HH Review: Stars $55 50k, 8/14

[nath]

QJ tends to play badly vs. a raise with deep stacks. Mostly when you go with your hand you've flopped one pair, and it's often not good enough.

Agreed on hand 195, BB not reraising preflop is a big mistake.

[betgo]

This is very well played, so I don't have a lot. Most of my comments are on the HU part.

304. I don't like the overcall of the short stack 6xBB push with 65s.

433. Villain completed and then bet the ace high flop. I would raise or float the flop.

444 and 450. I wouldn't open fold low unsuited connectors HU.

442 and 446. Twice raise/folded QTs HU. Maybe limp/call or limp/reraise these hands if a reraise is likely.

[bigballz]

nath wtf at 229? c/r allin seems wayyyyyyy better

[nath]

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nath wtf at 229? c/r allin seems wayyyyyyy better

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crai depends on
1)one of them actually betting
2)the bettor choosing an amount that doesn't commit him

it just wasn't a parlay i wanted to take, when setting them both in wins the pot so much.

[nath]

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304. I don't like the overcall of the short stack 6xBB push with 65s.

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Yeah, very villain dependent; I was counting on getting paid by ErickW if I made a big hand.

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433. Villain completed and then bet the ace high flop. I would raise or float the flop.

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Eh, floating OOP sucks, and I have to put a lot of my chips at risk to try to win this small pot. I just didn't think it was really worth it.

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444 and 450. I wouldn't open fold low unsuited connectors HU.

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With my stack I thought playing both of these would have been a waste of chips, especially since I was seeing a fair frequency of raises when I just completed.

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442 and 446. Twice raise/folded QTs HU. Maybe limp/call or limp/reraise these hands if a reraise is likely.

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Yeah, I didn't really want to raise/fold these, but the stacks put me in a strange spot. I'd rather go to the flop but I don't want to play for stacks with these hands. If I complete I could possibly limp/RR but I didn't feel the need to get fancy vs. this guy.

[plzleenowhammy]

hand 60 u c/f... i think that was a good flop for a bb to rep and i would've at least seen a turn.. is that a leak of mine?

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hand 60 u c/f... i think that was a good flop for a bb to rep and i would've at least seen a turn.. is that a leak of mine?

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I just think it's a crappy spot to get involved, out of position. I might have the best hand now, but playing this out profitably is going to be damn near impossible.

[betgo]

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hand 60 u c/f... i think that was a good flop for a bb to rep and i would've at least seen a turn.. is that a leak of mine?

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I just think it's a crappy spot to get involved, out of position. I might have the best hand now, but playing this out profitably is going to be damn near impossible.

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I kind of like a checkraise on the low board. You have the advantage that you can represent a stronger hand than you have. Folding isn't terrible, but this seems like a reasonable place to play the hand stronger.