Michael Addamo TOTAL SAVAGERY

[@JeffBoski]

World class strategy, humor and editing. I get a Finding Equilibrium alert, I watch.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Thanks bud

[@jf5618]

Agree with you 100% Jeff! The humor aspect seems more recent and is money. Content always on point

[@whodouthinkuare]

Hi Jeff. These videos are the some of the best on YT. My only complaint is that we dont get one a week, ha.

[@santaclause3487]

Quit blocking people for talking poker on ur poker streams. One, it makes no sense. Like telling people don’t talk about food if they are watching a cooking stream. Two, Makes u look like a tool.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Good man Stephen Hawking

[@ThePiuGamers]

your videos are such high quality, the whole poker community thanks you!

[@sageikeda4434]

4:50 When Michael Addamo calls your bluff. *Gulp.*

[@Diamondback_boy]

This channel is severely underated. It should have way more subscribers 🙌

[@DjUnk187]

im glad it doesnt tbh lol. i wish it had way less but luckily most players cant grasp the content he puts out anyway

[@Gos1234567]

@Christopher Paolino No it wouldnt,there are tonnes of books,online training courses out there for years and most people (low stakes live at least) are pretty bad. He makes great content for people that really want to improve so im glad for this channel to become more successful

[@JayakrishnanNairOmana]

Honestly this is better than most paid poker training videos.

[@evrenturan5632]

Love Addamo content most of all, your videos are amazing, much tks.

[@edwardcolon4328]

The Superman "eye lasers" had me rollin! hahaha

[@Woudloper]

The funny thing is that Addamo laughs with those GTO nerds, he makes so many EV- plays, he should lose according to the solvers. AI is exploding, nerds are crying their eyes out. And I love it.

[@JessicaVie]

Not sure if Addamo's play or your vid is more brilliant. You nailed it again!

[@cameron9563]

These videos are absolutely golden 😂

[@2CardConfidence]

Deep content combined with entertaining production - awesome

[@ryanjones4150]

Am I evil ? Yes, I fucking am.

[@AntoninLemon]

Simply my favorite player !!

[@KimiiiRaikkonen]

love the analysis. Thanks for this vid.

[@kindnesslove5482]

Amazing analysis and editing

[@8eadsy]

amazing, so good

[@veerabzakarian665]

The background music is great. I feel like I'm in another world:)

[@jamesong7662]

Agree. The 'continuous' talking pisses me off. I mean it's okay a few words here n there. Is this ethical in poker parlance?

[@estebanromo2016]

An analysis of the hand of Ivey, Negreanu and Antonius would be nice......regards.

[@BerardiOhio94]

I love the background music.

[@Philth_E]

10:51 you could see his jugular pumping like mad!

[@Lexngton]

What do you think why there were eye emojis?

[@ushatator]

neck pulse at 10:08

[@noodles6175]

The little look between the pair after Addamo piles is a story in itself. Addamo: mess with the bull, get the horns Ponakovs: im sorry i tried sir

[@franperic2555]

Love the music

[@ffishcakess]

What's the background music you use during the analysis?

[@Ashouaine]

Best intro yet.

[@lostnfoundllc]

Fantastic content & good music 🎶

[@notahero-8413]

What is the name of the background song?

[@MarcoB123]

Addamo just trying to improve his red line lol

[@亞書楊]

He’s a beast Nobody can beat this guy

[@Cowtymsmiesznego]

The "why bluff raise when you have showdown value" has an even simpler explanation imo. You're simply raising your best folds. All else being equal (i.e. ignoring blockers), it's better to bluff raise top pair and fold a nothingball than raise a nothingball and fold your top pair.

[@timb4248]

It has the added benefit of inducing a crazy hero call where you actually just value own someone to death by bluffing top pair.

[@MikeTython369]

Really hope he keeps crushing to really cement himself as the undisputed best right now. He seems like a very likable player and absolutely crushes.

[@daddyfuse50]

Who's had more MTT success over the last few years, Addamo or Lena?

[@Johnny-cz2wv]

@@daddyfuse50 Lena is mediocre

[@daddyfuse50]

@@Johnny-cz2wv wut

[@Johnny-cz2wv]

@@daddyfuse50 I've played a decent amount with him and I'd rate him an average hsmtt reg.

[@daddyfuse50]

@@Johnny-cz2wv Interesting, seriously. How would you rate Addamo, and yourself?

[@themonaghan999]

i love your videos super cool

[@MackiaveliPoker]

I enjoyed this.

[@Gos1234567]

Loking at that dudes neck reminds me of the scene in Alien,I thought something was going to explode right out of it!

[@mbaa8352]

Can you cover the hand from the final table where Addamo has A5s in position against AJ? I believe he turned a flush draw and decided to check it down rather than ripping the turn

[@paradoxicalinsanity7613]

What's the background music from?

[@birba1139]

Have you seen the latest poker hand among phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Patrick Antonious!? (I guess I can't share the yt channel where it's been published?) That was a truly sick hand And I wonder if it could be content for your channel with wonderful GTO analysis🙏👀 (despite 3way is not much handled by solvers yet)

[@BittyPlaysPoker]

Worst play of the hand was Patrick’s… bluff?

[@Gos1234567]

@@BittyPlaysPoker I think Anto admitted he overplayed !

[@rodrigolazo3005]

Hey man i just subscribed nice content keep up the great work

[@osskican]

If you do something for mainstream your channel would be so popular… great work! Thanks..

[@barrykrishna9981]

This guy is a beast.

[@santaclause3487]

It’s crazy how these dudes are walking talking solvers.

[@ablestudent]

so good

[@joeljoeljoel]

Dnegs sent me here

[@Dswelli23]

I wouldn't be surprised if Addamo just had a sick read on this guy and knew he couldn't have 98 after he bet the flop nor two pair after he checks the turn. Calling the river is standard but Addamo understands the value of putting fear in your opponents at the poker table. It's interesting that the re-raise shove is solver approved (albeit at a low frequency) but I suspect that Addamo was using exploitative reasoning in this spot.

[@housemagicians]

I mean 98s could be some of the value combos that flat in HJ and bet on A-high flop when UTG checks. Then check nuts for deception, and raise to a sizing such as half pot to get called from middling strength hands on the river

[@Gos1234567]

Yea the line from Ponakovs does look fishy,check back trun but raise now that a brick 3 hits?The suprising thing is the Adamo raise,maybe adamo possibly thinks Ponakov couldve checked back A8,A9?Seems specific though and i doubt Pon even checks those,tbh i have to watch again as im not getting the bluff raise

[@timb4248]

I agree. He doesn't want to look like a guy who just takes passive lines with weak top pairs and pays off on river. It's too weak he would rather be the guy who can turn pairs into bluff and makes you think twice before value raising A9 or AJ on the river here.

[@Stefanburakov]

@@Gos1234567 think addamo put him on A3s or A6s exakt

[@overbe]

Great video analysis, but please consider changing music or at least making it not as loud. Listening the same loop for almost 20 mins is nuts ^ ^

[@valuablesandwich]

It's also weirdly barely out of key, it's sharp 😩

[@terrysteichen873]

He changed gears better than anyone I've ever seen.

[@omarfromthewire603]

Song at the end ?

[@GGTY]

same as the beginning, Metallica’s cover of “am I evil”.

[@eagleboy2202iam]

wow I’ve never seen a neck beat like Ponakovs I’ve probably missed out on that tell before but it looked so obvious when pointed out.

[@Gos1234567]

He should go the Vogelsang route to cover up his neck,KIt reminded me of the scene from Alien before the little guy pops out!

[@ab92376]

best intro lol

[@asdfasdf-ni5py]

movie name?

[@senthilmonkey]

The problem Addamo probably had in just calling with A5 is there is a possibility that Ponakovs is doing this with a better Ace and Ponakovs's mind he might actually be trying to get more value from a hand like AJ or AQ or he himself is trying to convert a hand like A2,A4,A5,A8,A9 into a bluff to make better ace in Addamo's hand to fold. Now Addamo has the same problem in just calling as he is not beating some of the bluffs especially A5 , A8,A9 and values like AJ,AQ (these two are unlikely as they would have bet the turn but sometimes trap). The last hand Addamo ambitiously wanted Ponakovs to fold is A3 as this is a good possibility given the way the hand was played out by Ponaokvs checking the turn. Even this becomes a very difficult call when Addamo shoves as A3 is now only a bluff catcher for a shove as even a hand like 10 7 would have just flatted the 25K raise. In short , Addamo wanted to just rule out the possibility of Ponakovs doing this with a better hand than his A5. Against a player like Addamo it is best to go unconventional and check back your stronger holdings like set of 7s or A10 to give yourself a best chance that he would do this to you in the end :-)

[@pawemichalak6275]

No1 is calling me god when i do that.

[@WarmanHipHop]

Love it, keep ‘em coming! What about his next win and the final hand against stevie chid 3x pot

[@Monojoe]

Holy shit Ponakovs heart was BEATIN'!

[@iambadatpickingusernames6669]

Is blocking 54 of hearts somewhat relevant here? If he think Ponakovs has that in his flatting range, that would be a very logical hand that bets the flop with lots of backdoor equity, checks the turn to not get shoved on, then hits a strong hand that wants to play for stacks on the river. If that’s in his range, then suddenly you block so much of the value and the raise makes even more sense.

[@santisinferno]

HJ wont cold call 54s

[@mightypensword]

I can't wrap my head around this one. Turning Ax into 3 bet bluffs on the river? My thought process facing that river raise would be that I can call or fold, but never raise. He's repping a bluff or a hand that beats Ax. If his hand is that strong, bluffing him would be difficult. If he's bluffing, then calling is just as good as raising. Can anyone simplify this for me?

[@tomm3030]

Quality intro

[@megathunder0]

i came here from Dat Poker podcast

[@ablestudent]

laser eyeees

[@yungbreezyatl]

You should review Linus most recent hand today on Triton. Huge bluff and he looks like a different dude lol. Great content as always.

[@freethinker5226]

I was watching this live, and after villain raised the river, the first thing I thought was that Addamo was going to shove.

[@Stockhandle123]

This feels like a game theory disaster on the river as the bluffs are snap folding and the value is snap calling. I don’t think there is really any raise fold value on that river vs that opponent.

[@FindingEquilibrium]

Given that no bets went in on the turn and Michael's block was tiny, in theory Ponakovs should have some decent but non-nutted hands that want a slightly bigger pot, but not full stacks. Whether people are doing this IRL I don't know.

[@tomcads1604]

I didn't know that Ponakov plays 50k high rollers, maybe he's not quite at the level. But I agree, with that line it's gonna be tough to make profit on this bet

[@Stockhandle123]

@@FindingEquilibrium Giving this more thought I missed a key element which is meta-advertising. Getting a hand like this on stream has to be incredibly +EV so even if in practice almost nobody has raise folds of their value range this play probably still prints long-term.

[@qwertyuiop3656]

It's called live reads ;)

[@Romans8-9]

@@tomcads1604 Ponakovs is a huge online mtt boss. No one is on Addamo's level but I think he's playing SHRs for a reason.

[@coreyhuggins5785]

id give the 4 bet shove a 60% use after seeing mans lasting pulse beating out his neck. I could see it from a mini window on youtube, cant imagine how it was in person.

[@MultiverseArtStudio]

haha awesome video

[@Mwuesse]

Did ponakovys have a tell here with his pulse racing as the commentators alluded too? Obviously it's a polarized tell where it can mean you're bluffing or have the nuts. But his bet sizing and story doesn't tell the story of being nutted. To me his raise looks like a thin value - something like AJ, AQ.

[@tessademsky1156]

look at his fucking pulse at 10:12 lmao

[@tessademsky1156]

just saw the eyes pointing to it.. lol

[@bigDduble1]

Guys! Serious question. Is it possible in todays game , for a recreational player to play poker for a living ?

[@hymnofashes]

Not really. You can beat $1/$2 live without being very good, but the rake is so high and the pots are so small that you won't be able to survive. If you find a good soft $3/$5 game, like in Los Angeles or Texas, you still have to be somewhat decent, and table select, if you want to make money, and if you have low living expenses, you can make 80-100k a year and make it work. If you want to make money online, you really need to study the game, and it can take years to get good enough to beat any reasonable stake. Your question kind of contains its own answer in the sense that once you play poker for a living and rely on it for income, you are by definition a professional and not a recreational player. When the game becomes work, you are not playing because it's fun, you're playing to make money. That means picking a soft game off strip rather than playing a meet up game with your favorite vlogger. It means playing longer hours than you want to, different hours than you want to, keeping more money in your bankroll than you feel like holding, and other things: patience, observation, humility, courage, resilience, diet, exercise, sobriety, meditation, sleep hygiene, optimizing your relationships and your physical environment for poker, study, consistency, vision, ambition, and just the raw determination to slow down and think through every decision from an exploitative standpoint to maximize every spot, all the time. Most recreational players have some part of the game tree or some day or hour where they can do just what Addamo is doing, make some sick read or take some cool line. But it's an entirely different beast when you *have* to win to stay alive. Who wouldn't rather be flying around Europe crushing high rollers for millions of dollars rather than shoveling shit in Excel? So, you have to expect it to be quite hard. Poker is not a new game anymore. The bad reg is the new fish.

[@bigDduble1]

@@hymnofashes well executed my friend! Back to 9-5 for me haha

[@Romans8-9]

@@bigDduble1 "Can a rec become a pro?" would be a better question.

[@bigDduble1]

@@Romans8-9 Well its basically the same question. But thanks for answering my question youtube police

[@Romans8-9]

@@bigDduble1 I was just trying to be helpful. Your question sounded more like "can a rec become a pro while still playing like a rec". A rec can easily become a pro if he improves.

[@crazysk8ta123]

Is Dvoress just like super short or what

[@danmartin9086]

Going all in with that hand on that river makes zero sense. The only argument one could make is to "balance" however this is silly in a live tournament as you will not play anywhere near enough hands to have to worry about players picking up on this

[@technofeeling2462]

Nice line but from my view as plo reg not so special. Also would snap call river raise. Don't get why he thinks. Edit: oh yeah he raised again. Yes makes sense. Opponent is capped and propably never has a straight but has maybe sie times beat his a5. Yes that's a very very good line. When I am very creative I find this lines too but I think most of the time I would just snap call river (at least in my mind but tank a bit so opponent doesn't know its an easy decision) . Nice video

[@Johnny-cz2wv]

Why snap call? It's very credible AQ AJ and hard to find bluffs for that small size

[@Gos1234567]

@@Johnny-cz2wv Do they check back turn though?

[@Johnny-cz2wv]

@@Gos1234567 yes

[@jordym9999]

Ah5h seems to be a particularly bad combo for Addamo's river shenanigans though. Even for the block bet.

[@HibiscusFlowerFC]

Put this behind a paywall. Way too good information 😅.

[@jordankoransky7034]

Great content but please cut the background music, makes it borderline unwatchable

[@MisterDayTiMe]

Why the fuck is that music playing over everything?

[@mdspwt]

Poker needs more metal..

[@musiclife7251]

What's your problem with people talking during a hand lol? If you want more people to play the game we love.. You SHOULD NEVER discourage them from talking during a hand. Let the fish talk and not learn during the tournament, and let the good players take advantage of this by quietly picking up information. You should be thankful players are NOT paying attention. I love your videos man, but your poker politics sometimes irritates me

[@jacksondickery509]

Witch craft 😂😅

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

why do they play so slow? there was zero reason to tank in any spot that was shown here

[@dfrost1906]

Great content! Please kill the music.

[@Zoggyboyzimmy]

adamo is a whale, like he really has checked back aj aq ak and raise folds river there vs someone whos a giant punter and completely caps his range on turn...

[@gosstopher]

Not sure you've watched much of Addamo, nor followed his history. Is well within a fraction of a single percent top percentile for maths ability, which very likely puts him above these players in the SHRs. There are numerous HH from online where he puts some awesome players in just the grossest spots. He is acclaimed by the best in the world as the best in the world in terms of tournament poker and I'll take their word for it over others who are not.

[@Zoggyboyzimmy]

@@gosstopher a few years ago people thought daniel negreanu was a crusher too, say what you like the hand makes no sense and is a massive punt

[@JackMcMotivate]

Sick intro!

[@maxwilltruck5074]

Ponakovs is so bad.. super easy to read . Not sure how he’s a “pro” unless he just has a lot of trust fund money or something .

[@erichhartmann9797]

For some reason I hate this addamo guy. Very annoying luckbox

[@ybhughes]

TURN OFF THE STUPID MUSIC