$100/hr at Low Stakes: Was It Worth It? | Ep 18

[@Trunks]

A jack, a nine, and a deuce walk into a bar. Marc Goone melts. The entire bar shoves all in. UTG+1 with pocket 4's win. The solver is in shambles.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

omg

[@Dshow-3]

Is there a story behind the Jack, nine duece? I'm newer to the channel but he did mention it holds a special place in his heart.

[@edusb5747]

@@Dshow-3 he's always using J92 as an example on his videos where he does breakdowns on his strategy

[@leehjones]

The J-9-2 montage was so exquisite, and I really wish that somebody at the table had jumped up and said "Look at that..."

[@edusb5747]

@@leehjones lmaooo that would have been funny

[@haydendax9780]

I hope when this series ends that you start another series like this, I love your exploitative playing style and it has helped me a lot during my low stakes games

[@RedLoopster]

Same, I was a fish a year ago, now three wins in same games. These definitely helped!

[@DasJusMean]

Hope you do more of this content after the 300 hours. Really fun to watch you play and it helps me cope as a misreg dealing with the swings.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

🥰🥰🥰

[@tylerwilliams439]

yessss long awaited and anticipated: just a message to Marc goose you have to continue to make poker vlog content after this challenge. PS message sent before vid to watched lol

[@billbollow7378]

oh my god the J92 segment was AMAZING. Still waiting for that flop to come up live.

[@PhilipJReed-db3zc]

Proof live poker is rigged obv

[@c1ssalc]

can anyone explain why J92 is a special flop? Sorry for the nooby question.

[@cullenhacker8252]

During his analysis episodes he likes to use Js9s2c as a flop example quite a bit. Why that board? I think it’s like semi-connected where you can’t flop the straight nuts and leaves you a lot of space to cap your opponent and fight for the pot no matter what two cards you have.

[@pugsnhogz]

😮

[@peternguyen1911]

We are all waiting for DAT SWEET BABY

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

I think not counting the PLO bomb pots also includes not counting the time taken to do the PLO bomb pots. For example, if you make $500 in 5hr, but $300 of that was in PLO and the PLO took 1 hour, then you made $200 in 4 hours in No Limit, for $50/hr.

[@terencehill3972]

What IS double-bomb-pot PLO 5 cards anyway?? Does the winner have to stand up and croak? Geez when I go to the casino I want to play some cards not slots

[@pugsnhogz]

"watch while I handle my business/ watch with the hands not ticking" This is an example of homophony and assonance, both of which are popular in contemporary rap music. In the first instance, "watch" means "observe." Later, "watch" refers to a timepiece typically worn on the wrist. This unexpected double meaning may elicit a sense of pleasant surprise from listeners. Moreover, "business" and "ticking" do not share the masculine end rhyme typical to most rap lyrics, e.g. "there's never been a greater since the burial of Jesus / fuck around and catch all the venereal diseases." Instead, here the final phonemes differ substantially, but the internal vowel sounds match, creating a loose assonant rhyme. This adds to the listener's sense that the lyrics are subverting formal expectations. In short, intro song is a banger.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

🤯

[@seatownfinest509]

What’s name of song

[@-AR902]

@@seatownfinest509cal scruby - and 1

[@tlsvideos6203]

Bro flopped a set of 9’s against top pair and got minimum value, I’m sick to my stomach

[@johnk7125]

Yk it makes me feel good to see someone like u as frustrated as u are about the low stakes shit i deal w everyday😂 i love it brother keep being genuine

[@thusspokekayvon]

Keep crushing, brother. I’ll keep waiting for the medium boy bootcamp 😅

[@hungryhorsepoker]

medium bois unite

[@thusspokekayvon]

@@hungryhorsepoker still coming soon??

[@hungryhorsepoker]

yes! opening up booking for first one by jan 1 at latest 🤐

[@karlosmoreno3821]

0 views instantly? You fell off

[@hungryhorsepoker]

true

[@darklaser134]

😂

[@NA44221]

I love your live games content. Keep it up 🙏

[@darmah2]

Please do more than 300 hours! Or if you’re sick of this series at 5/5 try a new series of trying to make $1000/h at 25/50 or something like that

[@lancea7956]

Love your channel. I'm ready to see you get back on a high stakes stream or at least vlog a session somewhere. Would be fun to see it...maybe not every time but here and there

[@totalloser23]

I’m loving the FrankieC-esque intros 😂

[@bootswithtrees]

Love that intro track and Cal. Been listening to that album on repeat for awhile

[@Inkenjoyahhhhhhhhhhh]

Hope these types of videos don’t stop after the low stakes challenge is over!! No matter the stakes you play

[@RunItTw1ce4858]

23:10 3bp mw, how come you use b50 sizing instead of b33 or pot? What's the MO 3bp mw?

[@cash_rules2312]

My guy, please wear your seatbelt when you're driving. Just want you to be a safe horse, even if it's only to protect from others.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

it’s on. just tucked under my arm for filming.

[@cash_rules2312]

Whew, sounds good. Love the content, appreciate you!

[@darren2351]

Lol you so funny Marc, I enjoyed the chat with your mate midstream

[@mattbunker3982]

Great vlog -- and truly hilarious commentary!

[@hungryhorsepoker]

🥰🥰🥰

[@RunItTw1ce4858]

16:30 It's so hard to raise this river. I find it hard to get called by worse multiway, and there is no redline graph live that makes me feel better.

[@hartbarnhill954]

One thing I continually question is the statement: "When a recreational player donks heads up, they are just heavily weighted toward bullshit." Examples of holdings being middle pair, small flush draws, etc. I'm curious why I have such a different view of this. In my home games and at my local casino, this is almost ALWAYS value. The recreational players I play against regularly are so heavily weighted toward 2nd and 3rd sets, two pair, and made straights. They usually even do it with flushes on monotone boards. I would consider my style tight aggressive. I'm wondering if they have some sort of read on me that's making them do this. I'm not likely to call a donk bet. Generally player dependent fold or raise. If I don't have a read, though, I'm generally folding, and usually correctly. Is this faulty logic on my part, or do they have a read on me?

[@seththomas8966]

2’s full hand- I remember you coaching a similar spot where you bet small to get called by non believing pairs, 3 kings should raise for value, and might even incentivize missed draws to bluff. You didn’t mention this option in your analysis. Curious to know why?

[@zencaser]

Thank you for the series, Marc.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

thank u for watching, one more

[@McKings11]

The most well versed man in J92 flops - I’m devastated at the outcome on that play!!

[@nunchucksupland]

The theme song is 🔥 glad you did the interview

[@gophukyurselvs3621]

That dude played those pocket 9s like an absolute fish 🐟 I was thinking he maybe had Jack 9 the way he played it but trips 😂 you actually saved money in that situation. That should have hurt more

[@CUB3Jsg22]

DUUUUUDE!!! I thought that intro was Cal Scruby this whole time!! A good Cincinnati boy!! Love Cal here in Ohio! Had no clue you guys knew each other!

[@joebuonomo9438]

Never thought I’d see a Hungry Horse X Cal Scruby collab Love to see it

[@xpwnx4]

thank you for this session, after seeing so much success, i went back and the last four sessions have been miserable, and you put it exactly into words, seems like they dont pay when i have it and snap 3bet pre everytime, the adjustments then just run into top of range or literally a pot of 50 bucks its bruuuuutal!

[@matthiasschmitz7667]

Thank you for this journey. I hope you will make many more vlogs. I hope 🥹

[@dylkill3851]

What song is that in the beginning of the sesh ?!

[@krishnapamnani7364]

Hey Mark, I have been using your strategies for quite a while now, and they have significantly improved my winrate in the low stakes home games. The all-in river shoves have particularly been profitable, and i had been able to get the players off their thin value hands quite frequently. But recently a new player has joined our games, and things just dont seem to work against him. This player cold calls all my 3-bets pre-flop; he would barrel the turn for almost a pot-sized bet OOP and continue the aggression on future streets. The bluffs just dont work against him, as he would call me down with any of his marginal value hands even when there is a front door flush on the turn . I have tried to exploit this tendency by charging him for all my value hands, and i do. But it is difficult to come by value hands and im not sure if my marginal made hands are good against this player, and given that he is inelastic with his second pairs and top pair bad kickers, i dont feel comfortable putting all the chips in yet. I was hoping you could provide some feedback. Once again, thank you for the great content. I am looking forward to more such videos from you.

[@elcaramelero1512]

Easy, Just don’t bluff that one player. Those kind of players are only value. Play the player and adjust.

[@twiddlinbits]

Marc, you occasionally show some speech play. And I sometimes wonder if that's the best thing to say in that situation. Do you have a repeatable thought process behind speech play?

[@hungryhorsepoker]

it’s just for fun. no serious thought process behind it. makes the game more fun and makes the content better.

[@xxbassheadxx1]

Marc you gotta stop feeling bad and explaining yourself about the PLO bomb pots. Obviously I could easily be wrong, but it seems like you are letting the haters stress you out a little when you have to break down your logic behind adding it to your win rate. Haters are gonna hate no matter what, it makes no sense. You are an absolute monster and I have gained SO much knowledge from your videos. Hands down the best content I’ve seen in a long time, if ever. Thoroughly entertaining and I am very sad to hear this is the next to last video in the series. I hope you make some more man. Best of luck and thank you again for spreading good word.

[@soulsborne-TX]

Lost my shit at the J92 montage 😭😭😂😂

[@mjregier]

Have you ever played out of Kansas City? We've got 1/2 and 1/3, sometimes 2/5. Every night the 1/2 and 3 tables have $7,000+ on the table and play HUGE! I'd love to see you play here and hear your feedback to how it plays compared to LA/LasVegas.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

prolly much better there than la !

[@jonswagman3656]

I had actually started listening to a bit of Cal Scruby just based on tracking down the opening song. Cool interview.

[@mjl1966y]

I'm actually glad to hear you complaining. I've been on a major downswing for the past several days and it's encouraging to see and hear a pro with the exact same problems. Whenever I get a raisable hand, there's Raising Guy 3-betting me. When I do have a hand, it whiff's in the most creative ways, like I see cards I didn't even know existed in the deck that were created specifically to make sure I have 8% equity. And then when I hit it, they all fold. Unless I have Aces, in which case they get cracked because apparently a 3BB raise from the small blind is an open invitation to a family pot. (True story.) So, please, do complain.

[@NeuroticNOOB]

If you are in the small blind and complain about a family pot... there must have been some limping before you raised. So 3 BB is clearly too small size to raise.

[@sams3848]

Just going to go ahead and RSVP yes for the Marc Goone/Cal Scruby meet up game at hustler casino whenever it happens.

[@JosephMartin-xw3wh]

Just so you know I love this challenge you did this isn’t low stakes to me really as it’s where I live I have one casino that had a few tables I’m north eastern so yeah anyways I think it’s cool cause more of us are playing these games and blinds so it’s good for the game and to watch but that’s just me Ty brother ! Always love seeing you on Hustler live

[@MrFunnyWobbl]

whats the timestamp of the J92 board?

[@elibooth6552]

What song is that in the intro I’ve been trying to find it and cant

[@hungryhorsepoker]

cal scruby and 1

[@NewToSea-Doo]

BANGER!🎉

[@mjl1966y]

You would use the stopwatch on your phone to time your NL sessions. You would pause it during the PLO bomb pots. That way, your recorded time matches your NL time 1 for 1. You would also have to track your bomb pot results separately and take them out at the end of the session, which could be a bit cumbersome. And yes. Yes, this is what the Internet is for. Right here.

[@highlightfullgames]

Thanks my game is better because of this series I’m on my long guest win streak

[@fransfermont6193]

Thanks Marc for all the top quality that you and your team deliver. Last night when i went to the toilet my first thought was: flop J 9 2. That's what HH does to me lol. I think i need to see a doctor ASAP haha. 👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤

[@zlotchew]

Thanks for introducing the composer of your theme song!

[@diggz-he4fk]

whats the intro song name? appreciate it if anyone lets me know

[@hungryhorsepoker]

cal scruby and 1

[@emergencyfish]

"i want you to punish me so hard" "okay" oh that was great LOL

[@patrykadamczyk9234]

Can anyone explain what Marc means by 3 betting good better best?

[@leehjones]

He means it's a strong "linear" range, rather than a "polar" range. Lole you won't see him 3betting A5s, despite that being a solver favorite.

[@Cetrab28]

FYI the song is called "AND 1"

[@kuurizzo1896]

question if you had the nut full house on the bomb pot board with Qs full of Js. Why not go all in? you will at least chop and split the pot? If best case scenario he FOLDS and you win it all, still best scenario he calls and you scoop it all cuz he's got nothing up top but think he's got bottom board like you did where you have the full house.

[@MatrixCyPoker]

i said it in once of your previous videos but since you bring it up i will say it here again: In my opinion, you should count DB/BP PLO as well as Jackpots (which you don't) and everything else that contributes to your winnings (rakeback, leaderboards etc). The game you selected to play is not universally the same in the stakes you chose to play and has some rules based on the rake you pay etc. if you were to play in a room with higher rake and bigger BBJackpots or leaderboards then you surely get compensated in regards to the amount of rake you pay. The rake we pay is indeed damaging our winrate and whatever money is thrown at us as a compensation then is part of our winrate. I mean poker is a game with a mathematical approach and if you dismiss your mathematical chances of adding more money to your winrate then you're not getting an accurate Winrate number. Hope this makes sense.

[@BradleyT2p2]

So if he wins a $1M BBJ he can claim to make $1,000,000 a year at poker? It's disingenuous because it's not replicable by others.

[@MatrixCyPoker]

@@BradleyT2p2 First of all, you CANNOT win 1M in a BBJ. Secondly, Jackpots are a statistic probability that vary from 1 in 10000 to 1 in 50,000 hands. on average, you will hit 2 BBJ per year if you play 150 hours per month. That's part of your winnings, therefore Winrate.

[@spuddaby]

I wanna see you do 3k hours. You would certainly fall into depression and/or mental asylum. The grind is real. Series has been epic. I hope you continue or do something similar, I really enjoy content of something relatable, we play 1/1 with £2 straddle in Uk (hardly any casino still play 1/1 but we do!) and it’s hard to relate to 25/50 that a lot of others play, the game is so different, people play bizarrely at these lower stakes!

[@luminrabbit9488]

What do you know, the flop comes J92, absolutely love it!!

[@Nickohlessa]

Here for the Cal Scruby interview.

[@bed2149]

We can take the slow roll 6:00 expressive hand movements and cut audio

[@zackiusss]

Best one yet

[@xempath]

Never thought I would see cal scruby watching your videos, that was a suprise lol

[@CharlesBlagoue]

Intro song??

[@samuraijack1371]

I think this challenge on really proves that to realize true edge you need to be playing millions of hands. Thats the only way to beat variance

[@marcs101]

Funny segment with the artist of that banger of an intro song! Learned a lot from this series. To bad it’s about to be over :( MORE is better no?

[@hungryhorsepoker]

i have to take a break from playing to be a dad, but we have something exciting coming soon!

[@Caspergomezz]

Hey Marc goone, have you seen Livepokerking (aka YG aka Yale greenfield) around lately?

[@nikitakucherov5028]

Downloaded 5 Cal Scruby songs because of you

[@Quazia]

THATS CRAZY I literally asked when you'd play with cal scruby like yesterday I'm glad you finally got him on now you gotta play with him

[@engee4944]

you're welcome bud!

[@thesafezone3833]

In poker, you know everything(that you know) until you learn why you were not as perfect as you think. Then you again know everything (that you know now) and the cycle just keeps going of you thinking you got it and you figuring out that you didn't. LOL that's poker

[@JaredNutball-jv7nr]

I’m about 2 for my last 50 on hitting sets and here you are hitting 5 in one session. WTH. I know it’s about 1 in 9, I’m owed a few.

[@cactuarnoob100]

4:27 best part of the video and it’s not even close

[@lucasvanbakel2334]

If you're not counting the double board PLO bomb pots.. go play somewhere that doesn't do them? There is absolutely a way to filter them out. Love the series tho

[@benb7613]

Honestly this doesn’t really feel like just running bad. As you say, it feels like they’re calling when you don’t have it and folding when you have it. Feels to me like part of the experiment was “can you play exploitatively at 5/5 forever and never have anyone catch on?” And the answer to that, honestly, seems to be no. For the last ~5 sessions it kinda feels like everyone has your number a bit. (Of course it’s going to be much harder when you’re posting vlogs all the time lol. There’s probably a Facebook group or two for that casino that people have been posting your vlogs to, realistically)

[@justinron1772]

Love it before I watched it

[@hungryhorsepoker]

omg ty

[@twomarks94]

Around 32:40 - is the guy two to you're left wearing a napkin over his shirt?!?

[@Belinera]

Dude played 9s like a madman on J92 because he knows you know every single node on that flop, so he had to go nuts

[@patrick_kyker]

2:05 I like that dealer's outfit.

[@FloridaLifeLivinginTampa]

the double board part of the game. gotta count it

[@noThankyou-g5c]

5:42 he doesnt raise the river?? am i just a spaz or something?

[@PokerGod-v1j]

Crazy right

[@KobLucinaVariety]

I believe you can do it!

[@hungryhorsepoker]

we can do it

[@madtiger111]

15:11 Are those Jaman Burton's hands on your left? Hahha!

[@NicholasStein]

About effing time you had a winning session. Cheesh! I was beginning to wonder.

[@philcraddock6152]

I think the mind set of the players that are 3 betting the weird hands is, they are unlikely to get 4 bet, could take it down pre and mostly if they hit their hand it will be disguised

[@dripyhunterarmindo4530]

The amount if times he flops a set then turns a boat is crazyyy

[@Rivahls]

As a Celtics fan, we are certainly not the same without Tatum

[@Sp33dyBeanz]

i loved the series, but i think it was semi-disengenuous, 2/5 is not what most would consider low stakes. Your next challenge should be is 10-20bb per hour possible at 1/2 or 1/3

[@IIIrandomIII]

No, you cut out the PLO by: 1. Working out how much of the overall session is captured by it. 2. Eliminating it from the overall hours played. 3. Play more session to compensate. Easy. No need to use multipliers.

[@hungryhorsepoker]

no

[@IIIrandomIII]

@ Okay. Sorry for even suggesting. I apologise. I do appreciate your honesty.

[@seancartwright8291]

Just calling that quarter pot river bet with a set of 9s is so criminal.

[@ce7190]

The $80 with a boat was criminally too low. $140 accomplishes same.

[@paulthepolarbear9914]

Also, they have double board bomb pots like everywhere now

[@fryoungtrad]

You're complicating things more by including the bomb pots. You can just stop the timer when they hit. The variance is so high that your winnings are better expressed as a range if you factor in bomb pots.

[@eugeneahmad5459]

Way to book the win

[@LuckyPat335]

Hey Marc... I wonder, I know A LOT about poker. I ran a prison poker table here in cali for multiple years. That being said, how much do I know? I want to start playing for a living but not sure how to judge my ability. Trial by fire?

[@geoffsolonsch7782]

Hi Marc, the first time I saw one of your videos pop up I thought who is this wanker (Australian slang for jerk). After having watched heaps of your content I really think you are providing the best practical coaching for players at low to medium stakes, a very big thank you from a very grateful Australian. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

[@devonherron9935]

How long have you been waiting for that j92 board?! 😂😂

[@kohlfixari]

Lmaooooo the j92 shit was hysterical

[@NinottiLifts]

Last night i was playing with buddies and this was my cooler. UTG 4-bet shoves and I re-shove with pocket jacks. Bro turns over jack 6 of clubs. With one club on the flop he hit the runner runner flush.

[@TomRauhe]

You deserve that for 5bet shoving Jacks.

[@depalma13]

I had a J92 flop yesterday. Took everything in my power not to shout look at the sweet baby there!

[@hungryhorsepoker]

u shud yell it!

[@bed2149]

Punish me sweet boy -Marc goon 4:16

[@positivevibes201]

14:00 surely if you overbet $500 on river into $145, it accomplishes the same result as $900 would and you save $400 for the times he is nutted and not folding

[@hungryhorsepoker]

1) explain how he’s ever nutted? 2) if we can never run into top of range, don’t have to worry about “saving” cuz he’s never calling 3) a bluff that’s 10% too small is a lot more expensive than a bluff that’s 10% too big 4) if we overbet instead of xr - we minimize fold equity and lose “value” against ak that would always bet fold

[@davidbolinsky1750]

I vote if you can't make $100. An hour in 300 hours, you have to go to 400 hours! 😂😂😂