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[@PokerCoaching]

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[@marcelpalomares925]

Just saw this comment and missed your session. Will this be on your podcast?

[@jobsforjoggerspetit6530]

Can you tell me which american sites are left? I'm on bovada and I really dont like the anonymous play

[@SLowPLaYaH]

Hey, Jonathan. As a lifelong winner at small stakes hold'em (both live and online) who has recently decided to take poker seriously again, I just wanted to let you know that this video has re-ignited my poker inspiration. I have spent the last 5 months operating on a study to play ratio of about 70% study, 30% play (which is never recommended, I admit), but have just felt sort of "stuck" lately, even though I am crushing my current stakes. I don't know what it was specifically that you said, but I feel renewed and energized after watching this video, and so I thank you. Also, seeing some of the questions that you were being asked has made me realize that poker is alive and well, though I do sincerely sympathize with you =) Thanks, Jonathan!

[@PokerCoaching]

Awesome, I'm glad to hear that! Good luck with everything!

[@CoryTrapp]

I'd also suggest one move up in stakes as soon as the bankroll permits. Rake is killing your winrate at low stakes. I'm trying to get my wife to move up to 2/5, and as part of a little experiment I played a month (90 hrs) of 1/3 with a $5 + $2 rake at $50. Cashed 12/15 for $27 an hour, about 28bbbs per 100. For a 5 hour session, the actual rake paid for pots I dragged was $137. That was an average session where I made $130 over the 5 hours. Even if you half your winrate, you make more actual $ at 2/5, since most every pot is max rake and you simply have more money in play, typically $500 stacks rather than $200 stacks

[@davidsherman4032]

I had a casino that I played 30 hours a week and averaging 3000 a week. It was a 10 table room. They shut the room down. And scattered all these players. Then a year later Covid happened. Having a hard time finding a new location locally that is consistent ...

[@ryceryder85]

@Kody Stutzman you have to be a real crusher to make $3k per week online.

[@fundiver198]

In my experience online tournaments can be an easier way to build a bankroll than online cash games. You just need to focus on smaller field tournaments like 100-200 players, which you find more often at the smaller poker sites. It is really only on PokerStars, that so many tournaments see these huge 3.000+ player fields, where it becomes more of a lottery ticket.

[@Sil3nt907]

fundiver198 true. I play plo on ignition and just started a bankroll challenge from $40 last Sunday. I’m at $350 right now but the tourneys really help. I always search for late regs with under 50-100 people.

[@murazgb]

38:00 Galfond actualy DID IT ! ! !

[@y-unespynchonesky9708]

Stopped at minute 6 to go to your website and read about bankroll management. I have to say its the best information there is on BM on the internet.

[@MaximillianNewman]

The knowledge shared from 8:00 is absolutely invaluable

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks!

[@Krullsmash]

So many “poker experts” out there who are career losers themselves giving out bad advice. Great to see a legend like JL handing out the real deal.

[@PokerCoaching]

I do my best!

[@shibasama4000]

It’s funny watching this one year after galfond vs venividi and hearing the comments. Incredible that Galfond came back to win that one

[@PokerCoaching]

That's for sure!

[@richardgoerlich1261]

Just watched this video and found it very helpful. Thank you for your passion and dedication to helping others improve their poker game.

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks for watching!

[@Goochy129]

Had to have a little chuckle at the Galfond comment. But you are the best man - 100%

[@Cmelvin71]

You are the man. I’m currently reading excelling in no limit hold’em

[@PokerCoaching]

Awesome, I hope you enjoy it!

[@PlanetTwilow]

Interesting how many Magic players ended up fairly successful poker players.

[@PokerCoaching]

The games are somewhat similar.

[@LordEliudMN]

Most card games are about minimizing variance. Magic you do this drawing more cards, and having ways of maximizing the odds of getting what you need by tailoring your deck. In poker, everyone has the same deck with the same amount of cards. You cant control the deck, and how many cards get drawn. But you can focus on calculating the odds and minimizing risk based on whats available. I guess tldr doesnt suprise me too much, similar mindsets just applied differently i think

[@gesus.christ99]

minimizing variance is not what you do once you're in a specific poker game, that means losing money basically ​@@LordEliudMN

[@jerrydoyle5622]

your my favorite poker player because your a good teacher and person for trying to help people! Makes u an awesome person!! TY for vids!!

[@D.WhiteJr]

Boy oh boy thanks Mr. Little for staking a Main Event Ticket. Wish I had discovered your coaching 3 years ago. 😊

[@42cpulaski]

appreciate your diligence towards the game! much appreciated. learn something new everyday!

[@alexk-1535]

Nice video that I could put on in the background at work. Good stuff.

[@jbarres80]

Thank you I’ve been playing poker for while but never really thought about bankrolls because i work job but 2020 is the year I focus and grind a bankroll goal is to be able to play 2/5 regularly

[@johnreed8944]

You give away so much information and I appreciate it

[@PokerCoaching]

I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@iconicheight1188]

Thanks brother. I am pushing some long hours to make a living from poker, and you are that bright shiny spot at the end of the tunnel.

[@PokerCoaching]

You can do it!

[@daz1317]

I just started playing poker again after a 3 year break. Im making the $100,000 my poker goal for 2020 to 2022. I'm using a more conservative 100 buyin bankroll minimum and will be playing online. Thank you so much for the video Jonanthan!

[@daz1317]

@@hotrodsather trying! I'm stuck on €20NL right now, but beating $16NL

[@jerrydoyle5622]

awesome things you do for the poker community! Put someone in the tourny,coach,breakfast wow chance of a lifetime!!

[@PokerCoaching]

Thanks, Jerry!

[@aTraderWithNothingToLose]

Pertaining to online poker, do you believe the aggressive strategy of 15 buy ins, and you get to 12 buy ins, then move down in stakes if you can money manage well? What is your take on it?

[@PokerCoaching]

It depends on your win rate and tolerance for risk of ruin.

[@fgfgfgfgfgfgfgfg2078]

Regarding underground games in NYC, there is a 1-3 game with 100 to 1000 buy-in in Manhattan, but the rake is 9% uncapped and there's a $10 rock. That doesn't seem like a very profitable game to me. If you live in NY, I would advise a casino in NY or a neighboring state for live cash games.

[@davemarnell8871]

Wait until they start getting robbed. Usually inside jobs. Started happening to the underground games in Hawaii I played at like 12 years ago.

[@109PokerFace]

In a game like that, you will pay over 1000$ rake per night, if you are capable of beating that (very fcking unlikely) you would get rich very fast in a normal casino.

[@PokerCoaching]

NYC rake is likely unbeatable, despite very soft games. I don't play them for a reason.

[@cubencis]

+1 for having magic cards

[@IanRiley915]

Hey Jonathan! I'm not bankrolled well, so I'm mostly competing at $0.02/0.05 cash games and $1 SNGs. I'm doing horrible at cash games, but I cash most SNGs (1st or 2nd). I've pretty much assumed from this that I have some serious problems with my poker fundamentals. I rarely hit the rake at my cash games (there has to be a dollar or more or something like that in the pot to hit the rake right now), so I don't think that's an issue. I've started reading your content on low stakes cash games, doing quizzes, GTO trainers, etc. Two major issues that I think are present: (1) I don't actually play that well deep-stacked. I cash most SNGs by staying between 25-50bb. I've entered a few tourneys with 200+ players, and I cashed each time that I hovered around 50bb. However, each time that I reached 100bb, I basically pulled an Icarus. (2) My mental game seems to be thrown off by playing cash games. It's much harder to focus on the action over the $ amount in cash games, even at microstakes. Do you have any advice?

[@boltaurelius376]

Some sites let you display you stack in terms of BB, which always use so that when moving stakes, the game plays the same.

[@reddoordentrainingcenter8564]

I do appreciate your videos great content

[@reddoordentrainingcenter8564]

Thanks for the heart coach

[@Md1982IT]

Love your contents Mr Little, Your a great teacher. A big hug from Italy.

[@theejayzeeable]

Mephisto Men mainly do handshakes here in the US buddy. But I understand hugs are a brotherly gesture in Latin countries.

[@MrMaccas94]

@@theejayzeeable who says its a man commenting? Someones a little sensitive about their sexuality by the looks

[@DostoevskyGrandson]

This is very helpfull I started with freerolls and I won 8 dollars from one of the freerolls, with that 8 dollars I played micro stakes and grinded it up and now I play small stakes and going up in stakes I will turn that 8 dollars into a million

[@artistre5699]

I’m really glad u explain how to actually go about building a bankroll from a hourly perspective. Im gonna give this method a shot. I really appreciate this info. Also How does anyone feel about playing on ACR ( American card room )?

[@skilstopaybils4014]

"During this world series we're probably going to do meet up games". Poor JL didn't know what the future held... nice video!

[@thakurv1]

I need help on when to leave a table

[@cosimomischi145]

Hi Jonathan I’m from Switzerland, so I’m sorry if my English isn’t that good. First of all I want to thank you for all the great content you provide us - I appreciate that very much. I have some questions about this video. As I understood you suggest the following Bankroll management: Start at a level with at least 25 Buy-ins , 30 would be optimal. Then try to reach 40 Buy-ins at this level. Then move up to the next higher level and give it a shot with 200BBs of the higher level (e.g. 2$ / 5$ - 1000$). When things go well, stay at this level and try again to reach 40 buy-ins. But if you lose the 1000$ shot, you should maybe go back to 1$ / 2$ and try again to reach the 40 buy-ins or stay longer at this limit. And if you ever should fall back to 25 buy-ins at the next lower limit you have to move down. (e.g. If you play 0.5$ / 1$ and you only have 1250$ left than iu have to move down to 0.25$ / 0.5$) At minute 12:04 you say if you play 2$ / 5$ and you get down to 2500$ then you should move down to 1$ / 2$. But 2500$ at 1$ / 2$ would be only 12.5 Buy-ins. Would it not be correct if you get down to 5000$ then you have to move back to 1$ / 2$ for still having 25 buy-ins? And also at minute 15:18 you say if you ever go down to 3000$ at a 2$ / 5$ game then you have to move down to 1$ / 2$. But then you would only have 15 buy-ins left. Should it not be more something like 25 or 30 buy-ins you should still have at the lower limit? And then the last thing, at minute 14:35 you say if you go at 1$ / 2$ up from 3000$ to 8000$ then you have won 2500$ at this stake. Is it not a 5000$ win at this limit? I just want to know if I understand something wrong. I really want to build up a good bankroll :) (as soon online poker is allowed again in Switzerland…) Thank you in advance!

[@PokerCoaching]

The numbers I laid out assume you want to be generally risky with your bankroll and want to do everything you can within reason to move up while also having a place to fall back to. I obviously suggest much more conservative bankroll management if you really do not want to go broke. See JLPoker.com/bankroll

[@cosimomischi145]

thanks

[@32266ms]

I have a tough time breaking even on .02/.05 with a 10% rake (appears to be no cap on the rake) on my poker site. WTH? How do you sniff out sets and over pairs without folding too much?

[@edwincos4278]

Keep up the good videos Jonathan 👍🏼

[@dhruvgupta498]

wanted to clarify: 1. you mentioned how many BB per buy in? microstakes? 2. you can't win everytime- obviously- what % of time (or what other factor) do you recommend looking at when moving up or down?

[@gwatsonsalvage]

I went to casino with 40 pounds first night and walked away with 80 pounds the following night went with 40 pounds again and walked away with 240 pounds did win 360 pounds but liked playing so stayed until bored rake was 50p/£1

[@1warlock97]

What would you estimate a good enough online winrate (in BB/100) at a given level is for a player to consider moving up? Would this be a better metric than just winning x buyins? If so, what would be a good sample size of hands before you consider the winrate number reliable? Great advice on keeping your bankroll segregated.

[@PokerCoaching]

Something like 6bb/100 is acceptable enough. Ideally higher though.

[@dubmdee]

any tips for a one buy in bankroll

[@alexanderbrevik6611]

Very clever. Lots of wisdom. Is all of your content headed towards players of two cards Omaha?

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes, I play the Cadillac of poker.

[@alexanderbrevik6611]

Cool. I only know how to play with 4 cards. But since I'm a maniac at the tables I'll look in to your BR strategy booklet if I find the PDF 😇😎

[@bustnut622]

love seeing JL doubt galdfond! the man did it

[@PokerCoaching]

Yep!Comebacks are possible!

[@avsinsandyman7988]

37:50 "Is Galfond going to come back from being down $800k?"

[@PokerCoaching]

Odds are against it.

[@bossi_plays]

36:17 [devoting 48hrs a month to poker] is that just playing poker or does this also including study time away from the table?

[@tomrodriguez5206]

I needed this, thanks.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Wait for my new book. How to make One Million dollars from a quarter.

[@Streusalz420]

Best poker content

[@WhenInRomePlease]

Jonathan, in your opinion would it be easier to grind up a roll on 1-2 anonymous cash tables where you wouldnt have any information on your opponents making them less exploitable? Or do you think GTO would be be the best strategy on these tables anyway?

[@anything704]

Jonathan, can you give me a list of books I should read on Poker? Thank u so much, u r an Inspiration.

[@PokerCoaching]

I recommend starting with Mastering Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'em. Study hard and take lots of notes! After you finish, let me know what you think and what you want to learn about next and I'll point you to the best book for you.

[@anything704]

@@PokerCoaching Awesome

[@deanmarkovic9765]

I need around 35 k for the Bahamas in January

[@user-wb3xw8vo1u]

Ive been playing for 3 years and I consider myself not a fish anymore. Ive been studying the last year. I have a bankroll of about 200$ online. I find it really really hard playing very small stakes. For example players at 0,05/0,1$ online are so RANDOM that I can't figure out any strategy for efficient winning. I feel way more confident against players on 0,15/0,25 or 0,25/0,5 , and as a matter of fact I win more at those stakes. The problem is I cant play those stakes cause my BR is short, I have like 5 buy-ins. I am stuck, any thoughts?

[@camanderson9954]

I actually should have just been grinding out cash games. The competition is wayyyyy softer and the variance is less. I find it less stressful as well. I am enjoying the session more and I am up way more as well. You can't even compare.

[@scotland369]

Cash games players who win big - what do you do with the $$? Do you just bank it and pay the $25% tax? If so, does anyone even WANT to play if you have rake, travel and tax to pay ? I find this the biggest disincentive to even play these days

[@nickhc13]

coming in from 2022 nice vid

[@ricex18]

hey thank you for this!

[@PokerCoaching]

you're welcome!

[@the_montrealorian]

I can't beat my local 1/3 game. It has a 10 percent rake capped at 15 dollars. I used to be a winning player many years ago but can't seem to win now. I am currently down 800 big blinds in this game over 26 sessions. Is this a downswing or is the rake killing me or am I just bad?

[@Jimmybeck14]

Can u tell us what u think about the Phil galfond challenge in a video

[@PokerCoaching]

He is severely outmatched in the first match most likely. I am not an expert at HUPLO though, so I don't know.

[@203bigd]

This aged like milk....

[@nat2r]

@@203bigd lol

[@preflopstore9718]

It was funny to see you tilt and somewhat loose your cool lol but seriously thank you for the bankroll insights!

[@PokerCoaching]

It is passion!

[@preflopstore9718]

Jonathan Little - Poker Coaching Yes indeed it truly is.

[@avsinsandyman7988]

You're not going to beat .25-.50 online unless you have some fundamentals down such as pre-flop ranges, pot odds, EV and some general hand reading abilities. Most likely newer players should start at .05-.10 or lower until you learn the fundamentals and beat your game over a 50k+ hand sample.

[@user-du2tt9hj5s]

Good guide! thank you. But there's something I don't understand. For example, I started grinding at 5NL with $150. After making it $200, the shot-taking was also successful. I made it $400 at 10NL. And made $600 at 25NL. But the downswings came and the bankroll began to shrink. So now, the bankroll is $350, should I just blind down to 10NL? Is it right?

[@theejayzeeable]

Yes, move back down to 10NL and build your bankroll up again before moving back up to 25NL. This way you never lose your bankroll.

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

This would take hours upon hours and hours, this would be some extremely hard work! I'm more of a tournament player and I'm not sure cash games are really a good idea for a tight player but in tournaments your chances are probably better being tight.....

[@PokerCoaching]

The opposite is true. In tournaments, there are antes, increasing blinds, an no rake on individual hands, which favor the loose, aggressive players. Cash games are the opposite, favoring tighter players. You can see this by studying the GTO charts for both games at PokerCoaching.com.

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

@@PokerCoaching Wow lol, you're probably right but lately I've been playing sit and go hypers short handed because pokerstars in p.a is limited and I'm always getting bluffed out of to many hands at low stake cash games but they only have short handed for that too in p.a know full table unless it is a tournament usually.....

[@alexanderachas693]

Hello goodmorning sir from phils

[@jamesmiddleton8335]

It's the softest times where i lose, I've stopped playing on weekends because i just lose, weekdays i can consistently win 😂 I don't know if it's my own superstition but I can never seem to connect with the flop at the weekends

[@jerrydoyle5622]

I love this guy!!!!

[@McRuffin]

Can you give some good audio book titles for studying?

[@PokerCoaching]

Mastering Small Stakes No Limit Holdem.

[@Noondroid]

Is it better to calculate bb/hour for live rather than per 100?

[@PokerCoaching]

Calculate bb/hour and then estimate bb/100.

[@Noondroid]

@@PokerCoaching thanks a lot for your answer and awesome content.

[@zakirmurji5953]

The Galfond Challenge comment didn’t age well. Anyways love the content 👍.

[@msladebeatz]

Can you make everyone a good/winning player by taking your course? I took red chip poker course, learn the math and strategy and got my ass handed to me lol. I wonder if I just started on a bad streak or if it's just me or maybe the course. I really don't know. I do want to learn winning poker and hope to be a pro one day

[@PokerCoaching]

I can teach almost anyone to win. All they have to do is find a game they can beat, play it a ton, and keep a proper bankroll. Most people do not want to do those three things though.

[@hymnofashes]

The way to beat small stakes games is to not try to set mine with small pairs and then level yourself postflop into continuing with third pair and two outs against players who are making small bets because they are worried about their kicker but really they just want to "figure out where they're at" so they can do the appropriate amount of Hollywood before calling so they don't look silly when you raise the turn and bet the river with a set, but they look like a genius when you turn over your small pair you turned into a bluff. And then eat grass and sticks and live in your car. That second part is the main thing.

[@dianadrone]

so sad that we all had taken for granteed that wsop 2020 was gonna happen, how much has everything changed in a few months...

[@MysteriousMM]

The reality is less than % will grow a bankroll to $100.000+ from something like $5,000. Poker is a grind where you need to have patience and understand positioning, math, ranges, betting sizing, and table selection.

[@PokerCoaching]

All you have to do is find a game you can beat, play it a lot, and keep a proper bankroll. Most people don't want to do those three things though, and therefore they lose.

[@JamesLauf]

What Online site did you say if you had to chose one?

[@PokerCoaching]

PartyPoker

[@davemarnell8871]

Best tilt advice ever from Little - if you won't be happy making $100/hr its time to leave. Best advice ever.

[@PokerCoaching]

:)

[@LoveEmThick]

Damn said to hear I should be playing cash games. I really prefer tourneys, though I have been feeling the volatility! Had a friend tell me sit and gos was a bad investment, and he too suggested cash games. I thought online cash games were to be avoided!

[@theejayzeeable]

George Barnes III Playing online cash games isn't to be avoided, keeping a sizeable bankroll online is to be avoided. Use crypto for transactions.

[@slope_d00d2]

Johnathan what’s your opinion about fast fold online NL? Ive had big upswings but also bad downswings that pretty much even out. Seems like every KK gets teamed against AA or AK- things like that. Hard to get reads I do pretty well regular online nl but kept getting drawn to the fast fold.

[@slope_d00d2]

nvm you address this thanks

[@PokerCoaching]

The fast fold games are tougher than normal 6-max or full-ring games.

[@dabs4602]

Even 20'hr is good money if you don't need to get rich

[@adamskibrapmanlolage]

It’s great money, especially in UK where you don’t need to pay tax on poker

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

31:38

[@coolmonkey5269]

i m unable to move 😪 above 1/2 cents frm 3yrs 😱

[@PokerCoaching]

Why?

[@coolmonkey5269]

in 1/2 cents tables. i win against fish. in big tables, pros beat me 😭 they raise. bluff 😭

[@daithi1966]

My wife is out of town, so I'm in charge --- without an ounce of irony. I know the deal. :-)

[@mikegunther6578]

Jonathan they all like you. Dont hit the like button means > stunned of all these information ;)

[@thatguycjg]

With a Bank roll of 3k as stated for 1/2... how many times should you consider buying in per day before getting up and leaving.... meaning, "I dont necessarily want to spend 3k in one day." Hope this makes sense?

[@PokerCoaching]

You have the wrong mindset. You are not "spending". You are investing. That said, you should basically never go through more than $800 or so in a day in soft small stakes games.

[@dontbetIcall]

thx, buddy^^ I watched this a year ago and fuckin did what you say....I#m up 10k plus on stars...cashed out multiple times and had a nice holiday with my wife....fun to watch this again

[@PokerCoaching]

Congrats!!!

[@tylerjoyner9865]

I feel like 95 percent of players play out of complacency or fear. Cry about their luck but choose to fall victim to the cards and put no work in

[@patrickclay3537]

What if you can’t play online and the only games near you are $1,$3???? Save up till you have enough?

[@PokerCoaching]

Yep, but realize that if you can save something like $5,000 in a year, that money to some extent can be counted as your bankroll as long as you do not rely on it to live and you do not plan to cash out.

[@ryceryder85]

2nl online is tougher than 200nl at a casino

[@orionallen1594]

This is my 3rd time watching.

[@PokerCoaching]

Third time is a charm.

[@Sil3nt907]

I think it’s false about if you aren’t winning low stakes, you won’t win high stakes. Not even pros can win low stakes. Look around at all the bankroll challenges these pros never can do it.

[@steerpike50]

Hi if I get full membership do I get the masterclass included or is it extra

[@wontunow]

You just got interviewed on Pluto TV/WPT.

[@nomore1371]

Almost 100k subs!

[@PokerCoaching]

So close!

[@nomore1371]

@@PokerCoaching you deserve it my man! Most professional player out there and people are emulating you! I know I'm doing my best and it's working! Turned $300 into over $5,000 this month! Most of it was from the session I played where I sat with $300 and left with over $3,600! Came back the next day, sat with $300 and left with about $1,360. I can't believe I found a 1/3 game full of loaded whales 💯🤑. One guy lost 10k and wasn't even worried about it.

[@Charlie_Ses]

Great video, thanks. Liked, subbed and shared. A query about acceptable downswings, or downswings that are within reasonable levels of variance. I just moved up in stake, and have gone on a bit of a downswing, am more or less about 10 buy-ins down. My bank roll is sufficient so that this has not caused overdue concern, but I wonder at what point this downswing is actually me just having a losing strategy? I have been back and assessed my play, and am happy with the decisions I've been making and can attribute back luck to a lot of the downswing, but still, it makes me wonder. I also wonder how many hands one can expect to be on a downswing for reasonably? This bad run has been going on for about 2,000 hands - is that reasonable and to be expected? It's definitely one of the worst runs I've had. This is playing 6 max NL Holdem.

[@dillonowens3604]

Can anyone translate 2,000 hands into a rough estimate of hours of play?

[@109PokerFace]

Great content, I love your stuff, but I think you are dead wrong about the rake. Even Doug Polk against the weakest opponents in the world could not do better than break even in an uncapped 10% rake game.

[@PokerCoaching]

You would just need to adjust your strategy, play extremely tight and aggressive and I'm certain a great player could beat that game against really terrible opponents. With that said, rake clearly makes it tougher to win, and you should look to play in games with a reasonable rake.

[@julianmcintosh626]

put your valuable magic cards on a higher shelf !!!

[@jerrylopez1294]

I am gonna win that!

[@danielmclaren8046]

Jonathan if my bankroll is between 15 to 20 k what stakes do you think i should start at?

[@PokerCoaching]

Depends on your skill level at poker.

[@danielmclaren8046]

I,ve been doing well at the 1-2 and the 2-5 tables but not to sure to go to the next level, i,m going to try a tournament next it,s only a £30 buy in with a £40,000 starting stacks but the blinds go up fast so i think maybe a bit of luck is needed i will let you know how i get on. 🤩👍

[@jerrykrautenstaben6584]

Jonathan, do you play live in Vegas anymore? I ask this because you mentioned (when talking abt finding a 5/10 live cash game) the Paris Casino in your vid, but Paris hasn't had a poker room for years. I'm abt to retire from my 35 year career and want to start playing more live cash. I'm thinking of joining your poker coaching site.

[@PokerCoaching]

I do not play live in Vegas anymore, unless I'm there for a tournament series. I was just trying to make a point that when a large game starts at a casino that doesn't usually have large games running, that it will be softer than the main casinos. I have many students who play live cash and vegas, and one of them found a 10/25 game at the mirage a couple of months ago. He said it played like your average 2/5 game, so that was great! I'd be happy to have you as a student at pokercoaching.com. We currently have a sale for Valentine's day: pokercoaching.com/valentinesale. I recommend beginning with my Cash Game MasterClass. Good luck with everything!

[@hymnofashes]

Jonathan, since I'm still stuck at 3bb rake $1/$2, this doesn't apply to me, but I would be interested in a product about counter exploitation. Meaning taking weak lines in a $5/$10 with a small player pool to induce exploits from specific players who are capable of GTO approximations but will deviate to go after you. (then trap them.)

[@PokerCoaching]

The same logic that goes behind exploiting players applies when counter exploiting players. Find out what they do wrong, and combat it.

[@eman43591]

How much is the master class cash game ?

[@PlanetTwilow]

Oh the naive' days of pre-covid ;)

[@nickwakeham9548]

If I have 25 buy-ins and say am playing .2/.5 NL - Am I able to multi table and play the same stakes given it's cash? I just find it hard to only play one micro cash table at a time but want to know if up to 4 is ok or not.

[@PokerCoaching]

Yes, multi-tabling doesn't have an effect on your bankroll other than the fact that your bb/100 might go down as a result.