WILL I GO BROKE PLAYING POKER?(PART 1) // Poker Vlog #47

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[@the_jeremiah]

I truly appreciate the fact that you show all the hands. It helps me to be more diciplined. You ROCK!

[@Pokerbabbo]

Happy to hear it helps! 💪💪

[@toddnewkirk2782]

Yes I noticed that most vloggers only show the hands they win

[@knifey_sp00ny17]

Love your content man, always look forward to your videos. Very cool to see the way your game is evolving, just keep grinding and improving everyday. Rooting for your success!

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!! Really appreciate the support 🙏🙏

[@L.Lawliet23]

Love seeing you bink a decent win after the rough streak you have been on! Thank you for the great content, by far my favorite vlogger.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!!! I really appreciate the support 🙏🙏💪

[@jodylashton]

Great format. love watching you

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching! 💪

[@eugeneahmad5459]

Definitely appreciate this..... your vlogs are really good

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!!

[@jdk822]

like the vibe, good stuff! nice session and result

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching!!

[@zhqn]

I hope you can keep making videos, love the content!

[@Pokerbabbo]

I will!! Thanks for watching 💪

[@danchevrie3719]

So almost every pro poker player early in their career will risk too much of their bankroll on a big game and regret it. You have the skills to win it back and then there is always the bagel truck.

[@Pokerbabbo]

A bagel truck sounds pretty cool 😂

[@snowboardinglegend]

I have been the opposite and regret being too conservative and not moving up sooner 😅

[@gooddude9211]

Nice to see every hand sir. Loved it and I know it’s a lot of work to record and share the video which I really appreciate.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@zzeerrroo]

First time on the channel. I really like when you include all the hands you fold. Makes it realistic that we don't vpip"ing a lot.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Happy to hear that you like the format 💪💪

[@nicholi2789]

Wow, first couple hands and I can already see the difference in your play. You are being more aggressive and playing more hands, especially in position. Finally!

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@devonherron9935]

I play 1/2 and 1/3 and (player dependant) I don’t think most players recognize that you need a stronger range to put money in multi way at these stakes. In my experience folding k8 of diamonds on that flop with a back door flush draw is a small mistake. I see people “betting to find out where they are” with a pocket pair below top pair, just random monkey betting cuz they raided preflop, etc. Am curious what ended up being shown down on that hand if you remember. Caveat is definitely that some players do have a clue so it’s very villain dependent.

[@TargetDown2]

Good luck man!

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!!

[@bigunk2667]

I was a low- mid stakes player for my entire 20’s. Shit I didn’t get a “real” job until I was 31. Having my son changed everything for me. It was the stress that finally was too much for me. The thing is it’s not just eeeking by and paying bills. You need to win consistently enough and large enough where you can put money in a RothIRA, contribute to a 529 for all 3 of your kids have an emergency fund for car repairs and other shit that pops up. To think you’re gonna support your family of 5 playing 1-3 and the occasional 2-5 game is kinda crazy. Look at almost every single KZbin poker blogger and what do they all have in common… no kids

[@Pokerbabbo]

There is a few that have kids but definitely not the usual. It’s stressful that’s why I’m working on making money other ways, one of the being content

[@uhhmike]

I think you'd need to play 510 to get by with a family and even that might be challenging.

[@FirePattaya]

Op gives good advice. You need to play at a level asap where you can support your bankroll, your family and make investments outside of poker. Now go do it!!

[@jwhvel]

I wouldn't realistically try grinding 2/5 without $50,000 to set aside just for poker. I played a lot of poker in the 2000s and thought it was for me, but then I had kids. Now I have a good job and grind paychecks, and it's way less stressful than trying to make it playing poker.

[@bigunk2667]

Couldn’t agree more, a couple bad sessions with kids to worry about makes things WAY more stressful than they need to be. Invest in yourself and you’ll make 10x what you ever could playing 2/5

[@hoplarsko]

I'm 3/4 through this episode and I am hopeful this is a winning session. Your thoughts about bankroll management and study/work to improve your game add terrific background to your vlog documentary of your pro poker journey. Thank you for sharing this terrific content.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching man!! I’m trying to make the vlogs be as realistic as possible to how the grind is to play poker for a living

[@thirdeyeliquidators329]

Good luck out there man! 🍀 Marc Goone heck yeah. Squish my tomato

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!! Yeah was pretty cool doing the bootcamp with him

[@uhhmike]

Hey man good luck. Poker made me go broke but I'm rebuilding. Damn Omaha.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man! Yeah PLO can be crazy, good luck

[@freemefree]

keep up the good work babbo

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!

[@bobross3781]

Cut out the nail polish ..- EV

[@pokerdisciple]

I know right? Lol

[@Pokerbabbo]

I know right? LolOlOLol super -EV

[@tippychips574]

I would love to hear more about the hungry horse bootcamp.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Sounds good I’ll definitely talk more about it and you can check out the link in the description

[@GaryKuebler]

I like the format, it helps my play to watch you and the others at the table (I like the Jamul room). My question is regarding playing full time. This is San Diego county and for a family of 5 a gross income of $150K per year is the minimum. Having a challenge seeing how 1/3 or 2/5 at Jamul can generate that amount.

[@canadianwarrior8535]

They CAN'T.. In fact it is near impossible to beat the rake at 1/3 unless the rake is 5% max $5 per hand. In short, at usual 10% rake in 1/3 and eventually everyone will go broke, as the house is simply taking all the money, eventually.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah the idea of making a living playing 1-3 was just people in general not specifically me. At jamul I definitely think it’s possible if you have low expenses since the rake is low and they have a lot of promos

[@YesItsNate]

Boot camp def helped, you played more consistent and played some interesting spots with improvement. Keep studying and keep building on what you learned at the boot camp 🤟🏽

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!! Happy to hear that the work is showing 💪💪

[@fracritel]

Win or lose you seem to have a great attitude

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@Tindel10]

Amazing content

[@Pokerbabbo]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Mrkillen24]

Really like your content

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks for watching! 💪

[@academicdeaneducation6671]

KQ vs 10/10, remember, YOUR action affects their perception. Flop check on a wet board tells him you may have missed the K but he checks in case you have a Q. Turn small bet also suggest weakness but you could have a Q. River Q suggest you don't have a Q but may have a smaller pair that would call his shove. Small stakes players never ask themselves "what does my opponent think I have". This is particularly true on the turn and river.

[@fracritel]

Yeah, I like the fact that you’re mentioning here and there about different things you’ve learned in your training and why you’re doing certain things instead of just doing it but watching you play never seem to limp ever and maybe that’s part of your training but I think once in a while, you should limp in even with the very strong hand. I think everybody knows where you’re coming from when you bet you generally have something all the time and that to me is a big edge for people playing against you and I’m no expert. I’m just going by what I see.

[@theejayzeeable]

U didnt provide reasons for ur suggestions. Whats the specific benefit in limping with a very strong hand once in a while? You allow more players to the flop and u allow players to outflop u, and u dont know where u stand. I imagine u would answer to mix up ur play, but thats not a specific reason. Whats the specific benefit in limping in with a strong hand once in a while and not knowing where u stand very multiway? U say that if he generally has it when he bets, its a big edge for his opponents. If he generally has it when he bets, then it allows his occasional bluffs to get through. How is him picking up pots with bluffs a benefit to his opponents? U didnt provide a reason for ur suggestion.

[@Pokerbabbo]

I wouldn’t recommend limping and I don’t see how that would benefit the situation since all it would do is take away strong hands from my raising range making it weaker

[@fracritel]

@@theejayzeeable as I said, I am not claiming to be an expert, but I have watched enough Poker online and I’ve watched enough of the larger game players, and I’ve watched many of the commentators and I have heard quite often they limp to disguise the strength of their hand once in a while I’m not saying a 20% of the time it’s just once in a while it’s up you throw in your arsenal. That’s all anyway I’m at work. Got a roll, have a good day

[@ryanferguson8]

Best of luck !

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man! 🙏

[@grantdybdahl8102]

Keep up the good work

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪💪

[@goheels7451]

I can definitely see a difference in your aggressiveness. You play very much the same style that I do so it’s quite informative for me.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Awesome! 💪💪

[@hansari8697]

Checking range as the oop pfr is good vs regs and players that play proper ranges. The reason this is a thing bc you are opening like a 20%+ MP range but btn is cold calling like 5% or whatever it is. This goes in the bin when you have loose passive recreational players cold calling 35% and being way too passive IP with their entire range. Use your strategies vs the regs and stronger rec players but just play your hand to max ev vs loose fish.

[@Pokerbabbo]

It’s actually completely the opposite. The checking OOP is targeting recreational since they will make a lot more mistakes if you check to them compared to if you bet.

[@jspallin]

For that 1010 hand against the OMC. Given that board is there any bet sizing that will get him to fold JJ or QQ or better? Some OMCs never fold AA, seldom fold KK and will almost always for QQ or lower. With roughly a 50% fold frequency of a better hand, consider what you may have to bet and see if it is a pos EV play.

[@Pokerbabbo]

I definitely think I can get this player to fold overpairs on a scary turnout if flushes or straights come in and we’re deep enough

[@Jacob-ud9fe]

Hold on man…did I hear that right during intro that you’re playing on $2k? Mad respect brother. That’s a lot of pressure if I heard that correct. Good luck dude!

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah it’s been a pretty brutal last 6-7 months. Thanks man!

[@TJayClark2]

Random question, have you ever played at 7 mile casino? I was in San Diego earlier this year and played against you at Jamul and found all the games there super tight. But 7 mile had super loose games.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah man Jamul can definitely be slow sometimes but it depends on the day it has actions players as well but for sure not as much as 7 mile

[@trippyjaxx6212]

how do you fold to a flop bet with top pair with no 3better pre? i just feel like you need to widen your range in cash a bit more to or you will never get called with your good hands

[@Pokerbabbo]

If I don’t think my top pair is good I’ll fold. I don’t think widening my range is the way to go honestly

[@sunglee2909]

I appreciate the fact that you respect money, unlike the majority of other Hold'em players that blog like yourself,

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah I see poker as a job and treat the money like it 💪

[@sunglee2909]

As anyone should if poker is there primary source of income, I understand bluffing and position of when to bet or raise is an integral skill to possess, however much respect and appreciation and entertainment your competitors demonstrate, I may be incorrect however, it seems they do it too often

[@kevinsmith968]

Was wondering in the pocket AAs if your preflop raise was abit low . Not sure what the table was like just Action wise just wondering

[@traceyanderson4224]

Joey always raises the same to not give away strength of his hand.

[@Pokerbabbo]

That’s my usual size that tends to work pretty good in this games. I usually don’t get these many callers, if I did I would start making the size bigger

[@AT-bw4cm]

@@Pokerbabbo Your intuition and instincts seem to be pretty good. Your intuition will serve you best. Only you are sitting at the table and paying attention to patterns. Deep reflection after sessions is all the coaching you need. When it comes to coaching or GTO the details matter and it's easy to miss details and get bad outputs or advice.

[@Paul-ut4zy]

Many thanks love these vlogs Weekly or fortnightly would be better where time allows at your end. Good luck this month

[@Pokerbabbo]

Thanks man!! Weekly is on the way 💪💪

[@keithallums4765]

I don't have instagram, but might want to stop by for the Monday game if possible. What's the best way to get on the list if I have a free Monday evening?

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah man! Just added a discord link to the description of this video where we set up the list for the Monday games and just talk poker

[@JaxxCrash]

Theres a term poker dealers use called a Flick. its someone that at best usually just throws a dollar any given hand. big pot or small.

[@theejayzeeable]

Well dealers can not see the cards, so flicks correctly do not think that the dealer is the cause of winning or losing a pot, thats why the tip size doesnt vary. In both losing and winning hands, the dealer is just doing their job. So for a dealer to expect a bigger tip based on a bigger pot is just bad entitlement behavior. That dealer needs to revisit why he gets tipped in the first place. Its for good service, not for just doing his/her job. Does the dealer give tip money back to the player who loses a pot? No, because tipping is based on service. Another thing, flicks are usually regulars. A reg flick obviously plays often. Something that u obviously dont know is that a flick reg contributes THOUSANDS of dollars a year to dealers with $1 tips. Who do u think tips on weekdays and during the morning/day? Not recreationals because theyre at work and then with family. Flick regs are the ones tipping during the week. Dont forget that a flick reg contributes MUCH MORE in tips a year than a recreational who thinks pot size is caused by dealers and therefore tips based on pot size. Personally, Im a reg who incorrectly tips based on pot size instead of service, but bad entitlement behavior irks me, so i side with flicks when i see it.

[@JaxxCrash]

@theejayzeeable you seem really mad. I'm sure you never considered that bigger pots usually mean longer hands and that's really what a dealer would hope to be rewarded for. Cause if everyone tips a dollar a hand then one hand takes 7 mins long from a guy thinking and etc and the dealer still makes a dollar you effectively gave him negative money and his life would have been better if you never existed. Obviously anyone can tip whatever they want... but the dealer is there to make a living while most players are there to have fun. Sometimes just a 2 instead of a 1 goes a long way. People can make whatever excuses they want for being bad tippers but at the end of the day dealers all talk to eachother and if you are a bad tipper they all collectively hate you. I'm a good tipper because I see how even a 3 dollar tip can make someone's 30 minutes. They get stiffed stiffed 1 dollar stiffed 1 dollar 1 dollar it doesn't hurt to do small things to make someone's day.

[@Pokerbabbo]

My default is $1 and will give more in bigger pots

[@joellemus8279]

I dont have too many buy ins myself when i play 2-3 at sycuan or 7 mile . I wonder if Should i just grind until i can have at least 2 k

[@theejayzeeable]

At 2-3, if u have a full time job, then ur paycheck after expenses is ur poker bankroll too if u only play a couple of times per week. But if u want to play more often, then you'll definitely need a much bigger poker bankroll to be able to survive a long downswing that occasionally happens.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Going to say something pretty similar to the other content. If you have a job that pays the bills you can just have 1k-2k and just grind it out since no money will be taken out from expenses and you can always add more if you run out

[@michaelmclaughlin1958]

You say the rake is $5 no matter how small the pot is? That seems kinda high. There were many hands where you bet and everyone folds, with a $5 rake you lose money? I’m used to it being 10% up to $5 (maybe another $1 for jackpots or high hands).

[@Pokerbabbo]

That’s just the way it is at California by law. There’s always a flat rake. $5 is the lowest I’ve ever seen it. Other places in SD it’s 6-7 and LA it’s 8

[@tszhin814]

Nice

[@Pokerbabbo]

💪💪

[@notNaB2024]

$30K down to $2K geeez.....just sad. How is the boot camp different from CLP? I thought you were a CLP subscriber....was Bart's approach to poker not helping you improve?

[@jamesforeman8028]

Can’t speak for him but I could see how CLP has some outdated material. I would imagine the boot camp with Marc goone is a decent amount better.

[@notNaB2024]

@@jamesforeman8028 gotcha! So basically one can't be a winning player with CLP is what you are implying?

[@fredrick2390]

I don't know if "one can't be a winning player with CLP" is what he is implying but that would be a ridiculous implication. I disagree that it's outdated I think the content on there is really solid and still relevant, and if you are a fan of Marc Goone's approach to the game he also makes training videos on CLP.

[@California_Poker]

@@notNaB2024you can be a winning player with no coaching at all.

[@theejayzeeable]

​​@@jamesforeman8028 CLP uses both gto and exploitative strategy. How is that outdated? U obviously dont know that Bart has said a few times that Mariano was CLP subscriber. CLP got Mariano to where he's at now.

[@toddnewkirk2782]

Did you start this video saying Yo

[@Pokerbabbo]

Maybe

[@hboi2419]

Your lack of aggression is what's stopping you

[@Pokerbabbo]

Or too much?

[@hboi2419]

@@Pokerbabbo I really don't think so. And I'm no pro so take it with a grain of salt. I really liked watching your videos and the fact that you show each hand, it's awesome. But I ended up tuning out not because it's boring (live poker's mostly boring) but because unless you were drawing to the nuts, you'd never put in a check-raise or even show aggression slightly.

[@user-cr3dn9vt6h]

I was looking at that bootcamp, but "full refund guaranteed if you're not satisfied".... really? "Bad fit if you're losing in cash games" - why else would I need a boot camp? Both smell fishy

[@jamesforeman8028]

If you’re winning and want to increase your win rate? Context clues man

[@Pokerbabbo]

I don’t see how you see that as being fishy, if something it’s the opposite. They’ll give you your money back if you don’t like the content that is a pretty standard practice for online courses. And if you’re a losing player they don’t want you to waste money since it’s not for you. It’s targeting players that are at a level that they are already winning since the content is more advanced

[@user-vx3jj4yr5c]

Poker is tough man stop paying off big river bets when you don’t think you have the best hand

[@Pokerbabbo]

yeah I try my best not to call if I think I’m losing

[@michaelkirby5272]

What's up with dudes wearing nail polish? Other than that, cool vlog.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Well I am a dude and a wear nail polish. Thanks for watching 💪

[@michaelkirby5272]

@@Pokerbabbo yeah I see that you are a dude who indeed wears nail polish. I was asking what's up with it?

[@dnutts666]

What does OMC mean?

[@Pokerbabbo]

Old man coffee, means a very tight player

[@benjamintaylor8665]

bet your combo draws homie. thats why ypure goimg broke. your player type is passive. i would exploit you

[@Pokerbabbo]

Oh my god please don’t come to Jamul I don’t want you to exploit me 😭😭😭

[@davidhughes3154]

Luv seeing all of the cards but it's hard to get past the nail polish. Straight or trans, I guess it's good for poker. Idk

[@Pokerbabbo]

I’m a Train

[@DougDrebek]

Viva franco!

[@Pokerbabbo]

What the hell 😂😂😂😂 do you know I was born in Spain?

[@DougDrebek]

@@Pokerbabbo yeah

[@tuomashanninen184]

Still too passive Joey! WTF is that "Out of position we check" and not c-betting BS?!?

[@Pokerbabbo]

It’s a pretty sound strategy made by high stake crushed. Maybe have an open mind and not jump to the conclusion that it’s wrong because it’s different.

[@L.Lawliet23]

I think the philosophy behind checking OOP, especially at lower stakes, is to protect your checking range, and you can go for a decent number of check-raises as people dont defend to XR enough. IIRC when IP, there is a lot of C-betting. This obviously changes when you're more multiway, but it seems like a solid strategy HU or small multiway pots.

[@michaelmontpetit897]

Bro u play way too tight and don’t raise your strong hands enough like the AA 12$ should have been 25-30

[@keithallums4765]

10x preflop is way too big. J,10 suited is calling either way. Sometimes you just get outflopped and have to move on to the next hand.

[@theejayzeeable]

​@@keithallums4765 U'll hear this a lot in poker. It depends. If 10x gets u pf calls at a table, then its not too big. This is 2-3. Raise to the biggest amount that will get u a call or two. Sticking to a blanket statement 5x pf or whatever and it gets u too many calls at a certain table is no good.

[@Pokerbabbo]

I just have one size for all my hands and 25-30 seems to big IMO

[@401khehehe]

Brother, stop immediately and get a regular job. Cheers.

[@Pokerbabbo]

Brother, I don’t think I will. Cheers

[@zekebones34]

Really should make 2 videos a week closer to 10-12 minutes. We don’t need to see every hand and quite honestly half the video is you folding cards and it’s boring. You clearly need to make money. Start acting like a KZbinr and take advantage of the algorithm. Not trying to crap on you, but we don’t want 30-40min videos

[@Pokerbabbo]

Completely acceptable opinion. Maybe work on reframing from believing that everyone thinks the same way you do? Just the numbers show that this is not the case. When I made videos just showing highlight of the sessions, I’d get way less views compared to the videos that I show every hand. And literally that’s how every poker vlogger makes their videos, you have plenty of videos like that to go watch

[@adamveitch5740]

I disagree with this comment… I think the content length is just right and it’s good to see what hands he plays/folds relative to positioning, and his thought process around that. Keep it up, Babbo!

[@ryanshaw8663]

​@@Pokerbabbodon't listen to this clown. Do what you've been doing, people like the showing every hand, it's unique. Clowns gonna clown.

[@Paul-ut4zy]

I disagree regarding showing the folded hands. The beauty of the way it’s done is for me the viewer it does feel like a session and yum part of it The length per vlog is just about right not too long where monotony creeps in and not too short where it’s not entertaining . If it’s not broke dont fix it

[@johannessmithenstein]

@@Pokerbabbo Yeah I personally discovered you after you started showing every hand and it was really refreshing. I think you originated it but a few channels have started doing it as well now. Highlight reels don't seem as authentic. People want to see how you navigate all the normal situations we find ourselves in at the table, not just the times that you flop quads and five people jam into you. We have Brad Owen for that.

[@froy98]

Do you have a discord with your fans so we can talk about hands? If you do I’d be very interested in joining 😅

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yeah man I actually do!! I’ll add it to the description of this video

[@froy98]

Yo @@Pokerbabbo I get an error saying 'unable to accept invite'

[@stignatius1625]

you have three kids??

[@Pokerbabbo]

Yep

[@RIVERANIEVESZ]

You are officially a NIT!! You'll get stacked more often with good and or premium by playing that way. I saw you fold AJ without explaining why, are you kidding me?? Good luck with that boot camp crap!🤔🫡🤐

[@RIVERANIEVESZ]

You wouldn't last in a 5/10 or 10/20 game. You'd be torn to shreds dude.😢

[@Pokerbabbo]

You wouldn’t last in my grandmas .10/.25 you bum