What's up poker people. My name is Wes
and this is my poker vlog. Today we're
playing a $1/$3 No Limit Hold'em cash game
session at Texas Card House in Houston,
Texas. We normally play $5/$5 on the
vlog, but today we're playing $1/$3.
So the game should be pretty
conservative...right?? 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 share
the fun of the games that I play in. Enjoy the
action. Alright, let's get started. We've got
a $1/$3 session. Maybe this will be
a little bit more relatable than that
crazy $5/$5 sessions I've been
playing in. So this hand starts I've got
the straddle under the gun. We've got a
few limpers and I'm gonna look down at
Two Three suited. Now if you've been
watching my channel you might have the
impression that I love Two Three suited.
But it's not actually true. If you told
me I had to go the rest of my life never
playing Two Three suited again I'd be
totally okay with that. But it just
happens I was in the straddle, the raise
wasn't too big, and I wanted to see a
flop, And now the hard part, flopping
something good with Two Three suited.
That's what we're looking for!
So on this flop I'm always going to
check to the preflop raiser. And the
question is do I want a check raise or
check call. So we checked to the button
who bets $50 and I decided right away I'm
gonna give it a check raise. I made it $125.
I don't want to go too big. I don't want
to blow them off their hand. Or let them
know that I have a Three. But I want to
start building a pot. And I think this is
the best way to do it. Surprisingly we
get called in two spots and we're going
to a turn. That's a good turn card. I
looked around at the two players and one
of them has about $350 left and the other
one has maybe $150 left. So this pot's
already $470...
I'm just gonna put them all-in. See if
they want to call off with a Queen. So I
bet $356 effective 
And the middle position player
calls pretty quickly. And the other
player folds. We go to a river. I show
my Three. River's an ace.
The Three is good and he shows Ace Queen.
You know what, maybe I do like Deuce
Three. Last Saturday I hosted my very
first live stream on YouTube.
We had an 8-hour $5/$5 session where
there were thousands of dollars moving
around the table. We had tons of viewers.
I answered questions. Everybody had a
good time. I'm gonna start doing this
more often.
So make sure you subscribe and follow me
on Twitter so you can find out when I go
live. This is the first time that I
played with the player on my right. He
was showing some signs of splashiness.
Maybe he was getting bored but he had
recently raised to $400 preflop and then
flashed the Nine of diamonds. So I kind
of thought he was kind of loosening up.
Looking for some action. In this hand we
had a straddle and a couple calls and he
just makes it $60 bucks to go. I had
pocket Eights.
I called. Of course, you're always hoping
to hit a set, but what if you don't? And
we don't. But it is a Seven-high flop so
we're actually ahead of a lot of the
hands he's gonna raise preflop. And then
he just bets $400 into a pot that has $140
in it. That's a pretty big
bet. And I just don't think you're going
to be doing that with Aces or Kings. Wes, turn the camera towards me.
This is Big Mac. I'm a man of my word.
Next card, I don't care what it is,
I'm all-in. Okay, what's going on with
this guy? Why would he say this? I started
thinking about a range this guy might
play this way. Again I mentioned he was
loosening up and showing some aggression,
some action, some willingness to gamble.
Let's just put him on a range of any
pair all the way from Deuces to Aces and
Ace Jack, Ace Queen, and Ace King. I think
this is a pretty reasonable range for
this guy. It leaves him some really
strong hands; Aces and Kings. Although I
still think those are unlikely. But it
does give him some sets. Sevens, Fours, and
Deuces that have us crushed. But also
some over pairs that again have us
crushed. But those big high cards. Ace
Queen, Ace Jack, and Ace King. That might
want to play this way. And that may even
call an all-in and give us a chance to
win a big pot. As you can see, against
this range it's a coin flip. And there's
already $500 out there. So what do we do?
I end up ripping it in and he called
pretty quickly. Which is concerning. We
didn't show our cards. And I messed up
the camera angle. But the run out is
gonna be an Ace and a Deuce. He doesn't
show his hand right away. So I go ahead
and table. And he shows pocket Tens. Bye bye
$1,500! I bought back in for $2,000. This
is the weirdest series of flop lag that
I've ever experienced. This is so crazy I
just had to include it in my vlog. So in
the previous hand I had those Eights
where he just busted me. I would have
turned quads. And if he had tens he would
have flopped a set. It would have been set
over set and I would have turned quads.
If you're looking at the last hand. So
again on that hand
I had pocket Sevens and it comes the
very next flop Seven Seven. In this hand I have
Jack Nine of clubs. And in the next hand...
look at this flop.
King Nine Nine. So flop lag I would have
flopped trips, In the actual hand I have
Six Three of clubs and I'm trying to bet
a flush draw and I end up folding the
river. But let's look at the next hand.
Are you kidding me?? Look at that. I flop
trips. I would have turned a full house.
I know what the river is going to be. Wes: The river is gonna be a Six, everybody.
And that's the laugh of a man who's not
sure what he just saw.
Alright in this hand we're gonna go to
battle again with that guy on my right,
Big Mac. He's gonna open in this hand and
I looked down at King Eight suited and I
just decided I'm gonna 3-bet him. Let's
try to isolate. Play this hand heads up
against him in position. So I make it a
hundred dollars to go. I'm really
expecting everyone to fold. I'm expecting
Mac to call. And we're gonna see a flop.
Before he calls he asked me how much I
had behind which is about $1,500. And then
he makes the call. Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh
my god! It is hard to get paid off when
you flop the nut flush. You're gonna have
to build a pot slowly...Mac: All-in! Come on! Wes: Sorry, man.
What. Just Happened??
Mac: Got it all back in one hand.
In this hand, man I hate saying this, but I'm gonna play one of those hands that I always say that I don't
play. Or at least I don't LIKE to play. So
we're on the button with Ace Nine offsuit.
There's a raise to $26 and everybody calls.
I'm on the button and it's just $20 bucks
more. I'm gonna call and see a flop. Of
course we're hoping for an Ace but what
do you do when you hit one? So I hit an
Ace. I don't have a kicker. There's some
worse kickers that actually make two
pair. So what do I even do? The original
raiser checks and now the big blind takes
over the action by betting $50. The cut
off calls. And I guess I'm gonna call. See
a turn. Pray for 9. I don't even think I
want to hit an Ace. Man I really hate
this hand. Alright, so we're going to
turn. That's a Three. Does that improve
anybody?? I have no idea. This is so hard! I
hate doing this. Why did I play this hand??
I should just fold this every time. Okay,
now he's betting $75. Do I really believe
this guy? I mean you're not worried about
this board? And now the cutoff calls. I'm
actually more worried about that cutoff.
But I'm gonna do one of those plays that
everybody in the comments is just
confused about, and I'm gonna raise it to
$300. Now, I do have actually pretty strong
reasons for doing this. I'm not gonna get
into them on this vlog. You guys have
seen me do this a couple times before.
It's gonna have varying degrees of
success. Sometimes you're gonna get a
better hand the fold. Sometimes you're
gonna get a worse hand to call. And
that's basically what we're going for
here. So I make it $300. The big blind
calls. Tt's over to the cutoff and he
also wants to see the river. Which is an
Ace of clubs. Is that good for us?? Man I
don't really know! At this point I'm just
hoping that raise on the turn bought us
a showdown. We're gonna see what these
guys have and maybe we win. Sure enough it
checks around. The first guy shows Ace Eight.
I can beat that. I show my hand. And then
the cutoff shows Four Five for a straight. It was
the nuts on the turn. I don't know why he
didn't raise that turn after I put $300
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you guys this hand because in this hand
I have the dreaded pocket jacks. And I'm
gonna teach you the precise way to play
this hand. We've got $6 in the
straddle. A couple limpers. And we're
gonna bomb it to $50. Step one is to
punish the limpers. Try to get this hand
heads up and go to the flop. But instead
we're gonna go to the flop five ways. Alright, well, there's $216 in the pot. Let's
see a flop. Maybe we can flop a Jack. So the flop is Five Five Three. When it checks
to me...oh my gosh, that guy's all-in for a
$150??
Uhm, the pot's already $400. I guess I'm
gonna call. Man he has a Five doesn't he??
I hate pocket jacks! Maybe I should have
just limped in. And now the guy on my right
calls. Oh my god, does HE have a Five? Alright, well, it's only $150.
I'm gonna call. Let's see what happens.
Maybe we need to build a pot on the side
against the guy on my right.
I don't really know. Luckily nobody else
calls. We're gonna go to a turn card. Maybe
we could hit a good turn card. Oh, a Seven. I
don't think that's a good turn card. I'm
basically just trying to check this hand
down at this point. A Six. There's no way.
There's no way we're...there's no way we're
winning this hand. I show my pocket Jacks and
there's quite a bit of a delay before
KingFive5 is shown. Yeah, King Five called
$50 preflop. Yeah, that happened.
This hand starts with a raise to $25 and
two callers before we even look down at
Ace Queen suited. I'm gonna bump it up.
Make it $100 to go. Let's thin the
field a little bit or at least make the
pot bigger to where it's easier to put
pressure on these people. The initial
raiser calls. A player on his left also
calls. And we do drop one player. So we're
going three ways to the flop. Okay we
don't hit anything but it could be worse.
We've got some backdoor draws and we
might even be able to get some over
cards to fold. So I'm gonna bet $125. It's
kind of a small bet but it serves its
purpose on this type of flop. And now the
guy goes all-in for $406. I guess I stepped in it but I'm
getting 2:1. I'm gonna make the
call. Hope for some favorable run out. Oh!
We got him! Did he just say "full boat"?? Oh!
The board paired! He had a set he has a
full house! And we lose. What have I done
to make the poker gods hate me??? And
here's my stack. I'm not gonna count it.
You can figure it out. And moving on to a
hand that everyone loves to play Jack
Ten suited. And it's on the button. There
was a raise in front of us. A couple of
calls. I'm gonna call. I've got position and
a beautiful drawing hand. And we flop
the top end of an open ender. Wow we
don't have the flush draw to go with it
but I really like this hand at this
point. Especially in position. We're just
gonna call. Let's see a turn card. It's $25
to go. We go three ways of the turn.
Give me that seven! That's a five. OK,
OK, well, we didn't turn a straight. The
big blind continues with a $75 bet. I'm
actually okay with this. We need to build
a pot if we're gonna want to bomb
this river.
So I'll call $75 so that we can make it like
$300 on the river when a 7 comes. The small
blind gets out of the way. We're now
heads up to the river. God dang it!!!
As often happens with Jack Ten suited
we're at the river with Jack-high. The big
blind bets $100. I'm kind of wondering
what hand this guy can have it he can
bet every street on this board. Now, I
don't beat anything, but the question is
will he fold a hand like Queen Jack of
spades if I make a raise? And if I'm gonna
raise do I even need to make it that big??
I decide to make a small raise targeting
missed flush draws that are over cards. I
make it $225. And if this guy just has
spades he's gonna fold faster than...he
called. Oh, I got uhm, Jack-high. He shows
Nine Seven of spades. That hand might
have folded to a really big raise. But
I'm not even sure. Sometimes you gotta
mix it up and try different things. Look
at my VPIP in this game! It is blowing
up!
I definitely play more hands in $1/$3
games than I do in the $5/$5
game. I widen my range quite a bit in
$1/$3 and I narrow my range when I'm
playing $5/$5. I'm on the button here
with King Queen and I called an $18 raise.
I flop a King in position and I get
checked to. I make a $20 bet and the big
blind calls. Now I don't assume the big
blind would never have a King here. He
should just lead out into me. So I should
have the best hand. On that turn card,
although I might not have the best hand,
I do turn an open ender. So I'm gonna
bet $50 and see what he does. He just
calls. And I river three of a kind. This
card may not really matter in this spot.
If I was ahead on the flop I'm still
ahead now. The only thing this changes is
me beating Jack Ten. I'm gonna make a
small bet see if he wants to call. I bet
$120. He looks me up. I show my
hand and he quickly mucks. The only hand
that really makes a lot of sense for him
to call down with his probably Ace Jack.
And I guess we got lucky on the flop and
he just decided to call us down. Now
let's watch me play a hand that nobody
at home should ever play ever ever.
There's a $6 button straddle. The
small blind calls. And I raise it up with
King Seven suited because I'm not you.
The cutoff calls. The button calls. And
we're gonna go multi-way to the flop
because a small blind called as well. So
that's four ways going to a flop with
King Seven suited. And that's what I
deserve! Alright well I'm not giving up
yet. I see one card out there that has
the same shape as my cards have so I'm
gonna see bet. I bet $50. The
cutoff calls. We go heads up. Let's turn...a
King! Yeah! Yeah! That'll work.
And I decide to get tricky on this hand.
I checkity-check it over to the cutoff
who bets $50. I tank for awhile like I'm
not sure what to do. And I'm gonna make a
raise.
Part of what I want to do with this
raise its make it look like I'm not sure
what I'm doing...yeah, that that'll do it.
So, I make it $150.
It's over to the cutoff. He says, "What is
that? A hundred more?" and he makes the
call. Okay, we're going to the river. And
on this river I want you guys to pause
the video and type in the comments "bet
the king" or "check the king" Which one do
you think I should do? If you typed "check
the king" you should go back over to Andrew Neeme's vlog. I bet $200 on this
river. I'm really targeting a hand like
pocket Nines or eight Nine that just
doesn't believe I could have turned to
King. He calls and his cards go in the
muck. Which means we win. Don't try this
at home.
And now we've got everybody's second
favorite hand pocket aces. Admit it, you
like some other hand better. There's a
button straddle to $6. I'm gonna
make it $25
to go. We get a call from the cutoff and
we get a call from the button. We're
going three ways to a flop. If you're not
thinking "Flop an Ace. Flop an Ace. Flop an Ace." then you're not doing this right.
Flop an ace! Since I have the ace of
clubs it really limits how many flush
draws these guys can have. So I'm just
gonna bet small and hope to get called
by something like Queen Jack, or whatever.
I bet $25 and both players call which is
kind of surprising. The turn is a club
which gives me the nut flush draw and
again it's very unlikely that these guys
would have turned to flush since I have
the ace of clubs.
I bet $75. The cut off calls and then the
button raises to $200. Maybe I was wrong.
Maybe this guy did have a flush draw. He
only raised to $200. I can still call,
pair the board, and make a "full boat." So
I'm gonna go ahead and call and just
hope this dealer pairs the board. The cut
off folds and we get heads up. Come on
dealer pair the board. Yeah, not this time.
I go ahead and check. The button bets $200.
This is the same bet he made on the turn.
I'm just gonna call. And instantly he
says "I missed". So I just show my cards and
he mucks. He's probably lucky that he
didn't hit that draw! A player in the
game was giving out stickers anytime a
player did something good. Like win a
hand or bluff somebody. And these are the
stickers I've earned to this point. But
there's one sticker that I haven't won,
yet. And I want to win it. Wes: "Show the the camera what's up for grabs."
The ever-elusive koala! Alright if I want to win the koala sticker
I'm gonna have to win this hand, somehow.
I look down at Ten Eight offsuit with
two limps in front of me. Alright, let's
just start raising. I make a $15 to go.
A bunch of people call and we're going
to a flop.
I flop a pair so that's a pretty good
start. It's really not the best board.
I'm gonna check see what the other
players do. It checks to the player on my
left and he's gonna bet $25. I guess he's
trying to win his own koala sticker. That
doesn't make any sense. The button also
calls. Wes: "Koala!" Player: "I feel like you guys are gonna
win the koala." The under the gun
limper calls and I call I'm gonna need
some sort of miracle. An Eight from Down
Under!
Now we turn trips but of all the Eights
this is definitely the worst eight. It
puts three to the flush out there. I'm
just gonna have to check-call. Hope to
pair the board, again. So the button bets
$20. Under the gun player, who limped, and
then called the raise, and then check-called, is also gonna call. And then I'm
gonna call. Apparently these guys want
this koala sticker just as bad as I do
because we're going three ways to the
river.
Crikey! "Ko-all" of the chips are gonna be
mine! I'm just gonna lead this river
for $100. I bet a hundred. The button
calls and the under the gun player is
gonna fold.
Wes: "Give me that koala!"
Player: "Ohhhhhhh!" Wes: "Yeah, put it up.........I worked hard for it."
Alright, last hand of the vlog. Let's make this one a good one.
I've got Ace King suited under the gun. I
had already straddled for $6
and everybody just limped in and I made
it $40 bucks to go. The button comes along
for a ride
as does a small blind. We're going three
ways to the flop.
Guess what? Three to a Royal Flush! I'm
gonna c-bet. It checks to me. I decide to
go with a $60 bet sizing. That's half
pot. And this flop is pretty dry. The
button folds and a small blind calls.
Look at that turn card!! I now have a
flush draw a straight draw and a royal
flush draw. When you turn a draw like
this, a draw that you know you're never
gonna hit, you should bet pretty big.
I bet $170 here. You can bet a little bit
bigger. Maybe even up to pot. But I'm okay
with this sizing. Small blind calls and
we're gonna need to hit this river. Which,
you know, we're never gonna do. Yeah, we
brick the river. This guy has about $300
left. He checks. I'm just gonna make an
attempt to win this pot. I put them all-in for his $300 and he instantly tables
his hand in disgust showing that he
has Jack Eight. He has a jack! I assume
he's gonna call but he's just sitting
there. Let's just all sit together in the
awkwardness with the Jack staring us in
the face.
He folded! He folded! We win! He asked if I
had it and I kindly showed him that I
did not. So after getting into the game
for $3,000 I actually booked a $500 loss
which I'm really happy with because it
could have been a lot worse. If you liked
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