Stop Using These 5 Poker Strategies (Amateur Mistake!)

[@BlackRain79Poker]

What poker strategies give you the most trouble? Also, check out my other video with the top 5 poker hands you need to stop playing! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHbKiJmdetiHl5Y

[@paulthompson9668]

BlackRain79Poker The strategy that gives me the most trouble is playing against people who use these top 5 worst poker strategies (e.g., chasing bad draws) and beating me on the river.

[@shivasirons6159]

Paul, i couldn't believe your comment only had 1 like, i know its tounge in cheek but so dammed true!!!

[@Jennifear]

Two bad strategies I see all the time 1. betting on the river when only better hands will call and only worse hands will fold. 2. calling out of position too often

[@davidpayne1179]

@@Jennifear I feel man including me make th is mistake to many times

[@Classicv5]

​@@paulthompson9668 Then they're not bad draws

[@stephenemorena5120]

I was told by my poker mentor years ago that the biggest difference between recreational players and pros, is that rec players are always looking for a reason to play a hand, pros are looking for a reason to fold

[@dealyzz1558]

Such a good view of the game. I will definitely try to use it when it comes to decision making

[@bradenk32]

That’s a great quote

[@marcaca32]

That teaches so much lol

[@bhedrick101]

I keep saying if you aren't folding "winners" you're too loose. Flop is K33, hey I folded 73!

[@mryoungshark4086]

I love watching big deep highstakes analyse by bencb or doug polk but lets be honest you are actually the channel that 80% of us really need to pay attention👏

[@Плут-с2о]

Very true, I like Nathan's phrase about micro stakes "play brutally honest poker"

[@IndianIdiot602]

Brother, no poker players making money, almost 99% players losing money and time. Cowards like him working for poker sites and fucking some stories to keep us loosing money

[@IndianIdiot602]

@@Плут-с2о Brother, no poker players making money, almost 99% players losing money and time. Cowards like him working for poker sites and fucking some stories to keep us loosing money

[@andrewcarter7503]

No! We don't want anyone watching these videos. Except us 😉

[@aaronreibstein7047]

I play 2-5 live cash - not micro stakes on line. What you said is universally correct. Thanks Nathan for sharing the insight of millions of hands,

[@IndianIdiot602]

Brother, no poker players making money, almost 99% players losing money and time. Cowards like him working for poker sites and fucking some stories to keep us loosing money

[@MusikFanatikeren]

Im a huge fan of your story, starting from literally nothing and having never deposited money on your poker account. That is amazing to me! I admire your persistence, thank you for being inspiring and learning me to play better poker. ^_^

[@BlackRain79Poker]

I appreciate that!

[@wayneburton745]

Finallly! Poker tips I can actually understand and use in my low limit games. Thank you.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad it helped!

[@Bolt24HotSounds]

Number five is totally true. Can't count all times that I have lost big in low stakes with AA, KK, QQ. vs small sets, two pairs etc.

[@Shaun-u1c]

Thanks Nathan for your great advice over the last 4 months I’ve been watching and changing me into a regular winning poker player.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Great to hear!

[@davidpayne1179]

This was my favourite video that you have done and I feel this. will help many poker players out for sure!!!! Thanks man

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks David!

[@denisfolcik1373]

Never folding Aces is a great topic. It is definitely hard to do at times, even when its a scary board. Even when experienced and you know better, can be hard to do. I've gotten better with it over the years tho. The worst is having pocket Aces and losing to pocket Aces tho. Had it happen twice, first time was a small limit game, so didn't lose much. Second time was much worse. Was a 1k tournament, on my birthday, and allin preflop. Had red Aces against black Aces. 2 spades on the flop, then runner runner spades. Horrible bday gift haha.

[@WSPanicFan85]

I lost with KK vs A3o when the board ran out JJJ8J... Dude won with his Ace as a kicker. Prob worst beat I've ever taken live. Def the strangest

[@mythical_mario]

that is disgusting

[@faxe8376]

A type of chasing draws is special: set mining. Many players call pocket pairs preflop, no matter what it costs.

[@zechariahtorrey9088]

Very simple and straight forward also easy to comprehend. Keep up the good work!

[@Weltrat]

You guys gotta read his books... they are gold! His videos are great, but his books bring you so much more!!!

[@byronwilliams872]

Do they have them at the library?

[@Weltrat]

@@byronwilliams872 they're digital, he sells them on his site

[@marksimpson2321]

Good to see BlackRain himself do a video. Always good to hear his advice about poker! :)

[@mikehong2691]

Thanks!-Nathan!-I Always Learn!-From Watching Your Videos About POKER!&Winning!&Thank You!-Nathan!-It Gives Me!-New Strategies!-Raymond "Mike" Hong!

[@Micloren]

These are actually very solid tips that would save or win people a lot of money if they took them to heart. Subscribed.

[@ryanjohnston8237]

You are a great low stakes teacher!

[@dhanidevi710]

The turn and river nuts strategy is saving me a lot of money, thanks man!

[@robertbridge2629]

appreciate the knowledge

[@deathcoredad]

love your vids, but was wondering if you ever do live play vids? would love to hear your thought process in live action, thanks 😊

[@edwardguerentz3877]

Good advice. I realize I do some of these mistakes. I followed some of your other rules and I won!

[@neeazmahmud3607]

One major flaw that I see that is not talked about much is Overprotecting your hands. I see a lot of players who are so scared to lose a pot when they have a big hand that they overbet the pot and only take down a small profit. For example, a 1/2 game with 5 limps to the pot, so a $10 pot going to the flop. A player will flop the nut straight and then bet all in for $65 and everyone folds.

[@gregoryfoster8179]

Yep, all good points. Have learned most of those the hard way. I've even lost sets of As & Ks. Grrr.

[@chilogutierrez8760]

I think low 2 pairs are fine to play. But you gotta play them hard and fast. I generally am looking to check raise on the flop and if it goes check check them I will end up just calling it down unless of course you just run bad and all the hight cards and flush come out.

[@wl1495]

I've been watching some of your videos. You're a cool dude with valuable content. cheers

[@fishbonegaga]

Great advises as always. Thanks Nathan.

[@TheFairway8]

Relative hand strength is a very important concept.

[@Jacob-ud9fe]

Do you have any content on 9 man reg speed sng? There’s not much quality content on them.

[@Плут-с2о]

Tip five is so on point. They barely ever bluff on river, basically 95% it's a monster hand. On a rare occasion people do bluff in micro stakes and calling stations put them in their place :D

[@lorneplemel3558]

With top pairs like AA and KK I like just jamming it all in preflop especially in later positions or the blinds and if there have been limper's or raisers prior to my action. Get it all in preflop and no tough decisions post flop. Yes you might win a smaller pot but at least you won't lose a big pot when you convince yourself your top pair is still good cause we all know they are hard to fold. Preflop your a 82% favorite to win with AA yeah sometimes you will get a cooler your KK meets AA but thats poker and I can live with that as I made the right decision pre flop. This kinda helps me to avoid tilt also and second guess my preflop decisions like maybe I didn't raise enough to get heads up and your in a multi way pot and then your AA/KK is normally in trouble on the many coordinated/wet boards. If I'm in early position UTG, UTG+1 at 6 max or full table I/you need to make a strong raise 4 or 5x BB so you can get heads up and not give decent pot odds to those is late position or the blinds. This will give you a higher chance mathematically for your AA/KK standing up if you can get heads up and if everyone folds so be it you only won the blinds. Sometimes you need to assess and gauge the texture of the table and figure out what size of raise will get most players to fold then use that bet size to ideally get heads up and sometimes you will get raised then just jam it all in with AA unless you are really deep stacked so then its important to look at your opponent/s stack size. My thoughts. What you think of just getting it all in preflop?

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

"This will give you a higher chance mathematically for your AA/KK standing up if you can get heads up" The math on this was done long ago: you win a higher % of pots HU, but you win more money overall if it's three ways. The object is to win money, not pots.

[@haiderbashir3113]

You want to raise enough to the point that you can isolate a player with AT-AK, TT-KK, KQ, KJ, and suited connectors. And choose to fold if you need to. That way you can save money in those situations

[@blkmoney1066]

Good evening to you do you have video of when to do continuation bets after the flop I like the content of your material keep up the good work thank you have a nice evening goodbye.

[@rzambory2938]

Thank You 🙏 great advise !!

[@GetMeThere1]

Very useful -- especially when made into a 'topic,' as you have here. Thanks!

[@hyphenizm]

I've been playing poker for less than a year and I'm guilty of some of these. Mainly, overvaluing marginal hands as blind vs blind.

[@MrDavePed]

I have a HUD that tells me my win probability. If it is less than 90% I try to avoid betting a lot. I try to fold. I know I should fold if the xBB's go up up up with a

[@kylenuttley3820]

What HUD do you use

[@MrDavePed]

@@kylenuttley3820 Bet Online's hud. ..

[@tellmestraight]

Thank you. I like videos like this!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad you like them!

[@Cream147player]

Don’t fold your aces pre though haha, except maybe in some crazy multi-way pot on a major money bubble in a tournament (and even then, you should probably be calling if you like winning rather than min-cashing tourneys!

[@connorshoemaker2466]

Very guilty of the last statement. Thank you

[@rzambory2938]

Your videos are 👍. You have really helped me. Thank You 🙏

[@一休-g3d]

I'm surprised that cold call 3bet is not on this list, in my list this is the number one difference maker between newbies and regular

[@MrMjn5000]

thanks for all the good info

[@carolecarr5210]

Folding pocket aces hurts my heart when I've had to do it ( twice). Ooohhh the pain !!! Lol.

[@mr.stacks9393]

This is a solid top 5. Good advice.

[@leopoldocapule3856]

thanks for the reminder

[@DwightHayles]

Ignore most of these for tourney play - cash games - sure but not tourney play. Especially turn raises - 50 percent are bluffs.

[@byronwilliams872]

I love hands like 5/3 suited. No wonder I haven't won anything in almost a year. I see Daniel playing hands like that and winning so I incorporate it into my game

[@holgermuller5148]

Nailed to 100% Nathan!!!

[@tommye5651]

I like your vids mate, the 5 worst poker hands was great, jack 9 suited I was always tempted to use that hand. Now I do not! Keep up the good work plz :)

[@Tiggerpepper]

He is the only poker ♣️ ♦️ ♥️ teacher 🧑‍🏫 👨‍🏫 👩‍🏫 I will obey.

[@jerrymartin7848]

love your logic thank you :)

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks Jerry!

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

All these types of hands are hands you should play just you have to be defense when action flops happen. None of these hands will loose you money in the long run as long as you play them right and are good at reading players based on how active they are and probability. An example is I'm not afraid of chasing the bottom end of a straight as long as only 1-2 opponents went to the flop and I am getting the right price if someone bets. If I three bet an active opponent and go heads up to the flop with pocket nines and the flop is Q/8/4 rainbow I'm pretty sure my hand is still good. if four people see the flop I know my hand is probably not good but if every one checks to me you know I'm taking a shot at it. Poker is very situational. All these problem situations you are describing usually happen when too many people go to the flop in a raised pot. Not enough people three bet there strong hands to keep people in check. If some dude raises under the gun every time and several people call and I am by the button with KQ I am not calling I am 3 betting. If the always under the gun raiser raises and the guy right next to him three bets as long as that guy isn't super tight I am four betting him as long as I got a hand I can call a raise with and his stack is a third my size or less so if we get it in and I lose i am not crippled. Another thing a lot of players don't factor is the dynamics of heads up pots versus multiway pots. In heads up your opponent is more likely to bluff you but when you make a strong pair they are usually gonna hold up way more. in multi way pots your top pair is more often beat by being out flopped or out drawn but opponents are less likely to bluff you because their is other opponents in their to keep them in check. if some guy is stuck between you and another opponent he is less likely to bluff because he is worried the other guy might have something. Side Note I beat the World Series of Poker video game a couple of hours ago. also got 3rd(caught in bluff by King high vs Ace high) and 24th(3 outter bad beat with 1 card to go) earlier in the week.

[@fishbonegaga]

🤣

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

@@fishbonegaga what did you find funny?

[@bazstansbie]

Video game 😂

[@Jolly-Green-Steve]

@@bazstansbie Dude if we both get 3 attempts and then take the best attempt of those 3 i guarantee I place way higher than you or anybody you know. That game is super difficult. I have real experience in cash games as high as 10/20. my problem is i never have maintained a bankroll more than 3-4 months because as soon as I go on a loosing streak I tilt like crazy and try to make it up playing higher stakes which is disastrous. also once i started winning I would start drinking almost every session and that can be troublesome.

[@bazstansbie]

@@Jolly-Green-Steve i play poker for a livin not a video game lmao so ye ill take that bet how much?

[@michaelmoore7532]

Very helpful

[@MrDavePed]

Top pair is usually not worth more than 13 big blinds. If someone is betting more than that you can expect them to have two pair or trips etc.

[@jameslourenco8404]

Aa is 1.5. The real number one is calling down with kk on an ace high board

[@ramonparrab]

Excelente video. 👌

[@MegaYoungday]

I hit a back door flush with A high and my opponent had the nuts on the flop with the same flush. He went all in on flop, I called and hit the flush on the turn, won a big pot with A2 off.

[@maxvenegas]

NATHAN thank you very much for all your the help,, Watching your videos yesterday I applied all I learned from you and I won $800 on 2-3 no limits... thank you your strategy definitely works.. Keep up the great work you doing.. I preaciade it..

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Nice work!

[@dfdice1]

Awesome video

[@johndrake3472]

Great advice

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thank you!

[@paulpena5040]

"River raise is always the nuts" Haha too true. I was playing 2 days ago at $2/$5 and flopped a set. Unbeknownst to me I was behind as my set of 3s was dominated by a set of Aces. Anyhow I bet each street and he just called. But the river was another 3. I bet and he raised! (always the nuts) and then I re-raised (always the nuts) and then he jammed the 2nd nuts. A terrible cooler for him but it does go to show river raises are NEVER light.

[@TheBarkanMethodofHotYoga]

Thanks...good VIDEO!!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad you liked it!

[@percyblok6014]

Play for stacks, not pots. When you start doing this, it's easy to get away from top pair.

[@MsKalaskul]

What do you mean by "play for stacks, not pots"?

[@dmitriyk1584]

@@MsKalaskul he means instead of trying to win a 40 or 50$ pot, wait for the opportunity where you can win the opponents entire stack (all chips they have on table)

[@Pootie_Tan]

Me gusta jugar futbol americano ☕️

[@PlaguedGhost]

it happened to me today lol i cried. 1 flushed out on the turn and the other flushed out on the river. I shoved two pair on the flop and lost 350 extra on the turn and river flushes. Someone called on the flop with 350 all in on the flop

[@ArticruciA]

I just had a nut flush against a guy I was battling for hours and I didn't think his raise meant he had a full house until it was too late...

[@jwilliams6002]

Why the hell would you bet with AA on a board of 567? Unless, it was 4-bet preflop. If it was just a raise and a call, I am in check, call mode. If I am in position, I am playing pot control.

[@DMOz0ne]

I do all of these! Thanks for showing me I'm a donkey lol I'll see my way out now.

[@isaibong4477]

Honestly the best strategy in big online tournaments seems to be get in as much as possible.. forget playing smart hands.. guys top of the leaderboard just luckbox gamblers

[@jameslourenco8404]

Bottom two is the same as top pair in a big pot

[@bezo8162]

Wait... 2 pair isn't the NUTS?!!! Better go back to the slots🤣🤣

[@skullduggery3377]

slowplaying never works for hellmuth anyway. he always just traps his ego.

[@unclearvin3718]

Good advice. Getting married, you and your Aces against the world, costs so many chips. If you don't get some help on the flop you will do well to move cautiously.

[@Birdbussa]

What about bluffing ?

[@yellowteeth255]

you talking about that 95% play NLHE. You ever play other pokergames?

[@MrDavePed]

Hmm I think that was worth at least 500k hands experience TY :) ..

[@Beanmachine91]

dont forget to float!

[@calinator51]

I usually am glued to my premiums like AA because they usually hold up but yesterday I snap folded. Post flop 3 ways 6-8-9 and 2 clubs I bet and got check raised by an extremely tight opponent and the other player called as well. I threw those rockets away asap lol. It kind of burned seeing an A on the turn but probably still no good.

[@moreaddspls]

i found my 5 biggest leaks in one video should i be happy or worried?

[@davidboyd374]

I should retire from poker. Haha. Great information. At my level People play pocket 2s. and think they have the nuts. But I'm at that level.🙂 Find your information just great thanks. I have final tabled a few times and won a few times. And yes. When I don't win. That's when my brain. Has a bad fart. And I lose 🙂🙂

[@mrki412]

My like was number 1000, maybe I will learn something.

[@Beanmachine91]

you couldnt count that high, millions of hands means nothing compared to iron will and mightyness!

[@jimpalmer4392]

abosulutly

[@naviddd007]

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[@Beanmachine91]

dont drop yo aces jack!

[@cateatfood6634]

"Or they could have quads, holding 77" lol naaah, if there's 2 7s out there its highly unlikely they are holding the ither 2 😂

[@marcph14]

Is Every Hand a Winner Every Hand a Loser???

[@ROC14088]

Slow play don't pay

[@jaypeters5224]

It can but you gotta pick your moments

[@id10t98]

unless you are one of the sites sponsored players, online poker is a scam, that's the first thing everyone should avoid.

[@adammccloud3716]

Nah...some people are just terrible at poker and dont have the iq to get better

[@jaypeters5224]

Yup. Play live, this is the way

[@terencehill3972]

Ah, 98s my pretty alluring femme fatale...seducing me with your straight on a TJQ flop, but crushing my balls vs. villain's AK...

[@ralphkotwica6184]

So don't play big pots with aces lol ok

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

👏👏 ‼️®™️

[@Savingusnow]

Voice put me to sleep

[@fatmirsejdini5992]

I didnt hear anything except that weird ass voice. Very strange