hand reading practice thread...
 

hello all -

im trying to work on hand reading lately and i thought it would be a great idea to have basically a workbook thread. Each person posts a few good hands with their hole cards covered, and full action on the hand.

Except at the end, there is no showdown. instead the poster includes both hands in white near the bottom - so one can guess ranges / hands and then check to see how close they were.

It would help to include relevant stat information about player in the hand.

haha so basically, its a thread in almost the same format as the rest of the hands posted here, but doesnt show hero's cards and also no one posts strat in the thread.

perhaps it could be stickied.

thoughts?

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

Hey, that seems like a good idea. You can practise trying to read hands quickly, and again, and again, and again.

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

yea exactly...

here's an example:

guy is 27/15/2.5 over 285 hands. no notes, not much history, just havent tangled much with him.

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LegoPoker Hand History Converter

UTG: $8.75
CO: $62.75
Hero (BTN): $55.45
SB: $31.90
BB: $58.25

Pre-Flop: X X dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG folds, <font color="red">CO raises to $2</font>, <font color="red">Hero raises to $7</font>, SB folds, BB calls $6.50, CO folds

Flop: ($16.25) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($16.25) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 Players)
<font color="red">BB bets $9.50</font>, Hero calls $9.50

River: ($35.25) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 Players)
BB checks, <font color="red">Hero bets $16</font>, BB calls $16

Results: $67.25 Pot ($2 Rake)
<font color="white">Hero showed JJds (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-$32.50 NET)
BB showed AKhh (a pair of Kings) and WON $65.25 (+$32.75 NET) </font>

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

looks like JJ

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

You have one of the following A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] TT-QQ. And you should have bet the flop.

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

It would be good to include at least some kind of stats/read on the players so we can adjust hand ranges accordingly. Rarely do we have absolutely no info on a player.

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

hero- 99-QQ
villain- AK, KQ, 88, 99, JJ-QQ

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true...also forgot to mention reason i didnt bet flop was his c/r flop was like 15

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also, if you can read above, this hand was merely an example. the point of this is NOT to post your reads below etc, to allow for an uninterrupted flow of hands for everyone to practice reading quickly. like i said above:

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haha so basically, its a thread in almost the same format as the rest of the hands posted here, but doesnt show hero's cards and also no one posts strat in the thread.

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...but thanks for playing.

Re: hand reading practice thread...
 

Then just call pre &amp; use your position.