What strategy from this video are you most excited to use at your next live poker cash game?

"Stop paying people off when you know you're beat" - such intuitively obvious and yet great advice many of us need to internalize.

just played a hand after watching your video...I rivered a straight and I remember you said about 'people usually value bet if they have a straight/flush on the river' so I intentionally check my hand and make someone think their overpair is good and pay my check raise off, made an extra 1k+ because of that lol, thanks so much for the video and the advice

Bro the first one min of the video, the words you chose just pumps me up so much. Thanks for everything you do!

Thanks for the preflop help ive realized ive been limping in to much with strong hands playing super tight all the time

Thank you! A very helpful video! Can’t wait to put these into action!

Thanks so much Johnathan, after watching your videos I have learned a lot , and now I have more confidence on the table

Thanks for this ❤️. I'd love a video on speech play and live reads 🙏.

Great stuff as always. Loved the info from you and Fitzgerald's in the last couple videos. My cbets were getting a little loose, betting 80% on the flop too often and not enough vs loose/wild regs.

Great advice! Great video! Thanks Jon!

Love your coaching thanks for all you do

Raising to $6 in my local 1-2 game wouldn’t get a single fold behind. $10 from the HJ often gets 3 calls still. I use $12-$15, is this bad in this case?

JL is an absolute legend! What he has done to help anybody who wants to learn is immeasurable.

I’m completely in agreement that limping in with 96 offsuit is a bad play. However, I must say I consider 69o a nice hand and a great limp

Have been watching you for a while now Mr.Little. I will be getting some poker coaching from you in the future, because you have provided sooooo much free info that I have profited from. Appreciate all of it

I didn't know you should 3 bet like this you always have good words of encouragement and experience.

Awesome video thanks so much Jonathan

I liked what you said about being in SB and 3 betting, then follow up on flop if called. Then again on turn and large on river.

It's my dream to play for a living. I live in Tampa. I gotta make this happen I just have to work on my discipline more than my skill. Your video help a ton

THAT WAS A HELL OF A LESSON!!! TKS... HELLO FROM BRAZIL

The great thing is these tips apply to online cash games as well tx a lot LIL JON

Hi Jonathan, I have learned so much from your videos and continue to look forward to new ones. I have a question about the range charts you use in this and many other videos. You stress the RFI and 3-bet charts most often but can you send me the link to any videos that address the ranges for calling a raise and/or limping behind other limpers? I don’t see those very often, if at all. Thanks again for all the great content.

Thanks for all your help sir!

Great video, thank you very much.

super helpful video

The problem of playing small stakes with 2.5x or 3x strategy is that basically everyone is calling your raise and as a result you have 4,5,6 opponents after the flop.

Thanks man.

The BEST Poker Mentor ! Thanks J L

This was one of the better videos I have seen from you

AA hand - bet 80 and checking the river no matter what comes (folding any raises)

Took a couple of weeks off and have been really enjoying the shorter videos. I find having very narrow topics in easy to Digest chunks makes studying more enjoyable. Just booked a win at a casino in Louisiana 600->1654. The limper vid was good too.

You are an excellent poker teacher.

Thank you

Cash Bundle on hold Good video thanks 👍✌

Even though I have not improved by the turn, when he checks I think I he probably has a 1 pair hand or a draw. The front door flush just got there, and he could be slow playing it. I think I want to find out on the (cheaper) turn, not on the river. I want to make his club draw and single king or jack pay. I bet pot. ( I think I would bet 90% of pot in a live game because I could still jam the river and save myself a couple of bucks if I have to fold to an all in.)

KQ hand bet full pot checking the river no matter what comes (folding any raises)

I would check against a dynamic/aggressive player (not wanting to get x/r), and bet $80 vs a straight forward/more passive player.

Just gold!!!! 💯

I was talking to my friend who plays poker every so often for fun and he said my strategy takes the fun out of poker. I look at poker as my job, I do well and I dont need to get a real job with a boss and listen to people I cant stand...screw that, I do what I want when I want and poker is the reason. It started out as fun and when I realized I can do this and make better money than doctors I started reading poker books on strategy and learning pot odds... I got hooked.

I understand the concepts, but I'm really struggling with the over bet example. We have KQo. Board KT6 2 hearts. Pot is 32 and we bet 20 and get called (makes sense we have top pair Q kicker). Turn brings KT67, 2 diamonds 2 hearts. The board is now insanely dynamic SO DRAWS will call, we overbet to exploit all the draws. I still understand this. Now on the river is where I'm struggling with our bet. Board is now KT674 not suited. We now bet 365 into 272. Sort of goes without saying opponent is going to fold a lot here, but what I don't understand is when they call here we are almost always bad. What are the "hero calls" in this player's range, because we just over bet the turn and river? I really don't think K9 or worse is ever calling, so really it's only KJ, JJ and QQ we're beating. Now here are the realistic hands that beat us 66, TT. KT, K7, 67, 64, AK, AA. There can even be random heart draws like 53s, 58s that we lose to 1% of the time to make matters even worse. If we bet 80% pot on the end I can see more J and lower King kicker hands calling and the risk is lower if we get called and are behind. Dunno, just seems weird to me.

I don't understand: On the "Let's Start With Some Fundamentals" screen of this video, he says 3-bet a ton...except in the BTN or BB. But if you look at the poker charts (both 6-Max and 9-Handed) on Little's PokerCoaching website, there are 3-bets spread throughout the BTN and BB positions. So which is it?

Hi Jonathan, how well does this strategy apply to live cash online small stakes?

What range are you putting the LJ on when you have KQ by the time you start overbetting?

The hand with 2 Aces where we value bet on the river with 100, what if the player goes all in with 3 -5 times size the bet ? I faced some similar action last night and it turned out to be a trap. He checked on turn and then checked again on river and had a straight which was way better than my aces. What have you done here if he goes all in or raise 3 times ?

Betting $45 with KQos, very wet board, want to get value from all the draws, it feels like to me if you over bet with this hand, you are announcing you have a vulnerable best hand to your opponent, you're turning your hand face up, you have K-x

Most important advice: don't bluff off in fish, cost me so much money and I can't stop myself from bluffing into very weak range of fish and they call with crap

Hi Jonathan. Do you think we should take our bluffs out of the equation in cash games or we should use them as in tournaments.

On KhTh6d7d (with KsQc) I can see a lot of (my) opponents fold even KJ if I make it 120. And if they call I cannot overbet again (and should not even bet) on the river since at this time they either have KT+ or a missed draw. I agree though that the turn should see a substantial bet - say pot - and the weird part is that I can see even an All-In getting called here by many hands (huge draws, Kx and, of course, two-pair or better) whereas the 120 bet would scare my opponents Kx.

It’s always great when you raise preflop with jacks 924o flops you jam and they turn over 24.

in my games the standard raise preflop is like 10-15 big blinds so vetting 3.5 is basically a limp what should i do?

Hello Jonathan. My name is luke hassell and i play poker with your DAD here in pensacola. Tha k you for all you do for the game of poker. Any chance of you coming down here to play with us and your DAD? Super cool if you could, but i understand with kids its hard. Anyway love what you do brother keep it up!

Thanks you

I’m a bit confused. You said to 3 bet a ton but the ranges you showed were really tight for 3-betting. Also why shouldn’t you 3-bet on bb or btn? Was hoping you could explain these to me, but great video. U always have really good info.

@jonathan little Link to this specific range chart?

Betting $80-120 with the AA's, want to get value, don't want to chase away straight draws and flush draws

Hey Jonathan, It seems wrong to have a hard limit on your open size of 3.5bb? I come from an online background and understand that 3.5bb is a very big open in itself, but if you’re going multi-way every time using a 3.5x size, (which I would argue you almost always will in these low stakes game unless it’s midday on a weekday) shouldn’t you adjust by tightening your open raise range and increasing your open size accordingly until you start getting heads up somewhat consistently? It’s hard to capitalize on your edge if you’re always going 3 or 4 ways with small open sizes? Great video just curious on your thoughts on this

Overbet-- the second flush draw makes it too scarry for them to see the river cheap

i play with no rake in dallas tch, good tips

Pausing at 10:42 to say what I would do. I would make a half-pot sized bet. My opponent will probably assume I hit my flush draw. The most I would put them on is a top pair, set, or maybe two pair. If they call or reraise I’m going to be thinking they have the flush, or perhaps they have the ace of clubs hoping to catch their flush on the river.

Jonathan you have said in the past we really want opponents in when they’re drawing close to dead, but at 16:20 you say that you don’t care if pocket eights folds? How do you differentiate between these two situations? If they foldout 88 we take away their chance to bluff, don’t we?

What do you think about k 2 suited? Is that one you’d play early position or no?

great vid

Note if you have 3-5 players or more playing this described style at the table you want to play like Helmuth, play coy and set these guys up, let them do the betting for you. I love trapping players who always raise and 3 bet. Its a weakness easy to expose. Ill limp aces and premiums most time early in this game and get paid off all day long. Let yourself get bullied a few times in the small pots and watch them double you up. This lesson is basically 1 gear out of 4 or 5 you should be playing in and out of. Also note that in most cities 1-2, 1-3, 2-5 are the big games...we dont all live in Vegas.

I'm a premium member! Love it, thanks for all the content!!

I play 1/3 here in Canada, and max is $500 which everybody buys in for that, and almost every pot here is raised and the winner will win over $200, it’s a hard game as it gets really aggressive

K5s from the LJ to me is absolutely insane, of course I won't argue but wow

I agree you should almost always raise when you have strong hand

Either check turn and value bet river, or bet less than half pot turn and fold to raise

more thanks a lot

Lovet it 🙏👍

Why is it not recommended to 3-bet pre-flop if your are on the button?

I would have checked withAA for pot control because with Q10 possible straight

I wonder shouldn’t you open bigger size with premium holdings when you know that table calls 8bb raise pre with wide range? And if hand is most likely to be 5-7 ways if you open 2.5-3x?

What software are you using to generate these GTO charts?

Overbet to maybe $90, force out draws and maybe make a weaker or stronger king to fold

i play 1/3 live and the opening sizes are so large minimum 12 or 4bb or the whole table calls even $20 will get 2-3 callers

why does A6 fold when A5 and A7 call/raise?

Hello what is the poker etiquette for tiping the dealer in live cash?

Playing 2/5 in Vegas for my first poker vacation weekend right now. Your tips have been invaluable. Thank you! I know things get mathematically things get more complicated the deeper you get and games here are often 200+bb deep. How would you adjust ranges on each street as SPR gets much larger?

i .struggle with extremely soft tables where everyone just limps with premiums and calls every bets. need to change tables or learn to win these tables

Why not 3bet if BB or button? cuz I close action?

Jonathan, you said we should stick to the 2.5-3bb open size in these small games, but why? If we're playing tight and aggressive, with mostly just good hands, why wouldn't we want to exploit our opponent's willingness to still call with bad and marginal hands by just getting more money in right away?

Hmmm if I saw the flush came out I’d be cautious that’s his holding 2 clubs but I’m already in for some value due to the reraise soo I might act like I’ve hit my flush and bet another 35

Won 800 im 2 hours at 1/3 in shreveport last night. First time playing live in 10 years...god thry were bad. Id say just chill a few hands unless you get some bombs and see the level of people youre at the table with.

14:00 I'd bet 60 but it may be an overbet spot.

In my games I think betting 100 or 120 on the turn only gets called by sets, all the flush draws calling the $60 would fold to the overbet, and you lose value/own yourself. I do like the jam on the river though. puts KJo in a weird spot, which people play loosely in low stakes

What missed draw is finding a hero call on your KQ jam?

13:52 Check

60

I would bet medium. There is still value to be had there.

Dunno actually whether the given example is good example to apply overbetting strategy. 89gets there already on a Turn, 58 gets there on the River. Am I folding 58hh or 58dd on the Turn? I might consider that, but low stakes players definitely not.

bet $80. But be on yellow alert if you even get called, flush and straight danger, also two pair, and sets.

9:37 may I ask, how do you know that the opponent would not value-bet if his card was a queen?

How do you deal with the guys that RFI $15 (in a 1/3 game), and then you 3bet to $45 (3x the raise) for a buy-in of $300, youve already committed nearly 15BB to one hand. By the turn you could easily have nearly a third of your chips in

You forget 1 , Do not Play Drunk

What is the T?

Problem is if you live somewhere where there are no bigger games. There is 2-3 and 2-5 and that's it. Some are great and should be play higher, but cant.

Over bet for the simple fact the board is very wet with draws. Charge them to chase.

Check

Three bet more!