IS GG POKER BEATABLE?

This week i share my online GG poker graph along with some hands including two massive 600bb pots, a big bluff with just king high and a disaster play from myself. Enjoy!
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[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

Thanks for watching this weeks episode! If you could drop us a sub that would be SWELL

[@freedom_is_here]

it's funny how Bena hide the screen names of villains and we can instanlly see them in the next hand in the video 😆

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha we could tighten this up 🤣

[@shikeridoo]

am i dumb or is there not a single instance of that happening in this video? time stamp a villain that's revealed in a later hand please.

[@trent6991]

The KZbin algorithm bought me here. Was not disappointed. Love the break down, and the honesty. TT was WILD! Look forward to future episodes

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you to the KZbin gods 🙏 appreciate you being here mate

[@Hildreth1101]

65s my strategy OTT would be to Jam or B70, basically leave like 30-40% pot behind, something solver does because it puts specific combos into awkward spots, like his pair+Draw region. I don't mind a Jam too, sort of achieves the same, I am not sure if it physchologically easier OTT to commit to a hand than OTR where a bunch of bad runouts can hit, because vs a B70 size IP is meant to be jamming a lot, but I find people tend to be a bit passive. But it does make sense on this double FD type hand that is connected like this to just Jam your value. Alternatively I don't mind a XC or a XR as well and if they do X back to the Turn you get to bluff OTR to fold out certain better FD that want to realise equity or weaker pairs that want showdown. I did think flop was also a mix too, it is probably because it is harder to realise equity with this hand in a XR node than a XC node + you can play leads (I don't play leads myself in these spots so I'd XR). What I learned from these hands: 1) I am in deep shock when a "Tight Reg" Squeezes Preflop from BB and triples off on a T High board and has AA. Deep shock! (Deeper shock you actually called, when the day comes to battle you I must remember to have 0 bluffs!). 2) If a Reg blocks the Nuts in any line in any spot in Poker they will never fold.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks for your thoughts on the 65s, b70 wasn't actually used but that's not a problem! i think that would be better than my 1/2p for sure ahaha, i look forward to the battle mate - i imagine it won't be too much longer til you'll shot some 1k??? can confirm that blocker to nuts = caaaaaawl

[@Roxz.1]

Nice winrate! Also love the ante hand reviews. On to the next 100k hands!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks brother❤️❤️

[@24Cristiandiaz]

I like the full ring content. I play full ring and it`s rare to see content about it nowadays. Great video!! Keep it up mate. Greetings from Argentina. By the way, also very rare to see an Argentinian rec playing high stakes!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha yeah i really enjoy the full ring tables too! going back to my routes as a purely FR player is fun :D very rare for an argentinian rec for sure! thanks for watching

[@worthitt1291]

Hi Bena, Regarding A3s hand; I get the bluff catch but it does seem a little iffy. Like you said this player was pretty tight and I know people bluff but I mean its not like super good spot for him to run a bluff for infinite big blinds when you can have straights/sets easily and maybe he does find some bluffs here but population probably massively under bluffing this spot as far as i know haha. I probably wouldn't of paid off here on river but I appreciate seeing the results and keeping him honest. Regarding 65s hand .... I was surprised you didn't just jam ai on turn with so much going on and it being double fd and multiple straight draws. If you have sets/ combo draws etc ... you dont need some mysterious card rolling off. When it comes to 3bet pots and wet boards (boards with fd +sd or double fd and sd), lots of overjams on turns in general across various positions in 3bet pots afaik. I get the merit behind betting turn for non all in ... i.e. when you bet smaller and jam rivers, they can call worse draws and you now bluff them off on the river. But do you know of any good heuristics for when the board is pretty wet in a 3bet pot (doesnt have to be just utg vs mp 3b) and solver prefers using smaller sizing on turn instead of just jamming. Would be good to know and keep in mind. Thanks for nice video. Cheers.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks mate! yeah the spots where you jam less and use half pot or block will usually just be boards with 1-2 high cards. that’s why I got confused in my hand cus of the J ott

[@henrylister5101]

The TT hero, you must be building yourself a reputation aha.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmfao it would seem that not bluffing would be advisable at this point 🤣🤣

[@isaacgreer65]

Loving the content, as a low takes player I find it very useful, informative and entertaining. Keep it up! 👍

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks a lot for the kind words isaac

[@sneakytucky]

"I dont think oop will ever use a hand with an Ace in them" how about 2 Aces?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

sadly there were a couple aces in my opponents hand

[@jackbrady9738]

Love your content ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. Literally you’re a KZbin poker superstar.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

🤣❤️

[@joejohnson3299]

Tens turbo snap had me on the floor 😅. Excellent video keep blasting off for the fans ❤

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

lmfaoooo ❤️❤️❤️

[@GaryKelleher]

Hey Ben. Nice to see you're still doing well. Subbed. Quick question: why do so many people on GG use their real name ? I've never understood . Is there an incentive to do so?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hey mate! some people are real named due to location and/or winnings. mine is the former :D

[@granty07g]

Epic video! You’re looking well man!!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you mate!!!

[@MarkorikYe]

Hey,great vid as always! I was wondering do u have a RB agent on GG and whats your take on that? I heard that theres no point playing on GG if u dont have somekind of extra RB deal so im curious what do u think about that.Thanks!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i used to but my agent doesn't offer it anymore sadly. well yeah the more rb you can get the better tbh mate :D

[@iainclark6210]

The A3s hand was interesting, Would you agree that he's only barreling the turn as a bluff with good equity since he is oop? say FD or 6outs + GS type holdings AQ,AK

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

I think there’ll be the other QJ KQ A5 of the non flush draws too. then some 87 with front and back door fd’s. and then ott some AQ with one flush card for sure. but I don’t see those ever following through on bricks

[@iainclark6210]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Hi Ben, I think being he is oop he is going to want good equity when Double barreling and KQ QJ (non FD) will fall into his give ups . The point i wanted to get to was when we hit the river given my assumption he barrels AK, AQ then he is going to have to bluff these combos at a high frequency as he is running out of hands to bluff with and therefore having a Ace is probably a neutral blocker at best given we block both value and bluffs and A3 might be a fold. what do you think?

[@joshmanleypoker]

Nice vid Bena!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks brother!

[@chromersv]

So many of these spots where you are rocketing it off are spots where you have so few bluffs (K6cc 65ss) . These are mega overfolded in basically any game Ive ever played in. Wild to see how many are being hero called in these games.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah I 100% agree with you too! tbh the amount of calling I’m seeing is truly next level. think we need to find a few value combos ahahah

[@teenagersmy122]

K6 was an absolute torch

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

this time it turned out to be yes, but generally, no it isn't a torch

[@paulpunts]

Congrats on the first 100k hands on GG. 🎉 Next 100 you’ll be crushing for sure ❤

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you brother! 🙏

[@Doblou13]

Love the video

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i don’t see anyone choosing to bluff pairs here as they have so much potshare vs busted fd’s (plenty of which showdown)

[@Doblou13]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker I dont think I agree... you called a sqz pre which means that you will have to bluff most if not all of your busted fd since you dont have hands like QJdd KJdd KQdd as often to bluff. So you would def need to dig into the Axdd ones (meaning 54ss would have a lot less potshare OTR). So it seems very unlikely that the EV of checking down 54ss which absolutely amazing blockers will be lower than EV of bluffing it. Also if you thought the spot was probably underbluffed by pool, why did you still called? Did you think your blockers were good enough to overcome the fact that population will underbluff this spot? Or were you just not very confident that it was underbluffed and decided to sticky with theory?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah i called because of pots odds, blockers and not wanting having enough confidence in this being a clear fold. naturally i felt this was much more likely a pure call than pure fold given the reasons above

[@Charlie_Ses]

Awesome video fella, top grade content 👍👍

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks mate! ty for watching as always

[@johnd5619]

Hey Ben! Great video as usual. I was a bit confused when you were talking about rakeback and your win rate on gg. when you said you were break even over the first 100k hands, was that including rakeback and bonuses, or before?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

break even before bonuses. so the graph i showed was just my on table results. i then said that with rb and other bonuses i'm winning like 40-50k!

[@ant4009]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker how many is the rakeback?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

@@ant4009 i literally say it in the video mate haha

[@KingsOfCardio]

You always post fun hands. Thanks

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks mate! will always try post the spicers haha

[@Charlie_Ses]

You're a different level fair play. I consider myself a half decent 25nl/50nl player, but you're something else. With the 8h7h hand I'm probably folding to the UTG limp given we're EP, but then I wonder where the 8x raise comes from.... I know you say it's because of the ante and because everyone is deep, but is there any maths behind that sizing?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

my current results definitely don't agree that im on a different level but i appreciate the kind words haha. as for the 87s i just can't imagine not iso'ing a big rec because it performs so damn well ip. we're only raising to 8x because of the amount of dead money. if you rail some of these ante tables you will see all the regs doing something similar! i have also seem quite a few preflop solutions and you will not fkn believe how wide you gotta be lol

[@isakekberg8519]

I think I mostly end up folding 87s in that type of spot pre, thinking that the domination that could happen 3way with a fish particularly against KQ is enough reverse equity to just let go, I have no clue if this is correct tho really, just gut feeling

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

it’s so so close yeah. but CO was just so so whale and I really don’t expect them to reopen (kinda justified when we see JJ!) that I thought we could justify. very fkn marginal tho I gotta admit

[@cronstrubzo]

good stuff, thanks for sharing. 100k hands = how many hours did it take you?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

around 200 hours mate!

[@Mathemagical55]

On the 65ss hand I know I'm always seeing the river so I'd check-raise the flop slightly bigger and just jam turn.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

you're a better player than i am good sir

[@winningbackthegirl]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker lmao

[@archie2281]

There was an interesting post on I think Reddit where a data miner posted the average win rate on gg (-1bb) vs stars (3bb) for regulars

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah sounds right. but average also isn’t something I wanna aspire to!

[@archie2281]

@BenaBadBeatPoker it’s not the point, stars seems much more beatable despite having a better pool

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

there are no games on stars at 1k+ mate. legit majority 3h reg battles

[@jakeleach1997]

I do think Xr or Xc are fine on flop with 65ss, but i think jamming turn is the play to maximise fold equity, i think when you set up such a small SPR on the river, it becomes tougher to get folds from hands like QQ, either way youre probably getting called in this spot, but i think it makes more of Villains range indifferent. When you Xc flop then Jam turn Vs range hasnt been narrowed by the Xr and the turn jam prints in pool. I think A3ss is a decent call tbh in theory, i like your thought process, but exploitatively, i just think Vs range is very strong here so maybe we exploitativly fold. I mean, when you called him tight at the start then he proceeded to go for 3 streets after a big squeeze pre I fully expected it to be AA or KK all day. I don't think this specific player has any bluffs that take that line and sizing. k6 is well played, V is turbo punting with TT here

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks for your feedback mate, much appreciated. I definitely agree with it all too! especially the A3 hand 🙏

[@spookmaster106]

Nice hands, respect the mindfulness 🙏

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you mate 🙏🙏

[@anyuan5769]

Hey Ben. Have been watching you Video for quite some time. Just curious what is the advantage for calling a3 good suit compare to 66s and 44s good suits in the first hand. Thank you.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

well 66 doesn't block AA or A4s and 44 doesn't block AA. so you'd much rather call a combo that has 2x positive blockers as oppose to 1!

[@anyuan5769]

@@BenaBadBeatPokerthank you!

[@scott22031]

Whats the best resource you’ve found for studying the Ante games gto wiz? Thanks

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

there are no real good public forms of ante study atm but I imagine it’s a matter of time before wizard introduces them!

[@IngveZetterstrøm]

Cheers! :)

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

🙏🔥

[@user-ey4bc6le3i]

like before watching 🔥

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

too kind! but now watch it pls :D

[@SimonStaxPoker]

Nice one mate!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thanks Simon!

[@michaelb4090]

I think in a lot of these spots if you check the turn youl have more to shove instead of having half pot sized bets at the river

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

theory doesn’t care about reserving folds for later streets, it wants to max ev the hand there and then 🙏

[@Draian18]

fish

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

fishy fishy

[@JustinMcNabbIreland]

Do you have a rakeback deal with someone for GG? Who is it if you do.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah can hook you up. join my discord and pm me or message me on instagram

[@zacgay4326]

Nice video bro! Where abouts do you live in Australia? Ever played live here?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

Melbourne mate! yeah have played a bit in the crown but generally stick to online. where are you based?

[@zacgay4326]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Sydney but midstakes MTT player. If you want some really good MTT action APL Million is on the Gold Coast in August, $1500 Main will have 600k+ up top :)

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

sick man! a group of us actually went up to the GC for WPT and our mate won it hahaha. do you know is aussie mils will be on next year?!

[@zacgay4326]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker ahhh sick Richard right? No idea if Aussie Millions will be on but hopefully 🤞

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yep Richard! ah ok, fingers crossed then

[@TheNow_Now]

I feel like the A3s hand is a punt. The super big squeeze and huge sizings is just a big hand. I get some of the blocking properties of it, but its close to bottom of range from theory perspective. Also, no need to even play balanced ever since its a double flat call pre which just isnt a theory thing. Also, with the K high jam, if people are iust calling TT which is wild, why even bluff in that node?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

think i agree that the A3 is prob a punt. and as for the K6, how could i ever know that people are calling TT?! my approach is obviously to play as well as i can, and make exploits accordingly. naturally i made a note on this player about this hand so i can avoid the piping next time :D

[@mattsmith9968]

What´s the point of hiding SN if you don´t hide flags?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

because we don't wanna out players, especially recreationals, but equally, a flag is whatever in our eyes. we are going to start blurring avatars though!

[@40bucksinc]

this is comedy

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

enjoy the show mate!

[@PBrooks111]

Yeah a3 really interesting. Whats threshold for value as bb? No clue about ranges preflop but Villian needs like kqo no diamond then suited broadways 76s. Can random ajs just the run it sometimes? Yeah feels exactly worth 0 river. If we say he's tight at start of hand 😂 guna swing towards punt

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah these are legit the thoughts that were going through my head. I think, as you said, this just comes down to villain. we need to just get out of there, fold, and move on with our lives haha. villains threshold prob KK+ if had to guess. I think they at least find a check somewhere with QQ

[@PBrooks111]

​@@BenaBadBeatPoker ah 200bb deep yeah I thought might be down to jack's If is only kings plus sign me up! Take my money with a3! How valid is jam turn as us? Need like 50% folds prob , have 9 out s vs most value, might call akdd once in blue moon

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah shoving is actually a really good option imo. next video we have a very similar one where the same argument could be made!

[@vicious7462]

When did you start this challenge? How long have you been playing 1k on GG?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

which challenge are you referring to mate? road back to hs? around march time I think. but I’ve been playing 1k+ for about 4-5 years

[@Alexandertygreat]

The final suited hand is super faceup, either combo draw or set with the odd Q10hh type hand, villain doesn't have to right that often and the games are just so insane aggro now, folding QQ feels like you just have to quit poker all together

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha fair enough. I mean I really don’t have many/if any other natural bluffs though…

[@Alexandertygreat]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker i feel ya, iust feels where poker is rn, folding an overpair to most villains is a massive punt. Personally i try to to bloat the pot as much anymore with obvs draws, makes game easier with less spr for most all villians. Why i always fast play all sets/two pair hands. Always gonna get max value.

[@DJM3KS]

How do you play GG while in Australia? I’m an Aussie and didn’t think we could

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i setup my account in thailand when i was there! join my discord and then PM me discord.gg/x5CeMNUe

[@davidm5417]

going back to Australia and keep grinding from there? GG is surely not available from there, on what site then?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i play on N8 and my account was made i thailand. so it's allowed to be used wherever i am in the world

[@anthonycarreira8045]

Great vid, $45k rakeback is insane over 100k hands

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

got that whale rakeback 🤣🤣

[@DeCeroaHeroeChess]

The A3 hand is a hand that, given the insane amount of blinds you both are playing, you could just call with sets and 2 pairs and it wouldnt be exploitable. Those are my 2 cents.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

you could definitely be right mate!

[@whoskero9685]

Hi Ben, do you ever play live in Australia?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

very rarely mate!

[@_MMWWMM_]

How many hours of play is your 100k hand sample?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i average around 500 hands an hour so probably around 200 hours!

[@_MMWWMM_]

​@@BenaBadBeatPoker how much did you get from the BBJ ?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

im not sure. i got a share of bbj as well as 2nd place so something like 22k?

[@_MMWWMM_]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker I see. And you included that in the 50k winnings?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yes of course!

[@rcadegaming9123]

The mindless resistence against switching sites is crippling you

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

which site do you suggest I go to mate?

[@Jlc647]

I solely play live but really enjoy your videos so please excuse my ignorance here but, when you say 95% of 1k regs don’t win how is that possible? Where does the money go from that pool? Edges just so small that rake is eating it up?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

haha yeah it mostly comes off as rake mate and then some % comes back to the players! so 95+% of regs don’t win pre rb but plenty win post

[@purpleliners]

65ss hand is a clear check/jam strat OTT, i'd jam 100%

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

sim was shoving pure I think as played!

[@jshyun2561]

In 100k period, how many tables did you play at the same time and how many hours a day did you play ?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

average around 6-10 tables and played roughly 3 hours a day!

[@jshyun2561]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker thx man, keep it up!

[@endrek3967]

gg poker rake is unbeatable!! you all playing there are contributing to the end of online poker :) sadly......been warning about this many years ago

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

it’s a bit of a catch 22 because for many, they have no choice but to play gg. it is very hard for me to get any sort of 1k+ volume on other sites I’m afraid

[@endrek3967]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker well....catch or not.....ggpoker has no other interest than to just kill all posible regulars winrates to the minimum.... but yeah sadly.......they are doing a good job with marketing. But would like to see how can a reg beat rake....unless he is winning to 10-12bb/100 ^^ would love to know how people survive there.......and aren't just rb players since ggpoker also bans good and super winning players .......(you can see many stories abnout it )

[@RandomGuy-bh4ug]

this guy should change his flag to brazil, hes good at punting off stacks

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

🤣 brb emailing gg to change

[@stein2137]

Oh shit, you're bumhunting? GG, get this cheetah outta here! 😤

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

🤣🤣🤣they’re not in the game of banning whales apparently

[@kbite8096]

What site do you use for the green line yellow line?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

I’m using a poker tracker called Holden manager 3! you can import your hands into it and review how you’ve played/get graphs for your results 🔥

[@kbite8096]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Thank you!

[@elliotzink9319]

Good a3 pre

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

ty!

[@elliotzink9319]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker I meant fold

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

no thank you

[@emanymton1529]

Holy shit! If you can play bad like this on GG and still break even it means the games are a freaking gold mine. He literally massively misplayed all hands lol

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

🤣 come take a seat!

[@xGETxREKTx]

How much EV is small blind losing shoving K’s on that board? 😂 It cracks me up just how many recreationals open jam A’s and K’s on boards they should always just be checking because they’re married to their hand and they’re scared of getting out drawn. Anyway, Nice climbing out of the hole Bena and looking forward to a big positive graph in the next video 🍻

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha that player is actually a reg though! but the JJ is losing a LOTTT lol. i have bad news for you, there will not be a positive graph next video :D

[@xGETxREKTx]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Dang Bena, Spoiler alert next time! 😂 Sorry to hear that buddy, still plenty of time to turn it around for the video after next 🤙 Good luck on the tables bro

[@nightmanager6225]

anyone know who the last villain is?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

I MP I

[@fredrik.p6226]

Poker is beatable if you just move up where they respect your raises.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

now you’re speaking my language 🤣

[@joshuakovar7884]

Can you explain how rake back works? You contribute ~65k in rake over 100k hands but get back 50k from promotions or you get back the full 65k + an additional 50?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

you get rakeback based on PVI which basically means depending on how your results are you get more or less rakeback (even though it's meant to be a flat rb as far as i know lol). then there are other bonuses like the BBJ, envelopes and GG care. It just so happens that i won the small side of a BBJ which pushed me way above EV for BBJ. Rakeback is paid out weekly (you collect it from your cashier)

[@therobot7254]

Too much focus on blockers. Sure, it can help you at times, but it's mostly a hype term the last few years. Don't think you played the first two hands very well. Don't think opponents range in hand1 was that wide and you only beat the pure bluffs. You got very lucky in hand2. You're behind most of the time and You're not doing that well against the big draws either. On top of that, you didnt worry enough about the guy behind you. He had you beat too. Gonna watch more of your content though. I like it!

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hey mate. I’d start by saying that blockers aren’t a hype term. they’re essential, especially in narrow range spots where single blockers can sway hands from pure calling to pure folding. I think hand 1 is up for debate for sure. hand 2 isn’t really ‘lucky’ - preflop, sure, can fold, and I also said I’d fold other 87s varieties due to eq issues. I also deemed cutoff to be wide enough. lastly you gotta remember that just cus we can ‘be against big draws’ isn’t a solid justification for not stacking off. I do really appreciate you watching the video and hope to see you here again!

[@MRBU1LD3RM4N]

65ss jam only

[@MRBU1LD3RM4N]

and GL next 100k hands

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yes sirrr

[@andrewcampbell9695]

do ever consider a GTO approach is designed to break even? just interesting to see how intelligent u are in theory but have a break even graph over 100k hands. seems to be a correlation?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

i wish I could say that I was so good at theory that I could play gto! I’ve had plenty of 200+ hand break even stretches in my career (between 7-10million hands played) so this is nothing out of the ordinary. also we have to factor in extremely high rake on gg 🙏

[@andrewcampbell9695]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker cool ty for the reply. Been thinking a lot about gto and believe studying it has only held me back tbh so was curious how u felt w all ur experience

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

just remember you're learning theory so you can better aid your exploitative plays. if you have a good baseline of how a spot 'should' be played, you'll be better positioned to play the spot as best as you can in reality!

[@soren8994]

So whats the point of playing on GG then?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

@@soren8994 huh?

[@NoWayFolding]

Why do you play GG if its close to 0 or if not barely beatable. I really hate GGpoker due to their size and they don't want regs.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah honestly I don’t like playing gg at all but I have so little choice when playing 1k+. ignition is full of bots, action is sparse on ACR (although I do play there) and the same goes for sites like coin poker. I also don’t trust apps. not sure what else I can do mate!

[@1312Mork2]

Love your content Sir! GLGL

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

thank you mate!!

[@ltsjack]

I think people are way too hung up on pre rakeback win rates (and you're perpetuating it a bit with the click bait title tbh) when obviously what your hourly boils down to is post rakeback. If GG has like 5-6bb/100 rakeback or something with average BBJ luck then just being break even would be doing super well. Obviously GG business model is a lot different compared to e.g. Stars where they take heavy rake but then give a lot of it back, so comparing pre RB win rates is just nonsense

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

you’re 100% right and this was intentional clickbait not gunna lie. sadly with KZbin you only get clicks/have the video pushed out to more people if you have big shiny thumbnails with bait titles. but all that said, I still think that pre rb win rates are achievable

[@losyart]

U might be not so balance as U would like to be if ppl calling down all-in overbets

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

this is a very funny comment. what if they folded? would that mean I am balanced

[@user-xj9lq5qj2x]

I really love your content and I also appreciate the fact that you show us also hands that you lost. But in this case you play terrible! Player in your level can’t play like this in my opinion. First of all a 3 speeds vs a tight reg that squeeze pretty big is an easy fold pre. The call on the river is a disaster in my opinion. 78 suit ag such a tight range(because of the mega vip in the hand and his sizing pre is so overpair oriented, that you don’t have the odds in between them. I think it’s a fold pre. The k6 hand is a clicking buttons! For sure your worst hand ever. You have your reasons and it’s easier for me to look from outside, but it’s just don’t fit to where you supposed to be. Think about this because I think it’s really basic and I totally didn’t expect to see this

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

appreciate you watching the video, but while i see what you're saying (mainly the 87hh hand), based on the way you're speaking about these hands, it's quite clear that you have a very basic understanding of theory and/or dynamic ranges (ante). A3ss is never ever a fold in ante games in this config. river in theory is also a call, but admittedly vs tighter player we can fold. the K6 is just a very good and standard play. the only way that you could possibly think that this is clicking buttons is because you have never looked at sims and/or are playing significantly too tight and ABC. to say that the K6 is 'basic' doesn't really make any sense to me - can you give actual justifications as to why this is a bad play?

[@user-xj9lq5qj2x]

The 56 hand I like

[@user-xj9lq5qj2x]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Ian I understand from your perspective how I may sound and I respect this. I have a deep understanding of the game, I really think that you are a better player than me so it’s not meant to show who is bigger. What you less understand according to you’re content is that sims don’t show us all the picture, and there is what’s happen in the reality, for example you are way less balanced then you think. Be honest with yourself, which strong hands you check the flop, bet 2/3 turn and shove 3 x pot river? I am sure that it’s not even close to be balanced. I understand ante dynamics and wide ranges but again you said he is tight, and I am sure that he is not balanced when he go bet bet him there, and the 78 the same according to dry math its a call. But go to you’re database and vs such a tight squeeze (again you don’t see the Al picture, the reg range vs a mega fish and vs you in the middle is wiper doper strong! And in this stacks situation you are losing money. Take or not my intention was good I really like your channel!

[@user-xj9lq5qj2x]

Sorry for the bad English it’s hard to type a lot

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

yeah i hear what you're saying about sim's not giving the full picture vs reality. but you have to remember a couple of things; i intentionally select hands that are interesting - if in the hand where i had K6c i just had a set of Jack's, i would never post it because it is a very boring hand for the viewers haha. of course i am taking the check, b70, b300 for value. if you don't believe that is happening, then i don't know what else to tell you tbh. this is always the problem with only posting small highlights over thousands of hands - it is very easy to jump to quite extreme conclusions. but tbh that is overall a very good thing for me because people could well over adjust!

[@dhinh4111]

I love u

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

myyyyy guuy

[@antihackerify]

pre rakeback the answer is NO.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

can see why you’d say that for sure 🫡

[@colinwalker8349]

Unfortunately I'm not sure what just watched a pair of 3s calls 200 big blind all in with 3 over cards 10,5,9 on the table can't really take u seriously melt

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

cheers for watching pal!

[@PetZergling]

whats the point of blurring the guys name if you just show it in the next hand lol

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

we’ll be blurring avatars as well to avoid this next time. keeping recreationals anonymous is the main reason we do it

[@thecounterattack007]

I don't understand that first hand, your beating basicaly 3 hands: AK, AQ and AJ, and you lose to all the rest of millions combos, IMO very bad call

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

there are also plenty of other broadway combos like KQ/KJ/QJ, not to mention potential turned spade combos. it’s definitely not clear cut, but it’s certainly not a very bad call imo

[@thecounterattack007]

​@@BenaBadBeatPoker Yes, that's a total of 6 hands that your beating, even with spades you can few more but that's it. you lose to all the rest of cards, expect for a pair of 3 with a lower kicker than yours. We can probably argue the player history or their gameplay, but regarding the hand, I think its NOT a call. Otherwise, enjoying your videos mate, good luck

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

there are multiple combos of each of these hands is what I mean. so it’s not really 3 hands, it’s more like 15. that makes up a significant portion of the range particularly when we’re considering bluff:value ratios. thanks for watching mate! 🙏

[@WeRemainFaceless]

All i see is someone trying to convince himself that his terrible plays, were actually good plays. Dude. Leave poker to people with the skill and intellect. It’s not for the likes of you.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

hahaha

[@arch1q892]

bluffing too much?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

sometimes you got value, sometimes you get dealt the bluff!

[@user-nq3ri6fv4i]

0.02/100bb that’s why this game is not worth your time to earn 1million$$… most people loose pre rake… okay. And who are the winning players? 6? 9? 10/100bb??? Funny…

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

rakeback is winrate mate

[@user-nq3ri6fv4i]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker exactly. You need to BREAK EVEN to even win… funny 🙄🙄

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

@@user-nq3ri6fv4i no you can lose at 2bb and still win

[@user-nq3ri6fv4i]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker Yeah and if rake wasn’t there…. How much would the -2/100bb win…. He would win more than the rake back. And even if that player is now””winning with rake back… He’s still a relatively break even player…. So where is the money to be made?

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

I don’t think you understand what you’re saying. you can have a loss rate at the tables, even up to like 3-4bb/100 and after rake back still be making money

[@jonnyramos7413]

can you post a new discord link? maybe its me but it says invalid

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

discord.gg/x5CeMNUe

[@jonnyramos7413]

@@BenaBadBeatPoker thanks

[@absoluteunit20]

Don’t doubt that you’ve analyzed your play from every angle, but honestly it seems way too fancy and over-engineered.

[@BenaBadBeatPoker]

maybe true!