10 thoughts on “Why most people lose at poker (it’s not what you think)”

1. Why do you think most people lose at poker? Also, check out my other new video on if you should start learning poker these days: https://youtu.be/6v5lSFpNgRA

2. Learn how to read people.

3. Why most people lose at poker? Easy, they don't know how to play and they think they are good. Because of the probabilistic nature of the game and the possibility of heavy swings this game lends itself to delusions of grandeur. They win a big hand and their ego explodes… How many people do you meet that say "I'm bad at Poker". Very very very few. Even most the players who play poker seriously, like Youtubers, don't have the slightest clue and even though they can win with some regularity using whatever strategy they use… they still aren't even approaching what I would call good and solid poker play. The reason they win is because the range of terrible is huge. Slightly terrible players beat ridiculously terrible players feeding back into the delusion that they are actually good. So slightly terrible players, most of the time, are the ones giving advice. Other players listen to the terrible advice and in a self perpetuating feedback loop, terrible play is made popular. There you have it. That's it. There is the real answer if you wanted it.

   That's why this video is in a way correct. You don't have to be good to win… Like the two men running from a bear. You don't have to be faster than the bear(be good at poker), just the other person. In a similar way you don't actually have to be good, just better some of the others sitting at the table. So, a simple "effective" strategy can and will favor you in these small stakes.

   Want to be good at poker? To start it's the MATH. You can't have some cursory understanding of it. You have to have a deep profound living breathing reality of it in your play. For example… if you think you lost because you lost a hand… YOUR LOST. You can't tilt if you understand what I'm saying. Losing a hand typically makes you happy and you smile because there are mathematical secrets there. If you play mathematically correctly you win, if you don't you're going to lose to someone that does. Since most players don't do the math they lose and it's really that simple… 99.9% of poker players are clueless. All you have to do is know what you're doing and watch these poker "gurus" on YouTube and have a laugh. Typically bad play can be found in the first hand or two. I have a simple poker strategy that wins everywhere all the time. No it's not for sale. That's how you know it works. I don't want good players out there. That's self defeating.

4. Here is God Mode tip for small stakes. Don't chase one pair and Don't bluff!
   Do this.. your winnings will fivefold 😉 you're welcome

5. This video has become my go-to for getting my mindset right pre-session. I started out in poker at micros won a couple hundred but didn't understand bankroll management and variance. Tried to move up, spewed off all my money, and had to start over. At the time, I thought it was because I just wasn't good enough, so I went all in on learning the strategies top players use to succeed. I lost 3 deposits trying to play "correctly" vs "terrible players".

   What changed? Simplification. No more worrying about blockers, or assuming opponents would bluff hands that I would. So many players play too straightforward. I realized that trying to bluff catch later streets was a wild goose chase. Love your content man, keep it up

6. I said id never share this but… if u wanna win at poker… just have the best hand always.. n u will notice the wins pouring in 😎

7. You are really suck at poker with the way you are talking g about you are a loser at poker

8. When you sit down at a live 1-2 no limit game and every hand you see 5 or 6 limpers you know for sure that you can label those limpers as recreational. If you see 1 or 2 players hardly ever limping but raising when they enter a pot then those are most likely better than recreational players. Thats basically step 1 in a live game. Figure out which of your opponents you want to play pots against and a few that maybe you don't. Secondly dont limp very often and maybe never. If your say on the button with 66 and somebody makes it 7 dollars and there's 3 callers – you can call and set mine – that's not limping. If you're in say middle position with 88 and nobody entered the pot yet come in for a raise 100% of the time and it can be a smaller raise like 6 or 8 or 10$ Lastly when you decide to play a hand and you have 5 limpers in front of you and you have say A-Q on the button dont make it 8$ or 10$ because they are all just going to call and then against 5 players your A-Q is not a favorite to win that hand. But if you make it 20-25 dollars you will probably get 1 caller or possibly 2 with the same amount of money in the middle than if it went 6 ways but now your chances to win the pot increase dramatically because you only up against 1 or 2 players. My advice for starters. I'm a profitable 1-2 no limit player.

9. I think my biggest struggle is identifying the level of my opponents. In my area, 1/2 NL is a mix of regs and casuals. And I often level myself against the casuals because I confuse them for regs or level myself against a reg playing me as a casual. Any advice there?

10. It’s the Rake. Kills my profits.

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