I watch this video all the time. Today, by the 11:00 mark, I re-realized I play too wide and 3-bet incorrectly far too often. These videos are gold. As soon as I can afford it I’m buying in for the year. Thanks for all the work you do for FREE Johnathan. It’s very, very appreciated.
was grinding hard against some big stacks today, couldnt call much less bet for most of the session. woke up with 65s IP and flopped the nut straight. finally got paid with this very versatile hand
I watch every video on 1.5x speed but have to go to normal speed for you otherwise it’s too fast haha. Solid video as always. My biggest flaw is creating big pots and then feeling stuck calling because of it.
I played my first 1/3 game in over 10 years. Last Friday I went at it the Poker coaching way and made $300 in 4hrs Crazy enough if I would have played like a dummy I could have made possibly 300 more and lost it all with too much risk and variance…. I felt like I was playing a low risk game and was just slowly stacking chips. I Even folded Pocket 10s preflop one hand To pocket AAs Folded AJ off a few times too the guy next to me thought I was nuts. Playing this way allowed me to get thru 2 really good bluffs
Loved this video, I’ve been calling w 9/10 suites far to often leaking chips even in position. Had a great session right after this running up 275bb!! 🙏
As the dad of a 2.5 year old it gave me a chuckle to hear your narrative of your kid causing a ruckus. I very much relate to the chaos, except my kid would be losing their mind because she’s being told she can’t climb in the freezer. Thanks for the content, there is so much to learn! One thing I would disagree with is the assumption that low stakes players are bad because if they weren’t they would’ve moved up. I know lots of really fantastic low stakes players that don’t move up because it is recreational and the low stakes are just more comfortable.
Midway through, you spoke about how "open-raising bigger than 3x BB" is torching money. My local games can raise anywhere from 5x-15x when RFI. How do you adjust preflop strategy for weird raise sizings? Would be great to have a video on this :)
The bigger the sizing the less you defend and if they are raising huge which creates bigger pots leading to lower SPR treat it kind of like a 3 bet pot
So my area - Calgary, AB is normally 1/3 with 10% rake capped at $7. Now only Fridays and Saturdays get a lot of different people through the door. Otherwise, it's mostly the same tight grinders every night. Usually you play maybe like 25-30 hands per hour. Sometimes there are a 2/5 games, but that's usually the highest stakes. A lot of players buy in for less than 200 big blinds. Now, if your win rate is say 10 big blinds per 100 hands played - which is 4 hours of live poker, you will be winning whopping $30 to $50 divided by 4 = 7.50 to 12.50 per hour in CAD mind you. So less than a minimum wage lol... 😆 Even if you bump it up to 20BB/hour you get $15 and $25 per hour lol. It should be treated as just a hobby for 99.9% of people because you ain't getting rich playing live poker anytime soon... Gone are the days of 20 years ago when people were playing like morons...
@PokerCoaching - I was just watching this video, I have been watching your stuff (I think some of it was older than others) but just saw the Nov 9-13th black friday sale...is there any extension to this? I totally understand if there isn't but I feel like this is priceless and I am crushed that I missed it.
Poker has a similar amount of "luck" as chess or pool in the sense that you're halfway betting on the ability of your opponent to be able to surpass their own shortcomings or not...AKA don't play streetside chess hustlers or dive bar pool sharks unless youre sure you have the ability to properly bet against them in the event of a mistake. Thoughts?
I just made you my new Poker coach. Black Rain taught me some very effective skills but he doesnt teach live cash games. I live in MN where online Poker is not legal so I NEEDED THIS VIDEO. I watched and then went to my practice sight and im doing so much better. I need to rebuild my bankroll before I go back to the casino but I feel more and more ready every time i play!
Online poker isn't legal in Texas either, but I still play every day on Ignition. You can play the micros and practice all these strategies with very minimal loss to your bankroll on there. It really helps to put in a lot of volume online in the micros for practice. The 0.2c/0.5c usually plays like a $1/$2 live cash game, but without the live tells.
GTO charts for some of these live cash games aren't very interesting. Many students play in games where people 5x preflop in a high rake environment... and you're supposed to just open fold JJ facing the raise ha! Much more beneficial to look at this as a baseline, because GTO charts assume perfect post-flop play, but in small stakes that doesn't happen, so playing wider is better.
@@utterlyrelaxed9109bc I'm these low limits majority of the players only 3b AA,KK AK suited and QQ. You're in bad shape vs the pairs and flipping vs AK.
You should consider making a video on how to adjust and play in the wild cash (1/2 and 1/3 match the stack) games going on in Texas. I went out last Friday expecting a loose, but normal 1/2 game and was immediately off my game at how crazy they are. We opened the table with 300 dollars. I was only going to kill a couple of hours before I had obligations, so only brought 400 total. Within an hour stacks built (and matched) up to about 1K and I was the overwhelmingly shortest stack. People were opening 10x, calling with any 2, 5 way all in for 1200 pot...I didn't adjust, was kind of caught off guard. I tried to be patient and pick a spot in position to get it in, but no one even blinked at my 180 dollar shove. I was stacked when I got KK 4 bet the two 10x opens for 180 got 4 callers. I think I know how to adjust to it going forward, but its a whole different game than most are used to.
You are correct. I watch these videos and all I think is “all the guys i play with at texas card house dont give a crap what position theyre in” lol. 1/2 NL and your chart says to bet 8 dollars, minimum bet at these tables is 30 or 40 bucks. Its way way different. Obviously some of them are good players but its way way crazier than these charts allow for
You said that any game where people are raising more than 3x they are just torching money. I play 2/5 full time and standard raise is 4-6x, by good players too, and any stream I see it is the same. Thoughts?
Love watching these videos and this guy recounting everything I did in my last game as exactly what NOT to do 😂😂😂 omfg I'm like a Goliath grouper 🐟🐠🎣🐡🎏🍣
Can't remember a single live session in almost to decades, where folding AJo UTG would have been +EV. People flatting all kinds of 1-3 gappers and suited trash and fall in love with tptk. This is my usual experience at 2/2 - 2/5. I'm beating the games (not much skill needed) but keep it as a hobby because of regulation/high tax in my country. Just my 3 cents.
Would you use this as strict rules and not deviate but more like a HARD guideline, like use this script until your experiences enough to make some weirder calls? I'm leaning towards the latter but I'm curious what others say.
I love playing super low limits, why would I want to risk losing to better players. Granted, I am an oddity. I must be the only player with no ego. Super video as usual JL. I wish I had more time to fully get into training, it’s not feasible unfortunately.
So this strategy is to help you crush at low stakes vs players who aren't good but the strategy only works if the players are decent and follow this gto?
why are your charts different on different videos. On this video when the cut of raises and you are on the button it is pretty thin with what you raise with and not very many calls. On a different video you did "3 hacks to build a big stack" on your chart when the cutoff raises and you are on the button there are a lot more calls than this video. Why is it different? shouldn't it be the same every time and how am I supposed to know the difference? Thanks
Had a bad week, normally I would just consider it a downswing and bad luck but actually for once I looked over some hands and realized I was playing like shit. Lol
can I voice a little devils advocate to this type of video? And sir Jonathan this is not a "hater comment" it's also kind of a question: I play 2/3 (300 cap) at players casino in ventura. It's 90 percent men over 50 seven days a week. These guys are playing ANY two and I mean ANY two did I say ANY? Yes ANY. There is no way to ever know where you are at UNLESS you 8-10x preflop. How in the world can one apply your strategies/principles to those type of guys? Minimum 4 callers on 5x raises.
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Where do YOU play your live cash games? 😃
Texas card house. Unbelievable action.
backroom hookah lounge. 10% of buy in goes to the owner. There is no softer game in the world - I am sure
In the 5/10 example I bet 400 on the turn.
seoul, have been losing 100,000 usd during 2 months.. gonna die
Mohegan Sun
This is possibly the best poker strategy video I’ve watched. After watching it I played $1/$2 cash and cashed nearly 3x my starting stack!
Every time I watch a Little video, I get so much out of my experience at the table. Thanks for everything!
I'm so glad you enjoy it!
I watch this video all the time. Today, by the 11:00 mark, I re-realized I play too wide and 3-bet incorrectly far too often.
These videos are gold. As soon as I can afford it I’m buying in for the year.
Thanks for all the work you do for FREE Johnathan. It’s very, very appreciated.
was grinding hard against some big stacks today, couldnt call much less bet for most of the session. woke up with 65s IP and flopped the nut straight. finally got paid with this very versatile hand
I watch every video on 1.5x speed but have to go to normal speed for you otherwise it’s too fast haha.
Solid video as always.
My biggest flaw is creating big pots and then feeling stuck calling because of it.
When IP you could exercise pot control and when OOP you could check 70% of your range. This way you will not be bloating pots unnecessarily.
I appreciate how precisely Jonathan annunciates the word “blunder”
I played my first 1/3 game in over 10 years. Last Friday I went at it the Poker coaching way and made $300 in 4hrs Crazy enough if I would have played like a dummy I could have made possibly 300 more and lost it all with too much risk and variance…. I felt like I was playing a low risk game and was just slowly stacking chips. I Even folded Pocket 10s preflop one hand To pocket AAs Folded AJ off a few times too the guy next to me thought I was nuts. Playing this way allowed me to get thru 2 really good bluffs
$4 max rake in the game I played
Loved this video, I’ve been calling w 9/10 suites far to often leaking chips even in position. Had a great session right after this running up 275bb!! 🙏
You’re training videos have been excellent for recent profits and minimizing losses. Keep making these videos!
More to come!
This video has helped me a lot. Thank you sir
Glad it helped!
As the dad of a 2.5 year old it gave me a chuckle to hear your narrative of your kid causing a ruckus. I very much relate to the chaos, except my kid would be losing their mind because she’s being told she can’t climb in the freezer. Thanks for the content, there is so much to learn!
One thing I would disagree with is the assumption that low stakes players are bad because if they weren’t they would’ve moved up. I know lots of really fantastic low stakes players that don’t move up because it is recreational and the low stakes are just more comfortable.
I am learnin lot of things whaching your staff thanks everything you i have done 👍
The kids in the background is everything. 100% relatable as a parent
Midway through, you spoke about how "open-raising bigger than 3x BB" is torching money. My local games can raise anywhere from 5x-15x when RFI. How do you adjust preflop strategy for weird raise sizings? Would be great to have a video on this :)
The bigger the sizing the less you defend and if they are raising huge which creates bigger pots leading to lower SPR treat it kind of like a 3 bet pot
Thank you for the pass and the value Jonathan!
I hope you enjoy it :)
So my area - Calgary, AB is normally 1/3 with 10% rake capped at $7.
Now only Fridays and Saturdays get a lot of different people through the door. Otherwise, it's mostly the same tight grinders every night. Usually you play maybe like 25-30 hands per hour. Sometimes there are a 2/5 games, but that's usually the highest stakes. A lot of players buy in for less than 200 big blinds. Now, if your win rate is say 10 big blinds per 100 hands played - which is 4 hours of live poker, you will be winning whopping $30 to $50 divided by 4 = 7.50 to 12.50 per hour in CAD mind you. So less than a minimum wage lol... 😆 Even if you bump it up to 20BB/hour you get $15 and $25 per hour lol. It should be treated as just a hobby for 99.9% of people because you ain't getting rich playing live poker anytime soon... Gone are the days of 20 years ago when people were playing like morons...
I'm REALLY looking forward to this new chart system going live!
Utilized your concepts last night (def didn’t play perfect) but found it so helpful! Thanks again. What would you charge for private coaching?
Awesome! See PokerCoaching.com/private
Thank you for doing this JL
@PokerCoaching - I was just watching this video, I have been watching your stuff (I think some of it was older than others) but just saw the Nov 9-13th black friday sale...is there any extension to this? I totally understand if there isn't but I feel like this is priceless and I am crushed that I missed it.
Email us at support@pokercoaching.com
Poker has a similar amount of "luck" as chess or pool in the sense that you're halfway betting on the ability of your opponent to be able to surpass their own shortcomings or not...AKA don't play streetside chess hustlers or dive bar pool sharks unless youre sure you have the ability to properly bet against them in the event of a mistake. Thoughts?
Thanks Jonathan!
Great material in this one. Can I book some of those private $0 coaching sessions plz
I just made you my new Poker coach. Black Rain taught me some very effective skills but he doesnt teach live cash games. I live in MN where online Poker is not legal so I NEEDED THIS VIDEO. I watched and then went to my practice sight and im doing so much better. I need to rebuild my bankroll before I go back to the casino but I feel more and more ready every time i play!
Online poker isn't legal in Texas either, but I still play every day on Ignition. You can play the micros and practice all these strategies with very minimal loss to your bankroll on there.
It really helps to put in a lot of volume online in the micros for practice. The 0.2c/0.5c usually plays like a $1/$2 live cash game, but without the live tells.
The comments from the live chat always has me rolling
My daughter is learning long division with decimals. I can relate to homework gravitas!
Watching from UK,great site
Weird to not use a solution that doesn't account for rake when you're talking about games where rake is the highest
GTO charts for some of these live cash games aren't very interesting. Many students play in games where people 5x preflop in a high rake environment... and you're supposed to just open fold JJ facing the raise ha! Much more beneficial to look at this as a baseline, because GTO charts assume perfect post-flop play, but in small stakes that doesn't happen, so playing wider is better.
@@PokerCoaching Appreciate all the work you do, thank you for clarifying!
It's probly safe to just lose the very bottom of the range with the rake in play and tighten up a bit
@@PokerCoachingCan you please explain why you say you should open fold JJ...
@@utterlyrelaxed9109bc I'm these low limits majority of the players only 3b AA,KK AK suited and QQ. You're in bad shape vs the pairs and flipping vs AK.
You should consider making a video on how to adjust and play in the wild cash (1/2 and 1/3 match the stack) games going on in Texas. I went out last Friday expecting a loose, but normal 1/2 game and was immediately off my game at how crazy they are. We opened the table with 300 dollars. I was only going to kill a couple of hours before I had obligations, so only brought 400 total. Within an hour stacks built (and matched) up to about 1K and I was the overwhelmingly shortest stack. People were opening 10x, calling with any 2, 5 way all in for 1200 pot...I didn't adjust, was kind of caught off guard. I tried to be patient and pick a spot in position to get it in, but no one even blinked at my 180 dollar shove. I was stacked when I got KK 4 bet the two 10x opens for 180 got 4 callers. I think I know how to adjust to it going forward, but its a whole different game than most are used to.
You are correct. I watch these videos and all I think is “all the guys i play with at texas card house dont give a crap what position theyre in” lol. 1/2 NL and your chart says to bet 8 dollars, minimum bet at these tables is 30 or 40 bucks. Its way way different. Obviously some of them are good players but its way way crazier than these charts allow for
Thanks!
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Working here in Michigan
Thanks
You said that any game where people are raising more than 3x they are just torching money. I play 2/5 full time and standard raise is 4-6x, by good players too, and any stream I see it is the same. Thoughts?
Bump
Really enjoyed this video
So glad to hear it!
Love watching these videos and this guy recounting everything I did in my last game as exactly what NOT to do 😂😂😂 omfg I'm like a Goliath grouper 🐟🐠🎣🐡🎏🍣
Nice job JL
Checking the marginal pair 88 on the river seems to fall in line with keeping the pot small with marginal hands.......why risk reopening the betting?
Canterbury Park MN!
I am stuck in a fixed limit state (MN) that pursues online poker sites. what do you recommend for a live fixed limit 3 / 6 kill hold 'em game?
Good modern books doe live cash games at low stakes? Or good forums?
Something other than red green would be sweet for the colorblind folks
Can't remember a single live session in almost to decades, where folding AJo UTG would have been +EV. People flatting all kinds of 1-3 gappers and suited trash and fall in love with tptk. This is my usual experience at 2/2 - 2/5. I'm beating the games (not much skill needed) but keep it as a hobby because of regulation/high tax in my country. Just my 3 cents.
JL are you going to the ACR event at the Atlantis ?
I will be at the WSOP GG Series coming up!
Would you use this as strict rules and not deviate but more like a HARD guideline, like use this script until your experiences enough to make some weirder calls? I'm leaning towards the latter but I'm curious what others say.
I love playing super low limits, why would I want to risk losing to better players. Granted, I am an oddity. I must be the only player with no ego. Super video as usual JL. I wish I had more time to fully get into training, it’s not feasible unfortunately.
Me Too😊
Oh yes, you are quite special little snowflake who thinks on another level from us mere mortals 🤡
Are these charts available on the poker coaching app?
They will be soon!
JTo is an almost 100% fold against CO raise and button call?? That's insane
So this strategy is to help you crush at low stakes vs players who aren't good but the strategy only works if the players are decent and follow this gto?
I have always tried my best to crush the micro table but, it was always me...who finally got crushed...lol
Love him stopping to be a dad with grace! #dadlife
This is awesome! Question...is there anyway to play for real money online in Florida?
By the way I'm realizing that I don't know a damn thing lol
Why is 65suited so powerful? Is it because it doesn’t interact with their range ?
He already said why in the video
why are your charts different on different videos. On this video when the cut of raises and you are on the button it is pretty thin with what you raise with and not very many calls. On a different video you did "3 hacks to build a big stack" on your chart when the cutoff raises and you are on the button there are a lot more calls than this video. Why is it different? shouldn't it be the same every time and how am I supposed to know the difference? Thanks
how to adjust for rake and size of bet in relation to stack sizes
Get tighter. Anything borderline gets folded. Only the inner part of the range stays.
What is the software you use to get the hand charts and everything. is that free? where to get?
They are in the PokerCoaching.com website and app.
Where are the charts Little. I'm on Pokercoaching and i dont see
I’m the next slick Rick 🎉
Is there a way to make the chart bigger on the app, I can barely read it
It takes up the full screen on the app.
@@PokerCoaching I have the app and it only takes up around half
@@PokerCoaching I sent an email showing what I mean on your support email on the site.
K8 snap calls that last hand in ever 1/2 game I've ever seen.
Was hard to tell the difference between the colors
Why do the live cash game charts have no rake?
We have charts for rake and no rake because both games exist.
Gotta buy yourself a Poly headset with Acoustic Fence tech. We'll never hear the little screamers
Besides Bob's basement....Where on this great earth can I play $2-$5 with no rake??
Texas, where they charge a "time rake" of a certain amount per hour. But they don't take a rake from the pot, and that's what these charts are for.
Oregon 20 bucks a day
Makes sense. Thanks!@@capnmorgandarts
Had a bad week, normally I would just consider it a downswing and bad luck but actually for once I looked over some hands and realized I was playing like shit. Lol
I've never played 1/2. That is kind of high stakes. Like 100 dollar buy in
Why is 65s better than say 78s?
you'll make a nut straight more often vs 78s or 910s
Love the fact you mute the stream to go deal with your kids 😂😂
Disappointed to hear 89s is not that great of a hand.. I’ve made bank w that hand when it hits (not the 10 J Q straight haha)
can I voice a little devils advocate to this type of video? And sir Jonathan this is not a "hater comment" it's also kind of a question: I play 2/3 (300 cap) at players casino in ventura. It's 90 percent men over 50 seven days a week. These guys are playing ANY two and I mean ANY two did I say ANY? Yes ANY. There is no way to ever know where you are at UNLESS you 8-10x preflop. How in the world can one apply your strategies/principles to those type of guys? Minimum 4 callers on 5x raises.
I see the same thing online. Players limp and call the raises too often. Just play good range for yourself to exploit them i guess.
We only play when we are hard. We never play with a limp.
I hate King-Jack
Cash games with no rake is basically a home game. Every casino in LA / California definitely has a rake
Jonathon Little making cash poker a worse experience for every single person around the world.
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