Big Pots = Big Leaks at 10NL... Help!

ev_slave · #1 09-17-2007, 01:09 PM

Hi guys. Everyone knows that it's not about the number of pots you rake, but the size of the pots you do rake. Lately, I've been doing a pretty good job at setting up and taking down medium to small pots, but it feels like everytime I end up in a big pot I'm a big loser. Some of those taking them down against me are not strong players, so I feel that although I'm being outplayed on some, it's definitely not all of them, so there's probably something wrong with how I'm approaching these pots and how I'm approaching the problem.

I've included six hands below: some I've won, some I've lost. The specific results are not important... the line I take in getting to the results is. Please take a look and tell me where I may be going wrong on some of these hands (a bet that is only called if beat... etc.) This is a major leak that works hard to trash my winrate - I've been breakeven and I think fixing this could bump me up to a 3PTBB/100 winner (or even more... losing 60 BBs when you can lose 15BB is a big difference in winrate!)

Thanks in advance. Without further ado...

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Hand 1

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB checks.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($0.45, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $0.1, Hero raises to $0.4, Button folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1.65, 3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $2, BB raises to $4, UTG folds, Hero raises all-in $9.5, BB calls.

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($20.65, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $20.65)

Results:
Final pot: $20.65

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Hand 2

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, Hero raises to $0.5, Button raises to $1.35, 3 folds, Hero raises all-in $10.95, Button calls.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($22.15, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $22.15)

Turn: A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($22.15, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $22.15)

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($22.15, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $22.15)

Results:
Final pot: $22.15

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Hand 3

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
4 players
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Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
Hero raises to $0.4, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($0.95, 2 players)
Hero bets $0.6, Button calls.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($2.15, 2 players)
Hero bets $1.5, Button calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($5.15, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, Button raises to $6, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $17.15

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Hand 4

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Hero raises to $0.4, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($1.65, 4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.7, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, BB folds.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($3.05, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.7, Hero calls.

River: T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($6.45, 2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, CO raises all-in $10.7, Hero calls all-in $5.8.
Uncalled bets: $2.4 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $23.05

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Hand 5

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
6 players
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Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.4, BB calls.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($0.85, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.5, BB raises to $2.5, Hero raises all-in $9.4, BB calls.

Turn: 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($19.65, 2 players + 1 all-in - Main pot: $19.65)

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($19.65, 2 players + 1 all-in - Main pot: $19.65)

Results:
Final pot: $19.65

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Hand 6

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
5 players
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Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.4, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($0.85, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.6, BB raises to $1.7, Hero calls.

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($4.25, 2 players)
BB bets $2.8, Hero calls.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($9.85, 2 players)
BB is all-in $5.1, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $20.05