$2-$5 Poker Challenge -- 5 Things I Got Right Or Wrong

[@warrenmaxwell2366]

Your bet sizing observations at 2/5 make sense. 3x is a pretty standard raise size in most Vegas 2/5 games, and betting small on the flop is generally the correct theoretical play on a lot of flops. Turns and rivers you start seeing a lot more overbets than at 1/3.

[@TakePoker]

Nice video. The point you made about players being "there to play" at 2/5 is one of the best parts about the game. Even today, grown men at 1/2 whine when a player is opening "too much", or try to shut down a game when it's 6-handed and someone has to use the bathroom. It's also worth remembering that a $6+$2 rake at 1/2 is a 4bb rake cap, while it's ~1.5bb rake cap at 2/5.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

The turnover was very low. That was great.

[@michaelb5355]

thank-you

[@one3DoiNWoRk]

nice!!!

[@RedbarRants]

ITS THE HALL OF FAME POKER ROOM @ THE HORSESHOE CASINO!

[@bennybeeeee]

Nothing is static. A soft room could be a lot harder the next year, a soft new room could be terrible down the road yet amazing on that one tuesday afternoon. I've heard people say that south Florida is amazing, and most of my experiences have been the exact opposite. I think a lot of it just comes down to what day / month / year / lineup / tabledraw you end up with. Also the alignment of the planets / whether or not mars is in retrograde and just flatout what time you sat down on a particular day and also who got up for a smoke thereby upsetting the trajectory of the cards and affecting the space-time continuum. I guess that's why they call it gambling

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Where did you get the retrograde line? I read that about 5 days ago in the comments of another poker video.

[@bennybeeeee]

I've been saying it for years, I got it from a poker player in biloxi, who knows where she got it from. Probably another poker player

[@Chanur2000]

If everyone is concerned about the player pool we need to see the return of the 3/6, 4/8 limit games. No limit is a pretty deep pool to jump into for a first time visitor. The average tourist/ rookie is looking to have fun and get at the very least some time out the money they bring to the table. Someone looking to have a good time goes in and gets blown away two or three times isn't going to return.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

The lowest stakes of everything are disappearing.

[@RedbarRants]

August is pretty damn slow. In January Which is the slowest month of the year for literally every business and every industry. I'm going to New Zealand for a month To visit city kickboxing and get tatted up like Dan Hooker. Gonna do all the stuff they're like cave diving, And Other great fun times.

[@frontseatdog4296]

Ty Rice!

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Go to House of Kings in El Paso TX if you want to see action. Instead of renting rooms in Vegas why don't you go stay at Trooper's new candy factory? lol

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Given how weak that was, I'd really hate to see the first version before you edited it.

[@300lbcanary2]

Haven't read all the comments, so others may say the same........ I believe your comment #5 is why many folks have always made note you should play more 2-5.....that said, the games are "more serious" than your typical 1-2/1-3 and you lose a lot from lack of conversation. I too like a lively table (not crazy maniacs, but good conversations and a bit of loose play) to make my time more enjoyable. So it sounds like typical Vegas day there are from 3-8 games of 2-5 going across 4 rooms....the rest are 1-2/1-3 games. That seems like a small player pool. I'm assuming that big events increase these numbers as more money and purely rec players come into town (excluding WSOP influence). The variance of these could be good or bad short term. Hope you have enjoyed a couple days away from the tables....always good to do now and then. I like your week long challenges....longer and it probably really can drag you down.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

The 250 hours in 25 days in '22 was a very long one. But very satisfying when it ended.

[@Tico5907]

Bellagio 2/5 you will print money! Wynn Aria 2/5 some of the toughest 2/5s in the country would avoid

[@bennybeeeee]

Pre-pandemic I would have said the opposite. Avoid Bellagio 2/5 and go print at southpoint 3/5. Now, not so much. Pre-pandemic I was avoiding vegas and playing in LA. Now, not so much. Any honeyhole that you find won't stay that way forever

[@Tico5907]

@@bennybeeeee loved south point 3/5 when I played it in July! But that was during wsop so probably accurate representation

[@GregF-k7w]

Bellagio 2/5 should be the softest in Vegas because the room always has bigger games going to keep the best players out of 2/5.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Seen the same concept happen in other rooms too. Good point.

[@keepitsimple693]

its also lowest cap which helps

[@davemarnell8871]

When people have a hand, does their bet tend to not be easily divisable to pot? I feel like bluffs have to look a certain way, i.e.half pot, full pot, 1/3 etc.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Some people think in terms of portion of the pot. Some don't. I saw several min-raise river bluffs last Saturday. The thought seemed to be "I want to bluff." But the thought never got to the "what sizing?" concept.

[@BonesawPoker]

comment for the algorithm

[@stuartgibbel]

reply for the algorithm

[@jasonblaine23]

If you did more of your hours at night and on the weekends you probably would have no problems finding a 2/5 game at any of the casinos you went to but it seems you play a lot during the day and on the weekdays you're one of the few vloggers that seems to like less action. And if you're the most agressive player at the table it's gotta be a rough game.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

I play a lot. It can't all be nights and weekends. Also, nights and weekends are busiest, but not necessarily best. All the weekend warriors show up on weekends. I much prefer Tuesday 11pm to Friday 11pm in Vegas.

[@jasonblaine23]

@@VegasPokerNomad so you kind of agree. It's much harder getting a day time 2/5. Trying finding a daytime 5/10 lol.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

@@jasonblaine23 Yeah there are fewer. In Vegas it's often a small number of good games or a large number of weak games. -- I've been to other cities with the opposite phenomenon though.

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

Some people can't play unless they talk and some people can't play and talk.. I hate silent games. Some people hate me because i talk a lot.

[@nothingspecial2681]

I feel like your hyping up 2-5 to much in your head the player pool still has to be 90 percent recreational for it to work

[@mikeb6350]

There’s levels of recreationals

[@VegasPokerNomad]

It was much more rec than I expected, yeah.

[@Ronald-dc6me]

I don't believe these casinos think that poker rooms are that profitable. I see card rooms coming to Las Vegas. Just like they are all over the rest, United States.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Real estate isn't so available on the Strip. If it happens, it wouldn't be near anything.

[@apocalypsepromotions7676]

And remember, rice is a spoon food.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

Definitely

[@ericbush1544]

I believe as inflation has continued unabated for the last 4 years the lowest no limit games should also change. A dollar is worth about 53 cents today compared to 2020… I think the lowest game should be 2-3, or possibly even 2-5. It’s like the reason I was always told 3/6 limit was the smallest limit game Vegas would spread, and in most rooms it was 4/8 limit, was because that game is barely beatable given the rake.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

Im with you, people can get a hundred together, should always be a 1/2 or bring back the 50cent chip for .5/1 game live.

[@VegasPokerNomad]

It looks like things are heading that way.

[@joyride1598]

A $1 in 2020 is equivalent to about $1.21 in today's dollars, which means you need a $1.21 today to equal the value of a $1 4 years ago. Where did you come up with the 53% figure? Source?

[@ericbush1544]

@@joyride1598 I think your numbers are off… if you get them from govt then I’m sure they are off. Do you have any real world examples that fit that 1.21 number you’ve been spoon fed? And, what do you even care? You sound like a shill

[@RedbarRants]

silence? I have my headphones in 100% of the time. I couldn't stand silence and I probably couldn't stand listening to these idiots talk. How do you torture yourself like that I go to my headphones noise canceling

[@jvegas3209]

Your not wired for 2 5 bro

[@VegasPokerNomad]

You're

[@loydbridges6214]

If $2/$5 is the lowest game poker would lose at least 25% of the players it has now.

[@bitcoinjesus420]

Only 25%? 😂 😂

[@godisgood7565]

More like 60%

[@sportspokerguy3506]

More like 80%

[@SPARKLISWEETS]

Sorry, but pursuing poker is a fool's errand. Building a candy empire is the way to go. Sparkli Sweets is expanding with a commercial kitchen and will cement its dominance in ruling the candy streets. Amazing. Keep it sweet!

[@nothingspecial2681]

Lamo you must live a sad life bro

[@SPARKLISWEETS]

@@nothingspecial2681 I can't dispute. Keep it sweet!

[@sincitycapital]

If you were serious you'd be playing $5-$10 everyday.

[@bennybeeeee]

I agree, 50k swings are the way to go

[@sincitycapital]

@bennybeeeee If you're having $50k swings with $1k buy ins you're the worst poker player of all time.

[@bennybeeeee]

Where in the usa do you sit at 5/10 with 1k?

[@bennybeeeee]

You sound experienced. Maybe you are unfamiliar with what a swing is. A swing is a large shift in the size of your bankroll. If it's positive, it's an upswing. Bankroll swings can be sizeable. Swings can occure even if you're playing solidly, if you lose several buy-ins in a row. Conversely, there may also be phases where you win a disproportionally large amount of money. 50k either way happens constantly at 5/10/20 uncapped. I don't know about where you play, but where I play the straddle is almost always on

[@bennybeeeee]

Maybe not constantly, maybe that is too strong. But it does happen. Pretty much everyone I talk to has reported a sizeable downswing or sun run