep insta folding people get bored and spew with everything
new editing 👏🏼
checked the 77 hand, ur right, on the turn, 77, 99, TT, JJ, QQ and KK wants to check, and then it's protected by some ATs, and some Axs, but better Ax bets 33% and the broadway blockers, QJs KJs n Kqo bets to rep the A
Ohh, on the river, the solver (used 1knl gg rake) He donk shoves, 88, 66, any 8, and 6, obviously, but then he bluffs with shoving 22,33 and 45s
haha what a cooked output with all those donks. no human finding them for sure!
As soon as i saw that spr on the turn with 33 im ob shoving
you’re a god!
For the algo ❤ great content as always 🎉
finally some rebate
Is 1k on GG even beatable pre rakeback? I’ve been playing it a little on the side, but have no idea if it’s even worth playing. 5bb/100 rake is very high.
It's more like 7bb/100 and no it's not beatable pre rb for 99% of players according to statname. Biggest winners there are 1-3evbb
i do think that it's beatable but as the person above said, no more than 1-3bb over big samples. but like even 1bb with rb is insanely sick value. although the swings will naaaat be fun :D
someone like u could beat it for sure ;D cheers
@@jb-rc7fh I guess it depends on how you play pre flop, but in my sample size I am paying 5bb/100 in rake in my PT4 database. It could be slightly higher though.
Yeah that's what I was thinking. Maybe you can eke out a tiny WR, but it might not be worthwhile unless you are grinding for rakeback/leaderboards etc too.
@@BenaBadBeatPoker Do you get a good rakeback deal? Cos my rakeback on GG seems pretty rubbish tbh. I get a good amount of Stars (I was getting 40% chests before I lost that level last month).
If you can get 1-2bb+/100 in rakeback then it would make these games worth playing. There's a lack of transparency with regards to rakeback on GG though, so I have no real idea how much I'm getting.
I learn a lot, but i lose a lot too 😂
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I love the 77 shove, but I am losing so wtf I know?
welcome to the loses club captain 🫡
good vid! only hand I have issue with is the 77 and not so much the jam, but the thought process on the river. seems completely crazy to me that you would expect villain to pot-fold 76s. I think villain plays pretty well if he uses pot + all-in on the river. pot for value would be AK, maybe AQs and jam would be fullhouse+. villain has to be a really weak player if he pot - folds a 6x here in my opinion. blocking the river OOP does not make too much sense. considering it's a turned Ax after calling 1/2 on the flop with such tight ranges, very few weaker Ax that he gets to the river with.
yeah i think we just have different perspectives here. you think bet folding a 6 is bad but imo, vs 1k pop, bet calling a 6 would be horrendous. we also just have no idea how/if villain is splitting their range
Pocket 3s hand standard I thought he had over pair for sure lol
haha it just cus it’s pretty tight positions and action sequence that makes it an overplay!
FPSy last hand, love it obv :))
hahaha it definitely is fps🤣
@@BenaBadBeatPoker What value you think he pots and then folds? Seems to me that you are mostly repping aces since an 8 or AK would likely want to bet turn small? I would think in his spot it would be very tempting to just click call with Ax getting those odds since there is only 1 combo for value? Or if you don't think he's potting an ace for thin value wouldn't calling 77 be better? or are you worried they are turning 99 or TT into a bluff? Sorry for all the questions but you clearly think about the game very differently than me so I'm curious.
yeah I really don’t think they use this size with an A (maybe AK on the very rare occasion they may call it). I kinda agree with you that with my logic 77 could make a +call but just cus it’s + doesn’t mean shoving is more+ in reality. I’m not worried that I’m running into better hands that bluffs, but if I think they fold 6x then shoving 77>>>>>> calling. all that said maybe calling is good/better?!
@@BenaBadBeatPoker Thanks for the answer, I guess I just would never assume a new reg would never fold a boat on the river in a 3b pot for 100bb where neither of you have one often, I know from my experience moving up and facing more aggressive regs (I'm on the tighter side and struggled against it) I'd be snapping any boat there, maybe if we were 200bb deep that would be a different story. But damn if you are right in general that is a sick move lol. If you don't think they bluff 99 or TT or value bet an A for that size I lean toward call just because I think expecting a new reg who is probably getting picked on more than usual to make the big fold there might be wishful thinking? But you are better than me so what do I know! One thing for sure is that you are going to be getting paid off when you have it if they watch your youtube vids lol
last hand is preety sick , never bluff this spot 😭
haha spicy for sure!
77, 0.2+ EV with ur suits calling xD But only if he has KQ as a bluff big size
we’ll just pretend that was happening 🤣
Who’s the reg?
Stefan Burakov aka Stefan11222
Very solid editing, I'm glad you are not doing it yourself.
hahaha legit mate - Ricky killing the edits 🙏🙏
is that first hand really an overplay tho? are you not trying to get it in one way or another no matter the action?
I did think that at the time yeah haha. but given tight config and specific runout, imagine you’re villain - you basically only ever have a boat by the time you call the river haha
20k in a month? Wow
I live in Exeter!? Let me know if I can be of any help! 😊
oh that’s sick! sadly I’m not there anymore though :( will be back in the future though 🙏
Where do you live?
i'm in the UK now but i live most the year in aus atm
Lavvly graph
sometimes it be like that! tyty
Are you TRYNA with 77???
do my bollocks
Who’s the Russian ?
check other comments
GJ Ben!
ty mate!
who's the russian?
Stefan
Who is that russian player ?
that would be stefan burakov
@@MaluarP WTF !! u sure ?
@@olivierdariusjahanpur9562 yes 100%
Bena is mentioning " hardships.... in their life" . Any of u guys know what this is about ?
I’m not sure where the site if but it’s a russian forum that has been translated
Yeah I mean who cares what the sim is doing on 953tt if you think their range is totally different than the sim. Maybe regs get away from overpairs, but it's pretty tough to xr fold QQ on flop. Probably it goes xr,r,c/x,b,f? Maybe 3b, xx turn, jam river? Anyways Ain't no need to shoot you.
yeah think you're right on the action sequence. imagine we just have an epiphany that flop and turn were too thin and now check back river :D
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BENNNAAAAAAA
beany boyyyy
why bother hiding Stefan's name and not naming him? I don't understand
I don’t feel too strongly either way but there have been hands in the past where I showed names and people had a problem with it. also a small thing, but if people know that there’s a chance they’ll be shamed on UA-cam then they’re likely not to make hero calls or spicy bluffs in the fear it’ll be posted haha
It’s not the first time people from your discord went after people better than them, perhaps consider some moderation for the toxic people and you’ll not have to defend one of the best players in recent years 😂
haha true true. people need to be able to share their thoughts though - it’s not like they’re legit insulting or being overtly toxic. but if that does happen (which is did about Charlie some time back) I will definitely nip it in the bud 🙏
GGOAT
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Polarized range is just an excuse saying "He is blufffing or not bluffing" well not sh*t Sherlock. Everyone is either bluffing or not bluffing.
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Um... Bena. You called the BB a weak player and then you showed his name in the next hand 🤦♂️
the goal isn’t to anonymise every player but during the hands of discussion we feel blurring them is just the right thing to do. I guess we could start blurring every single player but that doesn’t feel that important!
@BenaBadBeatPoker I think if your going that way (i.e. give out a general profile) you should just black out the entire icon and name. Less work for you too. Anyway, great video loved it!!! Can't wait to see you back at high stakes. Hopefully see you there :)
yeah icon is a good idea actually. will do that next video. ty for feedback🔥🙏
❤ for algo and content
book thanks mate!
Man you have run like trash on GG, hope things start to go better for you
haha has actually not been the worst at 1k overall now but yes total sample has been underwhelming to say the least!
lfg BBB!
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the ending 🤣🤣🤣. I think 95% of players don't find a bluffshove there on the river. My only problem with this hand is that UTG should not really call that much 78s or 67s so your blockers don't mean that much.
I think they’ll be calling mixed freq suited connectors but as I said you just never know. but I don’t really agree that blockers don’t mean that much; when ranges are narrow blockers become exponentially more important! but whether I block their bet folds or not is still up for debate haha
@@BenaBadBeatPoker in other spots i 100% agree that blokers do matter, was saying specifically about this spot. But if u think they have those combos there who am i to say otherwise 😄
In fairness to you I have no idea either. just the blind leading the blind here 🤣
@@BenaBadBeatPoker 😄😄 well, it worked and you had the stones to do it, nice job. I guess we represent AA, and some fh?
Without having looked at a pre flop chart in years, I was under the impression OOP prefers calling 67s more than 89s here.
In that case it would be the opposite of what you said, but in any case I'm also just talking out my ass.
Either way, we're talking about what, 1-2 combos? I agree it's just not that big of a deal when we're only guessing OOP's strat.
Probably makes more sense to spend the time bank thinking about how much AK they're flatting and whether they're floating flop with this/AQ stuff, and if they're mixing calls with small counterfeit pairs pre etc.
Nice to see u winning again m8, and extremely relatable what you said at the start re results mattering more when you're not in GTO grind temple setup etc.