[NL50 6max] Advices on 2 hands

Tsicafrou · #1 10-14-2007, 02:15 PM

Hi,

I'm asking for your help about two different hands which are worrying me. I don't think they're well played but I'm interested in your opinion, you experimented short handed holdem players :-) .

Here they are :

1st Hand :

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $57.30
Tsicafrou: $48.75
CO: $59.65
Button: $31.75
SB: $41.75
BB: $58.70

Pre-flop: (6 players) Tsicafrou is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, Tsicafrou raises to $2, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($6.5, 3 players)
SB checks, Tsicafrou bets $6, Button calls, SB folds.

Turn: 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($18.5, 2 players)
Tsicafrou bets $24

2nd Hand :

Cryptologic
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $17.05
CO: $23.35
Tsicafrou: $65.05
SB: $11.10
CO: $59.65
BB: $63.15

Pre-flop: (5 players) Tsicafrou is Button with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, CO calls, Tsicafrou raises to $2.5, SB folds, BB calls, CO folds.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($5.75, 2 players)
BB checks, Tsicafrou bets $5, BB raises to $12.5, Tsicafrou calls.

Turn: 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($30.75, 2 players)
BB bets $20, Tsicafrou calls.

River: T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($70.75, 2 players)
BB checks, Tsicafrou checks.

So, all your advices and critics are welcome !

Edit : Hand converter used

Nemesis69 · #2 10-14-2007, 02:16 PM

Use handconverter tnx!

whyherro · #3 10-14-2007, 03:13 PM

1 st hand is standard, second hand im not sure, sometimes I drop it on the flop, almost always dropping it on the turn

thijsr · #4 10-14-2007, 04:49 PM

fold turn on 2nd hand, first hand is indeed standard

Lostit · #5 10-14-2007, 04:58 PM

Agreed with everyone on the second hand, drop it on the turn, no need to put that much money on the line with a mediocre hand.

The first hand, I'd like to see you bet less there and here's why. The button only had $31 to start with, so you put him all in with that bet. Is he likely to call with a draw? I doubt it. I think you just made a bet that forced him to play the hand correctly and thats -EV. Also that 9 only helped pocket 99's. Any other hand that it helped, was already ahead of you (86), so I don't fear that card at all. I'd like to see a bet more in the $14 range. See if he'll keep chasing, and also only leave him with $10 behind on the river, with a $50 pot on board. You're basically committing him and I think he's much more likely to put in money with an inferior hand this way.

Worm75 · #6 10-14-2007, 04:58 PM

1st hand is standard. Would help if we knew stats for the 2nd hand. Readless I'm dumping it on the turn. With this check on the river I'm expecting JJ/TT here quite a bit, but no way you fold him with what you have left by betting river.

LiveNow · #7 10-14-2007, 05:01 PM

how is the first hand standard....he's overbetting the pot. Obv fold turn on 2.