How to beat Ignition Bovada Zone Poker: Strategy Video

In this video, I show you my general strategy on how to beat Bovada Zone Poker. We talk about hand selection, pre and post flop play, and how these games differ from normal poker. Let me know if you have any questions, or want me to expand on any topics.
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[@josephtrinkle3255]

i see this video is 2 years old but i had to comment (which i never do). LISTEN TO THIS MANS ADVICE. Particularly at the beginning of the video, but the latter half shows real gameplay w/ advice. This man knows his stuff. I continuously lost until i found this video. Thanks again OP

[@dragontav]

Nice video. I like that you stay cool headed when you lose KK to JJ or have to fold QQ.

[@MicroDonk]

dragontav Thanks. You get used to it. Part of the game.

[@ohplease587]

All of this Poster's tips(regarding Play style, etc.) are dead right regarding "Zone Poker." THANK YOU for taking the time to post such great information.

[@justschwab]

Bob - very rarely comment on KZbin, but props for posting a solid instructional video. Cheers.

[@MicroDonk]

Thanks!

[@HoMMLoL]

Great video, enjoyed watching all of it. As a newer player, it felt nice to watch a guide in a format like this, where you actually demonstrate the strategy working as well. Subscribed for more. :)

[@lakesullivan2326]

Great Video. Love the raising tips. Brings out the fish in so many people.

[@cowdaddy4595]

This is good. I am going to watch this one again and then one more time.

[@sMecKsWasHere]

Another great one, keep it up Bob =]

[@bassque]

@34:02. Sorry if this was answered below I think if you Check/Fold now they debit you at a later hand if you win. They don't just take the $$$. I may be wrong but I've seen a "you won .35 at hand " in my chat log later in Zone.

[@goat1050]

you are correct, it even says it in the chat.

[@BeReady726]

Weird thing is, I played exactly like this when I first deposited money, then I just lose it and completely forget how to play. I don't know why this happens to me. Can you relate? It could be because I don't have a solid understanding of how to play, so my instinctive aptitude is over ridden by a tilt.

[@UltrasBet]

Thanks for the strategy!

[@noXed44]

appreciate the guide, bro

[@adamc2320]

Top notch videos Bob, you ever play higher stakes cash games or tournaments?

[@JonathanPoto]

I play every hand that the blind doesn't get raised and wait to catch a Low set or a straight flop then pray for bets to raise against otherwise check till the river and feign a bluff with a three times pot bet

[@MikeTheSe7enth]

Can you make more of these same videos, maybe on the lower stakes?

[@jeffreypavao3667]

Thanks for the great video

[@PokerUSAcom]

What is the best casino for poker in Las Vegas?

[@bradmundies425]

Have you ever just sat and watched any games on Bovada? People suck out on most hands...Stuff like that guy rivering a set of jacks on your kk happens more often than not. I've noticed a lot of the time if you're ahead on the flop they hit the turn or river. I've also noticed that flopping 2 pair almost never wins for some reason. My all in EV vs expected is off so far...AK vs Ax dominated hands win almost 40% of the time over 200k hands...My exact number is like 37.57% where dominated hands win in heads up pots. The tolerances of variance for the statistics is off by multiple percents for almost every category. People flop sets more than they should, two people run into hands more often than they should, people suck out more often than they should.

[@makeshotsharder6196]

Agree with that. I went so far to track some of the crap going on. I tracked 200 all in hands that involved a pocket pair. Pocket aces held up only 12/19 times preflop, losing to some hands like 7-6o and 10-3o. (Why would you CALL with either hand). Pocket 2's held up a perfect 100% considering that they are even/dog preflop. I also tracked 500 flops. There is a pair hitting the flop roughly 28% of the time (Odds are only 16.9%). Too many long odd variances even in the hands I tracked. Something wrong with their system for sure

[@bigeyedf11sh76]

@@makeshotsharder6196 you guys are mad that people are calling your raises with premiums with 10-3 and 67o? lol

[@makeshotsharder6196]

@@bigeyedf11sh76 Read the comment dumbass. I did not play in any hand while tracking the hands. I recorded WHAT happened. Statistics dont lie. Through 500 flops, to have the number of pairs on the board after the flop is less likely than hitting the powerball twice in a week. But then again, you idiots dont have a fucking clue

[@artemkyshnirenko4821]

Yep, the video is interesting, thanks to the author! Small offtop. I have heard thad bovada card catcher is good for using. Can anyone tell me more about it?

[@darylvogel1461]

What do you recommend for a proper bankroll for these stakes? I've tried your system to a T and I'm down $300. My experience so far has been building up in tiny amounts, only to lose my stack where I'm all-in with better hand and then get rivered. Most of the time I realize I win those spots but what do you recommend to counter the variance? A potential flaw that I see here is that by "betting big" as you say on the hands where he hit the flop is that you're not extracting maximum value. So you're letting your opponent off the hook with their worse hands and potential bloating the pot when they have better hands. By taking down small pots on flops, yes, you build up your stack by small amounts but I'm concerned the amount being built does not counter the potential amount you can lose on one hand due to dumb luck.

[@MicroDonk]

These videos were made before the huge rake increase at Ignition. That, and the games have changed quite a bit. With the rake and variance of zone, probably something like 50 buy ins. You could try regular tables and sit with around 30-40 buy ins.

[@fedea82]

Micro Donk Do you think the format is still beatable with this strategy? If not, what changes would you recommend?

[@atjblah999]

Have you figured out how many hands per hour?

[@GovnaBuckingham]

sometimes i just get rekt in ridiculous situations like when i have AQ and i reraised a guy and he calls, and the flop is like A35 and the guy has 53 in hand and i bet a shitload and get destroyed. Ill like make a bunch of money and then lose it all in situations like that

[@MicroDonk]

The_Reginald That happens. A guy who calls a reraise with 53 is going to be losing a lot of money over the long run.

[@goobe72]

+dsghagsdagsa will he really in online poker? lol let's be honest.. better hands lose more in online poker, that's just the nature of the beast that is the rng. smh.

[@masstransitrecords7865]

The_Reginald not true

[@JonathanPoto]

A35 is a shotgun straight I'd bet pot max

[@jwhite-kd8fn]

How would you play KK in position when the guy before you min raises AK? I reraised him half + some and then he reraises it and I shoved. And he ended up rivering the A, but I feel like a lot of the players in 5NL zone can't throw away hands. His stack was also considerably lower than what it should've been.

[@jeffreypavao3667]

+jwhite1397 if people can't throw away hands, then raise bigger and get the money in as fast as possible with big value hands like KK. unfortunately you just got coolered with that AK hand :/

[@PokerUSAcom]

what is the best web site for poker?

[@HelloImNoob2323]

10:55 - Click it over and over I dare you. Make sure grandma is near.

[@LaTiNoGuYmAn]

Solid strategy but a little bit flawed on regularly folding over pairs

[@raleighstrickland4327]

Have any advice on how to cashout via bitcoin on ignition

[@Nick23PACE]

anyway you could make an update video? I enjoyed the series just watched it late lol

[@MicroDonk]

Yeah, I am actually going to make a new series.

[@XRayoki]

some people call me king jack-off

[@davidd9707]

+tyler payne lmfao

[@ItsEverythingElse]

If you fold your big blind and no one opened the betting I think you still win the blinds. That's why the button is labeled "CHECK/FOLD NOW".

[@MicroDonk]

Yes, that is true.

[@Ricmaniac]

Windows XP though really :P ? haha, Nice vid mate

[@MicroDonk]

Ricmaniac Actually, it's ChromeOS, running Ubuntu, running Virtual Box, running a VM of XP :)

[@ItsEverythingElse]

Most players on zone are passive? I don't experience that at all, they are quite aggressive.

[@MicroDonk]

There's a big mix of passive calling stations and drunk maniacs. It is hard to find out who is who. You really need to try to analyze hands and how they would play. Sometimes you will call a big bet on the river and see they have air.

[@WKhacks]

i know this is an old vid but if you are still active i was wondering what you do in the SB when its gets folded around to you without a super strong hand and of course not complete garbage?

[@themi6sportsnetwork171]

You would min raise or raise at that point to try and steal the BB.

[@erniebandaid4652]

I know HUDs are pointless but is there anyway to log and track hands? Just to get an idea of hands played, BB/100 and so on.

[@MicroDonk]

Yeah, you can use Holdem Indicator or Ace Poker Solutions grabber with Holdem manager/Poker Tracker.

[@erniebandaid4652]

That works with zone hands?

[@MicroDonk]

Yes

[@utoober12]

@39:05- what did he wind up having?

[@erictorkelson5778]

How could he possibly know?

[@utoober12]

Bovada HH shows all cards for every hand

[@CommndngOfficer]

To me, zone poker sucks most of the fun out of poker. To truly exploit your opponents weaknesses you must find out how they play their hands from each position. Then you can decide how to counter and make creative bluffs. Zone erases all those edges. While your strategy is a good basic starting point, it is by no means an optimal strategy. I would assume an optimal strategy would be relentless 3betting and balls to the wall aggression in position on certain board textures. Check shoving some rivers has to be profitable as well. If most people are playing one way, the optimal way to play will be whichever way can exploit it. But like I said, zone is garbage and with proper training you can probably make so much more money from regular tables anyway. It's bovada, people will limp and call your isolation raise out of position and just fold flop or turn over and over again.

[@blakeabronstein]

are the games still this easy?

[@thomasradar1860]

PS...Great information.

[@BMC4LYF3]

Solid

[@lazmelo8877]

great video thank you

[@yztyzt1]

can u do headsup: thx

[@MicroDonk]

That isn't really my game. Sorry.

[@royalemomentsyt]

you fold queen ten with blinds of .50?

[@billsny9243]

you should UTG at least

[@marceli7034]

great content & thanks for sharing upload ! :| 😼

[@MicroDonk]

Thanks for watching. I have added more content.

[@thomasgascoigne7473]

Who the hell still has a system running Windows XP in this day and age? Just kidding bro, good video.

[@JustinOhio]

+Thomas “HackedSoul” Gascoigne it's probably a VM.

[@NewSchoolPOKERstrat]

You have got the perfect demeanor for poker. I was thinking of doing some mindset training stuff on my channel: Navonod on NLH. I'm interested in doing a project together. My channel is content about specific strategy concepts mostly. We maybe would work well together. Very good composure guy, bravo!

[@NewSchoolPOKERstrat]

This is a great video If you like this maybe check my vids on same topic, I'm getting into similar stuff and I'm gonna be focusing on micro stakes. Navonod on NLH totally approves of this video ;) Really, it was great to watch this and validate my own thoughts

[@DailyScratcher]

how do you hit so many fucking good hands? I play these MTT at bovada and go 1.5 hours receiving 4 7 , 7 3 , 6 4 all fucking game

[@DailyScratcher]

all I see AK JJ QQ AA like wtf lmao

[@DailyScratcher]

+Daily Scratcher but great video you r pretty decent player bro

[@SlumCityBeats]

Damn bro ur audio is horrible but imma give this video a chance. It blasted my ears and had to turn my volume down to 20 and you have a line hum (prolly a bad mic cable) or a worn out audio jack.

[@bradmundies425]

Lol get dealt aces every 40 hands..

[@ItsEverythingElse]

People will 4 bet with pocket 9s.

[@MicroDonk]

Sometimes, but I think the majority of players here would not.

[@KyleMart]

The JJ hand you said you were willing to stack off on the TT8 flop seems like your either in horrible shape or flipping. The QQ hand you were getting too aggro. You could have bet the flop then checked the turn. Then on the river he'll either bet and you can call or he checks where you can then bet. I'm guessing your plan was to get 3 streets of value, but that is too optimistic. Often times you'll run into the spot which happened where you have to fold and you might have the best hand. I probably shouldn't have typed any of this but I couldn't help myself. Since you've posted this video you've got 5647 views and that means there are probably 5647 people making your ability to make money harder. So I'm kind of wondering why you made this other than to boost your ego?

[@shakethese317]

do not play bovaea it is a scam period any other poker room is better the company even admits that the card odds are not legitimate

[@thomasradar1860]

PLEASE get a better mic.

[@dylanskye1534]

Wtf

[@tomvonachen3749]

Bovada is B.S.

[@Chris_Adams88]

!!!!!READ I am looking to team up with someone on a Poker site and play sit n goes together .....i am confident we will win ......my Goal is to Pull out $500 or more a week REPLY

[@kc0tlh]

Nope. That would be cheating :)

[@rexreid6915]

this site is rigged, they are stealing, bots taking a lot of $ from players.

[@Mr.Rick989]

Rex Reid i played this site once. seeing on how they dont even have usernames, or I.P. addresses, there is no way to track anyone. I could have 7 accounts at the same table. Fuck that site!

[@shakethese317]

bovadas poker is a scam stay away

[@herodotall]

you can't win money on that site. it's run by Jews who paid the DOJ.