Ashley, I have to say I love your poker blog. Please keep up the great work and dont stop doing them.
The only bad part is I wont get to meet you at the CardsChat meet up at the Colossus as I was unable to go this year. I will say watching your blogs it making me so home sick for Vegas and live poker. Best of luck at the tables.
How long did it take you to know you wanted to play poker full time. Do you have days you wanted to quit
Hi Ashley,
its great to have someone onboard with CC with your level of playing live poker - my question is - what in your opinion has been the biggest changes you have seen in live poker over the years and what changes (if any) would you like to see - to attract and keep players coming back for more?
Hey Glenn-
Thanks for your question. One of the biggest changes I've seen in live poker is the emphasis on live streaming and individual content creation. I think Jason Somerville (aka JCarver on Twitch) had a major impact on the game in that way. He was the catalyst for changing how we view poker-- moving it away from TV/Costly production to the individual/grass roots type of content. I started a poker vlog because I believe that when beginner players see the ins and outs of life as a poker player, they feel more comfortable trying it out themselves.
Changes that I'd like to see going forward to attract and keep players returning:
1) I would like to see poker rooms embracing filming and content creation more. I believe it's one of the biggest drivers of NEW players to their rooms and thus should be encouraged. It markets their room, their staff and their customer service. Makes people feel familiar with the space before they ever step foot in that casino. It's a win-win.
2) I would love to see more surveys conducted that ask women what holds them back from playing poker at casinos and what would encourage them to play in the future.
3) I would love for vloggers/Twitch streamers to conduct their own surveys asking their following whether or not they made an impact on how often they played poker.
Hi Ashley!
Thank you for your vlogs on YouTube.
My wife was interested in learning poker but she was very carefull. Now she is getting more motivated and comfortable playing after seeing your vlogs. So thanks for that!
Where did you buy/stole/received that CardsChat Cardprotector? That's a nifty little thing!
I wanted to ask how do you play when you are irrtated.Any tips for the style of play.I always lose when im irritated so thats my big problem.
Hi Ashley,
I’ve never played live poker other than a few home games with friends. I live in Calgary and the WSOP is coming in January. I want to dabble in it just to say I was there. How do I start? Do I try the first tournament see if I won money then pay to get into the main event? Or do I try to satellite to the main event through the live event? I’m so torn
Happy New Year! I'm so excited for 2022 and continuing to meet all of you here at CardsChat.If you're interested in meeting in person, I'll be posting my monthly poker schedule so you can join and say hi!
January 2022:
1/12-1/24- Las Vegas- cash/MTTs at the Venetian and Wynn
1/25-1/31- Austin, TX- Brad Owen/Andrew Neeme/Doug Polk Meet Up Game week
Good luck at the tables!
I'm soo jealous!!Happy New Year! I'm so excited for 2022 and continuing to meet all of you here at CardsChat.If you're interested in meeting in person, I'll be posting my monthly poker schedule so you can join and say hi!
January 2022:
1/12-1/24- Las Vegas- cash/MTTs at the Venetian and Wynn
1/25-1/31- Austin, TX- Brad Owen/Andrew Neeme/Doug Polk Meet Up Game week
Good luck at the tables!
I'm soo jealous!!
Watch out for Neemes ABC poker and pick off Polks dumb semi-bluffs with big reraises on the TURN!
Have a great time and kick butt!!
fyi matusow gonna be there too
Good morning to u Ashley Sleeth I need a bit of advice. I'm thinking about on February 11th playing at my local casino near Pittsburgh. It is a $500 Buy in tournament. I have not play any live poker in two years since the pandemic started or I should say close to 2 years. What advice would you give someone like me to get back into playing live poker and do you think that this type of tournament would be appropriate for me to enter. I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on this get back to me when you get this message it's no hurry thank you and have a nice day good-bye.
Ashley Sleeth thank you for answering my post. There's a couple things in the post to begin with. First thing it is a freeze out and they're only taking the first 150 players the last time they did this it sold out before the tournament even began. I never played in a $500 Buy in Tournament in my entire poker life. Those are the details I forgot to mention. Most of the bank roll I have made in poker has been made online I have played live tournaments like Pub leagues and the casino tournament on occasion but never anything this big. So this would be a very brand new experience for me speaking to Twitch streamers who stream poker content. They say the $500 live by in tournament it's not as difficult as it would be if I play in a $500 tournament online. There is no smaller buy-in tournaments where I live this makes the decision even tougher how would you go about this say you. PS there are no satellites for this tournament.Hey there! This is tough to answer without knowing a lot of other variables BUT I'll try. If a $500 buy in is what you normally played before the pandemic, I'd say go for it. You're only going to get back into the swing of things by playing. If a $500 buy in is a little bigger than you usually played, maybe you could play a smaller buy in beforehand to shake off the rust and feel better prepared for the $500.
Good luck!
Hey Tamra!
Congrats on all of your wins Sounds like you're doing some things right.
If you find yourself making 'stupid mistakes' a lot, consider jotting down what happened beforehand that led up to those bad plays. (Were you tilted? Were you getting tired? Were you card dead and then overplayed the first good hand you saw?) After a while, you might find a pattern and can stop yourself before the mistakes happen and reset.
Also, for me, if I pretend that I'm telling a friend what I think the opponent has throughout the entire hand, then I'm much less likely to make random plays.
hope that helps!
Ashley Sleeth thank you for answering my post. There's a couple things in the post to begin with. First thing it is a freeze out and they're only taking the first 150 players the last time they did this it sold out before the tournament even began. I never played in a $500 Buy in Tournament in my entire poker life. Those are the details I forgot to mention. Most of the bank roll I have made in poker has been made online I have played live tournaments like Pub leagues and the casino tournament on occasion but never anything this big. So this would be a very brand new experience for me speaking to Twitch streamers who stream poker content. They say the $500 live by in tournament it's not as difficult as it would be if I play in a $500 tournament online. There is no smaller buy-in tournaments where I live this makes the decision even tougher how would you go about this say you. PS there are no satellites for this tournament.
Hi Ashley,
Thanks so much for doing this. I've been playing since I was 10 years old, but didn't get serious until a few years ago when I started playing online at WSOP. I pretty much got schooled there about how to really play poker, except I can't seem to get to a place where I can win consistently. I've won about 4 tournaments so far, nothing over $135 per win. I'm a girl and I want to kick ass on the poker table. What should I do?
I am just picking this now of your answer. I am wondering, how would you recommend about doing like this? I had already several friends here at CC about whom I thought,ideally with a friend who is better than you at poker or even a coach