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PokerStars Game #25071301494: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/02/18 1:17:59 ET
Table Salli 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($5 in chips)
Seat 3: tutis ($3.62 in chips)
Seat 4: katydid21 ($4.67 in chips)
Seat 5: In a Pig ($3.11 in chips)
Seat 8: rafin19 ($6.24 in chips)
Seat 9: XyRaL ($7.27 in chips)
SimonAndo will be allowed to play after the button
rafin19: posts small blind $0.01
XyRaL: posts big blind $0.02
TreFL1P: sits out

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises $0.06 to $0.08
tutis: folds
katydid21: folds
In a Pig: calls $0.08
rafin19: folds
XyRaL: folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.19)

   
Hero: bets $0.10
In a Pig: raises $0.10 to $0.20
Hero: calls $0.10

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $0.59)

   
Hero: checks
In a Pig: bets $0.28
Hero: calls $0.28

River (Pot : $1.15)

   
Medic_SES has returned
Hero: bets $0.50
In a Pig: raises $0.50 to $1
Hero: calls $0.50

Showdown
In a Pig: shows (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Hero: shows (two pair, Aces and Sevens - King kicker)
Hero collected $3 from pot

Summary
Total pot $3.15 | Rake $0.15
Board  
Seat 1: Hero showed and won ($3) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 3: tutis folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: katydid21 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: In a Pig (button) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 8: rafin19 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: XyRaL (big blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #25071621689: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/02/18 1:36:42 ET
Table Salli 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($6.40 in chips)
Seat 2: TreFL1P ($5.24 in chips)
Seat 3: tutis ($3.59 in chips)
Seat 5: In a Pig ($2.32 in chips)
Seat 6: SimonAndo ($2.17 in chips)
Seat 7: trunks62 ($2.62 in chips)
Seat 8: rafin19 ($6.20 in chips)
Seat 9: 2xb1xo ($1.50 in chips)
SimonAndo: posts small blind $0.01
trunks62: posts big blind $0.02

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
rafin19: folds
2xb1xo: folds
Hero: calls $0.02
TreFL1P: folds
tutis: folds
In a Pig: calls $0.02
SimonAndo: calls $0.01
trunks62: checks

Flop (Pot : $0.08)

   
SimonAndo: checks
trunks62: checks
Hero: bets $0.05
In a Pig: folds
SimonAndo: folds
trunks62: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.05) returned to Hero
Hero collected $0.08 from pot
Hero: doesnt show hand

Summary
Total pot $0.08 | Rake $0
Board  
Seat 1: Hero collected ($0.08)
Seat 2: TreFL1P folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 3: tutis folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 5: In a Pig (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: SimonAndo (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: trunks62 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: rafin19 folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 9: 2xb1xo folded before Flop (didnt bet)

PokerStars Game #25072113514: Holdem No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2009/02/18 2:08:08 ET
Table Salli 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ($6.36 in chips)
Seat 3: tutis ($3.65 in chips)
Seat 4: katydid21 ($5.11 in chips)
Seat 5: In a Pig ($3.09 in chips)
Seat 6: SimonAndo ($1.52 in chips)
Seat 7: fogis49 ($1.75 in chips)
Seat 8: northernmine ($3.92 in chips)
Seat 9: 2xb1xo ($2.61 in chips)
2xb1xo: posts small blind $0.01
Hero: posts big blind $0.02
Pot Abductor: sits out

Holecards
Dealt to Hero
tutis: folds
katydid21: calls $0.02
In a Pig: raises $0.02 to $0.04
SimonAndo: calls $0.04
fogis49: calls $0.04
northernmine: calls $0.04
2xb1xo: calls $0.03
Hero: raises $0.08 to $0.12
katydid21: folds
In a Pig: calls $0.08
SimonAndo: calls $0.08
fogis49: calls $0.08
northernmine: calls $0.08
2xb1xo: calls $0.08

Flop (Pot : $0.74)

   
2xb1xo: checks
Hero: checks
In a Pig: bets $0.06
SimonAndo: calls $0.06
fogis49: calls $0.06
northernmine: calls $0.06
2xb1xo: folds
Hero: raises $0.94 to $1
In a Pig: folds
SimonAndo: folds
fogis49: folds
northernmine: calls $0.94

Turn (Pot : $2.92)

   
SimonAndo leaves the table
Kenas Muepa joins the table at seat #6
Hero has timed out
Hero: checks
northernmine: bets $0.96
Hero has timed out
Hero: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.96) returned to northernmine
Hero is sitting out
Hero has returned
northernmine collected $2.82 from pot
northernmine: shows (a pair of Jacks)

Summary
Total pot $2.92 | Rake $0.10
Board  
Seat 1: Hero (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: tutis folded before Flop (didnt bet)
Seat 4: katydid21 folded before Flop
Seat 5: In a Pig folded on the Flop
Seat 6: SimonAndo folded on the Flop
Seat 7: fogis49 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: northernmine (button) collected ($2.82)
Seat 9: 2xb1xo (small blind) folded on the Flop

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Hand 1: Preflop is fine
Flop: I would bet a little more because he is never folding a worse ace(We get more value) and he is never folding a draw either (we get more value. I would also 3bet his flop raise especially if we know that he is making bad raises because he will put a lot more money in with a weaker ace/draw

Turn: IF we are scared of him on flop I dont mind calling. But this is the perfect turn to check raise! I raise turn 100% because a set of 3 becomes very unlikely and the only hands we are afraid of are 77 and A7.

Riv: I like the bet as played (maybe make it a little bigger).

PS. We have a veery strong hand and we should be looking to put all the money in because our opponent is likely to stack off with a much weaker holding at any point in the hand.

Hand 2:

Don't worry about making the odds bad for everyone. No matter what you bet, if a first guy comes along, anyone else is going to have odds to chase a flush. With 3 other players in the flop, I'd be very worried about a flush if another diamond turns. What hands do you think are going to float you on this flop? Bigger pocket pairs would probably have raised preflop, but there may be some smaller ones that were set mining. A 2 would probably float, and maybe 43 or 54. There are many, many more hand combinations of flush draws and none of them are folding. If a diamond comes, I'd still be betting OOP (calling a small raise with boat odds, folding otherwise) or calling IP.

Hand 3:

I hate your preflop raise. Either call for set mining value or raise to .20 to push people out of the hand with the intention of going to showdown with 1-2 other players. All you accomplished was making your set mining more expensive. On this flop with 6 other players, you're boned. Someone's got a jack or even 2 pair, and they're not folding at microstakes. Your best bet is just to call behind and hope to hit your 1 non-diamond T out. As played, you can try to rep QQ+ on the turn, but good luck with that.

Some general advice:

1) use the [ spoiler ] tag and put your hands in the middle so we don't have to scroll through your entire blog.

2) Right now you shouldn't focus on making plays, understanding plays, assigning hand ranges and so on. If you're just starting and playing NL2 then your priorities should be memorizing what cards to play preflop in all situations, becoming totally comfortable with position, having pot odds/outs down so that it's second nature, and reading flops. Once you get all of that shit down then you can start opening your mind to other things, but these things are the foundation. If you don't understand this stuff you can't do the other stuff very well.

3) Also since it's NL2 the majority of the time there will be no sense to be made out of peoples actions, so it's a waste of time to try and figure them out. You have to resort to playing better hands preflop and value betting strong, and learning when to slow down cause you're beat. Learn solid ABC poker first and don't level yourself by trying to figure out what people are doing, cause often on NL2 they don't even know.

hand 1 is horrible - like I said ABC poker which is Raise 4x preflop with strong hands, Cbet near pot every street unless you have reason to believe you're beat.

hand 2 don't open limp - abc poker, raise or fold pre UNLESS there's 3+ people in ahead of you and then consider limping along with drawing hands. flop bet near pot because YOU ALWAYS BET NEAR POT.

hand 3 is horrible. don't re-raise preflop with TT in full ring. Just call and draw to a set or overpair.

Go to the articles section of this site and read the beginners guide and follow it to the last letter. don't post anymore hands like this cause if you're following the guide you will never have hands that look like this.

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