ALL-IN Or FOLD With An OVERPAIR!! Should I Lay This Down???

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

One of the things this VLOG has taught me is how often I miscalculate the size of the pot playing live. Don't ask me why but in H1 I thought my £70 was 75% pot. At least once a session I completely butcher calculating the pot size in my head. Other than that, hope you guys enjoy!

[@adoublea5824]

When your in ldn why do you mostly vlog in vic?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@ I'm not allowed to vlog anywhere else! I like the Vic too but no vlogs allowed elsewhere.

[@russellcawley4153]

Nothing wrong with asking dealer to spread the pot and do a quick count

[@jcohen6625]

I’ve played about 5k hours of live poker in my career playing various stakes anywhere from 1/2 to 25/50. Any time I’ve seen someone tank for a very long time on the turn or river then raise it has been >90% strong value and thats being generous. In this specific scenario with your JJ hand I think its a clear fold. You have a few things working against you here. Turn raises(especially IP in a 3bet pot where ranges are already quite condensed) are just so very nutted in live poker. The board is quite dry so its not as easy to find natural bluffs. Lastly this long tank plus raise on the turn screams “i know its probably better to trap but i cant bring myself to do it.” Long tank plus raise is essentially a hollywood so I usually treat it as such.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I have learned my lesson for next time!

[@Chop-rn7qm]

RE: the pocket jacks hand. I can’t find many bluffs at all on that specific board. For that reason, unless I know my opponent well enough to understand that they are capable of blasting off with relative air, my default decision is to fold.

[@pkrelmo]

Hi Mum! Had so much fun playing in this game even though the results definitely didn't go my way! Class vlog as always mate ❤

[@TheNow_Now]

Damn london 1/3 is so much tougher than in the US 😂. This seems the equivalent of a tougher 2/5 game here lol

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Yeah it was a tough 1/3, sometimes the games are great though, you’ll see next week 😂❤️

[@Bean-js9bc]

£3 has more purchasing power in the UK than $5 in the US for many things, so that makes some sense. Some economists like to use the Big Mac index, with one Big Mac costing about three quid in the UK and about six bucks in the US. 1/1 and 1/2 are more popular for the fun players in the UK.

[@RakkiOtoko]

Yeah. I think it’s a big difference in UK poker to US poker. Even some 1/2 games in the UK can be tough.

[@josephgreenfield8180]

@@Bean-js9bcwhat Big Macs you eating mate? £3?

[@kvnd7331]

​@Bean-js9bc zero economists use the big mac index which is just an economics meme. They use the PPP index

[@CoachcamsDad]

New year new Gaz you made some great folds and played probably best I've seen very disciplined, i think the JJ was a fold though 😂😂😂 but hey ho

[@chiltdog1259]

Like the folds pre flop. I know I can get very frustrated when I’m feeling card dead and everytime I get a half decent hand a nit re raises me huge. But some sessions are just about minimising losses and then when you finally have the hands it’s payday.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Exactly! Every decision is in isolation and we just gotta keep on folding til we make a big hand :)

[@jolaz69]

The last time someone check raised the turn in low stakes as a bluff, Martha Washington was the queen of England.

[@88_Poker.lover_88]

New Gary B seems disciplined . looking forward for upcoming vlogs and good luck for upcoming sessions!!!❤‍🔥

[@relaxationmeditationsleep2934]

KsQ on JsTs5s, big tell by you on the flop when checking your cards. If they were suited you would know. Therefore, you can never have a flush and your opponent can start bluffing. One of the most common tells in live games.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Big recs don’t check for stuff like that. Another terrible piece of advice from the self proclaimed Daniel Negreanu of microstakes

[@tommyfu9271]

plenty of people look back at their cards even when they're suited.

[@relaxationmeditationsleep2934]

@tommyfu9271 No they don't! When a player flops a strong hand, he does everything he can to be as inconspicuous as possible and therefore never looks at his cards. 101 of poker tells

[@hemispherecompensation]

I check my cards multiple times, suited or not suited.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@relaxationmeditationsleep2934 you’re an idiot

[@Star3201]

The only overs you're beating are tens although with the pre flop action he wouldn't have any QQ's+. 6's and 4's would be a hand I could see him jamming while having blockers and draws. I think its more likely he's on a set (2"s) and would probably fold but think its definitely a weird spot.

[@rgee5952]

lmao the outtro 😅 As for the JJ hand I find tank bluffs pretty rare, compounded with the live aspect and having peoples eyes on you I think most players after a certain amount of time has gone by would shy away from bluffing, probably thinking that their bluff would seem less credible. 🤷‍♂

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Lesson learned!

[@Poppaaaaa]

good point

[@rxgrinder]

How is the rake over there?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

A little high but not as high as mainland Europe

[@tyehawkins5788]

love the vids as always gary , not a huge fan of going back to hands after you’ve shown half of them , like to keep up to date with how the session is going as can affect how you play future hands . much love as always bud

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Glad you like the vlog, but I will continue to do things like this if I want to mix it up a little

[@wins_77]

Hi, how you use a chip to randomize? Could you explain it one more time?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Treat it like a compass. The top of the chip facing east = 25%, south = 50% etc etc

[@wins_77]

Thank you

[@iainclark6210]

I think the JJ hand is very player dependent, could he be spazzing out with 99 or A8. I’m leaning towards folding because you beat no value and in struggling to find any bluffs that make sense. Having said that he shouldn’t be playing any hand that beats you this way so his play feels off

[@jolaz69]

It’s ok to just flat the 3 bet with a medium pair like pocket jacks

[@energyequilibrium]

From my understanding by watching you play live poker for a while now and seeing you lose big pots in such stupid ways.. I think you have adapted very well to the live games you play right now and by watching the sheer discipline you showed this video.. Im honestly impressed! The year will be good if you continue like that. And for the JJ hand.. Look.. let’s not overthink it here. Its a 1/3 game.. your opponent has called on a dry flop and re raised on a pretty much blank turn.. If you play your 99 and TT like that my dude.. hats off because in the long run you’re burning money *on the Live tables* and jacks are so behind to all his value like QQ KK AA, and even if he is bluffing with AK… he has outs (but I really wouldn’t think he would play his AK that way) so jack become a very bad bluff catcher in my opinion in this given situation.. I mean i never see people bluffing like this on the lower stakes.. They are just not as capable and creative as you give them credit sometimes.. Im very curious of the fact that you said shoving and folding are the only options, because imo shoving doesn’t do much here.. I mean there are no draws.. So what does shoving really achieve you know what I mean? But let me know what you think of the hand 🤔 Wish you all the best for the upcoming sessions Gazy 🍀

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I appreciate the feedback! If I just call there is about £1100 in there with £300 behind. If my opponent somehow has a draw or 1p I just wanna commit it. It’s not like I ever fold the river.

[@williammccabe2129]

Ugh just one of those sessions, Gazzy...you'll catch heat soon :) Btw, you inputted the wrong casino in your poker tracker - it says the Hippo right now haha.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I know!! I have since changed it but was too lazy to fix and re upload. Well spotted!

[@williammccabe2129]

@@garyblackwoodpoker Will you ever try hosting a meet-up game at the Vic?

[@RoskowMedia]

bit less fun with you nitting it up :D but hopefully you crush the year and we get some sick videos

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Tight is right… apparently.

[@JakeDarrow211]

Did you remove “a couple of J boys” from your repertoire? Haven’t heard it in a while, and honestly, it makes me laugh cuz I’m a child😂

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Think it’s in there somewhere in this vlog! If not it’ll be in there next week!

[@richcheckmaker]

I think fold to the raise when you have JJ. The half all-in is scarier on that monotone board then a jam. A jam could be 99 or TT that doesn't want to call and see a bad river but they're never clicking it back with those hands. 64 is a double gutter that got there but most likely he has a set. What's villains range that calls the initial raise then calls your 3bet? Lot of pocket pairs.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Thanks rich. Hope life is treating you well!

[@touchtennis]

“F***** nailed it first time” outros just get better and better!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha glad someone knows it’s a continual thing and not just a random one off!!

[@danielgarland9838]

What a magnificent breakdown as always! I didn't pause so I like your reasoning to call with the OP. On another note this very inexperienced 5/10 player (me) awaits your arrival to the Bellagio. I hope you vlog a 5/10 session while you're here as well. Best wishes for a fantastic meet up game also! Love the content absolute top-notch!! Have a fantastic weekend! Ok wait for it wait for it wait no longer...#letsgooooooo!!!!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Thanks Danny boy, have a great weekend! Let’s gooooooo

[@chrisungoed8793]

I would have jammed but I think after tanking for 2 mins with a bluff he'd just think he's now taken too long and looks too weak so wouldn't, he could have a hand like 99/TT/A8 though that decides to raise to deny your overcards though so idk tough spot

[@chrisungoed8793]

But maybe we can fold JJ and just go with QQ+ or maybe even KK+

[@animaroku]

I think you can actually call, and rely that villian will not bluff river, and have enough showdown value to call in the case of pro bluffs. think its a shove when there's a flush draw possible, but I think realistically the only hand you gain ev by shoving vs calling is 67, because with the other bluff combos (45,43,56) I think he will not fold for the extra 300 on most rivers. Anyway - folding vs call/shove - I think fold, unless very capable good opponent, I think he is not doing it with 54, 55, 56, 43, 44, 66 ever, so it is either set, weird straight or 67. He can have all the sets, so - 12 combos that you got 5 percent, and 4 combos that you have 84% - not good enough. If you treat it as a shove, your pot odds are even worse - so I think its a fold

[@bavers]

Gazzy B, that’s my local in the back ground. the old Ricoh arena or the CBS as it know known. Many nights spent playing 1,2 there.

[@alfiearmstrong]

That Grosvenor casino is The Vic in London, not the Grosvenor in Coventry

[@bavers]

@ halfway through there is a shot of him outside in a car park. That’s at the Ricoh in Coventry.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I did a wee advert/outro in Coventry!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Next vlog is out next week and it’s from Coventry 🥰 it’s awesome!

[@bavers]

@@garyblackwoodpoker just finished watching and saw the outro. I hope you had some luck there mate. Awesome Vlog as always.

[@piphak520]

That ending comment was the best! Lol

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha thank you. I throw it in once every few months!

[@Howsyamotha1]

You guys dont tip dealers in the UK?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@Howsyamotha1 not anywhere near as much as the USA. It’s illegal to pay them $2.50 an hour here so tipping isn’t a necessity.

[@finnchambers9161]

Good play to start the new year (from my perspective) I am a bum though😂

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I appreciate it!

[@iudicus]

so weird that the black chips are only 25...I wondered why you used so many of them to put him all in insted only 3...when he only has 250 behind...but since they are only 25s it of course makes sense...

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Yeah it’s a lil different. We ain’t at the bellagio now sonnnn

[@nine_fingers_mike]

Are you fancy nice splashy 2/5 in Sheffield?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Would love to but so lazy! It’s too far away

[@Hennnerzz]

looks like the ricoh has changed a bit from my days up there!!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@Hennnerzz it’s boujee now!!

[@stratos706]

Folding a Ten and an Ace when it is the 10th of January is criminal, unless you are also playing suits and it is not a club year.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

New year NEW ME

[@ryanjohnson578]

I think it’s a fold, the long tank makes me think he has a set of 8s or 5s

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

👀👀👀

[@Womenandwine]

Depends on opponent. Some opponents love to tank bluff.

[@RakkiOtoko]

I think you’re playing a lot better in this game more discipline!! I currently only play low stakes 1/1 maybe 1/2 live. Playing a strong solid game seems to be the best way

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Ima fuckin CRUSH live poker this year

[@JakeDarrow211]

Since it’s rainbow by the turn, I’d put the guy on a set and making a crying fold. I’m only at 5:36 so we shall see!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Wizard! 😂❤

[@JakeDarrow211]

@@garyblackwoodpoker ha! Not even close, but I’m 49 so I grew up playing more live than online. I’ve honed the live tells pretty well, I’d say. Thanks anyways for the e compliment. You really kept running into it this sesh. I’m an avid watcher and fan, and I respect your style and thinking process! Keep it up!

[@Saskabreeze]

Feel like a Euro at Bellagio made me spit out my coffee. Well played Gary.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha I was proud of that one ❤

[@edward6902]

1:00 you never struck me as high-maintenance aggro

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

New year new me

[@raylewis6117]

Depends if I had a reload but shove jacks is my move.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Love it haha

[@jakubpuawski3875]

JJ has got to be a jam, a non-pro (which he must be with that absurd 4bet size earlier) will never tank long with a very strong hand (he'll be too excited to put more money in), so it's most likely some wierd merge with hands like 8x, 99 or 56s. Ready to be embarassed at the end of the vid :D

[@jakubpuawski3875]

btw the tank read is about the turn, just saw someone below comment the opposite and I think on the river it's different, but that just comes from the fact that live non-pros simply don't bluff raise river ever

[@vaj665]

Looking forward to the first vlog in Italian :D

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Mamma Mia!!!

[@achenafiasrat11]

Friday! Gazzy B day!! LFG with another vlog!!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Happy weekend buddy!

[@Padballer]

Could make a drinking game out of this vlog for the amount of times you said new year new me… shades of Roxanne

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

that's the joke!!!

[@80proctor]

Genuinely I would have folded because I don’t think it’s a bluff. However I place 2nl online haha so that’s a background on me

[@craigwask6098]

You have to call the Jacks

[@sloppytoppings1681]

I don’t know about others but when you “saved” the pocket jacks hand til the end I watched like 20 seconds more and just skipped through.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@sloppytoppings1681 is that you being negative? Again??? Try not to be so complainy and miserable 😘😘

[@JakeDarrow211]

You said J boys at 10:35! Ha!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha yeah it’s my catch phrase

[@AstroMech1]

Where's the chip randomizer info we were promised?!?! 😅

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

You treat it like a compass! If the top of the chip faces east, that’s 25%, south is 50% etc etc

[@TM-ri3ii]

After watching the first minute of this vlog I've discovered that the B in GazzyB actually stands for bumhunter. 💔

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m one of them now.

[@relaxationmeditationsleep2934]

JJ Hand, the only semi bluff in this spot would be 44 imo. Very unlikely that your JJ is still good.

[@MissDeal55]

The drunk Italian outro and editing 💀

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

😬😬😬😂❤

[@russellcawley4153]

I shove - if he has it he has it but my thought process would’ve been same as yours- why would he tank raise with a set? Good to see you not paying the nits off though - stick to that all year for big winning year

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Exactly, who the fuck plays a set like that 😂❤️

[@russellcawley4153]

Mental note for if you sit with him again - he plays sets like a newbie. I can still remember peoples faces who played hands like that against me twenty years ago lol

[@edward6902]

14:42 baby guinness >>> guinness baby

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

They are dreamy!

[@JEB88]

Great content❤

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

❤️❤️❤️

[@pkrelmo]

PS. in for more Baby Guinness content

[@danielpreciado3309]

Black 25s is so sick

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

They are a lil different I’ll give you that!

[@luccaaliaga9954]

Gazzy B 1 2 3!!!!

[@energyequilibrium]

Just posting this comment to tell you that I fold the JJ on the turn and Im curious to see what you do.

[@jaydee514]

Jj ez fold ppl don’t raise spot like that as a bluff in live poker and if they do it’s a special type Ike a VIP or new player that has no clue what he’s doing. Reg just don’t bluff enough to make this a profitable call. I can’t believe you went for it…

[@1312Mork2]

Had no idea you were fluent in italian 😂

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Piccolino!

[@milesmiller2733]

great video. probably should have stayed in 5/10, couldn't have gone any worse!!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Haha so true!!

[@DonnyBhoy]

I shove on him with the jacks think he’s at it after getting you to fold with the 4 bet and long tank

[@Mathemagical55]

Tank + Raise = Nuts

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Duly noted 💔

[@nuklearwinter2892]

I’m folding the JJ, it’s just a set or straight every time there.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

How much for coaching 😂❤️

[@Outsider09-j8f]

At 15:11 you can call with the AT suited after the 3 bet

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Did you just completely skip the reasoning for my fold or?

[@tommyfu9271]

don't pay nits.

[@nuknuk420]

People always have it when they bet 420

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Omg didn’t even realise 😂❤️

[@Aldune87]

Fold the JJ hand

[@pferdferd]

Turn raises from recreational players at low stakes games? GTFO!!!

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Coulda told me earlier bro!!!

[@pferdferd]

@ ❣️

[@jessebrown5130]

Jj all in

[@jaganyogendran5238]

I'm going with a bluff

[@rococob288]

JJ rip it in

[@FizR-z9r]

Has this dude ever won????

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@@FizR-z9r I don’t think he has you know!!

[@FizR-z9r]

@@garyblackwoodpoker Why not add an update for your live winnings or losses on the year?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@it’s the first session of the year, the graph at the end is exactly what you’re asking for.

[@team_todd]

New year new you, ya say?

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Drink every time I say it

[@Solid5221]

Always fold

[@MrBleedk]

n1

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

❤

[@slackerton935]

i woulda jammed there too

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Glad I’m not the only one!

[@Jared-u1h]

You Started the same way you ended last year. Losing 😂

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

New year same old me!

[@Apocalypse_Promotions]

58 second club

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

So fast!

[@graydontinneny2276]

That what my girl calls me

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

@ lmao I knew someone would say that...

[@Naturalmystic25]

1-3 has no pros brother.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Idk what this means

[@MajkelM82]

fk it announced

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

FUCK IT

[@MajkelM82]

@garyblackwoodpoker tbf I fall a sleep yday. Not sure what decision you've made. I'll have a look later on.

[@MajkelM82]

yeap, they always have it ;) gl on tables

[@mikexpoker3275]

Comment

[@Poppaaaaa]

folllddd

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

Next time!

[@Poppaaaaa]

@I assume I’m right then!

[@MrGeorgeTBone]

Double checking your hole cards is such an amateur move because nobody does it when they have two suited cards. Look at your cards one last time after the preflop action is done and remember them for the rest of the hand.

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

I look at my cards about 6 times a hand. I will never stop 😘

[@MrGeorgeTBone]

@ I guess if you do it six times a hand every hand you’re fine 😂

[@YoshiPaddle]

Gary, you’re a call station every vlog😥

[@garyblackwoodpoker]

TECHNICALLY I didn’t call, I went all in 😂❤️