Hi, I've been playing at stars for about two weeks now. I feel like I'm getting the hang of the very basics, starting hand selection, and money management. I'm still in the dark on a lot of areas though. My biggest weakness seems to be betting too much on the turn/river. I was hoping some of you would look at these hand histories (5 hands from a session last night) and see what you think about how I'm playing. I'm especially concerned with my betting patterns in the later rounds of a hand.
Any help is much appreciated...
******* Hand 1 ********
Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02
9 players
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Pre-flop: (
9 players) Hero is BB with :js :jd
4 folds, MP3 calls,
2 folds, SB calls, [color=#cc0000]Hero raises to $0.04</font>, MP3 calls, SB calls.
Flop: :kc :5d :2d (
$0.12, 3 players)
[color=#cc0000]SB bets $0.22</font>, Hero calls, MP3 calls.
Turn: :kh (
$0.78, 3 players)
[color=#cc0000]SB is all-in $1.3</font>, Hero calls, MP3 folds.
River: :tc (
$3.38, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $3.38)
Results:
Final pot: $3.38
******* Hand 2 ********
Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02
9 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (
9 players) Hero is UTG with :qh :ah
Hero calls,
4 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB checks.
Flop: :3h :5d :kh (
$0.08, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.
Turn: :2c (
$0.08, 4 players)
SB checks, [color=#cc0000]BB bets $0.08</font>, Hero calls,
2 folds.
River: :qd (
$0.24, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]BB bets $0.08</font>, Hero calls.
Results:
Final pot: $0.4
******* Hand 3 ********
Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02
9 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (
9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with :qd :8s
UTG folds, Hero folds,
4 folds, Button calls, SB folds, BB checks.
Flop: :5h :4c :2h (
$0.05, 2 players)
BB checks, Button checks.
Turn: :6s (
$0.05, 2 players)
BB checks, Button checks.
River: :6h (
$0.05, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]BB bets $0.04</font>, Button folds.
Uncalled bets: $0.04 returned to BB.
Results:
Final pot: $0.05
******* Hand 4 ********
Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02
9 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (
9 players) Hero is MP1 with :jd :jh
UTG folds, [color=#cc0000]UTG+1 raises to $0.1</font>, Hero calls,
6 folds.
Flop: :2h :tc :8c (
$0.23, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]UTG+1 bets $0.16</font>, Hero calls.
Turn: :2d (
$0.55, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]UTG+1 bets $0.12</font>, Hero calls.
River: :9c (
$0.79, 2 players)
[color=#cc0000]UTG+1 bets $0.52</font>, [color=#cc0000]Hero calls all-in $0.51</font>.
Uncalled bets: $0.01 returned to UTG+1.
Results:
Final pot: $1.81
******* Hand 5 ********
Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02
8 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (
8 players) Hero is MP1 with :9c :7s
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero folds,
3 folds, [color=#cc0000]SB raises to $0.1</font>,
2 folds.
Uncalled bets: $0.08 returned to SB.
Results:
Final pot: $0.06