50NL 6max: 3 big PPs. AA A-I on flop, KK A-I pf, QQ with A on flop.

[OtZman]

These hands are from my latest session. Could I have played them in a better way? No real read in any of the hands.


Hand 1:

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $43.09
Hero: $51.35
Button: $40.98
SB: $46.64
BB: $84.53

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with A/images/graemlins/club.gif A/images/graemlins/spade.gif
UTG folds, Hero calls, Button calls, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $0.75</font>, BB calls, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $3.5</font>, Button folds, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $5.75</font>, BB folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $17.5</font>, SB calls.

Flop: 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($36.5, 2 players)
SB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero is all-in $33.85</font>, <font color="#cc0000">SB calls all-in $29.39</font>.
Uncalled bets: $4.46 returned to Hero.

<font color="blue">I'm unsure about how I raise pf, especially the raise to $17.5. Should I put on more pressure and raise more?

Also, I'm not sure I should push on the flop.</font>


Here comes my second big PP hand. Please note that I played this one only a short while after the one above, which could have affected my play.


Hand 2:

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $16.26
UTG+1: $7.56
CO: $72.10
Button: $51.00
SB: $54.29
Hero: $49.19

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/spade.gif K/images/graemlins/club.gif
UTG calls, 3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $1.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $4.5</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $14.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises all-in $44.69</font>, SB calls.

<font color="blue">When <font color="#cc0000">SB raises to $14.5</font> I feel I have to either fold or push. Are these my only two options?

I felt SB won't have AA often enough to make folding the correct play.</font>


Hand 3:

Prima Poker skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
4 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Stack sizes:
UTG: $29.84
Button: $73.78
SB: $17.35
Hero: $83.00

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif Q/images/graemlins/club.gif
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises to $2</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $5.5</font>, UTG calls.

Flop: A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($11.75, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $7</font>, UTG calls.

Turn: 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif ($25.75, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG is all-in $16.84</font>, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $16.84 returned to UTG.

Results:
Final pot: $25.75

<font color="blue">Is my pf play, and my bet on the flop good?</font>



Thanks in advance. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Thrahl]

On the QQ hand I like a 3 bet PF to 7. Aside from that I think you played these hand fine.

[LordTacohead]

Open-limping with AA in the first hand is mighty questionable, isn't it? Especially without any helpful reads. I tend to think of the limp/reraise as a donkey move.

[OtZman]

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Open-limping with AA in the first hand is mighty questionable, isn't it? Especially without any helpful reads. I tend to think of the limp/reraise as a donkey move.

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I've started to sometimes just call in EP with AA when the table is aggressive pf. In general, I feel like I'm unable extract that much money when just raising. Most of the time I raise though.

More comments please. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Perhaps I shouldn't bundle hands together like this, but post them separately instead.