What's up poker people. My name's Wes
and this is a my poker vlog. Today we're
gonna be playing a $5/$5 No Limit cash
game session at Texas Card House. I'm
gonna buy in to the game for $5,000. This game
this no cap on anything so you can buy
in for whatever you want and you can straddle 
whatever you want. Wish me luck.
This is for entertainment only. I am NOT
a professional poker player. I'm not
trying to be a poker coach. I'm trying to
show the fun of the games I play in.
Enjoy the action. A quick tournament
update. I just got back from Choctaw
where I played the World Series Circuit
main event.
I ended day 1a as the chip leader. And I
got 70th place. We are back playing $5/$5
No Limit Texas Hold'em at Texas
Card House in Houston, Texas. Since we can
straddle whatever we want in this game, I
straddled $25 under the gun. This hand
started with two limps for $25 and in the
small blind made at $135. I have Ace Queen
and I could 3-bet this, but this time
I'm just gonna call, I assume both the
limpers are gonna call. Let's see what
under the gun plus wants to
do. He does call. And the button calls. So
we're going four ways to a flop. $500 in
the pot. I see a Queen in the window.
That's a pretty good flop for us. Queen
Six Three rainbow. It's a pretty dry
board. The small blind checks to us. So
now we have the option of betting, which
we're definitely going to take. You don't
want to bet too big on boards like this
because there aren't very many draws.
It's hard for you to actually get called
unless somebody has a Queen, an overpair,
or a hand like pocket Jacks. So we don't
want to bet huge. We want to bet small,
and get called, and maybe we can get two
streets of value with this hand. So I bet
$200 and the small blind calls. The turn
is an Eight. It does put a flush draw on
board, but I'm not really worried about
that at this time. Small blind checks,
again. We definitely have the best hand. I
bet $525. What I consider another
smallish bet
compared to the pot. When choosing your
best size you should be picking bets
that are relative to how many hands can
call you. If there aren't a lot of hands
that can call you you should bet small.
And if there are a ton of hands that can
call you
you can bomb it. I bet $525 and the small
blind folds. A nice easy start to the vlog.
Okay, we've got an under the gun straddle of
$10. I'm gonna be in the big blind in
this hand. So I'll be out of position the
entire hand.
We've got a few limpers going around
the table. I look down at pocket Queens
in the big blind. I'm gonna raise this
up after three people limped. I make it
$70 to go. While the other players are
thinking I want to let you know this
entire session was live streamed on
YouTube. You can go watch the entire
eight-hour session right now if you want.
I downloaded the entire stream and used
some of that footage, which is with a
different camera, in this vlog. The
quality might not be the best but it
gives you a really good view of the
table. Okay three ways to the flop.The flop
is Nine Seven Six with two hearts. This
really isn't the kind of board I want to
c-bet with pocket Queens. I decide to
check. Under the gun bets a hundred. The
button calls. And I'm definitely gonna
call. I do have the Queen of hearts but
the turn is the Ten of clubs. This board
is starting to get scary especially for
a preflop raiser against two limpers. I
check and it checks through. Now the
river is the Ace of diamonds. Ahis should
help my range way better than my
opponent's who just limped in and also
bet and called on a Nine-high flop. It
checks over to the button and he bets
$125 and I'm just not believing this. I
actually decided to snap call to maybe
give the under the gun player the
impression that I rivered an Ace. Maybe he
can fold what he thinks is a worse Ace.
So I call and under the gun player
tanked for a while and eventually called
with Ace Five of hearts. And I was right
though, the button had nothing. During the
livestream the viewers wanted me to put
$100 on the button. So here I am. And I've
get Ten Seven suited. With two limpers
I'm just gonna raise it up here. Sort of a
semi-bluff. I'm sure one of these guys
will call. I'll have to c-bet the flop.
Then I'll take it down. But they end up
both calling. So now we're going three
ways to a flop with Ten Seven suited. But
at least I'm in position.
Maybe we can flop something. Yeah. I flop
a gut shot and a backdoor flush draw but
that's about it. They checked to me. I'm
gonna make a little bet here see if I
can get them to fold, or set up a big bet
on the turn. So I bet $300 and both
players call. The turn is the third
diamond. If they check to me I guess I'm
gonna bet one more time and see what
happens. They do check. It's time to go a
little bit bigger. A more sizable bet. I
bet $700 praying for a fold and both
players fold.
Let's go! And I show them the bad news.
We're gonna watch this hand from the
sidelines. The hand starts out four
handed going to the flop. Flop is King
Nine Seven rainbow. First player checks.
Second player checks. It checks all the way
to the button. He makes it $40 to go. Gets
a fold. And he gets a caller. And they're
gonna go heads up to the turn. The turn
is the Deuce of hearts which makes a
heart flush draw available. The first
player checks and the button bets $80. Under the
gun calls $80.
The river's a Five of hearts. It's a pretty
ragged board. There's really no
connectivity other than the back door
hearts. The out of position player checks
and the button fires again after just
checking his option preflop. I would
assume the button just has some sort of
King. Maybe even a hand like King Nine
for two pair. The out of position player
check raises to $800.
It's over to the button to decide what
to do. Thinks for a while before making
it $1,500. He only left
$500 behind. Under the
gun shoves and the button snap calls.
Under the gun shows Ace Nine for the nut
flush.
And the button had King Six of hearts
for the second nut flush. Holy cow! A brutal $2,000 cooler!
Wes: "You know what. I'm gonna be nice. Guys, I'd normally raise here." This hands starts with me being a nice guy. I
checked my straddle option and instantly
flopped two pair. I have top two pair on a
Queen Ten Six board with a Ten Six of clubs.
I have Queen Ten of spades. I have no back
doors. I decide to bet $50 and I get
called. Turn is a Nine of diamonds. This
board is starting to get a little
straighty. But I think I can still
value bet. The small blind checks to me
and I bet $125. The board now has two
flush draws and many straight draws. I
really think this guy can call me with
the worst hand. Small blind calls $125. The
river is the Seven of hearts putting a
four card straight on the board. Any
Eight makes a straight. The small blind
checks and the question on this river is,
"Can we bet for value?" Pause the video
right now and leave a comment below. "Bet
Queen Ten" or "Check Queen Ten." We're gonna
find out if you're right because I'm
gonna bet this river. I bet $240
on the river with top
two pair on a four card straight board.
It's over to the small blind and he's in
the tank.
While he's thinking about what to do go
ahead and hit that like button. I really
appreciate it.
The small blind calls and I show my hand and
his cards quickly hit the muck!
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second favorite hand pocket Aces in the
big blind. We've got a bunch of limpers in this hand before it gets to me.
I make it $50 to go.
I expect pretty much all these guys to
call. That's just the kind of game this
is. I could make it $75 and maybe get some
folds but it just doesn't seem necessary.
If they're limping in their hands aren't
that strong. I'm not really worried about
them. Of course they can always flop
something, but we have a huge advantage.
The flop is Ten Three Deuce with two
spades. I do have the Ace of spades but
I'm gonna c-bet this board no matter
what. I c-bet $100. We get a call on my
left. A couple folds and now we're heads
up to the turn. The turn is a Jack of
clubs.
It really only improves Jack Ten which
is a pretty common holding. But I'm still
gonna c-bet this turn card. He could
have called the flop with any number of
flush draws that have now turned a
straight draw. I bet $310 on this turn
card. If he called the flop I think he's
gonna call this turn. He either has a
flush draw or a Ten and it can actually
look like I have Ace King and just be
firing again on the turn. So he might
just call with one pair.
The river is the Deuce of hearts which
is actually a really good card for me.
Anytime you have a big over pair and the
bottom card pairs you might have just
sucked out on to pair.
I'm definitely betting this river. I can
now beat Jack Ten. I'm really only
worried about him having some random
Deuce or maybe a flop set of Threes.
I bet $525
and it's over to the under the
gun player to decide what to do. He calls.
I show. It looks like I have the
best hand. Yep. He pays me off. Three
streets of value against a limped hand.
With no limit on the straddles we have a
$25 under the gun straddle in this
hand. A player raises to $80 and I look
down at Queen Jack suited and I decide
to call. Playing in a game like this you
really have to know that if you're gonna
call you're gonna go to the flop
sometimes five or six ways. In this hand
we end up going three ways to the flop
and I have Queen Jack of spades.
The flop is Jack Ten Nine with the Jack
Ten of diamonds. I flop top pair and
and open ender but this is kind of a
scary board. But when the two players
checked to me I think I need to bet this.
I might have the best hand. I could
always turn a straight. And I need to charge
them to draw if they're drawing to
diamonds or some other straight. And I
get check raise to $455.
I guess that's one of
the risks of betting this flop. But I
still think I have to bet this flop. And
I think I have to call this check raise. I
have no idea if this player might have
Ace Five of diamonds or maybe he has a
Nine Eight off suit. I'm gonna go ahead
and make this call. And I'm gonna see a
turn. The turn is a Ten of clubs.
My opponent instantly checks and I'm
never betting this turn card. But I don't
feel like I should act right away. I'm
just gonna sit here and act like I'm
thinking about a few things and then
check. The river is a Ten of hearts. So it
goes running Tens to give me Tens full
of Jacks, which should be the best hand.
In fact, a lot of the time I think I'm
just chopping with this guy. But he
checked to me so I'm gonna bet. I decide
to bet $600. And he almost
instantly shoves all-in for $3,500!
How did this hand get out of control
like this?? Okay. Let's think about this.
There's no straight flush. He's very
unlikely to have a Ten since he check
raised. I think I need to call. He
probably just has a Jack and is trying
to get me off of a chop. I double-checked
my hole card before calling. And as soon
as I call he says, "Good call." And he was
bluffing for $3,500! Hillbilly: "I just struck oil!" Alright, I've got a $50 button
straddle. We got one caller from the
under the gun player and a player makes
it $200 to go.
I pick up my cards and I have pocket
Aces on the button with the raise to 200
in front of me. Alrighty, well I'm gonna
make it more.
I raise to $550.
I assume under the gun is just
gonna fold and get out of the way. And
let's see what the other player wants to
do. He rips it in for just under a
thousand dollars. You can't find a better
spot than this.
I always just run it once so we're gonna
see five cards. Flopping an Ace is gonna
be pretty good for me. Uh, spades.
Hopefully he doesn't have any spades. Uh, any
spade wins now. Nope, just a red Ace King
and I take down $1,000. God mode
activated! Just a quick note, I will be
traveling to Austin on January the 25th
playing on a livestream at the
Texas Card House in Austin. I'll be
taking my game including a no cap buy-in,
no cap on the straddles, and even some of
my crazy players to Austin for an RFID
whole cards included live stream. If you
want to come hang out or if you want to
watch the live stream follow me on
Twitter for more details. I'm on the
button again with another $50 straddle.
This time we're gonna get quite a few
limpers limping in. I'm not really sure
why these guys don't just raise, but you
should really be raising with any hand
that you want to come into a pot with.
But they just keep limping and limping
and limping. So it limps around to me and
I look down it pocket Aces, again. Oh my
god. This is the exact same two suits on
the button again. I'm gonna raise it up. I
make it $250. I could have made it
bigger in this spot, $350 to even $400 if I
wanted to really punish them. But I
decided this time to go with the small
raise and just see what happens. If we go
five ways to the flop I'll be okay. The
number of players that see this flop. as
well as the texture of the board, will
determine how quickly I play my Aces. If
I just flop an Ace again I'll be pretty
confident, but
that's pretty unlikely. We've got one
call of the $250, already. We've got
another caller. And another caller. This
is kind of what I expected.
We're going four ways to the flop. Let's
flop an Ace. No. No. That's not an Ace.
That's all hearts. The flop is Ten Five Six all
hearts. I don't have any hearts in my
hand. It checks to me and I don't see any
reason to c-bet this board. I'm just
gonna check behind.
Let's turn...well, that's an Ace alright.
The turn is the Ace of hearts which
really helps me in almost no way at all
other than the fact that of course we
can pair the board on the...Oh, I have a
flush! That's great. A flush. There are FIVE
hearts on this board. and I have a set of
Aces. This hand has gone check check
check check check check check check and
now the big blind is gonna bet $700.
Actually, he's the most likely player to
have a big heart in his hand. He could
have been planning to check raise. I
really want to call this bet but in
reality I would just be chopping if he
were bluffing. So the question here is
really...A) does this guy have it, and then
B) would he call a shove? He bet $700 and
he had about $2,000 to $2,500 behind. If I
ended up shoving and I was wrong, man
that would hurt. But it's possible he's
just playing the board and trying to get
everybody off of a chop. In the end I
just decided it wasn't worth it and I
fold. In this hand we're gonna get a
little loosey-goosey with Ten Seven suited.
Again. There's a $20 under the gun
straddle and I'm gonna open to $75. If
you guys think this is a little too
loose you're probably right! So I make it
$75. We get a call in the cut off. It's over
to the big blind
and he hasn't mucked right away which
makes me think he's gonna play this hand.
He raises to $225. Now we get punished.
But guess what... I'm not folding. I go
ahead and make the call. I want to see a
flop. I'm actually gonna be in position
against this three bettor. It's not a bad
deal. The cut off folds. We're heads up. Flop
them dead, dealer. The flop is Nine Seven
Six with two hearts, none of my suit. So I
have middle pair and a gut shot. The big
blind checks to me and as the three
bettor on this board it actually makes a
lot of sense that he's gonna check this
flop. Even with all his over pairs. With a
pair in a gutshot we actually have a
pretty good chance to win this hand. If
he just has Ace King of spades I think
we can take this down right here. So I
bet $225 and the big blind looks like he
doesn't want to fold. He decides to call.
Let's see a turn. Ooh, Ten of hearts. So we
improved to two pair. But now there are
three hearts on board. I would assume if
this guy had let's say Ace King of
hearts or Ace Queen of hearts he would
have just bet this flop because he would
not have been concerned about being
raised. So I don't think he has a flush
very often. I think we have the best hand
here a ton of the time. I think he would
have c-bet pocket Tens on this flop.
So I'm not worried about him turning a set and he definitely didn't a flop a
set. He is tanking though.
He decides to go ahead and call $400. We're
off to a river. The river is the Four of
diamonds, which basically does nothing
for either of us. I'm gonna make the
diamonds blue on this board just so you
can see what's going on here. We still
just have to worry about hearts which I
don't think this guy has. I have one of
the better hands I'm gonna have in this
spot. Of course
flushes and straights would be way stronger
but I have almost top two pair. If
I had a hand like Four Six or Six Seven
maybe I should check this river. But I'm
gonna go ahead and bet. I decide to bet a
little bit small, $625.
Basically targeting
something like pocket Queens with the
Queen of hearts.
He decides to fold and I take it down.
Moving on to this hand, I'm gonna
activate God Mode and give myself pocket Aces, again. There's a $20 under the gun
straddle and I make it $60 to go. The
game's a little bit more short-handed
than it was previously.
We're probably six or seven handed at
this point. It's gonna fold around to the
under the gun straddle and he reraises
to $220 dollars! I double-checked my cards
and I'm about to go to war. This guy is
about $6k deep and I cover. I'm actually
about $10k deep at this point. I'm gonna
make a reraise here and this could
get really interesting. I decide to make
it $660 to go because I actually
believe he has a hand. I don't think he's
gonna reraise out of position
without a big hand. He decides the call
and we're going to a flop. The flop is
Eight Six Three with two hearts. This
flop means nothing to nobody.
He checks and I'm gonna c-bet. It's
pretty standard to down bet in these
spots and I think this is a good board
to do it on. I make it $400 to go.
We basically want him to continue with
any Ace King or Ace Queen and any of his
over pairs. Oh! The turn is an Ace! Making
sets of Aces is so easy! He checks, which
I expect him to do. There's now a second
flush draw which I'll show in blue. But
it doesn't really affect this hand. It's
possible that sometimes he is gonna have
a non-standard reraising hand so I want
to go ahead and start betting a little
bit bigger here and I make it $700 to go.
And he snap folds. For this hand we're
right back into God Mode. I've got Queens
in the big blind.
There's a $10 button straddle which means
the small blind acts first and then it's
on to me. So I make it $40 to go. We're
going to be out of position during this
hand so it's gonna be a little bit
tougher to play. But we have Queens and
we're definitely going to battle. Under
the gun plus one calls my $40 raise and
it's over to the cutoff. And the player
in the cut off makes that $150. Well,
guess what...he's gonna get 4-bet. I
double-check my cards before I do
anything but it's actually stuck on the
button. He seems to be making a decision.
Is this guy really gonna 4-bet him and
I'm gonna have to make a big 5-bet??
The button's tanking but it looks like
he's just gonna call. It's around to me
and I'm definitely not just calling. I
don't want to play this hand three
handed out of position. Plus I probably
have the best hand. I definitely can beat
the button. You never know with a cut off
re-raising, but I'm gonna put more money
in this pot. Leave a comment below on
what you think the sizing should be on
this 4-bet. I'm going big. I make it
$700 to go out of position.
You've already got some money in the pot
with players showing you they're very
interested in their hands. Let's go! After
making it $700 the cut off
really has a decision to make here. If he
just calls the pot's gonna be anywhere
from $1,400 to $2,100 depending on what the
button does. He'll have about $2,000 left in his stack if he
just calls and it's gonna make it pretty
awkward to continue when you just have a
pot size bet behind. This bet sizing
really puts them in a tough spot where
$400 would have been really easy to call.
The cutoff is all-in for $2,700. The
button snap folds and I call. He
immediately says, "Nice hand." I'm not sure
if he just knows that I'm running hot or
if he got caught in some weird bluff.
It's kind of a scary board if he was
bluffing. Board runs out a bunch of low
cards. I show my hand and he says, "You're
good." Cards are in the muck and we take it
down.
$2,700 my way! Which leaves a question, "Do
you believe in God...
Mode?" And this is my stack at the end of
the night. I bought in for $5k and I
cashed out $13.6K for an over
$8,000 profit. If you like this video
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