Is Poker My FULL TIME JOB?!?!

[@88_Poker.lover_88]

LOVE YOUR VLOGS MAN KEEP'EM COMING!!!🍻

[@NorCal_Poker]

Thanks for the support! 🫡

[@marksimpson2321]

Love this content. At present, you seem to be making authentic content that shows you playinh poker as well as you can without playing with others' money and you do not seem to do click-baity rubbish like most poker vloggers now do. I'm a self-employed English teacher!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Wow that’s an impressive career choice, awesome!

[@albondigas9549]

So click baity must be a real word.😅 Just kidding. Good luck always!

[@kellybang9646]

I love your videos!! Thx for being honest and showing the good and the bad in playing poker!! And good thing you have a full time job!! We’ll all be broke playing poker full time! Thx for showing what you do and keep on vlogging!! Will be watching!!

[@NorCal_Poker]

I appreciate the support! Trying to show the complete picture of a part time poker player!

[@dolphinfan1493]

Hey when guy bets pot on river, and you have a baby flush on a pair board you NEVER raise. Guy ether has a bluff a slightly worse hand or has you beat and a raise doesn’t get called by worst hands it was a overplay

[@NorCal_Poker]

Looking back I can see that! This guy would’ve hero called with a straight which was the only reason I did it, but I agree. A little too thin

[@dolphinfan1493]

@@NorCal_Poker yeah I feel you, if he a calling station fish, and you put him on a straight that be a expletive play! But saying vs the general field usually ends up bad your yah. Believe me I learned hard way also. Good luck to yah!

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@dolphinfan1493 you too 🤝

[@MrTonyvareta1]

​@@NorCal_Poker🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊1🎉1😂😂😂😂😢😊😢🎉🎉😂😂🎉🎉

[@fryoungtrad]

False, poker is a game of math, not black and white thinking. If you have the correct odds and give your opponent correct odds, you should shove for value. I love this exploitative river raise for value. Bluff catching with a flush is idiotic.

[@joebagodonuts3040]

Farming is an honorable profession …. Good luck 🍀 on this year’s production. The great Mitch Hedberg once said “Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something “ ….

[@GoatOfSouth]

You’re a solid player it’ll turn around!!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Thank you 🙌🏻

[@jamesmartinez7883]

I'm retired, after working in the restaurant industry for 45 years, 20 of those years I was self employed. I've always enjoyed playing Texas hold'em and enjoyed your vlog very much!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate the support & congrats on retiring!

[@HaiAnthony]

that farmer reveal was too good. i'm too invested

[@NorCal_Poker]

🫨

[@fridge-mq9mm]

Love your content! Keep up the grind and I’ll keep watching 👍

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate that 🙌🏻

[@crazzedcat280]

What an awesome intro to the videoing loved it and I actually guess accountant too lmaooo

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣

[@daniellerostaing1467]

I am a retired taxidermist. I loved my job, but the chemicals were killing me. and at the age of 62-no one will hire me. it.s ok I make money, but because of YOU, I am doing better!

[@jaredrine299]

Never would have guessed that lol!...Im in the mortgage industry. Keep plugging. Everything is always easier in hindsight, referring to the flush jam. River leads are so under bluffed after the line villain took. You ever play on Mondays? I always used to play on the weekends which are crazy action, but will just happen to be in Sac in a ~week. Think I'm gonna hit the morning game.

[@NorCal_Poker]

I play on Mondays here & there but usually Tuesdays & Thursdays! Mortgage industry is a solid field!

[@jaredrine299]

@@NorCal_Poker Good sh*t! Maybe when I'm in town, I'll catch ya at some point. Figured since I'll be coming back from a flight super early, I'll just stop in for a bit.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@jaredrine299 🤝

[@raimom3179]

Nice. Im a megatronics electrician in Finland. We have a living room scale spot to farm. Just was shoveling to flip the soil today and starting the season. You have a huge farm. Love your content. Keep it coming.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Sounds like an awesome career field & appreciate the support! 🙌🏻

[@joegagnon5868]

I love me some rice! After being a district manager for a dunkin' franchise for a decade, I now sell home and auto insurance here in Massachusetts. Tough month of April fir you, but i have a feeling you will turn it around in May!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Awesome gig & I appreciate that!

[@Taysuko]

Bro, I didn’t know your farm was right next to the Sutter Buttes. I grew up in the area. Good luck on farming this year.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate that my man, love that area!

[@Ajfaruzzi]

My guess would be either a Night Nurse (since you always play during the day) or some kind of Xray Tech

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid guesses!

[@IYIarijuana]

I work in legal cannabis, which right now isnt doing great and got me thinking more about poker full time.... especially since lately ive been making more at poker.

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤙🏻

[@tmanno1987]

Is that over off Riego Road/Baseline?? A girl and I were gonna sleep in her car one night and pulled off the road near that gas station. It was hella dark when we pulled off to park the car and upon waking up in the morning we discovered there was water going up to the door of her SUV. We had to wait for someone to come pull us out. Crazy times lol

[@NorCal_Poker]

Haha what a story!! Were in a different city but I know where you’re talking about lol

[@tmanno1987]

@@NorCal_Poker Definitely a crazy time lol. Once I get a new job I'll come play some Holdem at Capital Casino. I played a tournament against one of the floor bosses from capital casino about a month ago.

[@darklurker33]

In the AK hand where the flop came out K62 is it also possible he had a lessor King such as KQ or KJ? Either way considering the flush draw think your line was pretty much optimal.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Against some players for sure. But I’ve never seen this guy fold top pair lol

[@darklurker33]

Your knowledge of regular specific players ranges definitely gives you opportunities to make some high level plays. Against an unknown player I’d have those hands in the range

[@nicholi2789]

Interesting. Poker players are an interesting breed. You can almost never nail down what somebody does. I’m a district manager for a large automotive chain.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Sounds like a sweet gig!

[@daniellerostaing1467]

farming is such a manly job! keep up the good work! i got your back- i love haters on-line! they make me purge on them when acting stupid. and i like to purge-just like when your giving out your bullshit on the felt! LMAO!

[@robertinguito7449]

I like that you show your actual profit and not just adding the pot to your stack. I'm in South Sac and grinding online to build a bankroll. I play live from time to time but it's difficult having 0.5-1.5 buy ins per session. Typically play at Stones. Play well, my guy.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Online is the way to build! And stones is a solid room

[@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED]

What site y’all using? If you don’t mind me asking. I very rarely get off the farm so would be nice to get trust going

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED I use Club GG (link in my bio & latest KZbin video description). Variance is high since the games are so soft so if you decide to hop on make sure you have 20-30 buy ins at whatever stake you choose. They offer as low as 20 NL

[@Ggoodlad1]

Thanks for keeping it real, man! February was my down month, but I'm back with a vengeance. You will be too!🍀👍

[@NorCal_Poker]

Cheers to some run good 🍻

[@MDwellandsepticguy]

Just stumbled across you channel a little bit ago. I like your style of video and would have never guessed rice farmer lol. I work on wells & septic systems

[@NorCal_Poker]

Definitely appreciate your field or work 🤝

[@jacobprudhomme]

For now. I’m coming to Sacramento to play ya at capitol 😜.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Come catch a 🎣

[@thecounterattack007]

Nice job man, and you right, never lay on poker for main income, unless you have a good bankroll that can afford multiple losing session

[@NorCal_Poker]

Plus if you can mainly play at night!

[@politicscommentator]

Same here for me. April was my worst month playing online poker.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Let’s turn it around!

[@ryanlarsen9235]

Run it up

[@benjaminsmith6063]

Do they have government subsidies for going on tilt ?

[@NorCal_Poker]

Haha If they do, hook me up!

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Respect. I worked on a melon farm in the south central desert wastelands of Utah. Greetings from El Dorado County. I play tourneys at Capital. Maybe see you there sometime.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Wow that’s pretty cool! I wanna play a tourney soon so I might give it a try. Good luck out there!

[@dylansadude]

Could have given me 10 guesses and wouldn’t have guessed rice farmer. I own a rage room, axe throwing, and paint splatter business. Just recently getting to a point I can let my employees run it and allow me more time for poker

[@NorCal_Poker]

Love to see that! Entrepreneurship is the way to go 🙌🏻

[@Retrobrio]

3D forensic artist - enjoy your vids

[@NorCal_Poker]

Awesome! & appreciate that!

[@Heavycardboard]

Ok, was gonna say computer programmer…didn’t see farmer coming. Not gonna lie, that’s impressive and I imagine a crap ton of work. Since you asked, I run a KZbin channel (this one

[@NorCal_Poker]

Wow that’s sweet; I’ll check it out!

[@martiball4531]

Enjoying yer vlogs

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate that 🤝

[@Pacheco3890]

I'm a paramedic in Madera, Ca...I also teach medical classes in Madera... for extra money I'm also a poker tournament player

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate your service & bink some tourneys!

[@Mac-td9ty]

Next video, pleas let us know why that you must/choose to leave at 2 pm every session.

[@NorCal_Poker]

I’ve said it in other videos. Just wanna spend time with the family as much as possible. Definitely not best for maximizing poker profit 🤣

[@michaelholland7738]

Always always always bet your flopped straights in multiway pots. I learned this a few years ago and it's allowed me to rake in bigger profits. Very rarely will all players fold. 95% of the time you will get at least one player to call.

[@NorCal_Poker]

💯 %

[@elismith7568]

Student Support Program Lead at Folsom Lake College. I also play poker…a lot, but not for a living. Higher education is where my heart is at.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Awesome career, I took a few classes at FLC so your work is much appreciated!

[@elismith7568]

@@NorCal_Poker Nice! What classes you take at FLC? I play at Thunder Valley nearly all the time.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@elismith7568 Just an online English writing class to fulfill my pre req before transferring to LB. & awesome, I head out there sometimes, feel free to stop me if you see me

[@elismith7568]

@@NorCal_Poker Awesome man! Likewise. Though I’ll admit I’m terrible with recognizing people. It would be fun to play cards with ya sometime!

[@albondigas9549]

I pegged you to be a work at home computer guy. Off topic, but im curious if you get pheasants on your ranch or have pesticides wiped them out completly?

[@NorCal_Poker]

We have plenty of wild ones but we buy young ones as well to keep up the population!

[@albondigas9549]

@@NorCal_Poker That's a great thing to do! Too bad more farmers in the valley don't think that way. I live in the central valley and hunting was a big part of my life up until i joined the USMC. Im actually a retired union glazier that grew up in clovis.Thank you and your family for helping the local wildlife! I have great memories of hunting and raising game cocks with my late father.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@albondigas9549 awesome memories!

[@Some_guy_with_a_beard]

My guess was a stay at home dad. You definitely would have the patience for it ❤. I'm a software engineer. As always, love your videos and your content. That K3 of diamonds 3bet was spicy! I think you're giving too good of a price for draws to continue. You want them to call with the math in your favor, not in their favor if that makes sense.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Software engineer is an awesome field! And that makes perfect sense, appreciate the feedback!

[@KarrthusMTG]

I'm a Poker Dealer/Poker Player. I believe I was your opponent that originally opened in this hand with 76 of clubs. I enjoy your content and hope to see you out there again.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@KarrthusMTGappreciate that! You’re a solid player & was the only one I was definitely worried about that day! Was hoping for a fold preflop to be honest 🤣 Got a lucky flop

[@adcscooter4517]

I'm from SE Arkansas and live roughly 35 minutes from Stuttgart, Arkansas. Which is known as the rice capital of the world. It is also the mosquito capital of the world.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Rice is very popular there, hear it’s a sweet spot!

[@hollywoodcaesar4177]

Im a truck driver from sacramento and I try playing poker, but Im just so damn lazy at the end of my day lol.

[@NorCal_Poker]

I feel that!

[@brianhanrahan6256]

Did you get permission to film in Thunder Valley?

[@NorCal_Poker]

More like I didn’t get told not to… yet…

[@richardcrutchfield9390]

I guessed accountant too!!!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Haha don’t blame ya!

[@jimmyyates9520]

ok bro let me ask you this- if he had bet say twenty five bucks would you still have raised him? the reason i ask this is one of the best tells a non pro will make is how they bet when they hit it and when they miss. one of the things remind myself of in a poker hand is what is the best hand? what is the likely hood my opponent has this hand if i dont? by doing this, u will put up the stop sign when u see this action in the future, ask yourself questions, and quite possibly save yourself some money! from my perspective, if it were me, i would say to myself if he had a straight or a set i would have heard about before now most likely so we rule those hands out. two pair hands have show down value somewhat and will never lead here on the river so those hands are out. so what is left? a flush. and since he is betting big, he is saying i have either the nut flush or something pretty close! if you thought about it deeper, u could probably come up with him having at least the four or six of clubs in his hand. so of course u cant fold your hand so a call was the best play. hey u r learning that is all you can do. if u had nothing to learn from how can u possibly get better? anyway, good luck and maybe i will see u at thunder. i will be wearing a spy hat.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate the feedback as always! I thought since I checked turn back he can have 3x & straights which he would call a river jam but I see your point!

[@martindim7182]

I feel for you buddy, trying to talk and blink at the same time. It looks painful😅

[@NorCal_Poker]

Hurts my soul

[@jinxpnw]

I’m a metal health clinician for children at a community mental health center. Also love the poker content and a little look into your life.

[@NorCal_Poker]

That’s awesome work, appreciate your support & career field!

[@carlderry9295]

37, I run a handicap facility

[@NorCal_Poker]

Awesome!

[@SMOKEtillUReyezBLEED]

You duck hunt in them fields ? When I used to run sheep through east Nicholas used to see a lot of hunting bin the rice fields. Part time farmer. Part time computer worker. Get after it brother. Good shit

[@NorCal_Poker]

We have a few duck blinds that I’ll hop in on occasion! Awesome fields for you!

[@thefricanrican]

That’s funny I thought you were an accountant because of your voice tone

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣 I can see it

[@securepython9058]

Bro the player next to you can clearly see your cards

[@NorCal_Poker]

If they fold, I don’t mind them seeing it. But if my neighbors are in a hand, I’ll make sure they’re not looking before I show for the camera

[@chadwidle4309]

makes terrible jam with a low flush on a paired board after villain leads river and gets called by a higher flush and blames it on variance. Poker is in a good place.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Variance is the only reason I ever lose, get with the program!!

[@kmsnow6292]

Next question: how did you learn poker and gain your skills?

[@NorCal_Poker]

Watching vlogs & playing online!

[@phongsrithathvoravong3510]

Rice farmer? Wtf, I was a rice farmer back when n Thailand! It’s cool to know!!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Sweet gig!

[@marksimpson2321]

I'll go for academic at a uni , or someone in a company. I am British living in Poland and I can't afford $1000 a month on poker never mind per session potentially.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid guess & you’ll get there eventually!

[@marksimpson2321]

Wow. I got it bang on! 😅 😊😅. British irony! Rice farmer. Wowzers.

[@JLRRyan]

No joke, I did guess accountant. So I did hit like/subscribe

[@NorCal_Poker]

My man! & honestly a good guess lol

[@chrisschmidl3204]

I farm peaches up north yuba city. I get it. 👍

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid spot & appreciate a fellow farmer 🫡

[@parkourmostlyfreerun]

I was thinking framing

[@NorCal_Poker]

That would be a good career!

[@marksimpson2321]

I think he got it right too. He just had a typo!

[@cuttap4598]

I’m a deck and kitchen/bathroom remodeling contractor

[@NorCal_Poker]

Legit!

[@thatguy2408]

Rice farmer? Now I know who to call when I drop my phone in water. 😂 I’m an accountant. Variance gonna come in and get you from time to time. The losses could have been a mitigated a bit. But some other have already said how. Keep it up dude.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Appreciate that & appreciate all the accountants out there 👍🏻

[@thatguy2408]

@@NorCal_Poker a boring way to make a living. But the living ain’t so bad.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@thatguy2408 I was an enrolled agent for fun so I know a similar type of grind!

[@sanantoniogolfpro]

Golf pro/poker pro here

[@NorCal_Poker]

LIV-in the dream!! Pun intended

[@luis00.00]

What kind of rice?

[@NorCal_Poker]

Calrose

[@346azul]

Here i am a true accoutnant and poker player as well but everyone thinks im just a pothead lol

[@NorCal_Poker]

lol fu** everyone else!

[@inc55]

Regarding the 8-7 of clubs hand. Why couldn’t you just call the $100 bet instead of shoving?? You can’t blame variance for your greed bro.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Variance was regarding the run out, greed was for the thin value bet!

[@TJayClark2]

Idk why you shoved that flush on the river. You’re rarely getting called by worse than a flush. It feels great to make a middle flush, but at low stakes, where people love to chase draws at an extreme level, this is a losing play overall.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Greed!

[@fryoungtrad]

In live poker they will call you there with tptk. It's an awesome value shove. Avoid being results oriented.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@fryoungtrad that’s what I was thinking too!

[@5thRiverRat]

Mr. NorCal I am extremely eager to play poker for a living.. I always wanted to a professional poker player.. But I don't think I have the courage to do it full time 😕 Your fan.. River Rat 🐀

[@NorCal_Poker]

Love the dream but I personally don’t think it’s worth it unless it’s $5/10+ !!

[@ricex18]

I thought you were a state worker.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid guess!

[@godisgood7565]

Pack flipper 🫡😈

[@NorCal_Poker]

Let’s go!

[@Steven-i5f]

Undertaker

[@doneliasson4672]

Sorry man..... The baby flush shove was not variance, it was a moronic shove

[@NorCal_Poker]

Eh, was it the best play? Probably not. But a backdoor flush over a backdoor flush is pretty rare regardless

[@fryoungtrad]

Your voice sounds like you're trying too hard not to sound like a monotone. Just use your real natural voice. Also I love your river shove with backdoor. You just ran into it. Any pro live player knows that a ton of your profit comes from value in those spots. I'm a poker pro but i also do church organist gigs on a part time basis to help stabilize things

[@NorCal_Poker]

It’s all a work in progress my man (camera, poker, all of it). Appreciate the support throughout & love that idea of stabilizing things! Best of luck 🙌🏻

[@fialee8]

You live in Sacramento, so I'm going to say government worker (State, County, or City).

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid guess!

[@evanohhyaa6557]

Army recruiter here, 14 years deep

[@NorCal_Poker]

Awesome!!

[@evanohhyaa6557]

@@NorCal_Poker great videos! Keep em up!!

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@evanohhyaa6557 thx for the support!

[@ryanlarsen9235]

He is a CPA !

[@NorCal_Poker]

😵

[@joshshapiro5970]

trade commodity options, strangles, to lock in a price for your crop!

[@NorCal_Poker]

Commodity options are impressive if you can pull it off!

[@joshshapiro5970]

Look at buying puts and selling calls around what you believe the final sale price will be. if you grow the commodity you would insure a minimum price for the commodity and by selling a call you reduce or eliminate the puts cost. thereby locking in your price. sometimes you could even have a situation where the strangle would pay you a premium.

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@joshshapiro5970 I’ll check it out!

[@lemonade8903]

Damn I thought you were a living statue for a living

[@lemonade8903]

And please make a video about day in a life as a rice farmer. It’d be so interesting!

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣

[@AtPEACE77]

I’m a tattooer / shop owner

[@NorCal_Poker]

Sweet gig, always appreciate a good tat!

[@goodtimesandadventures6690]

A rice farmer?!

[@qdotson8579]

You didn't make the right play shoving into a $100 lead river bet. Coulda just called, which is the right play. Only worse is folding, only better calling.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Fair point

[@SolvingTornadoes]

Doordash or Uber.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Figured this one would be popular!

[@spino1i]

7:38 You can make all the right plays on paper.. yada yada, but comon this wasnt the right play. You way overplayed your hand with the small flush here. This is just a flush/full house from opponent so often there isnt much value in raising. And even if they do have a straight or trip 3s, how often are they really calling an all in here anyway?

[@NorCal_Poker]

This opponent; often. Which is the only reason I did it lol

[@thmoasshepler9538]

chicken hauler lol

[@NorCal_Poker]

🫨

[@blue4life175]

Umm… full time poker player! Final answer!!! 😂

[@NorCal_Poker]

🥶

[@blue4life175]

@@NorCal_Poker 🤣

[@robertdonaldson2569]

U cant shove river wen u donk bet river 100 percent wit your small flush pair board

[@NorCal_Poker]

I can but should I, probably not 🤣

[@robertdonaldson2569]

Wot hand r u beating especially wen he bets big on river jus a call

[@NorCal_Poker]

@@robertdonaldson2569 A3, K3, 86, 54. Let me ask you what flushes besides Ax cc that I lose to are calling on the flop?

[@robertdonaldson2569]

He leads river huge u can only call ther maybe min click river then fold but u can't jammed

[@jonathansykes4986]

nah. you would be okay being a full time pro. shit pay but not bankrupt under a bridge.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Fair enough 🤝

[@jeffreywu7436]

rice farmer, interesting

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤔

[@charliequincy8884]

Forklift operator

[@NorCal_Poker]

Impressive!

[@paulmaier6305]

so you have 2 "jobs" that are an easy way to make a hard living. isn't water REALLY expensive in CA? good luck in both your ejndeavors.

[@NorCal_Poker]

Water is at the top of our expenses!

[@LegendaryVideoVlogs]

post office worker

[@NorCal_Poker]

Solid career!

[@goodtimesandadventures6690]

Only fans??

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣

[@Stockholm_Syndrome]

I am a teacher, I teach law. I used to work at a law firm. My expertise is in labor and tax law. Boooooring.

[@NorCal_Poker]

It’s a much needed & respected field!

[@StiglerPanther]

Poker Dealer

[@NorCal_Poker]

Good guess!

[@ramonramil7203]

Stick to rice farming

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣

[@tommyhardin4817]

Animal Psychologist.

[@NorCal_Poker]

🤣

[@edburrage6596]

I subscribed and liked and I am new to your channel. Let's hit 5,000 subscribers.

[@NorCal_Poker]

You the man!