Only the TOP 2% of Poker Players Know This

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Do you use any of these 3 poker tips? Also, here is one piece of poker advice that completely changed my life: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5Pbd2SPh86mbpY

[@jeremyeverett6186]

What online poker sites do you recommend or use?

[@jonathantolan3503]

Oh man, "fish tax" is going to massively help my tilt issues. Variance is required for us to make money, so we have to pay a fish tax to keep them coming to the tables. Thanks you 👍🥰

[@3trilogy]

You sound like a realist, and this is why I gave your post a,"like".

[@matta7739]

Lol ! @11:17 -> "The fish tax we all have to pay." I love it.

[@leonidasp.3813]

Thanks for the reminder. It's the basics that we forget any times.

[@nitthegrit7544]

If you are a rec player, a casual player, or even just an average avid player that has no plans to ever play professionally, the best advice I could give you is: don't play online. Just play in live card rooms and casinos. Online sites are 80% grinders who crunch hud stats. Unless this is you, you don't really stand a chance online in the long run. The action in live rooms is much, much softer on average, and if you have a solid understanding of the game fundamentals you can easily table select to get the best situation for your session. Yes, on average playing live will cost you a higher initial investment due to the higher stakes (1/2 NL with a $300 buyin vs. online $0.50/$1 for $100 buyin), but it will be worth it.

[@richardrasor8779]

Your one of the few instructors who seems to understand that bad beats happen. Sometimes poor play gets rewarded for the rec player. It sucks but a reality especially in low stakes.

[@joshbudd3049]

Love the idea of a fish tax, great point. I'd like to get to a point where I don't have to just stop playing for a while after being subjected to a bad beat like this. If I stick around I always end up playing way too loose

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my poker videos are helping you, thanks for watching!

[@TheBarkanMethodofHotYoga]

Great video Nathan.. as always … learn a ton… what online sites to you recommend in the US??

[@mikefitz3063]

Hey Nate I appreciate you buddy! Wondering what your thoughts are on jackpot sit n go’s? I understand there is a high variance but I’m definitely more successful there than cash games at this point. Am I wasting my time studying and trying to improve in this format?

[@stephenmenhennett6134]

Dear Nathan, Love your site and your KZbins. When I am on a poker binge , I let my hair get all straggly and greasy. I wear a fishermans cap with ties and hooks in it and old raggity clothes, I am grey man.(wifey hates it) I let my chips get all messy and tumbled together and never seem to know what I am doing. I look at my cards constantly like I cant remember what I have, At showdown I flip my cards over and go did I win. My jumbled chips are frequently in many piles no one has yet figured out I use them to keep track of how often the other players see the flop (lowest value chip) the turn (next up value chip) and the river (next chip up). a mixed pile or 2 or 3 is how many hands have been dealt, I use the chip counts and displayed hands at showdowns to estimate the range of each player. I am a previous blackjack card counter that is a persona non grata at local gambling establishments. I embrace the deep complexity of poker and learning the things you learned 20 years ago, I have been to your sites and take detailed notes of all the knowledge you give for free on your youtubes. One day I hope to be as skilled as yourself. Thank You, Nathan

[@razorsharp2330]

I’ve watched most your videos and decided to play real money poker online. I’ve played for years in local garages and have done well with “friendly money”. So I logged into Ignition Poker and deposited $50. I was dealt 67 hands. 7 of those were playable (top 20% of hands). 2 were pocket Kings while 1 was pocket Queens. I followed your advice and raised pre flop. Each time I got one caller. Each time I lost on the River. I led out on all 3 Streets with 1/3 pot bet. Lost to 7/8 off, jack/7 off and Ace/8 off. The fish called all the way through, like you state, but the VARIANCE was entirely one sided here. When you state variance works itself out in the long run you forgot to mention people like me take the beatings while others “make the odds equal out”. It is very upsetting when my equity is constantly in the 84% range, but my win rate is less than 20%. Constantly making the right call (strictly based on % at the time of the All-in call) and constantly losing is making poker painful to play.

[@29memyselfandi]

If you keep playing well it’ll even out. Over thousands of hands, not 67 hands.

[@ChiariLife420]

Thanks for another great lesson bro! Implementing some of your lessons into my strategy!!!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my videos help you Ray!

[@jamestommasin6542]

I can tell you this for a fact, once upon a time you had pocket AA and a fish beat you on the river with some crazy hand. You did want to get back at him. If you didn't, you could never describe that situation. Yes, it's happened to me also. Now, I cheerfully say Wow, I never expected that, nice hand. My number one thing in Holdem is PATIENCE.

[@carltonpenaloza1395]

Like calling all in on the turn with no pair and only an inside straight draw, for 1/3 pot bet size of $650 (both had $650 left), and hitting the one card on the River 😂😭 beating your two pair. Yup, bad beats can be tough to swallow but that’s what separates the winners from the losers

[@ignaciopiedra1598]

Betting AA on the turn on 4456 board is a mistake. Check behind and bluffcatch or pray for a 4 or A on the river.

[@G0DofRock]

You'd be raising pre to fold out bad low suited connectors so why not bet and get called my missed Broadway's or AxKxQxJx combos.. don't need to be praying for AA to improve. Bet and get coolered if you lose to a 4, but they'll likely be raising you to let you know they have trips or better.

[@ignaciopiedra1598]

Folding low suit conectors facing a MP raise is too nitty. A well constructed BB calling range includes: 54s, 65s, 64s, 44, 66, 55, A4s, 87s. Against the BB flop calling range AA has no incentive to bet. So you should check the flop a high frequency (60%). If you bet the flop (sometimes) and get called you should check back the turn when the 5 comes almost always. The only hands that are behind your AA on that turn are 77, 88, 99.

[@pualo9263]

@@ignaciopiedra1598 dont get you...

[@ignaciopiedra1598]

@@pualo9263 BB has more nutted hands than MP on that board. MP can't 2 barrel relentlessly.

[@br4insful]

@@G0DofRock BB is defending here like 90% of the hands they are dealt.

[@timb4321]

Glass tappers should be lined up against a rail and summarily tilted with condescending comments that make no poker sense. Just be prepared for them to run a big bluff on you.

[@andrewfenna7392]

I normally choose online tables by the highest average pot. To find weaker opponents, would I be better choosing rooms with a higher percentage of players seeing the flop? Thanks Great channel BTW 👍😃

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No prob, glad my poker videos are helping you!

[@patrickbrowning6927]

Excellent video Nathan. I definitely need to be better at table selection and value betting river.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my videos help you Patrick! Thanks for watching.

[@someoneelse6934]

My luck on the first example is that they had pocket TT to make a quad… at at least one T for a set.

[@egarcia1430]

Really like your videos and information that you give out watch your videos last year used information effectively still trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong at the tables I play 1/3 stakes just to start I've been putting in hours playing the correct hands betting correctly and just still getting beaten every time just don't know what else I'm doing wrong!

[@martymeyer4125]

1-3 online is not for beginner's. Live yes, online no. Drop down to the lowest stake. Learn how to beat it, then move up.

[@egarcia1430]

@@martymeyer4125 really do appreciate the feedback I'm just trying to figure out my game correctly you know I played one three before and had a winning session but it could have just been luck any book recommendations or any other videos I may need to watch on KZbin or additional information that I might need I would gladly appreciate it

[@bctrophyoutdoors2002]

What poker site do you play on?

[@losyart]

Its a Fish Tax for keep them coming back lol. I love it

[@michelleclarkson9616]

Which online sites do people use to play cash? Which ones are the best?

[@Dixoncider1973]

what if they are holdin pocket tens? Guess they woulda re raised if that was the case, good tip.

[@shivasirons6159]

One thing ive learned is , dont tap the glass.

[@teamrjbhandari]

Can we go allin AK preflop every time

[@marisstraupenieks2553]

No, specially against players that realise you are doing this.

[@G0DofRock]

Definitely not..AKsuited only against bad players who love to play polarized ranges or junk. Any strong linear range player types will take that gamble often. Even 44 vs AK is bad to be shoving 100% because you are going to miss the board 2/3 times. If you've seen them shove AToff or Ax combos then those are the fish to target but maybe 50% or less shoving preflop when you can flat and see if you connect on the flop.

[@br4insful]

only if you are playing 10 cents buy in and people there are shoving literally any two

[@martymeyer4125]

@@G0DofRock plus, your wasting a great hand. Your not going to get called enough to make it profitable long term. You're not favored against TT+. You're flipping a coin, if no other information is available.

[@ROC14088]

I have a aa bad beat story which they hit 2 pair on the river which kept me up half 🌗

[@shivasirons6159]

1:15. " rainbow meaning 3 different suits". Thats no small thing to mention that, what a great teacher!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words!

[@ZakFromOhio]

One way that I table select on ACR (a site that has hunting protection) is to simply play one orbit on a random table and then after that orbit sit out and watch a moment to see who is exploitable.

[@omarfromthewire603]

Scared poker and next level bum hunting at it's best !!! Be proud of yourself !!!

[@uniqdropz4751]

Prices are already way up nowadays, now I even have pay FISHTAX?!?!??!!

[@junito1008]

I didn’t know that I was included in a 2% population !!

[@marioalsauegh4535]

hi im new to this channel, thank you for great advice, i have a question would you call all in with pocket Aces? or is it too high of a gamble?

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Hey Mario, yes, Preflop you should always call an all-in with pocket aces. Postflop, "it depends" as you will often hear in poker :)

[@McRuffin]

Nathan I know you don’t respond to comments but I’d really like to know what stakes you are playing that gives you the means to live in Asia. Thanks :)

[@ignaciopiedra1598]

NL10

[@championchanph423]

@@ignaciopiedra1598 what is NL10?

[@sayedahsan2684]

Needed this video

[@br4insful]

I can tell that I have seen these suicide moves many times not only from regs. AA is not a reason to torch your money. Some people would have nothing and some would have that straight. The first thing you need to do is to watch the opponent. Otherwise in a long term you might be winning in general but you will keep losing to the 'lucky fish' every single time. Poker is not about the math only in a long run. It's a lot about psychology. Pro players don't watch such videos, the beginners do. And they are mostly playing small stakes, where they would leave all their money trying to make a distance of a million hands - because of these 'lucky fishes'

[@bearsbets]

where can a US-based player even play online that is not anonymous/random for game selection these days? Anyone?

[@DeepSouthSlowdowns]

good vid

[@josephgeorge7385]

I know all this but its great to be reminded

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks for watching my poker videos, glad they help!

[@GraceAlder99]

Watched this and what u say is obvious. Top 2% My ass.

[@Jeremy-iv9bc]

"Play somewhere else" unless of course you live in the land of freedom, America.

[@joedon1706]

If the opponent has the winner we lose full value as well. Hard to make that up.

[@johnmar6376]

My AA got craked 6 times one time.lol

[@terencehill3972]

Excuse me!? I prefer not to be called “fish”, but recreational player. And yes, I call with 32s and will crack your AA. Good day!

[@mrk88c]

Thanks for paying my bills bro 🖤

[@sudstahgaming]

Only 100% of people know this

[@ignaciopiedra1598]

😄

[@Carriby]

Dude i cant with these titles. Ig these videos really are msde for total beginners

[@timb4321]

I don't know if only 2% know this, but it is actually pretty rare that someone gets value in all spots where it is available, so it may be that only 2% read hands well enough to do it.

[@Carriby]

@@timb4321 no. You basically just have tl be a decent player. And the top 2% are mega crushers, and id say a basic knowledge is enough to know these kinds of things..

[@timb4321]

@@Carriby I think you missed my point. I actually agree with you that decent players know to go for value. The 2% crushers are the ones who regularly make the right choice as to when. Most of the rest of us are too conservative at times (or alternatively self-own too often).I don't expect to turn into Garrett Adelstein by watching a KZbin video.

[@darrenwatson6667]

70% I raise everybody folds

[@bioweapon3720]

Flop those nuts on the table ladies and gentlemen

[@superproud100]

♥️♥️♥️

[@shtcoinmaxi1367]

It is worth it to let bovada sit me in a random game

[@joedon1706]

Most online poker players that are on the leaderboard are hammers. All they do is pound. That is why Doug Polk plays great online and very mediocre in a live game.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Glad my poker videos are helping you, thanks for watching!

[@josephg.9956]

Small stakes, free stake games? Sorry high stakes is a total different beast.

[@jppagetoo]

#3... give that fish a compliment!!!! Do NOT berate them. You want them to be playing those hands. Say "nice hand". Do everything you can to encourage that fish to believe they outplayed you. Give them room so they can brag to their friends they cracked your aces with 7-2 off (they like embellish their story a little too!)

[@martymeyer4125]

Well said. Anytime I see a player berating a fish for bad play. I make a note. As I know they are intermediate at best. I will play any suited connecters against their raise or 3 bet, as they've proven they can't lay down top pair.

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

wow...CLOWN!

[@molonlabe8792]

If Carlsen or Nakamura lays me time odds of 5-1, I may beat them at least some of the time. Not guaranteeing I'll win any games but still a distinct possibility.

[@losyart]

Whats your rating ?? if 2200 fide or better then maybe u would win 1 of 30 or sth . For me to beat them im afraid they have to be blindfolded and give me 10:1 clock odds

[@greatmoney3605]

MOLON LABE. This is not about you getting an advantage.

[@molonlabe8792]

@@greatmoney3605 If I don't have an edge, I not play. Snark snark

[@greatmoney3605]

@@molonlabe8792. So you mean that if you can't start with a bigger stack than anyone else, then you want play poker? "Snark snark".

[@greatmoney3605]

MOLON LABE. So, if you want to learn Boxing, but you will only sparring with guys half your size, and if not, then you don't want to start boxing? "Snark snark".

[@G0DofRock]

I watched this streamer win like 10k in tournaments playing garbage, overbetting with bluffs and getting lucky here and there..didn't know anything about preflop selection. How are these people making money in cash/tourn games? Yet with discipline, study and focus, I can't be winning for two months now? Makes no sense.

[@G0DofRock]

I flopped an ace high flush vs AJoff in a deep tournament and you'll never guess what happened..they shove AJ top pair and turn two pair then rivered a fullhouse lol XD what a beat

[@gabrielboily2641]

2 months is absolutely nothing in sample size. Keep playing, keep studying. Take poker courses. Studying with limited knowledge can only do so much for you. Maybe a new book.

[@jdb5234]

Yeah some of the streamers aren’t the best but you still see them make cashes. I know it can feel demoralizing to watch that while your working hard and not doing well but keep your head up and just keep making good decisions. This isn’t about the bad streamer it’s about you

[@br4insful]

just take a week off and let the theory in your head (if you studied some, of course) to cool off and get self-organised. After a break you won't recognise yourself

[@DostoevskyGrandson]

personaly I think you should not raise the flop vs TAG by raising you tell them you have a strong hand and they will fold almost always and its hard for them to have a pocket pair like you said if you check they will most likely C bet and that is the way you get most value not by raising and making them fold I was making that mistake for a long time but now Im much better and I win a lot more. I dont want to you to be offended by this its just my opinion.

[@boomboommoobman]

i highly disagree with the sentiment that no one will bluff after you three barrel on the river in the first example. the second player, at no point, has reason to think you have a ten in your hand. meanwhile he could easily represent a 10 that was calling and letting the first player dig his own grave. representing a 10 and raising the river with a big bet is not a crazy move. a lot of people would do it.