Big Pocket Pairs - A Compilation

[TJO]

Big Pocket Pairs - A Compilation

These hands are compiled from micro-limit digests.

This screenshot in the NC thread inspired me to make this compilation. This is mostly aimed at newbies like myself as recommended reading before starting our own big pocket pair posts. Old forumers might also find it nostalgic to look at some of these hands.

I've organized them to flop play, turn play, river play and line check sections based on where the original poster cut the action. They should be in chronological order from the oldest post to the newest.


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Flop Play

TT
TT in auto-pilot got capped by UTG
TT - when waiting to raise doesn't protect your hand
Waiting for the turn to raise? (TT)

JJ
back to basics 4 give me pros and cons (JJ).
JJ quandry
JJ hand, heads up in position vs. pf cap. Flop play

QQ
QQ vs TAG w/ Little Fishy in the Middle

KK
Working on agression/protection (KK)
Hand Protection in a Gargantuan Pot (KK)

AA
Folding AA on Coordinated Flop...
AA hand - Intended for newbies


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Turn Play


TT
folding good hands after a turn check/raise (TT)

JJ
Dodging a check-raise? (JJ)
My jacks
JJ vs shadow.

QQ
QQ utg check raised by 2
QQ, hand protection, and being the calling station
QQ on a paired Board

KK
My kings

AA
AA...why, oh why?


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River Play


TT
Set of Ts, River Decision

JJ
JJ, Questionable Turn and River Play
river value bet checkup (JJ)
JJ
JJ river play

QQ
Hand from the 2+2 Table (QQ)
i fold river for one bet in big pot (QQ)

AA
AA river interesting trust me


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Line Checks


TT
My tens
TT in the BB against a large field...
TT flops an overcard against an unknown and gets donked

JJ
JJ vs Thinking Player.
JJ EP from session review
The Maniac, Passivist, and an insanely large pot. (JJ)
JJ vs preflop raiser with str8 draw

QQ
Crazy interesting hand with another 2+2er, 4/8 live (QQ)
QQ One overcard, multiway
Set of Q's and I check behind
QQ overpair hand

KK
Ed Miller will just love this one : KK in MP
KK and A flops (read Shillx's comments)
KK....will you or won't you?
Did I play this KK correctly?
KK with 2 A's on the board
KK, Brain fried.
Cowboys on a JJ board
Trying to sandwich the caller postflop (KK)

AA
Pocket Aces and a beginner


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6-max

KK play along
I go for a free showdown. (TT)


Theory

How strong is TT? (An essay! A LONG essay!)
TT - Preflop Question


Other

Just a friendly reminder...


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Summary

I hope some of you find this compilation useful. I copied the layout of this post from loyalguard's overcard compilation. Check out also Protecting Your Hand - A Compilation by loyalguard. I hope after checking out these hands your big pocket pairs will start to play themselves!

-TJO

[agt]

Thanks

[bennyhana]

this is very excellent.

[TJO]

Thanks bennyhana! We can call this the first edition. I haven't even looked myself very closely to most of these hands. So this is no way near the same level as loyalguard's compilations. I'll go through all of the hands and maybe do a second edition with some descriptions later if some you think that would be useful. I also welcome any suggestions how to make this compilation better. Maybe there's a better way to sort these hands. Thank you!

It's nice to read some of the older hands posts and see that the Carpal \'Tunnels of today were also n00bs once. For instance look at bozlax's signature in this hand post. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[OrigamiSensei]

Nice compilation, TJO.