How to NOT Beat 1/2 - Poker Vlog 11

[@jaappatel282]

BOTH PLAYERS Q/9 IS INSANE!!! WTF!!!! Great vid as always man, great insight. Excited to see what's next

[@legendarymax7773]

This was tough to watch, alot of coolers. Wish you better luck in future games.

[@pokersam]

Appreciate that, it was a pretty rough time lol

[@revni4]

cozy

[@dextringaming8351]

That set of 10s hand would have tilted me beyond belief. Good hands tho

[@froy98]

Lol Mann I do not miss 1/2! Excited for the 2/3. You in LA?

[@pokersam]

Same brother, going back to 2/3 and 5/5 from now on. Yeah I am in LA, about 30 mins away from most of the big poker rooms.

[@WeissAdvice]

In 1/2 you should pretty much always be raising in position pre flop. Most players are going to call light out of position and under 4-bet, so you get to isolate in position a lot by having a wide 3 bet range. KJo from the button to a cutoff open is definitely well within that range. I'd also open a little larger than 3x, you're trying to beat the rake, and again opponents over call. If you open to 8-10 and get jammed on for 16, so what? Call off with your entire range LOL.

[@pokersam]

@@WeissAdvice you’re right for sure. I didn’t realize 1/2 plays so differently than the other games I played, I’m not a big fan of how it plays out though.

[@kimjonguwu5659]

Why does that table only have $1 chips?

[@pokersam]

This was a 1/2 table with a max buy in of $200. There were only $1 chips and $100 chips... very wide range...

[@mjriemen]

California Poker is really weird, thats why.

[@mjriemen]

With the $4 straddle on, youre basically playing a game with blinds equal to $2/5. $20 from the BB is waaay too small even if it folded to you. With callers even more so.

[@pokersam]

I agree, shoulda bumped it up a lottttt

[@831bweiser]

I make a standard open to $6....lol. you definitely Aren't going to beat $1/2 or the rake with a 3x open in a live poker game. Standard would be $12 TBH

[@pokersam]

@@831bweiser yep, I’m used to opening like $15 on 5/5 so I used that same logic here with $6 on 1/2. Definitely made the mistake of opening small multiple times… rake killed me

[@vinhduong3148]

i think you just running bad right now , once you play enough there you should beat that game easy, they don't like to fold there just have to adjust to the table , better luck next time bro

[@pokersam]

I agree, going to stick to 2/3 and 5/5 😅 1/2 is too hard bro