Playing $1/$2 at Gate City Casino in Nashua, NH! | Poker Vlog 13

[@andrewwertz7115]

I live out my poker cravings through these videos!!! Thanks Dukie!!!

[@DukeyBets]

@@andrewwertz7115 I gotchu Andrew. Flops soon…

[@EasyStreetPoker]

KQ with facing that 4-bet all in way better but you folding the KJ with your scenario was pretty solid game sense in regards to most 1/2 villain archetypes. No removal for things to rip it in your face like A5 suited or AK suited QQ/AA/AQs etc... Nice work DukeBoxHero

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you! Yeah it’s a pretty conventional fold once facing the cold 4! however i was curious what people thought about my 3!

[@danielkruchynskyy4966]

dude I love the videos keep postin I feel that your gonna go far

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you so much man!

[@fabuloustree2]

To start I am a full time poker player and I want to say nice vlog man. I think the play was very good overall and the humor was great! almost like a brad owen. Keep it up man!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@JacobBennett45]

I agree. I’m new here but been watching poker for a good while and looking to play some 1/2 myself. This helps me with what to expect in low stakes

[@eb80]

Great content man! Been hoping to get into Vlog poker myself and love your videos. Keep on keeping on!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much! You should absolutely give it a shot!

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Keep you head up kid! Gate city use to be Boston Billiards and I remember when a young Asian kid would be playing $1-2/$1-3 at the tables. That young player was Ethan Yau, better known as “Rampage” on You Tube who now plays in million dollar games. I don’t know if you have a tell but one bluff novice players make is jamming as soon as it gets to them. Even on a bluff, take your time like your thinking about it then jam. Best of luck at the tables and your Vlog!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much!

[@Zzz-hr5mo]

nice video man. i have only played home games and havent studied gto or poker theory this was fun to watch, very well made

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much!

[@RicardoMartinez-oy9dg]

19:00 still punting! You ran good in the beginning of the session. You did nothing special. You won some money. Then when your run good runs out you take the confidence you got from your run good and you assume it was skill and you’re just going to outplay everyone now. Wrong. The old man who has never studied a day in his life has never heard of a solver, just caught your 100bb punt. Save that QTo SB raise for a tight game where everyone over folds. That’s not this game this table has proven to be loose.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@JQpoker]

Dukey bets at a casino never though I’d see the day!

[@DukeyBets]

I’m scared of these places. Need a 25c/50c homegame asap!

[@jessesnow115]

Gate City is my home casino and this is pretty par for the course.. the 97o is a wild call.. you can make a lot of money here but there are days where people just do not fold and bluffs do not work... keep makin the vids man

[@DukeyBets]

thanks for the feedback! New video out tonight!

[@jolaz69]

These people do not have a live read. They’re just terrible. When you’re playing against bad players, it pays to go all in on the river with your solid hand because they’re going to call. You can’t bluff a fish.

[@DukeyBets]

100%. Thanks for the comment!

[@youknowwho7932]

I love these vids keep them up!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you! will do!

[@nikocowboy]

I just watched all your casino vlogs, your doing great I love seeing local players closer to my level vlogging. Hopefully I’ll run into you soon

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much ! more to come !

[@davidallison3086]

Just came across your vlog, as someone else said I can see you following Rampage footsteps as he started in NH and Springfield. Love the $15 blocker bet on QQ hand, if they raise there on river they always have the goods at a 1/2 game

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much!

[@colin24447]

I loved the bluff with pocket 2’s even though you lost the hand. Dukey Bets with the goated content as always

[@DukeyBets]

Appreciate that! Thanks for the comment!

[@cuffedsocks]

Stoked to stumble across this vlog, i grew up and went to college in MA.

[@DukeyBets]

@@cuffedsocks Thanks for the comment! Where did you attend?

[@cuffedsocks]

@@DukeyBets umass amherst

[@johnny_chouinard]

Yesssss. Love it! Nice Vlog! Glad to see some live casino content. YOu seem invested in this. Cool to see someone playing the stakes closer to me for now. Any live streams coming from the tourneys online? I know theres a delay but I like the MTT's you do.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the nice words and supporting the channel since the beginning. It hasn’t gone unnoticed! In regards to live streams, I’m really don’t enjoy doing the live streams as much as creating vlogs. I also don’t enjoy playing online much. But maybe in the future!

[@brandonchristen2472]

I work here! Cool to see the video randomly pop up on my feed.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the comment! Are you a dealer there?

[@brandonchristen2472]

@@DukeyBets Yup but only on weekends, I’m the guy that looks homeless because I tend to forget to shave or get a haircut.

[@SorcererUB]

KJ o is an instafold in early position, and is a limp with position against multiple limpers. Raising into a field is asking to get scrambled. Raising an early position raiser with KJ suited is also roughly insane. CALLING in position requires a deep effective stack and the ability to outplay the raiser

[@MutedGrowl]

Ha! Yea I agree, I fold that KJ in early position every time. He was hot so I can see the temptation to play.

[@Toadstool4]

11:52 Did you put the actual structure of this game into the solver? i.e 60bb effective with a 4x raise and 4bb rake? I think KJs might just be a fold here as nitty as that sounds.

[@cocoaguy2]

Why do I feel like I'm watching the next Rampage right now... I remember him playing in those New Hampshire games

[@DukeyBets]

@@cocoaguy2 Haha thank you very much !

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

I lost money to him in that New Hampshire casino that was Boston Billiards but is now Gate City Casino!

[@RookN-h2z]

Just call the raise, you want to see a flop with that hand. Bad 3 bet, good video my guy!

[@DukeyBets]

Got it. Thank you very much!

[@GucciGuwop1017]

I very much agree with your analysis on the 3! with KJs, I think against tight live opening ranges (SB with the button straddle should be super tight, even using a GTO range) it’s way better to go multiway with a strong hand that’s pretty straightforward to play post. Having to fold the equity pre is a disaster and we aren’t going to play perfectly post-flop which will make KJ less profitable in a 3! pot for us than it is in theory.

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you! great analysis!

[@makeamericaamericaagain]

Gate City is one of my home casinos. Let me know when you’re in a punting mood again and I’ll come join 😂 Best of luck with the VLOG

[@DukeyBets]

Yessir! Always in a punting mood!

[@jacksfather]

I enjoyed watching Rampage much more when he was playing 1/2 in Nashua, so I’m giving you a sub with fingers crossed.

[@DukeyBets]

The Rampage comparisons are crazy! Thank you very much!

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Remember when Rampage punted off a hand and he’d cut into a video of him kicking a basketball?

[@alwaysradical1613]

Saweet. I also lost $500 last time at the casino! Hang in there, it’ll average out. I would say that $80 turn bet on that ace high board was the only real mistake. Seemed like a check to me as well.

[@joeyatwood1557]

ducks river bet was high level, 97o call is even more insane

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah pretty crazy hand honestly

[@tourettesguy4292]

Just a typical live $1/$2 idiot that can't fold when they make a pair on the flop lmao. Nothing high level about that. It's monkey brain poker "DURRR I MAKE PAIR I CAN NOT FOLD DUERRRRR"

[@sharkshooter7477]

Question. Do you have to ask or inform them you're vlogging?

[@DukeyBets]

Nope

[@salfabbio1738]

Good ole Boston billiards. Still gotta get used to the new name Gate City. Hope to see you around

[@DukeyBets]

Haha thank you for the comment!

[@davidwalsh8673]

More casino content please! Good video, despite the results. Keep grindin'!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much David? Will do!

[@sagekita1042]

Im confused on the preflop action for the King Jack of hearts hand. How does the button have a straddle and the small blind is first to act with a $20 raise first in?

[@DukeyBets]

some casino allow a “Button Straddle” meaning that the BTN position puts out 2 or 2.5 BB and then the SB position is first player to act preflop.

[@epicfail9693]

I love going to Gate city, it’s about 15mins from me. Always a good time there

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah I liked it a lot!! I will be back!

[@timothyosborn7857]

DId you have a good high hand beat with only a couple minutes left? Not this session but I think we played at Gate City together

[@DukeyBets]

I did not. I have only been to Gate City this one time.

[@apindy]

On that hand with the 88, 99, and your AQ, I feel one of them would have definitely called your all in. The table was pretty loose, you're on the button, by the turn there was $300 in the pot already, and you've been on the downswing the last several hands. So I think you did the right thing, not losing any more.

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah that had was very frustrating but, yes they were for sure calling a bet. Thanks for the feedback!

[@Catadafish]

Wow. They're calling light there. Great action. Been meaning to check this place out. How's the rake there?

[@DukeyBets]

The rake is 10% capped at $5, then $2 for promos. So max rake $7. Not horrible compared to some places that are $10+ in 1/2 and 1/3 games

[@jwhony9115]

I love this content

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much! New video out tonight!

[@JQpoker]

11:33 solver??? What’s that?

[@DukeyBets]

idk just heard some people throwing that term around, not really sure what it means

[@johnkemp9835]

Did you spot the people sitting there and waiting on pocket Aces for the high-hand bonus possibility and nothing else?

[@DukeyBets]

A decent amount of people (typically older gentlemen) buying in for the min in attempts to hit a high hand, but for the most part action was very good!

[@natedogs212]

nice to watch an East Coast Poker player....used to seeing West Coast players...

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much!

[@natedogs212]

@@DukeyBets you’re welcome.

[@deadlybossbros5222]

Gate City player here. I’m not a cash guy I’m a tournament player. If you play tourneys they are some of the best New Hampshire sees. They have a multi day coming up in august.

[@DukeyBets]

I saw that on PokerAtlas. What is the prize-pool typically for the 2-day events? and how much is 1st? Might have to flick in a bullet…

[@deadlybossbros5222]

@@DukeyBets if I’m not mistaken last 2 day first was like 20-22k usually the single days are 8.5k. Most I’ve ever taken down was 2nd for 4.5k on a single day.

[@deadlybossbros5222]

@@DukeyBets and all their tourneys are generally 300

[@MichaelFairbank]

I'd call to see what developes and if the action behind you raises to a reasonable amount then I can evaluate

[@DukeyBets]

Got it, thank you for the feedback!

[@dannynguyen5684]

for the KJ hearts hand, its usually a call or fold in your spot. especially at gate city where players are generally much looser there. i can find a call for 20 in your position though. personally never a raise there with the button still to act

[@DukeyBets]

got it. thanks for the feedback!

[@ImpalerWins69]

Do you only do cash or tournaments as well?

[@DukeyBets]

Currently very heavy on live cash game. A few years ago I was big into small stakes online MTTs but not so much anymore

[@tcgtej7897]

Dang! What day was this? I’m usually at gate city most Tuesday nights!

[@DukeyBets]

7/16 i’m pretty sure

[@joshuabennett3377]

9:35 was he drinking or was he sober in the decision of play that hand ? I mean good God

[@TheBigSquidAZ]

The longer I watch the angrier I get bro YOU ARE GETTING DEALT ALL THE GOOD HANDS you've got more premium hole cards in 3 hours than I have in the last 18hours of 3 sessions like dawg cmon 🤣

[@GavinMiller-x4v]

Loving the content lately

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks Gavin, go Dawgs

[@330miggs]

15" POKER HAAAAARRRRDDD

[@garysayunts262]

Just started watching yr vlog...great content liked it a lot...Now as far as you mentioning that you should have not bluffed with some of the hands u showed I for one think it was excellent bets and the poeple calling you with 97 are just donkeys...there is no way they should have been calling with there holdings and with bet sizes u made...I been playing at chasers in salem and I can tell you 90% of thr time yr bluffs would have gone through I promis u tht at 1/2 table def donno if 1/3 plays more wild but 1/2 won't call you also when I saw the 50 dollar preflop calls with 8 8 and 9 9 you won't see tbt at 1/2 preflop bets..After seeing this vlog I gotta get to gate city now lol wow I had no idea there tht many bad players there jeesh lol...keep up the vlog love the content

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much! Appreciate the comment

[@Icyhotkettlepot]

What day of the week did you play here ?

[@DukeyBets]

@@Icyhotkettlepot Tuesday

[@Icyhotkettlepot]

@@DukeyBets Word, I usually play at Twin River in Lincoln, RI. Pretty soft players there at the 1/2 games.

[@frankprall577]

I would most always call in that spot. In small stakes But great strong play bro.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@minqyt1098]

Commenting to boost your engagement I love the channel

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you very much!

[@saitamaopm7865]

Woah, me, my brother and my friends play there all the time, this is a trip

[@DukeyBets]

It’s a great spot! Thanks for the comment!

[@curtisoltmann152]

On the last hand, your bluff works better if you bet pot or 1.2 pot on the turn instead of the 60% pot that you did bet. Over betting turns in rivers with hands like your as well as nutted hands is a better play. In general, bluffing is tough in low stakes, but I think it works in this hand with a 100-120 bet on the turn with the nut blocker and draw.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the comment!

[@saifhuda24]

Great vlogs man. What do you use to edit your vids?

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you! I use CapCut

[@rjmitch3570]

Just moved out here to NH! Great place so far

[@joshuabennett3377]

29:09 I can only imagine you going back home and seeing those signs on the way... 😑 Fucking A7... 😂

[@DukeyBets]

“Gamble Responsibly.”

[@adamhirsch6198]

Great content! Ran into you at Turning Stone before. You ever play at Chasers?

[@DukeyBets]

Yes plenty of times, typically that’s my preferred casino however filming in there isn’t always accepted

[@joshuabennett3377]

1:19 i mean you said it not me 😂

[@brianchung9876]

I can’t imagine driving 90 minutes to gamble but I live a block off of the Vegas strip😂

[@DukeyBets]

there’s 1 casino in RI which is about 45 minutes. Aside from that it’s NH cardrooms + Encore (Encore is ass)

[@brianchung9876]

@@DukeyBets I’m spoiled. Heading to a meet up game at the Venetian in an hour

[@DukeyBets]

@@brianchung9876 Thats awesome! hope you run well!

[@StreetSoulLover]

Forget the block on the river with QQ, the turn is more interesting. I would go close to or pot on the turn, reasoning is that we look like we are full of crap when not betting Kx and we can assume there is little to no Kx in the field as it checked through to you right to the turn. 10x is likely to call off more liberally knowing we don't have many kings. x/f river tbh, as Tx will check behind almost always.

[@DukeyBets]

Very good advice here, thank you very much!

[@colintimp1372]

The KJ is absolutely a punt. A SB open with a button straddle is going to be a stronger range than UTG. With the other caller in between, the SB is incentivized to 4-bet so they don't have to play out of position to two players. I think calling is fine, but the 3-bet is a punt. Also, the 22 bluff is bad in a 1/2 in a smaller pot. Most 1/2 rec players don't look at bets in terms of the size or percentage of the pot; but rather the monetary amount. If you were playing 2/5 or 5/10 I like the bluff.

[@SpendingAddiction]

Villain’s call at 14:00 is fucking madness!!!!!!!z he called with FIFTH pair on a board like that lmfaoooooo dude had to see ur cards man

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah dude, got wrecked!

[@TheOvaltineJenkins]

I liked the bet with pocket twos

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you michael! More punts with the ducks to come haha!

[@gregkaye1545]

Good raise depending on how wild those 2 plyers are but in geb neral good raise.

[@DukeyBets]

thank you!

[@ryanmartins5357]

Great stuff man!

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you Ryan!

[@chadmarrocco]

97 off suit is craaazzzyyy

[@DukeyBets]

@@chadmarrocco Yeah. Got owned on that one.

[@markcolby5239]

This is one of my home casino manchester revo is good too

[@DukeyBets]

Revo is Filotimo ??

[@valsverdlov5458]

J5s hand classic angle from old passive players. You got got

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the comment!

[@zolar31]

Enjoyed this vlog. thanks. You sound a little bit like the guy from King Missle

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the comment! idk who/ what King Missle is tho haha

[@tumbleweedconnection7906]

In the hand where you had QQ i would've bet more on the turn on that board to charge the flush draws more.

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah that’s solid feedback. Thank you!

[@TheBigSquidAZ]

Oh so I just play too loose and am constantly card dead got it look at bros hole cards like damn 😂

[@JennMccarry]

Great content !

[@DukeyBets]

@@JennMccarry Thank you!

[@joshuabennett3377]

19:58 the moral of the story... never bluff senseis in poker 😅

[@DukeyBets]

Correct!

[@mike62380]

Enjoyed the video very much. I'm not too well versed in gto poker, i generally just play by feel of the game. There were a few hands in here that you lost where I question the reasons you played the hands the way that you did. Specifically the q 10 hand from the blind. I understand raising it up with all the limpers, but with how loose some of these players were i think just limping in yourself from that position is fine. I know gto says "no limping" but to me in this spot q 10 is a marginal hand especially against that many players that probably won't fold for the raise. And then when the two aces were on the board why bluff all the way? You said yourself that the man in the pot with you was a very loose player, so wouldn't his range include a weak ace in that spot? Either way, i enjoyed the video. Keep them coming

[@DukeyBets]

Yes ur absolutely right. Many mistakes were made in this video. Glad you enjoyed, more videos to come!

[@RicardoMartinez-oy9dg]

13:40 obviously a terrible flop call. Fancy play syndrome. But once you make the bad call and the hand runs out the way it did then you’ve gotta bluff.

[@jolaz69]

A lot of villains auto raise a block bet so a call is not bad

[@Melkor1818]

QTo just complete sb from OOP. JJT board with AQ once turn checks probs dont want to go for it on river wouldnt check turn with a Jack or evena baot might bet small so story wouldnt add up just take equity maybe bluff catch river beat all the missed draws spades 98, Q9, KQ.

[@DukeyBets]

Good feedback, thanks for the comment!

[@EfficientRVer]

Good content. Your play is only a little worse than Lex O, I'm shocked that guy isn't broke. Maybe he edits out the hands where he plays well, lol. That would be the opposite of most poker vloggers. As for KhJh, it's OK to call and see a flop, it can play well multi-way. But if you don't flop a draw, even if you hit a king, you're often dominated by an early raiser with a better king. On the last (AJo) hand, you recognized when you had a gutshot, but missed seeing that it was actually a double gutshot. Even at 1-2, you need to have your hand reading, outs counting, and odds calculations to be correct 99.9% of the time, or you're giving away money. I was a regular mostly at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, and Chasers from 2005-2020. Despite having a business in Nashua, I've never played there. Maybe in 2025 or 2026 I'll play some poker again. I'm happy to see that I won't need to study solvers to play 1-2, after all these years away from the tables. I'm pretty sure that hundreds of my poker opponents assume I must have died during the pandemic, to have not put in an appearance since then.

[@Notsononymouz]

With one limp in the pot already you should be making it 15$ with queens in a live cash game like this but regardless that wouldn't have effected this particular hand, i dont think. I really think you are supposed to bet 1/3rd the pot on that k106 flush draw board, you should run that in a solver but im almost 100 percent that its a bet there unless you had some kind of read or that guy was insanely tight.. even then if he was insanely tight the only way you find out more information on his hand is by betting the flop to see where he is at.

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah thanks for the advice! Lots of mistakes made in this session, and lots to improve upon!

[@chrisleos1235]

You only have to get caught bluffing once to be called by everything later, overbet your big hands only 😁

[@DukeyBets]

Yessir, thanks for the comment!

[@JWetzMMA]

No. You should be overbetting premium and some bluffs

[@jrminor2408]

I subbed

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you JR! Glad you enjoyed!

[@rdee7406]

Bad raise with the 3 bet on KJh despite the hindsight

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah I agree. Thanks for the comment!

[@CWYMAN77]

As you said, bluffing in these low stakes games is basically a waste of time. These guys will play terrible hands, chase, and call when they shouldn’t.

[@DukeyBets]

Well said! Thanks for the comment!

[@goonyxo646]

KJs in position is a hand you’d rather just call in position to an early raise

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah after reviewing the hand It seems like a better call than a 3! Thanks for the comment!

[@cactus9691]

I think betting less on the river with the pocket 2s hand would have got the job done. He probably thought it was fishing since you bet pot. 30-35 probably would have been fine. Also that way if he calls you’re not betting 1:1. You basically bet $50 to win $50 which probably isn’t too profitable of a bluff.

[@DukeyBets]

Great feedback thank you!

[@joshuabennett3377]

7:09 😮😮😮😮

[@oldsarge7005]

I think that if you bet on the second to last hand he may have folded. That said, you were called all day.

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah idk how I feel about turning top pair into a bluff, especially considering I don’t block any flushes, thanks for the comment!

[@johnnysar8615]

I been playing at gate city for years i live 5 mins away we should play sometime

[@DukeyBets]

I will be back! Thanks for the comment!

[@johnnysar8615]

When do u plan? On August 8, they have $800 high hands every 30 mins would be a great day to play together

[@DukeyBets]

@@johnnysar8615 That sounds like a very tempting promo. I’ll see what I can do! shoot me a DM on IG

[@Khaottix]

I would have called KJs as those are action cards. you can get away from it easy with no hearts or straight cards on the flop

[@eseder911]

A four bet at a $1/$2 table from a 40+ is always AA or KK

[@DukeyBets]

Yes 95% of the time it’s indicative of AA, KK (maybe) AK

[@JacobBennett45]

Yeah not the game to be bluffing in. Crazy calls

[@DukeyBets]

For sure. Glad we learned a valuable lesson I guess 😂

[@gainswithgoose]

Bunch of calling stations man

[@Joe-yc3kn]

That’s live 1-2 for ya

[@DukeyBets]

For sure! gotta love it!

[@TyMurphy-oj6sd]

you are playing so good that you're bad. either got to move to the 1/3 game or dumb yourself down. the other players are pure calling stations with no intentions of folding ever.

[@DukeyBets]

Thanks for the compliment, however I don’t think that not adjusting to opponents over-calling tendencies is playing good! Poker is all about making mid-game adjustments and I clearly did NOT do that. Wouldn’t say I played “too good,” but learned some valuable lessons from this session!

[@RicardoMartinez-oy9dg]

16:00 ready. Set. Punt! You’re playing with a bunch of fish you either have to make that 3B bigger or just call and try and make a hand in position with great implied odds. Flop. Bet. Punt! What are you doing bro? You’re multi-way in a 3 bet pot vs fish. Why would you bluff into that situation? To keep your range balanced? How many punts until you learn you’re not playing in a real poker game? Adjust accordingly. ABC gets the money.

[@MutedGrowl]

Wow! That guy shouldn’t have shown you his KQ against your KK. He’d have you all twisted up.

[@DukeyBets]

Yeah haha he certainly could’ve put me on tilt!

[@chrismcgreal4030]

Gotta check out chasers

[@DukeyBets]

Have played there a solid amount. Probably my favorite room in NH

[@joshuabennett3377]

Three pieces of advice for next time.. 1.Bring an battery pack for your phone 2. Bring an extra SIM card so you get all your content And most importantly 3. Always play your 27 offsets... Always a winner guaranteed.😅👍

[@DukeyBets]

Haha, the 3 rules of life!

[@Apocalypse_Promotions]

New subscriber

[@DukeyBets]

Thank you!

[@morganwallace5666]

KJ suited is not a hand you want to 3 bet here. You can just call or fold here after a 10 bb open. Think about what you want to have happen here if your opponent calls your 3 bet. If you get a K73 rainbow flop and your opponent wants to put a lot more money into the pot how do you feel about that? Not great and that’s a really good flop for you.