The DARK SIDE of PLAYING POKER FOR A LIVING // Poker vlog #59

[@jk40369]

Just want to say thank you for showing your cards you don't play. So many volgers just show hands they play and win it's nice to not only see you get bad cards for long periods of time but also pots you loose to as well I appreciate that and it helps as well. Jay from Tennessee 😎

[@Pokerbabbo]

Hey man!! Happy to hear that you enjoy it and it helps 💪💪💪

[@chrismayberry8798]

Tip… bluff with equity… your bluff spots were highly questionable…

[@fredrick2390]

They were all fine. Stop thinking like a nit.

He must study solvers. They bluff when they have nothing. I'm a semi bluffer too

[@Caspergomezz]

Bluff with either 1. High equity draws with no showdown value 2. On boards where you have major range advantage or nut advantage 3. Against capped ranges

[@Pokerbabbo]

Those are definitely more profitable, got to have some air balls in the mix sometimes

[@adamo36532]

Dude, you can't fold every single suited connector. Wtf? Your range is only like 20 hands. Pocket pairs, big aces, and strong broadways. How are you folding every j9 suited 97 suited 86 suited etc etc every time?

[@poptartkilla3718]

Yeah he insta folds KJs to $30 😂 super tight

[@Pokerbabbo]

Man look at preflop ranges. Most of the times when I folded those hands there was most likely a raiser ahead of me. Flatting is usually not the most profitable play.

[@Pokerbabbo]

And that is a fold 🤷

[@adamo36532]

@@poptartkilla3718 the audacity to call someone else tight while playing 14%VPIP LMAO.

[@adamo36532]

​@Pokerbabbo charts? You folded 65 suited in the hijack with no raise before you. That's extreme nit. The J9 suited hand I can't see what position you are in but even the solvers open it in every position after utg2. Dude you have to play more hands to win in live poker. Everyone competent will know you are only playing top 10% of hands and exploit you. That's why you are burnt out because you sit folding all day.

[@RolandoAvila-ep7cu]

What keeps me rejuvenated at the poker tables is spoiling my wife and kids with the money made from poker and the time freedom it also provides. That was a card dead session and you showed extreme resilience to keep folding the junk. Keep up the grind sir.

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪💪 yeah I love the freedom that comes from poker that gives me the liberty to spend most of my time with my family

[@eugeneahmad5459]

As always i appreciate showing all ur hands!! And I appreciate you expressing how it's frustrating even when playing TaG strategy.... I definitely understand

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching 💪💪💪

[@user-ot7cc3qz5l]

There is nothing more I regret than the almost decade spent playing poker for a living at the peak of my youth. Wasting my German brain sitting at online/live tables trying to finess other people out of money instead of using my intelligence to engineer and contribute to my community. Poker is a game for leisure on a Friday night after a long week of working on things of value.

[@Pokerbabbo]

There’s nothing I regret less than playing poker for a living giving me the liberty to spend most of the day with my family, be able to provide for them and take time off when I want. My priority is my family, maybe one day when I have more money or influence I’ll think about society

[@user-ot7cc3qz5l]

That's a bs answer to justify your life. I guarantee when the lights go out you question your purpose and whether or not you'll feel you've done something real with your life when you're older. You're hiding behind family to justify wasting your capability.

[@nicholi2789]

I like your newfound aggression. Though in this episode I think the bluff spots you picked were pretty marginal. Bluffing on boards where any pair makes a boat is generally ill advised in 1/3 and 2/5. People just don’t fold boats. I am enjoying watching your play progress though. Good luck man!

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah for sure they weren’t the most profitable spots to bluff since we run in to it more often. Thanks man 💪💪

[@fredrick2390]

This is your best vlog yet, man. Aggression good.

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪💪

[@SrSr-hv3xk]

Respect the effort you gave for this Man

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@theejayzeeable]

Bro, in the AK hand, u described him as loose aggressive. Why are u trying to bluff loose players? First rule of poker: Dont bluff loose players. They are non-believers who automatically put raisers on AK/AQ and will call down with medium pocket pairs. He wasnt lying when he said he wouldve called if he missed the river. Thats what they do. Balancing against them will cost u a lot of money. Against others, size up on the turn bet when a flopped flush draw is possible because future other opponents will think that u were not trying to charge flush draws, so u must not have a high pocket pair like u were trying to represent. Also, check ur bet timing. U might be taking longer with AK/AQ bluffs than with overpairs and might have a bet timing tell. Just something to think about. Dont bluff on 3 of a kind flops like in ur AAA flop. Full houses are not going to fold because its extremely unlikely that u have quads. Yes u raised pf, but yes they dont fold full houses. Also no need to announce the obvious of what we're seeing when u announce the trash hands that ur folding because theres no analysis to them. When we see ur 72, we're saying 72 in our heads because thats what we're seeing, and when u also say it, its redundant, and since its a lot of trash hands, its not a good audible part of the vlog. Just showing the trash hands is good and more than enough. If this was an audio podcast instead of a visual vlog, then it would be useful to announce folded hands. At the end the money loss seemed really disappointing to u when it should just be water off a duck's back. This implies that ur on a short roll for 1k buy ins and/or that u use part of ur winnings for expenses, which u shouldnt do unless u have like a 30k bankroll. If u dont have 30k, no shame in just buying in for 100bb's ($500) to the 2/5 game to lower the game to ur bankroll in a sense, lower the stress and lower the burnout. GL in future sessions.

[@nicholi2789]

He’s mentioned quite a lot in episodes earlier this year that he’d been on a downswing and his bankroll was way below his comfort level. I’m not sure what his status is now but I’m guessing it’s improved somewhat since he playing 2-5. He does play for a living and has a couple young kids.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Cool statements 👍

[@Thomas-to5dr]

@@Pokerbabbo 🤣

[@jimmymason6893]

Like the vpip stat you added man.

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@Thomas-to5dr]

had a good night on friday. up$ 770 in 7 hours at 1-2-3 game. i only play a few times a month. I laid Ak down on A,Q,4,2 board, only lost 60$ on the hand, dude had set of queens, saved my whole night prlly, as i folded a 100$ turn bet. I got a universal live tell that seems to be consistantly correct, which is y I laid down the AK. Live tells can make a huge difference long term imo.

[@Lowjumpclerk]

What’s the tell? People betting larger than they would with anything but the winner?

[@Pokerbabbo]

Nice! Yeah life tells can be very important

[@natedogs212]

been going down to Jamul to play a little more often the past few weeks....but have been missing this stream....mainly because I'm there for a few hours in the early afternoon and head out before you get there...

[@Pokerbabbo]

Nice! Yeah usually I arrive around 4pm

[@DrBrightSCP]

I've been working on a poker podcast thing writing stuff to explain the feelings of losing in gambling or in poker . Some things only gamblers will understand.

[@Pokerbabbo]

That’s sounds cool man!! Good luck with that 💪💪

[@johnferreira7498]

Take 1 second to show your nails. I like to see your daughters creativity

[@Pokerbabbo]

Actually my wife. My oldest daughter is 3 they’d make a mess if they tried to paint my nails

[@chasespector4789]

15% percent vpip is ludicrous.

[@coltonfarmer7112]

Yeah I was thinking some hands he folded could be a call or 3bet, seems like he doesn’t get out of line too much.

[@Pokerbabbo]

🤷🤷🤷

[@pokergodyoutube]

Playing at Jamul… where’s PokerBEAST?

[@Pokerbabbo]

He hasn’t been around for a while man

[@travislivingston3895]

Soory but thay bluff on the AAA board was really dumb since yiu knew he was calling you down the whole time..and besides you knew he wasnt folding on river.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Oh yeah I definitely knew he was calling that’s why I bet the river since I knew he was calling so I wanted to gift him some money

[@brodyhasthenutz]

the trips Ace board bluff was a tough watch

[@ashleymartin6521]

You have no bankroll donkey

[@fukashima6586]

Yep. Have to give up when opponent calls turn.

[@Pokerbabbo]

🤷🤷🤷

[@luminrabbit9488]

Great video! I can see how it could tiring but image grinding a 9 hour day job (that’s not poker), don’t get me wrong it’s what I signed up for and it’s not too bad but I sure would like to try playing poker instead 😉

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man! Oh yeah I feel crazy lucky that I can play cards for a living

[@nicholi2789]

The guys stack sitting across from you around 16:20 is really really bothering me lol

[@Pokerbabbo]

😂😂 definitely seems like it may fall at any moment

[@naderbamdad4416]

Thank you for showing all the hands that you were folding , sorry to say this but you bluffed at the wrong boards and folded the hands to a single bet when you shouldn’t have , like that K9 hand , there was a good chance that your opponent was drawing to a flush and you were holding one over and a gut shot , even uf you didn’t hit a J for straight or a K for top pair , if there was no hearts on the turn and river you could have probably take it down by bluffing the turn or river ، with pocket 6 you should always raise if there is no raise in front of you and mandatory C bet on the flop , on the soft table that everyone was folding to a single raise preflop why did you fold 22 under the gun , you know that if you flop a set with that no one will put you on set of duces and you can win a massive pot , you also played to tight folding too many suited connectors and one or two gapers , you can loose 10 small 15 or 20 dollar bets with them , but once you make a hand you can easily win a few hundred dollar pot, I hope you don’t think I criticized your game , just advise from an old man who has been playing the game for more than 4 decades 😊, English is my second language , excuse me if there is flaws in my writing or I may sound rude due to language and cultural barriers, wish you the best of luck in your poker journey, I used to grind and play the game for money back in the 80s and 90s , now I don’t need the money but I am in love with the game and just enjoy playing at the stakes that win or loose doesn’t matter and has no impact on my life , once again , best of luck to you from Iran

[@vijaymuthumula]

nice to see this message...what I was thinking exactly when am watching this video you said that.... ❤️ Love from India 🇮🇳

[@vijaymuthumula]

@Naderbamdad if you see this message please reply me

[@Pokerbabbo]

👍👍👍

[@mattbunker3982]

Love your content!

[@Pokerbabbo]

🙏🙏🙏

[@businessman832]

Man you’re too tight, no fun

[@theejayzeeable]

Trying to bluff loose players is too tight? U must be a loose donator at the tables.

[@backwater._boys]

@@theejayzeeable He's too tight pre and too aggresive post. This guy folds J9s in the button with no action before him

[@Pokerbabbo]

I know you are but what am I?

[@Captain_Kid]

3 6’s on the board and you’re bluffing…. It’s never getting through

[@Pokerbabbo]

I bet you definitely have some great reasoning behind such an absolute statement

[@831bweiser]

People who put you on an overpair on the ak hand are idiots. His shove is basically a min raise. Getting 4-1 you probably are not folding river.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Oh yeah for sure everyone is such idiots. I bet if you were there you’d snap call while laughing for how ludicrous my bet was since it’s so obvious that I have AK. People are so stupid

[@Gg-kk1dr]

You need to play longer sessions

[@Pokerbabbo]

Usually my sessions are 7 hours

[@jaredbernhard9881]

I like seeing your folds but your style is not for me

[@Pokerbabbo]

That’s fair 🤷

[@jz77096]

You didnt open 56s 😢

[@Pokerbabbo]

Not the best in EP ☹️

[@jz77096]

@@Pokerbabbo people may just call, and you could get into a 3-4 way 3bet pot anyway. I never muck suited connectors

[@jz77096]

You are early position, so if people raise you, they don't respect your hand strength or they have a monster. Easier to put them on a hand imo

[@Kong_fool]

Wtf were you trying to get to fold on the river with AK? your logic doesn't make much sense when bet called bet called

[@Pokerbabbo]

I explained myself on the video 🤷

[@havenrab]

Switch to plo and start enjoying poker again - hold em is literally a grind

[@ashleymartin6521]

Why isn’t plo? From what I’ve seen it’s more gambling

[@havenrab]

@@ashleymartin6521 it’s not easier to make bigger hands because you have to use two cards to make the bigger hands- the games are better cause nobody is studying, and those situations where your opponent thinks their hand is good and isn’t that great happens a lot more frequently so the money gets in more with the math in your favor at higher clip

[@ianburns3358]

I agree, plo hasn't been figured out like hold em....In cash that's where the money is at

[@ianburns3358]

​@ashleymartin6521 Hold em players come to plo and overvalue their hands. You get people betting pot with a pair of Aces when in plo that's dogshit. You see two pairs betting into flush and straight draws and they get frustrated when the draws hit. You might have me beat with 2 pair on the flop but if I'm drawing to a flush or straight I play it out unless the board pairs. Same idea with sets. In plo you rarely are drawing dead, that's what makes it fun.

​@ianburns3358 it's that you can have multiple draws in plo. I single flush or straight draw with nothing else is bo different than having the same draw at hold em

[@SrSr-hv3xk]

Only wish you could play better poker so I can watch more of your videos mate. Please don't buff man it's hard to watch. I am entertained but the quality of video is top and want you to win and post more videos. Thank you.

[@Pokerbabbo]

That’s how you just get stuck never improving and getting better in poker. You’ve got to be open to making mistakes and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone

[@AA-bn3pm]

Bet nfl futures, I quit poker to do so. Easy money

[@jamescalvo7956]

🫡

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@NeedACuppa]

somehow first

[@Pokerbabbo]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@paulmaier6305]

you play great. i have never seen any vlog where the word "off" is used more.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks 😂😂

[@HartlandOrchard]

SECOND!!!!!!

[@Pokerbabbo]

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