stars $12 6-max: Big pairs versus perculiar betting by villian

[yeedog]

Pretty active table. The majority of hands have some kind of raise and i never had cards i could call/raise with. Any way I get away from this hand?


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

BB (t3700)
UTG (t1050)
MP (t855)
Button (t2270)
Hero (t1125)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t30, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t90.

Flop: (t270) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t250</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t720</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero??</font>





And 2 more hands that completely annoyed me...


The mini raise on the flop and the all in on the turn. It smells like a 5 to me. He is pretty loose, calling everything, but it is early as well so no read is worth alot. He could have just gotten good hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

SB (t1840)
BB (t1460)
UTG (t1340)
Hero (t1460)
CO (t1470)
Button (t1430)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t60, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: (t150) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t125</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t250</font>, Hero calls t125.

Turn: (t650) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets t1120 (All-In)</font>, Hero???





The exact next hand...

Same villain, it looks like he's drawing this time. Should I have bet more on the turn? Maybe 300? The A s a scare card for me as well if he is drawing to the nut flush. I figure bet half the pot and see what happens. I figure he raises if he has the A to charge me for my possible draw the call discounts the A in my mind, but now he could be drawing to the flush.

The flush draw got there in the river. Do i check fold? that feels so weak tho. Go all in? Probably not calling if he doesn't have the flush tho. The pot is the same size as my stack so I can't really call any decent sized bet or value bet and fold.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Button (t1830)
SB (t1440)
BB (t1340)
Hero (t1150)
MP (t1470)
CO (t1770)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls t60, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (t150) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t125</font>, CO calls t125.

Turn: (t400) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, CO calls t200.

River: (t800) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Hero ??

[Captain Awesome]

Hand 2: looks like a bad bluff, why would he bet twice the pot here?

[sippin_criss]

Hand 1, shove it in, you're going to see a lot of top pair/2nd pair/draws here. Hand 2 if I do play it the way you did I'm autocalling the turn, but usually I'm getting it in on the flop as well. You cannot be afraid to felt strong overpairs in a $12 sng. Hand 3 I probably check/call down depending on what he does.

[yeedog]

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Hand 2: looks like a bad bluff, why would he bet twice the pot here?

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I don't know, but I've been burned many times on flops like this where villain makes a strange push and I call with my over pair and get caught with villain having the 5.

I find the strange over bet to either be a monster hand or a bad bluff... I can never figure out which it is tho

[DevinLake]

Hands 1 and 2 I 3-bet shove those flops. Worse pps and TP type hands will call.

Hand 3: This is a tough spot, because he could have been on a flush draw on the flop and hit TP on the turn. I'd c/c or c/f depending on how much he bet. A big bet I fold, a small one I call.

[AMT]

id get it AI in the first two hands. in the third if you bet the turn you have to shut down to heat on the river