Filming your session

When the vlog boom first started, it tecnically wasn't allowed by most rooms. I remember a few vlogs where they'd mention that a floor or such caught them filming and shut them down. For the most part, the vloggers were relatively conspicuous so it didn't happen often. Nowadays it seems a lot of rooms are fine with it, though. Which is why you'll see camera angles that make it more obvious that they are filming. I think the rooms figured out that the pros far outweighed the cons.

As far as your case goes, writing down notable hands in the notes app of your phone seems to be a much better option. Relatively hassle-free and way more accurate as a camera may not always be able to pick up bet sizes or board cards.

Yes they are getting permission from the room in the vast majority of cases now. That’s why they don’t film in certain rooms.

They do it discretely by hiding their phone/camera since you're technically not allowed to film in the poker room. There are however cases such as when they have meet up games where they let people film but they have to put a sign at the entrance of the room that says something like "Filming in progress. Entering this area gives consent to be filmed".

With respect to filming to review your hands, it's not a very good idea. The easiest way to keep track of hands is to write down the hand history as soon as the hand ends.

I don’t think so. I’ve watched big and small vloggers and they all talk about “x casino hasn’t given me permission so I am filming here because they have” or “this is the first time they are letting me film at this casino”.

Some rooms will give permission. I've seen people use phone holders with legs that tuck under the rail, like some people use so they can watch shows while playing. One guy had a Go Pro looking thing that sat on the rail.

Keep in mind that if you're showing your cards to the camera on your phone they will be visible on the screen for your neighbors to see.

Putting it in your chest pocket is an option but it won't be steady.

This is not a topic where you can ask for forgiveness instead of permission! Each casino/room will have their own twist on the policy .. and you need to know. Lots of rooms will post a sign notifying Players that filming is going on in the room that day.

It's possible that in some states you aren't allowed to film individual people without consent. So you have to be careful of the angle to prevent Players/Dealers/Logos, whatever from showing up.

Why film? It's the note taking that the Vloggers do that is more important than the footage itself. Position and stack sizes are way more important than knowing what you cards were 'on film'.

One advantage of film is that you should bet the full timeline of the hand with the timestamps.

Wolfgang sets his phone up somehow so that the filming takes place without showing up on his screen. This 'feature' actually got him in trouble at one casino and resulted in him being asked to leave.

Rampage mentioned (maybe Brad Owen) that they were able to start/stop their filming without touching their phone via remote/watch to get a separate file for each hand and make it easier to edit/delete the folds/weak holdings.

I say again .. even if you do learn how to film efficiently it will be the notes that are way more beneficial to you than seeing your cards 'live'. GL