Re: A couple check-raising hands
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Hand #1:
Button is 20/17/4.5 after 59 hands. Went to showdown 20%.
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I don't trust WTSD after only 59 hands. I don't mind this in blind defense. Folding preflop isn't so bad, either. I like taking shots at players who seem weak postflop.
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I tried the check-raise on the flop because with the board being what it was, I was pretty sure he had missed.
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It sounds like you didn't have much of a plan. When you call preflop, do you already have him on a hand range? If not, then what makes you say that you think he missed? Just "no ace/no king = he probably missed"? Do you know what flops you'll check-raise, check-fold, and bet? If you're calling with J5o, you should at least have a sense of what you're going to do. It sounds a little like you're flying by the seat of your pants here, which can be a real problem sometimes (you get lost in the hand and you end up spewing.)
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Hand #2:
Button is 29/21/7.33 with about 77 hands. Went to showdown 18%.
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The check-raise is good because BB folded. If BB calls, I just call and see what happens on the turn. Bet-folding the turn is fine.
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