2 Failed Bluffs...help? .50/.1

[Cowy]

I'm looking for overall hand advice, particularly in the case of the QQ hand.

#1

Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (Real Money), #872,356,484
Table RC_Swanson's HE, 19 Aug 2006 12:20 AM ET



Seat 2: _DVS_ ($53 in chips)
Seat 3: nut_check77 ($33.70 in chips)
Seat 4: PaJACK ($16.30 in chips)
Seat 6: RC_Swanson ($155.30 in chips)
Seat 8: Raiderwoj ($103.10 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
RC_Swanson posts blind ($0.50), Raiderwoj posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP
_DVS_ calls $1, nut_check77 folds, PaJACK folds, RC_Swanson bets $3.50, Raiderwoj folds, _DVS_ calls $3.

FLOP [board cards KS,8H,5H ]
RC_Swanson bets $5, _DVS_ calls $5.

TURN [board cards KS,8H,5H,JS ]
RC_Swanson checks, _DVS_ bets $4, RC_Swanson calls $4.

RIVER [board cards KS,8H,5H,JS,AD ]
RC_Swanson bets $15, _DVS_ calls $15.

SHOWDOWN
RC_Swanson shows [ QH,QC ]
_DVS_ shows [ 8C,AH ]
_DVS_ wins $55.



SUMMARY
Dealer: PaJACK
Pot: $57, (including rake: $2)
_DVS_, bets $28, collects $55, net $27
nut_check77, loses $0
PaJACK, loses $0
RC_Swanson, loses $28
Raiderwoj, loses $1

#2

Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (Real Money), #872,364,895
Table petrell's HE, 19 Aug 2006 12:23 AM ET



Seat 2: irwinp ($128 in chips)
Seat 3: jewbacastein ($280.15 in chips)
Seat 4: RC_Swanson ($184.15 in chips)
Seat 6: JimsJigs ($84.10 in chips)
Seat 7: come4you ($189 in chips)
Seat 9: hotrod68 ($122.50 in chips)



ANTES/BLINDS
come4you posts blind ($0.50), hotrod68 posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP
irwinp calls $1, jewbacastein calls $1, RC_Swanson calls $1, JimsJigs folds, come4you calls $0.50, hotrod68 checks.

FLOP [board cards 9C,2D,5H ]
come4you bets $3, hotrod68 folds, irwinp folds, jewbacastein folds, RC_Swanson calls $3.

TURN [board cards 9C,2D,5H,5C ]
come4you bets $5, RC_Swanson calls $5.

RIVER [board cards 9C,2D,5H,5C,6S ]
come4you bets $10, RC_Swanson bets $35, come4you calls $25.

SHOWDOWN
RC_Swanson shows [ 8D,6D ]
come4you shows [ KS,9S ]
come4you wins $89.



SUMMARY
Dealer: JimsJigs
Pot: $91, (including rake: $2)
irwinp, loses $1
jewbacastein, loses $1
RC_Swanson, loses $44
JimsJigs, loses $0
come4you, bets $44, collects $89, net $45
hotrod68, loses $1

[cbiz]

use the converter.

[forshure]

Why are you calling flop/turn w/ gutshot in hand 2? And use a converter. Any reads would be nice, as bluffing w/out a read would be very ill advised almost always imo.

[tufat23]

this is the ugly ass way ongame write hands right?

hand 1.

raise or limp reraise. limp/call with QQ is donktastic. as played eitehr check or bet $14 on the turn. wtf is $4 meant to do?

hand 2

fold flop. wow at calling a gshot, and floating is reserved for raised pots not limped ones

[Cowy]

I was basically hoping a scare card would fall so I could bluff.

[Cowy]

you misread hand1. I raised QQ then bluffed when the ace hit under the assumption he had the K? donkastic i know.

[cambraceres]

There is a simple secret to reach optimal bluffing frequency at .50/1. The secret is, don't do it. If you're in an absolutely golden spot then whatever, but as a matter of course bluffing is -EV here.

Cam