The sigh - raise is the most reliable tell in live poker. Snap fold aces on the JJK board.

The audible sigh is always the nuts. Great fold in that spot.

Lex, this is the most honest and eye-opening (and watering) poker video I've seen in a while. None of the melodramatic B.S. you get from the other channels. Just straight-up & straight-forward thinking through each hand and the rationale behind each move. THIS is how you learn to become a better player! Keep up the great videos. You are a fantastic player and everyone of us have gone through the same benders. Cheers!

Been playing with those pros to much. That A 10 was a quick fold everytime

Crazy amounts of pocket pairs. Excellent VLOGGER Lex. Your speed of speaking and explaining is just perfect

One of the more realistic poker videos. Thanks.

Great video, thx. I am very surprised when you checked on the river when you made a flush with 7-10 of clubs. In my experience when the river gets there and changes the nut hand most aggressors will check back.

The sigh raise is always the nuts

One more thing…when listening to the action pre, I was thinking a big 3 bet is prob best. Going multiway oop w KQois a recipe for disaster. Personally I would 3bet big pre and go from there. Gotta thin the field in this spot

HONEST SELF ANALYSIS re the ‘winners tilt’ and entitlement etc Lex!! So real dude. ❤

1:52 You beat stuff like AQo with the Ace of spades but old guys minclicking is never a bluff. Good laydown

Good content Lex. I like your after action reviews of your play. Definitely can learn from your mistakes.

I watch quite a few of these vlogs from various people. It amazes me how many hands they hit. They seem to play 8 hours or much less and hit more sets than I hit in 40 hours.

I’ve been experiencing winner’s tilt a lot lately as well, minus the winning however...

Great tell on that first hand! Not easy folding aces. But noticing that tell was a class act action!!!

Trivial fold, multiway I think it's extremely optimistic to get 3 streets of value with Aces on any broadway paired board.

You put out a lot of great content, thank you. Yeah, first hand was an easy fold with A-A on the river with the sigh raise. Actually not sure about the $500 bet itself….

I always really liked that poker room❗️ with the bar, the high ceiling, and the track out front. Glad to see it's hopping‼️®️™️ ""great vlog by the way""

Lex, you gave a GREAT description of “winner’s tilt”!!!

Good video. I've experienced "winner's tilt" but never had a name for it. It's not just variance but variance with ego & the expectation of winning.

#199....allow me to be the first to congratulate you on 200 vlogs! Congratulations Lex!!!!

I just had a big losing session….this vid is giving me PTSD

Truely it does make one feel better to know it doesn't just happen to them. Good luck in the future!!

Not the kind of video I wanted to see before going out of town on a poker trip, but maybe it's the one I need seeing as I've booked wins my last 3 sessions? I definitely need to find a spot to sigh/min raise river bluff judging by the comments lol.

I resubbed after a break. Very good quality vlog with your rationale each decision and no bs

Thanks you very much. I think A5 was in the range and even if not I think you should fold after the turn raise. Please continue to upload so nice videos to improve our game play.

winners tilt so real, had that in a session last night. especially in one night

Enjoy the hand reads. Nice to hear thought process

I love the brutal honesty.

Lex buddy Rip the turn with 10♣️ 7 ♣️ especially if you’re stuck. Of course the times you do it’s a case of “to many outs” lol. Still lot of equity!

Calling with the pocket aces on the river would be a crying call for sure,,,, I would reluctantly fold

Thanks for the advice.

tricky tricky play with the A5... thing about it is that you have to hit for it to pay off and it's expensive if you miss... I wouldn't second-guess myself too much over that hand... he probably would have gotten me to call too

The sigh** raise is most likely a very strong hand, don’t blame you for folding aces there, I would of folded too

Thanks for sharing your thoughts

very fun episode thank you

Hi Lex. He does have some bluffs here, AQ with the As or AT with the As. Something like QT with the Qs is also possible. Or to be really gangsta TT or even QQ (with a spade) which he now realises is no good. I am not sure whether these players will turn QQ into a bluff. As far as value, he is repping really only KJ for a flopped boat or the turned nut flush with something like ATs. Wouldnt he check raise all in on the turn tho? Dicey slow playing a flush on a paired board, what if the board double pairs or a fourth spade comes out. Similarly, I am discounting him having any Jx. Those hands should always be check raising flop with a flush draw out there. As far as hands you have to call down with, AA without a spade is kind of so so. You have some AK here which would play this way, mayb AK is a better call down due to slightly blocking KJ. You also have some AJ here for trips top kicker which would play the same way, as well as some flushes and boats yourself. All in all, mayb going for 3 streets with AA was a bit thin and you should fold once raised. On the other hand, like I said his line just doesn't add up, he is repping very narrow of KJ or the nut flush. Its a real coin flip. I am going to go with... call.

“Frickin $1500 “😂

15:53 what a fish! He snap called all-in. (with a pair of QQ).

Great video dude! Thanks 4 posting it....

A5 came to mind… crazy that person made it to the river…

That A10 hand really shows how much you have lvl ed up. A good player would fold. Those hands can only make you a stronger player. Nice vlog man

Lex, Love the Vlog..Can you recommend any good resources or training site for 1/2 strategy? Thank you

Pro tip Lex: Once you go down that much and fight your way back to get back in the profit and it’s past 1am it’s time to go home. The game is never that good.

Just came back from Vegas, exactly same hand , I had pocket aces, same raise, 3 clubs on board At turn, river was heart, he went all in, after 2 minutes I showed him my aces and fold. I asked him to show me his cars, he said NO !! Later I saw him outside the poker room and asked him about that, he said good fold.. king & queen of clubs.. I lost so much $$ but saved lots of $$ by folding aces..😢😢

Nice video, I think vs the A5 you can fold turn or river, greetings from Austria ❤

Aww man sorry you went through such a rough game.

Only watched the first few hands and this vlog reminds me of the 'how to play pocket jacks' pardoy.

Yeah Ace 5 was the first and only hand that came to mind when you made that bad call with King Queen and a queen eye board

Good message, I needed that. GL friend

Call raise on the flop with just a pair and no redraw is usually bad idea. As you see, even bluff has plenty of equity and if you are againt value - two pairs or set, you almost drawing dead

Let’s go lex! Way to battle back 16:42

Bet river with T7ss flush imo. They are going to check back all the non flush hands pretty much always unless you have reads. Nice work on the bankroll building...dust yourself down and back to A game. Good luck

Dang, those slot machines must be tight not a single person playing, good luck.

Like your transparency. Not best plays, but honest.

Great fold to the sigh-raise on the river with AA. But TERRIBLE call on the river facing that 4-to-a-straight on the board.

Do bluff work at smaller tables 1,3?

Before he shows A5 clubs, I guessed A5 spades. A/5 of spades is the likeliest bluff turn raise. A/5 clubs is a stupid bluff raise on the turn that got super lucky. A/5 spades is an excellent semi-bluff raise on the turn.

Pot control on the turn with that kind of run out is usually a good idea

Love your video lex

. .Your self- sanyasis portion was excellent .

Great video glad you showed loosing hands it helps

That AA hand... the $500 bet was bad, but the $1125 raise was definitely worse. Easy, but good fold.

Most honest vlog on YT. This was a poor session by any standard.

That's a min-raise for value on the river. Usually means a monster.

I agree with the fold on the first hand. If he’s bluffing there I don’t think he’s ever going to be raising so small. I prob would have checked the river bc as playing what is calling that you beat.? Maybe only king jack and how often is he calling 500 with that. I think to thin

On the AA hand facing a reraise on the river, you have to fold. Could have the flush or trips judging by how he played the hand. On the hand where you had KQ and the villain got a straight, I think you were overvaluing your hand. With two callers the whole way through, one could have easily of had a,q and you had to figure one of them was on a straight draw. (Could have reasonably had a pair of 5's)

With the AA hand river isn't a bet-fold, it's a check-call.

I think all in was the play on the turn of the 10/7 flush hand. And I hate the check but I guess your mostly only getting called by better.

As a pro playing with a great group of guys how much of a kickback is required to the game runner(s)?

Great info. Thanks LEx O

You wanna hit another qaud 😅😅😅 I can't wait to play you at hardrock

Lex I know it hurts to lose with aces….As much as it does, thanks for showing the Ls you take because you are definitely one of the only ones that really shows it all big wins big losses…..You’re still a great player bud keep it up cause I know you will definitely win

Love your vlogs, but this definitely was one we won't re visit!! 😉

KQ hand to me felt like A5 spades or a bluff. Tough spot

That A-5 hand I called it lol only cuz i love playing that hand

Always learning from you! I like to play online and with friends. I consider myself ok when it comes to know the game and how to play. I would like to go to a casino here in South Florida (I live in Boca) for a $200 max buy in $1/$2. Where do you suggest?

Aces hand is a punt IMO. Pretty hard to go for three streets of value when there are trips and a potential flush on the board. Love your videos just think that hand in particular should have been played slower

I need to start showing cards to camera. Im always curious what i had … lol

Asking to see the river on that quads hand can only hurt you as if by some crazy miracle a fifth 9 pops off the entire hand is dead and they would go to the camera to return the chips to everyone as they were prior to the hand (I've seen it happen before).

I'm folding aces on the rvr.....too many things beat me!

What is the kill button?

Insta like for jumping straight into the hands like that

Why not lead river with t7 cc hand?

Guess I was wrong, but shouldn't you have called, that live read.with the sigh would have saved me too

If you're not leading the raise preflop then you allow others to dictate and options to get comfortable with their range. If you raise 100+ preflop I don't see A5 coming along. Then if you half THAT pot I don't see A5 stay in

That’s one dead tell live read 110% ..sigh and big bet or some obv bad tell then big bet is always nutted. Smart lay down.

Man I hate when I flip quads or the nuts and get no action 😂

Lex's river bet with aces (first hand) was way too thin IMO. A check is better for multiple reasons.

I would have folded in a millisecond. Rise on the river in live games is almost always the nuts and in your case could be both flush and full house or trips all of them beating your two pairs. Yes it’s exploitable to fold to a river rise but the frequency of being a bluff in live games is often way lower than online.

this video made me feel better about folding pocket 7s to someones all in, and possibly doubling up on the final table. just to lose a all in A/K the very next hand

Nice come back but you were definitely on tilt trying to bluff the guy off his flush especially since he could've had the queen

I had pocket aces recently cracked by a set of 6’s. Based on that I would fold the aces, but otherwise I would call the 1,000 raise.

I want to just follow u around to the games your in WOW these vlogs can’t make enough for u to play this bad 😂 or can they 😆 I def want invited to play with u any game any stakes

You didnt fold enough,you be surprise how much you can save by folding,pocket 8s easy fold,Aces easy fold,comon now you know the game

Honestly you seem like a lot of fun to play with. Note the sarcasm

Sigh min click on the river is a snap fold in a fishy splashy game for me

Hey Lex! I appreciate all the content you are putting out. Keep em coming!

Why would you punt like that without a spade ♠️ blocker???

You had some really bad luck, but this is realistic poker. Playing with several others at a table, the odds are always against you.