I miss AVP

Thanks for taking the time and effort to make the vids Ryan... fun and entertaining for sure! Subbed for the future productions!

I'm not gonna get into specifics of the hand histories here, but wouldn't mind discussing some hands with you when we can connect again soon. It seemed like your thought processes were spot on to me in some instances, and a bit off in others. As you know I play in many of the same rooms and games as you, and share my experiences including some hand history thoughts I have in my own PG&C and there were several spots that I saw in your sessions that I would react and play much differently. Of course that is the beauty and the challenge of the game of poker. Many situations and opponents we encounter can bring about different and unique scenarios, and often times we need to react much differently against certain opponents than we would against others.

Looking forward to more vids and meeting up again soon! Run good, play good bud!

For sure, me and Tappan doing a text thing with some hand histories I'll forward him your # if that's ok and can do group text

*Think I got way too stubborn on that 2-4 hand, picking up the backdoor flush draw got me hungry. I was actually gonna fire again on most rivers but was dead when J paired and he leads big

Ya for sure you can add me to that text thread if you like!

Funny thing is, I actually liked the way you played that hand, once you came into the pot with it, lol... BARRELABILITY is my favorite thing! You mentioned the 4 was irrelevant on that flop, but in actuality, it adds to your potential BARRELABILITY. You have a pair that can become 2 pair or trips, along with both back door draws. I don't mind opening BUTTON/CO with that hand, but I don't like trying to ISO limpers with hands like that (or the T3dd hand) simply because we have so much less fold equity when playing against players who limp/back call vs when we are the first ones into the pot raising, and those sorts of hands have very little equity in most post flop situations. I think your hijack range needs to be tightened a bit also (would not be opening T6o there ever), and I am going to be c-betting near 100% when in HU pots, and even more so with a hand like KQ on a J94 board.

Ok I got into the hands more than I wanted to here haha... text me whenevs... glgl

Nah feel free to discuss any of the hands, I was def spazzing a little bit, tables were generally passive. I generally agree with you on the cbets but am toying around with something that has me delaying it to turn more often than usual (for reasons I don't want to make too obvious but will discuss later lol)

Was going I'd have the hands part 2 up last night but will hopefully get it uploaded tonight when I get home, got stuck in a rare adult obligation . Anyhow I think there are some more interesting spots in the part 2 not just bc I make mo' manies.

my AMA questions:

how many hours per week do you feel is comfortable for you to grind profitably?

do you believe gingers have souls?

late night poker session at the V, will post part 2 of hand histories asap, probably best things stagger a bit anyhow with how long vids were/are at the moment. got a hand or 2 of interest tonight although im not particularly comfortable enough to tape much at the V

just uploaded part 2 and the audio was completely illegible from the webcam settings being off. will record the voice over again tom morning and repost. still working out the kinks in this process.

*tried redoing the audio now but gf #$#$ing at me

Watched the first video.... Decent beginner entry.... Watched 1/2 the second and wanted to kill myself..... Can't imagine trying to pay the bills off 1/2 poker.... But, I like your attitude at the table and trying the video thing.

There are a ton of locals and a huge network of local players. Why not host a home 1/2 game and profit from the rake? 1/2 players should be easy to get.

Set up an overhead cam, and your biddy cam. The dealer is working for tips, your playing, video taping, and making money running the game... C

Lol I love it but questionable legality. I've played and dealt in private games on East coast and they generally ended badly for the host.

Hands pt 2 vid is uploading. Ya going forward I'm going to try to improve some things in the hand vids +well be crushing 10-20$ nl in no time which should make for more fireworks right?

prt 2. Spoiler Alert...we make quad 7s. again.

Good work on the videos. I'm definitely going to be following them and I'm definitely not going to be making any of my own since it looks like a massive pain in the ass.

Do you think your playing style is best suited to 1/2? My feeling is that as you move up from 1/2, through 1/3 to 2/5, you want to be less value oriented and more willing to see flops with speculative holdings and focus on thinking more deeply about hands than your opponents. I'd have thought a basic TAG style would work better at 1/2, and you'd have a higher winrate even at a fairly deep 1/3 game.

For example, one of the main reasons for playing loose is that it's harder for your opponents to put you on hands, but at the tables you play at, I doubt many of the other players are making any real attempt to do so anyway.

Disclaimer: You are a far more experienced player than I am. I'm just throwing this question out there.

thx yeah your not really off base at all...a tighter range and sort of ABC approach is going to win more consistently at the 1-2 lvl for the most part. many of the games in the vids were extremely passive as well as being in fairly local dominated rooms with players I'm often very familiar with. with those 2 factors I'm often able to play a wider range LAG approach and squeeze value out of many more hands and many positions. if I were to take what I would advise most players would be the optimal 1-2 live approach to these games it's unlikely I could achieve the win rate I have in them (for these particular venues).

that said...under other table conditions (like in the prt 2 SouthPoint and when I had position on the aggro player in an upcoming vid at Venetian), I can nit it up with the best of them and just nut peddle knowing there's a player(s) thats going to stack off to me/give me max value if I wait on the correct situation.

You can win money playing loose or tight at any level. Whey would probably need to make some adjustments to his game if he were to move up in level.

Whey, it looks like you play good poker postflop but not a fan of limping hands OOP that don't play that great OOP. Also over-limping hands like 89 sooted as you know is generally no bueno.

Best hair on 2+2 AINEC

I agree, it's actually super rare for me to get all limpy in a session like that is why I even commented on it. Generally will always be coming in with a raise on speculative hands with the exception of some late position spots.

hmmm Bellagio tonight?

last chance for Q&A kicking off next vid if anyone wants to shoot a question ive only gotten like 4 questions so, will be wrapping up editing tom night and uploading then or early(ish) tuesday

1) You say you came up online and then transitioned to live? What games did you beat online and do you still play on an American facing site at all? If not, why not?

2) Still just a sample size or do you think there's a reason you crush 1/2 but not 2/5?

3) Do you see poker dying out long term and/or do you have any plans to transition out of poker career wise?

Shenanigans (detoxing currently so no booze for me tho) somewhere the next few days? I'm staying at PH... I haven't watched part 2 yet (football weekend duh) but I'll shoot ya some thoughts when I do...

Maybe I'm late on this, but I have a couple of questions:

a) Did you get your eyebrows done just for the vlog?
b) Do you ever mix it up with tournaments, either the ****ty daily donkaments or the bigger events?
c) Are you a monster? Hold the door for your lady. I went to a Catholic high school. If any of the nuns or brothers saw me do that, Sister Mary Mussolini would beat the **** out of me with a ruler.

she has like the line leader from lower school mentality where she has to rush to the door first

will hit on your other 2 questions in da vlog lol

I'll bite. Questions below:

1) Have you played with TheTrooper, and what are your thoughts on his game?

2) How many hours do you usually play a week? Does it vary a lot, or do you try to be somewhat consistent with your play?

3) You seem to spend some time at more 'obscure' places like Southpoint and GVR. How many tables do they usually get there, and what kind of player types do you usually face there? (assuming lots of OMC's).

4) What advise would you give to someone in order to beat $1-$2 / $1-$3 in Vegas?

5) And what steps do you take in order to improve your game? Coaching, posting HH's, training sites etc?

Did you attend Montessori school?



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Can't and won't speak for others, but would definitely be more inclined to watch your videos if it wasn't so long. 10-15 minutes would be much better.