3 hands from todays session

oli1980 · #1 10-01-2007, 04:08 PM

Hand 1
Villan: 36/4/2,6 Ok on the river I make my straight, the board is paired and the backdoor flush has hit. He instapots. I would be more worried about a FH than the backdoorflush. I thought about pushing but decided that not much hands would call me here if I have them beat. So I just called. Is that ok with you?

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Hero ($114.29)
SB ($128.66)
BB ($80.03)
UTG ($101.70)
MP ($160.06)
CO ($88.98)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
2 folds, CO calls $1, Hero raises to $5, 2 folds, CO calls $4.

Flop: ($11.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $7.5, CO calls $7.50.

Turn: ($26.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks.

River: ($26.50) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
CO bets $26.5

Hand 2:
Villan 51/18/1,6 What do we do here? First, does anybody bet this turn? It is a bluff against any Q but protection against the flush draw. At the river I really can't imagine a hand that I beat that would make this bet. But I still have to call right?

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Button ($41.01)
Hero ($99.78)
BB ($48.09)
UTG ($69.62)
MP ($57.51)
CO ($145.45)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero raises to $3.5, BB calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $5, BB calls $5.

Turn: ($17) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $11.5, BB calls $11.50.

River: ($40) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $12

Hand 3:
Villan 32/20/2,0 He was short and with that PFR I just wanted to reraise him. After his push I got pretty exactly 2:1 on the money so i call. I guess that is right. Can I do anything different here?

Prima Network No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

MP ($46.78)
Hero ($97.00)
Button ($142.84)
SB ($118.49)
BB ($104.21)
UTG ($101.38)

Preflop: Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls $1, MP raises to $4, Hero raises to $13.5, 3 folds, UTG folds, MP raises to $46.78 (All-In), Hero calls $33.28.

Flop: ($96.06) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

sixhigh · #2 10-01-2007, 05:54 PM

[*] #1: I check this flop quite often. If we have the best hand, he has very few outs to improve and this guy only folds few better hands. Plus: the jack and ten hit many hands of his range and I'd hate being checkraised in this spot. But I don't hate the bet either.
River depends on reads. I really like to have notes what different bet sizes mean. But in general I'd just push here. We aren't deep enough to raise/fold and this kind of player will def. call us with any twopair and trips and will have this kind of hand very often.

#2: Against this guy the turn is an easy valuebet. He will have a queen very rarely, but a random draw, a 9 or a worse jack (JT) the vast majority of the time. River is ugly, but you are getting more than 1:4 odds on your call and he still has a whiffed flush draw or some random crap at least sometimes. Plus: you get to see his cards and a nice info on his play.

#3: AQ + shorty = fistpumpallin. His range needs to be like QQ+, AK or tighter to fold here and it is never ever this thin.

ASPoker8 · #3 10-01-2007, 05:57 PM

H1 - call
H2 - fold river (1.6 AF, KhXh got there, whatever you're beat like always)
H3 - std

EddieRooo · #4 10-01-2007, 06:04 PM

1 - call

2 - fold>raise to 50>call

3 - you are obv calling once you raise.