Cannot Build My Roll -- Up and Down -- Need Help (Long)

[RyverRat]

your AA hand..

Why no raise p/flop ??

Also fyi heres how much you were ahead when the money went in.


equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 65.758% 65.76% 00.00% 651 0.00 { AhAs }
Hand 1: 34.242% 34.24% 00.00% 339 0.00 { QdTh }


66% chance of winning and you put him all in so he had no fold equity against you. NH sir ! regardless of the result you want that situation to happen all the time.

[Big Rob Jr.]

I looked over the hands that you posted, and while I still consider myself a n00b, I'll give you my opinion. As stated, I am new to the game, just started playing in Jan., so take my advice with a grain of salt.

Hand 1: Don't bet into this board, other than a small probe-bet. Villian's check-raise means you're beat, everytime. No one check-raise bluffs at this level, except maybe me! The fact that MP2 called that RR really should have set bells off.

Hand 2: Nothing wrong with the PF raise or the flop bet, you should have bet the turn too. I didn't get the river push, are you making your decisions based on your hand only, not putting villian on a hand consistant with his line? Because the check/call, check, bet the river just screams flush. This line is sometimes a bluff, but if you suspect a bluff, just call.

Hand 3: The PF raise was ok, and while I wouldn't c-bet that flop in that spot, I don't think it was a bad play. Villian called it, and now you should be in shut-down mode, which is what happened on the turn. The river brought another possible flush, and sudden aggression from villian(is this the same guy from previous hand, if so you should already know what this means). With that said, he could have also made two pair with that queen, and since you made broadway and villian's bet is giving you almost 3:1, I'd call in this situation more often than not. This is definately not a push situation.

Hand 4: Raise PF, never call any raise PF with AA. You invite situations like this AND lose out on value. The object of the game is to get it in when you have the best of it, and since AA is the best PF, raise it up! You might have got him to fold on the flop had you raised, and if not you still got it in with 60%< equity. I'd take this all day.

Hand 5: Why raise this board with three players behind you? If you're going to raise .08, you might as well check. I probaly would have raised 3-4x this. Stop pushing on the river, this is a big leak in your game as far as I can see. Even if you have the absolute nuts on the river, you'd be missing out on chances to take second and third-best hands to valuetown.

[Rookcifer]

Thanks guys.

Can anyone give me a quick lesson in the basics of pot equity and "fold equity.?" I have a general idea what it means but I don't really understand how one uses it at the table. I mainly focus on pot odds and I depend on "reads" when I think it's time to fold. I don't think in terms of "I have this much equity in the pot therefore I should not fold." Maybe I should start?

[hockeyav]

For pot equity look on the stick at the top of this forum, very close to the top.

Fold equity is the chance villain(s) will fold to a decent sized bet winning you the pot there.

[RyverRat]

fold equity - chance of player folding from your bet/raise.

If villain bet 100 into a 100 pot and has 1000 behind him and you have him covered an all in bet from you has folding equity. For example you have AKo preflop and bet 50, villain also has AKo reraises to 180. You push all your stack in eg 1000. Villain folds. you had folding equity.

If villian has bet 100 into a 100 pot and has 50 behind him then you probably have no folding equity as he is pot commited.

If villian has bet all in you have no fold equity as there is no way he can fold.


Not the best examples but i hope you understand my point. Folding equity is having enough room that by making a bet/raise gives the opportunity for the villain to fold without being pot committed or having good pot odds to call.

[johnnydrama]

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I don't know what I can do differently. I posted the results so you could see how bad of luck I have. Yeah I probably miplayed some of them,

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Lots!! Don't blame luck when bad play is to blame.

Hand 1: Learn about domination. Calling a 10xBB EP bet with AQo is giving away chips. This flop is exactly why you should not do it. Your either going to win a small pot or lose a lot! Think about the flop. What are you beating here given the action? OK, you got yourself here. The stab at the pot is fine, but when you get C/R and that is cold called!!!!??? RUN AWAY.

Hand 2: Raise more preflop. You will hear that over and over and over again on 2+2. You don't want to play this hand in a raised pot against lots of hands. Either limp along hoping to hit big or raise it big. Your small raise will not get enough people to fold. Pop it to 0.20.
TP on a drawy board, good pot sized bet. But don't pay off the draws when called. Why call the turn bet? You don't beat anything but a bluff. You made him commit a mistake on the flop, don't make it a correct call by paying them off. Implied Odds, learn 'em.

Hand 3: Standard except river play. Why are you raising? What second best hand calls you here? Make the crying call.

Hand 4: Tough spot. Not sure if I play it differently, except the all-in on the flop after a min-raise. Great you got it all in when ahead and even a more standard 3-bet of $2 may have priced you in. But can't see any reasonable hand calling that big of a rasie that does not have us beat already (set). The min-raise may have slowed me down and maybe I could have gotten away after a J comes on the turn. But those are big maybes!! Overall, well played on this hand. Laugh privately at what he had, say NH in chat, and move on after adding this guy to buddy list!

Hand 5: Standard OOP hand. Can't really fault anything here. This one just simply sucks.

You have leaks. Tighten up, think big pots = big hands and you should see improvements.

[rrrorrim]

Rook, there's something about 1c/2c that is different than any other level.

If you played 2c/5c, your style of play would work a lot better (though I'll agree with other posters; you need stronger raises). Especially earlier, when there's a bigger chance the calling stations will fold. (But once they get a piece of the flop, even if it's a flush draw or middle pair, they will not back out).

Anyway, check out my story:
My bankroll was small ($50) and I had been showing a consistent profit at 2c/5c. It was like clockwork for a week... my money kept goin up. It felt easy and I was confident in my play (which was tight, but picking my battles wisely). There were plenty of unlucky beats, but they didn't hurt me because I was paying close attention to my stack, and careful not to risk too much it when there was even a slight chance the opponent had me beat.

One day I researched variance and realized that my bankroll was way too small for 2c/5c. So I moved down to 1c/2c and something interesting happened:

I got slaughtered. 1c/2c is rife with huge bets (25xBB-100xBB) and calling stations and gamblers.

This requires a different kind of play...