NLTRN - $11 - Two small pocket pair hands

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Villain is pretty good – a loser on sharkscope but usually plays higher than this ($11’s) – either way he’s a thinking opponent and I struggled to go 3-2 against him (both of us passed beats back and forth, basically, although his were much sicker than mine [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ).

These hands are from different matches, my notes are extensive, but the main strategy note is that villain plays fairly tight early on and then loosens up a LOT as the stacks get shallow. It’s notable and it occurred all 5 matches we played. That said, I haven’t seen any pure bluffs.


***Hand 1 – deep into match 2***

My main read is that villain has often raised preflop with total garbage and then checked it down. That line is also very common with UI Kx hands.

Comments on preflop, the flop bet, and given the flop bet, my reaction to the push appreciated.

Seat 1: Denaldo (1310 in chips)
Seat 2: babybupkr (1690 in chips)
Denaldo: posts small blind 25
babybupkr: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to babybupkr [2 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]]
Denaldo: raises 100 to 150
babybupkr: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]]
babybupkr: bets 200
Denaldo: raises 960 to 1160 and is all-in


***Hand 2 – first hand of match 4***

Comments on all streets appreciated.

Seat 1: babybupkr (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Denaldo (1500 in chips)
babybupkr: posts small blind 10
Denaldo: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to babybupkr [6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]]
babybupkr: raises 40 to 60
Denaldo: raises 80 to 140
babybupkr: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]]
Denaldo: bets 180
babybupkr: calls 180
*** TURN *** [4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]] [J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]]
Denaldo: bets 300
babybupkr: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] [3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]]
Denaldo: checks


HOLLA

p.s. primordialaa – my coach – is out of town for 2 months or something. I want a sweet goal to meet by the time he gets back – any suggestions?