I know how much you guys like those driving away shots that I do. Switched it up on you this time. Arrival shot, huh? So you can't be like Andrew, you forgot your camera on the roof over there! You drove away without your camera!
What are you going to say this time? First on the waiting list for the 2/5. Should be first up. Shouldn't be too long. We're going to keep it a short session today, because there's one or two things to chat about afterwards, so usual drill. In for $1000. 2/5 no limit Texas Hold'em. Alright, so that ended up being even shorter of a session then I was expecting it to be, because the game broke. Played five handed for a little bit there. Almost exactly nothing to report. Lost $135. I even had a one hand, and opened on the BTN. Raised to $15. SB just ships all-in there! Just jams it all in for $65. I called, and uh Scoop that. Scoop that huge pot, but then there was like five other hands where I flopped middle pair. Called a C-Bet. Have to fold later on. Something like that, and yeah, lose $135, but going to move on. Going to go over to the Bellagio and go check out the 5/10 games. I pretty much always uses the valet, but I really wanted to get that elevator to elevator shot, so self park today. The little things in life, you know? As you can tell, it's now light outside. It's daylight. We are no longer at the Bellagio. We're back in my apartment, and It's the next day. It's the day after what you just saw which is Tuesday. Previous day was Monday. So there's a couple things I want to discuss. We're definitely gonna go over a couple hands, but there's something. There's a question that keeps coming up in the comments, and it's in reference to something that I keep talking about in the videos, which is the topic of game selection, and what I usually say is "Such and such game Didn't look that great." or "I'm going to keep my eye on the other stakes and see how they look. See how those games look." "This game looks good. This other game doesn't look that good." and the question that always comes up is what criteria do you use to decide whether a game looks good, or doesn't look good? They say, obviously when you're playing in Vegas at your normal game, you know you'll obviously recognize a lot of the regular players, and it's easier, but when you're on the road you don't know anybody, so what do you look for Casinoslots? I can give you a list of things that I generally look for, and that helps a little bit, so there's some good signs, and there's some bad signs, so if everybody at the table is wearing headphones or earbuds, watching something on their phone, or their iPad, they're watching a movie, but there's not a lot of conversation happening at the table, and everyone's just kind of quietly grinding, and passing the time, it appears. Not a good sign. Obviously you want people playing hands, and getting in there and, gambling. Other things are pretty obvious, like you want some cocktails. Those are a good sign. People have some cocktails on the table. Something that might not be so obvious, and something that you kind of have to be on the lookout for in your game. It's not just up, front, and center. You want to have people playing lots of hands, and as a result, seeing lots of flops. A game that's generally good, is a game that people are playing wide ranges, right? so if people are playing wide ranges, they aren't just sitting around getting it up, so what happens when people are playing wide ranges? Well you'll probably see a lot more limping, because the hands that they're coming into the pots with generally aren't as strong, and therefore, a lot of limping might be a good sign that it's a pretty good game, and people are playing wide ranges, and a lot of times people will even call with these hands to a raise, so if you're seeing a lot of limping, a lot of calling, and you're getting a lot of flops that are going Multi-Way, It's pretty straightforward, right? It tends to make sense. If people are playing wide ranges, that's going to be a good game. If you have a bunch of people that are just getting it up, waiting for Aces, and Kings, there's not going to be too many Multi-Way flops, because That's the only hands that those people are playing, so that's pretty much it. There's no real science to it, I guess, aside from determining how people playing wide ranges of effects Poker Hands in Multi-Way pots, you just generally want a social atmosphere. You want things that go along with that social atmosphere such as chatting, and occasional beverages, and you want people in there gambling. So is it entirely up to these people to provide that for you as a professional? no, I mean, I think as a salesperson, as I tend to think poker players Generally are, I think there's lots of things you can do to encourage that sort of environment. Engage people in conversations. Start conversations. Have a beer if you see someone Having a beer. Not saying you have to start doing shots, and, you know, really indulging, but just be social, and my personal favorite, don't be afraid to put that straddle on. I know a lot of poker players shun the idea of the straddle. It's negative EV and all that stuff. It might be, but if we can turn a somewhat boring game into a somewhat good game. I think it's worth it, so things to consider. So, this really applies actually to the game at the Bellagio last night. The must move game was decent, and then the main game that I got moved into was well below decent. I was actually the only player at the table playing nine handed, I'm the only player at the table of not wearing headphones or earbuds, and half the table was watching something on their phone or iPad. Fairly miserable, and why? Why would I say there? That's a good question. I don't know. I don't know why I stayed there. I did though. I stayed there, and actually the game got much better later on. That tends to happens sometimes. Sometimes the game will be so bad that it will just implode on itself, and it'll end up becoming much better, but I don't know. A lot of times, it's not worth waiting to find out if that's going to happen, and it's a really bad sign when literally every other person at the table is listening or watching to something, and just obviously not that interested in doing some gambling, but you're about to find out that that's kind of a theme of my session from last night is mistakes, and I think mistake number one for me was just not picking up, and sticking through. Deciding to play through this game. Not really sure why. Sometimes I just feel like the option, I guess, I feel like the options are a little bit limited sometimes in Las Vegas, and I know the game selection for 5/10 and above isn't going to be super ideal, so maybe I just get stubborn sometimes, and just decide to play through it, but that kind of sets the scene for the evening, so let's get into hands here. All right, I got to go inside because even though this is gorgeous, right now, every day, around this time, there is a parade of helicopters that come back from the Grand Canyon, and they have this sunset. This magical sunset return to the strip. Which is actually, must be super beautiful, but it doesn't exactly make for good recording. Okay, so one more thing about that whole salesperson analogy for the poker playing game selecting thing. So, I've listened to a lot of Gary Vaynerchuk lately, and if you don't listen to him, I highly recommend you do.
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