9 Things You Will NEVER See Good Poker Players Do

You will never see good poker players do these 9 things. Only bad poker players make these 9 embarrassing mistakes.

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[marcjtdc]

You make so much sense in a small amount of time.

[gagethemage]

This guy literally makes a video like this once a week and I watched the whole thing every time and give it a thumbs up 👍😎

[georgewyatt]

What is the software that shows the VPIP, etc.? I thought many of these programs and not allowed by major online sites.

[mihhailzaplava]

Man thanks for all the help you give with all these videos

[byronwilliams]

Overplaying top pair. I had an opponent limp call all the way to the river with pocket Queens. I was shocked she was new to poker

[alexanderpeyman]

The most important thing you forgot to mention is the proper bankroll!
6000 thousand dollars is a proper bankroll for 1& 2 cash game or 30 times the maximum buy in !
Without proper bankroll poker is just game of luck !

[alistairsteer-kemp]

Please could you make a video sharing how strategies change in a tournament, when you don’t know the other players, and a bad beat ends your day

[colintimp]

Any advice on how to play against loose and extremely passive players? I have seen an epidemic of players lately that just limp and check-call all the way to the river with ACES. Then for some reason, they tend to raise the river, even on terrible boards. The first time I saw it the board was 10 8 7 6 5.(I wasn't in that hand). I can't help but keep value-owning myself against these players. You can't exactly sit around waiting for a nut hand to bet though either. You lose too much value.

[shinjo]

Thank you Bro. Good tips! Part 6 is my habbit 😂

[peter]

Hi, some thoughts:

Tip 1: that board is a small bet or check spot. Mostly because villain has many broadway hands that will fold already to a small bet.

Tip 2: limping is not free money, you have no mathematical proof for that. Do you have any sims proving your point? it is less bad than you think. Limping becomes more viable the lower the rake gets, the inclusion of antes, and the shorter the stacks get.

Tip 3: it just depends on the opponents. If your opponents are very aggresive against 3bets, then your tip will lose money.

Tip 4: actually, the exact opposite is true: most of the money made in poker is by bluffing fish. Check some Sims and see how wide the solver defends vs check-raises for example. Fishes are wayyy overfolding in so many spots. Like you said, play aggresive.
You example is also weird, because AJ is a natural checkback(also cuz fish underbluff), and all the calls that you mentioned are decent bluffcatchers.

The other tips are better. Thanks for the video.

[TheBarkanMethodofHotYoga]

Always great info Nathan … thank you 🎉

[julius]

On what site do you play online poker?

[lazydude]

Hi poker players, I do not think I agree 100% with rule #9 because it is true that betting close to full pot is the way to go to punish villains from chasing draws/flushes etc, but if the opponent is a fish wouldn’t he or she be unaware of pot odds, draws and all other poker math and betting that amount would not mean anything to them so they would either fold, call with a strong hand or raise you if a set probably. From my experience playing with fish sometimes is best to bet less in order to get some money from them.

[frankformella]

Thanks still learning but getting better just a medium fish now lol

[ShirinGupta-nm]

I have 22 (pocket duce)
one call with AJo n flop is 5c8d8c n turn is a Kc n jgh river is Kh
5c8d8cKckh
Who will win this hand?

[MrMeelis]

Nathan you videos are too good to be free :)

[longlostkryptonian]

I’m always surprised how many fish are out there. They are everywhere! Every 8 player table I’m at has 1-2.

[andrewdinns]

12:50 just wrong. the elite of the elite online guys have been playing nl10k and nl20k all day on ACR hu, 3, or 4 handed lately.

top tier nl500+ regs will routinely have some action at tables with no fun players. Whenever I'm playing a game at a full table with all for-profit players its with the primary motivation to make sure a fun player does not sit at a table I am not at.

[respuestadirecta]

which sites do you play that have been the most profitable?

[pot_kivach]

13:00 somebody still plays online poker??