Did I play this right?
 

I'm a newb to poker and the forums...looking to make some friends and get better at poker [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Any advice?

Dealt to NYbroker21 [Ts Tc]
Kuzmama: calls $0.10
MoTheMaster: calls $0.10
randomcrayon: folds
NYbroker21: raises $0.20 to $0.30
kies17: folds
me_and_lara: raises $0.70 to $1
Kuzmama: folds
MoTheMaster: calls $0.90
NYbroker21: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [8c 9c 5s]
kies17 leaves the table
me_and_lara: bets $5
MoTheMaster: folds
NYbroker21: raises $4.20 to $9.20 and is all-in

Re: Did I play this right?
 

i'm NYbroker21 btw

Re: Did I play this right?
 

Read all the posts in the sticky thread, it will help a lot.

Make it 0.60$ preflop
I don't know why villain makes such a huge bet.
Folding and shoving is close imo, although i prefer folding.


oh and please convert your hand next time using flopturnriver.com or similiar handconverters, found in the FAQ.

Re: Did I play this right?
 

Raise more pre-flop and fold to a shove. On the flop I probably fold. It would be an easier decision if you had raised more pre-flop, you'd have a much better idea of the strength of you opponents.

Re: Did I play this right?
 

I think that when you raise preflop that 3x the BB + 1 for every limper is generally accepted as being reasonable. So here you could raise to .50c or so.

When your opponent re-raised preflop, he probably either had a higher pocket pair than you or say AK.

When he makes a continuation bet on this flop, it is hard to tell whether he has the better hand or not.

However, he has overbet the pot although he doesnt know that you dont have AA or say KK. That suggests to me that he is more likely to have a higher pair than you than just overcards.

So, I would probably have folded to his flop bet.

By the way, welcome to the forum, although I usually post in limit. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: Did I play this right?
 

First off you need to include stack sizes of relevant players (in this case yourself and me_and_lara). This is important as decisions in NL holdem often require knowing player's stack sizes.

Like other responders have said you need to raise to arounf $0.6 pf.

On the flop you do have an overpair to the board, but what do you put your opponent on? At NL10 3 betting usually indicates AA/KK and somtimes AK, although some players don't 3 bet this. On the flop your behind to AA/KK/QQ/JJ and are flipping with AcKc. Given the pf action this is his most likely set of hands, so without other reads I fold this.

Re: Did I play this right?
 

fold at the flop.

reraising you pre-flop and making an overbet on the flop most probably indicates high pair.