7 Signs of A Top 1% Poker Player

[@BlackRain79Poker]

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[@Mat-oh3xe]

They don't watch these videos. It would be nice if you explained the hand a little, in the AQo hand IDK if we are in or out of position. if it's a SRP and the positions of the players. Assuming btn vs bb after 75%(125% also possible) bet on the flop and checking turn the main line is to check AQo, you only bet with the Q of diamonds. You assigned hands like A3 and A4 to villain which they can't have, A4d is a flush, the off suit variations should be folded, even by a fish so that leaves the A3 and A4 of spades, but they can't have that because we have the A of spades.

[@Lita-yr4wt]

That's exactly what good poker players do.. They study, they go through a million examples like this one and get a variety of perspectives to keep improving their game.

[@SagostundenSvenska]

I feel extremely confident in my poker knowledge and play. I win most of the times I play. The only thing I struggle with is how to maintain the cool once you get a bad beat or something. A very typical day for me could be to start off at 100$, play very nice poker til 800-900 $, then get hit by 1 big slam on something unlucky or set vs set- but the issue then is how to have the discipline to step away, cool down, or not freak out over maybe having lost 400$ when "I had 900". Any advice to that moment? How to stay cool and remain in "your game"?

[@yeahwrestling]

Some of the best poker content. Fluff free, straight to the point, simple fundamental based, and non confusing. I downloaded the free WSOP poker app yesterday just to mess around for the first time to get a feel for the game. Came across your videos and started winning way more on just a FTP account and already in K rank. I so happen to live in Las Vegas, and I think I'm going to continue my training to eventually hit the real tables. Thank you man!

[@Yo9klub]

I appreciate your very educational approach to mid level poker. Thank you Nathan.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad it was helpful!

[@benzaquen2]

This is great. Can’t agree more with all of these. I used to play passively and would lose and now I use all of these methods and playing much better poker with more success

[@benzaquen2]

@davehimlin2374 and sometimes win! 🤷‍♂️

[@ЛаврентийЛюбецкий-м1г]

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[@BlackRain79Poker]

Great to hear!

[@jandebuysser2]

can you choose your seating at online games? 🤷‍♀

[@maulrat588]

And well, at my casino, if you raise limpers with a marginal hand like A9s or A10s (which looks better than it is) five callers are a regular thing at 1/2 NL. You have to go to 25 or 30 to get heads up or get everyone to fold.

[@yoyo-jr5ho]

Don’t raise those hands then.

[@johnnyralte5985]

i like to limp with strong hands sometimes, and re-raise. So what should u do there. Fold?

[@rudistorm3348]

Value betting 2nd pair on the river maybe profitable in some games but not the live games I play in.. K9, K10 may check call every street fearing KQ and AK.

[@gbrinkert]

I can see making 1/3 (maybe even pushing to 1/2) with a dual chance of getting some info OR possibly betting them off. But it really depends on the effective stacks and the fish's recent behavior

[@AT-qm8gv]

This advice is solid for the most part especially folding to the rock lol. Snap folded top 2-pair a couple of sessions ago and it was 💯 the right decision. This is the hardest lesson is learning how to **overfold** at lower stakes.

[@EternalSoul222]

I was in BB and had 95o and checked my option with 3 limpers. Flop comes 95Q Two diamonds. I bet 3bb, next player jams all in for like 20+ bb. I folded bottom two and the table was criticizing my fold. Why would I risk that 20+ bb for a pot that only had like 6bb to begin with

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Good stuff!

[@algoner4421]

I agree, for the most part, obviously the preflop action is so important. Assuming you raised w pockets aces preflop, not likely a "rock" is calling w any of the other hands listed other than two j or 9 in my opinion. A rock isn't playing 10 7, suited or otherwise or q 10, pocket 5s. That's why he is a rock. Those are fishing hands, amd are typically behind to preflop raise. I am enjoying these videos though, just stumbled across them and will subscribe. Thank you !

[@tuna411]

for #6, when the pot is very small, do you still suggest raising (which makes those behind auto fold)...thus potentially costing equity?

[@drunkengaming4782]

Can we get an updated vid on your profile on pokertracker 4?

[@tylerpayne8264]

#3 what happens when you get 3bet? Just fold your open ended straight draw? And if you get called, arnt you getting called by flush draws, top pair, and over cards? Like half the deck? Idk

[@boxychubbo6922]

Gauge your equity versus the pot odds

[@dingdinh2308]

What site u grind on ? Thanks for the content

[@edward6902]

really like your content … i watch a lot of them ( like this one) multiple times the new shorts you’re making are sharp too couple of queries: I’m winning about ½ the showdowns I’m involved in … should that be higher? Also, what is a good redline rate?

[@pr0use]

Always raise the limpers? I prefer to raise depending on the situation, the amount of limpers, the player profile of the players still to act, stack depth. For example if we have an agressive player to our left, you dont need to 3bet. you can let him do the 3 betting. And be last to act preflop. Lets say you have stacks to your left that are likely going to ship it. Why 3 bet? This way you tighten their shipping range. And with a call. You give them all options to hang themselves. Depending on the positon you get the most information preflop. While keeping your range wider.

[@ElJefe0719]

#4 might be the single most important tip here. I always know that I will have a good MTT session when I feel comfortable folding early and often.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Great tip!

[@bstegall23]

Which site do you play cash games? I play on ignition and there’s never a way for me to get that many sample hands like what is in your video.

[@jamesec1949]

Hi Nathan, do you have a system on keeping track of the size of the pot or are you counting as the bests are played? Appreciate your videos. 👍

[@stevetgraphixartist]

What do you think of players like Tom Dwan/Phil Ivey/Tuan Li they are so aggressive with their play. Thank you for the poker tips!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Short Answer: It's smart. They have built a loose image and they can get action any time they want it, because everyone always thinks they are bluffing.

[@stevetgraphixartist]

@@BlackRain79Poker I do see they do get caught when they bet big I guess the long run when they bet big the other will fold. Thank you for the videos.

[@rafateresinski126]

Another cool video. I have question about example 5 if you are suggesting that the player you are playing against has 15% vpip then is really 99, 88, 55, T7 in their range? Sure JJ and QT beats you and this does fit in his range but i dont why you consider pockets with such a tight player. Im really curious for the reasoning

[@rafateresinski126]

To be clear, I agree that this is a fold situation but i dont agree with the range that you are suggesting

[@loncharnettcr7044]

That's what I thought too they're not gonna be playing those hands if they are tight asf lol

[@RiverRat6996]

That first hand I feel like most Rec players are folding without a king flush or straight so why bet

[@vahegizhlaryan5052]

Where is the HUD link?

[@vsanden]

I approve this message. As a top 0.1% player I do those things. Although I do not raise all limpers, not when they are good or limping AA or KK too often. Furthermore the AQ value bet would not work against me being a top 0.1% player I would make you fold that AQ too often.

[@barygol]

You confused top 0.1% with bottom 0.1% You're welcome

[@scottoshea9440]

There's a difference between trips (pair in your hand) and trips (pair on board)

[@SunilKumar-wi5dp]

Sir your videos are always valuable why your books are not available on Amazon

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks Sunil! My books are only on my website.

[@svitlanaostapchenko5642]

These videos are very good.distilled wisdom.good cintent

[@drewdurrrrwill5423]

I love how simple it really is thank you ! All these poker nuts be confusing me with so much mathematics

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Happy to help!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad you liked it!

[@chanceneck8072]

#7 already makes total sense to me. 😅 So far so good.... I must say though, I've run into recreational poker players in the past though, who would call my half pot bet in this scenario and beat me with 7,3. 😅 Or 7,4. Or Q,3 or Q,4...

[@ElJefe0719]

Thin value occasionally means betting the 2nd best hand. You’re still printing money in the long run (any database will confirm this) by getting in those 1/2 pot river value bets against calling stations.

[@SeDUV-d1u]

Thank you Teacher ❤❤❤

[@BlackRain79Poker]

You're welcome 😊

[@adamunderwood4671]

Very well said great video ty

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks Adam!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my poker videos are helping you, thanks for watching!

[@redbarchetta5620]

I'd have say on tip #1, if that runout happened in that order (KQ743), if you have a Q and he's called two bets, betting the river against a fish is a bad idea. Either he missed his draw or he has a K. it's not a small part of a fish's range after a KQ7 flop. EDIT: I don't mean to say this info isn't valuable..it is. I just mean that particular example. If the runout was Q734K, then this is 100% correct.

[@Lita-yr4wt]

The best players I saw were really aggressive, but I found it hard to copy. Ended up just feeding the fish :p

[@byronwilliams872]

In the first example, the fish love hands like King 4 for two pair

[@maulrat588]

Half pot is a "value bet" when there's a K on the flop and we have a Queen? Are you serious? Oh I would check down every single time and fold to any substantial bet. The small percentage issue gets a little more real when there is still someone in the pot with a 9 way table and you're at the river with middle pair!

[@hq3473]

Yes. Against a fish with super wide range. Listen carefully.

[@_justcallme23]

If you’ve been checked to 3 times and don’t bet your AQ on a K-Q-7-4-3 board in position then you need to reevaluate your strategies

[@marcoslugo2384]

If the Players has a weak Range, You have higher chance of winning if Bet for Value with Thin Value Hands.

[@kellyjandrews]

Guess you're not a 1% 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@yoyo-jr5ho]

@@kellyjandrews 🫥 seat 🫥 open

[@JBfromFL]

That was really good Thank you

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad you liked it!

[@keiferderrin4165]

I'm just starting playing and find your vid very informative. But I've just watched your 9 Easy Poker Strategies Evering Beginner Should Know and you say you should always have the fish on your left, but in this video you say on your right. I'm confused. Should say I've started being more agressive based on the 9 video and am doing better

[@UKfinancial]

Bad and aggressive players you want to your right. If a good aggro player is directly to your left then you’ll be smart to find another seat (unless the fish are to your right, play them over the guy to your left.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Great to hear!

[@MP-tf7cc]

Good tips 👍

[@svitlanaostapchenko5642]

Yeah right ..and the Fush flips over 43!! This happens a lot to me

[@bigfatcody]

Example 7. What position is anyone in? all of this matters based on position. Everything you say it depends on your position. You cannot just play this way in any spot, and you know that supposedly.

[@derekxavier220]

Great stuff

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks Derek!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No prob, glad my poker videos are helping you!

[@mokeozinga7290]

3 of a kind is not AKA a set. 2 people could flop 3 of a kind, whereas if you flop a set, you're the only person who could hold 3 of that card: A5; flop: 855; pocket 5's; flop: Q85. There is a difference.

[@pot_kivach160]

I like the video.

[@deanmarkovic9765]

How bad am I my poker bros stats 22 total games 763 total hands VPIP 80.13 % ROI 9.16 % its not a large sample size

[@ricolisandro89]

Agreed need a bigger sample size but seems waaaaaaay too aggresive lol - what tables you usually play? (full ring, 6-max, etc)

[@deanmarkovic9765]

I play online a lot smaller stakes than I play live. I usually play tournaments and cash games. I play Omaha 4 card 5o cents 1 dollar tops . I play on my cell phone and don't play the volume online that is required

[@deanmarkovic9765]

​@@ricolisandro89usually Omaha is 6 max

[@deanmarkovic9765]

I recently traveled a lot to play tournaments but used to play cash games hold em over 20 years ..I play Omaha online I guess for the action

[@ricolisandro89]

@@deanmarkovic9765 Ah yeah Omaha is a madhouse - there an 80% VPIP is probably more normal but I wouldn't know enough to say for sure. Tried it only a few times and got destroyed 😕 learned real quick that hold em skills don't really transfer over all that well haha

[@davetroys69]

Well i was at a 4 grand tournament 4 hours in, i get AT of spades. Flop comes 2 ♠️ 5 ♠️ and something else not relevant in this hand. Good I bet I get two callers to my direct left. I'm OOP. Turn comes 3 ♠️ so I'm like that's pretty. I bet again pretty much a third they both call me. So I'm like this is nuts. Well the river comes 6 ♠️ and i bet big a bit less than half my stack. Player to my left goes all in for a few more than my bet and third player goes in the tank... I'm thinking wtf is going on here. They both have flushes? Maybe with the K... third player eventually calls and I shove on him. Bad move maybe but the fact is he folds the THIRD NUTS with K Q ♠️ I flip over my hand, pretty content with myself and the last guy goes "turn them over I don't want to touch them" he had 4 4 with the 4 ♠️ for the actual super nuts. Nut flush vs straight flush. The sad thing is that usually in a cash game in that same place that exact straight flush 2 through 6 is the jackpot of 1 grand. In a tournament there's no jackpot... he said for the hand I had he would have split the jackpot and called it a day... what a hand though. Happened two days ago and I still can't stop thinking about it.

[@BPMa14n]

Im the 99% because that one time i thin value bet my tptk and got check raised on the river learned not to do it again

[@PeterEyamie]

I dunno. But fish will have K7 K4 K3 74 a lot of the time.

[@badvideo169]

they have 7s they have AK - dont you deal in real world?

[@blagadragos5774]

Neat haircut my man

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks, always working on my haircut game too!

[@chanceneck8072]

7 signs of a top 1% Poker player: #1: I would not have to watch this video.... 😅🤭

[@untouchable360x]

8. You do coke.

[@_rsquared]

It’s so hard to listen to you for longer than 3 minutes. I’m sure you’re a good player, but teaching may not be your thing

[@MisterWonderful-s6n]

everytime i get pocket aces.. i just fold.

[@nevillemignot1681]

'Black Rain'?

[@bennybeeeee]

You have not been to the states in recent years. Seat changing is becoming increasingly creepy and often has unintended consequences. Even bad players will exit a game these days

[@MortimerYoung]

What do you mean

[@anthonyfoutch3152]

I think you have to be successful for 20 years to be in 1%

[@PhoebusQC]

blablabla

[@okiepokertraveler1718]

Also remember that 6x7x suited has at least 20% equity against any over pair. So if you have a player that only plays big pairs, and you get 67 suited, you might want to look them up. 56, 78, and 89 suited also play well, but just about 1% less than 67. If you don't think 1% edge is a lot, talk to a pro who plays 20k hands a week, like Nate here.

[@algoner4421]

I learned this the hard way years ago when I transitioned from home tourney, small stakes cash and online, to live cash at local casino. Looking back now, I was so obvious to read lol. I kept getting my premium hands cracked. The good players knew if they called w suited or connected, and hit, they were getting paid. I do love this game though, even with all its heartbreak lol

[@jordanlee3078]

There's no way your a top 1% just by knowing these 7 things. EVERY ONLINE PRO knows and does all of these things. And the first hint that this guy is clueless is he's explaining what a river is in poker at the start of the video....hello? Top 1% eh lol. Second hint is his #2 rule... punish the limpers. Meaning get punished by the real top 1% who are limping AA and hoping A10 is raising behind him. Don't listen to this guy. He's stuck playing 1/2 I guarantee it.

[@bennybeeeee]

#1 would have been good advice in 2005

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Lots of beginners watch my videos so I try to explain even the most basic concepts.

[@bennybeeeee]

More like top 74% in 2023

[@LifeGrind]

Seriously man, great content.. but I gotta say, you are TERRIBLE for the game.. keep this info to yourself and let players learn on their own.. Im so sick of people giving free lessons and info making the game tougher, just for their own personal channel growth or gain.. its just not fair to the rest of us that already know these strategies and had to learn them from years of grinding it out with trial and error.. I like you and your channel, but you are TOXIC for poker!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Haha thanks! The info will always be out there, not everyone will use it correctly though :)

[@Mr.Caring]

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[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad this one helped!