Facing a 3-bet from a $12,000 stack @ $5/10/25!! // Poker Vlog #97

I discuss my tips for moving up in stakes

[@lexopoker]

Rogue 🐕 or Aria🐶 ???

[@T-roc57]

Rogue 100%

[@mkader2494]

Rogue all day, but nice to see him socializing with such a pretty gal.

[@jamesveale3372]

Aria bark instead of aria stark. I'll see myself out 👨‍🦯

[@anthonylentini3487]

Rogue ftw

[@rhcp9009]

Im putting u on QQ

[@Maz2323]

That’s the best advice that no one gives. Buying in small when taking shots. And bringing at least 3 buy-ins.

[@MasterPx]

Lex, i appreciate your honesty and willingness to step away when your minds not right. Mental and physical health is definitely important.

[@jimsalaj8618]

You did right against the older gentleman Lex. When someone really accidentally messes up then I usually just check it through

[@RhymesWithCarbon]

Shoulda been at this table instead of the play-anything 1/2 table I was stuck in. Thank you for taking the time to chat with me, it was nice to meet you. Always look forward to your vids!

[@michaelhoffman3480]

Rogue all day!!! Love seeing him in your vlogs. It was so cute at the end. He was telling Aria ‘that’s my dad’.

[@GetRichorDieScratching]

I appreciate the advice for moving up or taking a shot at a bigger game. Love the videos.

[@NicholasStein]

I am glad to hear you are in a charitable mood towards us OMCs.

[@weshopper1093]

Love the dogs! Thanks for the tips Lex!!

[@fredmiller9190]

Lex - 1, love the dogs! 2, Love more “mystery hands” where we have to try and guess what you are playing. I thought AA so to see you play 6/8H was impressive!

[@emmettsmith6547]

Mystery hand was good. Thought you had 9T!

[@lockstockittoya1985]

1. Come for poker not dogs 2. Mystery hand was sh!te 3. Your the worst poker vlogger by far 🖕

[@Datplug]

agree, love da mystery hand

[@Jorge-vh4zh]

The Dogs are the best part of your Vlog !! JK I do love Rogue

[@KS-ud8pg]

Same thing I would have done. Let his bet stand and call.

[@samronalds7799]

Thanks for the advice Lex. Building up the courage to move up stakes soon

[@webchamp930]

Love that you were nice to the guy who bet out of turn. Lex well done

[@no1ghostrider]

Seems like home again - back in Florida, looks like you are playing really good to. The dogs are awesome 😊

[@arnolds6423]

Love your videos Lex. As mostly a tournament player, your vlogs of cash games is pretty much the only ones I watch. Sometimes karma is the better play, so he bet out of turn, he is old, cut him slack. On the rare occasion that I do play cash, usually on vacation, I tend to play at the Hard Rock. I hope one day I will meet you. Best of luck to you. Run Good!!

[@joelpetitti3588]

I saw the hand going to the door knob and I said don’t tell me, there’s a dog in there. I was wrong, there were two dogs in there. Hysterical. Well played session on your part. Excellent insight. Thanks.

[@danielgarland9838]

Great content as always Lex! On the 86 hand no I thought it was AK or AA but that's why you can get paid. You also have to love the flop raise and turn bet that the villain is at a range disadvantage with Pocket 10's quite the overplay the Ace ended up being a bad card lol! Love the dogs and in honor of my frequent visits to the Aria here in Vegas gotta love Aria the dog! Take care!

[@garrinmechalas5828]

Keep em coming Lex! Great Vlogs

[@jaredbard3140]

When I switched to higher stakes 15 yrs ago, I definitely played way different like he Said. In my defense, I thought it was going to be a 2-5 game, then quickly switched to a 5-10 20 straddle. Needless to say I was nervous as a 21 year old.

[@nemozetbit]

I enjoy your commentary on the aspects of playing for living that many gloss over. Like the importance of living a normal life and having other interests beside poker. Having your income solely from playing cards is not as simple as just win more lose less. It is such a delicate balancing act that many people don't even realize. I'd like to see you talk more about the negatives so they can see a fuller picture. Can you talk about deciding when to quit? - knowing "when to walk away and when to run" so to speak. 1. How long should you be playing? - Do you clock in hours, wait to hit a set amount to leave? 2. How to book a loss gracefully? - Many players can't get up when they still have chips on the table/ money in their pockets. 3. And in bigger view, when would you know poker isn't meant for you? For some people it's an addiction and they don't realize it. Is there anyone you would suggest to give up or not to pursue playing poker for living. Thanks and sorry for an essay.

[@danielbeier9484]

When the old man said, “Does it have to stay out there?” It felt like an thin, questionable blocker bet where he wasn’t even sure if it was for value or not.

[@richardc3693]

Yup

[@visalatui6930]

Rogue n aria. Good action...Appreciate the tips Big Lex..🤙💯😃

[@Troy2573]

Welcome to the vlog Aria ! Good upload.

[@w0ntuanASMR]

I would of just checked called in that kk spot. Hats off to you for making the right play

[@AcePoker444]

Thanks for the tips! I’ve been looking to play 5/10 up from 2/5!

[@kaceydillin7367]

Vs the old guy who bet $150 out of turn, I think you did the right thing. It’s easy to say in hind sight you maybe lost some value, but you could of been beat there. But if the dude is rebuying every orbit and giving a lot of action, you can and will find better spots to crack him.

[@SlowPokerTime]

That K5hh flop call was really something. Always a treat when the reward for a terrible call is runner runner flush. Easy game. (Nice fold, btw.)

[@thpunts]

Hey Lex! With your KK hand, I actually like to continue betting the turn as well. You can definitely get value from a lot of holdings like club draws/ turned diamond draws / middle pairs that turned gutshots. When opp donks out to you on the river, you can definitely go either way with a check or raise. I think you can make an exploitative raise only if you think the opp overvalues his top pairs as he did.

[@daveziegler4927]

Amazing dogs. Both are the best ever.

[@inbarkurti4524]

I loved the hidden hand thing you did! Should do at least one for every video!

[@2527alain]

Like the vlog and the dogs!

[@AyCaramba1311]

I liked your gut on getting him all in.

[@TheRealBrillski]

Another great vlog, Lex. Please make sure to include the humidity on the day these sessions are vlogged as it increases the quality of the vlog substantially.

[@fevolenko3995]

Agreed, but no mention of barometric pressure?

[@iStrobey]

Lex , do that mystery hand thing that you did with the set of eights more often, helps me think of the situation much more !

[@craigwask6098]

On the early KK hand, it will never be wrong to do what you did. Curtesy serves you well in long run

[@mikexpoker3275]

Good job bro. I had you on pocket AA. Dogs are definitely cute.

[@geo_YT88]

I like your stance about not taking advantage of the feeder/tourist.

[@TheWAZA81]

That top 2 pair with Q9 was an awesome fold, I was guessing A or B not C haha Almost episode 100!

[@roguemerlin1969]

Against a reg I would have raised to put him all in with the KK hand. I'm always watching the other player when I'm cutting out chips for a bet. You said he was an older rec player who played splashy and was losing, I would have checked. Others might consider that soft play but if you keep him in the game, you can win more on later hands. Any time you book a win, it is a good session.

[@cooldude30552]

I missed you at the hard rock by going the one day you were at the beach. Would have been cool t ok meet you maybe next time. Keep it up👍

[@brittonaugust9446]

when a spot gets wonky like that older guy raising out of turn, I generally always find it safest to take the lower variance route.

[@firenguyen517]

Lex, I like Rogue and I LOVE ❤️ ROGUE a bunch too.

[@marcusmason5612]

Love the dogs ❤️

[@kidpoker8395]

You did the right thing. BECAUSE. Do what you want to do

[@carlosmedina6302]

Looking better Lex. Better face. Good luck. Are you playing the tournaments, starting this week. Take care.

[@cherokesky]

Honorable check. Angle. No angle you did the right thing.

[@johnnyappleseed2947]

My dogs were interested in the end of this video.

[@WaPiTiChAsEr]

Lex, you handle the out of turn bet well…I would have raised against that player because he was on tilt and his bets leading up to the river bet/show down did not add up.

[@NClottery]

Hey Lex great video! And another one! Who in your opinion is top 5/10 at hard rock casino top 3 name

[@user-nx6hu1pt9o]

That dogs are amazing

[@jamesalpert763]

Love it poker is such a great outlet if your winng

[@jacobjche]

Best poker vlogger for sure

[@hamishesslemont3705]

Love the dawgs Lex ! 😊👍

[@cesarvelasquez3186]

I thought you had pocket jacks or Queens on the mystery hand, i was sure you didnt have an ace but when you showed the options i went with pocket aces lol

[@perrycd]

Check when OMC bets out of turn but then min raise which should force a call.

[@akitoyeptho8775]

Let's goo my fav poker volgger

[@lexopoker]

Thanks!

[@yiannis2002s]

When do you reload chips? For example is it better to reload chips if your stack is under 30bb or to play a short stack strategy (finding spots for preflop all in with a decent holding TT+ AQs+)

[@mikeyluk5113]

On the KK hand, you did the right thing. Primarily, because as you said he was an older guy that looks like he was a rec player. You don’t beat up people like that. You do have a reputation to uphold.

[@StonerCreek74]

At the Poker table there is no "taking advantage of old men" they are the sneakiest and think they can get away with shit. Unless they are your friends it's war in my opinion. And if they aren't capable of playing they shouldn't be on the battle field!! Another good video man! Thanks

[@PrettyLady7282]

"Ego" bluffed Older Man. Ooooooooooooohhhhh Aria💛. Rogue has friend now💛

[@ProMainMan]

That’s a lot of gamble on 86. Good job

[@edwardkain5006]

The bet out of turn hand, I would just ship it, his out of turn bet doesn’t stand, he’ll have weird two pairs sometimes, but more of the time he’ll pay you with worse 1 pair hands. If you double him, good likelihood of him giving your chips back to you or at least back to the game anyway.

[@IvanPerez-uj9xz]

Hey Lex, in that pocket KK hand when bet outta turn, since the outta turn bet was 150 and you have the deciding factor in this case, I wouldve done what you did since it’s a safe route or I’d communicate to the player and see if a compromise of a respectable bet can be initiated by you. Like for example there was a time I was heads up with a gentleman and we checked the turn together but before i acted on the river after rivering a full house he tabled his cards while also verbalizing “All In” and i never acted. I personally made a decision to let him recant the all in after getting the floor involved “more or less” only because he tabled the cards and knew for a fact i had the winning hand. I couldve easily not have said anything and doubled up at that time but i was willing to make a conscious decision to display etiquette and integrity and i made a small bet of 100 and we shook hands and by the end of that session i ran very hot. I like to think good players promote good poker.

[@RealDJStew724]

You got angled pretty bad there

[@ProMainMan]

Got lucky or smart folding that 2P to that flush and str8. Good job

[@jerrylim2282]

“Life is Good “ 👍

[@isaiahparsons1686]

How do you know when it is time to move up in stakes? Is there a BB/hr. rate over X amount of hours or do you recommend just trying it if you feel ready?

[@chrisp.4647]

Bank roll question so out each winning session you play how do you determine how much goes back into the poker bankroll roll and how much do you use for life expenses

[@ZarinaPokerTV]

I think I would do the same with the KK when he bet out of turn. And if you did bet this street after he acted out of turn, he could've folded his pair, so at least you got something on the river too. But yeah, when it's a confusing situation, it can throw you off for sure. Besides, like you said it's a senior folk who made an honest mistake, I wouldn't take advantage of him too.

[@Legolas1717]

I agree with the check call with KK.

[@lisas.8113]

Luv the dogs🐾🍖

[@gkb1973]

I have 3 poker dogs myself, all of which started barking when they heard Rouge and Aria bark. Mine are 2 Dalmatians and a 4lb chihuahua. Guess which one runs the house? 🤣

[@robertgermono1756]

love ur dogs

[@ianshirreffs5604]

I paused on the out of turn bet. I think he legit bet, not knowing it was your action. The check calling his bet was fine. I agree with your decision.

[@dogperson432]

I guess T9cc, solid 3 betting hand, flopped an open ender, just called turn hoping to realize, and bluff the ace since it's strong for your 3b range. 86hh surprised me genuinely. I would have thought that was 3rd or 4th place.

[@terrysword7739]

When someone bets out of turn I don’t even say anything. Having them take the bet back and betting instead obviously never makes sense so either raise call or fold using the additional information you now have

[@andrewnortcliffe2517]

Hey Lex, been loving your content over the last year since I discovered your channel, keep up the good work and keep crushing it! I have to be honest about only thing though, I couldn't give two sh*ts about your dog, I'm here for your great poker content, not pet videos, lol😜

[@jamer2]

Savage. I love the dog content. More 🐕 please

[@SURAZPUDASAINI]

Lex, you neee to come over Orange City Racing and Card Club

[@menelik-present5242]

you played it like a gentleman, regarding the old man.

[@snowpocalypse4479]

what should your Bank Roll be before moving up from $1-2 to $2-5 ? Also should you move up if you play with alot of Regs that play 2-5 but play a bunch at 1-2 ?

[@blakewinchester5591]

He has a whole vlog where he talks about situations you’re in and the sizing of bankroll you need

[@ducvo6265]

Hey Lex!!!! Love your video contents and watch everyone of them. My question is I have saved up $25,000 for bankroll playing 2/5 I live in Chicago but would love to get away from the Cool and move to Fort Lauderdale. I do nail So I have always have a job. Can you tell me how much one bedroom apartment so I can have a idea what I need to save up too. I plan to continue to work so I can build a better bankroll. Do you think am I safe to move down there with what I have all I need to Biltmore bankroll . Thank you.

[@JamesLauf]

I agree about your KK hand. You should have just bet your original intended amount

[@chunckyfreshnut]

I usually play tight. And have at least 4 buy in . What do you tip at bigger games?

[@andrewm827]

Man, 2nd time playing live last night and just ran super bad. I was there for 7 hours and the most premium hands I got were AKo x1, QQ x2 and all three were cracked (I made a good laydown with QQ vs a 5 bet who showed AA). I got one set. Bought in for $400, bled chips to $175 before I started to win some pots. Got back up to around $300 and started bleeding chips again. Here's my major mistake: I was extremely tired by this point but didn't want to leave stuck so I kept playing. Bled to $135 then turn jammed an open ended draw to try and push opponent off 1 or 2 pair. He wound up calling with 2 pair (9, 10, Q, 7 board I had A, J off) and I obviously missed so that was a punt. Instead of racking up $250 and leaving when I was tired I punted. Honestly, just super demoralizing. I was never up and it was just a war of attrition while being card dead. I couldn't sleep last night at all despite being dead tired. Maybe poker isn't for me? I don't know. Just venting. I don't think I will go back to play again despite my love for the game.

[@codywalker256]

Why no raise the turn with 86? Get more value from over pairs and you take the lead for river

[@williampaul6712]

What up Lex, I said whatup to you at Magic the other day on the 1 /2 table hope to run into you again soon. Keep crushing

[@adcscooter4517]

Only 72% humidity that's a mild day in the South.

[@randywatson6196]

Lex you da man!!!

[@pokershark2013]

It would have been fun to see you shove over his outta turn bet!

[@phatalextran]

to me when you play again recreational player you dont have to be too GTO. sometime they just there to have fun and bring the action. its ok to lost out some value rather then upset a plyer. but of course that only to me.

[@BoomerPoker]

Ya played it like ya had A8 but for some reason I’m leaning toward 9D. 86 suited. Hope I’m right.

[@aceinthehole3179]

Hey Lex, in your KK hand you described the player next to you as “an old man”. Curious what you consider old.

[@TheMarceloSilva]

here surround Boston area old people do pretend bet auto of turn as a angle, kind of blocking bet

[@gbwiz]

mans best friend...by far

[@jefflavallie9763]

Rogue for the win! Curious where you think is the best area Fla, TX or Vegas for someone with a sizeable roll to move and commit to playing full time----had a friend ask you this on your instagram but never got an answer?

[@lexopoker]

They are all great places. Just depends what games you want to play and where you want to live . Texas poker is hard to beat right now

[@gregoryschmidt3332]

Keep stacking the Euro pros in FL!

[@geo_YT88]

Lex, do you play online? Perhaps you can discuss your online experience in one of your future vlogs. I can't win, but am a solid 2/5 player live.

[@richardc3693]

What would I do in that hand where the bet out of turn? I raised him all in

[@GaDawg84]

Gotta reraise that river with KK. Your read was right on the turn and the river didn't change anything. You probably could have ripped it in and he would have called

[@toniweigl9783]

What kind of Bankroll Management do you suggest?