5 Poker Hands EVERYONE Screws Up! (Fix This Now)

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Do you struggle with any of these 5 hands? Also, here are the 5 things that winning poker players do, that losing poker players don't do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXSYoImbgqyWp7M

[@RaulGroom]

I think 98s is the weirdest hand in NLHE. It flops extremely well and makes a lot of strong hands but it also makes the wrong end of a straight in a lot of situations where opponent could have AK. On the kinds of wolfpacky flops that it likes, it often makes a fairly weak bluffcatchy-type holding in a situation where opponent is going to be reluctant to fire as aggressively as they should because your range smashes the board. Also it was the hand I was holding in the only >$1k live bad beat I ever took in a cash game, so I have a little bit of a grudge. It taught me not to trap out of position multiway though!

[@dponder44]

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[@sean9448]

I love how you don't pad your videos. You always get to the point right away. Well done, Sir.

[@brandonhoszkiw9395]

Can't agree more.. soo much content on KZbin but the best videos are fast paced with minimal off topic rambling

[@QBAN2010]

Your comment is spot on! I can’t tell you how many videos I turn off before they get to the point!

[@michaelliner8308]

Agreed to all of this! He makes sense for intermediate players also. Impressive bud!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks for the feedback Sean. Glad others feel this way as well! Because I completely agree, I regularly switch off videos from KZbinrs who take 2-5 minutes to even get to the point. Simply no need for this, just give the people what they clicked for!

[@mitchelljames9164]

Yeh he’s a full time legend

[@Bob62]

Played live Monday night, had 88, called a pre flop raise, everyone else folded. Flop. K, 8, 10. She raised,3x. I had about double her stack, pushed all in with my trips. She called with K,A. ..Turn - K, Giving her trip K’s, and a FH for me……River. Another 10! 🙈,and a FH K,10s for the lovely lady. Ffs!… Was a long haul back but took her out an hour later and a 3rd place cash. Happy days.

[@michelepuluti4323]

Thank you Nathan. I love your teaching style, direct and to the point: no messing around! Wonderful!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks Michele!

[@jolaz69]

Good advice. I like to hear your perspective. A lot of poker is situational no matter what two cards you are holding. Yesterday I lost a good sized pot with KK out of position, but won a massive pot with 35 off suit on the button.

[@windy619]

You shouldn’t be playing 35o lol unless you’re in the bb and it limps to you. That’s only situation. Unless you have a massive edge against the blinds post flop, who also rarely 3 bet pre, then you could open raise it from button

[@sharjeelahmed1475]

You were just lucky thats all, thats once a thousand opportunity.

[@calinator51]

Thank you very much for these videos Blackrain. I've always called AQ my nemesis hand and the main hand I bust tourneys with. I never thought it was an amazing hand but a pretty solid all-in hand. Thank you for the analysis that it's a hand better not to overplay too much. Great content sir.

[@MP-tf7cc]

That's why they used to call A-Q "walking back to Houston" 😅

[@marktwained]

You’ve definitely helped me improve my game. You give great basic advice without over complicated explanations. Thank you

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad to help!

[@matthewjohnson9413]

I'm not a writer. I'm not even that good at poker. However, if I was to write a poker book it would be titled "Pocket 8's Under the Gun: I don't know what to do!!!"

[@jackofalltradesprepping9611]

Depends on the table but, limp for a flopped eight is my goto and fold to a big raise

[@boxychubbo6922]

I actually shoved with 88 the other night and they held up. Kept me in there and then I won the tournament a few hrs later. Didn't feel good about it though.... the guy who called had two overs and missed

[@chrismac4441]

Nathan, you are a legend. I played a few tournaments the other day where every one of these situations came up at some point. I applied the information from this video and it helped me out big time. I actually placed first in two MTTs in one day! I'm talking soft 888 Poker micro tournaments here but there were still a couple of hundred players in each. I feel like that might be a once in a lifetime thing but I couldn't believe it. You were the one who first got me into learning how to play poker years ago with your micro stakes cash game books and articles, and here you are helping me out big time with tournaments too. Thanks so much

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Nice job Chris! Glad my videos are helping you.

[@indjke]

lol 888 is so F rigged

[@mikesbestfriend]

I won two tournaments back to back. Field of 100 and field of 40. Then won $1200 on 1/2 no limit last night off $200 buy-in. Love the videos.

[@therealexquisiteexistentia4743]

Do you ever stream you playing online?

[@jordanlee3078]

And this dude is a primarily low stakes content creator. Almost none of the stuff he teaches applies to real poker in higher stakes. I rarely agree with him But i do agree with this AQ take, he is absolutely correct.

[@WeirdMedicine]

He specifically says this... He is teaching microstakes primarily

[@sajijs2319]

Hi bro. Your video is amazing and would you please tell me is it play only for 6 player poker game or above?

[@walterfisher5749]

I've made plenty of mistakes with AQ and Jacks. Lost half my stack I'd piled up in a recent tournament. Early position, Jacks, raised pre, called two behind. Flop is 3 low cards and I lead and guy behind shoves. I even said "feels like Queens". Kings or Aces he certainly re-raises pre flop. Older guy like me, had a good stack, should have laid it down. Didn't. Yep. Queens. Tilted off the rest. I've played enough to know better, but not much since pandemic. But didn't trust my read, which really wasn't that hard. Taken a while to get over it.

[@ProBusterxXx]

I can say you helped thousands of people. You should be proud of yourself. God bless you sir

[@anthonyheffron5500]

Thought for sure I'd see AK on here, I always either fold PF or limp in bc I never hit the flop and I can't bluff for my life

[@jeremyschulthess63]

One thing to remember about Pocket Jacks is that trip Jacks is never the nuts on the board when going to the river. For example if a jack is the high card on a non paired board you are guaranteed to have at least 3 cards to a straight on the board. Otherwise if a jack is the high card but there isn't a straight on the board there will be a paired card so you could be going against quads. Only pocket Q's or higher is it possible to have trips being the top hand on the board.

[@DynamicMateTV]

How about AJo? For me it has often been problematic preflop - as its not always obvious if the raiser under the gun (or guy 4 betting you) has AQ or AK or even QQ and JJ.

[@thechertel]

I enjoy the format you put out, ie very good information for very newer players, but I would really like to see you get into more in depth and slightly advanced gameplay. I feel like if you play the way I've seen in you're videos, any player who is pays attention to player habits can read your gameplay very easily

[@larryl2406]

There is a moment in poker in which they figure you out and you figure out that they have figured you out. Its what you do in that moment thar matters. If you shell down, you've lost. But if you understand how to use your table image, you can use their "genius reading skills" as a weapon against them.

[@RaulGroom]

Yeah I think one thing that is a subtle little thing is that if you are reg vs reg and you both know the other is reasonable, there are times to 4bet AQo as a bluff. Esp like late position open, SB 3bet, AQo can be a nice 4bet bluff because the hands you don't have playability against are going to 5bet jam and you can fold. Meanwhile you are going to fold out quite a few hands that probably won't pay you off if you hit your queen, like 77-99 type hands. You don't want to do this with AQs because it's kind of a waste of AQs' nice playability on coordinated high boards but with AQo you should be doing this at least some of the time in order to have some 4bet bluffs to get some folds from some hands that are ahead of you

[@bigstone5709]

It doesn’t bother me if someone “figured me out.” It allows me to exploit their newfound confidence. Lose $59 now and win $250 a few hands later. Once that happens, they typically go on tilt and it’s game over. Remember, success in NLH is all about being able to handle the swings, bad beats, etc. Most people think they can, but their gameplay proves otherwise.

[@Gos1234567]

This advice is very tight and nitty.I’m happy to be dealt these hands

[@ThorHC11]

Agree. Unfortunately I think lots of people think being nitty is the only way to succeed.

[@j.sutherland7622]

If you bet AQs from UTG...with the exception of the blinds, looking at board texture do not cbet it with nothing. If you do and you get called..slow down. All of these hands are about position, equity, board texture and how are in post flop which is why i never open call if i play and im selective even more against a bet preflop.

[@ricky5369]

you said specifically "don't 4-bet preflop against regs with AQ" but I just wanted to point out isn't specifically AQ often used as 4-bet bluffs?

[@ricky5369]

@@electricfeel9501 everyone should be aware it's the gto strategy, and he even said "against a *regular* don't 4bet". It's actually the regulars you should 4bet bluff against

[@tropico7650]

I hit the flop almost everytime with 4 of 5 suited or 4 out of a 5 straight. Its just designed to make you play the sooner you lose your cash the sooner more goes into the website

[@usufimran]

Hey buddy You had mentioned AQ as a premium hand including pocket 10s in your cheat sheet but here you say it isn't.

[@ForbiddenDNA]

What does it mean by "when you're first into the pot"? As in you're the first to act in the early position?

[@Toby-ps5fl]

It means that you are the first player putting money into the pot other than the blinds. That could be because you are in an early position or because other players have folded, but for whatever reason no one else has called or raised by the time it is your turn to act.

[@TheBadGuyMusic]

How do you raise if your 1st In? You would just be betting not raising.

[@squizill]

Pocket J's are tough to play post flop whenever an over card hits

[@MrStevie57]

I find I just win a little lose a little and now and then every thing goes right and I double or triple up.I suddenly start hitting the hands I am targeting preflop but 90% just even.

[@kenengel620]

What does "first in the pot" mean? First to bet, or first to raise?

[@joed2818]

Is Crushing the microstakes good for seasoned brick and mortar live players? Or tournament players? Only good for online micro players?

[@byronwilliams943]

Pocket Jacks should be folded if someone else goes all- in pre-flop, early in a tournament

[@swimdeep189]

why

[@byronwilliams943]

@@swimdeep189 Because you are behind Pocket Queens, Kings and Aces. All hands likely to shove preflop you will need help thus an automatic fold

[@swimdeep189]

@@byronwilliams943 unless they are holding

[@beernutzbob]

The decision to play jiggidies against an all in depends on stack sizes.

[@windy619]

Good advice for new beginners. Not detailed enough or solid enough for even novice-intermediate level training imo. I hate you using “light 3 bet” as a synonym for 3 bet bluff. I think of light 3 bet as bottom of a wider linear value range vs stations. Also AQ is actually a great 4 bet bluff candidate, I think GTO solvers agree. It’s actually my main 4 bet bluffing hand in live poker vs the right opponents. Rarely 4 bet bluff live though at my stakes.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

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

[@mutteringmale]

I learned this from Doyle; he said this is the one hand he hated the most. I agree. and learned from him.

[@giorgiomartinico3774]

Thanks so much!!!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad it helped!

[@sanderbrouwer91]

AQ is an excellent bluff 4 bet hand, it blocks AA and QQ. Some regs over 3bet 15÷ up to 30÷. They are great targets, because AQ is often still ahead and its an easy fold to a shove. I call vs that opponent in position with AQ. Versus TAGs, nits and recreational players AQ is an easy fold OOP and the suited combo an easy call IP. AQ is also a great cold 4 bet bluff candidate in the BB vs LP RFI and SB 3bet with 8+ 3bet÷.

[@Gos1234567]

Well it’s not really a 4 bet bluff if it beats a lot of hands 😮.I think he under rates AQ ,I rather it to JJ

[@kevinsiu4956]

Only idiots think in terms of "blocking" AA or QQ. That's what all the under 30 morons do by getting into 5 bet territory with them and getting spanked by rockets and cowboys.

[@terrannone]

The legend Blackrain... 24 multitabling one? Wow!!!

[@lesmurray3306]

Sound advice, clean language, I subscribed!

[@JasonEmerson711]

Poker is a game that takes patience, guts, and a lil luck. It's almost impossible to consistently profit without all 3 factors going your way. Can u win with patience alone? No way. Can u win with guts? Sure, but not every time. Can u win with luck? I won't even answer that one lol as ANY poker player can attest to someone getting lucky on them. Point is, even with a decent plan, there are still many things to decipher in the game of poker to consistently stay ahead of the rake. No book or coaching will singularly take you to profit land. Love the analysis and it's a great starting point for recs who wanna tighten up their pre flop game.

[@shtcoinmaxi1367]

Yeah man people get too caught up in their short term results. I think a good measuring stick is probably like after 20k hands (online) and see how you are doing

[@graysonnosyarg3172]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm, good video👍🏻

[@casadelosotte]

Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@db7664]

Been following this channel for a month Went back to table I've started with of my regular mates In just a month following these methods Massive difference Even so My mates said I was cheating 😂😂

[@Io-wk5rg]

Online u loose a lot with pocket queen because the algorithm goes with the chipleader

[@Lita-yr4wt]

Sweet thanks! 👍

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No problem 👍

[@mrsinister8943]

I really think pocket pairs can be overrated especially the lower ones. Of course pocket Aces,Kings and Queens arr always nice but far from a guarantee win just like AK.

[@ronaldnicor8799]

Tnx sir nathan...JJ is my worst pocket..simetimes i.never play that

[@wildsoulalice252]

Enjoyed this one. Although I would say A9 could be played a little more aggressively 🙏

[@dominickaquino7805]

I have learn much from watching your videos. For someone like me who plays 3-6, 4-8, or 5- 10 etc at the casinos, are these strategies still relevant. If not, I would like to see videos for these types of Hold-Em. Thanx

[@teddyj5187]

Your the type of guy I would fear playing because can't range you. Usually those type of cards being played are when you get on a weak table.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my videos are helping you Dominick thanks for watching!

[@GollumsFace]

I've learned the hard way with JJ, don't overplay that shit lol. If I get 4 bet, just call and take a flop.

[@tnphung]

Pocket JJ has oftenly caused me losing my chips.. It is not a favorite hand for me to play for sure....

[@maxslowplaysHARP]

Awesome thanks man, I used to think that Doug Polk is some shot in poker learning process but now I see he s just a walking comedian who represents poker but doesn’t really teach poker

[@Kingof69ner]

It seems like to me that 95% of the time I have pocket queens, hit either trips or quads and that's either playing online or playing life.. Pocket Jacks are the absolute worst hands I have a major problem with even if I hit trips on the flop, someone will either have a straight, flush, or even a full boat..

[@kibspoker]

THanks a lot for this

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No worries!

[@kavianbina742]

You have to understand that everything you do at the poker table conveys information.

[@thatyoudliketoknow1628]

Or does it convey popcorn time

[@gman9035]

Ok Daniel

[@Don_Winchester]

😂😂

[@henriklundhansen6835]

Hi, thanks for all your videos. Can you tell how many percentage of your students become a profitable player? Best regards,

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No prob Henrik glad my videos help! I don't have precise data on that. The vast majority of people do not win at poker though for a variety of reasons. So even if you're the best coach in the world, it's probably 50% at best.

[@henriklundhansen6835]

@@BlackRain79Poker thx for your answer - I hope i will be one of the 50% in time. I´m really jealous of you sitting on the beach and playing poker 😁😍 Nice day where ever you are now 😉

[@petermurton1694]

Ahaha - #4 is trolling me and triggering PTSD. My casino session Friday I went so card dead I didn't win a hand for the last 2 hours, in the middle of which I got wrecked with 88 on a KK8 flop... The other guy naturally had called preflop with K8. Sigh!

[@tubewayarmy2]

The hands I always suffer with are KK (opponent has AA) or QQ (opponent has KK, AA) any advice on this appreciated.

[@venomsixxx]

It’s just a cooler situation bad luck

[@scythermantis]

I mean if you are playing live watch some Negreanu reading videos

[@Hakz379]

Can't do much in those particular scenarios. Find a fold to large 4-5 bet. Hope flop comes with overpair so u can get off it. This why having multiple buy ins is good because sometimes things like this will happen.

[@wieczornepogawedki5720]

Why always diamond? Sorry for stupid question.

[@juelzzz42o]

thanks for all the good infos you give hopefully I crush it next time in the casino the bell is activated

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my videos help, thanks for watching!

[@bas5920]

What is the probability that someone at an 8 seated table will draw a premium hand?

[@michaelpaiva9924]

Pocket 10's and 9's have been doing really well for me. Pre flop when I shove I've been beating Ace, King Ace Queen , Ace Jack more than not. Pocket 8's when Top 16 or less gets more better and better. I like to go all in With Pocket pairs 10's and Up.....When I slow play AA, KK, QQ I end losing ALOT. So I slow play those hands very Rarely. I'd rather go all in With a few limpers , 1 raiser and try to get a call a isolate . It works out for me better. Pocket QQ and Ace , Jack suited called me All in.....he hit a Jack on the Flop.....but that was it I got a nice double up + a few limps . Now there was a King on the Flop as well ...had I slow played that hand and the guy bet BIG or called my Big bet I would put him on the King and not the Jack.....and I would of have folded if I didn't hit my Queen on the Turn...since I went heads up and we had even chips ( I had a little more ) we jus flipped our cards and ran it out and the Queens held....

[@brandonhoszkiw9395]

Motha F'N JJs..I Def run 50/50 with those at showdown it seems..

[@andytyrrell5153]

Know when to hold em' know when to fold em', know when to walk away, know when to run.

[@agentlesoul1975]

You the man!

[@deanfrost3570]

So, you are saying JJ is set mining hand? If 10 9 5 bad flop for us? 🤦🏻

[@RemedialRob]

There's no right way to play Jiggeties JJ!

[@Keptionpoker]

K84r Flop ? I do have K4o all the time, dunno why, there must be a god, at least a Pokergod.

[@badvideo169]

then why did my KK lose to AQ with no ACe on board?

[@nishthalama]

i dont think JJs are premium hands, i always lose with them :"(

[@jthejeweler85]

Anyone watch him from KY TN area?

[@azmayeenmuhammadraad6614]

love form Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ❤️

[@andytyrrell5153]

Why not just plain call instead of raising?

[@truckerjournal3680]

From 5 to 1 is counting up

[@DL-rz6tw]

I just fold my pocket jacks now.

[@LM-ys8kr]

Jack's have done me dirty so many times that I fold to most any reasonable sized bet.

[@maxwilltruck5074]

I’d rather have AQ then JJ tbh.

[@Gos1234567]

Was gonna post this,JJ is a problem hand almost always a Q,K,A comes on the board,if the board stays low then lots a str8 possibilities there.

[@NiteMoves2010]

Suited 8-9 is a hand that I have seen lose to the A-K Suited Royal Flush over Straight Flush...Bad Beat Jackpot! The loser was the big winner.

[@tylersmith2849]

This raising everything preflop isn't working for me. Anytime I get a premium hand I flop trash and then someone raises me when I don't have shit after that flop.

[@calinator51]

Same. Going to have to figure out post flop strategies but those you probably have to pay for

[@stirfrybry1]

Same here. I call my strategy "check n wreck". Wait for a straight or flush before you bet big. You also have to make some uncomfortable calls

[@brandonhoszkiw9395]

It's OK to raise PF & then fold by the turn if u miss..

[@airhead3333]

Most of the time your premium hand will miss. You have to play like you hit. Good players win most of their pots without showdown

[@mrhumble2937]

Have to raise pre flop bud. Or you'll go into every hand with 6 players with a million draws.

[@ColeSonMusic]

agree

[@swimdeep189]

Best hand ever played was 10 ,2 and he won twice.

[@marksimos7549]

Comments help. This is me doing my part.

[@benjamintaylor8665]

Aq suited is a premium hand. Is top 10 statistically. You are misleading the fish

[@johnsarver4075]

If you define premium as top ten. Then yes. But he obviously only defines premium as Js or better and ace king.

[@BT-dl8in]

His definitiion of premium is pretty clear and I believe he states it. It's a hand you're willing to get all-in preflop at 100bb stacks and AQ definitely doesn't fit that criteria. AQ is actually good to use as a 4B bluff, not for value.

[@melanin_king]

Ak/AQ cost me all my chips all the time. I never win with them piece of shit.

[@JorgeTorres-tx3rq]

@@melanin_king you’re probably just bluffing three streets with no equity cause you feel entitled to the pot.

[@Gos1234567]

AQs is premium and I don’t see the problem with A9s or 98s,JJ can be a pain the ass to play unless mid-short stack in a tourney then just shove This guys advice is too timid and nitty

[@j.sutherland7622]

Every hand is 50/50. Either you win or you don't😂. If you don't know where you stand in the hand in cash games...fold. Same hand in a tournament...if you don't know...shove.

[@MAC-ws8fz]

"What's up guys..." That is soo old 'dude'!

[@hughjohn7778]

Only way you can screw up a hand is by actually being stupid enough to play on rigged online poker sites 👍

[@swimdeep189]

The other thing about Poker,is the best hand wins.

[@adrianionutroncea2194]

I ve seen D Negreanu getting out of this hand before the game even started😅😅😅now I see Why ...because he could four bet and lose alot on this Hand😁😁

[@markcapestro5390]

I do not like A/9 at all... and I don't see how J's are a premium hand.

[@tropico7650]

Unfortunately you can be a great player but when the switch is flicked on you you can get wicked results. You can have premiun hands and lose. Its clearly rigged lol

[@karenthompson1718]

I had QQ and bet big pre flop, person in mid table called, i bet pot on turn, same person called. I raised again on river, person went all in, I called. He had AA. Only low cards came face up, no straight or flush draws, nothing scary on board. I obviously lost. Did I do anything wrong?

[@stirfrybry1]

Treat any pair as crap until you catch trips and no straight or flush possible. Hope for FH or bet lightly.

[@nostradamus7648]

Didn’t help the guy who flopped a set of 9’s while I flopped a set of Queens.

[@stirfrybry1]

@@nostradamus7648 Yeah, coolers happen. That's the game. LOL can't win every time

[@airhead3333]

LOL

[@JaundiceMoon]

Like I always say, tested and true, JACKS ARE BAD LUCK! NOT JUST POCKET PAIR, BUT MOST COMBINATIONS EVEN THE TOP HANDS HAVE BIT ME IN THE ASS.

[@teejay6063]

My name is Nathan so just do everything I say and you'll win every single tournament ever because I'm the single greatest player to ever live.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks for watching my poker videos, glad they help!

[@TSeries502]

It doesnt matter what you do, it matters what your opponent does and what cards come next, nothing you have any control over. poker is a lie

[@Slimjim260]

5hands in a row,,, coolers ran out the door

[@petesiragusa8372]

This guy is so so wrong. Only premium hands are AA-QQ and AK suited. AK off is a preflop bluff with good removal but against a 5 bet it’s not a premium

[@dannylea4664]

Stopped listening when he said jj is a premium

[@dynomiteful]

u so good at poker u make youtube videos to surivive...makes no sense

[@mumblesbadly7708]

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA….. (Trying to yell over Nathan to keep others from hearing what he’s saying in vid.)

[@2muchtime26]

Pocket Jack's are the devil

[@nebraskajoel7838]

There are several ways to play JJ. All of them are wrong.