Cracking Aces and Aero Innovations, poker vlog 233

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[@AeroPlaysPoker]

Hey Doug! Glad I was able to meet up with you. Sorry we weren't able to get a full vlog session together :( Thanks for taking the time for the attempt though!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

It was fun meeting up, it would have been nice to vlog together, the fans would love seeing hands from opposing view points. Thanks for sharing your actual hand, it was very well played! I love that min check raise with the idea of bombing the river. Your subs can learn a lot from your play. Hopefully we can get another chance to play together, maybe in your town next time.

[@beachfraser3747]

Good afternoon from the UK, for all who have followed and supported me I thank you, our prayers have been answered, i have now become "operable" from being inoperable and potentially terminal, the unbelievable Chemotherapy that is n the market nowadays has worked and shrunk the lesions to a manageable size, on of them is very deep set in my liver so must be dealt with by "Ablation" a technique whereby the stomach is opened very small incision and a camera/burning element is inserted and fed deep int the liver locating the cancer and killing it there where it lies , unreal, that will take place shortly, thereafter I have to endure 2 further operations removing all other Liver lesions which are apparently just on t5he outskirts of the liver , then the the tumor in the bowel will be taken out, so basically im a patient for the next 2months but hopefully back into main stream life thereafter, once again thanks fr all yur support, Doug , thanks buddy, youre a star in my eyes!! your friend Fraser

[@Tzone02]

Hoping the best for you!!

[@davidgeorgecross815]

Great news! Cheering for you 👍

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

That’s fabulous news, I am so happy for you and look forward to more good news in the coming months. My followers are the best, their emotional support and prayers have been answered. What a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays and bring in the new year.

[@BryanM61]

Really good news, Fraser. Hang in there, you're headed in a great direction!

[@beachfraser3747]

@@dougmccuskerpoker Well ive got a way to go, but the light is there to see , its almost the nuts!!! lol, best wishes to the McCluskey clan and Zeus, my favourite pooch!! thanks Fraser

[@JosephMcguire-h1n]

Best introduction anywhere, always enjoy your play& commentary.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks, glad you are enjoying the vlogs

[@timshaw5963]

Merry Christmas Doug! I hope you and your family have an amazing holiday together!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@timshaw5963 so far so good, happy holidays to you and yours.

[@daniels9775]

Doug- thanks for taking a little break from editing to chat - and for the Zeus chip - when I was in town a couple of weeks ago! Thank you for everything you do to share this vlog with us!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

It was a pleasure meeting you on your trip. How did the game treat you? Hope you booked a nice win.

[@daniels9775]

This fish made two bad calls - including to a river 3-bet - that wiped out all but $35 of my profit. I had a pleasure playing in the game, though, and agree with you that it could be one of the best $1/$3 games in the US. I’ll be sure to stop back in if I’m ever in the area again. And you should come on back to Blackhawk, CO for some similar games sometime! You might be surprised how much it’s changed since you played there (which sounds like it was in the $10 max bet days) - and it would be fun to actually pass some playing chips around together sometime!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@daniels9775 if I make it out to Denver, I will arrange a road trip there.

[@arturnagy6994]

I've been watching your vlogs for years. Thank you for entertaining me. Merry Christmas!🎄

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Same to you! Appreciate your support over the years.

[@fransfermont6193]

Merry christmas to Doug and family and a healthy 2025! Thank you for the always humble and down to earth content. 👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

awe shucks, thank you. Had a fabulous xmas and looking forward to 2025. Happy New Years!

[@fransfermont6193]

@@dougmccuskerpoker 👍👍👍👍

[@Startedfromthebottompoker]

Aero favorite poker blogger

[@Startedfromthebottompoker]

Love the video

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

I like his play and videos

[@politicscommentator]

Oh my gosh! You got Aero in your videos! I would love to meet him in person.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

It was great getting together and playing and talking poker. He is very knowledgeable and solid.

[@michaelmclaughlin1958]

Merry Christmas. Hope you and your family make lots memories this Holiday season.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks. It’s going to be a full house for us this year.

[@CoolHandC]

Great vlog, Doug! Happy holidays to you and Zeus!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thank you, happy holidays to you and yours.

[@ZzirDavS13]

I was in Sacramento for work last week, played in Capitol for a few hours. A lot of action, my 1-3 table played like 2-5 back home. Was looking for you Doug haha, but it was a Tuesday afternoon

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Humm, I was probably there somewhere. If I wasn’t on the table, I was most likely editing in the Lounge.

[@vincentbaca790]

Happy Holidays Mr. McCusker...good luck moving forward...

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks, happy holidays

[@johnstevens4146]

Happy holidays great volg as always

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@johnstevens4146 thank you, hope the holidays are good for you too.

[@johndelaney8980]

Merry Christmas Doug.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@johndelaney8980 thanks, you too!

[@Fugged1998]

Merry Christmas Doug family including the poker god Zeus.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@Fugged1998 thank you, Zeus has been eyeing his present for a week.

[@helenrachel1520]

Merry Christmas Doug to you and your family ans Zeus of course ❤❤😅

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thank you, Zeus is already sniffing out his gifts.

[@GhostRider-dp2tc]

Hear because of Aero, it appears if a person can digest his input then that indavidual is a well rounded better overall player...Lets go!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@GhostRider-dp2tc Aero is as solid as he appears in his vlogs.

[@DJDonkeytron]

these 1/3 videos are great for most of us trying to make it to 2/5.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

These blogs are a good foundation to moving up. My goal is to make poker fun for recreational players by them being able to book some wins. We all know winning is fun, losing is not 😀

[@pot_kivach160]

22:44 why MP does not have a flush and HJ could have a flush? Could HJ have AxQc? I'd say yes.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@pot_kivach160 very rare that. A flush draw plays that was unless it’s a combo draw. And if so, his turn bet was weak(small). He needs to protect his small flush or at least charge more.

[@ngarunhouth6098]

Perfect timing, I needed some motivation to go play 1/2😂

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Good luck and have fun out there!

[@sonvo4095]

Merry Christmas sir!!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thank you 🙏

[@waynehussey4544]

I do still like your videos

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

I appreciate your support!

[@SavagePoker81]

Happy holidays Doug, Zeus & family.. great content as always!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Happy holidays!

[@waynehussey4544]

Came the next day😅

[@Pricey67]

Merry Christmas

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks, hope you have a good one too

[@theejayzeeable]

Raising a flush draw is a common semibluff and/or pot-builder in Limit holdem. I can see someone doing that in deepstack NL, especially if they make a minraise like Aero's villain did there(the minraise resembling a Limit raise). Yes they can get blown off of their flush draw with a reraise in NL, but opponents are seldom strong enough to reraise. "Betting on the come" with a draw is nothing new in NL. This would be similar to that, "raising on the come". Apparently in this hand it was not the case, or villain's flush was small and he feared a big flush.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Normally draws with deep stacks are played slower to not get blown off the hand. When he raised the flop I thought to myself that he had top pair w a decent kicker. I was surprised he bet turn for a small sizing. It screamed weakness.

The 9,10♥️ flush hand, I would have definitely over bet the river there especially vs an aggro player readying to move up in stakes to another table. I would have bet $200-250 there.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

big bet might be best, I felt he couldn't beat an A, so I targeted his weaker one pair hands

[@pot_kivach160]

5:18 _we got the world. But we do not beat aces_ So: A world without aces!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@pot_kivach160 I was the favorite 🤩

[@waynehussey4544]

At 6:54 You have everything fd up

[@davidgeorgecross815]

Disagree that Aero hand villain could never have flush, could easily have 9c7c or 7c5c on flop and raised flop bet (of course his eventual fold showed he didn't make flush). Could be similar to your vlog play earlier w/9s8s. Merry Xmas everyone!

[@jamesforeman8028]

It’s going to be a few hands which make up a single digit percent of his range. A bluff where your opponent folds 90+% of the time is fantastic. A perfect demonstration of high level play

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

When I was watching, I felt it would be highly unlikely he had a draw. Only chance is the combo draw but I felt his raise would be much larger.

[@mikeyluk5113]

As always, nice vlog. Assuming you are retired. What did you do?

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Semi retired, I work one day a week (Sunday) as a Tournament Director. Worked in card rooms for many years doing just about every job. Before that, I helped people with their investments and also owned a small business.

[@potheadpilot]

💪

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks 😀

[@donalderfert827]

AA never even hesitated to your shove on a coordinating wet flop? His hand was face up, nicely played.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

I was not surprised by his snap call, he has some betting tells 😃

[@pot_kivach160]

11:30 trapping flop AND turn with a set?? (I learnt that expensive lesson while ago). He should be happy!! Seriously! He's got what he was aiming for: you to improve!

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@pot_kivach160 he was short stacked on a dry board, no reason to price my bluffs out.

[@831bweiser]

Even Zeus wouldn't try to get an opponent to fold AA. Every time I rep a hand and they have AA I get snapped off.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

@@831bweiser I was indifferent to him calling, I was going with the hand. He might find a fold if an additional scare card arrives.

[@thomasdidymus1855]

no way the guy had a set of 10s lol

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Seemed odd to me, but later saw him slow play a set against another player 🤷

[@thomasdidymus1855]

@@dougmccuskerpoker hyper aggresive checked in the dark and woke up with pocket 10s and a flop set and THEN slow played and THEN made an unbeliev ble lay down? no ZEUS say he had a pair of tens and wants to get in your head

[@HecG57]

Excuse me Mr. McCuscker but are you kin to a distinguished gentleman by the name of Matthew well known as The Shaman?

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Not that I know of.

[@Justin-sr1ku]

This dude Aero never loses huh? How can that ever be possible???

[@jamesforeman8028]

I think he wins a high percentage. Never is a stretch. But he plays very deep so that makes it possible. Conversely, if you buy in/play shallow you’re going to see more variance (ie.tournaments)

[@Justin-sr1ku]

@ I played enough to know that you will do through downswings from time to time. Nobody is immune to that.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

I think he is a very good player

[@theejayzeeable]

​@@jamesforeman8028 Seems like ur confusing losing with losing a stack. U dont have to lose ur stack to have a losing session. If Aero buys in for $3k and ends the session at $2.5k, just because he bought in deep and didnt lose his whole stack doesnt mean that he didnt have a losing session. This is what the OP was asking about. The probable answer is that Aero just uploads big wins or big losses. He has uploaded big losses before, but his big losses are few and far in between, so there arent that many. That doesnt mean that he doesnt have smaller losing sessions, theyre just not big losses, so he probably doesnt upload those. He probably feels like smaller wins and smaller losses arent significant enough to upload.

[@Justin-sr1ku]

@@dougmccuskerpoker Even the best go through downswings. Just watched Brad Owens. I appreciate his vlogs and openness. Unlike Brad, I feel like most poker vloggers do not show the true reality of playing poker for a living. It’s not a 100% skill game like chess or professional athletes where skills dictate winning. Why is there the saying poker is the hardest way to earn a modest living at best? Why so many poker pros go busto eventually?

[@stevegeddes9841]

Go yersel bud!,, 🫡🍻🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@michaelmclaughlin1958]

Merry Christmas. Hope you and your family make lots memories this Holiday season.

[@dougmccuskerpoker]

Thanks Mike, are you visiting family this year?