PP NL$50 4 hands for review

Lennon · #1 06-29-2006, 10:46 AM

All comments welcome on these hands. Is 4 hands too much in one thread? Playing in my home game has really lowered the bar for me. I've forgotten how to play online.

No reads, assume average PPNL50 player.

Hand #1

Button ($48.75)
SB ($20.55)
Hero ($22.84)
UTG ($41.56)
MP ($35.10)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, MP raises to $1, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4, MP raises to $14, Hero ...

Hand #2

MP ($72.90)
Hero ($65.05)
SB ($50.45)
BB ($52.48)
UTG ($43.43)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
2 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, BB calls $1.50.

Flop: ($4.25) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3, BB calls $3.

Turn: ($10.25) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($10.25) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5, BB raises to $10, Hero ...

Hand #3

UTG ($46.50)
Hero ($76.63)
CO ($63.25)
Button ($27.75)
SB ($49.10)
BB ($112.30)

Preflop: Hero is MP with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, Hero raises to $2, 2 folds, SB (poster) calls $1.75, BB calls $1.50.

Flop: ($6) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $4, SB calls $4, BB folds.

Turn: ($14) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($14) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets $8, Hero ...

Hand #4

UTG ($89.95)
Hero ($49.40)
Button ($37.06)
SB ($52.25)
BB ($12.74)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, Hero raises to $2, Button calls $2, SB (poster) calls $1.75, 1 fold.

Flop: ($6.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5, Button is all-in[35.06], SB folds, Hero ...

Tickner · #2 06-29-2006, 10:51 AM

1. Im folding. This bet looks like we are either slightly ahead or way way behind.
2. I just check it down on the river.
3. As played call the river, but I would have bet $5 on the flop. No big deal.
4. Call, he will have a pair of queens or something like TT or a flush draw often and your way ahead.

ama0330 · #3 06-29-2006, 11:01 AM

I think if you want some decent feedback, you should really post one hand at a time, unless the hands are related in some way, like a sequence of play. I say this because its really difficult to give full attention to a thread full of hands as opposed to just one.

Hand one
Very easy fold. This is KK+ 75% of the time, QQ+ and AKs the rest. Forget about it and move on.

Hand two
Another easy fold for me. I don't read him 100% for a queen but its more than possible. What I am worried about is higher aces. Its close enough to say "call if you want to" as there are a lot of hands that you are beating but I don't bluff this river and as played I fold.

Hand 3
Don't raise this in MP, ever. AJ is super over-rated and should be avoided in early and mid positions, unless you've got the table nailed with good reads.

Again, the river is close enough here for a call to be a possibility, but in all seriousness you should avoid playing this hand for exactly this reason. Villains range here is such that you can have no real idea as to where you stand. The bet here is small enough to represent a small pair, but without a read I'm folding. Call if you feel lucky or if you really want a read.

Hand 4
Again, huge ranges. Without a read you are flipping coins. Could be a flush draw, could be AQ, could be a set. Call if you feel lucky, I think I'm going broke on this one. Bear in mind that on a table this loose (you were called by 3 players) an open push wouldn't be such a terrible idea - at least you'll get your money in ahead.

Lennon · #4 06-29-2006, 05:47 PM

thanks for the feedback.

I folded hand 1. I agree it was a standard fold.

Hand 2 I kicked myself for not checking it down and folded.

I couldn't think of a single hand I beat in hand 3 so I folded.

I called hand 4, thinking villian was playing a set awful hard, but of course villian had 88.

KaiserSose · #5 06-29-2006, 06:17 PM

Hand 1: Fold, almost always qq+
Hand 2: I may just check through river, but as played, fold to minraise.
Hand 3: I don't mind raising this MP, at this limit, worst aces call all the time, you just have to perceptive enough to know when you are beat by aq, ak. As played, call river.
Hand 4: I don't know why a prior posted said open-push this, I think thats pretty ridiculous as you are only getting called by hands that beat you and are losing so much value from hands that don't that would call. Anyways, a call here is totally read dependant.