10 Reasons You Don't Beat Low Stakes Poker

[@grologrolovic4193]

14:00: 38% (NL50 Range, no calling range from SB)

[@MrWylis]

This advice and the way in which it is delivered is straight out of the top drawer.

[@hymnofashes]

It was me that you had to argue with. I was like "yes I start to call less 1.4x pot vs 1.3x" and also I am that guy who plugs 12NL hands into GTOWizard which costs me my entire annual win-rate as the subscription fee for the software. I grind out five dollars every 500 hands but then give it back when I get frustrated and five-table 3000 hands before losing 3 buy-ins and then drunkenly hollering at Nick Eastwood getting sucked out on in a youtube short. I have tendonitis and rotator cuff tears from clicking so much and I can barely see the screen. I have paid $4000 in rake to break even over 2 million hands. I also love trading options, and let me tell you about how various shitcoins will replace fiat currency. GME army! Not everyone gets to reproduce!

[@johnvanbiesbrouck5591]

😟

[@pokersoftwarereviews5051]

Good to keep in mind that imperfectly executed GTO-like strategies can't make any money at usual rake levels. You've gotta play much, much more exploitatively, or else give up the game for good. Here's some general tips on exploitative play for anyone who is interested: (a) Overfold facing aggression in the vast majority of spots against the vast majority of players (since most spots are underbluffed, not overbluffed) (b) Stubbornly refuse to pay an unfair price with your draws. Your implied odds are worse than the solver thinks they are, since most players underbluff turn and river, which trains pool to overfold the turn and river (c) Play altogether fewer suited connectors from each seat regardless of what Preflop Guru says (since the only reason to play these is to add deception value into your game, which is only necessary against really capable people) (d) Focus less on protecting your range and more on extracting value when you've got it (e) Make ridiculous bluffs against players who play face-up, simply because you know that trips will fold facing a jam even if it's meant to be used as a bluff-catcher with some frequency (f) Look for more ways to get your chips in the middle when you've got it. For example, on a Td-9c-6d board, you should be jamming 87s facing basically any amount of aggression, because it'll probably look like you've got a combo draw (g) Notice the players who "blast off" whenever their opponent checks. Try checking top-pair or better against them on a wet flop (h) Learn to walk away from tables in which you have an aggressive player on your left (i) Stop making squeeze plays against rocks who are capable of limping premiums. Instead, limp in with them, hit your set, then value bet relentlessly

[@2lowkey100]

Ayy cramaba

[@RainingYayo]

Sad state of America

[@makemoney3282]

⁠​⁠@@pokersoftwarereviews5051limp in with them, hit your set, and value bet must be single handledy the worst poker advice I’ve ever heard. You theoretically hit a set 1/10 times so 9/10 your ‘strategy’ is losing money 😭Great advice bro 👍👍

[@ArgmaximaMaxima]

BvB at 14:03 on K54tt its 34% freq for a small size. I wouldn't usually nerd out but you asked.

[@krisamagus1]

Your style of explaining all these wisdoms is hilarious! I mean that's the best part besides the obvious help for us. Like the virtual slapping, scolding off with saying pathetic is pure gold, You're a good teacher Pete!!!!

[@Oque.Nos.Somoss]

Thank you Sir. The 10 Peter tips in this video: 1 - Missing mandatory bluffs 2 - Missing Delayed Cbets in Overfolded Spots 3 - Missing Value vs Passive players (they call > they bet) 4 - Missing Inelastic Spots (Betting high AIR in sheetos spot) 5 - Not Attacking enough vs lazy range bets (raise) 6 - Not Punishing check ranges enough 7 - Overemphasising SDV (compare the Ev) 8 - Bad Slowplays with Big Hands 9 - Folding in Overbluffed lines 10 - Trying to Forge a Strategy at the Expense of Making good Choices

[@wyntonhill2469]

Played casually for over a decade and recently getting into theory. You’re amazing. In case you don’t hear this enough thank you! I watched this video and just had 2 of my best micro sessions to date. You may have a new incoming student

[@AmongUsAcademy]

16:15 I love the analogy of checking ranges being built with rice paper LOL

[@jamescrossen7833]

BRO I WATCH ALL YOUR UPLOADS I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE LMAO

[@ekw555]

@10:20 ish - YES! this. exactly this! We are NOT playing against the solver!

[@luckymaggie6594]

It's a trend now to flat on sb in rush games. First you save rake, cuz gg charge preflop 3b rake and bb isn't punishing sb flats by squeezing enough.

[@noThankyou-g5c]

4:48 Im grinding up 2nl and trying to move to 5nl soon. In my experience if i block bet this river I’m going to get called by literally any pair. I’m going to try it out a bit but that’s my opinion am from observing how other people play. I actually went from losing to winning by bluffing wayyyyyy wayyyy less bc people call down so wide unless you really bet huge. So assuming I try out a block bet here and I am getting called by 22+. Should my adjustment be to give up or should my adjustment be to bet bigger?

[@noThankyou-g5c]

15:20 another thing… Ive only had somebody fold to a check raise on the flop _once_ since playing on pokerstarsmi. Another thing I’m going to try. And from watching hands that im not in I HAVE noticed people will call the flop at almost 90% of range but then fold like 50-80% of range on turn. But I also see things like Q7ss cbet on KT9sdd, call pot xr, call 2/3 pot on turn [3c], and then fold river. Don’t get me wrong… I love these guys… but it’s common enough where I feel like an idiot for even trying to bluff unless I have specific information that the guy _isn’t_ a station. Feels like I’m lighting money on fire for the same reason _not_ betting that A4o is lighting money on fire to two checks

[@cg6433]

Villain is supposed to call those hand that does not mean bluffing is minus 0EV. If you block like 25% on the river you need IP to fold 20% to breakeven on the bet. So what you need to see if he has enough trash that folds then compared that to other sizes if you split on the river (id split 25/150) too se what makes most money.

[@DSR505]

@@cg6433i think the point he is saying is that the microstakes players just call down with anything

[@williamchristopher5653]

22:01 why can't villain have A8, A9, A10, AJ. Checks the flop because they're a nit and delay their cbet until the turn. Hit an ace and make a value bet. I've seen this happen a ton in micro

[@ABCsimplicity]

can someone explain why it's correct to check back at 5:40? is that bcs 23 helps sb's range? I thought you're suppose to range bet on 932r.

[@andreaswagner1338]

Cbetting is fine in that spot, but you have decent showdown value, so it is a mandatory cbet. 932 is never a range bet in theory. My guess is that cbetting frequency BU v BB (there is no real solver spot BU v SB flat call) is around 65% (half of which is small size, the other half big size).

[@ABCsimplicity]

@@andreaswagner1338 wdym by mandatory cbet? does that mean I'm inclined to cbet more?

[@andreaswagner1338]

@@ABCsimplicity Mandatory means that you would do it 100% of the time. Not sure what you mean by being inclined to cbet more. In what situation cbet more?

[@Sejdr]

Reason 11: You play fast-forward (zoom/RnC) tables instead of regular tables.

[@SerErryk]

Boom! Roasted.

[@liveslowlivesimple]

yup. if you breakeven at a given stake at zoom youll prob win 5-10bb/100 at reg

[@chrisungoed8793]

Reg tables are so boring though lol

[@wentaolu5286]

This is so true

[@FreePokemonGiveaway]

@@chrisungoed8793poker is not an exciting game

[@dragamoja]

Pete, I love you and you are amazing!!:)) Thanks for all the GREAT videos and lessons you are giving us for free. Thank you for all the lessons before and all that are coming!!! Know, that at least one person is extremely grateful for all your work - me:) - but I know there are at least hundreds if not thousands that feel the same.

[@roderick8254]

All 10 are things I've improved on since started watching Clarke's content. Grade E in august makes me very excited

[@hugomuller7349]

Is the range bet on K54ss really that bad? If I remember correctly, I think in some videos Pete makes a case for betting a lot OOP to avoid situations where IP makes a lot of float bets when checked to and we then have to check-fold a lot OOP. Also, K high boards are in general quite good for the pre-flop raiser. Can someone explain why it is not a range bet? (It is not a range bet BTN vs BB either). Is it because of the flush draw and because of the two connected low cards that make straight draws and two pair with K5s, K4s and 54s possible? And of course the BB has 55 and 44 for sets too. If it was less connected, like K83 rainbow, would a range bet be OK? I suppose part of the reason might also be that ranges are wide SB vs BB so that the AA, KK, AK, KQs region which the SB has a monopoly on is quite a small part of the total range?

[@billmoran6]

I play 200nl and loads of people still range bet that board at those stakes lol. It's not bad at all vs mediocre regs. It's pretty bad in theory.

[@mick727xd]

Theoretically, sure SB vs BB ranges are relatively similar and you're playing OOP. Playing exploitatively, people overfold that flop texture which is the argument for range betting in the first place. The point is that, exploitatively on your part, you should be realising that this is what is happening in pool and re-exploiting it.

[@G0DofRock]

Taking notes throughout a few of your vids tonight! Good stuff.

[@goober-ll1wx]

I'm not sure any of this applies to 2nl and would fall into fancy play syndrome. I've stopped bluffing almost always now, they just call anything even when they have air...

[@Riversharkpoker]

I play 2nl when I have time to burn and they will fold just know who to do it with and what boards they will fold key here is really who don’t do it against someone that calling and if you know they a station over bet your value they going to pay u off with bottom pair

[@thePyiott]

I like to think like this when it comes to building pots when I got good hands. If the villain folds it is still great value because he doesnt get to see my hand and it will probably put him on tilt so he is more likely to call the next time.

[@handlebarname]

I plan on looping this video every night when I go to bed so this seeps deep in my poker subconsious.

[@SheldonReynolds-x9r]

Would you be interested in reviewing some PLO 25, 50, 100, and 200 from iggy?

[@chadfriesen1858]

I play in a game with very aggressive players and I have a table image as a nit. If I want to make money I have to check call medium strength and better hands. If I bet they fold. But this has allowed me t o get some rare bluffs through.

[@Riverkingdan]

This is one of the best videos I have seen. Thank you very much again.

[@fredsmit3481]

Pete, I love your analysis, teaching style, and sense of humor. I feel like you are speaking directly to me when you point out the common errors :-)

[@hugivachit6441]

Makes so much sense! Confirmed what I had been starting to realize after punting stacks lol. I've always been annoyed because I know I understand the game better then 99% of the 1 2 players I play against. But my dumbass check raises old man rivers half pot bets and lose stacks cause he's just never bluffing or folding lol

[@AmongUsAcademy]

24:20 "You get coaches that tell people to play like a Solver at these Stakes! It makes people WORSE AT POKER! LOL - watches Carrot's latest video about playing like a Solver at these microstakes

[@Groundrival]

is the grinders manual still a thing?

[@ML-sj3gi]

I need to know why I am winning with mandatory bluffs in order to make mandatory bluffs. "fold equity is way above the break even point"... I need to believe this.

[@dastan770]

best poker videos together with Saulo Costa channel on YT

[@huggins_will]

Love a good convo with tough Uncle Pete.

[@bertf3776]

Amazing content as always. Thank you!

[@Richard-ot5ss]

isn't the king on the river good for his range? I think he would continuation bet with king high and he has a lot of kings in his preflop range, we would 3 bet preflop a lot of our kings, and most importantly we are more likely to call the flop with a pair. I don't feel like this is a mandatory bluff

[@SmartAssBaboon]

First point block bet sizing? I'd say b33 seems right

[@jonhughes7264]

In the missing value section: Ive never seen anyone limp with 97 and check it down. I don't play 25NL though, I play lower. Maybe I should move up if this is whats going on.

[@CarrotCornerPoker]

You probably just don’t notice when this happens. It happens all the time at lower stakes but doesn’t tend to be very memorable.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Thats scary i would do a lazy range bet there because ive been using postflop plus and it seems to bet in spots like that a lot,it has improved my play but when you talk about raising with the prospect of having to call down with a lot of semi junk its scary.

[@geoffreyedwards3425]

Very good stuff here. I wish I had more than one upvote to give.

[@MrDankiii]

anytime soon you puting your graphs out?

[@iamjermcs]

church of the carrot

[@peterkurth933]

What is a vedeo oder a defferance

[@Mike-y4f4f]

I'm here for the "this guy constructs his checking range out of vermicelli noodles"

[@angelmarinos3910]

Why not zoom?

[@jonathantolan3503]

Those poor solvers, they never get to play against less than perfect players 😢

[@marksimpson2321]

I love the brilliant Irish accent with the slap 😂

[@iznogoud-g1u]

Why do I need your poker school when I have this video now?

[@guytano251]

good stuff, but a lot if this doesnt work in low stakes live cash where its 4 to a flop minimum. Heads up pots this makes sense, multi-way is a different story

[@jfleming4805]

Awesome video !

[@Bobblesquank]

One of the best videos

[@nikitakucherov5028]

It’s because of the rake! That’s why

[@AndreasJacobs-nq6sc]

In the first example if I bet on a river with 39 they will call 80% off the time because i play low stakes so it doesnt matter to them tbh. U need to be playin against a player that understand poker because most of them will just call a bet lol

[@CRT4Dummies]

had me 😅 4 or 5 times throughout this one. good stuff

[@msrx8ajr]

Very good Pete

[@williamchristopher5653]

Step one could be condensed into 10 seconds. Bluff the river after villain checks the turn

[@CarrotCornerPoker]

This doesn’t work. There are lots of spots where we bet the flop and villain calls. Turn goes check-check. And then on the river our range is still lower EV than villain’s and some of our range is -EV to bluff in theory. Mandatory river bluffs are spots where we have a range advantage and very low showdown value. Poker isn’t that easy.

[@christopherohare6276]

This guy.. out here posting content that should really be behind a paywall

[@paulm6828]

I feel like I'm back at grinders school🙂

[@dennisje2925]

Very Nice video!!

[@zekita1]

this is a masterclass

[@jeffshackleford3152]

The thing with the AcQh hand, when they checked river. The pot was the same size whether they folded turn or river. So betting the turn and them folding did not effect your payout. That bet there had minimal downside and only upside considering the hand that hero had. It would also be likely that if villain had AA, then they would have bet turn.

[@michaelclifford6659]

nailed it as always

[@josephpatrick2938]

"Who limps preflop and then checks twice? Who does this?" - lol

[@ncannavino11]

thanks for video pete, still an inspioration!!

[@TheGuyCalledX]

TIL the author of the Grinder's Manual has a YT channel.

[@jabes1978]

What I am missing on the first point re: Block Bet is how much do you bet? Bluff, yes, but what sizing would you recommend in such spots?

[@WokeSteve]

Why would you teach rather than just play?

[@marksimpson2321]

What a stupid comment. A lot of teachers teach because they like teaching.

[@de-Tolli]

Прикольное видео,единственное перевод нейросети конечно такой себе, Питер и так быстро разговаривает, а тут ещё и перевод корявый, не всё успеваю осмыслить😀

[@8eadsy]

best video yet

[@steveplayspoker]

11:19 - AHAHA

[@theedge8659]

built with toilet paper would be a good analogy

[@bunburychessclub2177]

Your Slap Noise Slaps

[@kostlmma]

Do you post any videos in English

[@KevinsKontentKorner]

dude pete i need you so bad man. I'm struggling and I shouldn't be. My games are soft. But im surrounded by so many nits man. I don't know what the fuck to do. Is there any chance you're looking for your next losing to cruising? I've been a member of numerous training sites and courses, I study, I have gto wizard And I still just suck

[@JazzYachtrocker]

Best way to beat a nit is to call the preflop raises with speculative hands so you can crush their over pairs with two pair and straights and flushes and if you miss get the hell out of the way. When you sense weakness and the board brings a scare card on the turn or River don’t be scared to fire because remember , they are nits so if they don’t have it they’re gonna lay it down. If you get any resistance don’t make hero calls against nits. In comparison if you’re playing against aggressive players you do the exact opposite, sit and wait for a hand and let them punt their chips to you. Don’t try to bluff those idiots and find more hero calls. If they’re players who come over the top as a bluff/semi bluff a lot min check raise with your nutted hands on dry boards.

[@infosrelevantes7146]

apply active studying instead of passive.

[@nicholascarballo6311]

What’s your username?

[@ardor.jcx45]

I argued

[@tiltvpip1009]

Nope still no potatoes

[@noThankyou-g5c]

100 NL is low stakes? 😳

[@CarrotCornerPoker]

Some call it low stakes, others call it mod stakes. It used to be a lot softer than it is today! And there used to be more higher stakes running on a regular basis.

[@jacksondickery509]

🙏🙏

[@tessademsky1156]

i notice

[@thomasanthony7652]

Great video. Gives me a lot to think about! I was playing earlier today against a whale he keeper and calling any two cards, and some how kept on making sets and straights. But I said to myself it's just variance and called him down on a board with AsKs8h2d9s with QQ. I was really happy as I was starting to believe in the FISH FLOP FALLACY