My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (20 Viewers)

This is what my lobbiest neighbor had to say when I asked him about this.

Thanks. Yes big issue, but not much that could be done to stop it. Will try and get it amended in next 6mo before it goes into affect. Bigger issue for me is the CA AG declaring that all fantasy sports are illegal.
My understanding is that the CA AG isn't going after all Fantasy sports, but daily fantasy contests.

https://www.espn.com/sports-betting...rney-general-says-daily-fantasy-illegal-state
 
Damn, latest vlog in just under 24 hours is cruising compared to my normal results, would be nice to break 3k views on this one, been a minute. Looks like the rebrand is working

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Hope things are going well, couple minor thoughts:
1. Starting with multiple folds is a bit boring.
2. Simple “giggle” >> “Chinese giggle”.
 
I liked the Chinese giggle, maybe because I've been to, and talked to a lot of, Taiwanese people too much. BUT! at the @9min mark with 5c6s7c9c on the btn you absolutely have to raise. I know... "no-one in texas folds" but that's not a problem when you mostly play 2-street, or 3-street poker in this one case. First of all, the blinds will find a fold some of the times. When you have non-nut FD you want to isolate as much as you can. I'd say call is the worst of the choices you had.

Edit: Also the video doesn't really make sense here. You're on the button and claims SB shoves all-in for $575 but in the video sb checks and it looks like bb shoves and another player calls. As this is texas, you really should gfx that shows multiway flops better.
 
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I liked the Chinese giggle, maybe because I've been to, and talked to a lot of, Taiwanese people too much. BUT! at the @9min mark with 5c6s7c9c on the btn you absolutely have to raise. I know... "no-one in texas folds" but that's not a problem when you mostly play 2-street, or 3-street poker in this one case. First of all, the blinds will find a fold some of the times. When you have non-nut FD you want to isolate as much as you can. I'd say call is the worst of the choices you had.

I think fold > raise. Given no one has a fold button, if I'm going to play this hand, I'd prefer to see a flop, rather than ripping my stack in with 9-high

I'm not playing it for the flush value, but because of my position on the field plus staight potential
 
I think fold > raise. Given no one has a fold button, if I'm going to play this hand, I'd prefer to see a flop, rather than ripping my stack in with 9-high

I'm not playing it for the flush value, but because of my position on the field plus staight potential
I ninja-edited after your answer but I wouldn't hate a 3-bet here. You don't really elaborate how the donks react to 3-bet pots, but I'm guessing they're calling to wide, raising to seldom and almost never bluffing (?).
This is a flop that hits a limp-caller often so depending on their on stabbing ranges and sizes, I'd be willing to check-fold this on turn unless you pick up EQ. Also calling some opponents, depending. In this case you lost less than my plan but an A-high or (maybe?) even K-high flop you're winning a lot of on c-bets. Especially with your tight image.

You don't really show how they're playing as you're 1-2 street stacked so it's hard to pick up tendencies. I think you can pick up some viewers by just showing showdown hands you're not involved in as online players don't always know what the hell you're doing over there, but we're sure as hell interested. And the few PLO games that are streamed are either too big or ppl playing out of character because they're streamed so there might be a viewing market for the boring euro-enemies you hate.

Which might be an opportunity for you to tell us euros that there's a texas/US vibe going that keeps the players at the table. And don't be afraid to go off on the boring nit-euros at the table. I think a lot of potential viewers are more interested in how everyone (in Texas) plays than following your career (no offense) to prepare themselves. You might be a victim of your own success doing this, but at least you'd get viewers. ;)

Ok, I'm drunk so I'll end my rant here, after saying that I'm very interested in watching more of the other players betting patterns, even if you're in not in the hand. (Not sure if you're allowed to though.)

Edit: Ok, gonna watch the rest of the video now. Stay tuned. ;)
 
I ninja-edited after your answer but I wouldn't hate a 3-bet here. You don't really elaborate how the donks react to 3-bet pots, but I'm guessing they're calling to wide, raising to seldom and almost never bluffing (?).
This is a flop that hits a limp-caller often so depending on their on stabbing ranges and sizes, I'd be willing to check-fold this on turn unless you pick up EQ. Also calling some opponents, depending. In this case you lost less than my plan but an A-high or (maybe?) even K-high flop you're winning a lot of on c-bets. Especially with your tight image.

You don't really show how they're playing as you're 1-2 street stacked so it's hard to pick up tendencies. I think you can pick up some viewers by just showing showdown hands you're not involved in as online players don't always know what the hell you're doing over there, but we're sure as hell interested. And the few PLO games that are streamed are either too big or ppl playing out of character because they're streamed so there might be a viewing market for the boring euro-enemies you hate.

Which might be an opportunity for you to tell us euros that there's a texas/US vibe going that keeps the players at the table. And don't be afraid to go off on the boring nit-euros at the table. I think a lot of potential viewers are more interested in how everyone (in Texas) plays than following your career (no offense) to prepare themselves. You might be a victim of your own success doing this, but at least you'd get viewers. ;)

Ok, I'm drunk so I'll end my rant here, after saying that I'm very interested in watching more of the other players betting patterns, even if you're in not in the hand. (Not sure if you're allowed to though.)

Lots of players suffer from FOMO. They see a big pot brewing, now they HAVE to be involved with any 4 napkins
 
Lots of players suffer from FOMO. They see a big pot brewing, now they HAVE to be involved with any 4 napkins
Well, that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it certainly makes it more volatile.
Also stop answering me while I'm editing my posts. :D
I do really wanna go to Texas and play there but I'm not rolled for it at all. Also, I only started playing PLO because of your videos but I'm pretty sure JNandez benefitted more from that than you, so if we ever meet I'll buy you a beer. Although it might be the case of what Kaplan said on the 1st season of HSP; “When I met Doyle in 1978 he gave me a free copy of his book Super System. So far it's cost me 1.3 million dollars.”

PS! Gonna watch your video now so you have 14 mins 7 secs to answer or wait ~40 mins until I type out my next response. :)
 
Ok @20mins in the bomb pot with Qd8c2c/9s6s3s board and you're holding Tc9c9d5d. You check, one player bets almost pot (guessing he miscalculated?) and another player raises (I'm guessing pot?). If you remember the bomb pot coach you had on, they're most likely fighting over the static board, meaning the monotone board. You also pretty much block the straight draw on the other board, holding T99 plus the 9 on the other board blocking draws there which both isn't great and is ... well good as they're most likely fighting over the same board. You don't mention your perceived level of the players (which is probably a good move if they see your videos) but I'm guessing they mostly locked down one board and are trying to deny you equity of "your board". So you have a set against the flush, and a midpair + fd + gut shot on the second board. It might not sound *great but you're rarely in bad shape here against 2 players at least. You should have 1/3 EQ here most of the time.

I'm writing this while you're in the tank on the video so bear with me. Lets do board #2 first;
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I'm guessing you're not matching their stacks so you have more than 1/3 *pot odds here.

Lets do board #1;
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I know I'm super-liberal with their ranges here but blame your own videos. :P (Hitting play now.)

Yay, you got half and my range wasn't ass. You were the (slight) favorite to scoop though. Also do the math against (all) ranges not hands, but I assume you're only doing the result for the video. I would also suggest https://plomastermind.com/plo-equity-calculator/ (remember to go to settings and select double board) to get your EQ but I'm more interested in their range, are there hands that kill you, are there hands you dominate, etc. For this specific holding:

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Other than that, I liked it. Maybe not all the foldings as much, maybe make that a smaller montage between the hands you actually play? It's not really that intersting without knowing the action.

Also, like your comments on the misregs, that being said we have a similar thing going on with our monthly home game where we also play on my PokerMavens server fairly often. We have one semi-maniac which I assume you meet at least semi daily in your work week. Granted, we have a dealers choice table that is the most popular and the majority prefers PLO6 hilo so.... yeah. He pissed and moaned about the regs only nutpendling (which they do, and still get action so...) and claimed he wouldn't play CG when those two were at the table and I certainly don't blame him. I've desperately tried to change his ways but realized I turned into Don Quito so here we are. I don't really want him to punt of stacks so I don't mind, but it certainly made me aware of how profitable players don't play profitable. It doesn't really matter at our level but entertaining the "whales" even at our stakes, is still a vital, profitable skill which was very intriguing to me.
 
Ok @20mins in the bomb pot with Qd8c2c/9s6s3s board and you're holding Tc9c9d5d. You check, one player bets almost pot (guessing he miscalculated?) and another player raises (I'm guessing pot?). If you remember the bomb pot coach you had on, they're most likely fighting over the static board, meaning the monotone board. You also pretty much block the straight draw on the other board, holding T99 plus the 9 on the other board blocking draws there which both isn't great and is ... well good as they're most likely fighting over the same board. You don't mention your perceived level of the players (which is probably a good move if they see your videos) but I'm guessing they mostly locked down one board and are trying to deny you equity of "your board". So you have a set against the flush, and a midpair + fd + gut shot on the second board. It might not sound *great but you're rarely in bad shape here against 2 players at least. You should have 1/3 EQ here most of the time.

I'm writing this while you're in the tank on the video so bear with me. Lets do board #2 first;
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I'm guessing you're not matching their stacks so you have more than 1/3 here.

Lets do board #1;
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I know I'm super-liberal with their ranges here but blame your own videos. :P (Hitting play now.)

Yay, you got half and my range wasn't ass. You were the (slight) favorite to scoop though. Also do the math against (all) ranges not hands, but I assume you're only doing the result for the video. I would also suggest https://plomastermind.com/plo-equity-calculator/ (remember to go to settings and select double board) to get your EQ but I'm more interested in their range, are there hands that kill you, are there hands you dominate, etc. For this specific holding:

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Other than that, I liked it. Maybe not all the foldings as much, maybe make that a smaller montage between the hands you actually play? It's not really that intersting without knowing the action.

Also, like your comments on the misregs, that being said we have a similar thing going on with our monthly home game where we also play on my PokerMavens server fairly often. We have one semi-maniac which I assume you meet at least semi daily in your work week. Granted, we have a dealers choice table that is the most popular and the majority prefers PLO6 hilo so.... yeah. He pissed and moaned about the regs only nutpendling (which they do, and still get action so...) and claimed he wouldn't play CG when those two were at the table and I certainly don't blame him. I've desperately tried to change his ways but realized I turned into Don Quito so here we are. I don't really want him to punt of stacks so I don't mind, but it certainly made me aware of how profitable players don't play profitable. It doesn't really matter at our level but entertaining the "whales" even at our stakes, is still a vital, profitable skill which was very intriguing to me.

The third guy who folded said he had the jack-high flush plus two pair on the other board.

WOnder what the equities look like, but I don't know his specific cards
 
The third guy who folded said he had the jack-high flush plus two pair on the other board.

WOnder what the equities look like, but I don't know his specific cards
The jack blocks you a bit, but makes a surprising small impact.

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Edit: *But surprisingly the two pairs makes only a small impact.
 
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Playing some of the worst players on the planet in this one, wait till you see what a bunch of them put 40+ bb in preflop with!

 
This weeks vlog I believe was my first to break 2K views in the first 24 hours, getting some great engagement with comments too!

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I told you that you would see improvement without the "Blasphemous" moniker.

It you need any other P.R management help, I am available for hire... :sneaky:
 
I'm giving away 100 chips to 5 viewers to play with in our online club where the BBJ is currently over 500K and one of my players just won 17K binking a 460-player tournament.

Drawing is this Friday at 2pm Central and details are in the vlog I posted above (no cost to enter). And seriously, just the first hand I play is worth the watch, it's one of the most ridiculous hands in my history of playing.
 

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