MUG this week at MGM Springfield! Meanwhile... Back to the lab. Here’s “What I’m Studying”: www.andrewneeme.com/what-im-studying/

As a poker dealer I appreciate your words about not cursing the dealer when a mistake is made

So good to see this new site. Love the "old-e but good-es". I watched you from the begin, like 4-years. Thanks for the memories.

Live and Learn. 2 winning sessions and still one of the Best Players out there! Your MUG are growing so much.Congrats A.Neeme!

Great vlog. Like the drone shots! Really like how you explain the variance with the exposed card and not taking it out on the dealer and/or bemoaning your luck. Reminded me of the old NBC public service announcements "The more you know.." lol

Tough decision, I think you're going to be right folding here more often than not. As you said, not many cash 5/5 cash game players shove on the river with air.

Wow surprised you didn’t call. Love your videos. When I’m thinking at the tables I see your voice explaining things

The good old 420 bet lol. When I used to grind a 2/5 game in college many years ago I would always buy in for $420. 4 stacks of red and one stack of white to make a nice full rack lol

I see my hand at 17:13 stacking chip... close to making the VLOG kinda counts

I felt that dagger when you flipped that 10 of Diamonds too. :(

Macallan 18? Andrew, you may be ready to join the Whiskey Tribe. It's definitely not a cult. I can't believe this video was out 6 days and never crossed my path. Guess I'll have to hit that damn bell. Great video as always.

What a great AA hand, super tough spot. Credit to the opponent for playing their spot well.

17:45 hes says "Kind of a tought spot" and I'm literally Lol'ing.

As always...great content Andrew!! You are nothing if not consistent

Stop bending the cards please my ocd can’t handle it 🤣

You should start calling pocket aces "ace ace offsuit"

At meet up game you might consider the AA call, but I don't know if you're going to get +EV in regular cash games with that call, unless you have very specific reads on opponent. More of those bluffs at 5/10 and up, maybe, but not enough to put over EV.

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Your narration n analysis are excellent. The Gardens is my home turf casino 👍🏼

Andrew, I'm just now discovering these videos and I'm enjoying them. Thank you for taking the time to put them together. This question has probably been addressed before... so my apologies if you've answered it already... but are you _allowed_ to record a video at the table like you're doing? Or Is that a hidden camera and the other players don't know you're video taping your hands? Also, what's the rake on a $5/$10 NL game here?

Great vlog.. I photo bomb the background at 13.20.. lol Great to see you again...

Its a beautiful site from a good restaurant, i have eaten there and enjoyed the California sunshine and view, food was very good, its a magical place , nice vlog Andrew!

Great vlog ! Had been feeling withdrawals after the KZfaq issues. Btw I folded AA on the river to Q (from P&Qs) that Saturday in SF & she had totally bluffed me. Will definitely try to make the March MUG or I will see you hopefully in Vegas later in March 🏒

It was a good fold... The 10d guy played it like a set .. GG

Solid play with a-6, solid play with jacks , 5-6 solid play, good check back on river with 9-8 can’t be blasting away he would have sigh called guaranteed.

Honestly I feel that AA spot is a fold against unknowns like every single time lol. That line is almost always a set that doesn't wanna see a flush complete on the river tbh. If he showed a Td he probably had a hand like QT that he randomly decided to turn into a bluff after putting you on an overpair. I feel like that it's very unusual for someone to do that and you made the right fold in the long run. Considering the price you're getting you need to be good like 1/3 of the time but villain is probably bluffing with this line like less than 1/10 of the time IMO

As long as he made the blog , it didn't matter that he lost all that money , what a world you live in Andrew , :-) .

That hand @17:00. Something you didn't mention which I see a lot. In that situation, the guy has $400 left and bets with $200. If he had a draw he'd either push since it's not far from pot or check since he's only got $400 left - some people do that, take the free card for their draw. He bet $200 however with $200 left behind. This shows a lot of strength from what I've seen in live games. He basically wants to get his money in without looking like he's trying to get his money in. If he was on a draw he wouldn't commit that $200 because If he misses, and you have anything, he can't do anything to get you off the hand with his remaining $200. He's basically burnt that $200 with little benefit It's clear he's hoping you call the bet and when you look at the final pot and say it's only $200 more. I actually thought the AA lay down was a good play. Your hand looked like a strong pair, the turn hit his range and not yours, there's pocket 2s and 5's. A4s and 46s were unlikely but not impossible. Not a lot for him to hit or represent, but because your hand was relatively transparent as a probable high pair he shouldn't push much since it's a reasonable probability it gets called. So a bit of the reverse psychology, maybe. I guess he had TT but wanted to see if he hit a set but then went with it anyway.. maybe.

You always have the best music and shots, well done as always Andrew. Come back to Texas soon.

I feel like raising the turn on that last hand is the way to go. Many people donk out when they have the flush draw and they want to name their price and take the initiative in the hand.

i don't see anyone mention it, but i think that first hand was played extremely well. The only thing is that you could make a case for betting the flop small, and obviously then triple barreling. the turn lead and river jam is a line which i think is very good and most players would not use in this situation.

They got you Andrew. Thinking it through, righteous. No chance to get a true read in that crowd. All but, whaddya got for a G..

You mentioned having wrong notes...I'd love for you to share how you take notes after hands. Something I'm trying to do and really struggling to remember the details in the moment. Keep up the great vlogs.

That was a good move on the jam on the river. Risky but hard to make the call

great knowledge given about the Ah there Mr Neeme, way to show how pros handle human error 🙉🙈🙊

Didn't notice that shaky betting hand when the guy flopped a set of Jack's against your middle pair?

Andrew based on the quality of your videos, out of curiosity, has anyone ever proposed that you be a editor or do work for them. Your skills have seriously developed into something special... I know your in the poker space and that's where all your poker followers like me are spoiled. Anyways just thoughts, and a big thank you for your craft.

Man, that aces hand is almost exactly what I faced today - and both you and I ended up making the wrong move, but mine was in reverse, lol. I had pocket aces in position, with a flop of 10/4/3, two diamonds. I bet 160 on the flop, opponent calls. Turn is a 5 of diamonds, completing the flush for any two diamond holdings. He leads out on me for 300. Couldn't let it go yet, just didn't believe him. River was a King of clubs and he puts me all in for $700. I tanked for about 5 minutes before finally calling. Well, I was right that he didn't have the flush... but I was wrong that I was ahead. Turns out he had 4/5 and hit two pair on the turn. the turned 5 of diamonds was literally the perfect card for him. I'm sure he knew I had an over pair and on top of that knew I wouldn't believe he had the flush. There was no way I could put him on 4/5 either since I had raised pre-flop to $80. Oh well, shit happens I suppose! Left me bummed the rest of the day though.

Sick intro man 🔥

The Ace’s hand…is the main reason I hate pocket Ace’s cause most the time it’s only 1 pair and if your opponent gets very aggressive they can put you in a tough spot…that’s why it’s okay to check back A’s around 25% of the time on flop or even turn

Oh, this guy is good. Played that 5-7 flush PERFECT 👍

Wow, you are certainly running well. If I was to start a vlog about my poker playing life, it might be 1 minute episodes once a week😁

The hand with the pocket 8’s with turn continuation bet, I could see a river jam being, however your opponent stack size was left out. Still a good bet on the river to get paid off.

"Feeels pretty.. not great" love this

Ooooo....folding pocket Aces is so rough....and I know your pain. I folded pocket aces once....after the flop came K,K,10....so much action on the table, and I knew someone freakin played K,10....hahaha. (I wasn't wrong) it was awful...but oh well.

Thank god you have all the 'Pros' here to tell you how you should have played. 😉

He got your Aces; it's really painful, I agree !! Thanks for this story

I love hitting those hidden trips. I had 6-2, flopped a deuce on a q high board, but I was bb so I stayed in, called a small turn bet then the river comes a deuce, so I ended up getting paid off by AQ

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It’s about time for a video!!!!

Will be travelling when vlog #200 is released (Tasmania and New Zealand) , thus congrats and keep up the hustle.

Mornin Neeme! Thanks for the early morning post!

Can you pls explain when you show your hands vs when you fold without showing? Is there a video on this I've missed? Thanks in advance.

On that 89 vs Q8 hand, I've found that trying to bluff people off of specifically top pair is usually a bad play. The only hands he has there are bust draws and top pair, and you're blocking one of the obvious open enders (J9) and Qx just makes more sense. Yeah, you can do it sometimes in specific line ups against specific people, but generally I think it's a losing play.

I honestly missed your drone shots. Some of the best glad you brought it back especially along the coast line.

With 3 on the turn, you put him on a set or straight. And if your opponent had a monster he would check and raise the turn.. also the size of river bet didnt make sense. If he wanted tou to call he would have put out a little more reasonable amount. anyway better luck next time, there are plenty of fish in gardens!!!!!!

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On the pocket Aces hand, I think the only reason he bet out on the turn, and bombed the river, is because you didn’t take back control of the hand with a re-raise on the river, so he probably thought he was holding the best hand with Q-10. And in the case you might be holding A-Q or A-K, then he may be able to blast you off that hand (because his kicker was so weak). Just my take there.

I've come to some conclusion that on that last hand,the player probably had pocket tens but since the board was kind off all over the place he decided to bluff at it from the beginning till the end when he shoved. Did he stared at the board? its usually an indication of a bluff and that of a not a strong enough hand At least from what I have come across...Nice work on the videos Andrew

Tough spot with AA, I wonder if a solver would prefer bluff catching with the Ah or without. I do think AA is a good bluff catcher blocking A4s so in theory it can't be awful. But I do tend to lean towards most players not bluffing enough and fold IRL anyway.

Live and learn...That would be a tough call with just top pair against a slightly less than pot All In jam on the River.....It was his only move to win since you just called his 60% of pot Turn Lead/Feeler bet. It seemed like you made your hand look vulnerable to a River shove, since the Big blind still did not act on the Turn...meaning you didn't protect the mighty Pair by raising. I heard everybody gets bluffed once in a while. Great content!

The line in the first hand worked...but I have no idea how. What hands are we targeting with that all in? Exactly KQ? Even if we're semi-bluffing on the turn the spades come in, so what bluffs do we have? *shrugs*

this opponents are a dream

Even though you folded the aces you still made a profit of $100 no it is not what you were expected to make but you still walked out of there with your cash and up $100 that is a win no matter what

You’re gonna need to bring your own lighting. The “vlogging booth” could use it!

gotta say I think the AA is a snap call, just from live poker experience ... seems like that 0 concern for staying in flow and 0 concern for scaring away hands that will get value usually means bluff. does seem very typical for example when a 3rd flush card rolls in, or a 4 to a straight, just the snap out-of-flow-big-bet can be very bluffy, although of course sometimes they have it. i for sure overcall, but yeah i think that wouldn't even be close

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Your opponent didnt play his cards, he played YOU.

Hi, Andrew. With the JJ hand, what range of hands do you think they have when they bet Axx flop, check T turn? Right away I'm eliminating KQo, KJs, QJs (which we block a lot of) stronger Ax, hearts, 89s etc. It feels to me like they have a weaker ace that is pot controlling, KTs or QTs type hand, 99, 88, and perhaps 87s, 67s, their weakest draws, and smaller pairs 22, 44-66 that bet for protection and are just hoping for a showdown (but folding to action). What do you think villain is betting river with? What are you doing facing a smaller bet of say 1/4-1/3 on the river? What about larger sizings? Thanks.

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Back at it again with pocket joeys! Any Vegas MUGs coming up soon? I’m gonna do my best to come see y’all

Obviously a tough spot on the river with AA but did you find it strange he lead out on the turn when you had the betting lead? And the river sizing was way too big to be for value, unless he’s a good enough player to do this to disguise it as a bluff. Rough decision I know but just a thought

Hard when you don't know the preflop action but what are you really worried about there? 64 suited which probably folds pre? 55 or 22? Seems really unlikely

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Nice work on this vlog good luck in Springfield gardens looks like a nice place to play

Rock solid, love the honest commentary!

The Huntington garden is my favorite place in LA where a go to recover from the sick beats, bro.

I was playing 6/12 limit and got this woman, who works as a dealer, to fold pocket aces heads up on the river. So you’re not the only one.

7 5 of Diamonds is always the nuts! My favorite hand!

You gave the drink card back to Brad I hope and didn't get too wasted, Wife was calling so I couldn't get a pic with you. Hope to see the vid soon.

Did you confirm with Brad before calling the pocket 8’s “snowies” ?? Definitely got a chuckle out of me, keep up the good work Andrew👍🏻

Tough spot with the AA bro! you block some flush draws but also double block the straight! That LA pool is a little loosey goosey innit. Did you ever find out what the other card was??? Great vlog thank you

I feel like usually in that spot with AA there you're beat although Vs line was strange. Think it's a tough but sensible fold even if this hand's results were not favorable. Would you play differently if V check raised the turn and bombed river?

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I was part of a big hand with a similar misdeal. I ended up with 77 instead of a random 7-3 which I surely would’ve folded. I got all the money in on the flop which was AA7. I ended up getting stacked as my opponent has quad aces :/

I love pocket aces

13:34 in that situation where you seem to have a stranglehold on the hand with trip queens, top kicker, and a rainbow board, I love betting on the flop (like you did). If he calls and the turn is a brick, check. As if you got caught putting out the first bet on the flop, and now just want to check it down. Then on the river if he bets trying to steal the pot, you raise. What do you think?

the ol Michael Strahan suited one gapper stacking fools left and right.

thanks for being humble man...

Classic LA poker, people calling way to thin and overvaluing marginal made hands. Having said that, I so often find when I'm in a spot (the AA hand) that follows that pattern (V flatted pre and post, leads turn, jams river) it's a flopped set, but you don't seem to even consider that scenario, unless you're counting as part of the "better for his range" part. Curious why?

I know it’s easy to say what you would do, though on that board I am calling with AA especially if I am close to even or up.

For a split second I thought that was the trooper at 13:19 with the cowboys hat

1. Good job encouraging people not to tilt or berate dealer over exposed cards. You want dealing perfection, play online 🤷‍♀️ 2. As soon as he said " I'm drawing dead" I thought "Here comes the runner runner full house starting from one pair" or "here comes 9d 8d" for a chop. Way to fade that black swan buddy.

On the 7-5diamonds hand: If opponent has something like Ad X, is it mathematically better to want them to call on the flop? Or to wait for the turn, and then shove? They are more likely to call on the flop due to better odds of hitting a flush with two cards to come. If we wait and shove turn, they are more likely to fold, no? Thoughts anyone? Other examples? I am speaking generally about shoving made hands vs. opponents with draws.

Good video, tough last hand but still... a win.

Villian in AA hand played it perfectly but I would’ve called it not because I’m good at poker but because I’m a degen

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People in the straddle just... Don't have good ranges. Like sure they connect with low boards in some way. But they don't have even that many suited connectors. They have stuff like t2 and q4 that makes one pair on low boards and then they start to get creative. When you face a polarized line like that, you can't fold the top of your range unless you think the guy is straddling so he can fold a lot. Also if he gets it through against *you* now he can crow about it for years. Think about that.

Im definately not calling with the aces having the ace of hearts. It removes so many of the natural bluffs from their range, they have to be getting very out of line. Its just a good play by them. Although aces is really high up in your range, i dont like calling with this variety. Sick bluff, kudos to him.

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