Ask Evan Jarvis Anything About Learning Poker!

[Evan Jarvis]

Hi Evan! I would like to know how professional players do to keep track of all the variables that must be considered when playing a difficult hand. Outs and percentages ... for example

Follow the checklists in theses videos and you shouldn't have too much trouble.

The important thing is knowing what to look for and then it's just a matter of running thru the list each time you're in a preflop or a postflop spot.

Hope they help in simplifying the game for you so you can have more mental space available to read your opponent and think thru past showdowns they've made to give you more information to help make your decision

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Big Learning opportunity today Team!

I've made day 2 of the wsop Opener event and will be streaming with cards up!

Here's how we got a 10x starting stack https://www.twitch.tv/videos/683679255

Stream starts at 1pm ET and will be going all day long. Hope to see you there!

P.S. We're also doing daily stream giveaways, so if you'd like some free cash on GG check out this link https://twitter.com/GripsedPoker/status/1284683846370418694?s=20

 

[Bobbybones1950]

Greetings Evan;
Thankyou for this thread as well as all the youtube vids and your Stream on Twitch. I have been watching the youtubes way before you became a Legend. I have learned soooo much my game has improved tremendously and wanted to Thank you.

I have 2 $90 tickets on the Venom and wanted to get warmed up this morning with some level one tickets i had accumulated. I thought I would share this Hand that i laughed so hard.

In this hand I was half way to advancing and after the flop I was counting my winnings in advance and it looked like I could win two tickets with this one Marvelous flop.

https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/8qAJPHQ

LOL Don't Count Your chickens before they hatch

:laugh:

 

[Amanda A]

Hi Evan,
I was reviewing my hands from last night's $1500 GTD $3.30 entry on ACR and I'm struggling with understanding the right play with a hand I had. I made a fold that ICMIZER said was wrong. As my poker mentor, guru, shaman and all round spiritual guide through the poker wilderness, I'm hoping you can help.
So here is the hand, (sorry it's a boring hand, I just fold).
https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/7qCz0mG

So ICMIZER says to call with any 2 and has SB's shoving range at 89% So I get it that I'm short and need to gamble and that SB is shoving wide and as BB I've already put a substantial amount of my chips in the pot, so the math is probably there to defend my big blind and make the call, is that what ICMIZER is saying? But what about my tourney life and maintaining some fold equity? I know I cover the SB so if I lose I'm not out, but Q3o feels so bad and calling rather than shoving feels so bad. Why isn't it better to save the chips and pick a better spot? If I call and lose I won't really have any fold equity left.
As it turned out I didn't have much fold equity left anyway as I let the blinds go through me, but on the button I picked up a hand and shoved and it got through.

https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/7qCz1GB​

So I did have some fold equity left the way I played it, although it might have been better if I didn't as I wouldn't have minded a call from a worse hand!
Anyway, trying to get my head around this and your always illuminating thoughts would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Amanda

 

[Amanda A]

Won the homegame!

Hey Evan,
Thanks for the game last night! I did a brag post here https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...psed-home-game-last-night-464727/#post5715498

Just wanted to say thanks and let you know that I think all that talk about those horrible school kids who were mean to you got me mad, brought out my inner angel of vengeance, and helped me win the tourney. Well that and the cards going mostly my way in the end.
One quick question about the hand I almost blew it on heads up. Did I shove with too big a stack or effective stack here? Should I have played it differently?
Yatahay Network - 1750/3500 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
Hero (BB): 175,550 (50.2 bb)
SB: 115,450 (33 bb)
2 players post ante of 350, SB posts 1,750, Hero posts BB 3,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,950) Hero has
SB raises to 7,000, Hero raises to 175,200 and is all-in, SB calls 108,100 and is all-in
Flop: (230,900, 2 players)
Turn: (230,900, 2 players)
River: (230,900, 2 players)
Results: 230,900 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:
Hero shows : (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 33%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
SB shows : (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)

SB wins 230,900

Last of all, please let me know when that tourney is when we take on all the home gamers. So thrilled to rep team Gripsed! I'm totally in.
GL with the book!
Cheers,
A

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Greetings Evan;
Thankyou for this thread as well as all the youtube vids and your Stream on Twitch. I have been watching the youtubes way before you became a Legend. I have learned soooo much my game has improved tremendously and wanted to Thank you.

I have 2 $90 tickets on the Venom and wanted to get warmed up this morning with some level one tickets i had accumulated. I thought I would share this Hand that i laughed so hard.

In this hand I was half way to advancing and after the flop I was counting my winnings in advance and it looked like I could win two tickets with this one Marvelous flop.

https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/8qAJPHQ

LOL Don't Count Your chickens before they hatch

:laugh:

Oh man, that's quite the cooler you had there Bobby!

Glad you've been enjoying the videos, the thread and the stream.

Let's keep stackin!

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Hi Evan,
I was reviewing my hands from last night's $1500 GTD $3.30 entry on ACR and I'm struggling with understanding the right play with a hand I had. I made a fold that ICMIZER said was wrong. As my poker mentor, guru, shaman and all round spiritual guide through the poker wilderness, I'm hoping you can help.
So here is the hand, (sorry it's a boring hand, I just fold).
https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/7qCz0mG

So ICMIZER says to call with any 2 and has SB's shoving range at 89% So I get it that I'm short and need to gamble and that SB is shoving wide and as BB I've already put a substantial amount of my chips in the pot, so the math is probably there to defend my big blind and make the call, is that what ICMIZER is saying? But what about my tourney life and maintaining some fold equity? I know I cover the SB so if I lose I'm not out, but Q3o feels so bad and calling rather than shoving feels so bad. Why isn't it better to save the chips and pick a better spot? If I call and lose I won't really have any fold equity left.
As it turned out I didn't have much fold equity left anyway as I let the blinds go through me, but on the button I picked up a hand and shoved and it got through.

https://www.cardschat.com/replayer/7qCz1GB​

So I did have some fold equity left the way I played it, although it might have been better if I didn't as I wouldn't have minded a call from a worse hand!
Anyway, trying to get my head around this and your always illuminating thoughts would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Amanda

You are right about everything you're saying here Amanda.

ICMIZER is telling you from a pot odds perspective that you can profitably call here because you only need around 27% equity based on odds.

That being said it is not considering the future value of your stack, it is only looking at the immediate situation. In terms of 'stack utility' folding here is completely fine!

This is where your poker mind can be much more powerful that calculators which can't juggle as many variables as you can.

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Hey Evan,
Thanks for the game last night! I did a brag post here https://www.cardschat.com/forum/pok...psed-home-game-last-night-464727/#post5715498

Just wanted to say thanks and let you know that I think all that talk about those horrible school kids who were mean to you got me mad, brought out my inner angel of vengeance, and helped me win the tourney. Well that and the cards going mostly my way in the end.
One quick question about the hand I almost blew it on heads up. Did I shove with too big a stack or effective stack here? Should I have played it differently?
Yatahay Network - 1750/3500 NL - Holdem - 2 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
Hero (BB): 175,550 (50.2 bb)
SB: 115,450 (33 bb)
2 players post ante of 350, SB posts 1,750, Hero posts BB 3,500
Pre Flop: (pot: 5,950) Hero has
SB raises to 7,000, Hero raises to 175,200 and is all-in, SB calls 108,100 and is all-in
Flop: (230,900, 2 players)
Turn: (230,900, 2 players)
River: (230,900, 2 players)
Results: 230,900 pot (0 rake)
Final Board:
Hero shows : (High Card, Ace)
(Pre 33%, Flop 3%, Turn 9%)
SB shows : (Three of a Kind, Queens)
(Pre 67%, Flop 97%, Turn 91%)

SB wins 230,900

Last of all, please let me know when that tourney is when we take on all the home gamers. So thrilled to rep team Gripsed! I'm totally in.
GL with the book!
Cheers,
A

Generally speaking with other 25bb I'm not doing a ton of reshoving headsup.

Fine to just call and take a flop with a nice hand like a suited ace.

The shorter you get the better off you are jamming, but the risk/reward ratio isn't that great when you're risking 30bb+ to pick up 3

Congrats on the win, way to get stackin!

The world series of homegames will be wednesday september 2nd at 7pm ET I think (gotta double check) and it will be a fun one for sure.

Congrats again, you played great! :wavey:

 

[Amanda A]

Evan,
Thanks so much! Awesome advice! See ya Sunday.
Have a great weekend.
Cheers,
A

 

[hcuervo]

Hi Evan, tell me why is AA pair so difficult in poker being that it is one of the most powerful hands

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Hi Evan, tell me why is AA pair so difficult in poker being that it is one of the most powerful hands

Hi there, great question!

AA is difficult to play if you expect to win with it everytime you are dealt it.
AA is difficult to play if you expect to be able to get all in with it no matter what.

AA is indeed the best hand to have preflop in poker, but that doesn't make it invincible
If you can get All-in preflop with AA, then you have played the hand perfectly.

If you can get at least 20% of your chips in before the flop in a headsup pot then you can get all in on just about any flop and still have played the hand just fine.

The situation where people run into trouble is when they go broke postflop after only getting a single raise in preflop, or when they call many bets postflop when playing the pot multiway.

You must remember that postflop AA is only a pair. When you are playing against a range of your opponents that is mostly 1 pair than AA is great! But when you are playing against a range that is often 2 pair of better than you must be able to fold AA to be playing well.

I think this video series will help a bit more with understanding this concept.

Hope that my answer helps your quest for knowledge on this very challenging topic! :star:

 

[hcuervo]

¡Hola, gran pregunta!

AA es difícil de jugar si esperas ganar con él cada vez que te reparten.
AA es difícil de jugar si esperas poder entrar con todo sin importar qué.

De hecho, AA es la mejor mano para tener preflop en el póquer, pero eso no la hace invencible.
Si puedes conseguir All-in preflop con AA, entonces has jugado la mano perfectamente.

Si puedes conseguir al menos el 20% de tus fichas antes del flop en un bote mano a mano, puedes entrar con todo en casi cualquier flop y aún así haber jugado la mano sin problemas.

La situación en la que la gente se mete en problemas es cuando quiebran después del flop después de recibir una sola subida en el preflop, o cuando igualan muchas apuestas después del flop cuando juegan el bote de varias formas.

Debes recordar que postflop AA es solo un par. ¡Cuando juegas contra un rango de tus oponentes que es en su mayoría 1 par, AA es genial! Pero cuando juegas contra un rango que a menudo es 2 pares mejor de lo que debes, debes poder retirarte AA para jugar bien.

Creo que esta serie de videos ayudará un poco más a comprender este concepto.

Espero que mi respuesta ayude su búsqueda de conocimiento sobre este tema tan desafiante! :star:[/CITAR]
hola otra vez Evan, muy buena respuesta voy a empezar a aplicarlo, la mayoría de las veces pierdo con AA me gusta más el Q9 que si sale uno siempre va acompañado del otro. Muy amable en responder la pregunta y enviarme videos será muy útil. Gracias

 

[lezghin]

Well, it has become fashionable and correct to advertise for yourself now, and what results can you boast in off-line tournaments what places you occupied if you are a poker teacher .. personal opinion teaches nothing better .. than your own experience. which can be purchased only in cash games ... I think reasonable people would agree with me ... even you!

 

[Amanda A]

Hey Evan,
Thanks for the WS hg! It was super fun even though I completely bricked it. Sorry! I totally lost my chapter one. Don't know where it went. Bloody hell! Hopefully, I just misplaced it and will find it again soon.
The PKO format is new to me, so I have a ton to learn. I'd love any tips on what adjustments to make compared to regular tourneys, How does the format effect opening, shoving and calling ranges?
I've been listening to some of your coverage of the WSOP final tables. In a word, OUTSTANDING! Reminds me of listening to some of Nick Shulman's commentary, it's that good, but with less attitude. His super smart brain can be a little intimidating. You explain everything so nicely. Thank you!
Cheers,
A

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Well, it has become fashionable and correct to advertise for yourself now, and what results can you boast in off-line tournaments what places you occupied if you are a poker teacher .. personal opinion teaches nothing better .. than your own experience. which can be purchased only in cash games ... I think reasonable people would agree with me ... even you!

First hand experience is without a doubt the best kind of experience.

When I was learning the game I was grateful to have training sites and books to reference to give me the initial framework and understanding of how poker really works at it's core.

But once I had the fundamentals in place it was certainly time to hit the tables and get those training wheels off.

I agree with you, cash games are the best place to rack up experience as they let you get in way more reps, learn how to play deep stacks on later streets, and play for real money. I think that most people who can really thrive in cash games will do just find in tournaments and they will have developed a robust skill set.

Most of the best poker players in the world say that playing cash games is a must. Even Daniel Negreanu!

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Hey Evan,
Thanks for the WS hg! It was super fun even though I completely bricked it. Sorry! I totally lost my chapter one. Don't know where it went. Bloody hell! Hopefully, I just misplaced it and will find it again soon.
The PKO format is new to me, so I have a ton to learn. I'd love any tips on what adjustments to make compared to regular tourneys, How does the format effect opening, shoving and calling ranges?
I've been listening to some of your coverage of the WSOP final tables. In a word, OUTSTANDING! Reminds me of listening to some of Nick Shulman's commentary, it's that good, but with less attitude. His super smart brain can be a little intimidating. You explain everything so nicely. Thank you!
Cheers,
A

Thanks Amanda! So glad you enjoyed the world series of homegames, and SO GLAD you're enjoying my final table reviews! Just because you posted this I'm going to make some more of them!!!

Regarding bounties they benefit from taking a few more chances so you can build a stack, cover your opponents, and have access to that part of the prize pool (half goes to bounties afterall right? And the winner gets their own bounty so going for the win is big).

That being said the WSOHG is a special event because there's a lot of pride to be had by having your teammates make the final table.

Speaking of which... https://twitter.com/GripsedPoker/status/1301534783781187584?s=20 Team Gripsed Friggin Won!!!!! Thanks for being a member, we're going to look to defend our title next month too!!

 

[Evan Jarvis]

A lot of people have been asking me lately what the best way to learn tournaments is.

For people with a monthly budget I think our CardsChat Ambassador Ryan Laplante has put together the best program on the market. I recently made a review of it and it's only appropriate that I share it here since it's my Learning Poker Thread

Check out the videos below to learn more about it (and about the special offer)

To really hook up everyone in the community I've also decided to add my Premium Tournament Training Package as a Free Bonus to anyone who joins LPP and sends me a copy of their receipt.

If you're interested visit http://winningmtts.com & use the promo code WINNER
Looking forward to hearing about your new & improved results!

Let's Get Stackin!!!

 

[lezghin]

Daniel Negreanu also lost many times .. like Phil Ivy and the rest of the stars, in this game my friend has such an element in addition to this other thing as luck and coincidence ... there is, of course, mathematics ... but here, more likely, the theory of probability works .. and this is by no means an exact science ... lucky that .. who should be lucky

 

[swetank_poker]

Hey Evan,

A huge fan and have been following your streams. Loved the final table reviews of the WSOP!

I have been playing for over 6 months now and have been trying to improve.

I have read a few books and browse through YouTube content on a regular basis.

I wanted to know what would be the right strategy for a begginer/intermediate players.

Should I join some course? If yes, what are the options.

Are books any good in this modern era of YouTube and other platforms?

Looking forward! Keep doing the great job! All the success to you.

 

[Amanda A]

Thanks Amanda! So glad you enjoyed the world series of homegames, and SO GLAD you're enjoying my final table reviews! Just because you posted this I'm going to make some more of them!!!

Regarding bounties they benefit from taking a few more chances so you can build a stack, cover your opponents, and have access to that part of the prize pool (half goes to bounties afterall right? And the winner gets their own bounty so going for the win is big).

That being said the WSOHG is a special event because there's a lot of pride to be had by having your teammates make the final table.

Speaking of which... https://twitter.com/GripsedPoker/status/1301534783781187584?s=20 Team Gripsed Friggin Won!!!!! Thanks for being a member, we're going to look to defend our title next month too!!

Wow Nutz3rz won! That’s awesome! Yes it is prestigious event, for sure, trophy and all. So glad team Gripsed took it down! There is justice in the universe! Ha ha.

That’s great you are going to make more wsop final table reviews for me. Lol! Love it!!! Thank u!!! I’ve been watching some of D Neg’s stream and while I love Daniel and he often cuts to a beautiful beach and gorgeous house which I enjoy looking at, the chit chat / analysis ratio can be a bit on the high side. There’s a little too much talk about the cast of the Jersey shore. 😊 Sure, Daniel is always entertaining and super fun to watch, but if I actually want to learn about poker, my time is better spent watching your stream.
Thanks 4 your advice on the bounty tourneys!
C u Sunday!

 

[Blurt Reynolds]

Learning the rules - beginner

Hey Evan I’ve been doing the 30 day challenge on poker coaching which is really brilliant but I was practicing in a 9 player NL Holdem game last night on pokerstars and was doing quite well with 92 BBs but then they removed 37BBs/40% and they did that a few times. I just don’t understand why. Is this normal? It really ruined the game for me.

They kept taking 40% off everybody but it just seemed wrong as the short were only losing a small amount, thanks

 

[Evan Jarvis]

What kind of table were you playing on Blurt? This is something i've never heard of, but i do know that pokerstars has introduced some new formats that have strange features like this.

can you be more specific or maybe include a screenshot?

thanks

 

[Evan Jarvis]

Question for the CC Community!

What is your favorite poker training site and why?

What do you feel makes a poker training site something you want to be a member of?

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I also wanted to share that on tomorrow's stream I will be giving away 2 Free Learn Pro Poker Memberships. I think it's really awesome what Ryan has put together for people who love playing tournaments and I'm proud to use it too!

To enter the giveaway just drop a comment on each of the videos below. One comment on each video will win a free 1 month membership to LPP. Hope it's you!

I've also got a trophy unboxing happening this weekend. So if you wanna just come hang out and have some fun, drop by http://twitch.tv/gripsed We'll be having a party, a poker party!

 

[Amanda A]

Hey Evan,
Thanks for the fun stream and game!
Does everyone love PKO's except for me? I ****'n hate them!!!!!! lol I'm glad I won the hg just in time, before it changed to the dreaded PKO, as I don't see glory here for me anymore with the new format. In fact, I may not ever even cash it! Of course, everyone else seems to love it, and it's the chosen format of the ws of hg's, so I guess I will just have to suck it up and maybe it will grow on me. (I'm glad you also play the cc game.)

Watching you play cash on the stream is very interesting and a great learning experience. Thanks for the word of warning on jumping into cash games (without knowing anything about cash games). I don't want to blow my bankroll built from tourneys on cash games. Your advice has been critical in making me a winning tourney player and I'm seeing results and really enjoying playing the micros. Thank you!!!!

Lastly, a prediction: I know you are mostly playing cash now, but one day you will win a really BIG TOURNAMENT!

Cheers,
Amanda

 

[Blurt Reynolds]

What kind of table were you playing on Blurt? This is something i've never heard of, but i do know that pokerstars has introduced some new formats that have strange features like this.

can you be more specific or maybe include a screenshot?

thanks

Hey Evan thanks for getting back, sorry for the delayed response. It was actually just me being stupid as I had the setting to show BBs instead of chips so when the BBs went up I went from about 90 odd BBs to 50 odd BBs but I basically had the same amount of chips. Keep up the great content I will learn something eventually ha ha