Reviewing My Student's FIRST EVER Cash Game Poker Hands! | Beginner to Winner Ep. 1

My new coaching series is here! I'm super excited to share these videos with you and I hope they are enjoyable for you to watch as they have been to make.
For anyone not aware, I will be taking on a student who has NEVER played a cash game hand of poker in his life. In this video, we take a look at the first hands he has ever played, and dive deep into the mind of Jake 'All-In' Ballard.
And on that note, a HUGE thank you to the man himself for putting himself out there and making this content with me. He is such a great lad and I will do everything I can to help him on his journey!
Let's go: It's Beginner to Winner!
Reviewing My Student's FIRST EVER Cash Game Hands! | Beginner to Winner Ep. 1
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[@JakeBallard97]

Ah mate, I'm made up with the reception to the series so far! Was worried how you guys would react, but you've taken me in like one of your own... Thanks everyone for being so supportive and I'm buzzing to get better, it's just the beginning!

[@GraceAlder99]

Trained by the dumbest player who can't make a bag 10 nl in two years. Ask thick Eastwood is he a poker player or content creator? Both are comical!

[@toineb777]

You got this Jake, keep it up!

[@Weazel1991]

"I think I'll go four big blinds on this one" Nick your face here lmfaooo

[@eastyyy22]

🤣🤣

[@rgee5952]

yep .... yep, alright@@eastyyy22

[@Danmerb]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@flexurmind]

The first though that came to my mind, exactly on that phrase, was " this is brilliant, we are witness live how recreational players think!!!" 😅😂 That's really a 💎

[@GraceAlder99]

Weasel got thick Eastwood trying to teach ppl how to play poker is laughable?lil ginger won baby money? Heads up? Online? Me I heads up? £2000 £4000.?

[@corydesmond7348]

16:40 "I quite fancy my chances with this one " - Just class. Can't wait for Jake to complete the 10nl challenge before Easty!

[@eastyyy22]

Lmao just incredible

[@LeadboneK7]

@@eastyyy22 you know he's right

[@gavinstrelitz1558]

Absolutely brilliant. The teacher grappling with teaching and the student grappling with the game. Really appreciate both of you putting it out there

[@eastyyy22]

Thank you mate

[@burningbend]

jake seems like too nice of a person to be introduced to the degen world that nick lives in

[@angrybeaver2204]

8:50 "Why do you want to bet?" "Because of the spades that are out there and the potential for a straight." Recognised a value hand that would benefit from protection. Really likeable and promising student and solid commentator and coach in Nick. Hyped to follow this series lads!

[@eastyyy22]

Haha thanks my friend

[@TheGeorgewday]

Love em already! Can't wait to see him triple barrel alpha 200z regs

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha we are gonna alpha some regs

[@mikeprice5755]

This is brilliant - hats off to Jake for agreeing to have his play analysed, I imagine he feels a bit vulnerable at times but please keep it up, this is a great opportunity to learn a ton from a great player Nick, be nice to Jake 😂

[@eastyyy22]

Yeah hes such a nice lad, love him to bits

[@internetm8]

10 minutes in and this is already my favourite series on KZbin XD

[@eastyyy22]

Haha thanks a lot dude

[@snow.hawk5]

This is golden 🤣. I can now hear the thought process when I see recreationals make these kinds of play

[@jeffshackleford3152]

I know right. I came up in like the Pete Clarke type school of thought and I completely skipped over fish logic. So I have no idea whatthey are thinking or how to even translate to my way of thinking whatthey are doing and why they would even have that thought. I think it is cool that this guy is bad, knows he is bad and is excited to learn how not to be bad.

[@richardsimmonsjuggernautof9781]

It’s nice to see the inter workings of how a fish thinks. This was a entertaining video mate, gl with the coaching

[@eastyyy22]

Thanks a lot dude!

[@BenjaminRaven]

jake is very very good at poker. i am so here for this series

[@eastyyy22]

🫡

[@nigelwoods5383]

look forward to the next one

[@CaptainNemoPoker]

Brilliant, well done both, love the content looking forward to next episode 👍

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers mate!

[@iansimpsonpoker]

This is so good, kudos to both of you.

[@eastyyy22]

Thanks buddy!

[@FlashDavin]

I know that Pete likes to troll when he’s pretending to be the student with his questions or statements, but they greatly prepared you for this video. This was an entertaining watch, cheers boys!

[@eastyyy22]

He was literally bang on, thank god I did that prep!

[@zqpeng95]

at the end of series he’s gotta play a HUSNG against bean to prove that he can beat a 500z winning reg love the series mate!

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha great idea

[@mathewnoke6699]

i really want to see a video of you and pete clark going over this video now critiquing your coaching skills and jakes first hands

[@DanZeshan]

Incredible content! 🤣Can't wait for the next one!

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers Danny boy ❤️

[@GraceAlder99]

R u watching something different?

[@DanZeshan]

@@GraceAlder99 No mate are you?

[@Adam_Tilbrook]

Never played a hand in a cash game before - gets dealt Aces. What a life this lad leads!

[@paulmccrory6511]

This was just the pick me up needed after a hard day. Great content. Fair play to Jake. Nick...pour a strong one

[@eastyyy22]

Awesome to hear mate, hope days improve. Cheers for watching x

[@gorydays28]

55mins flew by love this guy

[@ohmygato2000]

Fucking beautiful. God it is amazing to reflect on a beginner's thought process, to remember I was exactly the same 15 years ago, and to try to conceptualize how much my thought process must have evolved since then.

[@12344321matty]

Great idea! Keep it up can’t wait for the next one

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers mate

[@surfinmybones]

Haven't watched this yet, but it's a class name for the series

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha if I remember correctly didn't you suggest it? 🤨

[@surfinmybones]

​@@eastyyy22You remember correctly! 😊

[@xx765]

It's a different kind of interesting when you are being clam and friendly. But I personally think the hysterical moaning is legendary

[@eastyyy22]

we will have lots of that don't worry

[@lowergrass8860]

When he says "bet and raise, Are you putting them in the same catergory?" Nick could hardly fathem a response other than what do you mean? made me giggle this is great very much enjoying

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha mate I can't tell you how hard it is to formulate these things that I am meant to understand into words

[@lowergrass8860]

Btw what an awesome lad Jake seems btw this idea is genius

[@eastyyy22]

Thanks a lot bud, he is a top boy!

[@TimeHandler]

I tried teaching my Mum poker the other day, and it was exactly like this hahaha, the clickbacks and betting too small always... Seems to come naturally to beginners. Dw Jake you'll do fine, everyone sucks at first, Easty will teach you well! Important thing about "eventualities" is how likely those eventualities are. For example, a random suited hand has somewhere between 4-5% chance to flop two pair or better, closer to 5 if it's connected, closer to 4 if it's completely disconnected. I found that fact quite helpful when assessing speculative hands, and "implied odds" which Easty will undoubtedly cover at some point. Good luck mates!

[@dazzbfmv]

Great content mate..... Have a feeling Jake will end up bringing you down to his level... Haha!

[@eastyyy22]

Thanks mate! Not sure how far down that even is these days 😅

[@isaacpalmer6249]

This is gold. Jake seems class, rooting for him

[@eastyyy22]

Thanks man!

[@mat3us]

Great content mate, two amazing personas. keep them coming :)

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers Ricardo!

[@Mbougie]

This going to be way harder than the 10 NL Challenge lol

[@eastyyy22]

Inf

[@slumz8104]

Absolute class stuff 🐫

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers lad

[@Crimedawg27]

Great series idea. I loved going back to the beginning of my poker thinking with Jake. Its crazy how alien thinking like that feels now but we probably all can relate to the small sit and gos and tournaments we would play with our mates thinking like this. It's a chaotic wilderness when you have no compass and have to just make shit up to make it make sense. I wonder if giving him probabilistic thinking with concret numbers would help. Like the 2 and 4 rule with outs... Laying out well if we bet small here and win 100 percent how does that compare to betting bigger and winning 30 percent. etc.

[@mrgainz7252]

Fecking beautiful, can't wait for the next one.

[@eastyyy22]

Thank you man

[@jeffk3746]

He is kinda of right when he talks about suited connectors and implied odds, he just picked awful combo for it. I agree that you should completely switch his strategy to be exponentially more aggressive but he is sort of right about the value of ‘sneaky’ hands - if 100+bb deep of course 😂😂 Fun video

[@PBrooks111]

2nl is first hand would start with SB cold calling plus lead= recreational and should change whole approach. Raise flop good then fold to click wen recreationals 3bet flop. EmPhasis hand strength relative to range you face Wen he says 'feels strong' second hand, need to reaffirm it's correct and then give the reasoning why. Will help with fixing sizing as good reasoning prob gets him closer to how much equity he has Would recommend to focus more on hand reading and logic. Then that will ease away the instinct stuff. He said suddenly 'he has more chips now he trying to bully me' in 66 hand that's instinctual and needs to be drilled out/ given logical replacements in place For first time surprisingly very good job coaching, tackled main things really well mate. Teaching combo counting basics at least and early is vvv effective even at beginner stage of learning 🎉🎉🎉

[@steburnst]

I like Jake's farmyard house decor

[@jakejenkz]

This is unbelievable. I can't wait for Jake to make $1,000 at 10nl before you do. Awesome content and I can't wait for the next one, how often will we get these?

[@eastyyy22]

Thank you buddy. Shooting for twice a month to give a me a chance to get some coaching in between.

[@TheTiltedOne]

"I just kind of fancied 4bb here"...........ohhh buddy. Wait until he starts fancying jamming all in rivers with air because its blind v blind on a 2 tone board that plays like a missed flush draw on the turn. This is going to be GOLD.

[@eastyyy22]

🤣

[@legendarygorilla7494]

Amazing content mate, had a blast! Your coaching was much better than you think I would have been completely lost

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers mate!

[@mzockt]

Please get some money together and bring jake to "Jakes adventures at 500z!" Nice dude he is. Cool series.

[@Hildreth1101]

AJo hand first hand, he's absolutely owned that guy and Nick thinks he can coach this savant?

[@247firthy]

This is even better than when you're tilting Nick 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha high praise indeed!

[@MrBeau101]

I think it would benefit you to watch some of Jonathan Little’s “beginner” series Nick. Could tell from the video you did with Pete that you two were massively overestimating the level of knowledge from lads like Jake. Rather than working hand by hand and offering tidbits along the way - start from the bottom I.e. clarify basic terminology and make sure he properly understands the format of the game. Then start implementing “good poker principles” I.e. what hands to play and what hands to fold preflop, the importance of playing from position (and what playing from position actually means), generally always raising first into pots etc. it’s clear that most of this is missing with Jake. The best comparison I can give is golf. If you’re teaching a beginner you don’t go straight onto the course, you make sure the player is gripping the club properly, his setup over the ball is correct, his stance is correct etc. Get the baseline fundamentals correct and then the rest follows.

[@acehole7147]

Just listening to the explanation with Bet/Raise, would it be beneficial to go the route of using 2Bet, for when it comes to the future and explaining 3bets? Looking forward to this series...can we get a cameo from Bean and Pete ro explain where your both doing good/bad

[@eastyyy22]

I'm open to all suggestions haha. I can't tell you how hard I'm finding all this lol

[@acehole7147]

​@@eastyyy22 haha, I can imagine! I guess it's just finding the best way of simplifying information and conveying it to form a basic strategy and building from there...to someone who's never played like Jake, it's actually a huge challenge!

[@eastyyy22]

@@acehole7147 yeah man, and so much harder than I thought it would be. Kinda like 10nl challenge 😅

[@888poker]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Kosgs1]

Jake’s lead OTT with Q9hh has me thinking you’ve found a diamond in the rough

[@eastyyy22]

Hahahaha when I saw that I was like, shall I even tell him how good that is?

[@user-po1xt4mp3j]

When it comes to knowledge whether is poker or science or anything the only way to proceed is starting with a solid base and then build on that. So before playing any hands i would start teaching things like what range means. What position means. What part of your range you play from each position preflop. How do you play that part of your range. You need a couple of hours at least for a person that apparently has no clue before you can start talking about donk betting, or why you chose a specific sizing, or how a card that comes to turn or river change the overall equity of our hand...or range

[@HarveySpecter0]

I kinda agree with this. Also pot odds would not be such a bad idea to introduce. I guess it's better to study some concepts off screen though. When you coach, you actually realize how many things are out there to dig into and it's impossible to cover all of them on stream.

[@Weazel1991]

Leggoooooo!

[@sibbesen]

EASTY! DON'T SAY: RE-EVALUATE! Peter will tell you: YOU DON'T DESERVE TO PLAY THE GAME!! 😂

[@rgee5952]

Saw this man on the Sit n Go video and knew he had the makings of a crusher

[@ManuManu-sd1yd]

Was Easty Jake's squire in another life? Feels like Jake just dropped his shield, pole and armor to play poker. Go feed his horse, Easty. Now!

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha I'll do my best chap

[@rgee5952]

Oh christ he couldn't even follow the first rule of 100bb, we're off to a cracking start!

[@eastyyy22]

That's when I knew...

[@joshuamanley6721]

Ok this is going to be a journey

[@eastyyy22]

Hell of a

[@lewancs2]

he's absolutely alpha'd the 2nl populus

[@StooshyPoker]

Golden series idea Nick love it

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers stoosh!

[@thomasmatthews80]

Btw. You even see commentators say bet when they mean raise etc.

[@tobibatt4731]

Where can I book my coaching with you? :D

[@eastyyy22]

Hahaha I think I've got my hands full for a bit mate

[@SamgoodmanPKR]

😂😂😂 this is crease

[@eastyyy22]

Haha cheers mate

[@ifireatwill2225]

Hype Hype!

[@247firthy]

LOL, this is gonna be funny

[@247firthy]

Did I win that, fuckin hell, brilliant

[@sneakytucky]

QTs... limp... utg? this kids a natural

[@eastyyy22]

Knew it

[@Kosgs1]

Boom!

[@Scythe69]

Fantastic

[@progressreform]

what a nice lad

[@eastyyy22]

Truly

[@jonnyramos7413]

get bean in here

[@emanueleco7363]

Omg his accent. Insanely British

[@byDISMAL]

I might be way off the mark here but is Jake a tiktoker/youtube short-er? I recognise him, or at least someone who looks like him

[@eastyyy22]

He's JaackMaate's friend, been around his podcast Happy Hour a bit.

[@aprilnads]

What a great coach you are! 🙌🏾 Can I hire you?? Need to get good at poker!

[@eastyyy22]

You can't afford me

[@garystokes2983]

whos the coach?

[@eastyyy22]

Jake

[@Mathemagical55]

Makes easty look like Stephen Hawking.

[@eastyyy22]

Hahahaha

[@FefeLeVrai]

Unlike his stack size, Jake is no baby.

[@eastyyy22]

🤣

[@EadwinTomlinson]

Firm but fair

[@AJM813]

34:46 already got him using an RNG, impressive

[@GraceAlder99]

Don't listen to thick Eastwood! Play your own game. He been playing for years and can't take a bag on 10 nl! Don't listen to him. Play stupid you'll make more than thick Eastwood 😂

[@thomasmatthews80]

I’ll be honest. This is painful. In a nice way. 😊. Don’t worry so much about comments mate. Those who know you/non morons get it, those that don’t and haters you won’t convince just f them

[@eastyyy22]

Cheers lad, I think that's a good way to put it! Next week's episode is.... tough.

[@Falendil]

Did Jake actually got Aces on his first ever hand of poker? xD

[@eastyyy22]

Hahah first hand above 50bb in the sample mate

[@user-ro9kn5bp8w]

Coaching series? Dont you need to be very good on something if you gonna teach? O, I forgot in which times we live-when every half-decent on something, but with big mouth thinks, that he can give advices.

[@247firthy]

You have some pain on Jake 🤣. Bet you can run better than Nick, I always run worse than he does

[@247firthy]

I've changed my mind, Nick you have some pain on... I'm pissing myself here and I'm only at 10/Q

[@eastyyy22]

Hahahahhaah

[@animaroku]

Nick, I think you are a bit laying down casually weird passwords like "never limp" or "never donk" or "always play with 100bb" and this is not a good way to teach. The student need to understand why, and when you know why limping is bad or why donking is bad, then you can get it by yourself. I feel you need to further explain the fundementals for a conversation - like range, positions before you can talk to him about a specific strategy.

[@eastyyy22]

I respectfully disagree. I just want to start by removing some bad tendencies, he has barely played the game in his life, it's not the time to start overloading him with reasons why we do things or don't do things when he won't understand them and it's bound to detract from other things I want to introduce. And please remember, this series is two pronged. I am NOT a poker coach, and I'm trying to learn how to do that while Jake learns to play. Cheers.

[@animaroku]

@@eastyyy22 I understand and appreciate the time you spent writing the comment. I think it's the best time to teach the fundementals, because his mind has yet to be corrupted by nonesense, and he can reallly absorb them pretty easily. I think you are making contradicting statements during the video, which would've not be contradcting if you wouldn't use the passwords, and I believe contradictions are what will hold him back more than good fundemntal ground. When he plays the Q9s you say that betting all in is incorrect because he needs to "think what would call" and there are not many hands that call all in. But - when he has a set of 6s, he just need to go all in, because his hand is good most of the time. So there are 2 contradicting passwords - 1. You need to bet big with your nutted hands 2. You need to bet small with your nutted hands to induce calling Now - what logic should I apply? If you would lay some fundemntal knowledge beforend, there would be no contradiction - for instance - with our nutted hands, we want to bet a size that the multiply of it times the percentage of calls will be the maximum. So - how do you get the max? On dry boards, the percentage of calls is higher than on wet boards, so even though we have similar hand strengh, the bet sizes should be different.

[@scottkay483]

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