3 BIG Mistakes of Small Stakes Players

In this video, I discuss three BIG mistakes that small stakes players make. If you stop making these mistakes you will immediately increase your win-rate!
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[@AnonymousBosch3158]

I've been leading marginal hands and lost a lot of money like this... thank you for opening my eyes.

[@gregjohnson6793]

me as well. I was at first arguing with him in my head, but when you really listen - it makes SENSE. Difference heads up - but multiway, wet board - this is a check.... my question - on a dry board or heads up - if I opened and the BB called - then this would be a bet, correct?

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

@@gregjohnson6793 I think if you opened it is ok. But check is still a possibility that could give you some information. If you have a marginal hand you are going to with a little less of information... But this is my opinion, of course...

[@jaspergustavo4922]

Instablaster...

[@eggroll9927]

Im all in with any 2 cards

[@jamesbond1068]

Lmaooo

[@itaileviitaylevi5291]

Teach me

[@andrewperez4373]

Thankyou for the great content I am a former small stakes Semi Pro and current amateur poker coach in vegas. Recently got back in the game and was lucky enough to win 3551 on a quad flopper in a 4-8 hi lo game also won a high hand for 150$ and went plus +50(total winnings from play) after 40 hours of 4-8 holdem, and Omaha hi lo at the Orleans as well as 1-3 no limit they paid 300$ for 40 hours at the Orleans. I know the goal is not to win promotions but cant complain when it happens along the way grinding Keep it AP!!! I was watching your content, and others and journaling along the way. Yes i will make sure not to raise marginal made hands and crush those that do. Always room to improve.

[@RCE]

Found myself looking at your static webcam over and over and kept realizing you werent actually moving

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$99? Where do you buy in for less than $99? This is one buy in....

[@AcesH1gh]

@@gregjohnson6793 what you saying. Financally I couldn't even afford a $50 course currently. Doesn't mean in the future I can't

[@mandyrussum7472]

I’ve won a few years ago the 8k ignition. Made final 5 two other times. Cashed many but I always seem to donk it off at higher stakes

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[@NickGoesTrucking]

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[@chrischristian1661]

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[@mrface417]

in 24:27 you say you should always defend Q10o from bb pre flop, is this because the raiser has such an open range or do you mean in general?, because I was under the assumption that someone calling from that position is going to be calling with the likes of AA,AK,AQ,AJ or a pocket pair

[@kickerproblems406]

Coach "The worst card won't come every time!" Variance "Hold my beer..."

[@chesthoIe]

That local currency is the same as in Legend of Zelda.

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Code did not work on March 16th

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

If I buy this content... is there any place where I can ask questions? Or just in the couching?

[@harshnaagar1631]

Thanks bro Useful for recreational players Good luck to u on the tables Hit a set

[@oneiwally1]

Missed the live version last night. So glad you post it here! Thanks!

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[@eman2517]

That deal still available?

[@MasterApprentist]

People expect Thier draws to come good.... Words to live by.

[@dimitrispolitis9393]

Hey Jonathan in that photo holding the trophy, you were Little....

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[@PokerCoaching]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@chacalXXX]

I love when fish donk the flop against me. 8 times out of 10 it's a raise and then a sizeable bet on the turn if he checks again and if the turn doesn't complete any draws. Usually the raise flop does it.

[@coltukkor]

As for leading marginal made hands.What about in heads up with just one opponent? One opponent is more likely to call down with lesser made hands for a payoff is he not?

[@Getsitdone]

Early in tournaments, as the example you gave illustrates, you get it all in with KK vs AK. Even though you have the villian crushed, but they have a 30% chance of winning. If your goal is to survive, do you still make these bets?

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes. This is a massive edge that cannot be passed up on.

[@zaclongworth6537]

Good tips at the start but most of the video is advertising for his site

[@kingp791]

I have a question. Didn't hear an answer on the premium membership (which I'm in and is awesome). Is there a ratio of hands people bluff? I ask because you only see (on youtube) hero bluffs and amazing bluff compilations. Makes me think everyone is bluffing all the time and I always think the opponent has the nuts or a better hand and end up folding. and when I don't fold opponent has a better hand. (I do also understand the concept of ranges). I know there are variables that go into this question. But in your expert experience how many bluffs do you see at a given session (per hour or any ratio you think)? Sorry if this is a dumb question but any feedback would be appreciated.

[@PokerCoaching]

Most players do not bluff nearly often enough.

[@huiwang2543]

q10 hand. i'm kinda think its ok to lead there since preflop raiser call the flop he can totally have over pair like you say and over pair will fold there depend how preflop raiser play. so its totally fine to lead all in w. 80%pot and turn q10 to a bluff. in their shoes they cant really call w. any overpair w. no club in their hands, whats you range when you make that lead? you try to rep the 9 or flush it make sense you have it basic on how the hand play. so i think lead on turn does makes better hands fold

[@huiwang2543]

i mean lead the turn

[@BusterBattles]

In the a5o hand you said he only limp reraises with aa kk qq jj and ak. Then when the flop is there you say if you jam he will fold aj or aq. Where do those hands suddenly come from? You are trying to make him fold hands that where not even in his limp reraise range??

[@taojones4941]

Awesome

[@Charlie_Ses]

I got a problem with the not betting the Q10 hand. You're likely ahead at that point with a marginal hand, shouldn't you try to take the pot down, so people can't improve on later streets? Do you really want to check into a 4 handed pot, risking checks all round?

[@guibox3]

Hmm.. Never thought about #2. Giving the draw hands the right price to call. The flip side is that you do give them a free card by checking, but if they DO make their hand, you WOULD save some money. I usually almost always bet my marginal made hand. I guess I'm used to playing bad $20 tourney Legion players. lol. I ALWAYS get drawn out.

[@toddzickel2548]

You are so good at poker with vast insight that you'd be surprised at the horrendous play at live small stakes. Talking Hollywood Casino and Ameristar in St. Charles, Mo near St. Louis.

[@darrellhart8129]

I ran a game for 7 years. I can't tell you how many players were "any ace is good" types of players. A ton of them, that's for sure.

[@madiganshive3476]

curious, where did you run your game?. i have always wanted to try this. & would you do it again? best advice?

[@streetbaby8026]

Lol.. I know right.. I fold Aces with weak kickers so QUICK!! Just to stay out of trouble..

[@colintimp1372]

Any ace? Try players that have requirements that only include that the hand must have either a number or a letter to play.

[@Dplaysitcool]

The things people were saying in the chat were as painful as some of that guys plays...

[@samdavepollard]

JL offers to coach you for free. That's what I call running good. :-)

[@webuser5950]

Moral of this video: Jonathan will transform you into a poker BEAST

[@MasterApprentist]

Are there any exceptions to the rule 2?

[@PokerCoaching]

There are exceptions to all rules.

[@duncanbanks4022]

Thanks for reposting Jonathan! Much appreciated.

[@webuser5950]

0:25 tricep game weak

[@davidthom3582]

if i sign up will you look at my poker tracker results, i have almost 1 million hands online

[@hunterbell3784]

Wouldn’t his glasses reflect what cards he has when he looks at them lol

[@MrDelg0020]

I want this offer..... too late?

[@daleparker8518]

Shame others don't know they're behind with weak Aces and call your 3bet/4bets with them when you have QQ/KK/AK and hit either the Ace or low AX card.

[@DoctorChained]

10:39 can you explain how a more than half-pot bet isn't pricing out flush and straight draws? That doesn't sound right..

[@coscanoe]

Mr. Little is wrong about this. He thinks that when your opponent has the "right" odds to call then he's winning and you must be losing. He's not accounting for the fact that, on the specific amount you're betting, the opponent is calling at undesirable odds (1:1 odds to be exact). The call is only "priced right" for your opponent when you include the money that's already in the pot, but that is money the opponent is already entitled to.

[@xyzzy4567]

coscanoe Actually, you’re the one who in wrong. You don’t understand how to calculate pot odds, and you certainly aren’t considering implied odds. The drawing hand isn’t “entitled” to anything as there are still 4 players in the hand.

[@DoctorChained]

@@xyzzy4567 Implied odds, on a wet board with so many obvious draws? You think obvious flush or straight draws are gonna get paid off? lol

[@BusterBattles]

When i stopped playing i was running over 200 buy ins under ev. My main game was 30$ hu sng So after being 6000$ under ev on a 30$ game i gave up.

[@TheDabblinMan]

Great stuff. Definitely make a lot of these mistakes...and many more lol. Does this coupon code still work?

[@PokerCoaching]

I am not sure.

[@ketchup143]

$4.76 buyin, $32.50 cashout (indian rupees to us dollars)

[@Charlie_Ses]

Lol

[@guibox3]

I guess the flip side is that if he DOES have some sort of 10, betting on the flop could look like you have the 9 and are afraid of a club draw coming. This can cause the other person to fold a K 10 if you have the balls to bet every street and represent a 9. Just saying...

[@moonwhistle]

I cannot understand the pot sized raise preflop. Why not just raise 3 X BB? It seem like over commiting chips and making post flop action too expensive. Is it more of a scared raise with 800, hoping nobody calls you?

[@herts9999]

nikhil and dimed

[@cbro_]

Yeah, this pun works if you mispronounce his name.

[@cbro_]

Yeah, this pun works if you mispronounce his name.

[@Michael_A_Lewis]

Liked the video. Subbed :)

[@PokerCoaching]

Welcome!

[@Michael_A_Lewis]

@@PokerCoaching Big thanks too. I went on low cash games today with 3 Euro and now I have 23 Euro. Folding all the shit hands and not trying to bluff too much. Checking with reasonable stuff and sometimes good stuff too. Not betting too much and sometimes folding a reasonable hand when I felt the risk was too high. Will watch more videos to improve knowledge further! Thanks! Edit: It took about 3-4 hours to grow it to there.

[@thriftthewild3936]

I play nice and tight poker during the first half of the tournament, then after the break I get spewy with inferior hands...essentially I play backwards of optimal, how do I work on correcting this while off the table?

[@MichaelWilliams-zq3ni]

I play tourneys and it usually makes up for my losses in cash games... when a tourney starts i try to see as many flops as i can with suited connectors j 10 things like that and tey to double up or triple up.... somewhere around the bubble i raise a lot because people don't wanna bubble then after we are in the cash i play pretty tight .... i bracket up as much as i can and then go for the win ..hope i helped

[@RodgerRamjet]

thinking ahead -- lack of, has cost me. example. mid-late 1st day in multi day tourney at Planet Hollywoord/Vegas. gotten a good image at the table, aggressive but tight-ish, showing down a lot of good hands. small stack goes all in. i have ppr 10's, CO I think, i just CALL, not looking at the next smaller stack at the table ( bigger than the all in, but less than half my stack), Dealer or SB, cant remember, who then shoves.. i failed to check stacks at the table, only flat-called the all in ( i was either biggest or near biggest stack, but not by a massive margin ) in stead of raising to isolate, then get shoved by the next small stack, and THEN, dont do the math, as to , how much was in the pot, vs how much more i have to call, vs what my odds are of winning even just the side pot all in, and maybe losing the main pot, and ONLY thinking.. :" if I call and lose, my stack is severely crippled this late in the day".. the math as i recall, was a clear CALL, after the mistake of not raising in the first place, which would show me as pot committed anyway. end result, i fold, and would have won vs both players, having flopped a set over the 1st players flopped set of 77's, and other all in whiffed completely with his AKos.. i would have put myself in a great pos'n at the table, and had a nice stack for the next day.. instead, i was short stacked next day, and knocked myself out against a very weak player, by playing even weaker/crappier poker. reminders like this make you go " stop, and play a little chess.. whats HIS move, to my next move, or vice versa.".. not think about only next bet, but, turn, rvr, showdown... etc..

[@colintimp1372]

Apparently you have a different definition of what a "made" hand is. Usually, a made hand is a straight or better.

[@PokerCoaching]

Incorrect!

[@Fadogar911]

5:20 wtf is up with those chip counts? how do they have different numbers than us lol :D what the hell is 3,05,612?

[@PokerCoaching]

That is how many chips they have.

[@Fadogar911]

@@PokerCoaching lol, i know :D i just got 2nd place in the big2.20 after a 1h HU battle :P (let me know if you want the HH :D) i meant, the numbers are weird.. 3,05,612.. one digit is missing :)

[@domhamai]

NIHKAL made like $10 for 6th place lol

[@liamcasey4]

What the hell is a c-bet?

[@TonyRivers26]

Went to purchase, code has expired. Disappointed

[@benconlon875]

isn’t there some merit in betting ‘marginal made hands’ in tournaments where you would rather win a small pot than risking losing a big one?

[@PokerCoaching]

Your sentiment is correct about wanting to play a small pot with marginal made hands and not wanting to risk losing a big one, but the action should be to check so that you control the size of the pot. If you bet, you can get raised and are at risk of losing a big pot.

[@Vitancia]

wonder if using glasses that could flash your cards is a big mistake hahaha

[@paulroos8658]

If villian has 78 clubs id sure like him to fold but of course he wont

[@rady7273]

Adjust your range to you opponent

[@colintimp1372]

In what hand? The 9 10 9? Why would you want your opponent to fold a draw? You make money every time you make your opponent put money in behind. That's his point. You may lose THIS hand, but long run that's how you win.

[@edforbes1563]

18:30 do we ever lead with a marginal made hand? Must be trolling! Just spent 10 minutes explaining why that's a bad idea lol. Jonathan has godlike patience.

[@davidbaker9043]

c

[@spikenn616]

I do a number 1 and a number 2 all the time. Usually at least once a day.....

[@tommyrjensen]

Jaime Staples, not Jamie. When in doubt, just use "Jimmy". Also: nice facial hair.

[@Pakkrt]

2/3 of your video was about promoting ur stuff man.

[@supremeleaderarmy9164]

Study for 2/3 and win the other 1/3

[@stevenlopez722]

Last night I went all in with a marginal the exact way he played it I played it with A8 and my opponent having 9/10 flop come 8A3 he bets 4 I raise to 12

[@stevenlopez722]

He calls, 10 comes on the river he gets 5 I raise to 20$ he calls and then the turn card comes and another 10 comes in he bets 10 I go all in I just wish I would’ve watched this before making that play I was up 100 before I risked it all

[@NurseMurse]

Now this costs 600 dollars?

[@GaryMillyz]

You're such a good guy and great to follow and def someone who could help someone get better. But 5$ hundred an hour?? For a game/sport/job where the person is in no way guaranteed to win even a dollar let alone lose lots of money due to variance alone?? Come on man- that was kind of shocking. I know it's not nice to hear this response, but come on man! Please tell me one- ONE other thing in the world (within reason) that costs five HUNDRED an hour from a "pro" or "expert". Come on man. 4 hunj/hour ain't worth it for ya?

[@rickjames4406]

G Sam “there is a sucker born every minute”

[@austincrotts9100]

Teach yourself if you don't want to spend the money. Good luck lol

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Wish I saw this in time, it would have been an instant buy at $99

[@BiggieSlong]

Same, shame

[@JeffreyYamada]

The questions from the audience make this video borderline unwatchable

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500 an hour for private coaching? Good lord....

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[@baconwingz]

I bet he was dying for a cigarette after losing the c flip to bust out of the tournament.

[@Scuurd1]

I love Jonathan Little :) he is what i want to be in 5 years

[@Shawk95]

"You profit when your opponent makes mistakes". Sounds logical but how the heck you know if and when the opponent is making a mistake?

[@TheSeriousSean]

You don’t really. I think he means you should try to play in such a way that induces more mistakes.

[@Shawk95]

@@TheSeriousSean Possibly but then we go back to what constitutes a mistake? Is a player aware that he is making a mistake when he is playing the hand or it dawns on the player only after the hand is concluded? For example, if you pair an Ace at the river, a losing hand is turned into a winning hand.

[@TheSeriousSean]

​@@Shawk95 To your example, it could've very well been a mistake the way you play that ace. But look at it from a more general perspective: for example, small stakes players generally tend to make mistakes such as limping too frequently and having crazy ranges. Study the game and learn how to maximize your EV with this in mind. When you exploit a true generalization, you generally win.

[@tylerjoyner9865]

Triceps looking good big dawg. A true work horse

[@Charlie_Ses]

I've always been suspicious of people who want money to teach you how to make money from something. If they were that good, wouldn't they just make a lot of money from it, and not need to teach? Far too many comments bigging up the video, courses, etc etc for my liking, just seems a bit false, and a bit trappy. But hey, you gotta make your money somehow right.

[@peteneville698]

Well there's always courses on how to make your fortune renting out property with no money down, or how to make exactly $2,438.11 in your first week using Mr Unheard-of Self-Acclaimed Guru's FX trading system, or how about how to make £100,000 a month in sales within three months with Amazon FBA with no mention of whether that turnover is likely to achieve any actual profit?

[@MrMattie725]

So in a few months he went from playing like absolute garbage to playing a 25k tournament? Was he a millionaire before he tried poker?

[@mitchellgrimes9172]

Who the fuck pays $500 an hour for poker coaching

[@MrPlazaPlayer]

Didn’t you say he had free lessons from you and yet he still makes massive mistakes like this. These plays are from literally beginners who have been playing a month at best. It makes my game look like Phil Ivey’s. it’s actually annoying to see this. Playing over 40% of hands to, wow just wow. I really do need Mr Little to look at my game but unfortunately I can not afford to, so I really need a freebie or someone to take a punt on me and look at my game. I’ll agree to record every single MTT if it means I can get coaching to go over my game.

[@PokerCoaching]

Go back and re-watch it. I said when he first came to me, he made these mistakes. Now he does not.

[@yagosarena5701]

@@PokerCoaching hey bro from a fellow New Yorker , thanks for your videos, they are an awesome resource and I really enjoy the way you explain everything.

[@allenbingham8248]

Are people seriously wearing mirrored shades at the table? Duhhh

[@hymnofashes]

You mentioned a "certified fish." Do you issue this certification? Can I get a certification as a "bad reg?" Or a "fishy tag?" You should come up with a test and sell framed certificates or lapel pins for various perjorative poker classifications-- donkey, payoff wizard, nit, aggro fish, etc. That's capitalism!

[@georgexm2032]

what you pay the most in poker are the mistakes of your own arrogance

[@jefffransbergen1015]

Only trying to make money

[@jefffransbergen1015]

If i pay a hitman , it cost me less then 887

[@jeffreytackett3922]

This video should be renamed, "I taught someone how to play poker better, and now I want to tell you about that person."

[@toddzickel2548]

In small stakes, i like this marginal hand. I won't lead it. Just ✔ then 📞. I would hit the 10 on the river for the full 🏠 and destroy the flushes. 🙏

[@why-even-try-brotendo]

Oh Zickel, you don't even realize you're losing money in the long run. It's much easier to hit the flush in this situation than the boat. And how are you getting value from made flushes on a double paired board? Even small stakes fish know better.

[@georgesteiner8915]

seems complicated. Why don't you just flop quads instead?

[@mart_en]

It's funny how different things work in various cultures. Your opening monologue and introduction who you are, probably only works in the US. There people get assumingly impressed by naming all your trophies and money won. However in Europe most people would immediately exit this video because listing all your awards and money is considered low class, bragging and will cost you your reputation. Just say your name and mention that you are a professional poker player. That's it ! Nobody cares how much money you have won or how many throphies you collected. That's takes away a lot of your credibility ...

[@nathans5259]

Wrong

[@mart_en]

@@nathans5259 Well, your name states otherwise ...

[@markgarin6355]

Wouldn't buy a book from someone with 14 titles....unless science fiction. Why isn't this an 'ad'?

[@johntorengi7152]

Jonathan, you talk way too fast.It is very difficult to understand what you are saying because you run all your words together. Professional speakers and commentators always speak to a level of a SEVENTH GRADER. That way everyone will understand exactly what you are saying.