1) limping 2) not being positionally aware 3) playing too passive pre flop 4) not calling with the big blind enough 5) raising too wide or not enough from the button 6) not raising enough from small blind 7) playing too tight from the button 8) over valuing offsuit hands 9) calling massive re-raises pre flop

would really love to see some graphics or even just some text to indicate which point u r talking about and what the main point is. for example for "never limp" u could put "never limp" in top right corner as a title for the amount of time u talk about that topic and when u move to the topic of "positional awareness" u could put that int he corner and so on "Never Limp" - deny blind equity - pick up initiative - disguise hand strenght - limp behind another limper

@9:00 One thing I would add about playing the button pre-flop: it's also one of the most effective positions to use for isolating an initial preflop raiser with your stronger holdings, even if those holdings are slightly inferior to the open ranges of those raising in front of you. This can be especially profitable in live cash games when you have weaker players on the table who tend to buy in for smaller stacks and only come into the pot with strong hands. It's harder to ISO these types of players from the cutoff, hijack, or blind positions.

my wife hates the limp

This is so generous of you guys to post these videos - thank you!!

Excellent video Ryan. Thanks

Ryan, this was an EXCELLENT instructional video - - - especially for me (live player)!!! Thanks for all you and Doug do to promote the game.

I think it’s funny people get mad about how fast he talks. He prob talks faster then most these people can even think. I appreciate the amount of information he spews in these videos some of them are imo way to slow. If you can’t keep up you prob a fish anyways

Appreciate the valuable insight. I've studied your recent videos and have seen my game take off in a better direction.

Limping does allow cheaper hands to get to the flop, but the pots are going to be really small to capitalize on your decent hand. If it's a big table, don't limp the preflop, but if it's only 3 to 5, it might be a good idea.

wow good info this video has improved my playing already and i am still getting used to different than i have been playing thx for the great video and keep them comming

Good video, great for players new to the game or intermediate players who struggle.

Very useful info. Thank you.

Great video. Thank you.

Ryan - great video, thanks for posting. How would you say any of these strategies would be affected in tournament play vs. cash? Which would be affected most? Thx

Really ya all! Ryan is giving us some extremely valuable tips here to help our games and you're going to kick him when you should be thanking him along with the other pro's at upswing poker!

Great stuff Fees. Liked your analysis, plus the three bet from SB gives you more options on later streets, as you are well aware but im saying it for the new players.

good video. tks. more please

GREAT info ..

Thanks Ryan!

thanks ryan cool video

I haven't played in some time needed to have a break BUT when Montreal opens up again and the WPT comes back to Canada I hope to see you there. Remember to have fun as that will help your game. If you have a hand and somebody 3 bets you big put all their chips in the pot and enjoy the victory

Really appreciate if there are some graphics or wordings in point form :)

limping in can disquise the strength of your hand and pay off huge in certain situations. Also, it's pot control, so you dont go broke with the AKs that misses

Just a tip! You can have more structure in your videos by marking in the description when you change subject and show it on the screen.

Question: in low stakes live cash games, there are almost always many limpers and callers pre-flop. Does this mean I should almost always be using a "vs limp" range when I am acting after them? Or should I simply ignore the open limps and limps and be using the RFI range when there are limpers ahead of me? And if I do use the RFI range vs limps and open limps, is it okay to raise to only 3BB so long as I am raising the same amount consistently to disguise my hand strength? I find that limpers almost always call my "small" raises and I don't want to have to change my bet sizing for hands that play better heads up. This question comes up because I am confused by the term "raise first in" because almost every low stake live cash game is limped in, so does "raising first in" apply to being the first person to raise behind open-limpers and limpers? Even floor people at casinos were confused when I asked them about these terms. Great video, Ryan. Thank you!

limping can be profitable in an early position with a strong hand, you can allow weaker players to also limp, and the majority of the time a player will raise to try get people to fold out and then it gives an option to re raise or call . if you re raise generally someone will have alarm bells of some sort going off but generally will call, if you call they will under value your hand. limping is entirely dependent on how you play, don't say you should never limp, a more accurate statement would be, never limp unless its a hand you can raise with. (again not true for 100% of situations)

Fee is a poker God

You’re facing an UTG+1 raise and you’re in the hijack with AJo or KQo early in a large field tournament. As a habit what do you do? Knowing at these stages people don’t usually fold, 3 betting rarely isolates like you want it to, so is it best just to fold, or call-fold to 3 bets? I feel this is where I am making mistakes online.

Never say never, limping QQ+ is a great play in games where there's enough maniacs to make the probability of a PFR near 100% especially if a maniac is on your left trapping the rest of the table!

i notice you not posting plo vids anymore. are you not playing ignition? i played 30/60 o8/lhe before the switch, but haven't checked out ignition yet. is it just no good anymore?

Good video. Thx. Please slow down a touch.

Nice vid ryan , i already am familiar with most of these strategies but def helped sharpen them up a bit , good job. If you can just speak more clear that would be awesome, still understood everything but it would be easier. Cheers

How do u avoid big pair vs bigger pair scenario. I grind well but keep loosing my profit with kk or aa when q flops sets or when the board is dry and i got kk. Online play.

Please make more of these videos

While watching this at the table I three bet my small blind and immediately got stacked.

very good video

I think limping isn't a never do whatsoever. If you have a marginal hand it gives you a cheaper chance to connect on a flop without the risk of losing 2bb or 3bb. Also what about when you have a great starting hand for example . I have AA and if I raise even two Bb no one calls all I get are the blinds and I don't make anything with the aces. Sometimes the only way to make anything with a good hand is limping cause as soon as you raise everyone else folds

#Upswingpoker wow that was awesome strategy video !!! nice !!! @ryanFeePoker

Yup!

Thanks for that. What do you think about limping with weak offsuite aces in the SB. I try that recently and it works well I think. They do not give you the ace when it hits and you have showdown value in the end.

I must be super newbie i didnt understand a thing you said!!

Hi, you say some players tend to Over-value off-suit hands.....But if you open Equilab and compare suited and off-suited hands against each others , its only about a 4% equity difference....... so could you elaborate a little and explain what i am missing here? I always tough being suited didn't worth much in Texas-No-Limit Holdem but apparently i could be very wrong? - Else great video : i realised i dont put enough importance in blind battles so ill work on that now :--[]

He didn't say limping was bad. He said OPEN limping was bad

In Poker - essp when playing 100's of hands with the same table "Never" is not a word "Never" - means you are predictable. "Never limping" means that when you do bet they can put you on an even smaller range of hands Never limp might better be "Never be weak - and never leave yourself with only bad options - in the long term" Limping in position with a marginal hand when no-one has shown strength is Ok some times, 9-10 suited in a decent position. Let's say 8 at the table. Only 1 out of 6 before you called the big blind so far. You've played enough hands with those behind you to know their play style. The guys behind you only ever bet the goods. Or maybe one of them is a habitual limper. 1 time out of 5 - go ahead - limp. See 3 cheap cards. The trick then is, on the flop. Go hard or go home. A second limp should be even rarer than a first. A once every 500 hands move. But not a NEVER move. Nothing in Poker is a never move.

Great vid, i wish i can study in poker lab =( someday someday...keep it up!!!

Good video! I play a fair bit of poker and I found myself googling some of the lingo you use lol. Be nice if you explained the few main things you says. Speech speed is fine no idea what people are on about.

4 bet from the BB with aces against getting called by A3 suited and KK got A3 hits the straight flop😅 got stacked and kings won while we went all in in the flop all 3 justice🤩

Should "never limp" pre-flop be a rule set in stone, though? I guess it opens a lot of doors for trash hands to come into flop. Next thing you know, BB with 63o flops 457, rendering your AA or KK useless. This is based on my experience only. But, certainly at the beginning of tournaments when the blinds are $25/$50 or $50/$100, even if you raise to $500~1000 with AA, KK or AK, I find that about the half of the table will call your raise anyway. I'm talking about both online micros and live tournaments that I play. Sometimes, I feel like you're only putting yourself in a difficult spot by raising, and having a hugely inflated pot with half the table calling.

Hi Ryan. You mention 3betting suited connectors - why? If say, I have 87s and am facing a raise, why 3bet and potentially have to lay this down to a 4bet? I believe that hands such as 87s, 98s etc, are far more effective just flat calling and seeing a flop, lookng to potentially crack AA, KK, QQ etc... What are your thoughts? My 3betting range tends to currently revolve around hands like Q7s, J5s, K7s, A6s etc - hands that I would not be advserse to seeing a flop with, but would be quite happy folding to a 4bet. Thanks.

hey i just had a question about 3-betting AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AK pre to play more heads up pots. would this necessarily work at the micros as players generally have wider preflop 3-bet calling range? or do we get value anyways when we hit on those hands in multi way pots. Keep up the great stuff

I'm running into the problem (and it's my fault) when in the later stages of a tournament, I find myself being 3-bet relentlessly. I will raise with a decent holding in position (KQs 88 etc.) and find myself calling the 3 bet and then being forced to fold the C-Bet very often. What do I do to combat this? 4-bet lighter?

There's this game called "Prominence Poker" which is an online multiplayer Texas Hold'em game, and quite fun. It's free, and you only play with virtual money. (You _can_ buy virtual currency with real money, but if you are even moderately good you never have to do that.) Maybe because of that, the gameplay (ie. how people play) is quite different from what I see in professional tournaments, and against many of the advice given in videos like this one. For example, 90% of the time _everybody_ limps pre-flop. If the big blind is eg. 100 coins (and the buy-in is 10k), then the vast majority of the time everybody will bet that 100, and that's it. Very, very rarely will you see any sort of significant raise pre-flop. (And even then, in most cases, if somebody raises, it will be typically to 200 or 300. Very rarely will you see somebody raising to 500 or more in pre-flop.) I might have learned really bad habits because of that. I have become quite good at "abusing" this sort of really meek play style that 99% of people engage in there. I almost always limp pre-flop, and play really conservatively, and very, very rarely try to bluff. I only start betting when I have a really strong hand. My general tactic is to, in most cases, just wait for the others to eliminate each other, and get myself to at least 2nd place that way, sometimes 1st. (You get 150% of the buy-in for 2nd place, and usually your rating raises, so ending up 2nd is a good outcome.) In the ranked tournament leaderboards there are usually several tens of thousands of people, and I'm typically at position 30 or such. This tactic, however, might not work in an actual Texas Hold'em tournament, though. I have noticed that I'm very weak against players who play very aggressively. Quite often, when there are only two players left, ie. we are playing head to head, if the other guy plays really aggressively, I just can't win. In at least 90% of cases I just lose. If I play conservatively, I lose; if I play aggressively, I lose; if I try something in between, I lose. I need to get really, really lucky to win. I just can't understand why. In most cases my tournament wins were against another guy who played very conservatively and meekly as well.

I actually understand Will Kassouf better than I do you. Impressive spew.

Might be speaking to quick but great info thank you.

What's wrong with having a limp-calling and a limp-folding range pre-flop? I never understood all these pros shitting on limping.

Impressive desk you have there

with poker you have to gamble at somepoint..if i go all in with a set and lose its ok ...if i double up 2 out of 3 times its good.non sequitor but just one my mind!

Great stuff Ryan. Question for you. Lets say someone 3 bet opens in early position and I have AKs in the cut off and I 4 bet them and the flop comes and it totally misses me and they lead out. Do I just fold and move on to the next hand?

I agree with most of it but limping can be really profitable against some agressive player if you plan to limp-3bet. Ive made so much money of that because of the times ive got them dominated and they call my 3bet because of the fact that i undervalue my hand

thanks Ryan. Always enjoy your lessons. One small request...I think you're a fast talker probably in general. But, you're especially fast when giving lessons. Please slow it down a notch :) i tried to slow down the video but the only option is .5 speed which makes you sound super drunk. ( it was funny for a minute) cheers!

Still solid gold info.

Thanks for sharing your insight. I think this video could be more concise (as an editor myself). And some graphics/supers to help guide the viewers what you're talking about. It's too conversational with too many examples that confuse us.

I limp aces, ak at early position reraise if someone raises and trap

what is the name of the app he talked about early in the video to find out what top 12pct of hands is? I didn't catch it.....Poker something. Thanks.

Play different games like bridge hearts crib. I could play crib at 3 years old. Poker at 5 my father would let me play his hand in cash games at 5. I've played against some great players at all levels. I like to have fun and I like to watch other players while at the table as they can really be funny without knowing.

if you find the time, do a video like that for omaha aswell please

I know what ur saying about raising your sb stealing, but I don't like to attempt steals with garbage being out of position. I personally find I get called far to often from the bb as I should as he has position. It's really difficult to continue flops with J6o, etc.

I limp to punish players like yourself. I can either call your raise when it comes back to me (say I have KK or AA at utg+1), along with a few other callers before me, OR I can 3bet your raise (to 6x) and play heads up. Either way, you are the under dog against these callers and me in a multiway pot (if I decide not to 3bet). Therefore, the moral of the story is that you should only raise with good hands most of the time. Don't be raising with shit or you'll lose.

thing is this might work against good players but when you play smaller games , people literally call anything regardless what u do and when you hit nothing u got no way out as people literally call anything and show no respect and most of the time they get rewarded

@1:22 I don't understand that. So, what he is saying is that if you are the first person to enter the pot you should limp?

What about limping when you have a maniac on your left, reverse isolation??!

I'd recommend using a little less card lingo if these videos are for beginners...or at least quickly define such lingo

If someone is raising very aggressively pre flop, but only calling raises, sometimes I will limp from early with a big PP because I know they will raise, then when I reraise they will call. On the flip side if I just raised, they would have only called.

Never limp. Make sure to always raise so that when your opponents call you with AA or KK the pot is bloated the pot and you'll lose more money! Great advice!

Never try and force it it will come. The biggest mistake I see people make is once they lose a hand they try and force the game. What I mean is once they lose a big pot they start going all in and that's the biggest mistake you can make. Yes sometimes they will get lucky but if you counting on luck to win consistently your in for trouble. So if you lose a big pot don't PANIK get up walk around for a minute grab a pop or coffee take a breath and sit back down. Never lettem see you sweat always smile and say nice hand.

What is, I got immediately got stacks, what does mean to ,got stacks off?

Did you watch this back before uploading? The first 90 seconds are somewhat contradictory

That's bad advice limping should be part of your game. I guess it depends on if it's a cash game or tourney. Cash game aggression can be a good strat but tourny sometimes you have to give rope so they can hang themselves. If everybody plays the same then the best hand always has an edge. Remember it's a GAME and it's a strategy game. Sometimes you have to present an image at the table that's not how your actually playing. So if this guy here kept raising I would take his chips or his money lol. Here's a real tip for y'all. When playing cards for cash the amount is irrelevant you should play the same no matter the stakes approach the table with the same killer instinct and never be nice because nobody else will.

watch this guy at speed 0.75 awesome at least you can follow what being said.............

Who is wise? One who learns from every poker player you can.

could you talk any faster?

The mike seems low or far away from you man. Thx for the tips!

I agree however there is a certain time where limping might be the best move, if you have a strong pocket pair and there is a lot of raising going on, you should limp and induce someone to push you all in or raise

Seems like a good video I just don't know the poker lingo yet. Maybe we could define them as we speak.

1. What about limping to a maniac to get a big 3 bet in. 2. I Agree 3. 3 bets are high variance. And should be saved for premium hands JJ - AK. 4. I don't know what you're saying. 5. If you're constantly raising your buttons you'll get trapped by a pre flop 3 bet and be taking the worst of it too often, but you'll be in position, but I'd rather be out of position with the best of it. 6. Range is over rated. But I agree squeeze plays are profitable, especially with a tight image. 7. I agree 8. You might get folded to in the sb once out of 10 orbits, if that. Don't get out of line and in a bad spot out of position trying to steal one bb. I disagree with you on this one. 9. Id rather have 98 suited than QJ off as well, so I agree I guess. 10. Don't 4 bet without the goods. But I agree big 3 bets to guys that'll always call, when you're in position with the best hand is usually a good thing.

One more tip watch for patterns in people because we all have them weather we know it or not.

At the most common live stakes, $1/$2, you are almost setting yourself up for disaster if you raise every hand you play. Reason being is that at that level, alls people do is call. So let’s say you have a decent starting hand, not great, but better than average (mid/low pocket pair, suited connector like 9♦️8♦️, or two paints like K-J), and you raise, when you get the normal 4/5/8 callers behind you, you have no idea where you are in the hand once the flop comes out unless you mash it.

Do you mean "there will be >>fewer

Question: if you raise pre-flop and you get nothing on the turn, doesn't that show the other players you have nothing??

Recently played at a really soft home game where 80-90% f the time, almost every player limped. I find in that situation, it becomes profitable to limp yourself with almost every hand. Basically, you get a crazy cheap price to see the flop, and you can hit all kinds of crazy hands that you can take it down with, even with shitty hole cards. If I have a strong hand, I'll raise it to 4-6 bigs. Then you only get called by others with strong hands, and you can play post-flop with an accurate read on their range. Also mix it up with the same size raise with weak hands every now and then so it doesn't become easy to know that a raise always means a strong hand. Obviously this strategy only works in this weird situation.

What do you mean by no limp do u mean you have to raise even your cards are not so good?

Unless i have a great hand AND I have a crap ton of chips I'm never betting before the flop. Sometimes the poker jargon in so annoying because I have no clue what half of them mean

Appreciate the video. It would help if you spoke a bit more slowly and/or scripted ahead of time to more selectively hit what you really think is important. The wordy descriptions get pretty hard to follow based on how fast you're talking. Maybe break the video into chunks so you too can rest between topics. Would also allow for selective editing. Either way, good tips.

Don't agree with the "never limp preflop" assessment. Your raising preflop is red flag everywhere and will get smacked by players in late positions, making your life difficult and ultimately forcing you to tighten your open range, such as A10 suited. Seen many good players limp and perform well post flop. I have also observed the players that open a lot don't seem to perform well in the long run on average because more often than not the preflop raises are called mostly by "better hands" and good players.

Limping is never a good plan, however, it becomes profitable when you have fish at the table who limp call there entire range ! Always make a plan based on who's in the pot ,

3 betting more in the sb at 1-2 doesn't do shit. They call lite, there's always a short stack calling you down or all in on there draw / bottom pair on the flop or turn. Be selective

come out to me on a limb and ill hack it off! XD LOLOLOL

please add subtitles :D

thanks for the tips. Would be even better if you could speak a bit slowly