Crushing Microstakes players with Highstakes Strategy | Learn with Lex

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[@LexVeldhuisTV]

"Get off the f*** computer right now!" Do you also avoid your problems by leaving the chat?

[@suckmyjgon]

ty lex your old school videos really helped me these too

[@matthijsdenengelsman3574]

*Klitzie leaves the chat*

[@lars016]

@@poker399 right click name tag on the player, think he does 4 lose players and maybe pros he know a bit about play style they got

[@jarirepo1172]

@@luismatosoliveira4117 People get lucky in live all the time. Even two times in a row! Even more! It's absolutely nothing rare. I once got 2nd place in a megafield tournament online and won several 20% preflop allins; I once had a year when I ran 4 million chips under ev. It goes both ways when you play tournaments, sometimes you are lucky, sometimes not.

[@paulb3883]

@@poker399 Not sure which means what but it will be tight players, loose, aggressive, calling stations etc

[@jeffshackleford3152]

I really appreciate you taking the time to play lowly microstakes tournaments, to show us fish what to do. Also, you have a great way of explaining things in much simpler intuitive terms.

[@stephenlauret132]

"Subscription to the flop" made me laugh XD

[@mazingerz9118]

Really appreciate these micro stakes videos, I swear I start using at least one tip each time and it all totally makes sense! Thanks Lex

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Good to hear!

[@Kingwaste]

"don't start gambling because you lost a pot" is my single biggest bit of personal advice for this year! To grow up and tilt way less!

[@cesarcallejas7332]

I appreciate how Lex demonstate respect for the game despite playing micro levels all the tips are puro gold

[@Andy-bg6hq]

team prooo😂😂 love this video

[@ILoveDawko]

Just wondered if you had any videos on how to play when a player with a average stack keeps going all in with virtually any hand during small stakes tournament play, Lex? Great video, I've subbed after watching one thanks!

[@Kai-p6b5r]

@Saj Ask any recommendations for a good hud?

[@AH17293]

​@@Kai-p6b5rPoker tracker 4 and holdem manager 3. Can't remember which is the most up to date but either one would do the trick. Most useful thing is to track your own tendencies.

[@maybe-xh8il]

All that shit should be banned.

[@theofficialCrybaby]

Anybody can use them... it isnt cheating its nothing you couldnt write down on your own to calculate lmao. just makes it easier to not have to keep track because it does it for you@@maybe-xh8il

[@VOILAA]

@ 7:42 , would you consider the Stop&Go play?

[@jordanlelievre2029]

The only different opinion I share with this video is the QJo call for 8 BB shove. I play exclusively a ton of microstakes and most opponents are not shoving anywhere near a proper range for 8 BB in that type of spot, even when folded to on the button. QJo will be flipping or dominated quite often there from my experience. Some opponents would show up with QTs or J9s there but not many.

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

I think people go allin too much actually so I think the reverse is true. I think you're right when it comes to 12 bb shoves utg. But on the button people just yolo it in. I will bet my bankroll every lowstakes random shoves K3o on the button for 9bb for instance. Which they shouldnt

[@dominikbaumgartner9221]

@@LexVeldhuisTV Why are you attacking me like that?

[@EvertfromNederland]

Hi Lex, @ 7:04 you say: "You can just fold 22 33 44 55's" you mean raise/fold? Or auto fold pre-flop? (edit: I'm hesistant to even ask but it confuses me at times)

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Yeah fold pre. So not raise-fold. Just fold straight up. Don't worry man ask away!

[@EvertfromNederland]

@@LexVeldhuisTV Yikes, more holes than a colander i have. I kind of assume this only applies to less then 20 or 10 big blinds?

[@michaelbuck5480]

Thanks for the video, I loved it

[@mrkipling3841]

Brilliant info. Thanks.

[@a01049229438]

I really love this video

[@jimk.4701]

Lol this guy seems to have a subscription to the flop hahaha

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Haha I mean thats the way it feels right

[@kaidoliepins-liepa3031]

LMAO im gona start using this when playing

[@supersliicks725]

You’re comical 😂 subscribed

[@SportBettingTipsOnly]

Looooooooveeee it!!!!!

[@direct278]

Let me preface this by saying you are 1000% a better poker player than I am. That said: At 10:50 I don't agree that 55 is a cold shove to win 2.6 BB with 4 unknowns and up to half your stack effective. I'd argue this is a 2.2x raise, calling to one jam, and otherwise navigating the flop. SB and BB are the most likely callers and you have position, you can easily C-bet the flop to get them to fold if the board is dry. Both the cutoff and the button are short and should be in fold/shove mode. I really doubt they peel 2.2x with anything less than two broadway cards (and even then they're probably 3-bet shoving, clearing out the field for your call). I feel like as played you're inviting trouble for a very marginal benefit and shoving is screaming "I have a small pocket pair or a big ace". Standard raising gives your hand a lot more ambiguity. Would love to hear your thoughts, cheers Lex.

[@richardhavens702]

Thanks lex

[@derwinzer3451]

Learn with Lex 🎉

[@marcingradzki1590]

Subscription to the flop is a term I was not familiar with... Great stuff 😃

[@honingemmer]

Huh how did you go from 100 bigs to 12

[@markussch.2417]

Wanted to ask aswell

[@jamesm9999]

I'm guessing he got into a standard cooler situation that didn't require any input

[@honingemmer]

@@jamesm9999 don’t know.. al the other players were suddenly short stacked as well

[@oxdabox]

The Rounder tournament works like that…the structure changes from very deep to very short from time to time!

[@neilperritt4063]

hes playing multiple games at once i think, he even says it a couple times throughout the vid

[@jensscheer4021]

moin wants to tell you, quite clearly.... awesome videos from you man. thanks for taking the time to explain all this to us. i personally thanked bencb too. because you both brought my poker game to the top, just with your videos. I have been using RYE, GTO Wizard, Paired, Flopzilla for a year now. since this year we sit together 3 times a week and learn poker. since then my graph and Roj have gone so far up that i have to laugh myself. i've been playing poker for 20 years, i've won over 150,000 euros in cash games in 8 years, then i got the absolute rush at 4/10 euro blinds and lost over 60,000 again in 7 months. which was simply the reason why i switched to tournaments. since this year i've been practising absolute bankroll management. this means i play a maximum of 8doller tournaments on GG and have been doing so very successfully for a few months. But my goal is to crush live tournaments at some point, I play online on the side. thanks man. please keep it up... Greetings SH3RM4N

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Nice dude keep it up!

[@gorbachevcocktail]

"I guess he have places to be" lmaooo

[@fabianschmidt8704]

Thx for shearing if you change Software ill see ya final🤙😎

[@jamesm9999]

2:45 How many big blinds would you need in order to call that 3BB raise with a hand like 94s? 50+BBs? I gotta imagine that's an easy fold with a smaller stack, no?

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

It's actually harder to fold shorter. The negative impact is gonna be less severe. In deepstack it's more important to draw to the nuts. Also it's easier to realize your equity when you're shorter (means getting to showdown)

[@jamesm9999]

@Lex Veldhuis Thanks Lex! Huge fan of everything you're doing. Cheers

[@DocoKD7OCO]

You might want to cut back on the coffee Lex. Had to slow video to .75 just to keep up.

[@ffallenaangel]

something i hate about microstakes (1 to 5 dolars) is that people play so bad that makes all poker about gambling..

[@larsrademaker576]

Now I want to know if you won :)

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

I quit after I stop recording xD

[@AH17293]

​@@LexVeldhuisTVWith the 103?

[@bjornhatesem889]

@@LexVeldhuisTV Too rich to finish a 1.10 and play with poor people

[@CapitanScruff]

❤

[@VitaminLee]

I gotta ask Lex, do you ever actually win any of these micro tournaments? 🤣

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

I actually sit them out when I need to leave. I record for about 1.5 hours and then I bounce.

[@VitaminLee]

@@LexVeldhuisTV I just gotta see you win one time, thats all.

[@lars016]

hahaha 9:00 Team Prooooo!

[@24Cristiandiaz]

Spending your rungood on $1.10 buy-in tourneys lol

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Rough yeah haha

[@nicusordragne743]

Lex, the problem on online poker is too many bad beats! From flop you get a set and the oponent nothing, and next 2 cards turn and river make the oponent winner! I don't get why the better card loose all the time against worst cards! I don't know what to belive, bus seems more like you play with bot. I played like medium tournaments before but now I play just small one cuz the poker online change the RNG with algoritm and this is a worst thing! Good to know, but the theory is not mached with reality în special online!

[@jarirepo1172]

Only reason you get more bad beats than live is that you get to play way more hands and tournaments. It all evens out over time, as long as you play good. Live is probably softer and you won't get as many hands played there so much less likely for bad beats as well. Your mind and memory then condenses it and for same time played, indeed, much more unlikely things happend online - but you played way more hands as well.

[@nicusordragne743]

@@jarirepo1172 I do not. What you will do when you have poker AA or K'K and the oponent put you all in? You folded? And 90% of hands like this, oponent make steight or flush! I make a review on my hands played and this is the result. Or t5o not play that hands and to fold?

[@tonythrowaway3327]

9:41 LOL you play bad and get rewarded, that's just what it is. It's a bad raise in that spot, and a bad shove. Long term a losing play for which you risk 33% of your stack for the 20% chance of winning 66% of your stack (which then equals to 13% of your stack, effectively). So you risk 33% of your stack to win 13% additional (!). NOT good odds, don't know what you're talking bout.

[@Verycoolguy1337]

Ive never heard anyone say the micros are hard cus ppl play badly lol

[@seekerytomfain194]

busting 2 players, calling one of his opponents cards correctly, then everyone around you at the table just leaves, that was funny.

[@night_xdrive]

Playing like a fish, talking like a beast lol

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

Come find me

[@godloves9163]

I think the rng is rigged for steamers. Those ridiculous beats you gave to others in 3 all ins halfway+ in the video. Each hand you were behind and sucked out. That’s what consistently happens to me.

[@night_xdrive]

No skill, only luck xD 😂

[@boojay7076]

What a dumb strategy , don’t listen to lex here , key is to play all in or fold for value and 100% stack opponents

[@LexVeldhuisTV]

You're not wrong!