Hey! Here's where you can get my 44-page Mindset Strategy Playbook, along with weekly wisdom directly from me -> philgalfond.com/mindset-yt If you enjoyed these tips that I came up with on the spot, you'll love the emails that take me 4 hours to work on each week!
About an hour ride to the casino for me. I usually pop this on as a daily reminder on the way because I don’t have all ranges instilled in my head and don’t play everyday. After 3 days or 4 off with a hectic life, it’s easy to make a blunder when you aren’t locked in! When I take a bad beat or a break after loosing/winning a big pot I also come to this. Brings me back down to earth. Then when I’m at the table, everything I say to myself I can hear in a Galfond voice and am just that much more thoughtful and practical thinking
Haha... I actually play this one till I fall asleep. His voice somehow makes me sleep. And worth mentioning also that as a newbie. I learned a lot from this video compilation. Thanks
Awesome Content Phil !!! A really in depth analysis of both the mindset and the in game play !! It is really rare that i can watch a 3h20 long video but their is so much knowledge that i am asking for more :P
Phil, I really appreciate your videos and what you teach. I apply what I learn from your videos in live poker and maybe variance hasn't caught up with me, but I am a significant winner from it.
Your talk on “protection betting” really resonates with me. I noticed I started making a lot more in cash games by shifting my mindset away from “protecting” my hand against draws, and more towards giving the draws a bad price. Draws miss more often than they hit, so you should be making bet sizes where you’re happy if your opponent calls with their draws.
@@TheChef-ss9ek I never had those intuitions to protect my hand for some reason, but sometimes I wonder if that's actually a weakness on my part. I'm admittedly not a very profitable player these days even at low stakes where I play. I might actually think too much about latter streets and the future. It never fit my intuitions to think of the relative strength of my range against villain's on a given street with more streets to come rather than the probable hand strengths of our ranges at showdown. I'm admittedly a natural-born nit though; that's probably why I think so much in terms of showdown value and betting mostly for value, occasionally a polarized bluff to induce folds, and never to protect my hand on a current street. It was actually profitable for low stakes when I started in the 90s just being the tightest player at a table and playing this way, although things have gotten much tougher in the past decades. So if I have TPTK or an overpair on a flop that's not too wet (to the point where I'm likely behind against villain's range), e.g. I tend to want get value out of it all the way to showdown if possible. The majority of the time, I'm value betting with the hope of getting weaker hands to call. I suspect I'm easily exploitable though.
Glad I found this. There’s a lot of really good nuggets in this compilation that made me realize some topics that I really need to actually think deeper about. I had to pause video several times to reflect on what you said so that it would actually stick. Definitely a thumbs up. And I will watch it again. And yes, hope is not a concrete method. Thanks!
@@fracritelnope. But I played in a home game for about 5 years before it finally broke up where the players were all old retired players and played the exact same way every hand. I won 95% of the sessions I played in that game 3 nights a week. A couple home games got robbed in the area and those old people just wouldn’t play in any of them anymore. I could have truly played and won at a 50% rate without looking at my hand in position. It was the easiest money I ever made.
I enjoyed hearing the story about when Tom gave the advice to turn a bluff catcher into a bluff (30:39). I remember you alluding to it in your 2+2 Well thread (which was life changing btw), but the thread didn't go into the detail and nuance that you did here, so thanks for that.
I love your videos and have definitely improved my game of NL HOLDEM as a result of sharing your knowledge of poker. Continued success to you Sir Galfond.
Hi Phil, This is one of the very few times that I leave a comment. Your video is extremely informative and easy to follow. I will definitely take your tips into consideration when I am at a poker table this weekends. I will provide updates of how it went. Thank you for spending your time making this video.
Phil, thank you! I keep this playing looped at the tables and it helps tremendously. That said, I once went on a 22 session win streak, and your advice regarding how it is possible to go on a bigger losing streak than you ever imagined really hits home..... somewhere out there I know there's a 23 session losing streak, even if I play like a beast. It keeps me sober on the felt
Amazing gift! Thanks! Did not know you had a prop bet. I think if you make a video about that you would get there faster. Would love to here how its going.
The delay flight analogy to poker’s variance, followed by an “a*hole acted as a*hole isn’t surprising”, are master level communications that applied well elsewhere outside of poker. Very well said.
Hey Phil.. I dont really expect a reply,but would appreciate one. How u feel about the open limp? I been playing alot lately, and I usually raise or fold pre.. but ive started limping pockets pairs from earlier positions.. 2's-6's. U think its best to fold those? Or just raise and if U get 3 bet go set mining and if u brick just fold? What u think
I think this makes sense if the table tendency is for multiplay 3 or more players see the flop. This means that your set mining equity of 12.5% becomes more profitable as you're awarded a bigger pot when you hit.
Phil, just want to let you know I personally appreciate you reminding us to like and subscribe. I like all your videos but rarely remember to hit the like button.
55 minutes in, you just blew my mind by describing my BIGGEST challenge. Power... I was describing my current issue as a lack of focus but I think the real answer is that I am inconsistent in my power levels.
Love ur content I've lost everything absolutely everything going to lose my home In a few weeks...I've been grinding freerolls and I have won two tickets to big quarter tournament..I'm hoping ur tips will help me run deep today tomorrow and make the final day..I need the money so bad.. I ran deep 3 months ago had a meltdown shoved 55 into aa 120 bb..I've learnt from this.
Phil, i normally have good months, month on month. But when i heard you say you will run as bad as you could ever imagine, i didn't think that would be the start of mine. Bear in mind im playing since 2007 online. And generally, it's been like steady upward graphs for me and some dips under trend but retaking the highs. Your comment has jinxed me beyond belief 😂. I know the drill, dont worry. But as for the actual comments, meh, aint that the truth. "OMG" Small stakes player here (purgatory grinder)
In our weekly home tourney, usually 17--25 players, we chop top two with 3rd getting double their buy-in back. to save time. I was doing okay there, then I made two adjustments. I quit bluffing, and I stopped slow playing my big hands. Someone always calls. I chopped 5 of the next 6 weeks and I think I was 8/12 at one point. Only person I told about my change was my wife. She has chopped twice as well. It works, and I will keep using it until it doesn't.
Ha, I knew an always “yes” player and I remember thinking that’s a pretty solid strategy. Personally I just like to grin at them when they ask what I had
Theres NO VIDEOA AT ALL on this topic. Can you PLEASE make a video on how you should change your play from online poker to live. The strategic differences, how to change your play. Thank you!!
Regarding the first comment about only playing Aces if there are no blinds, that’s not how things would work in real life. While it’s true you could make money with 100% certainty, only losing when your Aces get cracked, no one in real life would fold 200 hands to wait for Aces because that would be incredibly boring and people value their time. If you only played super tight in a no blind/ante game, you could 100% make money, but it would be unbearably boring. So assuming the states were small enough, I’m guessing the game wouldn’t play all that differently (for low stakes, which is what this comment was about). Of course, Phil’s comment is 100% mathematically correct, but I think in real life, in low stakes games (super low, where the money lost is inconsequential), the game would play similarly with no blinds to go after, even though mathematically speaking such a game should result in no action.
I've actually noticed the opposite. At low stakes, particularly 1/3, them calling with 5 people behind is pretty much the same as them calling to close the action. At 30bb+ minimum ($100 min at 1/3), they like calling just about any two cards, praying for trips or 2 pair. I like to raise often to get them to fold. They usually won't pay $20 for what they were hoping to get for $3
Lol I ALWAYS LIE when they ask what I had. If I bluffed I yell them I had it. If I had it, I let them think I bluffed. It’s too much fun. I almost never show my hand. They aren’t that dumb
I think that you are wrong here Phil; if no blinds, playing only AA's is not the only play nor the best play. If you only play AA's then you become exploitable. In position, I can play AA's too and balance it with some suited connectors and exploit you. Of course, I'm not gonna play every suited connectors, they will be very few too.
@@kevinshen I think you are under the assumption that I'm opening all suited connectors. I'm not, I'm opening at an extremely low frequency, just balancing it with range of AA's. I'm not looking to win money preflop, but rather post flop where I can bluff you or stack you two pair, flush or straight. And when I'm opening, I'll open only in position so that I can realize my equity. Assuming that it's a regular opening size and no open shoving. Or it's a pot limit hold-em. It's counter-intuitive, but think about it.
@@kevinshen Let's say AA vs 67s and postflop AA is not allowed to fold and 67s will only continue it hits two pair, straight and flush. Which hand do you think wins in the long run?
Your first tip is absolutely wrong. The majority of low stakes cash game players open very tight. You clearly have not played low stakes cash recently.
Sounds like you are very close minded and are taking the tight games you play in and assume that all low stakes players play tight. This is just not true. Listen to people that are better than you and open your mind. Great things will happen. Don’t pretend you know everything.
@@Vegaspoker91I play on bovada and about 30% of the player pool opens with a 23vpip or lower … every site is different. There’s tons of tag/nits . The numbers don’t lie. You’re going out here calling people close minded when you don’t know how people play in their own games.
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Hey! Here's where you can get my 44-page Mindset Strategy Playbook, along with weekly wisdom directly from me -> philgalfond.com/mindset-yt
If you enjoyed these tips that I came up with on the spot, you'll love the emails that take me 4 hours to work on each week!
About an hour ride to the casino for me. I usually pop this on as a daily reminder on the way because I don’t have all ranges instilled in my head and don’t play everyday. After 3 days or 4 off with a hectic life, it’s easy to make a blunder when you aren’t locked in!
When I take a bad beat or a break after loosing/winning a big pot I also come to this. Brings me back down to earth. Then when I’m at the table, everything I say to myself I can hear in a Galfond voice and am just that much more thoughtful and practical thinking
If you are looking to fall asleep, this can also be adequate material.
I second this in the best was possible 😂
It's certainly better than playing poker while falling asleep
Haha... I actually play this one till I fall asleep. His voice somehow makes me sleep. And worth mentioning also that as a newbie. I learned a lot from this video compilation. Thanks
I’ve fallen asleep to this so many times but I still love it
Please read a novel with rain sound in background and put in on here.
Phil is the MAN humble as can be but a poker PHENOM
Very gentle voice, I have fell asleep to poker content for sure
Sweet!
Thank you for this, Phil.
You bet!
@@PhilGalfondThats literally the perfect response, for a poker peo
You're criminally undervalued on UA-cam.
Awesome Content Phil !!! A really in depth analysis of both the mindset and the in game play !! It is really rare that i can watch a 3h20 long video but their is so much knowledge that i am asking for more :P
Phil, I really appreciate your videos and what you teach. I apply what I learn from your videos in live poker and maybe variance hasn't caught up with me, but I am a significant winner from it.
Your talk on “protection betting” really resonates with me. I noticed I started making a lot more in cash games by shifting my mindset away from “protecting” my hand against draws, and more towards giving the draws a bad price.
Draws miss more often than they hit, so you should be making bet sizes where you’re happy if your opponent calls with their draws.
Yes! So glad that resonated with you. Thank you for letting me know!
Very true I used to fall into that protection category a lot also
@@TheChef-ss9ek I never had those intuitions to protect my hand for some reason, but sometimes I wonder if that's actually a weakness on my part. I'm admittedly not a very profitable player these days even at low stakes where I play.
I might actually think too much about latter streets and the future. It never fit my intuitions to think of the relative strength of my range against villain's on a given street with more streets to come rather than the probable hand strengths of our ranges at showdown.
I'm admittedly a natural-born nit though; that's probably why I think so much in terms of showdown value and betting mostly for value, occasionally a polarized bluff to induce folds, and never to protect my hand on a current street. It was actually profitable for low stakes when I started in the 90s just being the tightest player at a table and playing this way, although things have gotten much tougher in the past decades.
So if I have TPTK or an overpair on a flop that's not too wet (to the point where I'm likely behind against villain's range), e.g. I tend to want get value out of it all the way to showdown if possible. The majority of the time, I'm value betting with the hope of getting weaker hands to call. I suspect I'm easily exploitable though.
Glad I found this. There’s a lot of really good nuggets in this compilation that made me realize some topics that I really need to actually think deeper about. I had to pause video several times to reflect on what you said so that it would actually stick. Definitely a thumbs up. And I will watch it again. And yes, hope is not a concrete method. Thanks!
Your content has always been legendary, right from the early PokerStove hand-reviews and your ESPN G-Bucks article. Thank you, Phil!
When I’m contemplating on what to watch simultaneously while I’m playing my online Poker, and then you strike this beautiful gem. Thank you Phil
Mobius poker mentions this is a pitfall of many poker players, they are distracted by videos or their phone while playing poker
@@TooMuchInternetTMI100% true but videos or distractions can also make you not punt, or play hands just to play hands
You cannot follow two things or do two things simultaneously you may think you can you cannot
@@fracritelnope. But I played in a home game for about 5 years before it finally broke up where the players were all old retired players and played the exact same way every hand. I won 95% of the sessions I played in that game 3 nights a week. A couple home games got robbed in the area and those old people just wouldn’t play in any of them anymore. I could have truly played and won at a 50% rate without looking at my hand in position. It was the easiest money I ever made.
I enjoyed hearing the story about when Tom gave the advice to turn a bluff catcher into a bluff (30:39). I remember you alluding to it in your 2+2 Well thread (which was life changing btw), but the thread didn't go into the detail and nuance that you did here, so thanks for that.
I love your videos and have definitely improved my game of NL HOLDEM as a result of sharing your knowledge of poker. Continued success to you Sir Galfond.
Three and half hours of the best life/poker advice I’ve ever heard - thank you Phil:))
Thanks for putting this all in one place!
Very pleasant voice) will continue watching and training some listening (eng - foreign) combo: poker + language lessons)
Скобочки палят, какой у тебя родной язык :D
Agreed. Phil has a voice that works very well in this environment
This was amazing. Thank you.
Hi Phil,
This is one of the very few times that I leave a comment. Your video is extremely informative and easy to follow. I will definitely take your tips into consideration when I am at a poker table this weekends. I will provide updates of how it went. Thank you for spending your time making this video.
Probably one of the best poker videos out there, must be totally overwhelming for new players but THIS is what you should watch.
The first 5 tips completely changed my winning rate in 2-5 poker. Much appreciated Phil!
Phil, thank you! I keep this playing looped at the tables and it helps tremendously. That said, I once went on a 22 session win streak, and your advice regarding how it is possible to go on a bigger losing streak than you ever imagined really hits home..... somewhere out there I know there's a 23 session losing streak, even if I play like a beast. It keeps me sober on the felt
Hi Phil, I really like the video. Just finished it yesterday and last night I won my first MTT in many years 🎉
This is the video i needed thanks a lot truly appreciated
You’re very welcome!
I love this thanks so much for all the tips its amazing how great, clear everything is explained!
Amazing gift! Thanks!
Did not know you had a prop bet. I think if you make a video about that you would get there faster.
Would love to here how its going.
As soon as i saw this title. I knew this will be my favorite poker video of all time.
The delay flight analogy to poker’s variance, followed by an “a*hole acted as a*hole isn’t surprising”, are master level communications that applied well elsewhere outside of poker. Very well said.
Thank you for this video. I am only 30 minutes in and I found the need to take notes. I am going to have to watch this a second time. :)
Thank you for putting this information together
just plain awesome. thank you Phil !
Hey Phil.. I dont really expect a reply,but would appreciate one. How u feel about the open limp? I been playing alot lately, and I usually raise or fold pre.. but ive started limping pockets pairs from earlier positions.. 2's-6's. U think its best to fold those? Or just raise and if U get 3 bet go set mining and if u brick just fold? What u think
I think this makes sense if the table tendency is for multiplay 3 or more players see the flop. This means that your set mining equity of 12.5% becomes more profitable as you're awarded a bigger pot when you hit.
Phil, just want to let you know I personally appreciate you reminding us to like and subscribe. I like all your videos but rarely remember to hit the like button.
Fantastic teaching Phill!
Watched everything. Thanks, man!
55 minutes in, you just blew my mind by describing my BIGGEST challenge. Power... I was describing my current issue as a lack of focus but I think the real answer is that I am inconsistent in my power levels.
Love ur content I've lost everything absolutely everything going to lose my home In a few weeks...I've been grinding freerolls and I have won two tickets to big quarter tournament..I'm hoping ur tips will help me run deep today tomorrow and make the final day..I need the money so bad.. I ran deep 3 months ago had a meltdown shoved 55 into aa 120 bb..I've learnt from this.
this is gold, thanks phil
Phil your the nuts
How does Phil know how to crush low stakes? Serious question. Mass data analysis?
There's population tendencies. Ie. Low stakes, mid and high.
So yes, there is population analysis on each
Your content is spot on!
Great job!!!!
Great content as always! 😎😎
Thank you so much Phil!
Yezzzzir PHIL, thank you very much for this!!! 🙌🙌🙌💪💪💪
You’re very welcome!
Thanks Phil you the best.
Thanks Phil this was great 👍
thx
Phil bro thank you so much for making this
You’re very welcome!
Phil, i normally have good months, month on month. But when i heard you say you will run as bad as you could ever imagine, i didn't think that would be the start of mine. Bear in mind im playing since 2007 online. And generally, it's been like steady upward graphs for me and some dips under trend but retaking the highs.
Your comment has jinxed me beyond belief 😂. I know the drill, dont worry.
But as for the actual comments, meh, aint that the truth. "OMG"
Small stakes player here (purgatory grinder)
Thank you!
Great great video
Ty 😊
You should start streaming on twitch or kick Would be fun watchinh you live, to Ask questions or something like that
In our weekly home tourney, usually 17--25 players, we chop top two with 3rd getting double their buy-in back. to save time. I was doing okay there, then I made two adjustments. I quit bluffing, and I stopped slow playing my big hands. Someone always calls. I chopped 5 of the next 6 weeks and I think I was 8/12 at one point. Only person I told about my change was my wife. She has chopped twice as well. It works, and I will keep using it until it doesn't.
Fantastic!
Best 3 hours spent in a long time.
Oh lawd, phil posted
Bro Thankyou!
Best tip I’ve ever heard is be named phil
So this is why the regulars I play suddenly got better
Thank you for all the great tips! Very helpful info - going to listen to this again.
Salut. Tu devrais faire une vidéo sur les joueurs de poker qui étais riche et qui sont tout perdu. Merci
first. phil you da goat
THANKS DUDE I WILL ONLY PLAY ACES NOW OMW TO MILLIONS
link to the free book seems to be broken
Just in case you are looking for it, this one works:
philgalfond.com/mindset-yt
Do you have a "hack" for over thinking fun players?
Ha, I knew an always “yes” player and I remember thinking that’s a pretty solid strategy. Personally I just like to grin at them when they ask what I had
I'm not good at math, but how is it possible to have 200 Top 5s? 🤪
Yes
Theres NO VIDEOA AT ALL on this topic.
Can you PLEASE make a video on how you should change your play from online poker to live. The strategic differences, how to change your play. Thank you!!
This is my struggle rn, doing good online, decided to play irl and I feel like I gotta learn a whole new game
@@totoguava9480how so?
GOAT 💯
Regarding the first comment about only playing Aces if there are no blinds, that’s not how things would work in real life. While it’s true you could make money with 100% certainty, only losing when your Aces get cracked, no one in real life would fold 200 hands to wait for Aces because that would be incredibly boring and people value their time. If you only played super tight in a no blind/ante game, you could 100% make money, but it would be unbearably boring. So assuming the states were small enough, I’m guessing the game wouldn’t play all that differently (for low stakes, which is what this comment was about).
Of course, Phil’s comment is 100% mathematically correct, but I think in real life, in low stakes games (super low, where the money lost is inconsequential), the game would play similarly with no blinds to go after, even though mathematically speaking such a game should result in no action.
When was the last time you played low limit poker? Honestly? If its been a long time, would things be different now vs the past? 1:03
Things are the same today.
Multi table 4 tables while eating a four course meal is God tier multitasking.
🤙🤙🤙 good stuff
great video - gives me courage lol
i also see that bottle filling station in the back dkm
I've actually noticed the opposite. At low stakes, particularly 1/3, them calling with 5 people behind is pretty much the same as them calling to close the action. At 30bb+ minimum ($100 min at 1/3), they like calling just about any two cards, praying for trips or 2 pair. I like to raise often to get them to fold. They usually won't pay $20 for what they were hoping to get for $3
I take Phil’s opinions vs yours sorry
We do respect your different perspectives
Phil, your free book link is broken
You spoke of con artists being charming, didn’t you live with Tom Dwan?…
15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD
Yes thank you for the vid. Now can you make it unlisted so the fish don't get better please :O
>Phil trying to say "hacks" with a straight face
I'm linking this clip at second 10, just because.... #therealphil
(can't give more props than this)
Lol I ALWAYS LIE when they ask what I had. If I bluffed I yell them I had it. If I had it, I let them think I bluffed.
It’s too much fun. I almost never show my hand. They aren’t that dumb
Falcons 4 president
If there is no downside to conversation, how can there be an upside?
Irie!
Haha, I got a set I gotcha lol
Y ahora unas partis lol
Im getting run over by poker app. Always badbeats... just now I lost all in AKvsAK. How do you win if the rigged program badbeats you all the time....
Stop creating poker monsters Plil! These fish are becoming tough to play against
Do you still play poker?
👍👍🙏🙏🙏ty
Yvw!!
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I think that you are wrong here Phil; if no blinds, playing only AA's is not the only play nor the best play. If you only play AA's then you become exploitable. In position, I can play AA's too and balance it with some suited connectors and exploit you. Of course, I'm not gonna play every suited connectors, they will be very few too.
This is just wrong. Whenever you raise with suited connectors and I don’t have AA I fold and I win in EV space. Therefore your strategy is -EV
@@kevinshen I think you are under the assumption that I'm opening all suited connectors. I'm not, I'm opening at an extremely low frequency, just balancing it with range of AA's. I'm not looking to win money preflop, but rather post flop where I can bluff you or stack you two pair, flush or straight. And when I'm opening, I'll open only in position so that I can realize my equity. Assuming that it's a regular opening size and no open shoving. Or it's a pot limit hold-em.
It's counter-intuitive, but think about it.
@@kevinshen Let's say AA vs 67s and postflop AA is not allowed to fold and 67s will only continue it hits two pair, straight and flush. Which hand do you think wins in the long run?
Your 1st example about only playing aces is nonsense
It clearly went over your head.
@@tappthegreat7775😂 he wasn't joking you muppet
Polorized?
waiting for hands costs us time.... might as well go to a minimum wage job and get paid for time.
Phil that nose has been asking for a bit of plastic suegery for ages... it's time you tackle that. Use a few high stakes big blinds
Your first tip is absolutely wrong. The majority of low stakes cash game players open very tight. You clearly have not played low stakes cash recently.
Sounds like you are very close minded and are taking the tight games you play in and assume that all low stakes players play tight. This is just not true. Listen to people that are better than you and open your mind. Great things will happen. Don’t pretend you know everything.
@@Vegaspoker91I play on bovada and about 30% of the player pool opens with a 23vpip or lower … every site is different. There’s tons of tag/nits . The numbers don’t lie. You’re going out here calling people close minded when you don’t know how people play in their own games.
I notice winning low stakes players open tighter but the vast majority open very loose and constantly make blunders pre and post flop
They opening range varies, however in low stakes the calling and limping range is extremely wide.
Their 3bet 4bet range is tight, but opening range is disgustingly loose from what I see
@PhilGalfond have you ever played with omaha4rollz?