10+1$ regular: 4 Hands from 2night

DonLigretto · #1 06-10-2007, 06:37 PM

Hi

I need advice on the following four hands. 3 of them I won, only one I lost. I have to say I think I played all of them correctly only the AQ was horrible. I probably should have reraised all in pf. However as you see in Hand 1 I might be still a bit too lose. I just don't know when to loosen up and how or what to play. I usually play extremely tight (raise with QQ+, AJ+) until 5 people are left or the blinds are about 50/100. Then I losen up and raise many more hands. Other pocket pairs and Ace with a suited, smaller kicker I try to call, but only from LP. Is this wrong and too lose?

Hand 1
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t30/t60
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t3155
DonLigretto: t1310
MP1: t1000
MP2: t230
CO: t1300
Button: t1415
SB: t2840
BB: t2250

Pre-flop: (8 players) DonLigretto is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, DonLigretto raises to t180, MP1 folds, MP2 raises all-in t230, 4 folds, DonLigretto calls t50 (pot was t500).

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t550, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t550)

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t550, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t550)

River: Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t550, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t550)

Results:
Final pot: t550
DonLigretto showed Ac Jh
MP2 showed Ks Qs

Hand 2
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t50/t100
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1255
UTG+1: t2440
MP1: t2940
MP2: t2345
DonLigretto: t840
Button: t940
SB: t880
BB: t1860

Pre-flop: (8 players) DonLigretto is CO with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
2 folds, MP1 raises to t350, MP2 folds, DonLigretto raises all-in t840, 3 folds, MP1 calls t490 (pot was t1340).

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1830, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1830)

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t1830, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1830)

River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1830, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t1830)

Results:
Final pot: t1830
DonLigretto showed Ts Td
MP1 showed 5d Ad

Hand 3
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t50/t100
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1080
DonLigretto: t1150
Button: t3500
SB: t1910
BB: t5860

Pre-flop: (5 players) DonLigretto is CO with 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG folds, DonLigretto calls t100 (pot was t150), Button folds, SB calls t50 (pot was t250), BB checks.

Flop: 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t300, 3 players)
SB bets t175, BB calls t175 (pot was t475), DonLigretto raises all-in t1050, 2 folds.
Uncalled bets: t875 returned to DonLigretto.

Results:
Final pot: t825

Hand 4
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t50/t100
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t3500
CO: t1635
Button: t5685
SB: t980
DonLigretto: t1700

Pre-flop: (5 players) DonLigretto is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, Button raises to t200, SB folds, DonLigretto calls t100 (pot was t350).

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t450, 2 players)
DonLigretto bets t300, Button calls t300 (pot was t750).

Turn: J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1050, 2 players)
DonLigretto checks, Button bets t300, DonLigretto calls t300 (pot was t1350).

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t1650, 2 players)
DonLigretto checks, Button bets t900, DonLigretto folds.
Uncalled bets: t900 returned to Button.

Results:
Final pot: t1650

mondonman · #2 06-10-2007, 07:11 PM

#1 AJo is not strong enough to raise it from UTG+1. You´ll have to fold to any reraise and can´t really outplay anybody with < 20BB left.

#2 I like.

#3 is horrible. Never open-limp with 11.5BB and such a weak holding. On a side note I can´t believe you made 2 players lay their hands down postflop at a $11

#4 just push pf. As played I´d go for a CRAI on the flop.

EscapePlan9 · #3 06-10-2007, 07:56 PM

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#1 AJo is not strong enough to raise it from UTG+1. You´ll have to fold to any reraise and can´t really outplay anybody with < 20BB left.

#2 I like.

#3 is horrible. Never open-limp with 11.5BB and such a weak holding. On a side note I can´t believe you made 2 players lay their hands down postflop at a $11

#4 just push pf. As played I´d go for a CRAI on the flop.

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DonLigretto · #4 06-11-2007, 04:01 AM

But would you have called with AJ in Hand 1?

Number 3: Would you have pushed preflop? And in itself, without the limp pf, was the shove justified?

emb · #5 06-11-2007, 04:27 AM

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I usually play extremely tight (raise with QQ+, AJ+) until 5 people are left or the blinds are about 50/100.

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You really prefer AJ to JJ? I'd drop the AJ from your "tight" range and add JJ. Hands like hand 1 (or worse) are all too common if you play AJ here.

emb

Stevens65 · #6 06-11-2007, 05:09 AM

I'm with mondonman here. Although - depending on the table - I sometimes raise with AJo in that spot.

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But would you have called with AJ in Hand 1?

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you have to call t50 in the t500 pot. no way you can fold here.

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Number 3: Would you have pushed preflop? And in itself, without the limp pf, was the shove justified?

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I would have open folded 22. You are not desperate enough to make a move with 22. As played I don`t like the push after the flop action.

DonLigretto · #7 06-11-2007, 05:19 AM

Thanks for your valuable advice. Here are three more hands from today. Hand 1 I guess I couldn't do much, just bad luck. I'm not folding QQ in a 10$ game. I was in similar situations up against 66+ hands, so probably just bad luck. The funny thing is that after this hand I had 75 chips left and made a comeback til 1700 chips, however lost with hand number 2 and finished 5th. And number 3, well this might be my biggest leak. I mean what do you do, even early in a tournament, when you have a PP with all lower cards on the board. You can't just fold? Or do you? Sometimes I really think about sitting at a table, press "Sit out next hand" and return only after 30 minutes to play to avoid such mistakes.

Hand 1
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t15/t30
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1470
UTG+1: t1770
MP1: t1470
MP2: t1545
MP3: t1350
CO: t1455
Button: t1455
SB: t1440
DonLigretto: t1545

Pre-flop: (9 players) DonLigretto is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
3 folds, MP2 calls t30 (pot was t45), MP3 calls t30 (pot was t75), CO calls t30 (pot was t105), Button calls t30 (pot was t135), SB calls t15 (pot was t165), DonLigretto raises to t240, 3 folds, Button raises to t870, SB folds, DonLigretto raises all-in t1545, Button calls all-in t615.
Uncalled bets: t60 returned to DonLigretto.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t-2730, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t3090)

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t-2730, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t3090)

River: 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t-2730, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t3090)

Results:
Final pot: t-2730
Button showed Kd Kc
DonLigretto showed Qd Qs

Hand 2
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t80/t160
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1070
CO: t1475
Button: t6810
DonLigretto: t1135
BB: t3010

Pre-flop: (5 players) DonLigretto is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
3 folds, DonLigretto raises all-in t1135, BB calls t975 (pot was t1295).

Flop: 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t2270, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2270)

Turn: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t2270, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2270)

River: J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t2270, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t2270)

Results:
Final pot: t2270
DonLigretto showed Qd 7d
BB showed Js Kh

Hand 3
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t15/t30
8 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1515
DonLigretto: t1500
MP1: t1485
MP2: t2925
CO: t1455
Button: t1455
SB: t1665
BB: t1500

Pre-flop: (8 players) DonLigretto is UTG+1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, DonLigretto calls t30 (pot was t45), 3 folds, Button calls t30 (pot was t75), SB calls t15 (pot was t105), BB checks.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t120, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets t120, DonLigretto calls t120 (pot was t240), 2 folds.

Turn: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t360, 2 players)
BB checks, DonLigretto bets t300, BB raises to t600, DonLigretto calls t300 (pot was t1260).

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t1560, 2 players)
BB is all-in t750, DonLigretto calls all-in t750.

Results:
Final pot: t3060
BB showed 3d 2h
DonLigretto mucks 9h 9c

Stevens65 · #8 06-11-2007, 05:27 AM

Hand 1 + 2: I like
Hand 3: I check behind on the turn and call a reasonable bet on the river

EDIT: In low buyin sngs I can't remember folding QQ preflop. There are so many worse hands that call you.
On the other hand I try to avoid situations like hand 3 early in tourny. I don't want to get broke with a PP or TPTK so early. Usually there are much better opportunities later in the game.

mondonman · #9 06-11-2007, 10:48 AM

#1 is good. You really cannot expect the 4th limper to hold AA/KK here.

#2 stdrd

#3 BB leads strong into three players still to act. You may very well be beat already. Of course a lone 4 or an FD are possible, so I like the call. No need to bet the turn tho. The 3 certainly did not help you. As played lay it down after the reraise.

AMT · #10 06-11-2007, 10:59 AM

1. fold preflop
2. fine
3. fold pf
4. shove pf