Do I Help Bad Players Play Right? Very long (3 hands)

RickA · #1 03-19-2007, 04:49 PM

I'm sorry for the length of this post but I felt they had to be included together to help create the table dynamics.

Here are 3 specific hands I have against an opponent who was playing 80/5/1.8.

Other Considerations:
He had called an AI on a A-Q-2 board with 2-3. Turn 2, River 2.
He called I believe every flop bet he saw.
He pushed bottom 2 pair on something like a 8-9-T-Q board.
Hit on at least 1 other gutshot draw by calling flop and PSB on turn.

So, I didn't know how to categorize him because he was a calling station who would show some aggression with mediocre hands.

Hand # 1.

Full Tilt Poker
$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
6 Players
LegoPoker Hand Converter

Stack Sizes
BTN: $30.15
Hero (SB): $81.2
BB: $59.25
UTG: $104.65
MP: $20.80
CO: $14.75

Preflop: J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($0.75, 6 players)
UTG calls $0.50, MP folds, CO calls $0.50, BTN calls $0.50, Hero calls $0.25, BB checks

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($2.5, 5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets $2, BTN folds, Hero raises to $6, BB folds, UTG folds, CO calls $4

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]] ($14.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $9, CO calls all in for $8.25
Uncalled bet of $0.75 returned to Hero

River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] [4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]] ($31, 2 players)
No action

He showed 7-5.

I know I shouldn't show results but this was the only history we had to the river.

I just called with J's here becasue I know I would have to invest $3 Pre flop , $4 on flop and I would still have no idea where I was at. I'm assuming this is incorrect?

I sense now that my flop raise is too small. What should I have raised knowing it was getting called?

Hand #2

Full Tilt Poker
$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
4 Players
LegoPoker Hand Converter

Stack Sizes
Hero (UTG): $67.15
BTN: $78.40
SB: $22.55
BB: $26.05

Preflop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($0.75, 4 players)
Hero raises to $1.75, BTN folds, SB folds, BB calls $1.25

Flop: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($3.75, 2 players)
BB bets $3, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $5

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]] ($19.75, 2 players)
BB bets $5, Hero calls $5

River: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] ($29.75, 2 players)
BB bets all in for $11.80, Hero calls $11.80

Any thoughts?

Hand#3
Full Tilt Poker
$0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
6 Players
LegoPoker Hand Converter

Stack Sizes
BB: $9
Hero (UTG): $59.55
MP: $24.50
CO: $59.35
BTN: $83.70
SB: $91.6

Preflop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($0.75, 6 players)
Hero raises to $1.75, MP folds, CO folds, BTN folds, SB calls $1.50, BB folds

Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($4, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, SB calls $3

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] [K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] ($10, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $10, SB raises all in to $87.10, Hero calls all in for $44.80
Uncalled bet of $32.30 returned to SB

River: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]] ($119.6, 2 players)
No action

I have been giving away alot of sessions worth of work to these types of players and I know I have a serious leak?