Riding the Variance | Poker Vlog #81

Hey! My name is Mariano, and this channel was created to share some poker sessions and travel.
In this episode, I return to my poker home-base: Morongo Casino!
Also, I introduce a new friend :)
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[@leehjones]

I like the river raise in the first hand. Based on the amount of time it took him to call, and his actual hand, I think the bluff would have worked frequently enough to be a good play. In the immortal words of Mike Caro, "Figure out what your opponents want, and then disappoint them."

[@cactuarnoob100]

Honestly having the “boring hands” paints a more accurate picture of some sessions as I feel a good percentage of them are like that. Can’t all be action. Hope you have a good time in Vegas and texas.

[@vincez460]

Agree. To play 8 hours and not really have much to show actually demonstrates the patience you need to have to be a winning cash game player. There is a LOT of downtime. All about picking your moments.

[@dalewike856]

There is only so much you can do with just 2 cards.....that's holdems underlying flaw.....5 card Omaha is the future of poker.

[@ktj188]

How many hands do you normally play? Like 1/10 or? I think I'm playing to many.

[@leehjones]

Sweet poker etiquette right there: the guy overlimps then shoves over your raise. "I call, " in about 1.3 seconds. Full diplomacy credit there, Mariano.

[@adeldazeem3711]

Aside from Mariano just being a sweetheart, there is always a chance that the opponent will missread your hand, or the board and will muck the winner. Everyone had done it.

[@MikeLeeSr]

Pocket 33 was a serious slow roll if that is real time.

[@MarianoPoker]

He was just clueless, it wasn't intentional

[@rogergarcia1550]

You've come a long way Mariano! Been watching you since the beginning, besides having one of the best poker vlogs on KZbin your poker play is exceptional. Keep up the good work Mariano and stay safe.

[@cj7472]

The new drone looks great. The quality of your production just seems to get better and better. One of the things I always look forward to in these vlogs is the B roll. Good luck at the tables.

[@ClarkDKent]

Watching you for a while and first time posting. Really enjoy your vlogs Mariano. You keep it real and provide a lot of explanations into your thinking prior to acting on your hand. You have improved my game significantly over the past year or so. Thanks!

[@MarianoPoker]

Thank you!

[@razvanionutbuzatu2885]

I respect you for keeping only interesting hands in the vlog. This shows that you care about our time. You play a lot better than other vloggers and I am always happy to see a new one from you.

[@aceking5360]

Losing hands/coolers I think are the most interesting

[@rtanaka]

Your vlogs are so fun to watch. Thank you for making them and taking the time to edit nicely

[@Gwojtkowski56]

That Ace in the window at 9:32 is both what dreams and nightmares are made of when holding AQ! Great vlog as always

[@tristanschmitz7910]

Not even a minute into the video and I already know it’s a banger 👌🏼 keep it up!

[@andydouglas8903]

Love the new drone footage! Great investment :)

[@KungFury69]

Nice drone shots man, you're making it classy again after Neeme!

[@1Sk8Kiid]

those drone shots looking so good, nice to see one that one of the reasons that made me interessted in this channel the first time keep getting better, such high quality vids

[@MarianoPoker]

Thanks!

[@justinchristensen1135]

Man you make really great videos. You doing great man!!! Keep up the great work.

[@kingpin6172]

Love the vlog... you among others, give on point poker strategy thru your play... thank you...

[@leehjones]

"Matt changed seats to the other side of the table". I was kinda waiting for that announcement. Matt should know better than to just sit there to the immediate right of a tough aggressive opponent, even if y'all do share a kitchen.

[@carlkoh]

Great video from the new drone! Great game!

[@jake_villanueva]

A nice way to ease into this short work week. Great looking vid!

[@rondalohair2307]

YOU KILLED IT!!! WRECKING BALLLLL

[@nnandrei]

This is exactly what I needed! My favourite vlog by far

[@markhellie6837]

Great Vlog! Keep up the great play and the great video work.

[@martinsayle]

New drone video is awesome!

[@diegophillips797]

I need to see you back in Houston!!! Anytime your in this area im taking off work and spending the day there!

[@demetriossiskos2343]

Well played session as usual bro! I like your 7 10 diamonds play I know hindsight is always 2020 but I believe lucrative play in the long run good job.

[@m0uz]

Edits are clean and crispy. Nice drone. gg!

[@philipblakeley8031]

I wish your videos were longer, they are the most entertaining when it comes to poker vlogs. Obviously you put in a lot of time and effort making your videos awesome! Anyways I don’t want your head to get to big that’s not my intention 🥴 I’m heading to Vegas July 10th-13th I’d like to get in some 5/10 unlimited games what casino would be your suggestion? Thanks stay real!

[@MRchux7]

That drone so clear you can see me getting my Aces crack by 34 off lol

[@bobsmith3197]

When he started talking about the newest member of the channel, I figured he was gonna show us a ultrasound of a baby 😬

[@GMartin407]

New Mariano? Lets gooooo

[@bearatts]

The drone video is amazing

[@anthonyp5863]

Your vlog is the best. Keep it up 👍

[@thepoorelephant4978]

I've played on that golf course in Beaumont. So cool you rep the IE so much dude.

[@gabrielchicoine9713]

I think your videos are awesome. Thank you brother. I relate to you

[@MikeTidman]

Such a chill dude.

[@clapforboobies5892]

I sort of disagree about showing first when we know we are good. Any info on V is helpful when creating profiles and its good to know what they were playing with

[@MarianoPoker]

Think bigger picture

[@milosoto75]

Intro music is on point.

[@mikespigsty2055]

Thanks for what you do for poker !

[@kevynrendonrios]

I really enjoy watching your poker video. Every time I want your video you only show your winning hands. I like how you posted some hands that were not good decision. ButI would like to see a mixture of good hands & bad hands. Coming from a guy that is currently learning from pro & cons to become a better poker player. Or I’m trippen lol

[@bobsmith3197]

It must be Christmas in July…. Because we got a Mariano vid !

[@Linky609]

The run good against the roommate continues, gotta make things a little tense at home 😂

[@chezchezchezchez]

Love your vids!

[@Adherento]

Views made me shivering 😎 I truly love the awesome panoramas! 😁

[@petschy9]

Dammm you sun runned that table. Hitting straights with 10-7 j-9. You’re gotten really good man AAA+++ when are you going after some Bradley dollars ?

[@seanm3189]

I wanna see this man go on a rampage

[@aceking5360]

10-7 & J-9 one one gapper and a 2 gapper. Those hands are most effective to make a straight with.

[@brandonbarton4928]

What the heck did u just say? The 4th got the best of ya huhh? What i just read was the fireworks going on in that dome of yours..... BOOOOOM hahaha you like dat?!

[@SuperAfghanstyle]

Never show any weakness when playing against Mariano.

[@1982funky]

I think the play is to show weakness when you're strong. 😀

[@jolaz69]

@@1982funky I think the play is to just not play against him

[@brendaklinger3339]

@@jolaz69 unless you play solid ABC poker and then you just mop the floor with him when he decides to bluff with nothing! That works 2...Regardless of how good of a poker player you are it sure helps to get cards and when you're getting cards and you have spewtards that are willing to isolate a guy shipping his whole stack from early position and you raise him with like 4 people behind you still in the hand with AQ!! Oh and then you say OMG he had Kings and I hit the miracle River... That's gonna happen..Uhm yeah when you're a Donkey playing AQ like it's AK or better...Worst play I've seen in a while! AQ sucks unless you flop a Queen or the straight or obv it's suited and you flop your flush draw and maybe even a straight draw to go with it..Obv from in position or vs a maniac this might be diff but acting like AQ is a lock that you wanna isolate..If any of those guys have an Ace he's not hitting his miracle River and he also screws the guy out of what could be more money if that was the case...it's a shame the guy didn't have more money and he would have easily been able to push him off the hand before the river... Which leads me 2 playing AQ in this manor where you are risking so much with all these players behind you and even if the guy has KQ or AJ or any 2 cards he gets to see all 5 cards... Nothing about the play makes sense unless you see the flop and its an Ace or Queen and then you ship it to isolate... The people behind him are folding anyway most likely and if not you lost money by not letting someone else in the hand etc etc... This play only makes sense when you don't have 4 people behind you and you have at least QQ KK or AK

[@mad1337nes]

​@@brendaklinger3339 you write like a tweaker, but I guess ill indulge just this once. The EP limp shover is doing so for 12bb, not "THE WHOLE STACK OMG"....with over his stack's worth of dead money already in the middle. The correct move for the short stack is to shove anything suited or connected with the exact idea that one of the remaining 3 players can even have a big hand, and there's just so much free money in the middle it's still profitable to take a 40/60 or even 30/70. As is: even if hero is showed kings face up, it's a losing play to fold (26% pot odds vs 28% hand odds). As played: flat calling and letting the other two in is still marginally ok. Especially considering how face up their hands are, and how easy it is to put in a medium cbet and get folds from set mining and unconnected flops. But understandable to get greedy when you see that much free money that can tried for with little risk.

[@marjungamon1722]

always love your videos man. shoutout from ph.

[@martinpier2073]

Nice place, the Morongo. Seems I have to go there. Greetings from Germany.

[@thorhammer7898]

Nice! I will be in Vegas the exact same days you are! which days will you be at Resorts World and Aria?

[@alexanderhitch5786]

easy money, your table selection is spot on

[@jaimev001b]

This is some next level stuff.

[@chuckXXL]

Great video Mario, have you ever thought of having an small image on the video that shows how much youre currently up for down for the session at each hand? Could be a good addition.

[@MarianoPoker]

Who's Mario 💔

[@chuckXXL]

@@MarianoPoker good old autocorrect 🙄

[@dennishall8050]

You provide the best B Roll. Oh yea, some good comments. .

[@tokhanglhamodorjee]

All da best for next game

[@SenselessApprentice]

Think Matt Berkey said about his student “He’s going broke trying to stay balanced”’. You make a great point on the 107 turn check back about possibly over worrying about balance, especially live. Online against regs, or even live against regs you play everyday, sure. But against your weekend warriors and people playing for fun, yup think you found your own leak.

[@justinnickelson9216]

You should never in a million years check back that card

[@nickthequikpoker5461]

I miss LA! I’m in Tempe AZ right now waiting out COVID BS can’t wait to come back someday..maybe.. we will c ☠️😎🔥

[@rafael5887]

Nice vídeo,bro! Nice film

[@mikemumper8564]

Best vlog on KZbin. Run good at all? Haha

[@slepy298]

Love your videos

[@drjitters]

Loving your videos! Who is doing the fine music? Excellent player and producer. 😎

[@Chenx4]

Sometimes you need to see the losing hand for information, besides you did pay for it 😆

[@jdaNBNC]

Yeah, that’s not considered angling, bro. You’re friggin’ killing me.

[@christopherfrazier2693]

Aww man I would have loved to have played against u .Resorts World is a kool spot to play,I will be in AZ at Talking Stick that weekend.Enjoy

[@travisjohnthebrave977]

Luck was truly on your side

[@ClaudiaRodriguez-bz7vu]

Can you please post what hours your gonna be playing at the aria casino in Vegas

[@kennygpokerstrategy4917]

I saw some basketball going on at the park behind you. Were you there to play? I play all the time so just curious.

[@kennyyuen1600]

For some reasons I laughed when the dealer gave you the other players rack hahahaha

[@davida4743]

Like the new drone 😶.

[@ekw555]

serendipity. I was watching Andrew Lok #80 trying to get caught up and see the link for #81 on the side feed. click it and it turns out to be Mariano #81, which I had not seen yet. sorry the win streak came to an end. but they all do. 12 sessions is an impressive run.

[@JonHassellProphecy]

dude drone is sick awsome later...

[@hmd6202]

What I enjoy the most about your videos is the hands don't seem to be revisionist history. An example is the JJ vs AK limp shove all in. Your commentary was "I'm not really sure what he could have but turns out we were up against AK. It is refreshing to hear. All to often lately many hand histories are being told with the presumptive outcome known vs the actual thought in the moment before cards were revealed. I guess those secure in their own play feel no need to dilute the process simply for coming across potentially better then they might be.

[@dwillis24]

Fun video. FYI. July 3 was a Saterday.

[@anthonycarchidi3rd123]

The J♣️-10♣️ hand when the flop comes down K♠️-Q♣️-J♠️. You say “ Not really worth a bet”.... and check. You got all kinds of stuff going for you, wouldn’t you want to start building this pot? Even if you get CR its not a big deal, you can easily call, interested to hear your thought process on this one, iam sure you have your reasoning. Another great vlog man!! Keep the run good going!!!

[@sOleBookwood]

Hey Mariano, great video as usual! Thank you! I have a question: Whats your reasoning behind never having someone show their loosing hand? I really dont see a benefit besides being a 'gentleman'.

[@petschy9]

You should do a video of how you learned where what books. Did you get coaching lessons did you just play. Your game has gone from a 1-2 fish to a 5-10 assassin

[@akitoyeptho8775]

Let's goooo

[@johnreyesrealestatetechnol4519]

Mariano, what kind of drone did you buy? It’s awesome and I’m looking for a new one.

[@MarianoPoker]

DJI air2s

[@DrEdMaN616]

This video was great advertising for the J card

[@travisjohnthebrave977]

Running Really Good

[@maikijs5]

Maybe you can suggest where in Texas is the best game 5/10 daily?

[@torlumnitor8230]

These videos make me wish that I was smart enough play poker.

[@matthewperdziak3328]

Playing out in LA next week, lower stakes (2/3 or 2/5) which is the best casino for a Wednesday or Thursday night?

[@starttakinnotez]

3 handed I would be betting the 10-7 straight to defend from multiple kinds of draws. The board pairing or the flush getting there or any Broadway cards that could give an opponent a better straight would absolutely suck there.

[@jakethesnake1366]

Mariano, do you have another channel that features your photography? I enjoy the poker, but dang man you're really talented in the cinematography department.

[@MarianoPoker]

Thanks man! Just the one channel

[@Antzzz_Manzzz]

Your Drone shots are always damn good. You got link for the drone ?

[@MarianoPoker]

DJI air 2s

[@Antzzz_Manzzz]

@@MarianoPoker thanks

[@hattershouse710]

@11:00 710 wooooooooo

[@kettenbach]

Mariano: Guys here's a session from yesterday. Rampage: Guys here's a session from two months ago.

[@proditoresmoriendum86]

Look at the trooper vlog he has posted over 60 daily vlogs in a row😲

[@alexb8845]

@@proditoresmoriendum86 nobody, and I mean nobody, cares about trooper

[@proditoresmoriendum86]

@@alexb8845 lol yea ok he don't have all those subs for nothing

[@David-zc4wk]

Get it done......

[@davidgentile4576]

Could you please tell me what's your Theory in re-raising Ace Queen.

[@datstudkillacam6046]

Hey can you do a video on your bankroll build up these past months? I have seen other vloggers do it and it’s a real motivator. And thanks for uploading so much, I know it’s very time consuming 👍

[@MarianoPoker]

I've been thinking about it

[@jessenutting3319]

I am going to be in Vegas for my first time ever July 14-17th

[@fialee8]

You are a more aggressive player vlogging (which is pretty cool). I've only seen a few of your videos, but when you bluff, you tend to size slightly higher than you think they'll give it up (but they do get a decent price to call)... but if jam or over bet to put the other person in a tough(er) spot, and less likely to get that call. GG.

[@CouHibou]

my hero

[@michaelfski]

I'm heading to LV this Friday for two weeks of tournaments. Maybe we will run into each other.

[@jtome84-91]

King 6 like a boss

[@dochmbi]

1st hand. I like the call on the river by your opponent. All the draws missed, 65, T9 QJ QT, spades. You can have any of those and barrel away then raise river. Also his K blocks some 2 pair combos you'd have and another thing, maybe you'd bet the turn bigger with 2pair. I'd have liked to see you bet 2/3 or 3/4 pot on the turn instead of 1/2. It would rep 2pair+ more credibly. His block-lead I'm not a huge fan of as I think the only good thing it accomplishes is induce raises by bluffs. Otherwise he just folds out worse and gets called by better because it's unlikely you arrive on the river with a worse pair.

[@DaveDepilot-KFRG]

14:46 awkward moment when you beat the person right next to you and they have to push their whole stack over to you. LOL

[@davezahayko9973]

Why do they have too?

[@richardalfaro1986]

You are not going to Johhnie Vibes MuG at Hustler on the 10th?

[@skew538]

You should make a video compilation of your biggest wins and losses

[@ChaosInModeration]

I'm at a loss on why you didn't raise the turn or the river in the J10 hand?

[@joshives5682]

Only getting called by better. Button river bet was likely a bluff, but even two pair overfolds in that spot against a x/r

[@ChaosInModeration]

@@joshives5682 Mostly the turn, lots of hands can continue vs a check raise and I want the betting lead going into the river.

[@joshives5682]

@@ChaosInModeration i agree with that. Turn aggression can definitely squeeze more value out there.

[@mandy10ca]

Making people show you their hand gives you valuable information on how they play. I always make them show me, especially if I’m calling them. I paid to see it.

[@nino_ie]

That set of 3's was Very slow to show 😴 well done love your vlogs