100NL - Two hands from a session

DawnToDusk · #1 08-28-2007, 04:26 AM

One of the hands is just a really small hand and a minor one. Here is some background to my first question.

I just witnessed this hand in the first orbit:

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
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Stack sizes:
DASHUSOW: $103.30
Hero: $98
QWISE12: $80.65
MARKM3451: $39.80
TR1CKPOKER: $105.80
BB: $37.80

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
DASHUSOW folds, Hero folds, QWISE12 folds, MARKM3451 calls, TR1CKPOKER calls, TALOND1 checks.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($3, 3 players)
TR1CKPOKER bets $3, TALOND1 folds, MARKM3451 calls.

Turn: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($9, 2 players)
TR1CKPOKER checks, MARKM3451 bets $2, TR1CKPOKER calls.

River: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($13, 2 players)
TR1CKPOKER checks, MARKM3451 $2, TR1CKPOKER calls.

Results:
Final pot: $17
MARKM3451 Shows Jc Kd
TR1CKPOKER Shows Qd 8c

Now this hand comes up within one oribt of the previous hand(the CO is TR1CKPOKER from the previous hand):

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $80.65
UTG+1: $47.45
CO: $100.95
Button: $35.80
SB: $100.30
Hero: $98

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($3, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($3, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, CO calls, SB folds.

River: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($7, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $5 returned to CO.

Results:
Final pot: $7

Question: After seeing how he played middle pair in the first hand do you think I can call profitably here? Do I see a two hearts or a 5 often enough? This may be a really really trivial hand but I find myself folding a lot in these spots but I know sometimes if I had better reads I could probably call profitably. Not only that but just getting better at these situations would improve my hand reading all around.

Onto the more important hand.

Here is some background info to the hand.

I just witnessed this hand:

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
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Stack sizes:
TALOND1: $46.25
DASHUSOW: $97.80
Hero: $93
QWISE12: $76.75
MARKM3451: $34.35
PGHMICK: $40

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
TALOND1 folds, DASHUSOW raises to $4, Hero folds, QWISE12 calls, MARKM3451 folds, PGHMICK calls.

Flop: J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($12.5, 3 players)
PGHMICK bets $5, DASHUSOW calls, Button folds.

Turn: A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($22.5, 2 players)
PGHMICK bets $22, DASHUSOW calls.

River: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($66.5, 2 players)
PGHMICK bets $7, DASHUSOW raises to $45, PGHMICK calls all-in $2.
Uncalled bets: $36 returned to DASHUSOW.

Results:
Final pot: $84.5
DASHUSOW Shows Js Qd
PGHMICK Shows Tc Ad

Here is the hand I played in question (UTG+1 is PGHMICK from the previous hand):

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $33.85
UTG+1: $80.50
CO: $46.15
Button: $121.30
Hero: $93.50
BB: $74.25

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls, BB checks.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($6, 6 players)
Hero bets $4, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 raises to $15, Hero ?

Question: I didn't raise PF as I didn't want to play a big pot OOP with AQ. When the flop comes I am fairly certain I am ahead and will make about a 2/3 to pot sized bet a lot. I will check behind on a lot of turn cards though (depending on the opponent) to control the size of the pot. Now there aren't any PT stats. This hand came up within the first two orbits. The only other info I have on this is player (PGHMICK) is how he played the previous hand. After observing the previous hand what do you do here on the flop?